Pitch Perfect Page #18

whole world out. Don’t take it

personally.

Dr. Mitchell smiles. She’s letting him in.

BECA (CONT’D)

Sometimes it’s just easier.

DR. MITCHELL

But it’s also really lonely.

This hits Beca.

DR. MITCHELL (CONT’D)

Look, your mom and I... we didn’t

work. So I made a really hard

decision. But Beca, leaving you

was one of the saddest days of my

life. I should have...

(shakes head)

Well, I’m trying to make up for it

now. Which is probably why I’ve

been so stingy about you going to

LA. So if that’s what you still

want, I’ll support you.

Beca puts her head in her hands.

BECA:

What do I do?

DR. MITCHELL

That’s up to you. This is one of

those hard decisions. But,

speaking from personal experience,

if you’re going to leave something

you care about behind, make sure

you do it the right way.

Beca nods, “Okay.”

98.

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(CONTINUED)

DR. MITCHELL (CONT’D)

You know I’m proud of you, right?

BECA:

Proud? Of me?

DR. MITCHELL

Yes, proud of you, ya weirdo.

A beat.

BECA:

Do we have to hug now?

DR. MITCHELL

Yes. Yes we do.

They hug. Beca, grateful to have her dad uses BOTH ARMS.

101 INT. BELLAS REHEARSAL ROOM - LATER 101

The ladies are still in the middle of a heated argument.

FAT AMY:

I joined this group so I could hang

with a bunch of broads I thought I

could trust. But this is some

horseshit. I don’t want to be like

those girls on the wall.

CYNTHIA ROSE:

Yeah! I want to be who we are now.

LILLY:

Me too!

CHLOE:

We should have listened to Beca.

AUBREY:

Oh, so it’s my fault.

CHLOE:

No, that’s not what I’m saying --

AUBREY:

Well that’s what you’re all

thinking, right? I’m the jerk.

The girl obsessed with winning!

Aubrey recoils and covers her mouth.

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(CONTINUED)

CHLOE:

You’re too controlling, Aubrey!

It’s ruining us!

AUBREY:

Hey, I can lose control if I want

to! I can let go! This time I’m

not going to choke it down!

Aubrey puts her hand on her stomach and digs deep.

STACIE:

Been there before -- wait, what are

you talking about?

CYNTHIA ROSE:

I think she’s gonna hurl!

AUBREY:

Here it comes!

Aubrey HURLS all over the floor. A beat of shock.

CHLOE:

We could be champions!!

The hurling lasts for a crazy long period of time, most of it

dry. Aubrey’s body convulses. A beat. Then, Chloe LUNGES

for the pitch pipe in Aubrey’s hands.

CHLOE (CONT’D)

Give me the pipe, you b*tch!

AUBREY:

Never!

Fat Amy tries to break them up by picking up Aubrey.

AUBREY (CONT’D)

Let go of me, butterball!

FAT AMY:

Now you must die!

Fat Amy manhandles Aubrey. Lilly JUMPS on Fat Amy’s back and

mumbles. Cynthia Rose turns to Stacie.

CYNTHIA ROSE:

Don’t worry. I’ll protect you.

She puts her hand directly on Stacie’s breast. Stacie PULLS

out her Barden rape whistle and blows it.

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(CONTINUED)

CYNTHIA ROSE (CONT’D)

No! False alarm! Nobody likes

that!

Cynthia Rose tackles Stacie, trying to pull the whistle from

her mouth. The rest of the ladies jump in, wrestling without

hitting. It’s complete mayhem.

BECA (O.C.)

GUYS! GUYS! GUYS, STOP!

They all FREEZE then turn to find Beca standing at the door.

BECA (CONT’D)

What the hell’s going on in here?

AUBREY:

Nothing.

(wiping vomit off herself)

This is a Bellas rehearsal.

BECA:

I know...

Beca steps in the room as the ladies regroup.

BECA (CONT’D)

Okay, here goes. I blew it. What

I did was a dick move. I should

never have changed up our set

without asking the group, and I

should never have walked out. I

let you guys down, and I’m sorry.

Aubrey, if you’ll have me, I want

back in.

All eyes on a stone-faced Aubrey. Beca turns to leave, then

looks back. Nothing. As she walks, she GRABS a chair and

SCRAPES it across the floor. Right before she exits...

AUBREY:

Wait.

Beca turns around.

BECA:

Thank you. That would have been

embarrassing.

AUBREY:

I know I’ve been hard on you, Beca.

On everybody. But I’m my father’s

daughter.

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(MORE)

(CONTINUED)

And he always said, “If at first

you don’t succeed, pack your bags.”

The ladies react, “that’s rough.”

BECA:

I get it. Mine gets on me, too.

AUBREY:

I got scared. There’s so many of

you and Chloe is... um...

CHLOE:

I don’t know if you guys know this

but I can be emotionally unstable!

BECA:

Yeah, I would have guessed that.

But there’s other stuff about you

that I don’t know. About any of

you really?

The ladies looks around, “Do we?” Stacie stands.

STACIE:

Well I’ll share something about

myself that none of you know.

Everyone perks up, interested.

STACIE (CONT’D)

I have a lot of sex.

FAT AMY:

No duh, Stacie. [Alt: uh doi]

BECA:

Wait, this is a good idea. That

was a terrible example but a good

idea. Let’s go around the room.

Everyone say something about

yourself that no one knows.

Cynthia Rose stands.

CYNTHIA ROSE:

Okay, I have something. This is

hard for me to admit to you guys.

FAT AMY:

I think we know where this is

going.

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AUBREY (CONT'D)

(CONTINUED)

CYNTHIA ROSE:

For the last two years... I... have

had a serious gambling problem.

ALL:

(genuinely shocked)

What?!

CYNTHIA ROSE:

It started when I broke up with my

girlfriend.

FAT AMY:

There it is!

LILLY:

I ate my twin in the womb.

They all react, pretty sure they heard her but pretending

they didn’t.

BECA:

Okay, I’ll go. I... was nominated

for a Tony when I was twelve.

[several alts]

The ladies applaud. Aubrey stands, closes her eyes and

blurts out --

AUBREY:

I’ve been in love with Unicycle for

four years now.

ALL:

What?!

AUBREY:

I never acted on it because of the

oath. But I’ve wanted him ever

since we met at Clown Camp.

BECA:

Aubrey! You and Uni should be

together if that’ll make you happy.

And forget that stupid oath.

AUBREY:

But --

CHLOE:

Aubrey. Let it go.

Aubrey nods, sits next to Chloe and mouths, “I’m sorry.”

103.

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(CONTINUED)

BECA:

Fat Amy?

FAT AMY:

I’m an open book. For God sakes,

you all call me Fat Amy. If I’m

not being honest, I’m not living.

(then, a beat)

My real name is Fat Patricia.

CHLOE:

(stands, overly dramatic)

My turn. Over spring break, I made

the courageous decision to remove

my nodes. The doctors tell me I

can’t sing for five weeks.

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