He's Just Not That Into You Page #5

GIGI:

Really?

JANINE:

Yes, really.

Gigi manages a small smile.

GIGI:

This is all your fault.

JANINE:

What? Why?

GIGI:

You set me up with him.

JANINE:

No - you asked if I knew any guys and I

gave Conor your number. That's not a set

up. When I do a set up - I weigh pros

and cons. I do my due diligence. All I

know about Conor is he sold us this

house.

Gigi peers out the window.

GIGI:

He sold you a house in the ghetto.

JANINE:

It's a neighborhood "in transition."

Gigi makes a move for the phone, Janine stops her.

JANINE (CONT'D)

Seriously, stop.

GIGI:

He said he always hangs at Red Maple

after work. Maybe I should do a little

drive-by?

JANINE:

Please, don't. He'll call.

Off Gigi - panic seeping in.

FADE TO CHAPTER CARD: ...IF HE'S NOT CALLING YOU

AMBER, pretty if a little thick in the middle, sits in

the courtyard of an office park in her work clothes.

AMBER:

Caller ID was the worst thing that’s ever

happened to me. Total invasion of my

personal freedom. When a guy doesn’t

call me, it is my right - my duty even -

to call him and hang up several thousand

times. Or at least until his mother

shouts at me in Albanian and blows a

police whistle into the phone. I mean,

calling and hanging up is an age old

expression of love and frustration and

too many wine coolers - and who is AT&

f'ing T to take that away from me?

(MORE)

AMBER (CONT'D)

Next thing you know, someone is going to

ban me from sitting in my car in front of

a guy’s house, blaring “Where Is Your

Heart” by Kelly Clarkson until his new

stupid girlfriend comes outside and

threatens to scratch my eyes out with her

acrylics. I mean, a girl deserves

freedom of expression, right?

INT. GYM - DAY

Pilates class. We pan down the row of mats, STUDENTS

obediently doing The Mermaid. We finally land on Gigi's

mat:
Gigi manages to twist herself into a passable

Mermaid - as her CELL PHONE lies in full view on her mat.

INT. GIGI'S APARTMENT - BATHROOM - NIGHT

Shower is on, curtain pulled. A CELL PHONE RINGS. An

ARM SHOOTS out of the shower and grabs it from the sink.

GIGI:

Mom, I gotta call you back.

INT. GIGI'S APARTMENT - BEDROOM - NIGHT

Gigi lays in bed, her CELL PHONE right next to her head.

One eye POPS OPEN, checks the phone, and closes again.

INT. MCCORMICK SPICES CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS - DAY

A typical, corporate style office. Walled off cubicles

for the junior execs, outer offices for management.

Gigi is in her cubicle. Janine, her friend and, we now

learn, co-worker, sits on Gigi's desk.

JANINE:

So, this was at the end of the date, or

at the beginning?

GIGI:

End. Why - does it matter?

JANINE:

Yeah. "Nice meeting you" at the beginning

of the date is normal. "Nice meeting

you" at the end could be a blow off.

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