I, Tonya Page #5

Creepy Chris moves closer, his hands slowly cupping her breasts.

In one quick motion Tonya whirls round, WALLOPING Chris acrossthe face with the curling iron. He goes down HARD. She beats himwith it.

33 INT. TELEVISION SCREEN -DAY 33

SHAWN:

Jeff did consult me regarding

Tonya. He asked me what I thought

and I said, ‘Go for it man.’ Not to

be a bragger or anything but if I

told Jeff, “You could do better,

man’ no one would be talking about

them today.

EXT. KING’S BUFFET RESTAURANT -EVENING

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Jeff jumps out of the car, opens the passenger door for Tonyawho smiles shyly, not used to such treatment.

14.

TONYA (V.O.)

I’ve never been a girly girl. Jeffwas my first date ever... And my

mom came.

Then Lavona barrels out, motioning them to follow her inside.

35 INT. KING’S BUFFET RESTAURANT -EVENING TO NIGHT 35

Lavona, Tonya, Jeff sit at a serve yourself style restaurant.

LAVONA:

You a gardener or a flower, John?

JEFF:

Jeff.

LAVONA:

In a relationship there’s a flower andthere’s a gardener.

TONYA:

Mom-

JEFF:

Um, I don’t know. I never thought-

LAVONA:

I’m a gardener who wants to be aflower. How f***ed am I?

She downs a drink.

LAVONA (CONT’D)

Tonya won’t garden to save her life.

You’re gonna have to do all thegardening there fella.

TONYA:

Mom!

LAVONA:

What??

They look at Jeff as if saying, ’See what I put up with?’

Finally:

LAVONA (CONT’D)

You two f*** yet?

Tonya and Jeff pretend they’re anywhere else.

15.

36 EXT. JEFF’S HOME -FRONT YARD -DAY 36

By a fixer-upper home on an unmowed lawn with a plastic deer &

empty beer bottles, Tonya & Jeff work under the hood of histruck. On it’s radio, 1986 hits play.

TONYA:

My dad’s only been laid off a couplemonths now so he stopped sendingmoney. We had plenty of money before.

I have a fur coat and everything.

JEFF:

Yeah?

TONYA:

Otherwise-

JEFF:

(His eyes on the engine)

My family’s poor.

This quiets her. Tonya watches him.

TONYA:

You need me to disconnect the plugsbefore you-

JEFF:

Kay.

She moves closer as they work. Jeff hands her a towel.

TONYA:

That’s okay.

She wipes her hands on her pant legs. Jeff smiles.

TONYA (CONT’D)

What’cha gonna do now school’s done?

JEFF:

I do this job for the Association ForRetarded Persons. I mean, I’m not aretarded person. I’m their driver.

Which is cool. My dad was Air Force.

He died when I was young so my collegeis paid for. But-I dunno.

TONYA:

My parents had me quit school. Toconcentrate on skating.

16.

JEFF:

It’s like your superpower. It’sfucking awesome what you can do.

Tonya stops, unused to compliments or being seen that way.

TONYA:

So, what? You like me?

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