Blue Velvet Page #2

JEFFREY:

Hey, sh*t head. Leave her alone. Don't

force girls!

The couple looks up but cannot see Jeffrey. The boy is scared and releases

the girl who promptly pulls farther away, crying.

Jeffrey leaves the furnace room.

16. INT. HALLWAY - COLLEGE - NIGHT

Louise and the college student see him and move quickly toward him.

COLLEGE BOY:

Jeffrey, your mother's on the phone. It's

an emergency.

LOUISE:

Thanks for keeping me waiting so long.

As Jeffrey moves quickly toward the telephone.

JEFFREY:

I'm sorry, Louise.

17. INT. PHONE/HALLWAY - COLLEGE - NIGHT

The phone dangles on its cord in the foreground as Jeffrey moves toward

it in the background. Louise slowly follows Jeffrey, but stays in back

of him. Jeffrey picks up the phone.

JEFFREY:

Hello. Mom? What's wrong with Dad?.

What's happening?. Come home? Sure I will.

18. INT. BEAUMONT'S BEDROOM - NIGHT

Mrs. Beaumont sits talking on the phone in a dark quiet bedroom.

MRS. BEAUMONT

I mean, for good, Jeffrey.

CUT TO:

19. INT. PHONE/HALLWAY - COLLEGE - NIGHT

CLOSEUP - JEFFREY

JEFFREY:

For good?. I can't. Mom. Not right in

the middle of the term.

CUT TO:

20. INT. BEAUMONT'S BEDROOM - NIGHT

MRS. BEAUMONT

(now looks very tired and

poor health)

Jeffrey. honey. Your father's condition

is serious. It's going to cost so much.

We just won't have the money to keep you

in school. I'm telling you this now, so

that you can get your things together and

check out of school, honey, or whatever you

have to do. it'll save you another trip back.

You're going to have to work at the store.

CUT TO:

21. INT. PHONE/HALLWAY - COLLEGE - NIGHT

CLOSEUP - JEFFREY

JEFFREY:

(crying)

Mom.

Louise looks at Jeffrey crying, then turns away. Jeffrey hangs up the

phone.

CUT TO:

22. INT. BEAUMONT'S BEDROOM - NIGHT

Mrs. Beaumont hangs up her phone. just next to the phone traveling into

a shadow is a winged termite.

FADE TO:

23. INT. GIRLS DORM LOBBY - COLLEGE - NIGHT

Jeffrey is waiting in a girls dorm lobby for Louise.

Girls are milling around. Louise gets off an elevator with some other

girls. She forces a smile at Jeffrey as she comes toward him.

JEFFREY:

Can't you come to the damn airport?

LOUISE:

Jeffrey. I can't. I really can't. I

have to go to that class tonight. I can't

get out of it. I really can't. I love

you, Jeffrey. I'll miss you.

JEFFREY:

Alright. I'll call you in a couple of days,

you know. I'll let you know how things are.

LOUISE:

Okay. I'll be here. You better git-going. I

gotta go too sweetie. I hope your father's

okay. I love you. I'm sorry, Jeffrey.

JEFFREY:

I love you too, Louise. Damn it. I'll see you.

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