The Diary of a Teenage Girl Page #12

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MONROE’S VOICE

I kinda got arrested for drunk

driving.

MINNIE’S VOICE

What?

She turns on a small light, illuminating a corner of the

room. Minnie sits up with the phone pressed to her ear,

worried.

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83 EXT. LONELY STREET - PAYPHONE - CONTINUOUS 83

Monroe stands at the payphone on the side of the road,

without his shoes.

MONROE:

(drunk, into phone)

And I didn't have any shoes on, or

have my wallet. But don't...

don't... don't worry- the policeman

was really nice to me.

(MORE)

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MONROE (CONT'D)

He let me ride around in the cop

car, chasing bad guys until I

sobered up. Isn't that wild? I just

had to tell you about it

MINNIE:

Yeah.

INTERCUT WITH:

84 INT. MINNIE’S HOUSE - BEDROOM - CONTINUOUS 84

MONROE’S VOICE

...I knew you'd be the only one

who'd appreciate it.

MINNIE:

(into phone)

Uh huh.

MONROE’S VOICE

Can you just talk for a little bit?

I want to hear your voice.

Minnie is touched, she hugs the phone to her chest.

MINNIE (V.O.)

He loves me.

CUT TO:

85 INT. MINNIE’S HOUSE - HALLWAY - DAY 85

Raised voices can be heard from Charlotte’s bedroom. Through

a crack in the door, Monroe and Charlotte are fighting.

MONROE:

What? You're not taking him

seriously, are you?

CHARLOTTE:

Maybe you’ve already slept with

her, have you?

Minnie tip-toes down the hall, toward Charlotte’s cracked

door. She stops, listens to Monroe and Charlotte fighting.

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MONROE:

What? Are you crazy? She’s a

f***ing kid.

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Minnie instinctively drops to the ground, to get a better

listen. Through the crack in the door, she gets glimpses.

CHARLOTTE:

She may be just a kid, but she’s

got tits and ass. I think you can

see that as well as I can.

Monroe goes close to Charlotte, touching her arm. Minnie

winces.

MONROE:

Pascal needs to have the f***ing

sh*t kicked out of him. Why do you

think he would say something like

that? He doesn’t want you to be

happy. He can’t stand the fact that

you’ve moved on.

CHARLOTTE:

You are so full of sh*t, Monroe. I

have seen you staring at her tits!

MONROE:

What? I don’t even know if she has

tits. Maybe she does, maybe she

doesn’t. I’ve never looked. I was

probably looking at your tits and

you got confused.

Minnie looks like she might throw up.

MONROE (CONT’D)

Come here. Drink your drink.

Minnie crawls closer, so she can see Monroe and Charlotte on

the bed. Monroe feeds Charlotte her drink.

MONROE (CONT’D)

Good girl. Don’t let little Mr. PhD

manipulate you. You’re a strong

woman who doesn’t take sh*t from

anyone. Come on.

CHARLOTTE:

Yeah. Uh-huh.

He whispers in her ear.

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MONROE:

You’re a strong beautiful woman.

With the sexiest ass in San

Francisco and long legs.

CHARLOTTE:

Yeah?

MONROE:

Look at you. What else could I

possibly want?

This works. Charlotte lets Monroe kiss her neck.

CHARLOTTE:

She better not be f***ing pregnant.

I had kids way too early - I know.

MONROE:

Sh-sh-shut up.

CHARLOTTE:

Her b*obs are growing like crazy.

Minnie looks down at her chest, somewhat pleased.

MONROE:

Listen to me- this is all in your

head.

CHARLOTTE:

Is it?

MONROE:

YES!

She softens.

CHARLOTTE:

I guess it is a little crazy.

Pascal just said

MONROE:

Shhh. I don’t want to even hear his

name. He’s jealous of what we have.

Hey-

CHARLOTTE:

Yeah?

MONROE:

I’ll show you whose tits I’m

lookin’ at.

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Minnie watches as he caresses her breasts, and kisses her

passionately. Charlotte giggles.

MINNIE (V.O.)

I hate Monroe. He seems really gay

and kind of washed out.

CUT TO:

86 I/E. MONROE’S CAR - BY THE WATER - NIGHT 86

Monroe and Minnie are parked, looking out over the bay.

Minnie is crying quietly.

MONROE:

She's beginning to suspect. You

make it so obvious.

Minnie looks at him in shock.

MONROE (CONT’D)

I'm only human, whether you realize

it or not, and I have feelings.

This isn’t easy for me either. But

I know how to keep things in check,

not let it go too far. And you

don’t. I’m afraid you’re going to

end up getting hurt. Better to end

it now.

Minnie is crushed.

INTERCUT WITH:

87 INT. MINNIE’S HOUSE - BATHROOM - NIGHT 87

Minnie is in the bath, staring up, crying angrily, with makeup

running down her face, enjoying the misery somewhere.

MINNIE (V.O.)

Everything is so loveless and

mediocre.

Suddenly there is a knock at the door. Minnie drops her

crying entirely.

MINNIE:

WHAT?!

GRETEL (O.S)

Minnie, are you okay?

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MINNIE:

LEAVE ME ALONE, F*** FACE!

She resumes her crying as though she never stopped.

INTERCUT WITH:

88 I/E. MONROE’S CAR - BY THE WATER - NIGHT 88

Minnie cries.

MONROE:

I know how you feel, I do. I know

it's painful now, but it will get

better. I've been in love once

myself. And I know it hurts.

Monroe pulls Minnie close so she can cry on his shoulder. He

kisses her, just to comfort her. But then they start making

out.

INTERCUT WITH:

89 INT. MINNIE’S HOUSE - BATHROOM - NIGHT 89

Minnie in the bath, still crying as only a teenager can.

Throwing her head back and crying for all of her pain and all

the pain that’s ever been felt by anyone.

MINNIE (V.O.)

I hate men. I hate their sexuality

unless they are gay or asexual or

somehow different from the men I've

known.

She takes a sip from a gin and tonic she has on the ground

next to the bathtub. She cries.

INTERCUT WITH:

90 EXT. MONROE’S CAR - BY THE WATER - NIGHT 90

Minnie and Monroe are making out. She goes for his belt, he

stops her.

MINNIE (V.O.)

I hate men but I f*** them hard

hard hard and thoughtlessly because

I hate them so much. I hear myself

and it sounds so stupid.

(MORE)

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MINNIE (V.O.) (CONT'D)

It is clear that I bring horror

upon myself because I'm an idiot.

MONROE:

No. We can’t, Minnie.

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MINNIE:

I want to.

MONROE:

We’re not going to have sex. It’s

not fair to you.

Minnie kisses him. Monroe kisses her, he can’t help it. They

make out. Monroe guides Minnie’s head gently down toward his

dick.

INTERCUT WITH:

91 INT. MINNIE’S HOUSE - BATHROOM - NIGHT 91

Minnie is sinking into her tears, which fill the tub.

MINNIE (V.O.)

I hate myself and I hate him. I

want to die!

Suddenly Minnie dunks her head under and time slows down. She

opens her eyes and looks up through the water and sees trees

surrounding her tub. Her hair spirals around her. Her mouth

opens and she screams out, silently.

MINNIE (V.O.)

And from this wretched body I speak

Saying it will be different when I

DIE. When I die I would like to die

by drownation in the Ganges River.

The bathroom morphs into the jungle and the bath becomes the

dark Ganges River. Minnie plunges down, falling deeper into

the water, imagining her glorious death.

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