War/Peace - Part II. Clarissa Daisy Huntsman
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LOOKS AT EMILY AND SMILES.
CLARISSA
I couldn't take the box on but - after some cash exchanged hands - I was allowed to take the pizza in a plastic bag.
BUS GUY
You paid them? How much? And you paid double for two tickets as well.
CLARISSA WINKS AT STANLEY
EMILY
There's Robyn. Robyn!
EMILY WAVES.
ROBYN SMILES. SHE RAISES A HAND.
EMILY WALKS OVER TO ROBYN'S SEAT.
EMILY
Sorry Robyn; I bought you some chocolates but . . .
EMILY HOLDS UP A SQUASHED BOX. ON THE LID ARE THE WORDS: "ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHOCOLATE FACTORY" [1.].
EMILY
. . . I kind of fell.
ROBYN SMILES.
ROBYN
Awww. Are you ok?
EMILY
Yeah. It was just silly. There may still be a few good ones.
ROBYN
Ha ha. Thank you Emily. That was so sweet.
ROBYN TAKES THE BOX.
ROBYN
Funny girl. Box is really nice though.
EMILY
Thanks. If you'd like some pizza you can come and get some when we're airborne. Clarissa and I are just up there . . .
EMILY POINTS OUT THEIR SEATS.
EMILY
See ya.
ROBYN
Bye. Thank you.
EMILY JOINS CLARISSA AND STANLEY. SHE TAKES THE AISLE SEAT. CLARISSA HAS THE WINDOW SEAT AND STANLEY THE MIDDLE.
EMILY
Ahhh. Time to buzz off.
STANLEY SMILES. HE LOOKS AT EMILY AND THEN CLARISSA.
BUS GUY
There's something I don't know about you two.
CLARISSA
Emily, what doesn't Stanley know about us?
EMILY
A lot. Considering we just met. But we're just your average Utah girls. Not much to tell really. Hold tight, coz we're taking off . . . either the seat or our legs Stanley. Up to you.
STANLEY SHAKES HIS HEAD IN DISBELIEF.
BUS GUY
Um . . . wow.
STANLEY EXHALES.
AN ATTENDANT'S VOICE SOUNDS OVER THE SPEAKER.
ATTENDANT
Ladies and gentlemen, the Captain has turned on the Fasten Seat Belt sign. If you haven’t already done so, please stow your carry-on luggage underneath the seat in front of you or in an overhead bin. Please take your seat and fasten your seat belt. And also make sure your seat back and folding trays are in their full upright position . . .
EMILY
Seat belt, Stan. My arm won't suffice. You're so cute.
BUS GUY
Oh . . . sorry.
STANLEY BLUSHES.
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1 Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory (https://rockymountainchocolatefactory.com/.../portalHome)
2 Kiss The Stars - Pixie Lott (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8s6duvbnC0A)
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INT. US 12 FLIGHT 453 - DAY
(CLARISSA, EMILY, ROBYN, BUS GUY, FLIGHT ATTENDANT)
THE PLANE IS AIRBORNE AND CLARISSA AND THE GANG ARE CHATTING. ROBYN IS SITTING IN WHAT WAS A VACANT SEAT JUST ACROSS THE AISLE FROM THE OTHER THREE.
ROBYN
Well . . . I just finished a course on quantum mechanics. Have you heard about entanglement [5.] [6.]? Two particles - very small, very far apart; one moves and the other moves in the same way. They are entangled.
CLARISSA
Yeah. I read about that. And the information might be travelling through another dimension, or many [7.]. Or maybe something's connecting the two particles but we can't see it coz it's in another dimension.
EMILY
Perhaps we are all entangled. And we must all move like synchronized dancers or swimmers to untangle ourselves.
CLARISSA
That's if we "want" to detangle ourselves.
EMILY LINKS ARMS WITH STANLEY, THEN RESTS HER HEAD ON HIS SHOULDER.
BUS GUY
Well, I can't argue with that. So, have you girls lived in Utah your whole life?
CLARISSA
Nope. I was adopted. I'm from Tibet. Emily's from France. But we're boring. Where are you from? Do you come from a typical nuclear family?
BUS GUY
Yeah. You know; a mum, dad, brother. They live in Oregon. That's where I'm heading after New York.
CLARISSA
All American guy. How'd you like Utah? Was this your first visit?
BUS GUY
Yeah. It's my first. I love it. I was kind of getting a little bored yesterday . . . but then I met that girl on the bus and now you guys. So many nice people here. Well . . . that girl "was" nice at first . . .
CLARISSA
She was nice. They both seemed nice; your girlfriend and her. It's just . . .
EMILY
Honeybee's so big and empty that it's so nice when you find people and . . . you wanna fly to them, stick to them . . . the air becomes like liquor. It's as natural as breathing to want to feel her body, her heart beat and be close to her. It's situational - it's the context -, when the scene is just so nice, when it feels so right. There are perfect moments like this that we just need to - like - live. It's how you know you're alive, how you know that someone is watching over you. But then comes another special moment with another, different special woman.
CLARISSA
Don't mind her Stanley, she's rambling again.
BUS GUY
No. I like it. You speak so well. Are you a poet?
EMILY GIVES STANLEY A QUICK KISS ON THE LIPS.
CLARISSA
It's nice to see the bigger picture . . .
CLARISSA TAPS HER WINDOW AND THEN LOOKS OUT. EMILY AND STANLEY LOOK OUT ALSO. THE CAMERA EAGERLY DASHES OVER TO THE GLASS. IT'S A CLEAR SKY AND SOME OF AMERICA IS VISIBLE. CLARISSA SMILES. SHE LEANS BACK INTO THE CHAIR.
CLARISSA
Like . . . my dad loves to adopt. And I'm so glad he adopted me. I'm so grateful. When you actually stop to think about it, the world doesn't really need more children [1.], not yet. Not when so many are starving in Third World countries. But at the same time it seems rather silly for people to be having an abortion when there are so many