Before Midnight Page #3

JESSE:

Okay. Are you sure?

CELINE:

No, I'm not sure of anything, okay?

JESSE:

All right, all right-

CELINE:

I mean, you know, what's gonna happen

to everyone if I leave? Like

Francoise, and I mean, they count on

me. What do you think? Should I

take it or not, should... Should I?

JESSE:

Ah, no, no, no, I don't have an

opinion. I just don't want to see

you rush into a decision because of

this wind turbine crap.

CELINE:

No! It's not just that, okay? It's

been stirring in me all summer...

JESSE:

Well, I know it has. I know.

10.

CELINE:

...And I should do it. And I'm doing

it!

JESSE:

All right then, just - then do it.

CELINE:

I'm doing it, all right? Oh, god.

I wish things were simpler. I mean,

if I leave I get f***ed, if I stay I

get f***ed...

JESSE:

(laughs)

There's always a catch.

CELINE:

Yeah, the world is f***ed.

JESSE:

Yeah, baby.

CELINE:

Oh, god. We finally have a vacation

and the girls are sick for the first

two weeks.

JESSE:

Or the perfect son who lives a million

miles away.

CELINE:

Or the love of your life can't clean

up after himself or learn how to

shave.

JESSE:

Who's that? You're not, you're not

talking about Captain Clean-up over

here, are you? You don't mean-

CELINE:

Captain Clean-up! The one that's

been missing in action all these

years!

JESSE:

What did you expect at this point in

your life, missy?

Celine turns back to look at the twins.

11.

CELINE:

God! Oh, look at them; they're so

cute! They look like conjoined twins!

Oh my god, I gotta take a picture.

She takes out her cell phone and takes a picture. Jesse

reaches back for something he can't quite find.

JESSE:

Hey, did uh, did Ella finish that

apple?

CELINE:

You're going to take food out of

your child's mouth?

JESSE:

Yeah.

Celine reaches back and grabs a half-eaten apple off the

seat.

CELINE:

Okay. Well. It's all brown.

JESSE:

Oh, there's a spot here.

He takes a bite from the green part of the apple. Celine is

now filming him with the camera.

CELINE:

Ella - this is evidence of your father

stealing food from you. If you become

bulimic or anorexic, it is not my

fault. Don't blame it all on your

mother, okay?

JESSE:

Ella, this is a family apple. I'm

teaching you the value of sharing.

I love you honey.

CELINE:

Ohh, so sweet. You girls will

remember this vacation very

differently than we will.

JESSE:

That's for sure. I see that with my

mom. She remembers my childhood

entirely differently than I do. Can

you please stop filming me.

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