Aerial shot.

Scene: Searching My Soul plays slow as John approaches Nelle in the hallway at
Cage and Fish.

JON: Nelle, could I talk to you for a minute?

NELLE: Sure.

JOHN: Could we have lunch? Are you free today?

NELLE: Yes, actually Ling just canceled on me, because I wasn't in the mood for speed shopping.

JOHN: Ok, I'll come by your office around 12.

NELLE: All right.,

(Searching My Soul plays as we see Ally and Sam on the plane flying to Detroit.

End Credits.


Part 2: Learning How to See.


Scene: Outside Ally's office. Ally is standing with Sam. She traces his name on
the door: Larry Paul, Attorney-at-Law. We see a clip of Larry and Ally in the
Unisex. Larry is saying, It says attorney-at-law on my door...

SAM: Ally, do you want to go inside?

ALLY: Oh, sure. Sorry.

(SAM knocks on the door and enters. There is a window with a chair in front of it and
some book cases. Center stage is a desk with a chair in front and behind it. LARRY sitting at his desk, gets up to hug . SAM. We hear: Tell him you're never going to leave him. Ally shakes her body to get rid of the song, we hear the record skipping thing, but the song comes back: Tell him you're always going to love him. Ally shakes again a little harder, the record stutters a little more, yet comes back to: Tell him. Ally shakes. Record skips. Back to Tell him. Tell him. Tell him. Ally shakes violently and spins around, right into Larry who has been staring at her. He grasps her shoulders, she grasps his waist. They don't let go.)

(on a sigh, glad to be home) Larry.

(He lets her go. She pulls her arms away.)

CREDITS.


Scene: A restaurant. Jon and Nelle are sitting at a table looking at menus. Nellee
puts down her menu.

NELLE: All right, so why are we here?

JOHN: Don't you want to order first?

NELLE: You said you'd tell me when we got to the restaurant.

JOHN: Do you know what you're getting?

NELLE: Yes, Jon, I know what I'm getting.

JON: Well, I'm not (pauses) exactly sure.

NELLE: Jon. I know why you come to this restaurant. You basically have the menu
memorized.

JON: That doesn't mean I know what I want.

NELLE: I know you're stalling. What could you be so nervous about?

JON: Well, I don't know exactly how to say this. I was wondering, was hoping, I've been
doing a lot of thinking, and, oh Nelle...

NELLE: What? Jon, please.

JON: I've been thinking that when we were together, I didn't really see you. I missed the
most important part of you. I really screwed up, Nelle. It wasn't that I couldn't like you, I wouldn't let myself like you.

NELLE: Jon, what?

JON: I'm getting there. I think we might have really missed something. I was wondering if
we could try again.

NELLE: Jon, we already did this, remember? You broke up with me. We got back together. You broke, we already did this, John. If this is, I don't think lunch is a good idea. I'll see you back at the office.

JON: No, don't go.

NELLE: I have to.

(She exits. Jon picks up his cell phone, begins to dial, then stops, puts his phone away.)

JON: She's in Detroit today.

Bird's eye Boston.

Scene: Richard's office.

RICHARD: She just ran off?

JON: She said she couldn't do it again. Should I accept that?

RICHARD: Jon, this could really be something, right?

JON: It could be, but how do I convince her to try again? I really hurt her.

RICHARD: I don't know. Tell her what you're feeling. Too bad Ally's in Detroit. She could
really--

JON: You're doing fine. You really are good at this.

(RICHARD rushes to shut the door.)

RICHARD: Jon, quiet. I don't want that getting around. People might start asking me for
advice.

JON: (smiles) I'll keep it quiet. How I feel, I don't know what I'm feeling. I tried to tell her
what I'm thinking.

RICHARD: What did you say?

JON: That I didn't see her before. It wasn't that I didn't like her; I wouldn't let myself like her.

RICHARD: That's all?

JON: Well, she left.

RICHARD: But you only said that, and you want to start over, right?

JON: Right.

RICHARD: It's a lot more complicated than that, isn't it?

JON: Oh. And I was trying so hard to say it right. I practiced in front of the mirror, but I was
so nervous, I condenced it.

RICHARD: Did Barry come?

JON: I didn't call him.

RICHARD(shocked) Jon.

JON: I don't know why. I guess I was trying to do it on my own. At some point, shouldn't I
just be me?

RICHARD: He doesn't take over your body. He isn't even--

JON: I know, but if I need him, is it really me?

RICHARD: Now here I really don't know what to say. Imaginary, inner worlds...

JON: I know. I hope it's going all right. She should have landed by now.

SCENE: Larry's office.

SAM: I'm going to go read over there. (Points to the chair by the window. Then to Ally)
Good luck. Remember, you said there was a chance.

ALLY: Sam. I told you. Don't get your hopes up, ok. (She hugs him and then kisses his
forehead. LARRY is touched by this. SAM sits down. LARRY sits in the chair
by his desk and Ally sits across from him.)

 Why did you leave?

LARRY: Well, you broke up with me, and you were the only reason to stay in Boston.

ALLY: No, Larry, why did you leave me? I only broke up with you, because I knew you
were about to break up with me, but you weren't. Sam said you were going to ask
me to marry you. So, why didn't you stay?

LARRY: It's true, I was going to ask you to marry me, but I couldn't do it. We can't work, Ally.

ALLY: Why? Why won't we work?

LARRY: I can't.

ALLY: You can't?

LARRY: I can't do this.

ALLY: Fine. I can't force you. Goodbye, Larry. I love you. Can't seem to stop.

LARRY: You will.

ALLY: Yeah, well.

(On the verge of tears, she yanks open the door, deliberately not slamming the door behind her. She leans against the wall.)
Scene: Larry's office. Sam walks over to the desk from his chair.

SAM: How could you do that?

LARRY: Sam, it's compli--

SAM: Ally said that too.

LARRY: See?

SAM: At the beginning. Then she decided to come talk to you you. You wouldn't even
talk to her. I know you won't talk to me about it. But Dad, I've never seen you that unhappy, and it's not getting any better. Do you want to feel this way forever?

LARRY: Sam, it's not about my happiness.

SAM: Ally told me not to get my hopes up, but she does not want to get back with you. I
know she does. She said she loves you, Dad, and you said she'd get over it. How
could you say that?

LARRY: I had to say that. I can't explain it to you.

SAM: I know. Ally asked me to the leave the room when she talked to Renee, so I don't
know exactly what she said. But I heard you crying, Dad. Even from a diffrent room.

LARRY: I have to take you to school.

SAM: I'm already late.

LARRY: I already called your teacher, told her there was a family emergency that and you'd
be late.

SAM: Oh.

(LARRY opens the door and sees ALLY leaning against the wall.)

ALLY: I'm going to be here when you come back.

LARRY: Ally.

ALLY: I know what you were trying to do, Larry, with your response to my I love you. You're not getting rid of me that easily.

LARRY: Why don't you wait in the office?

ALLY: Thanks. Goodbye, Sam.

(SAM hugs ALLY.)

SAM: (quietly) Please, don't give up.

ALLY: I won't, I promise.

(LARRY and SAM exit. Ally enters the office, sits down in LARRY's chair and calls
JON. Screen splits to split screen. JON is sitting in his office.)

ALLY: Hey, Jon.

JON: Ally, I didn't expect to hear from you today. What's wrong?

ALLY: Oh, He wouldn't tell me anything. He just said we can't work. I told him I loved him,
can't seem to stop. He said, you will. How could he have said that?

JON: He was trying to push you away, as hard as he could. He's trying to make you so
angry--

ALLY: That I give up.

JON: But you don't know why he's pushing you away.

ALLY: And I promiced myself even if it wasn't going to work with us, I would find out why,
so I can get over him. So, I can't give up. I only got as far as the hallway outside of
his office anyway. I just couldn't leave. How did it go with you and Nelle?

JON: She said she already gave me a 2nd chance, and I broke her heart. She's right.
Richard said I shouldn't give up, but I don't know what to tell her.

ALLY: You were going to tell her what you told me about frogs and princesses. What did you say?

JON: I got nervous and compressed.

ALLY: That's funny, when I get nervous, I just talk and talk.

JON: I know.

ALLY: Oh right. So you told her....

JON: That I hadn't seen her, hadn't let myself her, and wanted her back.

ALLY: Oh, Jon.

JON: I know, but how much can I really tell her?

ALLY: How much do you trust her?

JON: Completely, I think.

ALLY: You think?

JON: I trust her.
ALLY: Then, why can't you share your heart?

JON: I don't know what I'm feeling.

ALLY: Come on.

JON: Ok, I'm scared. If she's the one, and I let her go because I couldn't believe, what if I'm
alone?

ALLY: Do you want to be with Nelle because you're scared of being alone?

JON: No, I'm scared that I had everything and let it go.

ALLY: But Jon, she's afraid too. Nelle doesn't like to admit she has a heart, and you broke
it. Jon,that's huge for her, and if she isn't it, if you have doubts, you're never going to
convince her to try again, cause she won't risk it.

JON: How do you know? I love her. I Loved Melanie.

ALLY: Peope have said it a million different ways, and none of them ever sound true. They are too sweet, too mushy. They don't seem possible. When you find it, I'm
not saying all those things feel true, you just find your own way of saying it, and you
know what it feels like for you. Suddenly you know what the right person feels like. I
know that Larry is the love of my life. I also know I can live without him. Jon, if you
don't know what it feels like--

JON: I don't think I let myself feel it, Ally, I didn't see her on purpose. The odd little man I
was until you came and found me, the core of me is still that man.

ALLY: What do you mean?

JON: I can't entirely leave that part of me behind. If you dig deep enough, if you know me
through and through, you find him.

ALLY: Jon, when we're alone and scared we're all freaks. You and I we escape into imaginary worlds--

JON: I didn't summon Barry before I saw Nelle.

ALLY: Why not?

JON: I wanted to do it alone, without Barry's help.

ALLY: He just lets you get in touch with a part of yourself you find hard to access. Like my
Pips, remember them?

JON: Tracy had you summon them when you needed to make a move.

ALLY: The Pips just gave me confidence Jon. They amplified my theme song, gave me
back-up. What's this this really about?

JON: I was afraid he was masking who I really am, who Nelle can never love.

ALLY: Jon, that's still you.

JON: I pushed her away before she could see the real me. I missed her so she would miss me. If I let myself see her, then I would fall so hard, I wouldn't be able to keep
her from seeing me, because I wouldn't be able to push her away.

ALLY: You see her now, and you won't let yourself show her what you see, because when she does, you're sure she'll walk away, reject you completely. You can't find
the right person until you believe you can be loved like that, that somehow someone can love all of you, that doesn't mean she likes all of you, parts of her might drive her crazy, that doesn't mean she doesn't love you. I'm going back in Larry's office, and I'm not leaving until he explains why he's letting it all go. Why are
you?