Inventing the Abbotts Page #5

PAMELA:

Then forget it.

DOUG:

It's not like we're... you know...

like I'm your boyfriend or...

PAMELA:

(cutting him off)

I said forget it, so forget it.

41 INT. HOLT HOME - GARAGE - LATER THAT NIGHT 41

Doug sits on the ping pong table gazing at the daybed ashe smokes a cigarette. His reverie is broken by Helen'svoice calling him:

HELEN (V.O.)

Doug? Dinner...!

42 INT. HOLT HOME - DINING ROOM - NIGHT 42

Helen and Doug are at the dinner table.

HELEN:

I wish you wouldn't smoke in thegarage, darling.

DOUG:

I don't smoke in the garage.

HELEN:

There's lots of old stuff out

there, I don't want anything tocatch on fire.

DOUG:

I don't smoke, Mom.

HELEN:

Well, just the same, I'd prefer itif you'd smoke in the backyard.

DOUG:

Yes, ma'am.

(slight beat)

I gotta go, gonna be late.

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Late where?

HELEN:

He rises from the table and fidgets with his napkin.

DOUG:

I... have a date, kind of.

Friday night, you know?

It's

Yes, I know.

HELEN:

Well, have fun.

You too.

DOUG:

Doug walks out of the dining room.

43 EXT. ABBOTT HOUSE - FRONT DOOR - NIGHT 43

Doug waits nervously for the doorbell to be answered.

He's wearing a jacket and tie. Pamela opens the door andreacts with surprise.

Hi.

DOUG:

PAMELA:

Jesus... what do you want?

DOUG:

What are you doing tonight?

want to go out?

You

PAMELA:

I don't believe you. You're

crazy. I'm baby-sitting. Myfolks went out to dinner with

Peter and Alice and I got trickedinto watching the baby.

Oh.

DOUG:

Where's Eleanor?

PAMELA:

I thought you came over to ask meout?

I did.

DOUG:

PAMELA:

Good, 'cause Eleanor isn't here.

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DOUG:

Can I come in?

No.

PAMELA:

Why not?

DOUG:

PAMELA:

Because, you know, my parentsaren't here.

DOUG:

Well... maybe some other time...

Alice's BABY starts CRYING O.S. and Pamela grimaces.

PAMELA:

Oh, hell. Okay, but just for alittle while.

44 INT. ABBOTT HOME - DEN - NIGHT (SHORT TIME LATER) 44

An episode of "Death Valley Days" with commercials for 29Mule Team Borax AIRS on the deluxe console TV. Doug sitson the sofa smoking a cigarette. Pamela sits at the

opposite end of the sofa.

PAMELA:

You're not like Jacey.

Why not?

DOUG:

PAMELA:

He's so... so trig and polished.

DOUG:

What's 'trig' mean?

PAMELA:

You know... handsome, sexy,

sophisticated. Pipe-smokers.

DOUG:

Oh. I don't think Jacey smokes apipe.

PAMELA:

Well, you don't have to smoke apipe to be trig.

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DOUG:

Oh.

PAMELA:

You think I'm... different than

Eleanor?

DOUG:

Sure.

PAMELA:

Like... how?

DOUG:

Like... you're smarter.

PAMELA:

Yeah, real smart, that's why I'mbaby-sitting and she's out havingfun.

(slight beat)

Eleanor's smart.

DOUG:

So how come she flunked biology?

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PAMELA:

Well, you're no Albert Einstein.

DOUG:

I got a three-point-two average.

PAMELA:

Doesn't mean you know my sister.

DOUG:

Oh yeah? You might be surprised.

PAMELA:

About what? What? What?

DOUG:

Why are we talking about Eleanor?

PAMELA:

I didn't bring her up.

DOUG:

Look, either you're mad at me'cause you're mad at me -- oryou're mad at me 'cause you like

me. 'Cause that's how girls act.

I don't know much, but I know

that. So like which is it?

PAMELA:

Both.

Doug exhales with bewilderment, stubs out his cigarette,

then awkwardly slides down the sofa to Pamela. She holds

perfectly still as Doug slowly moves his mouth to hersand kisses her. Then he concludes the kiss to check her

reaction; she timidly smiles. He kisses her again withgreater fervor. Doug creeps his hand up her blouse andmassages her breast. Pamela struggles to suppress hersurprise, which he mistakes as a sign of her approval.

Emboldened by her lack of resistance, he slips his handunder her bra. Pam is shocked by the pleasure of thesensation, then alarmed by the pace of their passion.

PAMELA:

Doug...

Doug kisses her again and as they kiss he stares at aframed photograph of Eleanor amongst an assortment offamily photos on the long table behind the sofa. It is

Eleanor that he is thinking of -- in his mind's eye it isEleanor's breast that he is fondling. Pamela pulls herlips from his:

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PAMELA:

Do you love me, Doug? Do you?

He kisses her with such ardor that she interprets hisanswer to be yes, when in reality Doug is only trying tosilence her. He pulls his hand out of her blouse andslips it under her skirt. Pam lurches back into the

sofa:

Jesus...

PAMELA:

He tries to kiss her again but she twists her head away.

PAMELA:

Stop it... stop it!

She shoves him away and jumps off the sofa. Doug looksat her with breathless confusion. She turns away fromhim and tries to button her blouse, but she can't see the

buttons for her tears. She begins to sob and runs out ofthe room.

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Pamela dashes up the stairs. Doug comes out of the denlooking for her. He is quite shaken:

DOUG:

Pam? Hey...

(under his breath)

Oh, dammit...

He slowly mounts the stairs, wary of invading Pamela'sprivacy anymore than he already has.

Pam?

DOUG:

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Doug finds Pamela weeping in the dark hallway, stillfastening the buttons on her blouse.

DOUG:

I'm sorry... I'm really sorry...

PAMELA:

I'm not Eleanor... I can't go sofast.

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They are both seized with fright as they hear the frontDOOR OPEN below and Peter's angry voice:

PETER (O.S.)

Every time we go out you have totell that same goddamn story!

Pam pushes Doug down the hall away from the front stairsand whispers urgently:

PAMELA:

Get out of here! Get out!

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ACTION:

INT. ABBOTT HOME - ENTRY HALL AND STAIRS - CONTINUOUS 47

Peter and Alice are taking off their coats.

ALICE:

Accidentally brushing your teethwith Brylcreme is a funny story.

PETER:

Will you shut up about the fuckingBrylcreme!

ALICE:

It comes in a red-and-white tube

just like a tube of Pepsodent.

PETER:

Do you hear me, Alice?! Shut up!

Their BABY begins to CRY (O.S.) and they find Pamelastanding at the top of the stairs.

PAMELA:

The baby's crying.

48 INT. ABBOTT HOME - BACK STAIRWAY AND KITCHEN - NIGHT

(MOMENTS LATER)

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Doug sneaks down the back stairs and enters the kitchenas Lloyd and Joan enter from the garage pulling off their

coats. Doug ducks back into the stair landing unseen.

LLOYD:

Just stay out of it, Joan.

JOAN:

Alice meant no harm, I think...

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LLOYD:

(cutting her off)

It doesn't matter what you think,

it's their business. Alice is a

spoiled brat, but she's Peter'sproblem now. So just take one ofyour pills and go watch Jack Paar,

see what he's crying abouttonight.

49 INT. ABBOTT HOME - SECOND FLOOR HALLWAY - NIGHT 49

Doug sticks his head out of the back stairwell and spotsPeter pounding on a locked bedroom door.

PETER:

I'm warning you, Alice! Open thedamn door! Alice?! Dammit!

50 INT. ABBOTT HOME - STAIRWELL - DOUG 50

Trapped in the stairwell. He hisses under his breath:

DOUG:

Oh, sh*t! Let me out of here...

He notices a small window in the stairwell.

51 EXT. ABBOTT HOME - WINDOW - NIGHT 51

Doug squeezes out of the small window, his legs danglingsix feet above a large rose bush directly under him.

52 INT. HIGH SCHOOL - CORRIDOR - DAYS LATER 52

Doug makes his way along the crowded corridor showing afew of his wounds from his emergency landing in the rosebush. He slows as he nears Pamela at her locker. She's

aware of him, but pretends that she isn't. Doughesitates as if he might say something to her, but loseshis nerve and continues to mope along the hallway. Pam's

disappointment is plain to see.

Doug doesn't notice Eleanor and a few of her girl friendsapproaching in the opposite direction. As they pass himEleanor smiles brightly and says:

ELEANOR:

Hi, Doug!

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