Stop Kiss Opening Scene

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Hi George… Yeah I know i’m late, I forgot this person is coming to my house at—- SHIT!… Well I would bring her along, but I dont even know her. Shes a friend of a friend of someone I used to be frie—- She just moved to new york and I said that I’d.- I cant, what if shes some big dud and we all have a miserable time… Exactly, youll all blame me. Give me a half an hour, tops. (Buzzer) Yes?

Its Sara and-

Come on up! (Clean then go to the door) Hi

Youre Callie

Yes

I’m Sara, this is caesar and I cant believe you are doing this

Come on in - please sit

Some apartment

I was cleaning

Its huge—- and the neighborhood

You cant be comfortable

Oh I am

Are you sure?

Very.

Just—- Let me get rid of this stuff (Clean) Coffee?

Would be great. Listen this is so nice of you —

I was thinking of getting a cat anyway. Oh my keys! Thisll give me a chance to see if I can hack it.

Thts how I feel about new york

Oh yes

How long have you been here

Eleven years

I’ve lived in St. Louis my whole life. My parents live like half an hour away. I go there for dinner when It'‘s not even anybody’s birthday. Things there—- Its been, it is so—-

Easy?

So easy

Its hard here

Good, Great! I can’t wair

Yeah, you uh— what do yo… do?

I teach. third grade

Well it wont be hard finding a job

I already have one

Where?

Ps 32 in the bronx

What was the school like that you came from?

Society of frinds, a quaker school.

Im not laughing at you— Im laughing aroun

It’s obviously— its very… but I can do good work there.

I’m sure youre a good teacher

No you dont know. But I am

Where in the bronx

Tremont

Is that where— taft… is it taft?

Taft high school

Youve heard of it?

mm-hm

You know there was a guy who taught there, this rich white guy

Yes I know

He got killed—

By a student. I’m here on a fellowship set up in his name

How long is the fellowship?

Two-years

Well congradulations

Thank you

Best of luck, and if it gets too rough… go home

What brought you to new yourk?

College

and what keeps you

keeeps me from what

What do you do?

I ruin things for everyone else

youre rudolf giulini?

I’m a traffic reporter for a 24 hour news radio station

Hellicopters!

The inbound lane at the holland tunnel is closed due to a car accident. The brooklyn bound lane of the Williamsburg bridge is under construction throuugh 2002. The D train isnot running due to a track fire. you cant get in. you cant get out. you cant get around. Ill be back in 10 minutes to tell you nothing has changed.

Does that get to you?

Its a living

How long have you lived in this apartment.?

Five years, two by myself. Its a funny, not haha story

Its ok

I moved in here with my boyfriend tom. This was his aunt apartment. She lived here for 20 years

Your rent must be

Lucky

You are

Yeah well I got the apartment and he got… my sister

Oh.

They live in LA now. Its perfect

Well at least, I dont mean to be crass but—

Yeah no well I… like the apartment

Its as big as mine and I’m sharing it with two other people

Are they— did you move here with any of them?

No, they came with the apartment. Theyre a couple. Its kind of awkward, but hes sweet, shes sweet they seem to have a

Sweet?

relationshiteyrefine

Its awkward

Rents are so—- everything is

Its impossible to live hereY

You love it

You know sara, Ive actually been tto St. Louis and its a quaint pretty city but— whats the point of that? everyone still got their cars all geared up with clubs and car alarms and computerized keys. And ou have to drive all the way across town to get to the good cheap places to eat and DRIVE, I mean youre in a city and you have to drive to get around?

Where did you grow up?

Tiny town upstate

Industrial?

Contrified suburb. Tractor display in the middle of the mallP

Pretty though?

I cant connect withmountains, trees, little animals— they snub me. You know how you can be with two people and youre all having a great time. then the person sitting net to you says something in french and the two of them burst into laughter (best laugh anyones had all night) and youre left out because you took spanish in the secent grade, not french. Thats what nature does to me. Speaks french to the other people at the table

I hate Jazz

YOU DO?

I dont usually say that out loud because people think I dont have a soul or something but I dont like the way it sounds. I hate saxophones

My sister played the saxophone

Im sorry

I hate my sister

The one who