Forrest Gump Page #9

FORREST (V.O.)

But, somebody thought that it wasn't.

EXT. SAVANNAH/BUS BENCH - DAY (1981)

Forrest sits on the bench as the black woman looks at him. A

WHITE WOMAN with a bay sits left.

FORREST:

But he didn't die.

A bus pulls up to the bus stop. The BLACK WOMAN looks down

at her watch.

BLACK WOMAN:

My bus is here.

FORREST:

Is it the number 9?

BLACK WOMAN:

No, it's the number 4.

The Black Woman gets up and steps over to the bus.

FORREST:

It was nice talkin' to you.

The white woman sits closer to Forrest.

WHITE WOMAN:

I remember when that happened, when

Wallace got shot. I was in college.

FORREST:

Did you go to a girls' college, or

to a girls' and boys' together

college?

WHITE WOMAN:

It was co-ed.

FORREST:

'Cause Jenny went to a college I

couldn't go to. It was a college

just for girls.

EXT, GIRLS' COLLEGE/JENNY'S DORM - NIGHT (1963)

Forrest sits outside Jenny's dorm in the rain.

FORREST (V.O.)

But, I'd go and visit her every chance

I got.

A car pulls up. A song is heard from the radio. Forrest,

holding a box of chocolates, looks at the car. The two people

inside the car begins to kiss and embrace each other. Jenny

is inside the car with a boy. She leans back against the

passenger side door as they struggle to get comfortable.

JENNY:

Ouch! That hurts.

Forrest gets up and runs toward the car. He tries to look in

the window as he steps over to the driver's side door. He

opens the door and begins to punch the boy inside. Jenny

jump out of the car and runs over to Forrest.

JENNY:

Forrest! Forrest! Forrest, stop it!

Stop it!

BILLY:

Jesus!

JENNY:

What are you doing?

FORREST:

He was hurtin' you.

Jenny's date, named BILLY, gets out of the car angrily.

BILLY:

What the hell is going on here?

JENNY:

No, he's not!

BILLY:

Who is that? Who is that?

JENNY:

Get over there!

Jenny turns and looks at Billy. He shoves Jenny's hands away

from him.

JENNY:

Billy, I'm sorry.

BILLY:

What in the hell, git, would you git

away from me!

JENNY:

Don't... Wait a second!

BILLY:

Git, just git away from me!

JENNY:

Don't go! Billy, wait a second!

Billy gets back into the car.

JENNY:

He doesn't know any better!

Billy pulls away as Jenny steps toward Forrest.

JENNY:

Forrest, why'd you do that?

Forrest holds out the box of chocolates.

FORREST:

I brought you some chocolates. I'm

sorry. I'll go back to my college

now.

JENNY:

Forrest, look at you! Come on. Come

on.

Jenny grabs Forrest hand and leads him toward the dorm.

INT. JENNY'S DORM/HALLWAY

Jenny and Forrest sneak to Jenny's door.

FORREST:

Is this your room?

JENNY:

Shh!

Jenny unlocks the door and they step inside.

INT. JENNY'S DORM ROOM

Jenny pulls a robe off of her sleeping roommate's bed. Jenny

hands the robe to Forrest, sitting on Jenny's bed.

JENNY:

Do you ever dream, Forrest, about

who you're gonna be?

FORREST:

Who I'm gonna be?

JENNY:

Yeah.

FORREST:

Aren't I going to be me?

JENNY:

Well, you'll always be you, just

another kind of you. You know? I

want to be famous.

Jenny picks up a towel, then walks back toward Forrest. Jenny

dries the water from her hair.

JENNY:

I want to be a singer like Joan Baez.

I just want to be an empty stage

with my guitar, my voice... just me.

Jenny takes off her slip and sits on the bed next to him.

She is only wearing her bra and panties. Forrest looks at

Jenny like he's never seen a woman in her underwear before.

JENNY:

And I want to reach people on a

personal level. I want to be able to

say things, just one-to-one.

Forrest looks down at Jenny's breasts. Jenny realizes that

he is looking at her.

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