Gone Girl Page #9

ANY’s DRESS. NICK walks with MARYBETH.

MARYBETH:

It’s like you’re the goddam

Homecoming King.

NICK:

My mom. . .it was a big deal to her.

That I be polite. Courteous. A

gentleman.

MARYBETH:

It looked like you were having fun.

NICK:

Marybeth, I’m in a nightmare here.

I’m just trying to be nice to the

people who are trying to find Amy.

MARYBETH:

I’m sorry, you’re right.

She tapes a flier to a tree. Sniffs. Looks down.

MARYBETH (CONT’D)

God, this place literally smells

like feces. You really came here *

the morning of your anniversary?

NICK:

That’s why I come here. Because no

one comes here.

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77 INT. DUNNE HOUSE - DAY 77

BONEY holds a GIANT COFFEE and a sheath of credit-card

statements. Talking to an OFFICER who holds a clipboard.

BONEY:

Find any golf clubs, real fancy?

OFFICER:

No, nothing like that.

78 INT. BEDROOM - DAY 78

BONEY is peering through Amy’s closet and underwear drawer.

She pulls out a few undies—nothing racy. Nothing red.

BONEY:

How big’s their TV? 65 inch?

OFFICER:

Nah, nowhere near that.

BONEY:

OK. Kibble?

OFF ICER:

Excuse me?

BONEY:

He asked me to feed his cat.

The doorbell rings. And rings and rings: INSISTENT. BONEY *

speaks into her walkie. *

BONEY (CONT’D) *

Will you please escort Ms. *

Hawthorne and her children behind *

the police line? *

The doorbell rings and rings and then stops. *

79 OMIT - INT. DUNNE HOUSE - DAY 79 *

80 OMIT - EXT. NICK’S NEIGHBORHOOD - LATER 80 *

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81 INT. GO’S LIVING ROOM - NIGHT 81

Go is nursing a beer.

ON TV:
ELLEN ABBOTT, blow-dried, red-lipped, leatherjacketed,

and in a photo box is NICK and his KILLER SMILE.

ELLEN:

Look at that pie-eating grin. From

a guy whose wife is missing. Kinda

weird, dontcha think?

Nick bangs in. Drops his handful of AMY FLIERS. Go TURNS OFF

the TV, grabs a beer for him. Both beers are in hand- *

crocheted cozies.

GO:

How’re you doing? *

He gives a shrug. *

GO (CONT’D)

How’s Marybeth? *

NICK:

She’s freaked out. *

GO:

And you? *

He waits her out. *

GO (CONT’D)

(gently) *

Hey. Have you told me everything? *

NICK *

Of course. *

GO *

Everything. *

NICK *

Why would you even say that? *

GO:

Ever since you walked into the Bar, *

the morning Amy went missing.. .you *

feel.. .off. *

NICK:

larnoff. *

(long pause)

(MORE)

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NICK (CONT’D)

Go, everyone is studying me, *

everyone is projecting their sh*t *

onto me. All I want right now is to *

sit with you and drink a beer and *

not be judged. Can we please just *

do that? *

GO:

Of course. *

They drink in silence. Go examines the hand—crocheted yarn *

cozie on her beer.

GO (CONT’D)

You know what I keep thinking?

NICK:

Wish Mom were here.

GO:

Like I’m 12:
Mom would fix this.

Go swallows her beer. Nick clearly doesn’t want to talk.

GO (CONT’D)

I’m going to go Benadryl myself to *

sleep. Love you.

NICK:

Love you.

82 INT. SOMEWHERE - SOMETIME 82

A MISSOURI SOUVENIR PEN cursives across the DIARY. DATE:

September 23, 2010. We see the words as we hear:

AMY (V.0.)

So here’s a strange new sentence: I

am a Missourian.

83 INT./EXT. NICK’S CAR - BROWNSTONE - DAY 83

Nick and Amy pull away, a MOVING VAN behind them. The

brownstone recedes in the rearview mirror, RAND and MARYBETH

waving goodbye.

AMY (V.0.)

No money, no jobs. And then we

heard from Go. Mama Maureen. Stage *

four. Breast cancer. So we moved to *

Missouri. I don’t mind. I just

wished he’d asked.

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84 INT./EXT. NICK’S CAR - DUNNE HOUSE - DAY 84

The North Carthage house comes into view. GO and MO wave on

the front porch, MO in a CHEMO hat, holding a WELCOME MAT.

NICK parks, the MOVING VAN parks behind them.

AMY (V.0.) *

Nick is happy to be home, but I

don’t know if he’s happy I’m with *

him.

Nick runs to hug GO and MO, completely forgetting AMY.

85 INT. DUNNE LIVING ROOM - DAY 85

~my stands in the middle of the future Scene of the Crime as

it slowly fills with furniture.

AMY (V.0.) *

I feel like something he loaded by

mistake. Something to be jettisoned

if necessary. Something disposable.

NICK puts an arm around her, gives her a smile.

ANY (V.0.)

I feel like I could disappear.

86 INT. GO’S LIVING ROOM - NIGHT 86

NICK is asleep on the couch. The TV flickers on an old ‘60s

detective show. Just inside his bag, his DISPOSABLE buzzes.

INSERT on DISPLAY: im outside open up.

BUZZ. Nick wakes. BUZZ. Reads. Jumps up. FLINGS the FRONT

door open. Just a quiet, dark street. He runs to the BACK

DOOR, FLINGS it OPEN: There is ANDIE, 20, a cheerful fuckdoll

of a girl. AMY’s beautiful; ANDIE’s hot. NICK yanks her in.

NICK:

Andie, sh*t!

ANDIE:

I saw you on TV. It’s so insane.

She just vanished? *

She wraps herself around one of his arms like a child.

NICK:

She’s just gone.

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ANDIE:

I’ve been so worried about you.

NICK:

You’re impossible to reach. You *

gotta pick up when I call you—where *

the hell have you been? *

ANDIE:

Rehearsals.

NICK:

(absolutely baffled)

What?

ANDIE:

Godspell! *

Nick can’t believe it. He collapses on the couch. Andie sits

next to him. She cuddles into him. Nuzzles his cheek.

NICK:

My sister’s asleep. You really

shouldn’t be here, Aridie.

AND IE:

I needed to see you.

They kiss; she wraps herself around him. Nick pulls away. She

kisses him again. He pulls away.

ANDIE (CONT’D)

Can you at least say you love me?

NICK:

I love you. But, sweetheart, we

have to be real careful right now.

She pulls him toward her.

ANDIE:

I’ve been so scared.

NICK:

Between rehearsals.

AND IE:

You told me I needed to have my own

life.

She places his arms around her. Whispers in his ear.

ANDIE (CONT’D)

I need you. Now. Touch me.

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She kisses him again. Soon they’re tugging at each other’s

clothes. She is unbuttoning his pants when NICK rears away.

She tries to pull him back. He un-hooks her hands from him.

NICK:

I can’t. I can’t. It’s not smart.

Andie rehooks her arms around him. She’s invading him like

IVY. Nick’s not entirely resisting.

NICK (CONT’D)

You haven’t told anyone about us,

have you? Texting, facebook.

Anything that might be...

AND IE:

(pouting)

You buy my presents in cash. You

talk to me on a disposable phone.

Now you grill me like I’m a

criminal. I’m your girlfriend.

NICK:

Did you leave a pair of red panties

in my office? Lacy?

ANDIE:

I don’t know. Maybe.

(teasing)

They better be mine.

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