He's Just Not That Into You Page #3

BEN:

Yes, you did. Trust me - it's fate. You

were meant to have that cooler.

Anna throws her arms around him and hugs him.

ANNA:

Thank you SO MUCH.

Ben can't help but laugh.

INT. NATIONAL BREWERY LOFTS - NIGHT

Conor enters his apartment. ALEX sits on the couch

watching TV.

ALEX:

Hey. How was the date?

CONOR:

Fine. You know.

Conor heads for the kitchen, and turns back.

CONOR (CONT'D)

Why are you here?

ALEX:

My cable’s out.

Conor returns from the kitchen with a beer.

CONOR:

You didn’t hear the phone ring, did you?

ALEX:

Nope.

CONOR:

Sh*t. Anna gave me the "I'll call you

right back."

ALEX:

How long ago?

CONOR:

22 minutes.

Alex winces.

ALEX:

Sorry, dude.

CONOR:

Do I call back?

Alex shrugs.

CONOR (CONT'D)

I know. I'll call back and say that I'm

going to bed.

ALEX:

At 9:
30 PM? Genius.

CONOR:

It is genius. Because then I can say:

"In case you were going to call me back -

don't - 'cause I'll be sleeping."

ALEX:

Sounds foolproof.

Conor pulls off his jacket and tosses it next to a box -

which contains about 50 FRISBEES. On each frisbee:

A LARGE PICTURE OF CONOR, WITH HIS PHONE NUMBER AND THE

TITLE:
CONOR BARRY REAL ESTATE AGENT

Conor dials his cell phone as he heads back to his room.

CUT TO:

CLOSE ON:
A CELL PHONE. IT READS "CONOR CALLING"

EXT. EDDIE'S OF ROLAND PARK - SAME

We TILT up to find Anna and Ben. Anna looks at her

phone, presses IGNORE and stashes it in her purse.

ANNA:

Sorry. What was I saying?

BEN:

I think you were telling me how you don't

want to be like your mom and wake up and

realize you didn't pursue your dreams.

Ben opens his GUM and offers Anna a piece. She takes one

and laughs, a bit embarrassed.

ANNA:

Was I? Little intense for grocery store

chatter. Sorry.

BEN:

It's OK. I might even be able to help

you out. There's a guy at my firm who

has exclusively music clients.

ANNA:

That would be - amazing. What are you -

like my savior?

Anna digs through her purse to find a piece of paper.

She writes down her number, and holds it out to him. He

looks at it, contemplating. He doesn't take it.

BEN:

OK. Look. I'm married. I don't do

this.

ANNA:

Don't do what? Help struggling singers?

BEN:

Help hot Pilates instructing singers who

happen to be very charming.

Anna takes the slip of paper and puts it away.

ANNA:

Do you want to give me your card? That's

legit. I bet you're allowed to do that.

Ben considers this.

BEN:

Right. OK. I guess that would be OK.

FROM INSIDE A CAR PARKED AT THE STORE:

We see Anna and Ben talking. They shake hands awkwardly

and Ben HEADS TOWARDS US.

INT. CAR - CONTINUOUS

Ben gets in the car, bag in hand, and joins NEIL, 40,

arty and kind looking, who's behind the wheel.

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