Ghost World Page #6

Enid (wearing wraparound shades) & Rebecca enter.

ENID:

Well hello there, young employee of

the Sidewinder.

JOSH:

Look, I already told you I'm not

going to give you a ride.

ENID:

What can you tell me, young man,

about the various flavors of "frozen

yogurt"?

JOSH:

Look, I'll be done in a minute.

Just wait outside.

ENID:

I'm afraid I don't understand. I

simply wish to know --

BOSS:

JOSH! WHAT YOU DOING!?

JOSH:

(SIGHS)

The flavors we're featuring this

week, in addition to old favorites

chocolate and vanilla, are Six-Gun

Strawberry, Wild Cherry Round-up,

and Ten Gallon Tangerine.

ENID:

I don't believe I care for any of

those.

Rebecca giggles. A customer, DOUG, enters: a lowly specimen

with bad hair-cut, mustache, and jail-house tattoos, wearing

filthy designer jeans and no shirt.

DOUG:

Hey, Josh... I need two packs of

smokes. I'm on a double shift

tonight... f***in' sixteen hours,

man.

Doug brings a 40-ouncer to the counter. Josh has two packs

of Newports waiting for him.

DOUG:

Hey, and gimme six of these beef

jerkys too - I'm hungry enough to

chew the crotch out of a rag doll!

Doug pays.

BOSS:

Hey! I told you:
No shirt, no service!

DOUG:

(as he leaves)

F*** you, man!

ENID:

So Josh...

JOSH:

Look, can we talk in a minute? I'm

almost done.

Enid looks at herself in the security mirror. She takes off

her hat and messes up her hair. She then takes off her shades

and replaces them with her standard horn-rims.

REBECCA:

(nudging Enid, points

outside)

Look at this!

Outside we see Doug practicing with nunchuks and drinking a

beer. Heavy metal music blares from his car radio. The BOSS

sees this and goes out to yell at him.

BOSS:

You get out of here!

Josh joins Enid & Rebecca on the other side of counter.

ENID:

That guy rules!

JOSH:

Who, Doug? He spends more time here

than I do...

ENID:

So Josh, will you give us a ride?

Please? Pretty please? It's going to

be super fun!

JOSH:

No.

REBECCA:

Please Josh?

JOSH:

Forget it, there's no way... find

some other poor sucker to abuse.

EXT. JOSH'S CAR - DAY

Josh is driving, chauffeur-like, with the two girls relaxing

in the back seat.

JOSH:

Why do you even need a ride? You

could walk there in two minutes.

ENID:

It's just an excuse for us to spend

time with you.

Enid and Rebecca giggle.

REBECCA:

So Josh, if this guy freaks out,

will you protect us?

JOSH:

He has every reason to freak out --

this is a totally f***ed-up thing to

do to somebody!

ENID:

God, I think Josh is too mature for

us.

REBECCA:

I know, look at the way he drives...

he's like an old man.

ENID:

Yeah, Josh, c'mon... MOVE IT!

EXT. GAFFEY STREET - DAY

Their car accelerates.

INT. WOWSVILLE DINER - 12:35 PM.

The three of them are seated at a corner booth. A song from

any decade other than the 50's PLAYS on the jukebox. A

BUSINESSMAN enters.

REBECCA:

Look, maybe that's him!

ENID:

It's still twenty-five minutes early.

JOSH:

Aren't there a million places like

this?

ENID:

This is the ultimate. It's like the

Taj Mahal of bad, fake 50's diners.

JOSH:

So, where's "Weird Al"?

ENID:

SHH! He's back there. I can see his

hair bobbing up and down.

REBECCA:

I want to "make love" to him.

ENID:

I'm going to tell him you said that.

WEIRD AL approaches with menus.

AL:

So nice to see you again, ladies.

ENID:

Hey, Weird Al, there's something my

friend wants to tell you --

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