At First Sight Page #4

VIRGIL:

Hey, you're here - so how

are the kids today?

Running his hand down the pure white page - he finds what he wants:

BAP - he hits the channel changer and the game comes on.

JENNIE:

The usual - need a lot of attention. So who's the girl?

Moving into the kitchen, Virgil puts the remote to the side of the

refrigerator where it VELCRO sticks to an exact spot.

VIRGIL:

From the spa. I made her cry.

JENNIE:

You haven't done that since--

VIRGIL/JENNIE

-- grade school.

VIRGIL:

(smile)

That's what I told her. Coke?

Virgil moves past Jennie as she goes into the living room - hand up,

door open and he's got a glass. Back to the fridge, he grabs a coke.

JENNIE:

I'm fine. Your dinner's ready - chicken's

at 3 o'clock - rice is at...

VIRGIL:

6 o'clock, peas at 9 o'clock

and news at 11.

Jennie places Virgil's dinner down in an exact spot on a coffee

table (facing away from the TV).

JENNIE:

(laughs)

One day I'm going to switch them on you.

VIRGIL:

And one day I'll play forward

for the New York Rangers.

Four precise steps into the room and Virgil plops down on the sofa -

finds his fork. Jennie moves to a counter where a pile of school

books sit.

JENNIE:

Ha - ha. You need new jokes.

VIRGIL:

Or a new sister.

JENNIE:

I'd work on the jokes.

Picking up the books she moves past Virgil - pecks him on the head

and moves to the door.

VIRGIL:

You want to watch some hockey?

JENNIE:

(at the door)

You want to grade some spelling tests?

(beat)

I'll be next door you need me.

She leaves and Virgil pats the couch and Sophie hops up next to him.

VIRGIL:

You know this girl - for one moment -

she actually thought I could

(Sophie grumbles as she settles in)

I'm not kidding.

(beat) And she had this great voice - relaxing -

soft like a breeze through

(beat)

Wonder what she thinks about "blind dates."

INT. AMY'S ROOM - EVENING

Amy in bed - just out of the shower - the only light in the room

comes from the TV. She has the remote, mindlessly switching channels

- not staying on one for more than a second or two.

Click - an Odd Couple rerun - click - ESPN bowling - click - Three

Stooges - Moe poking Curly in the eye - click - click - click.

Bored, she stops - notices a small scarf on a chair next to the bed.

She picks it up, holds it against her eyes and ties it tight around

her head.

She stands - hands out in front of her - starts to walk across the

room - not so bad - WHAM - right into a side table. Sh*t that hurts!

Grabbing her leg, she hops - hits a lamp.

AMY:

DAMMIT!

Ripping the towel of f her head - hopping around on one foot - she

hears:

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