Ordinary People Page #20

AMBULANCE MAN (cont'd)

Let's go.

62 INT. COMMUTER TRAIN ­ NIGHT 62

CONDUCTOR:

Lake Forest is next. Lake Forest.

Calvin realizes he has to get off.

63 INT. SWIMMING POOL ­ NIGHT 63

Another training session at the swimming pool. Conrad is

heavily swimming in his lane, although he looks tired and

bored, not really fit for training. He stops, exhausted at

the end of a row, looks at his friends happily discussing

by the side of the pool, then at coach Salan in his office

glass booth overlooking the swimming pool. Conrad reflects.

57.

64 INT. SWIMMING POOL. COACH SALAN'S OFFICE BOOTH ­ NIGHT 64

Coach Salan is sermonning Conrad in his office glass booth

overlooking the swimming pool.

COACH SALAN:

What it is you want?

I don't know what else to do for

you.

CONRAD:

I'm not asking you for anything.

COACH SALAN:

You gotta be kidding me. I don't

get it. I excuse you from practice

twice a week so you can see some

shrink. I work with you every damn

night at your convenience. What the

hell more am I supposed to do for

you?

CONRAD:

Nothing.

COACH SALAN:

Bright kid like you, everything

going for you. See, I don't get it.

Why do you wanna keep messing up

your life?

CONRAD:

I don't think that ...that quitting

swimming will mess up my life. I...

I really don't.

COACH SALAN:

Okay. Okay. Now, this is it.

CONRAD:

Yeah.

COACH SALAN:

You're a big kid now.

CONRAD:

Uh, uh.

COACH SALAN:

Actions have consequences.

CONRAD:

Okay!

(CONTINUED)

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COACH SALAN:

I'm not taking you back again.

You'll remember that?

CONRAD:

I won't ask you to ...sir.

Conrad stands up and leaves. Coach Salan is disappointed.

65 INT. LOCKER ROOM ­ NIGHT 65

[Laughter]

Conrad tidies his closet. Lazenby comes to him.

LAZENBY:

What happened? You all right?

CONRAD:

Yeah.

LAZENBY:

Salan says you quit the swim

team.

CONRAD:

Yeah.

LAZENBY:

Why?

CONRAD:

I don't know. I felt like it was a

bore.

LAZENBY:

That's not a real reason!

CONRAD:

Well, that's the way it is.

LAZENBY:

So what's going on?

CONRAD:

Nothing.

LAZENBY:

What happened?

CONRAD:

Nothing.

LAZENBY:

Connie, come on, talk to me.

(CONTINUED)

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CONRAD:

Nothing. Swimming's a bore. That's

all.

LAZENBY:

Well listen, I talked to Salan...

CONRAD:

Well, quit talking to people! Okay?

LAZENBY:

Holy sh*t! Yeah. Sure. F*** you.

Jarrett.

Lazenby walks away to the others, waiting. They leave.

STILLMAN:

Ooh! Ohh!

LAZENBY:

Shut up. Leave it alone.

STILLMAN:

I told you. The guy's a flake.

They laugh. Conrad, angry with himself, slams his locker's

door.

66 INT. DR BERGER'S OFFICE ­ EVENING 66

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