15 Minutes Page #2

HAWKINS:

Jesus Christ.

PAULIE, the owner, walks up.

PAULIE:

Speakin' of bad habits, everybody okay?

HAWKINS:

Another martini.

LEON:

Coffee for me, I gotta slow down.

EDDIE:

Vodka tonic.

LEON:

(rethinks it)

Maybe you could just put in a shot of

Martell?

Paulie takes the drinks off the table and an empty bottle of

vodka.

LEON (CONT'D)

(of Eddie's story)

It was freaky, I'll tell you. Stupid

kid.

EDDIE:

What's the kid gonna say - sorry?

Meanwhile I'm not here anymore.

Like last week - we were at the morgue

and this guy was all chopped up - spleen

here - liver there - his heart in a pan.

Six hours ago this guy was walkin' his

dog or buyin' a quart of milk. Who

knows? But some kid's robbed him for $3

or some sh*t and shot him and now you

can't tell if he's a piece of beef or a

human being and I'm thinkin' that's me.

Sooner or later. That's me.

HAWKINS:

Sooner or later that's everybody.

EDDIE:

Not chopped up. Not chopped up like

that. I mean, what do I got left?

Coupla articles. A medal or two.

Plaque here and there and in a coupla

years no one remembers me anymore.

HAWKINS:

I think you're getting a little moody

there, Eddie.

EDDIE:

I'm not moody.

Hawkins and Leon share a look.

HAWKINS:

Isn't he a little moody?

LEON:

Of course he's moody. He thinks he's in

love.

HAWKINS:

In love? With who?

Paulie delivers the drinks and sets some cigars on the table.

Takes a seat next to Eddie. Eddie asks Hawkins.

EDDIE:

How old are your kids?

HAWKINS:

My kids? Let's see...Susan's 15.

Aundrea's 9. Don't tell me you're

thinking about having a kid! How old

are you? Never mind.

Let me just tell you this: Every stupid

cliche you hear about kids - they change

your life, they make you a better

person, they make you whole...

(beat)

It's all true! Before I had kids when

friends talked about their kids, I

wanted to vomit. Now -- I get it. Am I

right, Leon?

LEON:

Absomotherfuckin'lutely. You can have

all three of my ex-wives. But somebody

so much as looks sideways at my four

girls -- I'd kill 'em.

(takes out his wallet)

You haven't seen my youngest have you?

As he hands pictures to Hawkins his cell phone rings.

LEON (CONT'D)

Yeah?

HAWKINS:

Paulie, you've got kids, right?

PAULIE:

My kids don't talk to me anymore but

they were great when they were young.

LEON:

(into the phone)

Sure it's him? Great!

(collapses the phone)

Unique's home.

They all rise from the table.

EDDIE:

Paulie, I need the cure.

PAULIE:

Step into my office.

Leon and Hawkins sit back down as Eddie and Paulie leave.

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