Sleepless in Seattle Page #16

ANNIE:

You go.

WALTER:

Ever since Christmas, you've

been different. Kind of

distracted, distant. But I

feel like you're coming back

from wherever you were.

ANNIE:

I am.

(she smiles at him)

I was just... I just got... I

think I got nervous. It's

normal, right? Don't you ever

feel nervous about, you know?

WALTER:

What?

ANNIE:

About forever.

WALTER:

No.

ANNIE:

Well, I did. And you know what

I think? I think that it was

almost... too perfect.

INT. FIRST FLOOR - TIFFANY'S - DAY

As Annie and Walter walk through the jewelry department

to the elevator.

ANNIE:

I started to wonder whether we

were the human equivalent of

two rights making a wrong, you

know?

Walter has no idea what she means, but he's completely

good-natured about it.

INT. THIRD FLOOR TIFFANY'S - DAY

Annie and Walter are walking around the floor, followed

by a SALESWOMAN who is carrying a large white card on

which she is noting their selections.

ANNIE:

It was like kismet but not, if

you see what I mean.

Walter's brow furrows slightly.

ANNIE:

(continuing)

You have to grow up. You can't

have all these adolescent

dreams about how exciting your

life is going to be --

Walter starting to look puzzled.

ANNIE:

(continuing)

Don't hate me but I love this

pattern.

WALTER:

You couldn't.

ANNIE:

I do.

WALTER:

It's just like my grandmother's

china.

SALESWOMAN:

How many place settings should

I put down?

ANNIE & WALTER

Ten.

Walter beams at her.

WALTER:

Exactly. Eight is too few and

twelve is too many.

The SALESWOMAN writes a "10" on the big sheet of paper.

INT. FIRST FLOOR - TIFFANY'S - DAY

As Annie and Walter come out of the elevator on the

ground floor and WALTER stops for a moment at the

Jewelry Repair department, reappears with a little blue

Tiffany's box he gives to Annie.

Annie opens it.

Inside is a lovely antique diamond ring.

ANNIE:

Walter.

WALTER:

It was my mother's.

ANNIE:

It's so beautiful. It's just

what I would have picked out if

I'd had every ring in the world

to choose from.

(as she slips the ring

onto her finger)

You see what I mean. There are

people who would like a

relationship to be full of

surprises, but I am not one of

them.

(as she starts out the

door with Walter

behind, thinking about

what she has just

said)

Surprises are highly overrated.

As they go out the door to:

EXT. FIFTH AVE. - DAY

As they start down the street and go off into the

distance.

ANNIE:

(continuing)

Promise me something, Walter.

Promise me you will never have

a surprise party for me. Ever.

You know what happens, you walk

in the door in some horrible

sweater you put on that morning,

and there are hundreds of people

in their best clothes shouting

"Surprise!"

INT. SAM'S BEDROOM - NIGHT

Sam's got a suitcase on the bed, packing. Jonah is

standing in the doorway, watching.

He goes to his desk looking for something but can't find

it. He tries a few drawers.

SAM:

Have you seen my wallet?

JONAH:

It might be in the kitchen.

Sam doesn't remember leaving it in the kitchen.

SAM:

I'm only going to be away one

night, okay, and Clarise will

be here. You'll have a swell

time. You'll watch a little

Geraldo, some Nightmare on Elm

Street 12, I'll never know.

JONAH:

Are you going with her?

SAM:

Yes.

Jonah walks out of Sam's bedroom and we hear the door to

his bedroom slam shut.

ON SAM:

Starting to boil.

He walks into --

INT. HALLWAY - NIGHT

And open the door to Jonah's room.

INT. JONAH'S ROOM - NIGHT

SAM:

I have to have a life. I have

to do things that I want with

people my own age. It's none

of your business who I am going

out with. I don't give a good

goddam if you're angry --

JONAH:

(holding up Annie's

letter)

This is the one I like.

Sam starts back to his bedroom.

INT. SAM'S BEDROOM - CONTINUOUS

SAM:

I don't care who you like.

It's who I like. But the truth

is you're never going to like

anyone because it isn't your

mother.

Sam throws a pair of socks into the suitcase.

JONAH:

(yelling)

Fine. I won't say anything.

You can marry Count Dracula.

SAM:

Thank you, Jonah. But the

point is, I am not asking

permission.

JONAH:

(yelling)

What's wrong with Annie?

SAM:

(emphasizing every

word)

Shut up.

Jonah appears at the doorway.

JONAH:

Shut up? Shut up??? Mom never

did that. Mom never said shut

up to me. Mom never yelled at

me.

SAM:

This conversation is finished.

JONAH:

You said we could go to New

York.

SAM:

Did not.

JONAH:

Did too.

SAM:

I can't know what I said, but

we're not going.

JONAH:

(crossing his arms

across his chest)

I'm not leaving this room until

you say yes.

SAM:

Get out.

JONAH:

No.

SAM:

Goddammit, I am sick of this

--

Sam picks Jonah up and carries him kicking and screaming

into:

INT. UPSTAIRS HALLWAY - NIGHT

and into:

INT. JONAH'S BEDROOM - NIGHT

JONAH:

Put me down. I hate you, I

hate you --

He throws Jonah on the bed. Jonah in tears.

SAM:

I'm sick of this phony

melodramatic bullshit. I'm

sick of it.

He leaves the room and slams the door.

INT. HALL - CONTINUOUS

Jonah weeping as Sam goes back to his bedroom.

INT. SAM'S BEDROOM - CONTINUOUS

The sound of Jonah weeping.

Sam sits down on the bed, wiped out. Hold on him.

EXT. BALDWIN HOUSEBOAT - MORNING

As Clarise the babysitter arrives at the houseboat.

INT. HOUSEBOAT - MORNING

Sam and Clarise in the hallway outside Jonah's door.

SAM:

Jonah? Clarise is here, okay?

And I'm leaving.

No response.

SAM:

Jonah?

(to Clarise)

He's probably still asleep.

He opens the door gently to the room.

Jonah's gone.

IN QUICK CUTS:

Sam looks in the bathroom: no Jonah. In the main cabin.

The back deck. Out onto the docks. Looking all up and

down. Clarise coming down the deck -- she's apparently

been looking in the neighborhood. As she shakes her

head no, Sam goes to the bicycle shed. Jonah's bike

still there. Sam stands on the deck.

EXT. SEATTLE/TACOMA AIRPORT - DAY

We see a group of people filing off an airport shuttle

bus. The sign in front rotates from "Airport" back to

"Marina."

Jonah comes down the stairs and steps off with his

Mariners backpack. He just stands there a beat, looking

around. Then he goes through the glass doors.

INT. AIRPORT FIRST CLASS TICKET COUNTER - DAY

The TICKET CLERK turns back to the counter.

TICKET CLERK:

Next.

Jonah steps forward, with his ticket.

INT. JESSICA'S HOUSE - DAY

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