He's Just Not That Into You Page #15

INT. LAW OFFICES - HALLWAY - EVENING

Anna SQUEEZES Ben's hand as they stride down the hallway

to his office. Anna is trying to suppress a smile.

ANNA:

Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god...

Ben smoothly EXTRICATES his hand from Anna's. He nods to

COWORKERS as they pass.

BEN:

It was all you, babe.

ANNA:

Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god.

Ben smiles at Anna, as they round the corner of the

corridor to his office. He goes in, and she follows.

INT. BEN'S OFFICE - EVENING

Ben deftly shuts and locks the door behind them.

ANNA:

OH. MY. GOD.

BEN:

This is really good news.

ANNA:

I cannot believe this. He liked my demo.

Did you hear what he said? When he said

it was hauntingly beautiful? Did you

hear that part?

BEN:

Yep. I was sitting right there.

Ben smiles, and pulls Anna to him.

ANNA:

Thank you. Thank you so much.

With that, they start to KISS. It gets heated. CLOTHES

START TO COME OFF. MOSTLY ANNA'S. They make their way

over to the LEATHER SOFA.

BEN:

How is it that every time I see your

body, I'm shocked at how beautiful it is?

Anna smiles at the compliment. She starts to work on his

shirt when:
SOMEONE TRIES TO OPEN THE LOCKED DOOR.

BEN (CONT'D)

Dana, I need to go over the offering

statement. Can I get a few minutes?

Ben continues to remove his shirt as he talks.

JANINE (O.S.)

It's not Dana.

BEN FREEZES. Literally freezes on top of Anna.

ANNA:

Is

Ben FRANTICALLY puts his hands over Anna's mouth. Then,

working with speed and precision, he GATHERS ALL OF

ANNA'S THINGS and shoves her - NAKED - into the CLOSET.

There isn't enough room to stand, so she has to sit. She

looks up at Ben, he closes the closet door.

He goes to the door of the office.

BEN:

Sh*t. I told Dana to get this lock

fixed. One sec.

JANINE:

Why do you even lock it?

Ben re-buttons his shirt, gives the office a once over.

BEN:

I'd never get anything done if I didn't.

Finally, Ben opens the door, and Janine is standing

there, smiling.

JANINE:

Can I come in?

BEN:

Of course.

She makes a show of CLOSING AND LOCKING THE DOOR.

BEN (CONT'D)

What are you doing?

JANINE:

Sit down.

Ben goes to sit behind his desk, confused.

BEN:

OK.

Janine, clearly a little nervous, goes to straddle Ben at

his desk chair. Her skirt is way too long to do this, so

she has to regroup, and hike up the skirt. Ben glances

over at the closet.

BEN (CONT'D)

Janine, what are you doing?

JANINE:

I don’t know. I just thought - maybe we

could, you know, relight the fire.

BEN:

Honey, did you hear what I just said? I

gotta get this offering statement out.

Ben picks up some papers, but Janine is not giving up.

JANINE:

Look, I am trying here. Do you want to

save our marriage or don’t you?

Janine looks at Ben. Ben is SILENT.

INT. BEN'S OFFICE - CLOSET - SAME

Anna sits, holding back tears, as she listens closely.

BEN (O.S.)

Of course I do.

JANINE (O.S.)

Then you'll let me do this.

Then a ZIPPER OPENING, a chair CREAKING

JANINE (O.S.) (CONT'D)

Yeah, just like that, yeah...

We HOLD ON Anna as she sits there, stonefaced.

INT. RED MAPLE - BAR - EARLY EVENING

Alex has the staff (of about 10) assembled for the pre-

shift meeting. He consults a clipboard as he talks.

ALEX:

OK - Tyrone you bus 4 through 6 - and

pitch in with the servers when you

TYRONE:

No...I'm on 8 thru 10. I'm always on 8

through 10. Been working here 18 months

doing 8 through 10.

ALEX:

Right. Luis you take 4 through 6.

The staff looks at each other - perplexed.

TYRONE:

Dude. Luis quit like 10 months ago.

Alex rifles through his papers, not sure what he's

looking for. He slams his clipboard on the bar.

ALEX:

Do we even need to have this meeting?

Seriously? Does this serve any purpose?

The group voice their opinions - a resounding "NO".

ALEX (CONT’D)

Good. Great. Get to work.

The group disperses, Alex heads around the bar. He sees

Kelli Ann walking away and calls after her.

ALEX (CONT'D)

Hey, Kelli Ann - any calls for me?

KELLI ANN:

Since you asked me 11 minutes ago? No,

not a lot of phone traffic.

Kelli Ann starts to turn away as she sees Alex grab his

cell phone, look at it, then put it down. He grabs a

beer, takes a swig - then grabs his cell phone again -

staring at it, willing it to ring. He puts it down

again. A HUGE SMILE grows on Kelli Ann's face.

KELLI ANN (CONT'D)

Oh my god.

ALEX:

What?

KELLI ANN:

It's happened to you.

ALEX:

What has happened to me?

KELLI ANN:

What's her name?

ALEX:

Who?

KELLI ANN:

The girl, Alex.

ALEX:

There's no girl.

Alex takes his beer and heads down the bar.

KELLI ANN:

You can't hide it man. I know strung out

and you are strung - out.

ALEX:

Please -

KELLI ANN:

This is amazing. Can't focus, right?

Jumping every time your phone rings,

checking your email 100 times a day.

Wishing you could write songs. Feeling

the need to bring up her name in random

conversations...

Alex stops at the office door.

KELLI ANN (CONT’D)

It's always the same. And it has

happened to you, my friend. Trust me.

Alex looks at Kelli Ann, her words settling in.

ALEX:

Sh*t.

Kelli Ann smiles, and as she walks away

KELLI ANN:

Welcome to my world a**hole.

Alex takes this in, KNOWING SHE'S RIGHT.

INT. BEN'S OFFICE - EVENING

Janine, now fully dressed, hovers by the door. Ben is

back at his desk, eyes on his computer.

JANINE:

You sure I can't interest you in a little

beef and broccoli? I'm treating.

BEN:

I really gotta get this stuff done.

Janine is clearly flailing. She starts to go.

JANINE:

OK. I'll see you at home. I love you.

She looks at Ben. He has no choice.

BEN:

(covering his anger)

I love you too.

Janine leaves. As soon as she's gone, Ben gets up, shuts

the office door - and goes to the closet - when the door

FLIES OPEN IN HIS FACE - NEARLY SMASHING HIM.

BEN (CONT'D)

I had no choice. What was I supposed to

do when she

ANNA:

You make me sick to my stomach. You are

a disgusting excuse for a man

Anna pulls her clothes back on in a FURY.

BEN:

I didn't want to do it, Anna. You know

that it's you I want to be with

He puts out a hand to try to touch her. She RECOILS.

ANNA:

Are you kidding me? You will never lay a

hand on me again. I may just be a piss

poor girl from Dundalk who works at a gym

- but I am so too good for you.

Anna storms out.

INT. GIGI'S APARTMENT - NIGHT

Gigi sits on her couch, a pile of BILLS in her lap - most

of which say LATE, OVERDUE, etc. She's on the PHONE.

GIGI:

Dino, thank you again for letting me pay

over the phone. I assure you this late

payment thing will never happen again.

Yep -- just trying to trim some of the

drama out of my life.

A CALL WAITING BEEP.

GIGI (CONT'D)

That's my other line. OK. B-bye.

Gigi CLICKS OVER.

GIGI (CONT'D)

Hello?

MANS' VOICE

Hi, Gigi. This is Bill.

GIGI:

Ummm

BILL:

Alex's friend. We were supposed to meet

up - but Alex told me the wrong day.

Gigi lets this sink in.

GIGI:

Bill. So you do exist.

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