Risky Business Page #4

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-You know how you humil...

LANA:
I don't care.

-Come on.

GUIDO:
Just let me talk to you.

LANA:
I don't wanna do nothing

with you anymore.

GUIDO:
Hey, get in the car. Cut it out.

-No. No.

[WOMEN YELLING]

Lana! Get...

[DOOR CLOSES]

Excuse me.

What can I do for you?

Who are you?

Joel.

Are you the kid I chased last night?

Is there something

I can help you with?

You know,

you shouldn't drive like that.

People get hurt all the time.

It's stupid.

Are you a smart kid? Huh?

I mean, you look like a smart kid.

-I'm okay.

GUIDO:
Where are the girls? Inside?

JOEL:
I'm afraid I'm gonna have to

ask you to leave.

Joel...

...the door is locked.

You're starting to give me

a stomachache.

LANA:

Good. I hope it hurts.

You gonna open the door or what?

LANA:
Guido, go home.

We don't need you anymore.

GUIDO:
Look, shut your mouth.

-No.

Listen, maybe we don't

work for you anymore.

GUIDO:
Oh, yeah? Okay, fine.

VICKI:
Yeah. Right.

GUIDO:

Then who you work for, huh?

-Who? If you don't work for me?

VICKI [AS GUIDO]: Who?

Maybe we work for Joel now.

Heh. She's only kidding.

I hope so. Heh.

Look, Joel,

you look like a smart kid...

...so I'm gonna tell you something

which I'm sure you'll understand.

Now, you're having fun now, right?

Right, Joel? The time of your life.

In a sluggish economy, never, ever

f*** with another man's livelihood.

Now, if you're smart,

like I hope you are...

...you're not gonna make me

come back here.

[CAR DOOR OPENS]

Thank you, Joel.

Very decent of you.

Just as long

as we understand each other.

One night, all right?

And then you find another place to stay.

We get in touch with Tandy,

we'll have a place.

-Did you try her again?

VICKI:
She's still out.

JOEL:

And my mother's egg?

If I can get my stuff back,

I can get the egg.

-Then you'll leave?

-And then we'll leave.

VICKI:
I don't know, Lana.

He's got such nice friends.

Clean, polite, quick.

I think there's a real future here.

[BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN'S "HUNGRY

HEART" PLAYING ON STEREO]

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

-Hi.

-Hi.

What are you studying?

[JOEL CLEARS THROAT]

It's a workshop...

...on free enterprise.

See, we make a product

and we, um, try to market it.

Do you make a lot of money?

No. Not really.

No?

No, but we, uh...

...get to compete

with other student companies.

Actually, it's f***ed. Ha.

I... I'm just kidding.

It's really, uh, quite competitive.

You ever get high, Joel?

Yeah. All the time.

Because, see, me and Vicki

were thinking about getting high.

Maybe going out and getting some

ice cream or something like that?

You wanna come?

[SIGHS]

Yeah. Ha.

I could go for some ice cream

right now. Heh.

BARRY:

Are you stoned?

No. I do not believe so.

I think you're really wasted.

This is not wasted, Barry.

This is definitely not wasted.

[CHUCKLES]

Bar?

BARRY:

Yeah?

-I'm a little wasted.

-Yeah, I know.

-Don't let me do anything stupid.

-Don't worry.

BARRY:

Wanna take a walk?

How do you like living at home?

It's okay.

I'll be out next year.

I'll bet your folks are nice.

And they're gone till Sunday?

Yeah.

Because, you know, I was thinking...

I mean, after your friend came over,

I couldn't believe it.

A kid our age walks in

with a hundred dollars?

Glenn. Ha.

Where did he get that kind of change?

I don't know.

He said he cashed a bond.

You people have a lot of bonds.

So I was thinking...

...if we ever got our friends together,

we'd make a fortune, you know that?

Yeah. You're right.

You wanna do that?

-What?

-Get our friends together...

...next couple of days.

No. I don't think so.

Make some money.

Be a Little Enterpriser.

Future Enterpriser.

Be whatever you wanna be.

What if I said I'd be your girlfriend

the next couple of days?

No charge?

Hey, I'm not pushing you on the idea

or anything.

It's just that my mind keeps working

all the time.

Nothing I can do about it.

It just keeps working and working.

Warm enough?

I'm okay.

How come you left home?

Why?

I was just wondering.

I left home because my stepfather

kept coming on to me.

What else do you wanna know?

You have any brothers and sisters?

I've got a brother.

What else?

Look, if you don't wanna talk...

-No. Ask me anything.

-I don't think you wanna talk. It's okay.

No, I wanna talk.

I really wanna talk to you.

What does he do?

He's in school.

Yeah?

How come you're not in school?

I'm not my brother.

Look, I'm really...

I'm really trying

to be friends with you...

...but I'd appreciate it if you'd stop

laying judgments on me...

...while you're leaning

on your daddy's $40,000 car.

I'll see you around.

Hello.

Was it something I said?

Uh...

Oh, God. You locked the door!

The keys are inside!

Please, stop, stop.

Stop.

[GRUNTING]

No. Please stop.

Please stop.

[DOCK CREAKS]

Thank you.

Oh, thank you.

Thank you.

Aah!

BARRY:

Joel!

Joel!

Joel!

-Joel!

VICKI:
Joel!

All right, everybody, watch your feet.

MAN:

What the hell? Ha!

You okay?

You want an aspirin?

Your dad own a gun?

Who's the U-boat commander?

JOEL:
You're right. You are absolutely

right to respond this way. I, uh...

I did not have

a doctor's appointment...

...but I'll tell you

exactly what happened.

"Unexcused." See, Nurse Bolik...

...If you write "unexcused,"

I fail two midterms.

It'll wreck

my whole grade point average.

Look, if you'd just stop and listen to me,

just for a minute...

...I'll explain everything.

Thank you.

You see, uh...

...the truth of the matter is,

my parents are away and I met this girl...

A call girl, actually.

--and she came to my house.

Look, you're writing again.

This is not "unexcused."

If you just let me explain,

if you just listen to me...

...then you'll understand, Nurse Bolik.

Why? Why won't you listen to me?

I had a doctor's appointment.

Excuse me.

It just wasn't the girl,

it was my father's car.

I put my father's car

into Lake Michigan...

...I had to get it fixed.

Look, just give me a break.

Let me put it this way:

I have spent the last four years

of my life...

...busting my butt in this sh*t hole.

I... I'm sorry.

I just don't think I can leave until I get

just a little compassion from you.

What did he get?

Suspension, five days.

Kicked him

out of Future Enterprisers too.

Sh*t. They trashed his whole record.

What's he gonna do about the car?

-You okay, Joel?

-Yeah.

I'm okay.

[SIGHS]

I need a bike.

He needs a bike.

-Glenn, can I borrow your bike?

-Jesus!

-Come on, Glenn.

-Sure. Here, use mine.

LANA:
Okay, what do we got?

Two hundred, 100?

Totals. Look it. You got... Hold on.

JOEL:
It was great

the way her mind worked:

-No guilt, no doubts, no fear.

-Pretty good, huh?

-None of my specialties.

-Gonna have to check that out.

Just this shameless pursuit

of immediate material gratification.

What a capitalist.

She told me I could make more money

in one night than I'd make all year.

Enough to pay for my father's car.

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