The Bionic Woman Page #6

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ERIC:

I said you could pick a restaurant.

Burger Boy barely even qualifies as

food.

(as he unwraps a burger)

You really don't want to know what's

in this stuff. It's amazing how

much flavor you can get from deep

frying something and coating it in

salt -

He notices Jaime's STARING OFF into the darkness.

ERIC (CONT'D)

(a little worried)

Hey... are you still upset over Becca

being pissed at you? 'Cause

seriously, she'll pick a fight with

you over breathing. I don't know

what her problem is -

JAIME:

It's me.

As he looks at her, curiously, Jaime continues:

JAIME (CONT'D)

They -- were coming out to see me.

My parents. I'd gotten this Honors

thing, there was an award dinner and

they were flying out for it.

(hesitates, then)

I wanted them to come. I asked them

to be there...

14.

Jaime is obviously affected by the memory, but at the same

time strangely DETACHED -- as if she's been forced to keep

the full force of the pain at bay, just to survive.

Eric is watching her, WORRIED, he's clearly never heard this

part of the story.

ERIC:

The plane crash -- ?

JAIME:

Becca was 11. That's what she

remembers... that they left for me,

and they never came back.

Eric reaches over, takes her hand.

ERIC:

They were your parents, too. It's

not your fault.

JAIME:

After they died, that first day, I

went running. I ran, and ran, and

ran. Like... if I could just go

fast enough, I could get away. But

some things, you can't run away from.

She looks away, over the crashing ocean waves.

JAIME (CONT'D)

It felt like the world was falling

on me, like this weight that was so

heavy it would crush me. I never

thought -- the last thing I ever

wanted was more. More responsibility,

more to take care of.

(abruptly)

I'm pregnant.

Eric is SURPRISED into total silence. Jaime starts to speed

up, her speech becoming NERVOUS and QUICK.

JAIME (CONT'D)

Yeah, I didn't believe it either.

Turns out, stomach flu? Not so much.

Good thing Mrs. A put two pregnancy

tests in the bag.

ERIC:

(totally confused)

What?

But Jaime doesn't even seem to hear him, just PLOWS forward,

determined, all of it coming out in a RUSH:

15.

JAIME:

(rapid, nervous)

I don't want you to -- I just -- I

know this isn't something you just

spring on someone, except for the

part where that's exactly what I'm

doing to you right now. And I know

that you're in a place in your career

where you can't even think about

this, and god, I'm only twenty-four,

it's not -- I mean -- I said to

myself, well, there's only one thing

to do -

ERIC:

(breaking in)

Jaime -

JAIME:

(relentlessly)

-- but the point is, I couldn't even

think about it, not even for a second,

not half a second. I couldn't.

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