The Bionic Woman Page #2

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As Jaime clicks off the phone -

BECCA:

You know you look like a homeless

person talking to aliens when you

use that thing.

JAIME:

(refusing to be baited)

It's better than wrapping the car

around a tree.

BECCA:

Depends. Do we have insurance?

Jaime glances over to answer, and suddenly notices a BANDAGE

peeking out from under the collar of Becca's shirt.

5.

JAIME:

(sudden suspicion)

What's that?

Becca SCRUNCHES down in her seat a little. BUSTED.

JAIME (CONT'D)

Oh my god. You got another one,

didn't you?

(off Becca's sullen

silence)

We talked about this -

BECCA:

No. You talked, and I ignored you.

JAIME:

You're fifteen. It's not even legal

for you to get a tattoo, and now you

have two -

BECCA:

(quietly)

Three.

JAIME:

-- and has it ever occurred to you

that someone who'll take a fake i.d.

to put permanent ink in your skin

might not necessarily -

(doubletakes)

Three? You have three?

(sudden dread)

Where's the third one?

BECCA:

Don't worry. You'll never see it.

EXT. PUBLIC SCHOOL -- DAY -- CONTINUOUS

The Pinto SCREECHES to an uneven halt outside Becca's school.

INT. CAR -- OUTSIDE SCHOOL -- DAY -- CONTINUOUS

JAIME:

Rebecca Amanda Sommers, you had

better not be telling me -

Becca JERKS her door open, then turns on Jaime with sudden,

intense EMOTION -

BECCA:

Don't do that, ok? Don't talk like

her. You're not Mom.

Jaime doesn't back down, though that had to hurt.

6.

JAIME:

No. I'm your sister, and I'm

responsible for you -

Becca gets out of the car, turns in the open door.

BECCA:

We've only got two more years where

you have to pretend like you give a

damn, so let's just make it through

them without killing each other, ok?

Becca SLAMS the car door shut and heads into school without

looking back.

Jaime runs her hand through her hair, frustrated -- then

hastily glances at her watch, realizing how LATE it is.

JAIME:

Goddammit.

EXT. STARBUCKS -- DAY

The one, the only. A LINE of patrons SNAKES out the door.

We might notice a large, modern HOSPITAL across the street.

Jaime desperately tries to find a parking place-- between

two SUV'S, she sees what looks like a space, starts turning -

-- and realizes too late it's TAKEN, by a small blue PORSCHE,

parked across two spaces and pulled so far forward it was

hidden behind the SUV. Jaime grits her teeth as she starts

to back up, cars HONKING BEHIND HER.

INT. STARBUCKS -- DAY

Jaime hastily ties on her apron as she comes to the drink-

prep area, joining a dark-haired, warm YOUNG WOMAN, MAGGIE,

who's taking written-on cups from the cashiers and making

coffees at BLINDING SPEED.

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