While We're Young Page #13

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A light sweat breaks out on Josh’s face. Darby is lookingstraight at him. She gives him a sad smile. Josh looks back

at the screen.

CLOSE:
Josh’s scholar, Ira, talking about the politics of

war.

CUT TO:
The movie is over. The mostly 20-something crowdlaughs, drinks beers. Breitbart picks an Oreo from a bowl of

Oreos on a table.

Jamie.

Josh pushes through the kids to find

JAMIE:

Yoshy!

JOSH:

You invited Breitbart?

JAMIE:

Yeah, he called me after youintroduced us.

JOSH:

He called you?

JAMIE:

Yeah...and at our dinner I invited

him to tonight.

JOSH:

At “our dinner?” Dinner with him?

When did you have dinner?

JAMIE:

After he called me, he suggested weget dinner.

JOSH:

Uh huh.

(pause)

Where’d you go?

JAMIE:

This beautiful joint, um, on theUpper West Side -

JOSH:

Jackson Hole.

JAMIE:

Yeah! How’d you know?

JOSH:

That’s where he goes.

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JAMIE:

Great burgers. Have you been there?

JOSH:

Yes, I’ve been there with him amillion times.

JAMIE:

Have you gotten the Buffalo burger?

JOSH:

Of course!

JAMIE:

He dug the footage.

(pause)

Is something wrong?

JOSH:

I guess I wish you’d asked me beforeyou just went to him...

JAMIE:

Hey, I’m sorry. I called him

actually just to ask him a questionabout how he shot something and wejust got to talking, see, and heasked me what I was working on...

JOSH:

So you called him?

JAMIE:

What?

JOSH:

You said he called you.

JAMIE:

He called me back, yeah.

JOSH:

Does Cornelia know?

HEDGE FUND DAVE (O.S.)

Very cool! Very cool.

The hedge fund guy, Dave, does a double fist bump with Jamiewhich they mime exploding.

HEDGE FUND DAVE:

I’m proud to be part of it.

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JAMIE:

Dave, you know Josh.

HEDGE FUND DAVE:

(barely looking at Josh)

Nice to meet you.

(to Jamie)

Seriously dude, this movie is killaaahhhh.

(does a little dance)

We’re going to Afghanistan, we’regoing to Afghanistan...

JOSH:

(taken aback)

You’re going to Afghanistan?

JAMIE:

To interview soldiers in Kent’s unit.

We’ve got a butt-load of work to dobefore we go. I’m going to needhelp.

HEDGE FUND DAVE:

Afghanistan, Afghanistan!

Josh starts to retreat into the crowd. He hesitates. It

pains him to say this, but:

JOSH:

Um, if you have any other editingwork, my guy Tim, is great and coulduse some cash.

JAMIE:

That would be beautiful.

JOSH:

(defeated)

I’ll text you his info.

HEDGE FUND DAVE:

(to Jamie)

Dude, I want you to meet Diane, she’sa reporter for the Times.

Dave drags Jamie across the room. Darby takes Jamie’s arm ashe passes, she asks him a question. He replies tersely back.

She walks away, pissed. Dave pulls Jamie onward.

We MOVE in on Josh. Color vanishes from his face as a

terrible sinking feeling enters his body.

Two hands wrap around his neck like choking. He reacts.

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JOSH:

Ahh!

It’s Cornelia. She smokes a cigarette.

CORNELIA:

I’ve been looking for you.

JOSH:

You’re smoking?

(re:
everything)

What’s going on? This is like a

f***ing bad dream. Everyone is heredoing weird sh*t. Where’s myhighschool algebra teacher, Mr.

Morelli riding a f***ing turtle?

Across the room, Breitbart is approached by Dave and Jamie.

CORNELIA:

(re:
her dad)

I had no idea Dad was coming. I saw

him when I got here.

JOSH:

Are you sure? Are you sure you’renot just saying that?

CORNELIA:

Yes, Josh! Why would I lie to you?

JOSH:

Do you think Jamie came to my talkbecause he knew I was married to you?

That this was all so he could meet

your dad?

CORNELIA:

Josh, you know, the world isn’t aconspiracy against you.

JOSH:

You know, f*** you.

CORNELIA:

F*** you. Don’t talk to me like

that.

JOSH:

I’m saying “F*** you” in that wayJamie and Darby say it where it’s nota real F*** you, it’s a semi-playfulFuck you.

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CORNELIA:

We’re not Jamie and Darby. We don’t

talk to each other that way. If yousay F*** you to me it feels like areal F*** you.

JOSH:

It is real.

CORNELIA:

F*** you. And not semi-playfullyeither!

JOSH:

F*** you. Total real, cutting to thecore: F*** you.

53 EXT. JAMIE AND DARBY’S BUILDING. NIGHT 53

Josh comes outside, furious. Darby is making out with aLatino guy who looks like a gang member.

Darby?

JOSH:

Darby lets go of the guy and looks at Josh.

Hey, sir.

DARBY:

JOSH:

Are you okay?

DARBY:

Sh*t’s bad.

(pause)

You want to get some goat?

54 INT. CARIBBEAN RESTAURANT, BUSHWICK. NIGHT 54

Josh and Darby eat at a table.

DARBY:

Crushes fade. Things lose theirluster, you know? Maybe I’m justdown on relationships right now.

JOSH:

What about Jamie?

DARBY:

Jamie’s in love with Jamie.

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JOSH:

I thought you guys seemed great.

DARBY:

You know how no one will ever pick upjust a male hitchhiker? But if it’s

a couple, you might pull over? I’m

the girl so you’ll pull over and pickup Jamie.

(pause)

Doing ayawasca I realized I neverforgave my mom for dying and until Ido I’ll never have a decent

relationship with a guy.

JOSH:

When did she die?

DARBY:

When I was in highschool. She had

ovarian cancer.

JOSH:

I’m sorry...

(realizing)

Isn’t that also how Jamie’s mom died?

He talks about it in the film.

Darby hesitates.

DARBY:

Why’d you let Jamie use your scholar?

JOSH:

I was trying out being generous.

He’d do the same for me. That’s how

you guys are.

DARBY:

(with sympathy)

Oh, Josh... You’re such a man-fox.

JOSH:

A man-fox? I wish it didn’t need the

“man” qualifier?

DARBY:

Because you’re like a hot dad.

Without children.

Suddenly, she pulls her chair over to him, leans in, andkisses him on the mouth. He slowly moves away.

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JOSH:

We shouldn’t...

She slides her chair back to her side of the table. She

hesitates, embarrassed.

DARBY:

This is the part where I say, “I wasa bet?!”

JOSH:

What?

DARBY:

You know those romantic comedies

where the girl was a bet?

He nods. She nods too.

DARBY:

Yeah. Just because they did, doesn’tmean we have to.

JOSH:

What...what do you mean?

DARBY:

She never told you? Jamie and

Cornelia made out at the ayawasca.

It was in the Papyrus reeds behindthe pyramids.

Josh looks staggered.

DARBY:

I’m sorry, I stole one of Tipper’sadderalls. You want to go dancing?

JOSH:

(now getting angry)

Yeah, I’m not going home tonight.

55 INT. AFTER HOURS GAY CLUB. LATE NIGHT 55

Darby dances with Josh amidst muscular shirtless gay men. He

throws himself into it, trying to lose himself completely.

JAMIE (V.O.)

Thanks for meeting me so early.

56 INT. JACKSON HOLE RESTAURANT. MORNING 56

Jamie sits across from Cornelia. She looks tired and

distracted.

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JAMIE:

We’ve got a butt-load to do. Dave

needs a budget for Afghanistan.

CORNELIA:

I’m almost finished with it.

JAMIE:

I’ve been reading a lot aboutAfghanistan. It’s crazy. You know

no one’s ever been able to

successfully occupy Afghanistan.

CORNELIA:

(looking at her phone tosee if anyone called)

Yeah...I’ve heard that.

JAMIE:

I think we got something now. With

your help, it can really besomething.

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