Boys and Girls Page #3

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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It's way easier with two of us.|You pretend to be my idiot cousin.

All of a sudden, I'm sensitive.|You get drunk, come out too strong...

I beat the sh*t out of you,|I'm masculine.

-I don't think I'm ready for that.|-We could trade off.

-You can hit me first if you want.|-It was two days ago.

-I think I need a little time.|-I'm sorry. You're hurting.

-Let's get drunk and see strippers.|-I'm not that hurt!

-Please.|-I'm fine.

Breaking up was the right thing|to do. We were just...

going in different directions.

-Hit me.|-No!

-Hurry, before she leaves.|-Who?

-You know her?|-Kind of.

-Okay, then I'll hit you.|-No!

-How you been?|-Good. You?

Great.

-So I see you're all settled in.|-Yes.

-Did you get Fridays off?|-Yes.

-I got Friday nights off.|-I'm sure you do.

-Jennifer, this is Hunter.|-Hi.

Well, I'd love to|stick around...

but I have to go to the station to|pick up my cousin. He's an idiot.

My whole family is, actually.|Me too.

Yeah, me too. I'm an idiot.|I'll see you.

I got dumped.

Music man. Michael.|Dumped me.

How's long-distance Betty?

-I don't wanna talk about it.|-I just told you about my breakup.

-I mean, it couldn't be worse.|-Why do you wanna know?

-Misery loves company.|-No, you'll use it against me.

Okay, maybe I might have done that|in the past, but I've changed.

I have. I'm scarred now and|I look at life very differently.

Okay.

-You were right.|-The long-distance thing. I knew it.

But not for me! I was fine with it.|I would go there, she would come here.

If I told her I'd call her a certain|time, no matter where I was...

-You would call.|-...l would call!

If I told her to call me at a certain|time, I would always be home.

I mean, I loved her. None of that|ever seemed like work to me.

-But it did to her, right?|-Yeah.

This one weekend, I was down there,|we were kissing each other goodbye...

and her room-mate came by with her|boyfriend, both carrying laundry.

And Betty just started crying.

I asked her, "What's wrong?"|She said:

We never get to do|our laundry together.

She was right. We never did our|laundry together, and that was it.

You broke up|because of laundry?

-I send mine out.|-Not laundry exactly.

Just all the things that couples|do together and should do together.

We didn't have the time anymore.|She couldn't handle that.

-Why didn't you move there?|-Scholarship.

-She could've moved here.|-Scholarship.

-So that was it?|-Yeah.

-She needed what I couldn't give her.|-No.

There's a lot of other things. Too|many differences make it impossible.

Michael and I didn't|agree on anything. Ever.

That's what I loved about it.|We fought, shouted...

had sex... That's what I miss!

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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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