The Anniversary Party Page #2

JOE:

Okay. I'm sorry, look, I meant to tell

you. It was the only chance I had to

meet her.

SALLY:

You invited her to our anniversary party?

I didn't even invite my mother.

JOE:

She goes on location tomorrow. Sally,

I'm sorry. Look, I can't keep her on

hold.

SALLY:

(pissed)

No, no of course not. It's Skye f***ing

Davidson, for f***'s sake.

JOE:

(regards her)

You want me to uninvite her?

SALLY:

No, no of course not. How old is she?

Twenty-f***ing-two?

She gets out of bed, starts into the bathroom. The CAMERA is

with her.

SALLY (CONT'D)

(into the bathroom mirror)

And she's a stinking f***ing actress, for

f***'s sake.

JOE:

(into the receiver)

Skye!

(his face lights)

I'm so glad you're able to make it...it's

our sixth, actually.

(flattered)

You read the book again? Well, no, the

ending to chapter six...it's just that

it's not filmic.

We tried it in an earlier draft, but, it

just wasn't filmic... Well, sure, we can

absolutely look at that again. If you're

coming from Laurel, you want to take

Sunset west, we're just past Will Rogers

State Park. Three blocks west of that,

you want to hang right. It's about three

quarters of a mile up a big white thing

on the left.

Sally's started the bath, and is watching him from the

doorway. He meets her eyes mid-sentence.

JOE (CONT'D)

Oh? I don't think tonight. I'm sure

they're well behaved. All our friends

have dogs, and they always want to bring

them. We'd be outnumbered, you see? So

we sort of put a ban on it. Sorry.

He rolls his eyes. Sally walks back into the bathroom, she

isn't buying it.

JOE (O.S.) (CONT'D)

I'm looking forward to meeting you, too.

And Skye, I'm thrilled that you're

willing to take this leap with me.

Eternally grateful, really.

SALLY:

(into the bathroom mirror)

I'm going to throw up.

JOE (O.S.)

I can't imagine anyone else playing

Genna.

SALLY:

(sanguine)

Really?

INT. BEDROOM - LATER

The doorbell rings. There are two closed doors on either

side of the room. The bed shows no sign of consummated sex.

Joe comes through the left hand door, nearly dressed.

JOE:

Who the f*** can be here at this time?

It's not even seven!

Sally comes through the other door, one shoe off, one on.

SALLY:

Oh Jesus, who else is always early for

Christ's sake?

NEW ANGLE:

Sally kisses his cheek on her way to the door.

SALLY (CONT'D)

Promise you'll be nice to the neighbors.

JOE:

I'll say as little as possible.

Sally exits the bedroom.

HOLD ON JOE:

For a moment, then Sally re-enters, kisses him deeply.

SALLY:

I love you.

INT. FOYER - EARLY EVENING

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