Whiplash Page #5

NICOLE (CONT’D)

That your dad you always come in with?

ANDREW:

(discombobulated, trying to keep up--)

Kind of bobs up and down when he walks?

That’s him.

NICOLE:

(laughs; then,)

Andrew, right? I’m Nicole.

ANDREW:

Nice to meet you, Nicole...

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NICOLE:

Monday I get off at seven.

ANDREW:

Monday. Ok. Great. I’ll be here Monday.

A moment -- an awkward silence -- then Andrew turns -- and,

in a daze, realizing what’s just happened, his spirits

suddenly starting to soar -- he glides off.

14 INT. GEHRING HALL - LOBBY OUTSIDE DEAN'S OFFICE - DAY 14

The next morning. Andrew, still riding high, is seated in a

lobby outside the DEAN’s OFFICE. In his hand -- a FILLED-OUT

TRANSFER APPLICATION.

ASSISTANT:

Andrew Neiman?

(Andrew turns)

Dr. Fletcher would like to see you.

ANDREW:

Oh. Ok...

Andrew’s thoughts are elsewhere. Distracted -- not sure what

this is about but doesn’t really care -- he dutifully follows...

15 INT. GEHRING HALL - FLETCHER’S OFFICE - DAY 15

BLACK. We hear knocking.

FLETCHER (O.S.)

Come in.

A door opens -- the black gives way -- and we see, seated at

a polished mahogany desk, Fletcher. He looks as imposing --

and as well-dressed -- as ever.

FLETCHER (CONT’D)

Hey, Andrew! I guess Sophie found you?

Andrew is taken aback. Fletcher remembers his first name?

ANDREW:

Yes... I’m... I-

FLETCHER:

Come in, come in, close the door...

Fletcher rises to greet Andrew, as Andrew closes the door.

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FLETCHER (CONT’D)

I like to chat with students coming in

and going out. I hear you’re going out?

Andrew looks surprised by the warmth in Fletcher’s voice.

ANDREW:

Yes. Transferring. To Columbia.

FLETCHER:

Terrific. Columbia’s a terrific school.

Did something precipitate this?

ANDREW:

I just decided to...

(not sure how to say it)

...to try out some other things. Not focus

only on drums. You know?

Beat. Fletcher looks at him. Is he upset? Dismayed?

FLETCHER:

Bravo.

(as he starts to head back

toward his desk--)

Too many students clamp down on their

“pursuits” like leeches.

(sits atop his desk)

Hobbies they picked up in their teens,

and for what? Take a seat.

ANDREW:

(starts heading to a couch)

Uh... Yeah.. I mean, I -(

passes by a “1st Place Prize”

plaque on a coffee-table)

-- I was a little younger than my teens

when I started drums, but--

FLETCHER:

What were you then? Twelve?

ANDREW:

Six.

FLETCHER:

Oh. Well, kids start swimming when they’re

six, doesn’t mean they’re Michael Phelps.

It’s a hobby, never anything you consider

going all the way with. Am I right?

ANDREW:

Definitely. I mean -- well -- for a time,

I thought I’d go all the way -- but, yeah-

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