Ordinary People Page #25

I'll see you later!

And you're really a terrific

tenor!

CONRAD:

(singing like a tenor)

Ah. You're just saying that?

Bus goes away.

CONRAD (cont'd)

Alleluia! Alleluia!

72 EXT. PARK ­ EVENING 72

Conrad goes home through park.

CONRAD:

Alleluia! Ah ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,

ha, ha. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,

ha, ha, ha, alleluia! Alleluia!

Alleluia, Alleluia! Alleluia!

Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

73 INT. CONRAD'S BEDROOM ­ EVENING 73

Conrad enters his room still singing in a low voice.

CONRAD:

Alleluia!

He browses quickly through a pocket book, finds the piece of

paper inserted in it, picks up phone and dials the number

written on the paper

KAREN'S MOTHER

Hello?

CONRAD:

Hello. Is Karen there?

KAREN'S MOTHER

Who's calling, please?

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CONRAD:

It's a friend of hers from

Hillsboro?

KAREN'S MOTHER

Oh... Well, she's ...not home from

school yet.

CONRAD:

Oh. Um...Hmm. Just tell her I

called. This is Conrad. Calling.

Just tell her I called and I'm

feeling great, and I just wanted

to talk to her.

KAREN'S MOTHER

Yes. I will.

CONRAD:

OK. Thank you.

KAREN'S MOTHER

Good bye.

Conrad walks nervously around to and fro for a while then

looks up into directory. He finds Jeannine number, writes it

down "Pratt 5556719", then picks up the phone.

CONRAD:

All right

Conrad hangs up, and rehearses what he is going to say, but

he is yet too shy to call.

CONRAD (cont'd)

Hello. Jeannine. This is Conrad.

Hello. Jeannine, this is Conrad.

Hello. Jeannine. This is Conrad.

Conrad. Conrad? What a dumb name.

Hello. Jeannine. This is Bill.

Uuuuurgh!

Conrad takes courage and dials Jeannine number.

JEANNINE:

Hello?

CONRAD:

Hello. This is... Hello, this is

Conrad calling. Jarrett?

JEANNINE:

Oh...

(realizing, more

enthusiastic)

Oh. Hi!

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CONRAD:

Hi. Listen. I was... I was

wondering if maybe you'd like...to

go out sometime?

JEANNINE:

You mean, with you? Like on a date?

CONRAD:

Well, yeah, we wouldn't have to

call it a real date. We could fake

it sort of, to see how it goes..

Jeannine laughs.

JEANNINE:

That was dumb. Forget it. Just

forget it. Now start over.

CONRAD:

Hi, this is Conrad Jarrett...

JEANNINE:

(interrupting) )

I'd love to. When?

Conrad laughs.

74 EXT. STREET JARRETT'S HOME ­ DAY 74

[Happy music] Calvin and Conrad happily come back home with

a Christmas tree on top of car.

75 INT. JARRETT'S LIVING ROOM ­ DAY 75

Christmas tree standing in living room ready to be decorated.

Bet silently comes in. Calvin finally notices she is here.

CALVIN:

I didn't see you there. What do you

think?

BETH:

(cold)

Fine.

CALVIN:

Rawlins used to have such great

Scotch pines. And they all look

like skeletons this year.

Conrad comes in with a box of chritsmas tree decorations

CONRAD:

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