MY GIRL Page #8

Shelly begins to exit with a look of failure on her face

HARRY:

I do enjoy playing bingo, if you'd like to

join me for a game tomorrow night at church

you're welcome to.

SHELLY:

(considers for a moment)

Okay.

Harry resumes typing

VADA IS RUNNING THROUGH FOYER AND BEGINS TO PASS BATHROOM

WHERE SHELLY IS PUTTING ON MAKEUP

SHELLY:

Hi Vada.

VADA:

Are you going out somewhere?

SHELLY:

No.

VADA:

So how come you're putting lipstick on?

SHELLY:

A girl's always gotta look her best.

VADA:

I think lipstick looks fake, no-ones lips are

that color.

SHELLY:

Have you ever tried any?

VADA:

No.

SHELLY:

Come here, sit down.

Vada enters bathroom and sits down on the closed toilet

seat, Shelly brings up a stool and sits down in front of

Vada. Vada gets some lipstick put on her

SHELLY:

Now, first we blot.

Vada blots her lips on some tissue

SHELLY:

Take a look. I think it looks real nice on

you.

Vada looks in Shelly's mirror

VADA:

Shelly, do you think I'm pretty?

SHELLY:

Yes, Vada I think you're very pretty. You've

got these great big sparkling eyes, the cutest

little nose, an amazing mouth.

VADA:

The boys at school don't think I am.

SHELLY:

They'll come around. Close your eyes, I wanna

bring out the gorgeous color in them. The

first rule in applying eye makeup, is you can

never wear enough blue eye shadow.

VADA:

Do you like putting makeup on people?

SHELLY:

Uh huh, i've been trying to get out to

Hollywood for years to do makeup for all the

stars, I haven't gotten there yet.

(she finishes her work)

All right, open your eyes.

Vada opens her eyes and looks in the mirror

VADA:

Shelly, I would definitely hold off on that

Hollywood thing.

VADA EXITS HOUSE THROUGH FRONT DOOR, RAUNCHY MUSIC IS

PLAYING AND SHE DOES A GROOVY WALK TO THE STEPS WHERE THOMAS

J AWAITS HER, SHE LIES DOWN LENGTH WAYS ACROSS THE STEP AND

LOOKS AT HIM:

THOMAS J:

Your lip bleeding?

VADA:

No.

THOMAS J:

What's wrong with your eyes?

VADA:

A girl can never wear enough eye shadow.

THOMAS J:

Where's your bike?

VADA:

Oh, in the garage. Walk me over.

The two enter the garage, where a large black hearse is

parked

VADA:

It's only a garage, come on.

Vada notices that one of her streamers on her bike is gone

VADA:

Hey, one of my streamers is gone! It probably

fell off in here.

Thomas J walks over to a model of a head

THOMAS J:

Hey look at this!

VADA:

That was Grammoo's. It's a phrenology chart,

they used to study the bumps in your head to

see if you had a good personality or not. Come

here, i'll diagnose your head.

THOMAS J:

No, I don't wanna.

VADA:

Come on, it's fun.

Vada examines Thomas J's head and then compares it with the

chart

VADA:

Hmmmm, interesting.

THOMAS J:

What?

VADA:

You have no personality.

THOMAS J:

Hey, where does it say that?

VADA:

Never mind.

Thomas J knocks the lid off a small box and reveals a photo

THOMAS J:

Is that your Dad?

VADA:

Yes.

THOMAS J:

Who's that with your Dad?

VADA:

It's my mother.

THOMAS J:

Do you remember her?

VADA:

No. Grammoo said she's in heaven.

THOMAS J:

What do you think it's like?

VADA:

What?

THOMAS J:

Heaven.

VADA:

I think, everybody gets their own white

horse, and all they do is ride and eat

marshmallows all day, and everybody's best

friends with everybody else, when you play

sports, there's no teams, so nobody gets

picked last.

THOMAS J:

But, what if you're afraid to ride horses?

VADA:

It doesn't matter, 'cause they're not regular

horses, they got wings, and it's no big deal

if you fall, you just land in cloud.

THOMAS J:

That doesn't sound so bad, come on, we'll

never find that streamer.

As they leave, Vada turns back and grabs the photo, then

returns to Thomas J

HARRY'S BEDROOM, HARRY IS DRESSING AND GETTING READY FOR

HIS DATE WITH SHELLY

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