Cruel Intentions Page #15

ANNETTE:

I'm doing some volunteer work.

SEBASTIAN:

Need any company?

ANNETTE:

You? Volunteer? I don't think so.

SEBASTIAN:

I don't know? Maybe I'd like it. I'm

trying to change here. You could be

supportive.

ANNETTE:

(smiling)

Okay.

SEBASTIAN:

Babe, you're looking at the next Mother

Teresa.

Annette shakes her head and laughs.

50 INT. ESTATE - CECILE'S GUEST ROOM - DAY 50

Cecile talks on the phone.

CECILE:

Please. I need you. I don't know what

to do. You're the only one I can talk

to.

51 INT. VALMONT TOWNHOUSE - LIVING ROOM - DAY 51

Kathryn listens on the other end of the conversation.

KATHRYN:

I'll be there in a few hours.

She hangs up the phone and smiles.

52 EXT. RETIREMENT HOME - DAY 52

Establishing shot.

53 INT. RETIREMENT HOME - HALLWAY - DAY 53

A NURSE escorts Sebastian and Annette down the hall.

NURSE:

It's really nice when the young people

help out. Most of our patients don't

have any family nearby.

They stop at a door and open it. An OLD MAN sits in his

hospital bed.

NURSE (cont'd)

Mister Gottlieb, we have a visitor for

you.

Sebastian starts to enter the room, when the nurse stops

him.

NURSE (cont'd)

Actually Sebastian, you're going to be

spending the hour with Mrs. Sugarman.

The Nurse escorts an unhappy Sebastian down the

hall. Annette waves "bye bye" to him.

54 INT. RETIREMENT HOME - MR. GOTTLIEB'S ROOM - DAY 54

Annette sits by Mister Gottlieb's bed and reads from a book

of poetry.

55 INT. RETIREMENT HOME - MRS. SUGARMAN'S ROOM - DAY 55

A senile MRS. SUGARMAN sits in bed, while Sebastian does

a newspaper crossword puzzle and ignores her. He smokes

a cigarette and flicks the ash into her bedpan which lies

next to her on the bed.

MRS. SUGERMAN

Did I ever tell you the time when my

late husband sent me -

SEBASTIAN:

Yes, you already did.

MRS. SUGERMAN

I did?

Sebastian never takes his eyes off the paper.

SEBASTIAN:

Right after we played backgammon.

MRS. SUGERMAN

We played backgammon?

SEBASTIAN:

Uh huh. You beat me three times.

MRS. SUGERMAN

I did?

SEBASTIAN:

Yep. Then I f***ed your daughter.

MRS. SUGERMAN

Excuse me?

He turns to her and extinguishes his cigarette.

SEBASTIAN:

I said, do you want some water?

MRS. SUGERMAN

Oh... no thank you...

There's a knock at the door.

SEBASTIAN:

Come in.

Annette and the nurse enter.

NURSE:

How we doing in here?

MRS. SUGERMAN

I won three games of backgammon.

Sebastian smiles at Annette, who smiles back.

56 INT. PORSCHE - DAY 56

Sebastian and Annette drive towards the estate.

SEBASTIAN:

It's weird. I actually feel good about

myself. Can we do this again next week?

ANNETTE:

Oh please.

SEBASTIAN:

What?

ANNETTE:

"I actually feel good about myself?"

SEBASTIAN:

I do.

ANNETTE:

You must take me for a real idiot.

SEBASTIAN:

I don't.

ANNETTE:

You're going to tell me that you had a

good time with the old lady.

SEBASTIAN:

I did. We played three games of backgammon

and...

She throws him a look.

SEBASTIAN (cont'd)

Alright. I was bored out of my f***ing

mind. I hate doing charity.

ANNETTE:

That's okay. It doesn't make you a bad

person.

SEBASTIAN:

Yes it does.

ANNETTE:

No, it doesn't. I'm happy you're being

honest with me.

SEBASTIAN:

(sighs)

I can't win with you.

ANNETTE:

It's not about winning. You know what

your problem is? You take yourself way

too seriously.

SEBASTIAN:

I do not.

ANNETTE:

Lighten up.

SEBASTIAN:

I am lighten. Can we drop this?

ANNETTE:

Fine.

They drive on in silence. A smile comes over Annette's

face. She turns to him, crosses her eyes and makes a

face. Sebastian looks over.

SEBASTIAN:

What are you doing? Stop it, it's

distracting.

She holds the face. Sebastian starts to laugh.

SEBASTIAN (cont'd)

Cut it out.

He continues to laugh. She stops making the face.

ANNETTE:

Oh dear, are you actually laughing?

SEBASTIAN:

No.

ANNETTE:

No?

She makes the face again. He laughs.

SEBASTIAN:

Stop that.

She laughs with him.

ANNETTE:

There's hope for you, yet.

She reaches out and holds his hand. He squeezes it.

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