Mistress America Page #4

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She trips over something on the floor but recovers quickly.

TRACY:

And Ruth, I think that fan can goin the closet now, it’s 60 degreesout-

INT. STUDY ABROAD OFFICE. DAY

Tracy is filing with some exuberance.

STUDY ABROAD WOMAN

You seem happy today.

TRACY:

I love filing! It’s satisfying.

EXT. QUAD. EVE

Tracy is running to get somewhere.

TONY (O.S.)

Slow down, T!

Tracy hits the breaks. It’s Tony. She laughs. But he’s

holding Nicolette’s hand (She’s the girl from their class).

TRACY:

Hey.

13.

TONY:

Hey.

NICOLETTE:

Hey.

INT. JJ’S DINER. NIGHT

Tracy sits in a booth by herself eating mozzarella sticks.

She looks at her phone. Makes a call. Her mother’s voice

mail. She hangs up.

She scrolls to:

BROOKE CARDINAS:

She quickly presses that name...

FEMALE VOICE MESSAGE

You’ve reached Brooke Cardinas.

Leave your name and number and Iwill get back to you at my earliestconvenience.

Tracy hangs up on the beep. She dips a mozzarella stick inthe red sauce and shoves it into her mouth. Her phone rings.

She’s startled.

TRACY:

Hello?

BROOKE:

Hi, this Brooke Cardinas. I justgot a missed call from this number.

TRACY:

Oh...sorry. Hi... this is TracyFishko, um, my mom is marrying yourdad?

BROOKE:

You’re reading the sonnet.

TRACY:

Right! We’re doing Thanksgivingand then wedding together... Um, Igo to college in the city. My momsaid I should call you.

BROOKE:

Have you eaten? Do you want tohang out?

14.

TRACY:

(looks at her near-

finished plate)

No, I haven’t. OK.

BROOKE:

Well, do you know where Times

Square is?

EXT. TIMES SQUARE. NIGHT

Tracy crosses the crowded street.

Brooke is at the top of the TKTS steps. She attempts to walkelegantly down the steps. It’s an entrance.

BROOKE:

(awkwardly grand)

Welcome to the Great White Way.

She still hasn’t finished walking the steps. It takes a

second. Tracy holds a smile. Finally, Brooke is there:

TRACY:

Times Square is so crazy.

BROOKE:

Isn’t it?

TRACY:

I don’t know anyone who lives here.

BROOKE:

Yours truly. I got off the bus fromJersey I thought this was the coolplace to live. It’s mother fuckingTimes Square.

INT. TAXI. LATER

Brooke lights a cigarette, takes a long drag, passes it toTracy.

BROOKE:

Why do you live in New York again?

TRACY:

College - I go to Barnard - it’sall women uptown - well,

“historically” and kind ofactually. But there are boys in myclasses and stuff. From Columbia.

15.

BROOKE:

You gay?

TRACY:

No. The Columbia girls do theirbest to make us feel inferior.

Which it’s like “I already do.”

BROOKE:

That’s stupid. Don’t feel

inferior.

TRACY:

You’re right, that is stupid.

It’s the best someone has made her feel in a long time ormaybe ever.

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