Peggy Sue Got Married Page #6

MRS. KELCHER

(from the kitchen)

I put your laundry on your beds.

Don't forget to put it away.

NANCY:

What's for dinner?

MRS. KELCHER

Meatloaf.

NANCY:

Yeech, not again.

Peggy leans forward in the recliner eating the candies.

Bemused, she looks at Nancy watching TV and into the kitchen

where her mother is slapping together meatloaf.

ANGLE - HALLWAY - THE FRONT DOOR OPENS

JACK KELCHER Peggy's father, enters the hallway.

MR. KELCHER

Girls? Evelyn? Who left this thing

outside?

He turns and heads back outside.

MRS. KELCHER

What is it?

Mrs. Kelcher and Nancy follow him outside. Peggy staggers to

the front door and leans against the door jamb looking out at

the family.

EXT. DRIVEWAY

PEGGY'S POV:

The family admires a new red and white Edsel.

MR. KELCHER

What do you think?

MRS KELCHER:

(disturbed)

Oh, Jack.

NANCY:

Like wow! Wait till I tell Diane.

She's always bragging about her

father's Cadillac.

MR. KELCHER

Peggy Sue, what do you think?

PEGGY:

Oh, Daddy. You were always

doing things like that.

(cracking up)

That's funny! That's really funny.

She staggers over to the car and falls against it laughing.

Mr. Kelcher crosses to her and catches a whiff of her breath.

MR. KELCHER

Young lady, you're drunk!

PEGGY:

(laughing)

Just a little. I've had a tough

day.

MR. KELCHER

I don't see the humor in this. Go

to your room immediately. You're

grounded.

PEGGY:

(tipsy)

Grounded? Ha! The story of my life.

I don't wanna go to my room. I

wanna import Japanese cars. I wanna

go to Liverpool and discover the

Beatles.

MRS. KELCHER

Jack, take it easy. She gave blood

at school today. Maybe she's just a

little light—headed.

MR. KELCHER

This is not giving blood. This is

drunk.

PEGGY:

Dad, I never knew you had a sense

of humor.

MR. KELCHER

Evelyn, put her to bed.

INT. PEGGY'S BEDROOM

Peggy lies in bed, her mother tucking her in.

MRS. KELCHER

My little baby. Don't try to grow

up so fast.

PEGGY:

Oh Mom, I forgot you were ever so

young.

CLOSE ON PEGGY:

She hears her mother walk down the stairs.

MRS. KELCHER (O.S.)

A new car. We can't afford a new

car.

MR. KELCHER (O.S.)

Don't worry, it's just a seasonal

slump.

MRS. KELCHER (O.S.)

You have four seasons, you have

four slumps.

INT. PEGGY'S BEDROOM - MORNING

Peggy emerges from the bathroom wearing a towel.

VIEW FROM BACK:

At a full length mirror she drops the towel and happily

appraises her eighteen year old body.

PEGGY:

Let's get physical!... Let's get

metaphysical!

Nancy comes in dressed for school.

PEGGY:

Good morning.

Nancy goes to Peggy's closet.

NANCY:

Can I borrow this sweater?

PEGGY~

Yeah, but take good care of it.I'm

saving it for my daughter.. She

loves this stuff.

INT. KITCHEN - MORNING

Mr. Kelcher and Nancy sit at the table eating breakfast. Mrs.

Kelcher stands at the sink scraping toast. Peggy bounces her

hair in her adult, natural look. "GOOD MORNINGS" all around.

MRS. KELCHER

What happened to your hair? You

have such a pretty face. Why are

you always trying to cover it up?

PEGGY:

Oh. I forgot.

Mrs. Kelcher takes an elastic band from around the faucet and

hands it to Peggy as she sits at the table. Peggy makes a

ponytail.

MRS. KELCHER

You're looking pretty chipper this

morning.

PEGGY:

I'm still here, aren't I?

I may as well enjoy myself.

I'm going to go to school

today.

(beat)

Dad, I want to apologize for

yesterday. The car is a classic.

Use it in the best of health.

MR. KELCHER

Thank you.. I accept your

apology with the hope that what

went on yesterday will never

happen again.

PEGGY:

That would be impossible.

MR. KELCHER

You're so young, this is not the

time to start acquiring bad habits.

PEGGY:

Mom, is there any coffee left?

Mrs. Kelcher begins to pour the coffee, then pulls back,

spilling some on Mr. Kelcher.

MRS. KELCHER

When did you start drinking coffee?

PEGGY:

Oh.Ah...recently. All the kids

drink it.

MR. KELCHER

If all the kids jumped off a

bridge, would you do that too?

PEGGY:

I think I'm way ahead of them.

NANCY:

Pass the toast, please.

Peggy passes Nancy the toast.

NANCY:

And the butter.

PEGGY:

You know, you two are wonderful

parents. I'm really going to try to

behave myself.

MR. KELCHER

Well, at least you stopped calling

me Daddy—O.

NANCY:

(correcting him)

DADDY—o.

PEGGY:

Mom, sit down for a minute. This is

so nice, all of us being together

again like this.

NANCY:

Can I tell Diane that Peggy Sue got

drunk or is that a deep family

secret?

(silence)

Well?

MRS. KELCHER

How does Diane like her braces?

R31.NCY

She hates them. Nobody likes

braces. Thy just call you junkyard

face and Miss Metal Mouth. I gotta

go.

Nancy jumps up, grabbing her lunch on the counter, as she

exits. "GOOD—BYES' all around. We HEAR a HORN HONKING outside

—— a five—note musical phrase —— BE—BOP—A—LU—BOP.

PEGGY:

Oh yeah. Charlie. How am I going to

handle him?

MRS. KELCHER

What's the matter? Did you two

have a fight?.

PEGGY:

Sort of.

MRS. KELCHER

What about?

PEGGY:

The house payments.

EXT. KELCHER HOUSE

Peggy exits the house wincing at the sight of Charlie's car,

the blue Impala she'd seen the day before. Charlie sits, one

arm on the wheel, the other over the back of the seat.

CHARLIE:

How do you feel?

PEGGY:

Pretty strange.

Peggy hesitates, unsure how to handle her accumulated

ambivalence towards Charlie.

CHARLIE:

Come on. Get in. I can take care of

that.

Peggy warily gets in. Charlie leans over to kiss her, but she

pushes him away. No dice.

PEGGY:

Not now, Charlie. I've got a

headache. Get used to the word.

Roll it around your tongue for a

years.

CHARLIE:

Hey, I can take a hint. You look

great today.

Charlie starts the car, burns rubber and peels out.

PEGGY:

You drive like a maniac!

CHARLIE:

I call this the staccato.

(does tricks)

INT. CHARLIE'S CAR — DAY - DRIVING

CHARLIE:

(earnest)

Not that I'm glad you were sick,

but I had a chance to do some

thinking last night.

PEGGY:

Oh yeah?

CHARLIE:

You know. About what we said on

Tuesday. It makes a lot of sense.

PEGGY:

Refresh my memory.

CHARLIE:

How could you forget? We talk about

seeing other people and you forget?

PEGGY:

Maybe I blocked it out.

CHARLIE:

I can understand that.. But please

don't start crying again.

EXT. SCHOOL PARKING LOT

Charlie's car pulls up.

CHARLIE:

It's not going to be forever. I

figure three years is long enough.

I can see it the music pans out.

(more tentative)

And right after graduation we

should start seeing other people.

Kind of comparison shop before we

settle down and get married. Know

what I mean?

PEGGY:

Why wait?

CHARLIE:

(surprised)

Well, we got the prom coming up,

all these parties. We shouldn't

upset our parents?

PEGGY:

They'll learn to live with it.

Peggy exits the car and heads towards the school. Charlie

sits, stunned.

EXT. HIGH SCHOOL LOT

They are surrounded by friends as they head into school. Near

the door Walter and Leon are having a contest, hoisting

themselves onto the sign pole, trying to get their bodies

parallel to the ground. A crowd urges them on. We SEE taps on

the bottom of Walter's shoes.

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