Boys and Girls Page #2

Synopsis: Jennifer and Ryan are students at UC Berkeley, acquaintances off and on since early adolescence. She's quick, witty, ironic, literary, and independent; he's deliberate, literal, serious, studying structural engineering, always working on a plan. They take walks, they console each other over break-ups, he shares his plans. She's headed for Italy after graduation. Then, to their equal surprise, they spend a night together. Her response is to skitter away from continued intimacy and want to stay friends; he's hurt by her response, so he withdraws. Can it all get sorted out before she leaves town?
 
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You visited back and forth maybe 3|times, called each other every night?

-Right. You have to put in the work.|-I've seen it happen a hundred times.

Last year, every long-distance|relationship in my dorm...

was over by the|second semester.

-Just keeping it real.|-Next in line, please.

-So where are you living?|-Herman Hall.

-I can give you some tips.|-Do you live there?

No, but I do have friends there.|I live off-campus with my boyfriend.

What?|You have a boyfriend?

-Who?|-Michael Winters, he's a musician.

-He's great.|-You're living with one guy?

You've made a commitment that|prohibits choices in the name of love?

Isn't it crazy what falling head|over heels can do to a person?

-Next, please.|-That's me.

I came as fast as I could.|What happened?

-He dumped me!|-Why?

-He fell in love with somebody else!|-God. Who?

I don't know who and I don't care!|The point is that he dumped me!

How did you find out? I mean,|did you catch them or something?

-God. In this bed?|-No!

God! No, no!|He just told me!

-He told you?|-Yeah. We made that whole pact...

that if you meet somebody else|you tell the other person.

No one ever takes that seriously.|You say it to cover your own ass.

I'm really lucky because my boyfriend|is really loyal to his pacts.

-How did you find out?|-At the club.

-Did he yell it over the music?|-No, no. It was the music.

-No!|-Yeah. The same club where we met.

It was the same club where we first|decided to move in together.

The same stage where he first sang|"Jennifer, This Heart Is Made For 2".

And I'm sitting there, watching him,|and thinking how much I love him...

and how I can't believe that|I can love somebody that much.

And then he sang this brand-new|song, a little something called...

Jennifer, Jennifer|You asked me to be true

What can I say?|I found someone new

That's horrible.

Actually,|it was pretty catchy.

By the second chorus,|everybody was singing along.

-What did you do?|-Nothing.

I don't think I've ever felt this way|before. I'm a complete idiot!

Why didn't I listen to my instincts,|you know what I mean?

Hey, look on the bright side.|Now you get to move in with me.

I know things look pretty horrible,|but it's just gonna take some time.

-That's what my therapist says.|-To hell with your therapist, Amy.

Because I just need|to feel better. Now!

"Doo doo be doo" my ass!

It's tough out there, man.|You don't know how lucky you are.

-Betty and I broke up.|-What?

-You're kidding. When?|-A couple of days ago.

-Why didn't you tell me?|-I don't know.

I guess it's just now|kinda sinking in.

This is great news.|Now you and "me" can hit the circuit.

-"You and I".|-Right.

-I don't think so.|-No, believe me.

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Andrew Lowery

Andrew Lowery is an American actor, screenwriter, and director, best known for playing "Mack" McGivern in the film School Ties and Matthew, the white cousin of Cree Summer's character Freddie, on the television series A Different World. more…

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