Not a Love Story: Making (500) Days of Summer Page #2

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Centuries of reinforcement.

[ Scoffs ]

You know what? Screw her.

I don't care.

If s he wants to be that way, fine.

[ Elevator Bell Dings ]

[ Headphones:
Rock ]

[ Continues ]

[ Faint ]

Driving in your car

[ Elevator Whirring ]

Oh, pleas e don't drop me home

Smiths ?

Hi.

I love the Smiths.

Sorry?

I s aid I love the Smiths.

[ Stammers ]

You have- You have

good taste in mus ic.

You like the Smiths?

Yeah.

[ Singing Along ]

To die byyour s ide is

s uch a heavenly way to die

I love 'em.

[ Elevator Bell Dings ]

Holy s hit.

There you go.

Have another piece.

Ah.

Drinks ?

Arthur, did you get a piece?

Thanks .

Want one? Yeah.

Want one?

Mmm.

Summer, right?

Oh. Yeah.

Smiths fan.

Yeah. Tom.

Want s ome, uh, uh

It's not champagne.

I don't know what it is.

Sure.

So, how's it goin'?

Pretty good.

You just moved here, right?

Mm-hmm.

When?

Saturday.

Oh, wow.

And, uh, what brought you?

Boredom mostly.

Wanted to try s omething

new and exciting.

Mmm.

Well, clearlyyou've

come to the right place.

[ Chuckles ]

[ Chuckles ]

So, have you

worked here long?

About three or fouryears.

Wow. You've...

always wanted to write

greeting cards ?

[ Chuckles ]

No, I don't even

want to do it now.

Well, you should

do s omething els e then.

Yeah. I studied to be

an architect, actually.

You did? That's cool.

What happened there?

It didn't work out.

[ Chuckles ]

I needed a job, and here we are.

You any good?

Well, um, I wrote this one.

''Today you're a man.

Mazel tov

on your bar mitzvah.''

It's a big seller.

I meant as an architect.

Yeah.

I doubt it.

Well,

you're a perfectly adequate

greeting card writer.

Thank you. That was actually

my nickname in college.

They called me

''Perfectly Adequate'' Hansen.

They us ed to call me Anal Girl.

I was very neat and organized.

Well, I should get back, s o

Uh

All right. See you later.

[ Whis tling ]

[ Paper Crumples ,

Thuds In Tras h Can ]

I don't know, man.

I think it's official.

I'm in love with Summer.

I love her s mile.

I love her hair. I love her knees .

l love this heart-shaped birthmark

she has on her neck.

I love the way she sometimes

licks her lips before she talks.

l love the s ound of her laugh.

l love the way s he looks

when s he's s leeping.

[ Pop ]

She's like the wind

I love how I hear this s ong

every every time I think of her.

I love how she makes me feel.

Like

Like anything's possible,

or like- I don't know. Like

Like life is worth it.

This is not good.

[ Tom ]

She likes Magritte and Hopper.

And we talked

about Bananafish

for like 20 minutes.

We're so compatible,

it's insane.

She's well, she's not

like I thought at all.

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