Sweet November Page #11

NELSON:

Wanna make a hundred bucks?

74C ON TECHIE NERD 74C

Covertly slipping his remote-controlled sub into the

water.

74D ON RACE 74D

The remote-controlled sailboats glide in the water.

Suddenly, the lead boat tacks off course. The next lead

boat tacks off course and out of position.

KID #1

Hey! My boat's all screwed up!

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KID #3

What the hell -

As the techie nerd snickers, Abner's boat starts sailingin a physically impossible straight line for the finishas the rest of the flotilla has to tack back and forth.

WIDER:

Abner looks up at Nelson, who winks back. As his boat

passes the others, narrowly beating the last two boats tothe finish, Abner grins from ear to ear.

ABNER:

I guess I'm winning.

KID #1

Hold on -- that little creep is

cheating!

ABNER:

No, I'm not. My boat's just

better.

Abner's boat nudges the end of the pond; he calmly

announces:

ABNER:

See? I guess I won.

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Nelson and Sara stand outside Abner's little house,

watching him unlock the door. Before stepping in hewaves to them.

ABNER:

Can we do that again? With cars,

next time, maybe?

Nelson nods, Sara shakes her head. Abner closes the

door, smiling. The minute he's gone, Sara turns toNelson.

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SARA:

Sometimes a good idea is not agood idea, know what I mean?

They start to cross the street toward her building.

NELSON:

Those kids were laughing at him.

Have you ever been laughed at?

(pauses)

Okay, cheating is... bad, I guess.

SARA:

Yeah, you're a father figure now.

NELSON:

Get out of here -- father figure.

The kid just met me.

SARA:

You're a man. When you don't knowwho your father is, you're notvery picky about your role models.

She stops, stunned. A Circuit City man is standingoutside her building with a big box.

What's that?

SARA:

NELSON:

Don't be mad, I got you a little

present. A flat screen TV.

SARA:

That's not a 'little present' forme, it's a 'little present' for

you.

(sweetly, but firmly,

to Circuit City man)

Take it back. Better yet, youkeep it. I never watch TV.

She unlocks the door and leaves Nelson stunned outside.

76 INT. STAIRWELL - NIGHT 76

Carrying a bottle of wine, Nelson trudges up the stepswith Sara, feeling very put out.

SARA:

Stop pouting, we promised ChasCherry we'd come.

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NELSON:

Oh we're calling everyone by firstand last names now? I don't want

to waste my night with Chas Cherry.

I want to get naked with Sara Deever.

SARA:

You have a one-track mind, Nelson

Moss. Trust me, you won't bebored. Chas Cherry's a great cook.

77 INT. CHAS'S LOFT - NIGHT 77

Nelson sitting across from Chas, who has metamorphosedinto an extravagantly made-up, gloriously stylishtransvestite.

SARA:

That was Chas. This is Cherry.

Chas extends a manicured hand, Nelson is trying his hardestto go along with it, forcing himself to be hip, ebullient.

NELSON:

Great, great, this is very -- youknow -- Pink Flamingoes -- greatoutfit, and the makeup, wow.

(faltering)

Wow.

BRANDON (O.S.)

This wine is so Martha Stewart -

BRANDON enters from the kitchen with the uncorked bottle

of wine. Also fully crossed, Brandon's get-up is evenmore flamboyant than Chas's.

BRANDON:

In other words, perfect.

SARA:

That was Brandon. This is Brandy.

NELSON:

Brandy and Cherry, great. So.

Here we are... surprise!

He laughs uncomfortably, working double-time to be cool.

Chas and Brandon start to tease him, with a light touch.

CHAS:

Do you think he's uncomfortable?

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BRANDON:

About what?

CHAS:

I don't know, maybe he doesn'tlike...

(points to the

meal)

Lamb stew.

(to Nelson)

I hope you're not vegetarian,

Nelson, I forgot to ask.

BRANDON:

Actually, we just presumed you

were a meat eater.

NELSON:

Right, right, you presumed right.

Lamb stew, great.

He is dying, desperate to get out of there.

CHAS:

Could it be the music? Maybeclassical Italian opera... justsets you on edge...

BRANDON:

You don't have anything againstItalians, do you?

NELSON:

No, I love Italy! I love

Puccini! I love Michelangeloand -- and -

He looks in the other room, sees a TV playing.

NELSON:

I just want to watch a little TV.

CHAS:

Oh, we understand that need,

completely.

Nelson gets up and leaves the room in a hurry. Sara,

Chas and Brandon exchange a look.

78 INT. LOFT - TV ROOM - NIGHT 78

Nelson sitting on sofa, watching a TV ad.

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CLOSE ON TV:

Lycos commercial with man in kilt -- wind raising kilt up -dog

running to castle -- dropping off a package. Pair of

boxer shorts for the man.

CHAS (O.S.)

I always liked this spot, but Iwould have remixed it, those two

lines at the top get swallowed.

BACK TO SCENE:

Surprised, Nelson turns around to see Chas standingbehind him. Sara is next to him, rubbing her temples.

SARA:

Who ate them? The dog?

CHAS:

Don't be Cruella, Sara. That's

one of Nelson's ads. He won Gold

Pencil for it.

NELSON:

(surprised)

How did you know that?

Sara exchanges an embarrassed look with Chas, shrugs.

SARA:

I meant to tell you, Cherry, I'msorry I meant Chas, works inadvertising, too.

NELSON:

(smirks, bored)

Really? What firm?

CHAS:

Baker, Bohanen...

Nelson's smirk disappears.

NELSON:

Chas... Whatley?

BRANDON:

Oh look, baby's famous.

Nelson's jaw drops, he is horrified.

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NELSON:

Oh my God, you have been thatChas... all this time?

(it registers)

Wait a minute, you didn't getthe Doctor Diggety accountdid you?

CHAS:

Nelson, does it really matter?

NELSON:

Oh sure, maybe not to Cherry -but

I bet it matters to Chas.

I know it matters to Nelson.

Just then, the PHONE RINGS. Sara picks it up. She is

still rubbing her temples, as if there's a headachecoming on.

SARA:

Hello?

Nelson points an accusatory finger at Sara.

NELSON:

She should have told me.

(pauses)

I mean, this is... awkward. If

I'd known who you were...

CHAS:

You would have been nicer to me?

Thanks.

They stop talking when they see how upset Sara is as shesays to the person on phone:

SARA:

I said:
he's busy. No I can't

talk to you, either. Good-bye.

She hangs up. Glares angrily at Chas, really rubbing hertemples.

SARA:

Ten guesses who that was.

CHAS:

Sara, it's not what you -

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SARA:

How long have you been doingthis behind my back? What does

she want?

She sees how confused Nelson is, tries to make light asshe backs out of the room.

SARA:

Oh, it doesn't matter. I'm

gonna go downstairs.

(to Nelson)

I have a headache. You stay.

And she hurries to the front door. Nelson looks worried,

starts to go after her -- Chas shoots him a look -- lether go.

NELSON:

What was that all about?

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