Grace Unplugged Page #3

JOHNNY:

I choose the music very specifically.

(TIRES SCREECH)

GRACE:
Fine, it's your music.

And whenever I do

anything different, it's wrong.

Grace, that is not the

point and you know it!

You don't leave the piano

in the middle of a song!

Dad, I don't feel it on piano!

I don't care how you feel!

If I wanted you on guitar,

I would have put you on the guitar!

But that was not how

we rehearsed it,

and that's not your call to make!

Do you know how much better it was

than the boring thing we rehearsed?

- And everybody loved it!

- Grace, your father's right.

It was not your call to make.

I know. I know, Morn.

He's said it a hundred times.

Maybe you should just

start listening!

(YELLING)

That's all I ever do is listen!

And you will not

talk to me that way!

I am the authority here.

Not you!

Oh, you're the authority?

You're also the one who used to get

wasted and went to jail for it!

You're done.

You're out of the band

and you can forget the album.

(YELLING) Good! I don't want

to be on your stupid album!

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

Hello?

MOSSY:
Grace, Frank Mostin.

(PANTING)

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

MICHELLE:
John!

MALE ANNOUNCER:
Welcome to

Los Angeles International Airport.

- Hi.

- Hi. Can I help you?

Yeah, I'm here to see Frank Mostin.

Your name?

Grace Trey.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

(VOICEMAIL) Hey, it's Grace.

Leave a message

and I'll get back to

you when I can.

(KEYPAD BEEPING)

I gotta tell you, I'm not real

crazy about doing this

without your dad knowing.

I mean, I get it.

Some parents just don't appreciate

that their children grow up

and have dreams of their own.

Yup. That's my dad.

Maybe he'll come around once you're

on iTunes, Spotify and Pandora.

I gotta ask, best case scenario,

what happens?

What do you want?

Um...

I wanna blow people

away with my music.

I know I have what it takes.

A million other girls got talent.

You do have one thing

that they don't.

A dad who has a hit song, I get it.

No, you have me.

A daughter singing her dad's hit,

that's our angle,

but if you're willing to

work really hard

and do exactly what I tell you,

I'll get you your shot.

Who's your favorite artist?

Probably Renae Taylor.

Yeah, I see a little Renae in you.

If things go well,

maybe you'll open up for her.

No way.

If things go really well,

she'll open up for you.

(CHUCKLES) Shut up.

It wasn't that long ago

that Justin Bieber

was opening up for

Taylor Swift.

I'm just saying, it happens.

So your other songs,

they're not religious, right?

Mmm-mmm.

- I mean, I write.

- Right.

You know, I write songs.

I think they're good, too, I just...

I don't think they're necessarily

ready to record yet, you know?

Oh, don't worry about that.

I mean, I'll push for an album,

but it won't happen for a while.

- Okay.

- Any questions?

Mmm-mmm.

Oh, wait. Actually, yeah,

I do have one.

Where am I, like, gonna stay?

This is mine?

Yes. For now.

What do you mean, for now?

Oh, it's all about delivering.

You know, when you do well,

you'll buy a place in Malibu.

(CHUCKLES)

(CHUCKLES)

Get out!

- This is amazing!

- Good.

So then, no regrets?

No. None at all.

How long do you think

you'll be there?

GRACE:
Uh, I don't know.

I mean, hopefully forever.

I mean, not forever, but,

I guess however long it takes.

That's neat.

"That's neat"?

I mean, yeah. What do you

want me to say, Grace?

You've always been amazing.

I didn't expect it to happen like this.

- Like what?

- Like this.

Are you even gonna

call your parents?

Are you crazy?

And get the biggest lecture of my life?

He needs to see that I

can make it on my own.

Let them hear your voice.

Let them know you're okay.

You know what, Rach?

Maybe you should move

in with them and be the

perfect daughter

they always wanted, huh?

I gotta go.

(SIGHS)

(APPLAUSE)

Thank you, Ashley.

Our next performer is

in his second year

of study under the

teaching of Grace Trey.

Playing And Can It Be,

please welcome Noah Ramos.

(APPLAUSE)

(PHONE RINGING)

(SIGHS)

Hey, Johnny.

How are you?

This is wrong, man,

and you know it.

What's wrong?

My only kid, Moss, and you just

rip her right from under me.

Settle down. No...

First of all, I'm taking a

chance on her, okay?

And secondly,

I came to you, remember?

And you kicked me to

the curb yet again.

I honored every agreement

we ever had.

This has nothing to

do with that!

I poured my life into you. Even when

you fell apart, I stuck by you.

And I gave you my publishing!

I never asked for that!

What I did ask for,

after 20 years, was one favor.

And you said no.

How can you do this, man?

Do what?

Your adult daughter came to me.

What do you mean she came to you?

Yeah, she didn't tell you

because she knew you would lose it.

So when you turned me down,

she went off on her own

and demo'd Misunderstood.

And by the way, it's brilliant,

and she's amazing.

(EXHALES)

C'mon.

Don't do this, Frank.

You know,

she's really got you pegged.

I understand that this

isn't your thing anymore,

but now you also

want to kill her dream?

Shame on you.

You know what? I've got a new

talent that starts gigging tomorrow,

and I've got an awful

lot of work to do,

so give Shelly my love, will you?

What are you doing?

What does it look like I'm doing?

You honestly think she's

gonna listen to you?

I'm not going there to talk.

What are you gonna do?

Are you gonna drag her back home?

Yeah, I might.

Johnny, would you stop?

I don't get you!

Are you okay with what she's done?

Of course I'm not okay with it!

But she's 18 years old!

And maybe if you hadn't

been so hard on her,

she wouldn't have left!

This wouldn't have happened!

(SOBBING)

- (CLUB MUSIC PLAYING)

- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Here we go.

All right, I'm gonna take this to stage.

I gotta talk to Tommy.

- You get a lay of the land, all right?

- Yeah.

- You must be Grace.

- Huh?

- You're Grace, right?

- Yeah.

Larry Reynolds, Sapphire Music.

Big fan of your dad's.

And I loved your demo.

Good luck tonight.

- Mossy. Mossy.

- Calm down. Seriously,

- just breathe, just breathe.

- I don't understand,

you didn't tell me he'd

be at my first show.

I didn't know. It wasn't my plan.

These people just show up.

They don't call first or anything?

No, they don't.

This is the bigs now.

You just need to relax

and forget that he's here.

- Tonight is about you. Listen to me.

- Yeah.

You've heard this song

your whole life.

- Mmm-hmm.

- Your whole life.

You rehearsed with the band

for almost an hour,

and it felt good, didn't it?

- It felt good. Say yes.

- Yeah, yes.

It felt good.

Okay, then just go out there

and be great and relax,

and don't screw it up.

GIRL:
I love your dad!

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(FEEDBACK)

Sorry.

(WHISTLING)

One, two, three, four.

Under the surface

We're all the same

Searching for purpose

(CLEARS THROAT)

Running from shame

I'm sorry I'm not

all the things that you want

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