Juno Page #25

EXT. LORING HOUSE - NIGHT

It's quiet after the storm. Inside, we see Vanessa sitting

alone at her perfect dining room table, drinking a glass of

wine.

INT. LORING HOUSE - DINING ROOM - NIGHT

Vanessa takes a sip and continues to let the days events

sink in. After a beat, Mark comes down the stairs to join

her.

MARK:

I called Gerta Rauss. She says she

can represent both of us. They call

it "collaborative divorce." It's

apparently all the rage right now.

And it's easy because we don't have

children.

VANESSA:

No, it's fine. Thanks for making the

call, I guess.

Mark nods and sits down.

VANESSA:

We're actually, finally doing this?

MARK:

Looks like it, yeah.

VANESSA:

Have you found a place to stay?

MARK:

Yeah, downtown.

VANESSA:

A hotel?

MARK:

It's a loft.

VANESSA:

(lightly teasing)

Aren't you the cool guy?

They STARE at the wall, speechless and defeated.

VANESSA:

I wanted a baby so bad. So bad.

She buries her head in her hands.

MARK:

I know you did.

There's a LOUD KNOCK on the front door.

EXT. LORING HOUSE - ENTRY - NIGHT

Mark opens the door. There's a folded piece of paper sitting

on the doormat. He squints and sees Juno pulling away in the

van.

Mark carefully unfolds the piece of paper -- it takes a minute

because of Juno's proficiency in "teen girl origami." He

holds it up. We can see there's WRITING on the back.

MARK:

It looks like a bill from Jiffy-Lube.

Vanessa takes the note from his hand and turns it over,

examining it.

VANESSA:

It's for me.

EXT. MACGUFF HOUSE - NIGHT

Juno parks her car and walks up to her house. A porch light's

been left on for her, and the place looks cozy and inviting.

JUNO (V.O.)

I never realize how much I like being

home unless I've been somewhere really

different for a while.

She picks a CROCUS from the unkempt garden near the porch

and sniffs it. She lifts her shirt and tickles her belly

with it. Then she tucks the flower into her unkempt hair.

INT. MACGUFF HOUSE - KITCHEN - NIGHT

Mac is alone at the kitchen table going over the family

finances while drinking one of Bren's weight loss shakes.

Juno enters.

JUNO:

Hi Dad.

MAC:

Hey, big puffy version of Junebug.

Where have you been?

JUNO:

Dealing with stuff way beyond my

maturity level. Where is everyone?

MAC:

Bren took Liberty Bell to her tot

ice skating class.

JUNO:

Tot ice skating? Tots can't ice skate.

Liberty Bell's still getting the

hang of stairs.

MAC:

No, but you know Bren. She dreams

big.

JUNO:

Yeah, she does.

MAC:

You look a little morose, honey.

What's eating you?

JUNO:

I'm losing my faith in humanity.

MAC:

Think you can narrow it down for me.

JUNO:

I guess I wonder sometimes if people

ever stay together for good.

MAC:

You mean like couples?

JUNO:

Yeah, like people in love.

MAC:

Are you having boy trouble? I gotta

be honest; I don't much approve of

you dating in your condition,

'cause... well, that's kind of messed

up.

JUNO:

Dad, no!

MAC:

Well, it's kind of skanky. Isn't

that what you girls call it? Skanky?

Skeevy?

JUNO:

Please stop now.

MAC:

(persisting)

Tore up from the floor up?

JUNO:

Dad, it's not about that. I just

need to know that it's possible for

two people to stay happy together

forever. Or at least for a few years.

MAC:

It's not easy, that's for sure. Now,

I may not have the best track record

in the world, but I have been with

your stepmother for ten years now,

and I'm proud to say that we're very

happy.

Juno nods in agreement.

MAC:

In my opinion, the best thing you

can do is to find a person who loves

you for exactly what you are. Good

mood, bad mood, ugly, pretty,

handsome, what have you, the right

person will still think that the sun

shines out your ass. That's the kind

of person that's worth sticking with.

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