Clerks Page #40

DANTE:

Would you let me explain...

VERONICA:

Explain what? How you were waiting

until the time was right, and then

you were going to dump me for her?

DANTE:

(getting up)

Veronica... I... it's not like that

anymore... I mean, it was never really

like that...

VERONICA kicks him in the other leg. DANTE goes down, yelling

in pain.

VERONICA:

You're damn right it's not like that!

Because I won't let it be like that!

You want your slut? Fine! The slut

is yours!

DANTE:

I don't want Caitlin...

VERONICA:

You don't know what you want, but

I'm not going to sit here anymore

holding your hand until you figure

it out! I've encouraged you to get

out of this f***ing dump and go back

to school, to take charge of your

life and find direction. I even

transferred so maybe you would be

more inclined to go back to college

if I was with you. Everyone said it

was a stupid move, but I didn't care

because I loved you and wanted to

see you pull yourself out of this

senseless funk you've been in since

that whore dumped you, oh so many

years ago. And now you want to go

back to her so she can f*** you over

some more?

DANTE:

I don't want to go back with her...

VERONICA:

Of course not; not now! You're caught,

and now you're trying to snake out

of doing what you wanted to do. Well,

I won't let you. I want you to follow

through on this, just so you can

find out what a f***ing idiot you

are. And when she dumps you again-

and she will, Dante, I promise you

that-when she dumps you again, I

want to laugh at you, right in your

face, just so you realize that that

was what you gave up our relationship

for!

(grabs her purse)

I'm just glad Randal had the balls

to tell me, since you couldn't.

DANTE:

(weakly)

Randal...?

VERONICA:

And having him tell me... that was

just the weakest move ever. You're

spineless.

DANTE:

Veronica, I love you...

VERONICA:

F*** you.

VERONICA exits. DANTE lies on the floor alone.

CUT TO:

EXT:
VIDEO STORE. NIGHT

RANDAL exits and locks the door behind him.

CUT TO:

INT:
CONVENIENCE STORE. NIGHT

Tight on RANDAL'S face as he steps inside.

RANDAL:

Dante?

Hands clasp around his throat and yank him out of the frame.

DANTE throttles RANDAL, choking him to the ground. RANDAL

throws his fists into DANTE'S midriff, throwing him back

into the magazine rack. RANDAL jumps to his feet as DANTE

comes at him again. RANDAL tumbles into the cakes as

Entenman's products scatter beneath and around him. He grabs

a pound cake and hits DANTE in the head with it, using the

opportunity to scurry down the middle aisle. DANTE leaps at

his feet, and RANDAL grabs the shelves, knocking aspirin

over until RANDAL-shrieking-sprays something in DANTE'S face.

DANTE paws at his eyes. RANDAL grabs Italian bread and smacks

it into DANTE'S face as he rushes him blindly. DANTE chases

him out of the frame. M&M's scatter wildly across the empty

floor, and the ruckus is heard O.C.

CUT TO:

DANTE and RANDAL later, out of breath, on the floor. RANDAL

sits up against the candy rack, rubbing his neck. DANTE lies

on the floor, bacon held against a sort of crushed cookies,

ripped-open candies, broken bread, and other damaged goods.

RANDAL:

How's your eye?

DANTE:

(reluctantly)

The swelling's not so bad. But the

FDS stings.

(then)

How's your neck?

RANDAL:

It's hard to swallow.

They are both silent. Then...

RANDAL:

You didn't have to choke me.

DANTE:

Why the f*** did you tell Veronica

that I was going to dump her for

Caitlin?

RANDAL:

I thought I was doing you a favor.

DANTE:

Thanks.

RANDAL:

You were saying how you couldn't

initiate change yourself, so I figured

I'd help you out.

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