Love Is In The Air

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Set in the early 1980s, in an apartment in Manhattan. Centered around the lives of four fifteen year old friends: ALEX, ROSE, DAPHNE, and JOHN.

ALEX, ROSE, and DAPHNE are sitting in JOHN’s apartment.

JOHN comes in from his bedroom wearing hideous, pink, large glasses.

JOHN: I’m rejecting contacts.

ALEX: Weird.  I only reject ugly girls

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JOHN: My eyes are rejecting my contacts.  And these are the only glasses I could find.  I’m blind without my glasses.

ROSE(smirking): Suddenly I wish I was blind.

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DAPHNE: Where did you get those anyway, JOHN?  Your great-great grandmother’s book club?

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JOHN: Very funny, DAPHNE. I’ve had them since I was six.  I haven’t been wearing glasses since I was eleven, they’re all I could find.

ALEX: I’ll be back in a second.

Alex gets up leaves

ROSE: Where’d ALEX go?

DAPHNE: Don’t know.

ALEX comes back with an old fashioned camera

He takes a photo of JOHN.

JOHN: No way, get rid of that!

ALEX: Not a chance.

ALEX runs out with the camera, JOHN following.

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Opening credits

Cut to DAPHNE’S kitchen. Her mother, Hailey, and her father, Adam are there with her twin sisters, Ashley and Ariana

ADAM YANG: DAPHNE, can you watch the twins tonight?  We are going out for our anniversary.

DAPHNE: Sure.

She picks up her sisters

DAPHNE: We are going to have a lot of fun.  We’ll go through magazines, try out the best hairstyles.  Buy some of the clothes.  Doesn’t that sound like fun?

ASHLEY and ARIANA don’t react.

HAILEY YANG: I’m so excited.  What do you want for breakfast, honey?

DAPHNE: Um toast.

MRS. YANG: I can’t wait for tonight.

She kisses her husband.

DAPHNE mocks vomiting.

DAPHNE: You know I’m not hungry anymore.

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Cut to: in an English classroom.  Many students are there including ROSE, DAPHNE, ALEX.  The teacher is talking.

TEACHER: Class, we are having a new student, who will come in later.  CLAYSON is showing her around. We will be starting our new assignment, for which you’ll need partners.

PATRICK REEDY(To ROSE): Want to partner?

ROSE: Oh, sure.

JOHN walks in with a girl, SARINA.

TEACHER: Class, this is SARINA BALMER.  You may remember her, she used to live here.  She moved to Brazil.

SARINA waves and the class waves back.

TEACHER: I was just about to explain the assignment.  You both can partner.

ROSE leans over to whisper something to JOHN.

ROSE(whispering): SARINA BALMER?  Your ex-girlfriend.

A pretty girl, MAY, is sitting next to ALEX.

MAY: Hi, ALEX.

ALEX: Hi.

MAY: Are you free this weekend?

ALEX:I definitely am.

M: Want to go out with me.

A: You mean like a date.

M: Yeah what else would I mean

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A: Is that even a question?  Heck yeah I want to go on a date with you.

M: So I’ll see you on Saturday.

A: Oh, I will be there, baby.

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The teacher explains the assignment and it cuts to later.

DAPHNE and ROSE are sitting in DAPHNE’s living room.

DAPHNE: PATRICK asked you to be partners?  But it’s me  that’s liked him since fifth grade!

ROSE: Believe me I know, he’s all you talked about for five years.

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Flashback to fifth grade DAPHNE and ROSE.

YOUNG DAPHNE: Rose, look, it’s PATRICK!  Isn’t he so cute?

YOUNG ROSE: Meh

D: One day I am going to be Mrs. Patrick Reedy.  Daphne Yang-Reedy.  Or should it be Daphne Reedy?

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YOUNG DAPHNE: He’s a complete dream.

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Switch back to the present day.

DAPHNE: And now you’re partners!

ROSE: Oh, it doesn’t mean anything.  We’re just doing an History assignment together.  What about JOHN and SARINA?  They dated, remember?

D:That doesn’t mean anything.  JOHN loves you.

R: I know but they have history. One year of history.  A whole year.

D: It seems like a lot now, but when you’re 83 and dying one year will seem like 10 seconds.

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ROSE: Yeah I guess and anyway like I said it’s an English project.  You’re partnered with ALEX, I’m partnered with PATRICK, JOHN’s partnered with um-you know-her.

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Gertrude, an extremely rude, annoying, and insensitive teenage girl walks in.

She screams annoyingly.

D: You hear it so often but it never gets less annoying.

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GERTUDE: ROSE, you will never believe what I just heard?  John is back together with SARINA!

ROSE: He is not.  They’re partners for an assignment.  They’re just business partners not life partners.

GERTRUDE: For now.  This is the start.  Remember how devastated he was two months ago when she left.  He cried.

DAPHNE: According to him he had allergies.

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GERTRUDE: This is the start to something amazing.  Not really the start though more the resume of something.  One day they can get married and have lots of babies.  And name their first daughter Gertrude Jr.

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ROSE: They’re going to get married?

DAPHNE: There’s going to be a Gertrude Jr?

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GERTRUDE: I mean I personally wanted to see JOHN and Daphne, but he can settle for SARINA.

ROSE: What about JOHN and me?

GERTRUDE: Oh you’re just not the right fit in my opinion.  He’s so handsome and you're too ugly for him.

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ROSE: Do you even hear yourself talking?

Cut to:Wiliam ATWOOD and his fiance, Nella’s apartment. They are planning their upcoming wedding.

NELLA: I think caviar would make a good appetizer for the wedding.  And for the main dish Oysters.

ATWOOD: There’s going to be kids there!  Kids don’t want to eat caviar, and frankly neither do I!

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NELLA: Fine what do you think we should serve?

ATWOOD: Chicken wings and pizza.  Easy and everyone’ll eat it!

NELLA: No way!  Everyone will get grease and sauce all over their nice clothes.

ATWOOD: I’d rather get grease on me than raw fish eggs!

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NELLA: Serving pizza at a wedding is so tacky.

ATWOOD: Serving caviar at a wedding is so high maintenance.

NELLA: It’s my wedding.  I want to be special and important one day of my life.

ATWOOD: It’s my wedding too. I want to relax and have fun one day of my life.

NELLA: I am not eating pizza, I’m getting married, not going to a football game.

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NELLA: Let’s take a vote.  We’ll go around and ask everyone what they would rather have.

ATWOOD: Fine.

They run over to ROSE’s apartment where her parents, RHONDA and RYDER are sitting.

NELLA: RHONDA, would you rather have pizza or caviar at the wedding?

RHONDA: Caviar, it’s fancy.  It’s your wedding. You should keep it classy.

RYDER: No, that stuff is too fancy.  Keep it casual and something everyone will eat.  Pizzas a standard.

ATWOOD: Thank you.  It’s settled, pizza.

NELLA: It’s a draw, you idiot.  We need a tie-breaker.

ATWOOD: Fine let’s go to Mrs Gibson upstairs.

They leave the apartment.

ATWOOD: Honey, don’t you think it’s a little silly to go around taking a vote?  I mean what is this the presidential election?

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NELLA: Yeah, you’re right.  How about we serve chicken?

ATWOOD: Sounds good to me.

They kiss

Cut to: Later that night, DAPHNE’s apartment.  ALEX and DAPHNE are working on their project

ALEX: So how do you feel about SARINA coming out of nowhere? I mean ROSE didn’t seem to be happy.

DAPHNE(sarcastically): Big surprise.

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Cut to JOHN’s apartment.  He is fiddling around, visibly nervous.  He adjusts the furniture.

The doorbell rings.

He goes and answers opening to SARINA dressed in a red dress completed with matching lipstick.

JOHN: Holy Ravioli!

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SARINA giggles.

JOHN: A little overdressed aren’t we?

SARINA: Only the best for you, my JOHN.

She kisses him on the cheek.

Cut to:

ROSE’S apartment.  She is sitting with PATRICK

PATRICK: Want to do the assignment.

ROSE: Yeah.

They sit down and start work.

PATRICK: So is it true?  Are you really dating JOHN CLAYSON?

ROSE: Yeah, it’s true, why?

PATRICK: What do girls see in Clayson?

ROSE: He’s nice, smart, funny. . .

PATRICK: I’m nice, smart, and funny.

ROSE:P, I like John.  And I couldn’t like you even if I wanted to.  Daphne likes you and she’s my best friend.

PATRICK: But I don’t like DAPHNE.  I like you, Rose.

ROSE: Let’s just do the assignment

They start writing and compare different books for a little while.

Some time passes.

They are finished.

ROSE: Finally.

PATRICK kisses her just as DAPHNE walks in.

She pulls away disgusted.

DAPHNE: How could you do this to me?

She runs out.

ROSE: How could you do this to me?

She runs after her.

DAPHNE’s apartment, DAPHNE is sitting on her bed.

ROSE: DAPHNE.

DAPHNE: I don’t want to hear it.  You knew he liked me.  But you had to go and kiss him.  What did I ever do to you?

ROSE: DAPHNE, I didn’t kiss him.

DAPHNE: Don’t lie!  I have great eyesight.  The vision test is the only test I’ve ever gotten a perfect score on!

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D: You broke the first law on the girl constitution.  Never kiss your friends crush or dad

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ROSE: He kissed me.  I didn’t want to, really.  He said he liked me and–

DAPHNE: Of course he liked you.  Everyone always likes you.

ROSE: That’s not true.

Tears form in DAPHNE’s eyes.

DAPHNE: Remember CARSON CLUTTERBUCK.

ROSE: How could I forget?

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ROSE: DAPHNE, if there’s one thing I’ve ever learned, it’s don’t take the word of CARSON CLUTTERBUCK.

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DAPHNE: It’s just not fair.  You are smart, funny and beautiful.  And so many guys like you.  And JOHN he loves you.  Sometimes I wonder if I will ever meet anybody for me.  I get jealous of all those people who have a special somebody

R: You’ll find someone I promise. You’re fifteen. You have years ahead of you.

They both hug.

DAPHNE: I just worry because you have John and I have no one.  And one day you’ll both forget about me and I’ll be all alone.  I don’t want to lose you because you're my best friend and I love you.

She starts crying

ROSE: That is never going to happen.  No matter who and I mean anyone in this world comes I will always be your best friend.  I love you and no one can change that.  No one can come between us, DAPHNE, no one.   I love you

DAPHNE: I love you too.

They both hug

ROSE:  I get jealous too.  Johns with his ex-girlfriend.  I worry so much that he’s going to find someone better than me.

DAPHNE:Honey, he loves you.  He never ever looked at SARINA the way he looks at you.  He will always love you.  And so will I.

ROSE: Thanks

They both hug

Cut to:

JOHN’S apartment

SARINA: So now we’re all done, want to have some fun?

JOHN(A little nervous): Are you saying writing History papers isn’t fun?

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She leans over and kisses his cheek.

SARINA: Remember Valentine’s Day?

Cut to a Flashback Valentine's Day, 11-year-old JOHN and 11-year-old SARINA are sitting .

John is holding a rose.

JOHN: SARINA, will you go out with me?

SARINA: Yes I will.

Cut to:

A fancy restaurant, La Chic, 11-year-old SARINA is wearing a dress and 11-year-old JOHN is in a suit.

JOHN: I love you.

SARINA: I love you

She comes over and slides into his side of the booth.

Cut to present day:

SARINA: That was a school-famous date.  You were the most romantic person I’ve ever met.

JOHN: What can I say, the ladies do dig me.

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SARINA: Come on, JOHN.  What happened?

JOHN: I got a girlfriend.  And I love her.

SARINA: Remember the night I left?

Flashback to a year ago JOHN’s apartment.  He is sitting watching something on TV.

SARINA walks in.

SARINA:JOHN?

JOHN jumps startled.

JOHN: Holy Ravioli!

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JOHN: SARINA, you scared me.

He turns off the TV and gets up to her.

SARINA: I have some bad news.

JOHN: Oh no, did your mom eat bad chili again?

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SARINA: My family and I are moving to Brazil.

JOHN: What?

SARINA: We leave tonight.  My dad found a better job.  His company’s transferring him and there’s a huge jump in the salary.

JOHN: You’re leaving the country tonight?

SARINA nods.

JOHN: But what’ll happen to us?

SARINA: I don’t know.

JOHN: I don’t know what to say.  I’ll miss you so much.

Tears form in JOHN’s eyes.

SARINA: JOHN, are you crying?

JOHN: No, I’m not crying.  It’s–an allergic reaction.

SARINA: To what?

JOHN: Um–he looks around–the microwave.

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SARINA: You’re allergic to microwaves?

JOHN: Yes, terribly allergic.  Um–

He fake sneezes.

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SARINA: Um-God  Bless You?

JOHN: I might never see you again.  I’ll miss you.

SARINA: I’ll miss you too.

They kiss.

SARINA: John, I don’t know what to do.  I miss you so much already, and I’m still here.  It hurts thinking about it.  We had a future together.  We had us.

JOHN: I know.  It’s so sudden.  You didn’t know?

She shakes her head.

SARINA: I found out today.  I didn’t know how to tell you.  What’s going to happen, JOHN?

JOHN: I don’t know.  When will you come back?

SARINA: I don’t know.  It could be a month, a year, ten.

JOHN: So it’s over?  I can wait for you.

SARINA: I mean, JOHN, we have to move on.  We can’t keep waiting for something that might never happen.

SARINA sniffles.  A tear pours down her face.

JOHN: This wasn’t supposed to be how it went.  I mean SARINA, I was ready to grow old with you.

SARINA: Me too.

A beat

SARINA: I love you.

JOHN: I love you too.

They hug

Cut to present day.

SARINA: You missed me so much.  You even cried.

JOHN: I did not cry!  I had an allergic reaction to the microwave!

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A beat.

SARINA: Don’t you miss us?

JOHN hesitates.

JOHN: Look, SARINA, when you moved to Brazil, I missed you.  I really did.  But I moved on.  I’m with Rose now.  I love her.

SARINA: But I can give you things ROSE could never.  We have history.  We dated for a year. You and Rose have dated for a month.

JOHN: Maybe.  But I don’t want those things.  I love ROSE.  You’re a great girl SARINA, just not a great girl for me.  I’m sorry.

SARINA: I’m sorry too.

A beat.

SARINA: JOHN, you were ready to spend the rest of your life with me.  And I was ready to grow old with you.  If I didn’t leave last June, would you still love me?

JOHN: I don’t know.  Look I don’t know what could’ve happened.  But I do know what did happen.  I can’t change the past, and the truth is even if I could I wouldn’t.  I loved you.  But now I’m in love with someone else.  SARINA, the timing isn’t right.  But the truth is you’re amazing.  And it hurt me when you left.  And if it wasn’t for Rose I’d take you back.

SARINA: I was stupid coming here wasn’t I?  You love Rose.  I can see it in your eyes.  I love you, JOHN.  And honestly I didn’t come here to take Rose’s place.  You both are so happy, and all I really wanted to see was you happy.  I just wanted to know that maybe if it weren’t for Rose you would take me back.  That you loved me.

JOHN: I love you.

SARINA: I love you too.

They hug for a moment

SARINA: That’s all I wanted tonight.  I’ll go now.

JOHN nods.

SARINA leaves.

JOHN(muttering): Rose.

He gets up and runs to ROSE’s apartment.  He lifts her off her feet and kisses her.

DAPHNE:What happened between you and Brazilian Beach Body.

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A baby cries. DAPHNE leaves

ROSE: What did happen between you and Brazilian Beach Body?

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JOHN: Doesn’t matter.  Rose, you’re amazing.

ROSE: Thanks, but your not getting out of answering my question

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JOHN: Nothing happened.  Look, ROSE, SARINA  is my past.  You are my present.  My present from GOD and you are the greatest gift I could ever have.  I love you

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J: I love you.

ROSE: I love you too

They kiss again.

ROSE:I know it’s stupid.  But sometimes I worry what if you find someone better than me.  And I get jealous of Sarina. You were so happy together, John, you were ready to spend the rest of your life with her. It would have been so much easier if you ended things in a huge fight and hated each other. But you didn’t. Neither of you wanted to end things.  And  sometimes I worry what if you loved her more.

JOHN: ROSE, that’s not true.

ROSE: You wouldn’t have broken up with her if you didn’t have to. Our whole relationship started because you couldn’t have the girl you wanted. It wouldn’t have happened otherwise.

JOHN: Well, ROSE, it did happen. And I’m happy it did. Look, it doesn’t matter how we got here, it matters that we’re here now.

ROSE:Why do you always sound like a Hallmark card?

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They sit on the sofa and kiss.

Cut to end

SARINA leaving the apartment.

She sees Patrick.

PATRICK: Hi.

SARINA: What are you doing here?

PATRICK: Nothing. This girl, Rose, picked this guy, JOHN, over me.

SARINA: Well, this guy, JOHN, picked this girl, Rose, over me.

They make out

End