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Stepmom Page #4
ANNABELLE:
Don't touch me! I'm allergic to you!
She starts sneezing furiously and scratching. Ben comes out of the
kitchen carrying a steaming cup of potion.
BEN:
"Those who travel far and near this
will make you DISAPPEAR!"
ANNABELLE:
I have to work on my video project!
Don't follow me! I can put myself to
bed.
She races upstairs. Rachel follows. So does Ben. And George.
BEN (O.S.)
Excuse me --
RACHEL:
(following into
Annabelle's room)
Annabelle let's get something clear.
ANNABELLE:
I don't have to listen to you! You're
not my mother.
RACHEL:
Thank God for that!
She leaves the room SLAMMING the door behind her. Takes a breath,
turns, and walks back in.
RACHEL:
What I meant and perhaps I didn't say
it well was you have a great mom. You
don't need another one. But when
you're at this house --
ANNABELLE:
This is my daddy's house --
RACHEL:
This is my house too!
ANNABELLE:
And this is my room so get out!
BEN (O.S.)
Excuse me.
Rachel throws open the door. Ben stands there innocently.
BEN:
I made you some cocoa. See?
RACHEL:
Thank you Ben. That was so sweet of
you.
(pointedly to Annabelle)
Goodnight Annabelle. Sweet dreams.
Rachel leads Ben to his room. With Rachel safe out of sight,
Annabelle takes the puppy into her arms and cuddles it.
INT. BEN'S ROOM - RACHEL'S AND LUKE'S HOUSE - NIGHT
Rachel, dead on his feet, reads "Goodnight Moon" to Ben.
RACHEL:
"In the great green room there was a
telephone and a red balloon..."
BEN:
Aren't you going to drink your cocoa?
It's the good kind.
RACHEL:
(faking a big sip)
Mmmm! Tasty. You're a master chef Ben.
Just like your dad.
Ben points to the book -- she 'reads' skipping pages, a hundred
miles an hour desperate to get to the end of the book.
RACHEL:
"Goodnight moon, goodnight hush,
goodnight mush, goodnight goodnight
goodnight Gracie -- Goodnight Ben!
BEN:
No! You're cheating -- you have to start
from the beginning and you have to read
the whole thing I can't sleep otherwise.
Ben's eyes are glued to her. She lays down next to him, yawns.
RACHEL:
"In the great green room there was a
telephone and a red balloon..."
BEN:
"And a picture of the cow jumping over
the moon..."
RACHEL:
(laying head down)
That's nice Ben.
Ben reads until Rachel's asleep. He looks at her in AWE.
BEN:
Rachel! Rachel!
No response. Rachel's really asleep. He lifts her head. It flops
down! In HORROR he jumps off the bed and with a quick look back,
races from the room, and...
...DARTS down the hallway, BUMPING into walls -- He LEAPS inside
Annabelle's room, SLAMMING the door behind him.
ANNABELLE:
Ben! What's wrong?
BEN:
(triumphantly)
I killed her!
Ben and Annabelle gape at one another, stunned.
EXT. JACKIE'S HOUSE - MORNING
Rachel pulls up FAST in Luke's Grand Cherokee. As she SCREECHES to
a stop, the kids pile out with their gear.
Rachel takes an anxious look toward Jackie's place. Here we go.
INT. JACKIE'S KITCHEN - MORNING
The clock reads 8:10. Rachel and the kids enter. Annabelle's hair
is brushed forward, hiding her face. Ben is ebullient. Jackie's
edgy, ready to snap.
JACKIE:
How do you hold down a job? It's 8:10.
You were supposed to be here at 7:00.
She's missed her sunrise Groom'n Ride.
RACHEL:
This is Friday, her riding lesson is
on Tuesdays.
(pulls out post it)
I got it right here...
JACKIE:
Every Tuesday except the 3rd Tuesday of
the month when it's switched to Friday
except in April when she rides on
Thursday. It's not that hard. Didn't
you have a mother?
RACHEL:
(flinching)
Can I please have a cup of coffee?
JACKIE:
We don't have any coffee.
RACHEL:
What is this? The Betty Ford Center?
JACKIE:
Annabelle, how's your video rep...
Annabelle RUSHES past her. Ben saunters off after his sister.
Jackie turns to Rachel, accusingly.
JACKIE:
What happened with Annabelle? Has
nothing I said gotten through to you?
RACHEL:
Maybe you could back off just a little
bit --
JACKIE:
What did you do?
RACHEL:
Nothing. Look, I want to talk to you
about...well...Luke said to ask you...
Jackie's edge sharpened by Rachel's unease.
RACHEL:
See, the place where I can connect
with Annabelle is my photography.
Because she loves video and all...
And...?
RACHEL:
She's been talking about this little
editing machine, it's only...
JACKIE:
...a ridiculously expensive and
inappropriate item, which her father
and I have already told her she is far
too young to own. But you apparently
want to buy her forgiveness, with...
RACHEL:
(had enough)
Forgiveness? For what, exactly?
Silence.
JACKIE:
How much time have you got? Let's
start with this morning. Why did she
run from this room?
Long beat. Then, Rachel looks dead on at Jackie.
RACHEL:
Luke was in the shower this morning and
Annabelle sort of walked in without
knocking.
JACKIE:
I'm sure that didn't upset her.
Everyone in our family takes showers.
RACHEL:
I was in there in him.
The air is thick with tension.
JACKIE:
Did you or Luke talk to her about it
afterwards?
RACHEL:
No. I thought it might be uncomfortable
for her --
JACKIE:
You mean for you. A 10-year-old girl is
coping with the fact that her father is
never coming back to live with his
family. She sees her father naked with
another woman for the first time.
And you think it's best for her if every-
one pretends it didn't happen?
(turning away)
This isn't going to work out.
RACHEL:
You're damn right. I'm gonna sick of
your imperious bullshit. I never said I
was Betty F***ing Crocker. If every time
life hits her in the face you want to
have a 12 hour talk every third Friday
or the month -- go ahead! I have a life!
JACKIE:
Oh and I don't because I have a children?!
The problem is you're too self-involved
to ever be a mother.
RACHEL:
Maybe the problem is your kids. Maybe
they're spoiled, coddled brats!
JACKIE:
Get out!
RACHEL:
(holding up Post Its)
But it's not on the schedule!
JACKIE:
You got to hell!
Jackie turns away, storming out of the room.
RACHEL:
Ah Ah Ah! You owe me a quarter --
Luke stands in an apron before Annabelle's Girl Scout Troop,
rolling out a large pie dough. They imitate his every move.
LUKE:
Now Ladies, the secrets to a great pie
is the crust. And the secret to a
great flaky pie crust comes from less
flour and more...what?
ANNABELLE:
Ice cold water.
LUKE:
(adoringly)
That's my girl...
Rachel watches from a corner.
LUKE:
Blueberry pie must be topped with vanilla
Haagan Daz and/or creme fraiche...now the
secret to a great creme fraiche is...
ALL THE GIRLS:
Orange peel!
LUKE:
...which also is the secret to...
ALL THE GIRLS:
French toast!
LUKE:
Now don't forget to teach your fathers
that. Next week...apple brown betty!
He takes off his apron and walks toward Rachel as the girls file
out...
RACHEL:
She said no.
He doesn't even know what she's talking about.
RACHEL:
The editing machine. I mean,
Annabelle would have really loved it.
She looks down.
RACHEL:
It would have been great for us,
so obviously, Jackie just...
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