ACT THREE

FADE IN:

INT. JULES'S OFFICE – THE NEXT DAY (DAY THREE)

Jules is sitting at her desk, drinking from a mug of coffee. Laurie enters.

JULES: Hey, Laurie.

LAURIE: What up, Jules?

(Laurie puts her bag down in her store.)

JULES: I really think you should read this.

LAURIE (O.S.): Your wedding vows?

JULES: Yeah.

LAURIE (O.S.): Travis, wrote them, right?

JULES: Yep. He's such a dutiful son.

(Laurie sits down in Jules's office and frowns.)

LAURIE: He wrote them about me, didn't he?

JULES: You guessed it.

LAURIE: I don't want to see them.

JULES: (confused) Why not?

LAURIE: Because I think I'm falling in love with him?

(Jules spills her coffee all over her desk.)

JULES: (almost angry) What!

LAURIE: I'm falling in love with your son.

JULES: How is that even possible? I thought you just saw him as friend. And what about Wade?

LAURIE: I don't know. Travis is nothing like anyone I've ever dated. He's so sweet and sensitive. I've never felt so loved and safe as I do when I'm with him.

JULES: What about with Smith?

LAURIE: No, that was different. Smith never made feel that same way.

JULES: You should talk to Travis, then.

LAURIE: I don't want to screw things up. He's one of the best friends I've ever had. What if things don't work out with him, and we could never go back to being friends?

(Laurie now appears on the verge of tears.)

JULES: Laurie, do you have any idea how much Travis loves you? I really don't think you have to worry about that. Even if you didn't work as a couple, he would still want to be friends with you. I know it.

LAURIE: (wiping her eyes) You really think so?

JULES: Here, just read this.

CUT TO:

INT. TRAVIS'S ROOM – DUSK (DAY THREE)

TRAVIS is lying in bed. He looks as if he might have been crying. The door crashes open. Laurie enters. Travis sits up.

LAURIE: Travis, we need to talk.

TRAVIS: What is it, Laurie?

LAURIE: I love you.

TRAVIS: I know, and I love you, too.

(Laurie walks over to the bed and grabs Travis's hands.)

LAURIE: No, I mean, I'm falling in love with you.

TRAVIS: (angrily) Please, Laurie, don't play with my emotions like this. I'm not some toy of yours.

LAURIE: I'm serious, Travis. I've never been more serious about anything in my life.

TRAVIS: What about Wade?

LAURIE: He broke up with me.

TRAVIS: You're lying.

LAURIE: I know, but he stood down. In fact, he ordered me to be with you. (smiling) I guess, I've now found two people in my life that care more about my happiness than their own.

TRAVIS: (smiling) Seriously?

LAURIE: Yeah. Trav, I read those vows you wrote about me. It's the sweetest thing I've ever read.

TRAVIS: Laurie, I thought this was just some little crush, but it's not. I've never felt this way about anyone before.

LAURIE: Not even Kirsten?

TRAVIS: Not even Kirsten.

LAURIE: Then, why did you ask her to marry you?

TRAVIS: Because I was scared.

LAURIE: And, you're not scared now?

TRAVIS: (in a quavering voice) I've never been more scared in my life.

LAURIE: Then, what should we do?

TRAVIS: I think the first step is to tell everyone.

CUT TO:

INT. JULES'S LIVING ROOM – NIGHT (NIGHT THREE)

Jules, Ellie, Andy, Bobby, and Grayson are sitting down. Travis and Laurie enter, holding each other's hand. Travis has a large wine glass in his other hand.

JULES: Why are you holding hands? Why do you have Big Lou? You didn't!

TRAVIS: No, not yet.

LAURIE: But, we will.

JULES : (to no one in particular) Fill me up.

(Ellie takes a bottle of wine and empties it into the large glass. Bobby smiles.)

BOBBY: I'm so happy for you guys; you'll make a great couple.

ANDY: Nice going, man, Laurie is a very pretty girl.

TRAVIS: Thanks, Andy.

LAURIE: What are you saying? Travis isn't handsome?

ANDY: (startled) I didn't –

(Bobby puts his hand on Andy's shoulder.)

BOBBY: Let it go, buddy.

ELLIE: (smiling) This is going to be so exciting. I just love all this tension.

JULES: (to Ellie) Now is not the time.

ELLIE: (no longer smiling) Then, when?

JULES: Later. Laurie will tell us every detail.

TRAVIS: (smiling wryly) Great, mom, just what I want to think about, my girlfriend chatting about our love life with my mom and her best friend.

JULES: Don't worry, Travis, I talked to Kylie and Kirsten, too. Remember?

TRAVIS: How could I forget?

JULES: I know. (to Grayson) Why are you being so quiet?

(Pause)

GRAYSON: I'm just wondering if anyone thinks it's weird that my stepson will be dating a woman I slept with.

TRAVIS: (angrily) No, new daddy, it won't be weird at all. I love her, and the past is the past.

BOBBY: (even more angrily) Yeah, man, you see, my son actually cares about Laurie.

ANDY: You tell him, Bobby.

JULES: Well, you see, that was a mistake you made. This is actually a smart decision my son is making.

LAURIE: I've just tried to repress that particular memory.

ELLIE: (smiling) This is all just so delicious.

GRAYSON: Well, if it doesn't bother anyone else, I think this calls for a celebration. I'll go get some champagne from the bar.

ELLIE: Seven bottles should do it.

GRAYSON: (annoyed) You don't each need a whole bottle of champagne.

JULES: Big Lou, remember. Just go.

GRAYSON: Fine.

FADE OUT.

END OF ACT THREE