Get Him to the Greek Page #18

AARON (CONT’D)

(with each pump)

F***! You! F***! You! You!

Are! A! Dick! I! Hope! This!

Doesn’t! Work! Why! Do! I!

Have! Mor! Als!

114.

Aldous comes to and sucks in a breath. As Aldous and Aaron

talk, the hot tub slowly turns red with Aldous’s blood.

ALDOUS:

I’m alive. I’m alive! I can’t

believe I’m alive! You saved me,

Aaron. I can’t believe you cameand saved me.

AARON:

I only came because I didn’t wantyour death on conscience. I

thought that maybe I’d go to jailif I didn’t show up.

ALDOUS:

I have completely changed as aresult of the love you’ve given meby saving me.

AARON:

As soon as you see a girl with bigtits or a pound of hashish it’llstart all over again.

ALDOUS:

(starting to cry)

I look at you, Aaron, and I seepure love. You are the most

beautiful person I have ever met.

AARON:

I’m an enabler who is probablyresponsible for the fact that youhave learned nothing and will besmoking crack within the nextfifteen minutes.

ALDOUS:

I am going to prove you wrong.

That’s how I feel about you.

Because we are going to be bestfriends forever.

AARON:

I won’t because you f***ed mygirlfriend and screwed me out of myjob.

ALDOUS:

We can still make it. *

115.

AARON:

It’s over, man. The show was

supposed to start almost threehours ago.

ALDOUS:

I’m always at least four hourslate. My fans all know this.

Once, in Manchester, I went on at

2:
10AM. Performed for six hours.

We can still make it.

(as they start to get outof the tub)

My arm hurts.

Aaron looks at Aldous’s arm. The bone’s sticking through.

Aaron THROWS UP on Aldous.

INT. AARON’S CAR

Aaron’s frantically driving Aldous.

AARON:

Are you sure we shouldn’t go to theemergency room?

ALDOUS:

It’s just pain. Pain is fleeting.

Love is forever. You have given me *

love so in turn I shall give you *

sobriety. From now on nothing’smore important to me than mysobriety.

Aldous opens up his manpurse and downs a bunch of pain pills.

AARON:

That’s the quickest trip tohypocrisy maybe in history.

ALDOUS:

There is literally no way I cansave your job right now withoutfourteen Vicodin. My bone is *

sticking out here. Touch it.

That’s bone.

AARON:

Please stop referencing your bone.

Aldous touches his bone.

116.

ALDOUS:

It’s so weird. You can’t feel yourbone if you touch it. It’s like

touching a drumstick or something.

Aaron gags.

EXT. GREEK THEATER - ENTRANCE

Aaron and Aldous pull up the driveway to the Greek past agiant sign that says “Aldous Snow -- LIVE FOR THE FIRST TIMEIN THREE YEARS!” We hear booing from the auditorium.

EXT. GREEK THEATER - BACKSTAGE

Aaron and a limping Aldous head backstage. The crowd is

booing and partying. Sergio heads towards them. *

AARON:

He jumped off the Hollywood signand broke his arm. Also I’m not

gay. Fire me now. Just be done

with it.

SERGIO *

He can’t perform in that shape.

Aldous is already on stage.

ALDOUS:

Allo, Los Angeles! Are you readyto rock out?

The crowd cheers.

SERGIO *

I guess he can. Congrats,

Greenberg. You are no longer anunpaid intern in the classical *

music department. You’ve just been *

promoted. You will now be an

assistant in the A&R department.

AARON:

I’m not an intern. I’m from *

Columbia Vancouver --*

SERGIO *

No you’re not. Take it or leave *

it. *

117.

AARON:

I just made you guys potentiallymillions of dollars. I will not

take it.

*

*

*

Sergio stares him down. *

AARON (CONT’D)

I will happily take it.

*

*

ANGLE ON THE STAGE:

ALDOUS:

This song is dedicated to my goodbuddy Aaron Greenberg -- get on outhere.

Aaron doesn’t want to.

ALDOUS (CONT’D)

Get on out here, Aaron Greenberg!

Get on out here, Aaron Greenberg!

The crowd starts chanting this as well.

CROWD:

GET ON OUT HERE, AARON GREENBERG!

GET ON OUT HERE, AARON GREENBERG! *

Sergio nods to Aaron.

cheers. Aaron smiles.

Aaron walks out onto stage. The crowd *

ALDOUS:

This man, while he didn’t save me

from jumping off the Hollywoodsign, at least showed up. Even

after I made love to his

girlfriend. Now that’s true

friendship.

The crowd doesn’t know how to respond to this.

ALDOUS (CONT’D)

I also wish to make an

announcement. I’m quitting drugsand the alcohol.

The audience starts booing.

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ALDOUS (CONT’D)

If anyone ever sees me drinking abeer or smoking a joint or doingany other kind of controlledsubstance you have my legalpermission to beat the living shitout of me.

The crowd cheers like crazy.

ALDOUS (CONT’D)

And a one! A two! A one two

three!

Aldous tries to strum the guitar and HOWLS IN PAIN.

ALDOUS (CONT’D)

That f***ing hurts! Holy sh*t thathurts! Ahhh!

Aldous unwraps his bandage to reveal his bone.

ALDOUS (CONT’D)

Check out my bone! Check it out!

Ahhh! The pain!!!!!

The band stops playing.

ALDOUS (CONT’D)

What’re you doing!? Keep playing!

They start playing again. Aldous begins singing and howlingin pain all at once.

ALDOUS (CONT’D)

(singing)

Love explosion! It’s a love

explosion! My love explodes intoyour heart! It explodes all overyour chest!

It’s awesome. The crowd goes crazy. Aldous begins jumpingup and down and then PASSES OUT on the stage. In a moment of

odd enthusiasm, Aaron grabs the microphone and motions forthe band to start playing. Aaron continues the song.

AARON:

(singing)

My love explodes all over theEarth! My loves explodes acrossthe universe!

The crowd BOOS.

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AARON (CONT’D)

Well f*** you all too!

Aaron starts proudly parading around the stage flipping themoff as medics rush onstage to take care of Aldous. Aaron

rushes over to Aldous. Aldous’s eyes flutter open.

ALDOUS:

Get your lady back, man. You’re

too much of a p*ssy to live in thisworld without her.

EXT. DAPHNE’S PARENTS HOUSE - NIGHT

Aaron pulls up to Daphne’s parents’ house. It’s a nice house

on the ocean in Laguna. He runs up to the door. Not wantingto wake anyone up, he knocks lightly on the door. Then he

finally hits the doorbell. A very long door chime version of“Lollipop” plays. Mr. Binks opens the door.

MR. BINKS

What the hell time is it?

AARON:

Five a.m. Is Daphne here?

MR. BINKS

I don’t think she wants to see you.

AARON:

Respectfully, sir, I don’t care *

what you think.

Aaron PUSHES past Mr. Binks and into the house.

INT. DAPHNE’S PARENTS HOUSE - CONTINUOUS

Aaron heads into the Great Room.

AARON:

Daphne! Daphne!

Daphne and her mom come to the head of the stairs. Aaron and

Daphne have this entire conversation in front of her parents.

DAPHNE:

Aaron? What’re you doing here?

AARON:

I’m sorry I called you a whore.

120.

DAPHNE:

I deserved it.

AARON:

No one deserves to be called a

whore. Not even an actual whore.

I want to get back together.

DAPHNE:

I do too. Desperately.

AARON:

But only if you promise never tohave sex with another man in front

of me.

DAPHNE:

I won’t.

AARON:

And one other thing, I dounderstand what it takes to be a

creative type. And when you say Idon't it's condescending and bitchyand I don’t like it at all and

rather than whining about whetheryour sculptures will or won’t sellor whether people will or won’tlike them you should just get afucking gallery and show themalready. *

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