The Breakfast Club Page #13

CLAIRE:

You don't believe in just one guy,

one girl?

BENDER:

Do you?

CLAIRE:

Yeah...that's the way it should be.

BENDER:

Well, not for me...

CLAIRE:

Why not?

Bender clearly doesn't want to answer that. He acts

defensive.

BENDER:

How come you got so much sh*t in

your purse?

CLAIRE:

How come you got so many

girlfriends?

BENDER:

I asked you first...

CLAIRE:

(shrugs)

I dunno...I guess I never throw

anything away.

BENDER:

Neither do I...

CLAIRE:

Oh...

We cut back to where Andrew, Brian and Allison are

sitting, Andrew is looking through Brian's wallet.

ANDREW:

This is the worst fake ID I've ever

seen...

Brian laughs.

ANDREW:

Do you realize you made yourself

sixty eight?

BRIAN:

Oh, I know...I know, I goofed it...

ANDREW:

What do you need a fake ID for?

BRIAN:

(like it's obvious)

So I can vote!

Allison looks up suddenly.

ALLISON:

You wanna see what's in my bag?

BRIAN & ANDREW

No!

Allison looks hurt and then resentful. Just to spite

them, she dumps the contents of her bag onto the couch.

Lots of stuff comes out.

ANDREW:

Holy sh*t! What is all that stuff?

BRIAN:

Do you always carry this much sh*t

in your bag?

ALLISON:

Yeah...I always carry this much sh*t

...in my bag...You never know when

you may have to jam...

BRIAN:

Are you gonna be like a shopping

bag lady? You know like, sit in

alleyways and like talk to buildings

and wear men's shoes and that kinda

thing?

ALLISON:

I'll do what I have to do...

BRIAN:

Why do you have to do anything?

ALLISON:

(with feeling)

My home life is un...satisfying...

BRIAN:

So you're saying you'd subject

yourself to the violent dangers of

the Chicago streets because your

homelife is unsatisfying?

ALLISON:

I don't have to run away and live

in the street...I can run away and,

go to the ocean, I can go to the

country, I can go to the mountains.

I can go to Israel, Africa,

Afghanistan...

Brian looks at her and then moves over to Andrew.

BRIAN:

Andy...you wanna get in on this?

Allison here says, she wants to run

away, because her home life is

unsatisfying...

ANDREW:

Well everyone's home lives are un-

satisfying...If it wasn't, people

would live with there parents

forever...

BRIAN:

Yeah, yeah I understand. But I

think that her's goes beyond, you

know, what guys like you and me...

consider normal unsatisfying...

ALLISON:

Nevermind...forget it, everything's

cool!

Allison starts putting everything back in her purse.

ANDREW:

What's the deal?

ALLISON:

No! There's no deal, Sporto.

Forget it, leave me alone.

ANDREW:

Wait a minute, now you're carrying

all that crap around in your purse.

Either you really wanna run away or

you want people to think you wanna

run away.

ALLISON:

Eat sh*t!

Allison gets up and walks away.

BRIAN:

The girl is an island, with herself.

Okay?

Andrew gets up and goes after her.

ANDREW:

Hi, you wanna talk?

ALLISON:

No!

ANDREW:

Why not?

ALLISON:

Go away...

ANDREW:

Where do you want me to go?

ALLISON:

GO away!

Andrew turns away and Allison starts to cry.

ALLISON:

You have problems...

ANDREW:

Oh, I have problems?

ALLISON:

You do everything everybody ever

tells you to do, that is a problem!

ANDREW:

Okay, fine...but I didn't dump my

purse out on the couch and invite

people into my problems...Did I?

So what's wrong? What is it? Is

is bad? Real bad? Parents?

Allison is silently crying.

ALLISON:

Yeah...

Andrew nods.

ANDREW:

What do they do to you?

ALLISON:

They ignore me...

ANDREW:

Yeah...yeah...

They both are crying silently.

CUT TO:

29. INT. BASEMENT - DAY

Vernon and Carl are sitting talking.

VERNON:

What did you want to be when you

were young?

CARL:

When I was a kid, I wanted to be

John Lennon...

VERNON:

Carl don't be a goof! I'm trying

to make a serious point here...I've

been teaching, for twenty two years,

and each year...these kids get more

and more arrogant.

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