It's Complicated Page #3

Totally.

You're so great, Janey. I

forgot how great. Holy sh*t.

(STUTTERS)

Please just shut up.

I'm so dizzy.

And the Pilates are

paying off, by the way.

(GROANS)

(VOMITS)

Oh, no! Are you okay?

Look the other way, Jake.

Why?

Because I have to get up.

Well, Jane,

I've seen your...

Look the other way, Jake!

(JANE VOMITS)

(TOILET FLUSHING)

(JANE GROANING)

Are you okay?

What is wrong with us?

What do you mean? This was

amazing. We just had a great time.

(GROANING) Oh,

a great time.

This is the dumbest thing

two people have ever done!

Oh, really? I don't know.

I haven't thought it through,

but off the top of my head

I thought it was smoking hot,

so something about

it wasn't so dumb.

And FYI, I like that you

stopped getting bikini waxes.

You've gone native.

(SOFTLY) I was into it.

(CROWD CHEERING)

I love you.

- Do you see him?

- No.

(JANE EXCLAIMS)

GABBY:
There he is!

(CHEERING)

(ALL WHOOPING)

Hey!

Oh!

(SCREAMING)

(WHISTLES)

(LAUGHS)

Look at Dad.

(WHOOPING)

Lukey!

(SOBBING)

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

All I hear is, "Luke David

Adler." I got to go up.

I got to jump

over these people.

From our seats

it looked like you were

crowd-surfing at

a Metallica show.

LUKE:
Come on.

(ALL LAUGHING)

You okay?

Yeah. Totally.

(GASPS)

(CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY)

(THUDS)

I would like to propose

a toast to your mother.

To me? What?

Now, I've done my part with

you guys, but, Jane, you...

Very talented you.

Oh, God!

Gabby, I'm serious.

Jane, you've done

a magnificent job,

as you always do.

When I look at you three

beautiful kids all grown up,

I think of all the work

your mother did...

Much of it without my help.

Dude, pull it together.

Yeah.

Janey, I take

my hat off to you.

Okay, Jake. Thank you.

Out of nowhere, sudden

appreciation. But, thank you, really.

Not totally out of nowhere,

Jane. If you know what I mean.

(CHOKES) Which I don't.

But...

What's he...

I have no idea.

It's just...

Can we just move on?

Okay, I would like to say

something, too. For real.

No offense to the lovely Agness

or her charming offspring...

(SNORTS)

Not nice.

Not nice.

I know, I'm sorry.

But I just wanted to say,

I really loved today.

Just being with

the original five.

Plus Harley,

but he's like one of us.

I don't think we've

ever done this before...

Had a meal together

and hung out like this.

You mean other than the

first 13 years of your life.

LUKE:
Oh, I know

what she's saying.

It's been awesome just for

a whole day to be just us.

Something feels right in the

universe again, doesn't it?

So, who's coming home, when?

No one's told me the details.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

Hey. So how's Pedro feeling?

(JANE EXHALES)

Okay, we're gonna

pack Luke up.

Three of us leave

day after tomorrow

and Luke's coming home

end of the week.

JAKE:
Uh, I will.

- Great.

I'll call you

when I land. Bye.

Hey, Janey,

what flight are you on?

I'm on the 4:
00.

Oh! Too bad,

I'm on the 5:
00.

That's nuts! Why don't you

try to get on the same flight?

Yeah, I could try.

It's been great,

but let's not push it.

Mom, he's just

trying to be nice.

I know. I know. I know.

Okay, I gotta take off, kids.

So, thank you for staying.

Absolutely, yeah.

You be good.

I'm so proud of you.

(CHUCKLES) Thanks, Mom.

(CHUCKLES) You can

call me if you need me.

Mmm-hmm.

(CHUCKLES) It was really fun.

MALE NARRATOR ON CAR STEREO:

Just follow a few basic rules

to make your divorce

a less hurtful one,

by breaking

the cycle of conflict.

Accept your ex

for who she is.

A very big ho!

MALE NARRATOR:

And try to remember

when you first

fell in love...

There she is.

And there she goes.

Jane!

It's Adam.

Oh! It's 8:
30,

Tuesday morning!

Are we still okay?

(EXHALES) Yes! Yes!

I totally forgot.

(PANTS) Really sorry. Can you give

me a lift back up to the house?

Sure. Come on in.

Thanks.

MALE NARRATOR:
But perhaps

the most important lesson

in going through your divorce

is to learn to forgive.

Forgiveness is the key to...

Oh! Oh! Sorry.

Forgiveness is...

(SOFT CHUCKLE)

(CHUCKLES)

In spite of your hurt feelings,

prove to her that you are...

(GIGGLES)

(LAUGHS) Well...

(EXHALES)

Just getting a divorce?

Yeah.

Two-and-a-half years ago.

Whoa!

(CHUCKLES) It's, uh,

been a process.

Here's the good news.

In two more years, you'll actually

begin to feel normal again.

In two more years

I'll begin to feel normal?

Why am I having trouble

seeing that as good news?

Maybe that was

just my experience.

Oh, God, I hope so.

(CHUCKLES)

ADAM:
Oh, I have an idea.

Let's see if this works.

So, if we move

this wall back a bit,

uh, we can bring

this arch forward,

which is really where

you want it, right?

- (CHUCKLES) Yeah, I would love that.

- I thought so.

(SIGHS)

I have an idea. What if

we move my bedroom wall

like 6 or 8 feet that way, just so

I can get more of the morning light?

Not possible?

(CHUCKLES) Yes. But you'd

wake up in the morning,

walk out your bedroom door and

fall 12 feet into the kitchen.

(LAUGHS) I forgot it

was all open up there.

But I see where

you're headed,

so let me see

what I can do.

By the way, this property is so great.

Have you lived here

a long time?

About 10 years. I tried...

(MUSIC PLAYING

ON CAR STEREO)

Oh! I bought the place right

after my divorce and, um...

(NERVOUS CHUCKLE)

It's taken me

until now to be able

to finally do this.

Good morning.

Uh... Hi.

Am I interrupting?

Adam, this is

my ex-husband...

ADAM:
Oh!

- ...Jake.

Adam Schaeffer,

my architect.

- Hi.

- Good to meet you.

Uh, can I take a look?

Do you mind?

(CHUCKLES) Well, everything's

not 100% worked out yet.

Wow! You're finally getting

that kitchen you always wanted.

(CHUCKLES) Yeah.

Hmm. Huge bedroom.

(STUTTERS) No,

it's not huge. It's...

Why don't I show these to you a

little later when we're closer to...

ADAM:
Uh... I... I think our next

step is to stake out the addition

and see how it

feels size-wise.

Yeah, that would be great.

So, I will e-mail you

and we'll set something up.

Sounds great.

Jake, nice meeting you.

Yeah, you, too.

Got time for

a cup of coffee?

JANE:
Sure.

Why haven't you returned

any of my calls or e-mails?

Jake, come on!

This is just too weird.

We have to just never do

what we did ever again.

(INHALES)

You are

an adulterer and I am

an awful person, basically.

(VOICE QUIVERING)

I haven't slept in days.

What we did was so wrong

on so many levels.

And it was so right

on a couple of levels, too.

Admit it.

No, it wasn't.

On no levels was it right.

You can't say we didn't

enjoy each other's company.

Sitting at the bar, dancing.

After dancing. Come on.

You and I haven't had fun

like that in 100 years.

Yes, because we're not

supposed to have fun like that.

We are divorced.

(SIGHING DEEPLY)

Are you, like, what, unhappy at

home? Does she not understand you?

Or did you just want to know what

it would be like with someone my age?

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