
Happiness
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- 1998
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1.EXT. HAPPY'S RESTAURANT - NIGHT.1.
The sign is illuminated.
2.INT. HAPPY'S RESTAURANT - NIGHT.2.
Pretty, 30ish JOY JORDAN and teary-eyed STUART sit opposite
each other. He is trying to resist bursting into tears as
they finish dessert.
JOY:
Stuart?� Are you okay?
STUART:
Yeah. Sure. I'm fine.
JOY:
Good. Well. I had a really nice time.
STUART:
Yeah. Me too.
JOY:
Of course, you know I've always
had a nice time with you.
STUART:
Same here.
JOY:
But�
STUART:
Yeah.
JOY:
You understand.
STUART:
Unh.
JOY:
And you don't hate me?
STUART:
No.
JOY:
'Cause you know I could never
hate you. At the same time, I just
don't think I could ever�you know�
you. In the way you should be�
STUART:
Yeah.
JOY:
And deserve to be.
STUART:
Unh hunh.
JOY:
Well. The food here was excellent�
sisters! How many stars did it get?
STUART:
Three and a half.
And the dam cracks wide open. He bawls. A pause.
JOY:
Do you feel better now?
(STUART nods)
Me too.
STUART:
I'm sorry.
JOY:
It's really good we had this talk.
STUART:
Yeah.
JOY:
Before things went too far�
You know, got too serious.
STUART:
Yeah. I'm sorry. I'm too serious.
JOY:
No, you're not. It's me.
STUART:
No, it's me.
JOY:
Okay. It's you. I'm sorry.
STUART:
Okay.
Pause.
JOY:
'Cause I mean�
STUART:
I know.
JOY:
The thing is, I want to do what's
right � for both of us. I spent
a lot of time�examining�my heart.
And I felt that you deserved
my honesty.
STUART:
Thanks.
Pause.
JOY:
Now I just want to make you
whole again.
STUART:
I'm whole.
JOY:
Really?
STUART:
Really.
JOY:
�'Cause I was afraid we wouldn't
be able to be friends anymore.
STUART:
(laughing, sort of)
Oh, Joy!
JOY:
Oh, but you know how it is.
And well, most guys�
STUART:
I'm not most guys.
JOY:
I know. If only most guys were
like you.
STUART:
But then I'd be like most guys.
JOY:
(laughs)
Oh, Stuart. If only I felt the way
I'd like to feel with you� Life is
so unfair. It's all my fault.
STUART:
I know.
(a beat)
Are you sure�?
JOY:
Yes.
Pause.
STUART:
Is it someone else?
JOY:
No, it's just you.
Pause.
STUART:
I want to show you something
I got for you.
JOY:
For me?
STUART:
(hands her a gift)
Open it up.
JOY:
(discovers a pewter ashtray)
Oh, but Stuart. This is�oh,
this is beautiful.
STUART:
Thanks. It's a Gainsevoort
reproduction. Boston, late 1800's.
I sent away for it just after
we had our�first date.
JOY:
Oh, I just love it. It's a�it's a
collector's item.
STUART:
Yeah, it is pretty special.
JOY:
(laughs)
It almost makes me want to start
smoking again!
STUART:
Look at the bottom.
JOY:
(examines more closely)
Ooh.
STUART:
Forty karat gold-plate inlaid base.
JOY:
Oh, Stuart. Thank you. This really
means something to me. I'll always
treasure it�as a token�
STUART:
No, you won't.
(retrieves his gift;
'Cause this is for the girl who
loves me. The girl who cares for me,
for who I am, not what I look like.
I wanted you to know what you'd be
missing. You think I don't appreciate
art. You think I don't understand
fashion. You think I'm not hip.
You think I'm pathetic, a nerd,
a lard-ass fatso. You think I'm shit.
Well, you're wrong. 'Cause I'm
champagne. And you're shit.
And till the day you die, you,
not me, will always be shit.
3.EXT. ROAD - NIGHT.3.
Thunder. Rain. STUART's car drives by.
4.INT. STUART'S CAR - NIGHT.4.
JOY sits beside STUART, who is driving. A plastic "World of
Pewter" shopping bag hangs by the glove compartment.
5.EXT. JOY'S PLACE - NIGHT.5.
The car pulls over.
JOY:
Well, good night.
STUART:
Good night.
JOY gets out. STUART drives away.
FADE TO BLACK.
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