Pretty Woman Page #14

VIVIAN:

I lead a very physical life.

OLDER MAN:

Are you into running, Vivian?

VIVIAN:

I'm into walking. I walk a lot.

EXT. EQUESTRIAN CENTER - ANOTHER ANGLE - LATE AFTERNOON

In another group of PEOPLE.

ANOTHER MAN:

You look awfully familiar, Vivian.

Haven't we run into one another

at the spa in La Costa?

VIVIAN:

Well, I do often spa there.

EXT. EQUESTRIAN CENTER - ANOTHER ANGLE - LATE AFTERNOON

Edward and Elizabeth Stuckey watch Vivian laugh and chat with

a group of WOMEN.

ELIZABETH STUCKEY

Edward, she's marvelous. Warm

and witty and down to earth.

EDWARD:

(with pleasure)

She is, isn't she.

ELIZABETH STUCKEY

So unlike your usuals. Where on

earth did you find her?

Edward smiles enigmatically. Taking an hors d'oeuvres off a

passing WAITERS's tray, he starts forward.

EXT. EQUESTRIAN CENTER - ANOTHER ANGLE - LATE AFTERNOON

A WOMAN:

We're good together. He has to

admit it. I've been just what

he wants me to be. I say the

right things, I know the right

people, I give wonderful parties.

No question, no arguments, no

embarrassments. It works for both

of us.

That makes Vivian think. And then she smiles as she sees Edward

approaching. Vivian moves to him.

VIVIAN:

Edward, these women here, I don't

think any of'm like the guys

they're with. They're just into

it for the money.

EDWARD:

I'm sure that's true for some of

them.

VIVIAN:

I thought I was the pro. These

women make me feel like an

amateur.

EDWARD:

(a beat)

Ready to stomp sod?

EXT. EQUESTRIAN CENTER - ON THE FIELD - LATE AFTERNOON

IN A SERIES OF SHOTS TO MUSIC

The CROWD engages in sod stomping. They drink champagne. They

make a dance out of it. They laugh. Shoes get stuck in the

mud. It's ludicrous -- these people in their suits and fancy

clothes, replacing divots and stepping over the horse sh*t.

In a corner of the field, grazing horses stare, seemingly in

disbelief.

Vivian is having a wonderful time. And then, as she moves

towards the outside of the crowd she sees someone staring at

her from over among some of the riders and grazing horses.

David Kross smiles at Vivian. She hesitates... and then she

crosses towards him.

EXT. EQUESTRIAN CENTER - ANOTHER ANGLE - LATE AFTERNOON

DAVID KROSS:

Hi.

VIVIAN:

Hi. I never thought stomping

in grass could be so much fun.

DAVID:

(laughs)

I like your hat.

VIVIAN:

Huh? Oh... yeah. S'okay?

(pleased; a moment)

Uhm... how're... business things

going.

DAVID:

Let's not talk about it, it's too

depressing. Come on, I'll show

you Thunder.

VIVIAN:

Please, we hardly know each other.

DAVID:

Thunder's a horse. Come on.

EXT. EQUESTRIAN CENTER - ANOTHER ANGLE - LATE AFTERNOON

They approach the sweating mount. David Kross caresses the

horses muzzle.

DAVID:

Hey, big guy, you getting tired,

yet? I am. This is Vivian.

(a beat; and then:)

You two been together long? You

and Edward?

VIVIAN:

No.

DAVID:

Hope to be?

To Vivian's surprise, the question causes a pang inside.

VIVIAN:

It's... it's not like that.

DAVID:

I see. Well. Maybe that means

you'd have lunch with me sometime

then.

Vivian is suddenly silent. She looks away.

DAVID (cont'd)

I'm sorry, am I being too forward?

VIVIAN:

You don't know anything about me.

DAVID:

I'd like to find out. You don't

know anything about me either.

That's why people have lunch.

But something holds Vivian back, a feeling.

EXT. EQUESTRIAN CENTER - IN THE CROWD - LATE AFTERNOON

William Stuckey turns... stops... stares. He sees Vivian and

David Kross standing together. He stares, his mind racing, and

anxious, angry look on his face.

EXT. EQUESTRIAN CENTER - LATE AFTERNOON

Stuckey has Edward off to the side. He is talking to him in

a low, earnest voice.

STUCKEY:

Fill me in on this. How'd you

and Vivian meet?

EDWARD:

We just did.

STUCKEY:

(grinning)

Come on, you can tell me. I sure

would like to know where a guy

runs into a girl as attractive

as this.

EDWARD:

The night I left your house, I

was lost. I was looking for

directions.

STUCKEY:

And you just happened to run into

her. Great. What's she do? She

work?

EDWARD:

Yes...

STUCKEY:

Doing what?

EDWARD:

Vivian's in sales.

STUCKEY:

Sales, really? That's great.

What does she sell?

Edward's eyes narrow.

EDWARD:

Why do you want to know?

STUCKEY:

Hear me out. I've known you a

long time. I see a difference

in you this week. Like that tie.

I'm suddenly wondering if this

girl's not the difference.

Especially when I see her talking

with David Kross.

EXT. EQUESTRIAN CENTER - ANGLE ON VIVIAN

Vivian turns away from the bar, now holding two glasses of

champagne. She scans the crowd for Edward.

EXT. EQUESTRIAN CENTER - ANGLE ON EDWARD AND STUCKEY

EDWARD:

She met him at dinner last

night... I like this tie.

STUCKEY:

So now they're best friends?

Edward, this girl appears out of

nowhere and now I see her talking

to a guy whose company we're

trying to buy. It's too

convenient.

EDWARD:

You're being ridiculous.

STUCKEY:

Industrial espionage is not

ridiculous. Edward, how do you

know she hasn't attached herself

to you so she can bring Kross back

information?

EDWARD:

Christ, Bill, she's not a spy,

she's a hooker. I picked her up

off Hollywood Boulevard.

EXT. EQUESTRIAN CENTER - ANGLE ON VIVIAN

as she hear loud sudden LAUGHTER. She turns. She sees that

it's Stuckey laughing. Smiling, Vivian starts towards them with

two glasses of champagne.

EXT. EQUESTRIAN CENTER - ANGLE ON STUCKEY AND EDWARD

STUCKEY:

I swear to God, you are the only

millionaire I ever heard of who'd

go looking for a goddam bargain

streetwalker!

Edward sees Vivian coming.

EDWARD:

Let's drop it, shall we?

Edward turns. He smiles gently as Vivian quietly approaches

and hands him his glass of champagne.

A group of BUSINESSMEN are standing a short distance away.

One of them calls out:

MAN:

Edward! May we have your opinion

on something?

EDWARD:

(to Vivian and Stuckey)

Excuse me a moment.

He moves to join the group of men. Stuckey gives Vivian a

broad smile.

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