Juno Page #17

VANESSA:

No, no, I don't think that, Juno.

It's just that, we went through a

situation before where it didn't

work out.

Juno glances at Mark and again at Vanessa. Vanessa looks

embarrassed.

MARK:

Cold feet.

JUNO:

You should have gone to China. I

heard they give away babies like

free iPods. They shoot 'em out of

those T-shirt guns at sports events.

VANESSA:

(abruptly)

Right. Well, Juno, your parents must

be wondering where you are. You might

want to head home.

JUNO:

Naah. I'm already pregnant, so they

figure nothing worse could happen to

me. I gotta bounce anyway. It was

nice seeing you guys again.

She waves and heads for the door.

MARK:

(to Juno)

Hey, don't forget your bag.

Vanessa looks pain-stricken as Mark helps Juno with her bag.

EXT. MACGUFF HOUSE - NIGHT

Juno kicks the snow off her shoes before she enters.

INT. MACGUFF HOUSE - KITCHEN - NIGHT

Bren sits at the kitchen table with a mug of coffee and an

issue of Dog Fancy.

Juno enters nonchalantly, drinking a giant slushie.

BREN:

Where the hell have you been, Junebug?

JUNO:

I drove to St. Cloud to show Mark

and Vanessa the ultrasound. And I

wound up staying for a couple of

hours.

BREN:

A couple of hours? Why are you going

up there in the first place?

JUNO:

They said they wanted to know about

this stuff. They said to keep them

updated, so I did!

BREN:

You could have sent it to them. Why

would you drive an hour out to East

Jesus, Nowhere?

JUNO:

I don't know, I just did. And while

we were waiting for Vanessa, Mark

and I watched The Wizard of Gore and

he burned me some CDs of weird music.

He's kind of cool.

A beat as Bren absorbs this.

BREN:

That was a mistake, Juno. Mark is a

married stranger. You overstepped a

boundary.

JUNO:

Listen, Bren-duhhh, I think you're

the one overstepping boundaries.

You're acting like you're the one

who has to go through this and get

huge and push a baby out of your vag

for someone else. Besides, who cares

if he's married? I can have friends

who are married.

BREN:

It doesn't work that way, kiddo. You

don't know squat about the dynamics

of marriage.

JUNO:

You don't know anything about me!

BREN:

I know enough.

Bren rises to leave, clutching the Dog Fancy magazine.

JUNO:

(gesturing to the

magazine)

We don't even have a dog!

BREN:

Yeah, because you're allergic to

their saliva. I've made a lot of

sacrifices for you, Juno. And in a

couple years you're going to move

out -- and I'm getting Weimaraners.

JUNO:

Wow, dream big!

BREN:

Oh, go fly a kite.

Bren STORMS out. Juno heads to the URN by the door and

defiantly pours the remains of her blue slushie into it.

EXT. BLEEKER HOUSE - NIGHT

Juno parks her PREVIA on the street. She walks up to the

house and rings the doorbell.

BLEEKER'S MOM answers, visibly annoyed. Her eyes drift down

to Juno's middle.

JUNO (V.O.)

Bleeker's mom was possibly attractive

once. But now she looks a hobbit.

The fat one that was in The Goonies.

BLEEKER'S MOM

Hi Juno. What can I do for you?

JUNO:

I borrowed Paulie's physics notes in

school today. I'm pretty sure he

needs them back, or his grade could

plummet to an A minus.

BLEEKER'S MOM

Fine. Come in.

She steals another glance at Juno's belly.

INT. BLEEKER HOUSE - HALLWAY - NIGHT

Bleeker's mom escorts Juno wordlessly up the stairs and down

the hallway to Paulie's bedroom. Juno discreetly tries to

charge ahead of her, but her expanding middle prevents her

from getting past Bleeker's mom. They share an extremely

awkward moment wedged side-by-side in the narrow hallway.

Bleecker's mom nudges past Juno and knocks on Bleeker's

bedroom door. The door has a cheesy racecar-themed decoration

hanging on it that says PAULIE'S VRROOOM! It looks like

something a 5-year old might have.

INT. BLEEKER HOUSE - PAULIE'S BEDROOM - NIGHT

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