Only You Page #3

As the movie cuts to a commercial,

LESLIE:

I'm just saying I think it would

be a good idea.

KATE:

(dubiously)

Date police...

LESLIE:

Yes. A guy who says he's gonna

call, then doesn't, ought to get

slapped with a citation, that's

all.

Faith glances at Kate. They're used to Leslie.

LESLIE:

(blowing on her

nails)

Anyway, like I said, I've given

it a lot of thought and I've

finally narrowed it down.

(beat)

A heterosexual with a job.

FAITH:

Well, I don't think it's asking

too much to want to feel it in my

head and my heart and my body and

my soul all at the same time, and

to have that feeling to be mutual.

Pass the M&Ms please.

Her friends groan. They're used to Faith. Kate hands the

candy over.

LESLIE:

Not as long as you're not hoping

to find it on planet Earth.

KATE:

Leslie's right, Faith. You've got

to start being more practical.

Do you know what the statistics

are, the marriage odds for women

your age?

FAITH:

I don't believe in statistics.

KATE:

You're an accountant for cryin'

out loud.

Faith holds out both palms, gesturing that her point has been

made.

KATE:

What about that guy you work with,

Mike what's-his-name?

FAITH:

(shaking her head)

No. He smokes.

KATE:

How about the other one? His

friend.

FAITH:

Just moved in with his girlfriend.

KATE:

(brightly)

How about that guy at the bank?

Faith pops another M&M.

FAITH:

Scientologist.

KATE:

(deflated)

Oh.

Beat.

KATE:

So, you gotta be a little flexible.

Look at your brother and me.

Larry's not perfect, neither am

I. But we work it out. We're not

unrealistic in our expectations,

and we have each other.

(setting down her

scissors)

I think you've got the Door Number

Three Syndrome.

FAITH:

Don't tell me, Oprah did a show--

LESLIE:

Yeah, I saw that. Like on Let's

Make A Deal. You've got the Amana

freezer and you can keep it, or

risk it on what's behind Door

Number Three. Which usually turns

out to be a donkey.

Faith looks at Kate.

FAITH:

I don't have an Amana freezer.

KATE:

It's a metaphor. It's women who

always think there's some unknown

out there that's going to be better

than what's in front of them. And

instead wind up with nothing.

FAITH:

Metaphorically, I still don't have

an Amana freezer.

KATE:

I think if you're honest with

yourself, you'll admit you've had

a chance at a number of Amana

appliances in your lifetime.

She knows there's probably some ugly truth to this. Luckily,

the PHONE RINGS. Faith picks it up.

FAITH:

Hello? Hi, Larry.

(beat)

Yeah, she's here. Hold on.

(turning to Kate)

It's your husband.

INT. LARRY'S KITCHEN - NIGHT

LARRY, Kate's husband, Faith's brother, is at the kitchen

table, munching the last crumbs out of a bag of potato chips

and watching television.

LARRY:

Kate, you're still there? I

thought you'd be on your way home

by now.

INT. FAITH'S KITCHEN - NIGHT

KATE:

You miss me?...

INT. LARRY'S KITCHEN - NIGHT

LARRY:

Uh, yeah. Sure.

(gazing forlornly

into the

refrigerator)

Honey, did you forget the guys are

coming over tonight?

KATE (ON PHONE)

No, why?

LARRY:

(helplessly)

Well, there's nothing here to eat.

INT. FAITH'S LIVING ROOM - NIGHT

Over the movie, we hear yelling -- Kate's half of the fight

-- in the background. Then the SLAMMING of the receiver.

When she comes back into the room, the "Some Enchanted

Evening" number is on. Faith is mouthing the words. Kate

starts picking up her coupons.

FAITH:

Is everything okay?

KATE:

Yes.

(glancing at the

tv, annoyed)

You know all the shrinks on Donahue

say that all those love songs about

some enchanted evening are just

a cruel hoax that feeds people's

fantasies.

FAITH:

(a little

plaintive)

But somebody wrote those songs.

KATE:

So, what's your point?

FAITH:

Just that they came out of

somebody's experience is all.

KATE:

No, Faith. They came out of

somebody's imagination.

EXT. FAITH'S DOOR - NIGHT

Faith walks her friends to the door, opens it.

FAITH:

I wish you didn't have to go so

early.

KATE:

(still annoyed)

Yeah, well, Larry and his friends

are hungry.

(relenting)

And I did say I'd try to pick

something up.

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