Bee Movie Page #4

Ken:
Knocking someone out is also a special skill.

(Ken walks to the door)

Ken:
Right. Bye, Vanessa. Thanks. Vanessa, next week? Yogurt night?

Vanessa:
Sure, Ken. You know, whatever.

(Vanessa tries to close door)

Ken:
You could put carob chips on there.

Vanessa:
Bye.

(Closes door but Ken opens it again)

Ken:
Supposed to be less calories.

Vanessa:
Bye.

(Closes door)

(Fast forward to the next day, Barry is still inside the house. He flies into the kitchen where Vanessa is doing dishes)

Barry:
(Talking to himself) I gotta say something. She saved my life. I gotta say something. All right, here it goes.

(Turns back)

Barry:
Nah. What would I say? I could really get in trouble. It's a bee law. You're not supposed to talk to a human. I can't believe I'm doing this. I've got to.

(Barry disguises himself as a character on a food can as Vanessa walks by again)

Barry:
Oh, I can't do it. Come on!No. Yes. No.Do it. I can't.How should I start it?

(Barry strikes a pose and wiggles his eyebrows)

Barry:
"You like jazz?" No, that's no good.

(Vanessa is about to walk past Barry)

Barry:
Here she comes! Speak, you fool!...Hi!

(Vanessa gasps and drops the dishes in fright and notices Barry on the counter)

Barry:
I'm sorry.

Vanessa:
You're talking.

Barry:
Yes, I know.

Vanessa:
(Pointing at Barry) You're talking!

Barry:
I'm so sorry.

Vanessa:
No, it's OK. It's fine. I know I'm dreaming. But I don't recall going to bed.

Barry:
Well, I'm sure this is very disconcerting.

Vanessa:
This is a bit of a surprise to me. I mean, you're a bee!

Barry:
I am. And I'm not supposed to be doing this,

(Pointing to the living room where Ken tried to kill him last night)

Barry:
but they were all trying to kill me. And if it wasn't for you... I had to thank you. It's just how I was raised.

(Vanessa stabs her hand with a fork to test whether she's dreaming or not)

Barry:
That was a little weird.

Vanessa:
I'm talking with a bee.

Barry:
Yeah.

Vanessa:
I'm talking to a bee. And the bee is talking to me!

Barry:
I just want to say I'm grateful. I'll leave now.

(Barry turns to leave)

Vanessa:
Wait! How did you learn to do that?

Barry:
(Flying back) What?

Vanessa:
The talking...thing.

Barry:
Same way you did, I guess. "Mama, Dada, honey." You pick it up.

Vanessa:
That's very funny.

Barry:
Yeah. Bees are funny. If we didn't laugh, we'd cry with what we have to deal with. Anyway...

Vanessa:
Can I......get you something?

Barry:
Like what?

Vanessa:
I don't know. I mean...I don't know. Coffee?

Barry:
I don't want to put you out.

Vanessa:
It's no trouble. It takes two minutes. It's just coffee.

Barry:
I hate to impose.

(Vanessa starts making coffee)

Vanessa:
Don't be ridiculous!

Barry:
Actually, I would love a cup.

Vanessa:
Hey, you want rum cake?

Barry:
I shouldn't.

Vanessa:
Have some.

Barry:
No, I can't.

Vanessa:
Come on!

Barry:
I'm trying to lose a couple micrograms.

Vanessa:
Where?

Barry:
These stripes don't help.

Vanessa:
You look great!

Barry:
I don't know if you know anything about fashion. Are you all right?

(Pouring coffee on the floor and missing the cup completely)

Vanessa:
No.

(Flash forward in time. Barry and Vanessa are sitting together at a table on top of the apartment building drinking coffee)

Barry:
He's making the tie in the cab as they're flying up Madison. He finally gets there. He runs up the steps into the church. The wedding is on. And he says, "Watermelon? I thought you said Guatemalan. Why would I marry a watermelon?"

(Barry laughs but Vanessa looks confused)

Vanessa:
Is that a bee joke?

Barry:
That's the kind of stuff we do.

Vanessa:
Yeah, different. So, what are you gonna do, Barry?

(Barry stands on top of a sugar cube floating in his coffee and paddles it around with a straw like it's a gondola)

Barry:
About work? I don't know. I want to do my part for the hive, but I can't do it the way they want.

Vanessa:
I know how you feel.

Barry:
You do?

Vanessa:
Sure. My parents wanted me to be a lawyer or a doctor, but I wanted to be a florist.

Barry:
Really?

Vanessa:
My only interest is flowers.

Barry:
Our new queen was just elected with that same campaign slogan. Anyway, if you look...

(Barry points to a tree in the middle of Central Park)

Barry:
There's my hive right there. See it?

Vanessa:
You're in Sheep Meadow!

Barry:
Yes! I'm right off the Turtle Pond!

Vanessa:
No way! I know that area. I lost a toe ring there once.

Barry:
Why do girls put rings on their toes?

Vanessa:
Why not?

Barry:
It's like putting a hat on your knee.

Vanessa:
Maybe I'll try that.

(A custodian installing a lightbulb looks over at them but to his perspective it looks like Vanessa is talking to a cup of coffee on the table)

Custodian:
You all right, ma'am?

Vanessa:
Oh, yeah. Fine. Just having two cups of coffee!

Barry:
Anyway, this has been great. Thanks for the coffee.

Vanessa:
Yeah, it's no trouble.

Barry:
Sorry I couldn't finish it. If I did, I'd be up the rest of my life.

(Barry points towards the rum cake)

Barry:
Can I take a piece of this with me?

Vanessa:
Sure! Here, have a crumb.

(Vanessa hands Barry a crumb but it is still pretty big for Barry)

Barry:
Thanks!

Vanessa:
Yeah.

Barry:
All right. Well, then...I guess I'll see you around. Or not.

Vanessa:
OK, Barry...

Barry:
And thank you so much again... for before.

Vanessa:
Oh, that? That was nothing.

Barry:
Well, not nothing, but... Anyway...

(Vanessa and Barry hold hands, but Vanessa has to hold out a finger because her hands is to big and Barry holds that)

(The custodian looks over again and it appears Vanessa is laughing at her coffee again. The lightbulb that he was screwing in sparks and he falls off the ladder)

(Fast forward in time and we see two Bee Scientists testing out a parachute in a Honex wind tunnel)

Bee Scientist #1: This can't possibly work.

Bee Scientist #2: He's all set to go. We may as well try it. OK, Dave, pull the chute.

(Dave pulls the chute and the wind slams him against the wall and he falls on his face. The camera pans over and we see Barry and Adam walking together)

Adam:
Sounds amazing.

Barry:
It was amazing! It was the scariest, happiest moment of my life.

Adam:
Humans! I can't believe you were with humans! Giant, scary humans! What were they like?

Barry:
Huge and crazy. They talk crazy. They eat crazy giant things. They drive crazy.

Adam:
Do they try and kill you, like on TV?

Barry:
Some of them. But some of them don't.

Adam:
How'd you get back?

Barry:
Poodle.

Adam:
You did it, and I'm glad. You saw whatever you wanted to see. You had your "experience." Now you can pick out your job and be normal.

Barry:
Well...

Adam:
Well?

Barry:
Well, I met someone.

Adam:
You did? Was she Bee-ish? A wasp?! Your parents will kill you!

Barry:
No, no, no, not a wasp.

Adam:
Spider?

Barry:
I'm not attracted to spiders. I know, for everyone else, it's the hottest thing, with the eight legs and all. I can't get by that face.

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