Up in the Air Page #8

EXT. CAR DROP OFF - MAESTRO RENT-A-CAR - DAY

A CAR RETURN CLERK slides Ryan’s card through a device.

INT. CHECK IN DESK, BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT - DAY

Ryan SWIPES his FREQUENT FLIER CARD through the automated

machine.

A FEMALE DESK ASSISTANT notices the number, looks up at Ryan,

and has a tiny orgasm right there.

INT. BOEING 757 - DAY

Ryan looks out the OVAL WINDOW to the landscape of Omaha.

22.

RYAN (V.O.)

Last year, I spent three hundred

twenty two days on the road.

INT. KISS-N-FLY, EPPLEY AIRFIELD - DAY

Ryan wheels passed a couple that leaps into each other’s arms.

RYAN (V.O.)

Which means that I had to spend

forty three miserable days at home.

EXT. RYAN’S APARTMENT BUILDING, OMAHA - DAY

Ryan steps up to an upscale building with little character,

searching for his keys at the bottom of his bag. Finally

finds them and opens the front door.

INT. ELEVATOR, RYAN’S APARTMENT BUILDING - DAY

Ryan presses his floor, when a NOSEY NEIGHBOR slides in.

NOSEY NEIGHBOR:

Ryan?

RYAN:

(doesn’t know his name)

Hi...

NOSEY NEIGHBOR:

Feels like it’s been months, busy man.

We missed you at our Summer party.

RYAN:

Yeah, sorry I couldn’t be there.

NOSEY NEIGHBOR:

We’ve been trying to get a vote on

the new landscaping. Can I e-mail you

the plans...? We’d love to get a

final tally.

RYAN:

It’s fine. Really. I’ll go with the

majority.

NOSEY NEIGHBOR:

Sometimes I forget that you even

live here. You could probably save

money and move into a hotel.

23.

RYAN:

(dead serious)

I looked into it, but the IRS

requires a permanent address for

employment. Otherwise, they

classify you as a vagrant.

Ding! -Ryan gets off at his floor.

NOSEY NEIGHBOR:

Oh.

INT. RYAN’S APARTMENT, OMAHA - DAY

Ryan walks in and sets his bag down. Reveal - the place is

empty... Like empty, empty.

Ryan opens the fridge - Chinese take out. Pizza box. Bottle

of Vodka. Takes a whiff of something - not good.

WOMAN’S VOICE

Hey neighbor.

Ryan turns to find Dianne, a pretty woman just shy of forty.

RYAN:

Hey yourself.

They hug - It’s just intimate enough to know they’ve violated

the rules of sleeping with your neighbors.

DIANNE:

(hands over a package)

I signed for this while you were gone.

RYAN:

Thanks. Hope it wasn’t a bother.

Ryan opens it and finds the CUT-OUT of his sister Julie and

her fiance Jim. It’s an eighteen inch card stock photo of Jim

hugging Julie from behind.

DIANNE:

(re:
photo)

They seem happy.

RYAN:

It’s my sister. She’s getting

married. Haven’t met the guy yet.

DIANNE:

Lots of luck.

24.

RYAN:

I know, right?

They share a smile. Then, Dianne goes to leave.

DIANNE:

It’s good to see you. Feels like a

while this time.

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