Inventing the Abbotts Page #4

30 INT. HOLT HOME - GARAGE - CONTINUOUS ACTION - DAY 30

Doug enters with the bowl and ice cream scoop in hand.

He lifts the lid of the freezer, reaches for a carton of

ice cream and something startles him. He c*cks his head

to listen and slowly lowers the freezer lid.

He peers into the silvery, dim light and sees Jacey andEleanor naked on an old daybed near the coal bin in theback of the garage. She is on top of Jacey, riding himrhythmically. Eleanor is facing Doug. She reacts without

alarm or shame when she notices Doug staring at her. She

coolly returns his stare. Doug tries, but he's unable toavert his eyes.

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Eleanor only shifts her gaze when distracted by herorgasm, which triggers Jacey's -- as she recovers hercomposure she says:

Hi, Doug.

ELEANOR:

Jacey bolts upright, throwing her off of him, and shouts:

Get out!!!

JACEY:

Doug drops the bowl and scoop and charges out of the

garage.

31 EXT. HOLT HOME - STREET - DAY (SECONDS LATER) 31

Doug races away from the house on his bicycle -- pumpingfuriously and sweating profusely.

32 EXT. LAKE - DAY (SHORT TIME LATER) 32

Doug dives into the lake in his underpants, thensurfaces. The water has cooled his body, but not hismind.

33 OMITTED 33

34 INT. HOLT HOME - JACEY'S BEDROOM - DAY (EARLY FALL 1957) 34

Helen assists Jacey as he packs his bags in preparationfor his departure to college the next day.

HELEN:

Oh, we forgot an umbrella.

JACEY:

I'll buy a new one inPhiladelphia.

HELEN:

And don't forget your sport coat.

JACEY:

Yeah, I'll go pick it up.

HELEN:

Take Doug with you.

JACEY:

I'm just going to the cleaners.

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HELEN:

Take him along for the ride.

have a root beer at the

Dog'n'Suds.

Go

JACEY:

I gotta finish packing.

HELEN:

I'll finish up. Doug's going tomiss you.

Baloney.

JACEY:

HELEN:

I think he will.

Not much.

JACEY:

HELEN:

Oh, dammit, Jacey, please -- takeyour brother with you.

Yes, ma'am.

JACEY:

35 EXT. STREETS OF HALEY - DAY (SHORT TIME LATER) 35

Jacey (behind the wheel) and Doug drive into town in thePlymouth coupe. After a long silence:

JACEY:

If Mom starts having problems withthe car stalling just change thefuel filter. It gets clogged upwhen she lets the gas tank get toolow.

Okay.

DOUG:

JACEY:

And every-once-in-a-while take herto the movies so she doesn't justsit around the house all the time

reading.

DOUG:

She likes to read.

JACEY:

She reads too much.

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DOUG:

Okay, I'll take her to the movies.

JACEY:

(slight beat)

You want to go have a beer?

DOUG:

Root beer?

JACEY:

No, a beer.

DOUG:

A beer beer?

JACEY:

Yeah.

DOUG:

Where are we gonna get beer?

JACEY:

The bait shop. If you go in alone

and nobody else is in the store,

Ernie'll sell you a couple of

bottles.

36 EXT. DIRT ROAD (COUNTRYSIDE) - DAY 36

The Plymouth is parked on a dirt lane separating twocornfields. Jacey sits on the fender of the car nursingon a bottle of beer. Doug urinates between two rows of

corn.

DOUG:

Remember that time I got my dick

caught in my zipper?

Jacey gives Doug a quizzical look.

DOUG:

You know, when I was in first

grade. At school? In the boys'

room? Remember I wouldn't let

Mrs. Horton help me, so she went

and got Mom out of her classroom,

but I wouldn't let Mom help me

either. I told her to go get you.

Remember?

JACEY:

Yeah, I remember.

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Doug retrieves his beer from the roof of the car. A

semi-trailer drives past with "Midwest Steel Desk, Inc.

-- Haley, Illinois" painted on its sides.

JACEY:

We should own that company.

DOUG:

What do you mean?

JACEY:

Midwest Steel Desk. Dad's file

cabinet drawer. Lloyd Abbottscrewed mom out of Dad's patentafter he died.

DOUG:

Says who?

JACEY:

It's true.

DOUG:

Mom's not stupid.

JACEY:

I didn't say she was stupid.

Lloyd's pretty smooth. That's whyhe owns the company.

DOUG:

He owns the company 'cause hemarried the boss's daughter.

JACEY:

He owns the company 'cause thatpatent saved the company's assafter the war, when all the war

contracts dried up.

DOUG:

Well, maybe Mom sold it 'cause weneeded the money.

JACEY:

What money? We never had any

money. Money had nothing to dowith it.

DOUG:

Then why did she sell the patent?

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JACEY:

She just did, that's all that

matters. And that's why we'redriving this car and not that one.

Jacey gestures to '57 Thunderbird convertible speedingpast them. He finishes off his beer, then:

JACEY:

I guess you'll just have to bereal careful zipping up your pantswhile I'm gone.

DOUG:

Yeah.

37 EXT. BUS DEPOT (DOWNTOWN HALEY) - NEXT DAY 37

Helen stands on the curb waving good-bye as the Greyhoundbus carrying Jacey away to Philadelphia departs. Doughangs back, leaning against the Plymouth's fender.

38 INT. HIGH SCHOOL - LIBRARY - DAY (SPRING, 1958) 38

Doug steals lustful looks at Eleanor from behind hisbook. She is seated across the table from him. The

library is filled with students poring over theirassignments. Eleanor is seemingly oblivious to Doug'sprobing eyes.

Doug allows his pencil to roll off the edge of the table.

He ducks under the table to retrieve his pencil and hisruse is revealed as he stares up Eleanor's skirt at thesoft triangle that her white panties cover between herparted legs. Eleanor's hand lowers a piece of notebookpaper beneath the table, on it she has written: "Hi

Doug!"

Doug starts with panic, rears back, cracks his head onthe bottom of the table, and then, as his head rebounds

from the blow, he accidentally impales himself in hischin with the sharp pencil. Doug scrambles up from underthe table with the pencil dangling from his chin,

knocking over his chair in the process. The tranquilityof the library is destroyed by the flabbergastedreactions of the students. Eleanor is momentarilyconcerned about his welfare, but she cannot help butlaugh, too.

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39 EXT. STREETS OF HALEY - LATER THAT DAY 39

Doug morosely slouches along the sidewalk on his way homefrom school. He sports a Band-aid on his chin. Pamela

Abbott pulls up alongside Doug and tails him in her 1958Dodge Custom Royal Lancer convertible (with the topdown).

PAMELA:

How's your chin?

Drop dead.

DOUG:

PAMELA:

You want a ride?

Nope.

DOUG:

PAMELA:

You can drive.

DOUG:

I don't have my license yet.

I don't care.

PAMELA:

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The convertible speeds along the two-lane blacktop withDoug behind the wheel and Pamela sitting next to him.

PAMELA:

How come you never ask me out?

What for?

DOUG:

PAMELA:

For like a date, block-head.

DOUG:

I see you all the time.

PAMELA:

I don't mean hanging out.

Come on.

DOUG:

PAMELA:

You scared of me or something?

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DOUG:

Hell, no. I gotta job, I gotschool, I don't have time for

dates and all that stuff.

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