The Diary of a Teenage Girl Page #4

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MONROE (CONT'D)

(then)

They’re really great. Fantastic

breasts, Minnie. Just perfect.

Monroe smiles. Comic book flowers burst out from behind his

head, like a seventies album cover. A bird flies out of his

ear and lands on top of his head and starts singing, and

END IMAGINING:

13 INT. MINNIE’S HOUSE - KITCHEN - EVENING 13

Monroe snaps his fingers in Minnie’s face. She is standing

with the door of the fridge wide open, staring into space.

MONROE:

Weirdo.

Minnie pushes Monroe, playfully but hard.

MINNIE (V.O.)

It feels so good to imagine that he

might be thinking about me. Like

finally I exist.

Monroe grabs an apple, bites into it. The kitchen has a

paisley wallpaper lining the walls, and avocado green tiles

on the counters.

MONROE:

So-

Charlotte enters the kitchen, in a sexy house-dress/robe.

MONROE (CONT’D)

(to Charlotte)

Hey. You ‘bout ready steady?

Monroe jumps up and sits on the counter.

CHARLOTTE:

No, no. I think I’m staying here.

I’m already in my skivvies.

MONROE:

What? You promised.

MINNIE (V.O.)

Not that I love him or anything.

I’m not stupid.

Gretel enters, and Charlotte pours herself a big gin and

tonic.

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GRETEL:

We’re gonna watch “Little House on

the Prairie”.

Gretel grabs a soda from the fridge. Charlotte smooths

Gretel’s hair a little.

CHARLOTTE:

Yep.

Monroe grabs Charlotte by the waist and pulls her close.

MONROE:

It’s two-for-one Tuesdays, though.

You promised.

CHARLOTTE:

I’m sorry, baby.

MONROE:

Let’s just go for a few drinks? I

need to get out.

CHARLOTTE:

I’ll make it up to you, I swear.

I’m sorry. Take Minnie.

MONROE:

What?

CHARLOTTE:

Minnie’ll go. Wontcha’ Min?

MONROE:

She doesn’t want to go.

MINNIE:

Yeah I do. Where?

CHARLOTTE:

Told you. See?

Charlotte turns and leaves with Gretel.

MONROE:

Just this bar on Harrison.

MINNIE (V.O.)

I had homework, but so the f***

what?

Monroe smiles, it’s a plan.

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14 INT. LIVERPOOL LILS BAR - LATER THAT NIGHT 14

At a tall bar table in a dark corner, a bartender drops off

another round to Minnie and Monroe. They’re both pleasantly

drunk, watch the bartender leave. Monroe leans his body into

Minnie’s, almost knocking her off her stool.

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She laughs, pushing him, but then almost falls off her stool.

He catches her.

MONROE:

(teasing)

Whoa! Clumsy clumsy.

He helps her back onto her stool, holding onto her for a

little too long. Minnie gets a case of the giggles, he

follows suit.

They play a game of “sugarpack football”, flicking a sugar

pack across the table, trying to make it land on the edge of

the table. Monroe flicks the sugar packet through Minnie’s

“field-goal” (her hands) and it disappears off the table.

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