Angel Eyes Page #8

MOTHER:

The family.

Sharon takes that in, still looking about.

(CONTINUED)

41.

CONTINUED:

SHARON:

How come you’re renewing your

vows?

MOTHER:

It’s sort of... a fresh start.

SHARON:

Your idea?

MOTHER:

No. Both of us. It’s a way of...

having the marriage blessed.

SHARON:

Wasn’t it blessed before?

Her Mother sighs, sad for all the trouble between them.

MOTHER:

Sherry... of course it was

blessed. You just...

SHARON:

I just what, Mom?

MOTHER:

You just think about the bad, and

you never remember the good. I

wish you remembered the good.

Sharon stares deeply at her.

SHARON:

Sorry. I wish I did, too.

(then, almost

like a child)

Does he? Remember any good about

me?

MOTHER:

Of course. He doesn’t hate you.

He just... still feels hurt.

SHARON:

Hurt? I hurt him?

MOTHER:

Being arrested like that.

Somebody doesn’t forget that.

SHARON:

Oh? How come you forgot what he

did?

(CONTINUED)

42.

CONTINUED:

MOTHER:

It wasn’t as bad --you always

make it sound worse. And it

hasn’t been that way for years.

SHARON:

I’m glad it hasn’t been that way.

That means it worked, Mom. That

was the point. That’s why I did

it. Christ. Why do I get

punished for it?

MOTHER:

Honey, nobody’s punishing you.

We’re inviting you. Will you

come?

SHARON:

Of course I’ll come.

MOTHER:

We didn’t think you’d want to.

SHARON:

Why not?

Now her Mother shows a trace of fear. She says gently...

MOTHER:

We don’t want any trouble... on

that day. Please.

SHARON:

Mom, I’m your daughter. I don’t

want any trouble --ever. I’ll

come to the ceremony. I won’t

come to argue, and I won’t come in

uniform.

They each get a small, sad smile.

MOTHER:

It’s on the 23rd. Saint Monica’s.

SHARON:

I’d like you to send me an

invitation. Mrs. Vander said it’s

a beautiful invitation.

Her Mother starts to leave the room.

MOTHER:

I’ll show you.

(CONTINUED)

43.

CONTINUED:

SHARON:

Mom. I’d like to get one... in

the mail... from my family. Okay?

MOTHER:

Yes.

Sharon goes to the door, then stops and turns, letting

her guard down all the way to say...

SHARON:

Tell Dad... thanks.

And she leaves.

EXT. SHARON’S APARTMENT -EVENING

Sharon is climbing the outdoor staircase to her

apartment, tired after her shift, drained a bit by her

visit home. When she reaches her door she sees that a

long-stemmed rose has been masking-taped to her door.

Written on the masking tape is: "Catch Lambert" and a

phone number.

She pauses, staring at this, gets a little grin.

INT. SHARON’S BEDROOM -NIGHT (HOURS LATER)

Sharon is dressed for bed in a sleep shirt, lying on the

bed, surrounded by old photos and a couple of photo

albums from her girlhood. In a vase on her bed table is

Catch’s rose.

Sharon is feeling blue, looking at her young self within

the family that has shut her out. She closes the book,

angry at herself for nearly crying. She sits up and

catches sight of the rose and rummages in the drawer and

pulls out the tape with Catch’s phone number on it.

She’s very conflicted about this. She puts the tape

down, but it sticks to her fingers. She tears it off and

tries to throw it onto the table, but it hangs off her

thumb. She sighs and steels herself and dials the

number.

INT. CATCH’S APARTMENT

He has bought a shelf unit that "needs some assembly" and

he’s at work with a screwdriver, his new chair and table

nearby, the phone on the floor. PHONE RINGS, and he

picks it up.

44.

FULL SHOT:

As we INTERCUT the call:

SHARON:

Do you have a machine?

CATCH:

What?

SHARON:

Do you have an answering machine?

CATCH:

Yes.

SHARON:

Will you hang up please, and I’ll

call your machine.

CATCH:

Why?

She hangs up. He stares at the phone a moment,

bewildered. He hangs up, and his PHONE RINGS. He lets

it ring. His MACHINE comes on with no recording, only a

BEEP.

SHARON:

Hi. Maybe we can... have

breakfast or something. I get up

early and run in Ballard Park.

There’s a Denny’s across from the

park. Like eight or so. If

you’re there, you’re there.

She hangs up, sighs a heavy one.

SHARON:

Oh, God.

And she falls back on her bed.

INT. DENNY’S -MORNING

Catch walks in, glances at the clock. It’s 7 A.M. He’s

nervous --and excited. He takes a seat where he can

watch the park, the runners. He waits.

INT. SHARON’S APARTMENT -MORNING

She has tossed and turned all night. She is awake,

turning to look at her clock-radio. It is 7:14. She

raises a hand over it.

(CONTINUED)

45.

CONTINUED:

It changes to 7:
15 and the RADIO COMES ON. She slams her

hand down on it, cutting it OFF. She lays back and

heaves a sigh that becomes a moan, sits up again and

picks up the phone, dials the number on the tape.

SHARON:

Hi, don’t pick up. Look, I didn’t

sleep much and anyway this is a

bad idea. I was feeling funky

last night and I’m all right now

so let’s just leave it where it’s

at. Bye. Oh, thanks for the...

Bye.

She hangs up and lays back down and pounds her head into

the pillow and covers herself, even her head, with the

sheet.

INT. DENNY’S -MORNING

Catch is waiting, watching out the window. It’s 8:05,

until we...

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. DENNY’S -MORNING

... and now it’s 8:38, and Catch is still waiting and

watching.

INT. SHARON’S BEDROOM -MORNING

She is still in bed, under the sheet. Someone begins

KNOCKING on her door and she sits up, bleary and

frustrated.

SHARON:

Damn it!

She stumbles out of the bedroom to her door.

SHARON:

What?! Who?!

CATCH (O.S.)

It’s me.

SHARON:

Oh, Jesus.

(CONTINUED)

46.

CONTINUED:

She opens the door. He wears a stern look. She is not

apologetic.

SHARON:

I was just falling asleep.

Finally.

CATCH:

We made a date.

SHARON:

It wasn’ta ’date.’

CATCH:

Okay, an ’appointment.’ I keep my

appointments.

She gives an exasperated moan and turns to stagger back

to bed. He closes the door and follows.

SHARON:

I called you. I called you at

seven.

CATCH:

I get up early. I walked there.

I waited there.

SHARON:

Check your messages.

She heads for the bed, passing a mirror, looking at her

rumpled self and groaning at the sight. She climbs into

bed and snuggles there and puts the sheet over her head.

He is entering the bedroom. He carries a Denny’s takeout

bag.

SHARON:

(under the sheet)

I need more sleep. Come back in a

month.

CATCH:

Come back? What makes you think

I’d come back here?

The lump under the sheet says...

SHARON:

Then why are you here?

(CONTINUED)

47.

CONTINUED:

CATCH:

I’m here to tell you that when you

tell someone you’re going to be

somewhere then that someone

rearranges his life and you should

be more aware of that and a lot

more considerate instead of

just...

She has come out from under the sheet and is watching

him.

SHARON:

What’s in the bag?

CATCH:

What? None of your business.

SHARON:

Did you bring some coffee?

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