Only You Page #8

FAITH:

That's where you're wrong. I got

one nine years ago. I just never

had an opportunity to use it.

KATE (ON PHONE)

Because you were afraid to fly.

FAITH:

Would you stop saying that? I need

you to do me a really big favor.

INT. KATE & LARRY'S KITCHEN - NIGHT

KATE:

Does Dwayne know about this?

FAITH (ON PHONE)

Of course not. I told him I was

going to visit a great aunt. And

don't tell Larry, either.

Kate glances disdainfully over at Larry, who's engrossed in

the Home Shopping Club in the next room.

KATE:

How could I tell him? I'm not even

speaking to him.

EXT. DWAYNE'S APARTMENT - NIGHT

Kate and Leslie are there. Kate knocks. No answer. She

pulls a key from beneath the mat and opens the door.

She calls out Dwayne's name. No answer. Nods to Leslie.

INT. AIRPORT - NIGHT

Faith, still in her bridal gown, is waiting impatiently at

the TWA terminal entrance. Finally, she spots Kate and Leslie

in the distance, carrying a suitcase. She rushes to them.

FAITH:

(anxiously to

Leslie)

Were you able to find it?

LESLIE:

At the very bottom of Dwayne's

closet.

Faith clenches her fist in victory.

LESLIE:

But... there wasn't a regular

yearbook picture of him in there.

He must've been absent that day

or something.

Faith's face falls.

LESLIE:

However, he was in the marching

band.

Faith brightens again, as Leslie pulls a contact lens case

from her purse. She unscrews one side, empties the contents

into Faith's palm. A fuzzy little image the size of an

eraserhead. Damon Bradley, age 17, in the shadow of a tuba.

Faith holds the virtually microscopic black and white speck

up under her nose, examining it lovingly.

FAITH:

(touched)

Thanks, Leslie.

Then, ever so carefully, places it back into the case, puts

the case in her purse, and reaches for her suitcase. Which

Kate is still holding onto.

KATE:

I can't believe we did this. Do

I have to remind you that your

wedding is in six days?

FAITH:

Look, I know you think this is

irresponsible of me, but think how

much more irresponsible it would

be to marry the wrong person.

(more)

FAITH (Cont'd)

What if Dwayne and I aren't really

meant to be? Is it fair of me to

waste his life?

Kate reluctantly lets go. Faith starts walking through the

terminal, pulling clothes from the suitcase.

They follow her into the ladies' room, where Faith changes

clothes.

LESLIE:

I think she's right. You shouldn't

let a chance like this slip by.

What if he's really The One?

KATE:

Les-lie, he's not The One. She's

never even met this man.

(to Faith)

You mean to tell me that you've

spent your whole life waiting for

somebody with this name--

(qualifying it)

this name you got from a Parker

Brothers game when you were

eleven--

FAITH:

No, I haven't. And you forgot

about the fortune teller.

KATE:

My God, you have...

Faith hands her gown and car keys to Leslie.

FAITH:

Thank you so much.

KATE:

You're just going to fly to Italy

and start combing the streets?

FAITH:

(pulling a cocktail

napkin from her

purse)

He was on his way to Venice, right?

I called the tourist bureau and

I must've called every hotel in

the city, but I found where he's

staying.

(more)

FAITH (Cont'd)

(giddy)

And I've made a reservation.

Kate shakes her head. They exit out of the restroom and head

towards her gate.

KATE:

You don't even know what he looks

like. You don't speak the

language. You don't know your way

around. This is a total stranger,

in a foreign land.

She's starting to get a little caught up in this.

KATE:

A foreign land full of millions

of Italian men... speaking Italian

with Italian accents and those huge

brown eyes and that silky olive

skin...

FAITH:

How hard can it be? I'll land

there, I'll go to his hotel, I'll

introduce myself, and--

KATE:

Live happily ever after.

FAITH:

Maybe.

Off Kate's look,

FAITH:

Look, until today, I had forgotten

all about this. And chances are

I'll find out he's not for me and

I'll come home and marry Dwayne

and never bring this up again.

But what if this is the real

thing, Kate? What if this is the

real real thing?

She steps aboard the escalator.

FAITH:

Wish me luck.

EXT. AIRPORT PARKING STRUCTURE - NIGHT

Leslie is behind the wheel of Faith's car, driving it home.

Kate is at the wheel of her station wagon, driving it back

home. When at the last opportunity to recircle the airport,

Kate suddenly cuts the wheel.

INT. AIRPORT WAITING AREA - NIGHT

CLOSE on a Let's Go, Italy guide, an Italian-English

Dictionary, and a copy of How to Make a Man Fall in Love with

You}. Faith is waiting at the gate. She's packing the books

into her suitcase when the glitter of her ENGAGEMENT RING

catches her eye. She looks around, before furtively sliding

it off. She opens the coin purse of her wallet and is placing

it inside, when a pair of shoes appear in front of her.

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