Peggy Sue Got Married Page #16

MICHAEL:

But we had heat baby. Passion!

Fire! We owe it to ourselves to

fuse together.

(beat)

At least one more time.

PEGGY:

That's a terrific line. You're

going to be a wonderful writer.

MICHAEL:

You think so?

PEGGY:

Yes. We had a glorious night

together. One day you'll remember

and write about it.

MICHAEL:

I can dig that. Bittersweet

perfection. Dogs of lust on leashes

of memory... yeah.

Suddenly distracted by the familiar voice, Peggy looks up to

the stage and sees that the lead singer, Charlie Bell, is in

fact, Charlie Bodell.

PEGGY'S POV:
THE STAGE — CHARLIE SINGING

PEGGY (0.S.)

It's Charlie!

MICHAEL (0.S.)

What a treat.

INTERCUT - CHARLIE SINGING — WITH REACTIONS OF PEGGY AND

MICHAEL. Michael observes Peggy's intimate reaction to

Charlie's singing.

MICHAEL:

Now I get it.

PEGGY:

Ssh. He's great.

MICHAEL:

Peggy Sue's still stuck on treble

without a cause.

Charlie finishes the song as the audience goes wild. He

beams.

PEGGY:

I thought I knew everything about

him.

MICHAEL:

Can we split now?

Peggy and Michael unobtrusively slip out of the club. Charlie

leaves the stage. He's met by a greasy looking MAN. They sit

down at a booth to talk.

EXT. KELCHER HOUSE — NIGHT

Michael and Peggy pull up. Peggy gets off the bike and gives

Michael a good—night kiss.

MICHAEL:

I can dig you being uptight about

Rita and Utah. That's cool.

But I've got to warn you about

something.

PEGGY:

What?

MICHAEL:

My father. He's not just the

ultimate square. He's a total

crook.

INT. KELCHER KITCHEN

Mrs. Kelcher finishes the dishes, with rubber gloves on. Mr.

Kelcher sits, cleaning his pipe. Peggy enters.

PEGGY:

How did it go with the pantyhose?

MR. KELCHER

It's the darndest thing. Ed knew

what they were immediately. As a

matter of fact, he said he's got a

product like that in development

right now.

PEGGY:

Oh no!

MR. KELCHER

Didn't call, them pantyhose,

though. What was it, Evelyn?

MRS. KELCHER

Sheerotards. Catchy name, isn't it?

Like leotards.

PEGGY:

He's a liar! He has no such thing!

It's my own fault. I should have

had it patented first. He's a

crook, damnit.

MR. KELCHER

Peggy Sue, watch your mouth.

MRS. KELCHER

Mr. Fitzsimmons is a very prominent

man.

PEGGY:

Oh, you're both so naive.

MR. KELCHER

Look young lady, I grew up through

the depression. I fought in the

second World War. Six days a week I

get up and deal with the public,

the bank and the bill collectors.

And on the seventh day, when God

rests, I don't have to listen to my

daughter calling me a fool!

MRS. KELCHER

You have a point, dear.

INT. PEGGY'S ROOM

(POSS. OMIT THIS SCENE)

Peggy lies in bed in the darkness, her eyes wide open. The

bedside clock reads: 2:47. Peggy gets out of bed.

CAMERA TRACKS Peggy into Nancy's room. Peggy looks down at

Nancy sleeping. Gently pulling back the blankets, Peggy gets

into bed with her.

EXT. CHARLIE'S STREET — MORNING

Peggy walks down a residential street, much like her

parents'. She stops when she sees Charlie's car parked in a

driveway, and leans against a tree next to his car. Moments

later, Charlie exits his house, a dog trailing behind him.

The dog runs up to Peggy. Charlie is wary and distant.

CHARLIE:

What're you doing here?

PEGGY:

I wanted to talk to you, and I have

one last thing to take care of at

school. Then I'm going to...

(pats dog)

Good dog, Rusty. Good dog.

CHARLIE:

Rusty's dead. That's Ajax

Charlie throws a stick. Ajax chases it, never comes back.

PEGGY:

Oh. I guess I always liked Rusty

better.

(beat)

Could you give me a ride to school?

CHARLIE:

Sorry, the Blue Thunder's out of

commission for a while.

PEGGY:

Well, how about a walk, Charlie

Bell..

CHARLIE:

How'd you know about that?

PEGGY:

I was at Lena's last night. You

were terrific.

CHARLIE:

Not terrific enough. What were you

doing in that part of town? Who

were you with?

PEGGY:

What were You doing there? You

never told me you were singing with

an R and B group.

CHARLIE:

Hey. I guess there's a lot of

things we don't know about each

other.

Charlie and Peggy walking.

PEGGY:

I'd forgotten how much music meant

to you.

CHARLIE:

That's real big of you.

PEGGY:

Stop being defensive. I want to

help you. I wrote a song for you.

CHARLIE:

You're kidding. You wrote a song?

Is it about a guilty girl and a

trusting guy... she wants to hurt

him, and he wonders why?

Peggy takes a piece of paper from her purse.

PEGGY:

Not exactly, but with your great

voice, it'll be a huge hit. Honest.

CHARLIE:

Fat chance. You know, Lee Wilkins

came to hear me last night. He told

me to forget it. You told me to

forget it. My parents tell me to

forget it.

PEGGY:

Just take a look at it.

(hands him the lyric)

CHARLIE:

If you took the trouble to write

it, then sure, I'll take a look at

it. But I'm beginning to think that

maybe there's more to life than

music. I wonder if people would

still like me if I stopped being

Mr. Excitement?

INT. SCHOOL HALLWAY

Peggy and Charlie stand by their open locker.

CHARLIE:

Does this mean you like me again?

PEGGY:

It means I care about you and what

happens to you.

CHARLIE:

That's all I wanted to hear. 'Cause

I'm never going to give up on us.

It's easy to fall apart in a

crisis. It's easy to be selfish and

say goodbye and good luck. But this

is more than love. This is a mental

decision. Just wait till tomorrow,

when you see your birthday present.

Then you'll understand.

Charlie walks away as Peggy reaches into the locker for her

books.

CAROL:

Peggy, I have to talk to you.

Peggy turns to Carol. They walk down the hallway together.

PEGGY:

What's the matter?

CAROL:

It's that jerk Walter.

PEGGY:

What happened?

CAROL:

After Charlie told Walter that he

broke up with you because he wanted

to play the field, Walter decided

he should do the same thing.

PEGGY:

Welcome to the singles' scene.

CAROL:

What a I going to do for the rest

of my life? I don't have a

boyfriend anymore.

PEGGY:

Look, Carol, maybe Walter's done

you a big favor. You always said

you wanted to get out of town. Go

for it. And be happy, goddamnit,

I'm rooting for you.

ANOTHER ANGLE:

Walter walks up to Charlie.

WALTER:

Hey Charlie, what do you think of

this?

Walter does a totally demented dance step, finishing by

strumming his leg like a guitar. He stands there grinning.

CHARLIE:

Walter, maybe you should be a

dentist.

INT. CLASSROOM

Peggy sits at her desk, organizing her books. We hear the end

of the ANNOUNCEMENTS over the P.A. SYSTEM.

MR. MOSEY (V.0.)

And finally, our heartiest

congratulations to our girls diving

team for placing second in the

county finals last Friday. And a

special accolade to Rosalie Testa

who placed first in every one of

her events. We're proud of you,

Rosalie.

Everybody turns toward Rosalie and applauds. Peggy turns to

Rosalie, trembling. The BELL RINGS as the class starts to

leave, still crowded around Rosalie. Peggy stares after her,

frozen in her seat Dolores approaches.

DOLORES:

What's the matter, princess? Lost

your prince?

Peggy looks up at Dolores and starts to seethe. She stands up

slowly and faces Dolores.

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