Only You Page #12

Hangs up. They look at him expectantly.

CONCIERGE:

(handing back the

message)

He said he thinks a woman he works

with knows him. Her name's Anna.

But she won't be in 'til tomorrow.

FAITH:

So. How do we get to Rome?

EXT. COUNTRY ROAD - SUNRISE

Somewhere in Tuscany. Where the landscape looks like one of

those old Renaissance paintings. Undulating hills,

sun-dappled olive groves, vast vineyards, crumbling

farmhouses. They speed into the frame aboard a vespa. Faith

is at the handlebars.

KATE:

(over the wind)

Couldn't we just have taken a

train?

FAITH:

(shaking her head)

The book said they have a lot of

rail strikes in Italy.

FAITH:

This way we're in control.

Besides, look how pretty this is.

We're really getting to see the

countryside.

They speed off. And a BUG smacks straight into Kate's mouth.

DISSOLVE TO:

LATER. The front wheel of the vespa is rotating very slowly.

That's because they're pushing it. In silence, until,

FAITH:

(quietly)

I told you a liter was less than

a gallon.

KATE:

(snapping)

We would've had enough gas to get

us there if you hadn't gotten us

lost. Besides, a kilometer is less

than a mile.

FAITH:

Right. So we should've been able

to cover more of them.

Silence.

KATE:

Boy, we sure are seeing the

countryside, alright.

Beat.

KATE:

I'm hungry.

FAITH:

You know, no offense or anything

Kate, but I think I'm starting to

see Larry's side of the story.

KATE:

What's that supposed to mean?...

FAITH:

Nothing.

They plod along again in silence.

FAITH:

(throwing up her

hands)

I thought all roads were supposed

to lead there anyway.

DISSOLVE TO:

LATER STILL. They've stopped to rest. The sun is beating

down mercilessly.

Faith gets up, stands at the side of the road, arm and thumb

extended.

KATE:

I don't know that we should be

accepting any rides from strangers.

Faith just looks at her.

FAITH:

You expecting somebody you know?

KATE:

Well, you don't have to get snippy

with me.

FAITH:

Sorry.

After a beat,

KATE:

(wounded)

So, what exactly is Larry's side

of the story, anyway?

FAITH:

I don't know, Kate. I just said

that. I'm sorry. I'm just on

edge.

(gazing into the

distance)

I'm afraid we're losing him.

KATE:

(staring vacantly

ahead)

You think he misses me at all?

FAITH:

'Course he does.

KATE:

You know, when Larry and I got

married, I thought we were so lucky

we found each other so early.

People talk about spending their

lives together, how many of them

really get to? But maybe I was

wrong. Maybe sooner or later

everything wears out.

Faith turns to look at her sister-in-law. She goes over and

kneels down next to her.

FAITH:

Remember in junior high, when I

had that Halloween party? And we

were playing Twister. And it

landed on right-hand-red, and there

was only one red spot left. You

reached for it, but you started

to fall.

FAITH:

And instead of taking it, Larry

reached out to catch you. He let

you win. Larry never let anybody

win. That's when I knew. He was

a goner.

Kate is idly doodling in the dirt with a twig.

KATE:

That was a long time ago.

FAITH:

And you know what I thought then,

Kate? I thought, I hope someday

I have somebody who loves me that

much.

(a confession)

I still hope that.

Still looking down, Kate smiles ruefully.

KATE:

That you'll find someone who'll

let you win at Twister?

She looks up, eyes full of doubt. Faith nods solemnly.

KATE:

He went out and bought himself

men's cologne the other day. Did

I tell you that?

FAITH:

(concerned)

Larry bought himself cologne?

KATE:

Polo.

Uh-oh.

Faith puts a consoling arm around her, and they sit there in

the Tuscan countryside. In quiet contemplation of the

capriciousness of life and love.

INT. SQUASH COURT - DAY

Dwayne and Larry are playing. Larry's clothes are very

wrinkled.

LARRY:

So, she just takes off on me. No

warning. No explanation. Just

this message on the machine, "I'm

leaving you. Take the clothes out

of the dryer." I mean, what'd I

do?

Larry smacks the ball.

DWAYNE:

I don't get it. She hasn't seen

her since she was a kid, now just

because she's dying, all of the

sudden she's gotta see her again?

LARRY:

She's been acting weird lately,

though. I shoulda seen it coming.

Babbling on and on and on about

"communication". Like I don't know

how to communicate.

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