I'll See You in My Dreams Page #11

GEORGINA:

(looking worried)

I knew I shouldn’t have smoked any

of this. You’ve turned me into an

advanced Alzheimer’s patient. What

is she doing in there?

SALLY:

It’ll wear off. Just try to relax.

RONA:

I’m feeling pretty good.

GEORGINA:

There it is again!

RONA:

What the hell is it?

GEORGINA:

It’s like a dog barking.

72.

RONA:

What kind of dog?

GEORGINA:

Like a little dog.

(holds her thumb and

forefinger about an inch

apart)

Like a little teeny dog.

(makes little barking

noise)

Yip!

RONA:

Yip?

GEORGINA:

Yip! Yip!

108 INT. SALLY’S HOUSE - KITCHEN - DAY 108

Carol is standing in the kitchen, looking at the many knickknacks

on the walls and shelves. Rona enters.

RONA:

Got the munchies?

CAROL:

Just looking around.

Rona nods.

CAROL (CONT’D)

This ceramic owl is really staring

me down.

RONA:

(quietly)

I didn’t steal John from you,

Carol.

CAROL:

I never said you did. I just said -

RONA:

That he was a guy you didn’t get?

Do you really think I had anything

to do with that? I mean, after you

quit singing... you weren’t even

together at that point.

CAROL:

It’s fine. Really, Ro.

73.

RONA:

It turned out to be a big mistake,

anyway. It’s not like we lived

happily ever after.

CAROL:

I know that.

RONA:

We never came close to what you and

Bill had. John wasn’t the husband

type. If it’s still hurting you...

CAROL:

It’s not.

RONA:

(pensive)

Do you think that’s what I do,

Carol? That I just go after other

women’s men?

CAROL:

I’ve never judged you, Rona. You

know that. I didn’t mean anything

by it.

RONA:

I’ve been married and divorced

three times, for Christ’s sake...

CAROL:

Who’s keeping score anyway?

Rona smiles and Carol.

GEORGINA (O.S.)

We found it!

Georgina and Sally enter, holding a broken smoke detector.

GEORGINA (CONT’D)

It was Sally’s smoke detector.

The smoke detector is in pieces.

RONA:

What the hell did you do to that?

SALLY:

It was yipping like a dog.

74.

GEORGINA:

Dead battery. We tried to fix

it...

Georgina hands the broken smoke detector to Rona.

RONA:

What am I supposed to do with this?

GEORGINA:

(to Carol)

Carol, did you find anything to

eat?

Everyone stares at Georgina.

109

INT. GROCERY STORE - NIGHT 109

BEGIN MONTAGE:

The ladies browse the aisles with a shopping cart.

Rona fills a large bag with candy from the bulk bin.

Carol and Sally throw a few bags of chips into their cart.

Georgina just stares at a pile of apples in the produce

section.

Rona fills up a big bag with walnuts and eats a few.

Sally throws a box of cereal to Carol.

Georgina walks through the frozen section, amazed by

everything.

Rona eats out of one of her bulk bags and looks around.

Carol and Sally laugh as they walk down an aisle.

Georgina looks at the pastry section.

109A

INT. GROCERY STORE - NIGHT 109A

Carol walks up to Georgina who can’t stop staring at some

food in an aisle.

CAROL:

What’re you doing?

75.

GEORGINA:

Look at this, Carol. Look how many

types of crackers there are.

Carol looks at the crackers with Georgina.

GEORGINA (CONT’D)

Can you believe it? Every flavor

you can imagine. Gluten free...

When I was a little girl the only

cracker we had was a saltine. Now

look at it.

CAROL:

It is a lot of crackers.

GEORGINA:

Time moves fast. Our kids are all

grown up. I’ve got a pile a

grandkids now. But it feels good.

It feels good to know I’ve left a

mark.

CAROL:

How do you mean?

GEORGINA:

It just feels like I’ve done my

best. And I’m ready, you know? I’m

ready for whatever comes next.

CAROL:

And what comes next?

Georgina shrugs and smiles.

GEORGINA:

I’d like to think I’ll get to see

Gary again. My whole family...

CAROL:

It must be comforting... knowing

that.

GEORGINA:

Sometimes it is. Sometimes it

isn’t. But it’s believing not

knowing.

(pauses)

An afterlife where you get to be

with everyone again... It’s such a

clich., isn’t it? Everything

perfect.

76.

Carol doesn’t answer.

GEORGINA (CONT’D)

I was raised to believe it. I try

and choose to believe it. It is a

nice thought.

Georgina pauses to reflect.

CAROL:

Do you?

Georgina looks at Carol. Her eyes and expression say “no.”

GEORGINA:

Every day, it’s a choice I have to

make. Every day of my life. I have

more reasons not to believe than to

believe. They call that “testing

your faith.”

(pauses)

What about you, Carol? What do you

think?

CAROL:

I don’t know.

(smiles)

I try not to think about it.

GEORGINA:

Are you doing okay?

CAROL:

I’m fine...

GEORGINA:

I pray for you, Carol. I don’t know

if it does anything, but it makes

me happy, praying for you.

CAROL:

(taking her in, realizing

it’s true)

You are happy, aren’t you?

GEORGINA:

I’m blessed. And I’m blessed to

have you as a friend.

Carol looks at Georgina with a knowing look.

77.

GEORGINA (CONT’D)

Now... which cracker should we get?

110 INT. GROCERY STORE - CHECKOUT LINE - NIGHT 110

The ladies try to put on a straight face as the CHECKOUT GIRL

scans their items. Fruity Pebbles, apples, a chocolate bar,

beef jerky, sour patch kids, salt and vinegar chips, milk, a

frozen pizza.

CHECKOUT GIRL:

Having a... party?

The girls respond with a delayed laugh.

111 SCENE OMITTED 111

112 EXT. STREET - NIGHT 112

The ladies walk with their grocery cart down the street.

Sally is pushing the cart, Georgina is eating handfuls of

cereal from the opened box of Fruity Pebbles, and Rona is

chewing on a piece of beef jerky. Carol is chugging from a

bottle of water.

GEORGINA:

(pointing at the jerky)

You can eat that? How can you eat

that?

SALLY:

It’s good for your gums.

As they walk a POLICE CAR pulls up to them and stops. The

police officer, OFFICER KAY shines a light on them. He steps

out of his car and approaches them.

OFFICER KAY:

Ladies.

The girls stop and squint against the light and try to act

straight.

OFFICER KAY (CONT’D)

What’s going on here?

The girls look at each other. No one wants to be the one to

talk. They are still a few degrees away from realizing that

they’ve stolen the shopping cart.

78.

GEORGINA:

We’ve been shopping.

OFFICER KAY:

I can see that. But what are you

doing in the street?

SALLY:

There’s no sidewalk. How’re we

supposed to get home?

GEORGINA:

The neighborhood is not pedestrian-

friendly, officer.

RONA:

You can’t arrest us, for walking.

Can you...?

OFFICER KAY:

People usually drive to the grocery

store.

SALLY:

Well, we’ve had a few

OFFICER KAY:

Uh-huh.

SALLY:

- so we walked

RONA:

-like good, responsible citizens.

SALLY:

Senior citizens.

OFFICER KAY:

Any of you ladies ever heard of a

designated driver?

GEORGINA:

(reaching into the box of

Fruity Pebbles)

We didn’t plan that far ahead.

OFFICER KAY:

(staring at Georgina for a

long beat)

Uh-huh. What about this shopping

cart?

79.

GEORGINA:

What about it?

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