Good Will Hunting Page #14

WILL:

I bet your parents were happy to

pay.

SKYLAR:

I was happy to pay. I inherited the

money.

WILL:

Is Harvard gettin' all that money?

SKYLAR:

Stanford. I'm leaving in June after

I graduate.

WILL:

So you just want to use me and go?

SKYLAR:

Well, I'm gonna experiment on you

for my anatomy class, then go.

WILL:

In that case, fine.

(beat)

Want to see my magic trick?

SKYLAR:

Sure.

Will, pulls out a bulging HANDFUL OF CARAMELS.

WILL:

Now, I'm gonna make all these caramels

disappear.

SKYLAR:

Okay...

Will goes into all manner of hocus-pocus theatrics. Then

shakes his hand wildly. The trick doesn't pan out and the

caramels go flying all over the store. Skylar laughs.

WILL:

It works better when I have my rabbit.

CUT TO:

INT. LOCKOBER RESTAURANT -- NIGHT

Lambeau and Sean share a table at this exclusive restaurant.

Sean seems slightly out of place in his wrinkled sport coat.

LAMBEAU:

I didn't see you at the reunion.

SEAN:

I've been busy.

LAMBEAU:

You were missed.

(beat)

How long has it been since we've

seen each other?

SEAN:

Since Nancy died.

LAMBEAU:

I'm sorry, that damn conference--

SEAN:

I got your card.

INT. HARVARD SQ. DINER: "THE TASTY" -- NIGHT

A FRY COOK hands Will and Skylar a pair of CHEESEBURGERS.

SKYLAR:

Have you ever seen Annie Hall?

WILL:

No.

SKYLAR:

Well, there's this part of the movie

that's about how there's always this

tension on a first date where both

people are thinking about what's

going to happen with the whole 'good

night kiss' thing.

Will smiles.

WILL:

I really don't 'date' that much.

SKYLAR:

(laughs)

You know what I mean. I know you've

at least thought about it.

WILL:

No I haven't...

SKYLAR:

Yes you have. You were thinking you

were gonna get a good night kiss.

WILL:

(mock protest)

No I wasn't...

SKYLAR:

Yes you were.

WILL:

I was kinda' hopin' to get a "good

night laid" but... I'll take a kiss.

She laughs.

SKYLAR:

Oh, you will?

WILL:

No... I was hoping to get a kiss.

SKYLAR:

Then why don't we just get it out of

the way.

He looks at her.

WILL:

Now?

Both of them have cheeseburger in their mouths.

SKYLAR:

Yeah.

They kiss, mouths full of burger. It's nice. A beat.

SKYLAR:

That had to be the worst good night

kiss...

Will laughs.

WILL:

Hey, look lady, I'm just here for

the free food.

She smiles.

SKYLAR:

Free?

WILL:

Hey, I spent all my money on those

caramels.

She laughs.

CUT TO:

INT. LOCKOBER RESTAURANT -- SAME

Lambeau and Sean, having finished their meal. Lambeau has

been pitching Sean.

SEAN:

I've been busy, Gerry. I got a full

schedule.

LAMBEAU:

This kid's special, Sean. I've never

seen anything like him.

SEAN:

Not much free time, Gerry.

LAMBEAU:

Have you ever heard of a man named

Ramanujan?

Sean nods his head.

SEAN:

Yeah.

LAMBEAU:

He was alive over a hundred years

ago. He was Indian. Dots, not

feathers...

Sean finishes the joke. Lambeau chuckles.

LAMBEAU:

So this Ramanujan lived in a tiny

hut in India. No formal education,

no access to other works. But he

came across an old math book and

from this basic text he was able to

extrapolate theories that had baffled

mathematicians for years.

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