Nurse Betty Page #32

After one more CLANGING shot Merle staggers, then falls.

Wesley walks over to Charlie and Ellen, drawing his knife.

WESLEY:

That's a really nice name...

116 INT. GEORGE'S RANGE ROVER - MOVING - LATER - NIGHT 116

George and Betty are alone.

BETTY:

Lyla's very nice.

GEORGE:

Yes, she is.

BETTY:

She told me I was charming and

relentless, and would go far in this

town. And she said that unlike the other

charming, relentless people she knew, she

liked me.

103.

GEORGE:

She's a good person to know.

(BEAT)

So where did you study again?

BETTY:

Carleton School of Nursing. Two

semesters, but Del made me give it up...

GEORGE:

Alright, okay... I think you broke the

record for staying in character about

three hours ago.

BETTY:

You told me that two hours ago.

He pulls up in front of Rosa's apartment and parks.

BETTY (cont'd)

I haven't been this happy since I was

twelve years old.

GEORGE:

What happened when you were twelve?

BETTY:

For Mother's Day, I used all my allowance

that I'd been saving to take my mother to

Kansas City. We got our nails done and

had lunch at "Skies," a restaurant at the

top of a building from where you can see

the whole city. It was the last outing

we took together. She died the following

year.

GEORGE:

Wow ... You just gave me goosebumps, you

know that? You make it all sound so

real. Great improv...

BETTY:

I just want everything to be perfect

between us.

GEORGE:

I know. Listen, we need to take a time

out here. Can we talk seriously for a

minute?

BETTY:

Of course.

104.

GEORGE:

At last! I know how much you want this.

You're gifted and extremely determined,

but ... it's not up to me.

BETTY:

I know. It's up to us.

Betty leans over and kisses George - so deeply that he's too

surprised to react. She pulls away abruptly and gets out.

BETTY (cont'd)

I love you, David. And I want to see you

tomorrow, and the next day, and the next

day.

Still surprised, and now a little intrigued, he watches her

go inside.

117 INT. ROSA'S KITCHEN - NIGHT 117

Betty comes in and pours a drink from the fridge. Rosa

appears in a nightshirt behind her, framed in the doorway.

ROSA:

Were you with him this whole time?

BETTY:

Oh, God! You scared me! Yes...

ROSA:

You still in love?

Betty nods.

ROSA:

Does he know you think he's real?

BETTY:

He is real.

ROSA:

Uh-huh... So, what'd you talk about?

BETTY:

Oh, my gosh, everything! My trip out

here, what we've both been doing, you

know...

ROSA:

No, I'm not sure I could begin to

imagine... So, where'd you go?

105.

BETTY:

To a party in the Hollywood Hills.

ROSA:

Was it a huge place? With a view of the

whole world?

BETTY:

Yes. I'd never been in a place like that

before.

ROSA:

I have, lots of times. My mother used to

clean them. I used to piss in their

pools.

Rosa gets up and starts for her bedroom. She stops.

ROSA (cont'd)

This isn't fair, you know. Do you always

get what you want?

BETTY:

No, almost never.

ROSA:

But, you're in love with someone who

doesn't exist. You come here, you meet

this guy, who should laugh in your face,

and instead you leave with him!

(BEAT)

Betty, you are one-of-a-kind...

Rosa goes into her bedroom and closes the door. Betty smiles

and nods, sipping at her drink as she retires to her room.

118 OMIT (NOW 120A) 118

119 INT. POLICE STATION - JAIL CELL - THE NEXT DAY 119

From his cell Roy Ostrey hears a door open, then the sound of

approaching footsteps. It's Ballard.

ROY:

Elden, let me out of here. Now! This is

ridiculous, I need medical attention!

BALLARD:

That's a nice name for what you need...

106.

ROY:

Come on, I have to get this dressing

off...it itches! And what about my fish?

Who is taking care of them?

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