Kids Page #11

TAXI DRIVER (cont’d)

Would I be prying if I asked you

what was wrong?

Jennie is silent.

TAXI DRIVER (cont’d)

Miss, would I be prying?

JENNIE:

Everything is wrong.

TAXI DRIVER:

No, not everything? The sun is

still shinning. It's a beautiful

day out. Some things are OK. Right?

JENNIE:

Yeah, I guess so.

TAXI DRIVER:

Did you and your boyfriend just

break up?

JENNIE:

No.

TAXI DRIVER:

Are you in trouble with the law?

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JENNIE:

No.

TAXI DRIVER:

Am I getting warm?

Jennie smiles. The taxi driver looks in the mirror and sees

Jennie smiling.

TAXI DRIVER (cont’d)

Now that's it. A smile. You look

like a prom queen when you smile.

Like a glamour girl.

JENNIE:

Yeah?

TAXI DRIVER:

Oh yeah, sure. When I was a kid I

had a crush on the prom queen.

Darlene Louis. She had a big black

mole in the center of her face that

used to get me so excited. Darlene

Louis. You know you look a little

bit like her.

JENNIE:

Thanks.

TAXI DRIVER:

Yeah. Right around the cheeks and

chin. Boy did I have a crush on

her. She was the first girl I ever

put my tongue in her mouth.

He stops at a red light and turns around to look at her.

TAXI DRIVER (cont’d)

Hey look. Whatever it is. Just

forget about it. Life's too short.

Make yourself happy. I'll give you

an example. When my golden

retriever passed away. God rest his

soul.

(he punches the roof of

the cab)

I was lonesome. I missed him. So I

got a tattoo.

He pulls up his shirt and reveals a tattoo of a dog on his

forearm. It says "Bruno" in big letters.

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TAXI DRIVER (cont’d)

Now how do you like that? Now he's

with me forever.

The light turns and he starts driving.

TAXI DRIVER (cont’d)

I swear to God. Sometimes he barks.

I can hear him straight off my arm.

Ruff, ruff, he goes.

JENNIE:

Yeah?

TAXI DRIVER:

Yeah. I'm not saying you should get

a tattoo. But you should make

yourself happy.

.

JENNIE:

What if you can't make yourself

happy? What if everything falls

apart?

TAXI DRIVER:

Well then, I don't know. You know

what you do then? You forget. Block

it out. I remember when I was a

little boy. My grandmother told me

to be happy. She said. She said,

"Leon, my darling little grandson.

If you want to be happy don't

think. Don't bump into any walls.

If you stutter. Don't talk" And I

took her advice. And look at me

now. Couldn't be happier.

He starts to laugh.

A quick shot of his identification badge. He has a really

goofy smile and he's wearing the same Hawaiian shirt.

TAXI DRIVER (cont’d)

That's life.

Jennie is smiling.

JENNIE:

Your a real philosopher.

TAXI DRIVER:

Yeah. I was gonna write a book but

I can't spell.

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He pulls up on Washington Square Park. He slams on the brakes

and turns around in his seat.

TAXI DRIVER (cont’d)

Well here we are, Miss.

Jennie pulls some money out.

TAXI DRIVER (cont’d)

Aw, don't worry 'bout it. The rides

on me.

Jennie has the money up to the glass.

TAXI DRIVER (cont’d)

All right, all right, I'll take it.

But forget about the tip.

He takes her money.

JENNIE:

Thanks. Bye.

The taxi driver sticks his head out the window.

TAXI DRIVER:

Oh yeah. Oh Miss. Miss. When you

smile, God notices. That's why the

sun is shining.

He points up to the sky before pulling away.

EXT. LOWER EAST SIDE - APARTMENT BUILDING - EVENING

Telly is standing in the road in front of Darcy's apartment

building. Casper, Harold, Steven, and two other girls named

KIM and JOY are all leaning against and sitting on a parked

car. Casper and Steven both have a quart of malt liquor in

their hands.

Telly is looking straight up. He puts his hands together and

raises them to his mouth.

TELLY:

(screaming)

Darcy!!!

(pause)

Darcy!!!

Bennie, a skinny 18 year old, sticks his chest out the

window. He's chewing on an apple and not wearing a shirt.

.

He looks down at Telly

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TELLY (cont’d)

(yelling)

Hey Bennie. What's up?

Bennie is munching on his apple.

BENNIE:

Nuffin. What do you want?

TELLY:

Is your sister home?

BENNIE:

You want Darcy?

TELLY:

Yeah.

BENNIE:

Hold on. Let me see if she's here.

He sticks his head inside and screams.

BENNIE (cont’d)

(his voice from upstairs)

Darcy!!!

Casper is sitting on the car, he has his arm wrapped around

Kim.

CASPER:

Hurry up man. Let's be out. I wanna

go swimmin.

TELLY:

Hold up man.

Darcy sticks her head out the window. She is very pretty,

very young, clean, and innocent.

DARCY:

Hey.

TELLY:

Hey. What are you doin right now?

DARCY:

I was just getting ready to take a

bath.

TELLY:

Don't take a bath. Come swimmin

with us!

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KIM:

Hi Darcy.

DARCY:

(smiles, waves)

Hi Kim. Hi Joy.

TELLY:

Come on. Come swimmin with us.

DARCY:

Right now?

TELLY:

Yeah. Come on.

DARCY:

(looks inside)

Hold on.

Telly walks over to the other guys.

JOY:

So this is your new girl, huh?

TELLY:

I hope so. For now.

JOY:

You like 'em kinda young right.

Babies?

TELLY:

I like 'em new. Not like you.

JOY:

F*** you.

Everyone starts laughing. Telly pulls the beer our of

Casper's hand and starts chugging it.

CASPER:

Damn b*tch. Don't kill it.

Telly hands the bottle back to Casper.

HAROLD:

Yo, you think we killed that guy?

CASPER:

Na.

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HAROLD:

You sure?

CASPER:

I don't know. But all I know is

that I kicked him so many times my

f***in' toe feels broken.

HAROLD:

Yo, we might have killed him. You

think?

STEVE:

I don't think we killed him.

Because after it was through, I saw

him twitch.

CASPER:

Yeah, he was crawling around and

sh*t.

HAROLD:

Man we f***ed him up.

CASPER:

Hell ya. We broke that mothafucka.

JOY:

You guys are f***ing sick. You know

that?

CASPER:

That's OK. Cause that's how I'm

livin.

.

HAROLD:

Yep.

Casper slaps hands with Harold.

Darcy walks out of her apartment building. She is wearing a

bikini top with baggy denim jean shorts. Her hair is pushed

back and she has a backpack on.

As she walks out of the building, Telly's eyes light up.

DARCY:

Ready.

Telly walks up to Darcy and kisses her on the cheek.

TELLY:

You look nice.

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EXT. WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK - EVENING

Jennie is standing under the arch. She is looking for Telly.

Misha is sitting on the fountain talking to some guy.

Jennie walks up to Misha.

MISHA:

Hey girl was up?

Jennie kisses Misha on the cheek.

JENNIE:

Just a lot of crazy sh*t.

MISHA:

Yeah?

JENNIE:

Yeah. Have you seen Telly around?

MISHA:

Yeah. Speaking of stupid sh*t. Him

and his ape ass of a friend Casper,

they all just almost killed some

kid.

JENNIE:

What happened?

MISHA:

I don't know. Just some messy

little scrap. You know that

bullshit.

JENNIE:

Do you know where he went?

MISHA:

I'm not sure. He said something

about meeting Darcy. I think he

likes her now.

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