Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Page #4
Joel sits on the bench waiting for a train. Clementine
enters the platform, sees Joel, the only other person there.
She waves, sort of goofily enthusiastic, playing as if
they're old friends. He waves back, embarrassed. She takes
a seat on a bench far down the platform. Joel stares at his
hands, pulls out his journal and tries to write in order to
conceal his awkwardness.
Joel sits at the far end of the empty car and watches the
slowly passing desolate terrain. After a moment the door
between cars opens and Clementine enters. Joel looks up.
Clementine is not looking at him; she busies herself deciding
where to sit. She settles on a seat at the opposite end of
the car. Joel looks out the window. He feels her watching
him. The train is picking up speed. Finally:
CLEMENTINE:
(calling over the rumble)
Hi!
Joel looks over.
JOEL:
I'm sorry.
CLEMENTINE:
Why?
JOEL:
Why what?
CLEMENTINE:
Why are you sorry? I just said hi.
JOEL:
No, I didn't know if you were talking to
me, so...
She looks around the empty car.
CLEMENTINE:
Really?
JOEL:
(embarrassed)
Well, I didn't want to assume.
CLEMENTINE:
Aw, c'mon, live dangerously. Take the
leap and assume someone is talking to you
JOEL:
Anyway. Sorry. Hi.
Clementine makes her way down the aisle towards Joel.
CLEMENTINE:
It's okay if I sit closer? So I don't
have to scream. Not that I don't need to
scream sometimes, believe me.
(pause)
But I don't want to bug you if you're
trying to write or something.
JOEL:
No, I mean, I don't know. I can't really
think of much to say probably.
CLEMENTINE:
Oh. So...
She hesitates in the middle of the car, looks back where she
came from.
JOEL:
I mean, it's okay if you want to sit down
here. I didn't mean to --
CLEMENTINE:
No, I don't want to bug you if you're
trying to --
JOEL:
It's okay, really.
CLEMENTINE:
Just, you know, to chat a little, maybe.
I have a long trip ahead of me.
How far are you going? On the train, I
mean, of course.
JOEL:
Rockville Center.
CLEMENTINE:
Get out! Me too! What are the odds?
JOEL:
The weirder part is I think actually I
recognize you. I thought that earlier in
the diner. That's why I was looking at
you. You work at Borders, right?
CLEMENTINE:
Ucch, really? You're kidding. God.
Bizarre small world, huh? Yeah, that's
me:
book slave there for, like, fiveyears now.
JOEL:
Really? Because --
CLEMENTINE:
Jesus, is it five years? I gotta quit
right now.
JOEL:
-- because I go there all the time. I
don't think I ever saw you before.
CLEMENTINE:
Well, I'm there. I hide in the back as
much as is humanly possible. You have a
cell phone? I need to quit right this
minute. I'll call in dead.
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