but you lost your mystery!
youre very mysterious!
peggy
no. im erious
are t things.
maggie
but im weird.
peggy
no. youre quirky. quirky and weird
are t things.
maggie
peggy, tinct possibility
t i might be profoundly and
irreversibly scree t,
i love you and i can promise t i
h cory, and i
beg your forgiveness.
maggie looks ready to cry.
peggy
im not you and cory or
cory and me or even t youre
irreversibly scre, maggie,
youve been like this since we were
kids. and i t you are
a and t it s peoples
feelings, maybe its time to move on
to someone of
your own, like bob, if he one.
maggie
i t.
(then)
is to make it
up to you?
peggy
somet brings o my .
(pause)
duckbill platypus.
maggie
its only funny at camp birc
t a tick .
its not anymore.
maggie makes laugh.
peggy
youre rigs not funny now.
maybe h grew up.
maggie
thanks. ill you fix my hair?
cut to:
ext. maggies er t moing
maggie exits s on owards
town.
int. ikes el room - later t moing
ike is still in bed. retches, and is
about to the
silence.
maggie
freeze. o those covers -- i
didnt come o see ike junior.
maggie smiles c ike from t of the bed. he
narrows her.
ike
i take it the desk clerk is one of your
many admirers.
maggie
(deadpan)
? im not t beautiful.
ike notices maggie is wo coffees.
ike
coffee. now.
maggie to him.
maggie
youre es made
interesting bedtime reading -- if you
like trasion. your observations
are distorted, ungrounded an incomplete.
you must be very proud.
ike
im not a boastful man. s your
point?
ike puts a s on as maggie speaks.
maggie
my point is t one again, youre
getting it all
improve your reputation any, and its
not very flattering to me either. so,
im going to give you a co e
truth.
ike
really.
maggie tus away from him as he dresses.
maggie
ive decided to cooperate and let you
interview me.
(beat)
for a thousand bucks.
ike clears as ands putting s on.
maggie (contd)
i a big wedding and a killer dress
and for a grand i will answer all your
questions and let you follow me around.
ike takes s
to the window.
ike
my magazine doesnt pay because for
stories. its not hical.
maggie
o making up ts as you go
along is etually, i meant
you. you probably got severance or
expenses or botake your check.
no credit cards.
ike
(to maggie)
youve seen t-its. ive already
got more juicy material than i need.
hy should i pay you dollar one?
maggie
because i ting on spec
and person interview, you
migually sell t thing.
ike knows s.
ike
too much.
maggie
seven-fifty.
ike
five hundred.
maggie
six-fifty.
ike
done.
sco t to her. maggie
looks at it and smile sly.
cut to