It is the next day in Malibu
(Jax is looking out the window, daydreaming about B*#X@#) He hears a crash, and looks worried.)
V:
Oh god, I didn't mean to wake you up. I woke up hours earlier because I'm
still on New York Time. Actually, I saw the coffeemaker and I thought that
an espresso would be--(drops parts of the coffeemaker)--would be just a great
way to start the day but, um, it sort of jumped right out of my hands and
broke. Scratch that. I broke it. Coffeemakers don't jump onto the floor all
by themselves.
J: More of your father's common sense philosophy?
V: Uh huh. Breaking metal's new for me, though. I usually stick to um glasses or crockery or something like that uh. Maybe it's Malibu. No, it's me. I'm uh clumsy, as the day is long. Anyway, uh I'll replace it, and why don't you just go back to bed, because it's not even dawn. By the time you wake up, there will be a brand-new machine and I promise not to touch it, although I'll probably have to use your car to go get it, which might be a problem for you, but um I'm an excellent driver! (Jax is laughing)
V: What are you thinking?
Jax:
I'm thinking that it's a damn good thing that there's another coffeemaker
in the cabinet.
V: Oh.
Later. V: Thank you. Are you sure you want to drink this? You don't want to go back to sleep?
J: I'm still on P.C. time too.
V: I know.
V: It kooks like the wind's coming up. (Goes outside) I smell rain.
J: Oh no, that's sea spray. It never rains this time of the year in Los Angeles.
V: You question this nose? Remember what happened the last time. I sensed it when we were on the atoll? J: You sure the giveaway wasn't the thunder and lightning that almost killed us? (V. laughs)
V:
No, the scent of rain came first. (It begins to rain) Aah! (They go
inside.)
J: I stand corrected.
V: Uh huh. That's funny. It feels like it's raining in here. (notices a leak in the corner) Aah! It is!
J: Now whatever you do, V, don't smell, touch or feel another damn thing! That is an order!
(V. carries over a ladder.) J: What's that for?
V: To fix the leak. I found it in the guestroom that's being repainted. J: Oh no, you don't. V: Oh, yeah. J: No. You're under arrest. Put your hands above your head. Don't try anything funny, okay? V: Hey, I know how to fix leaks. Besides, it'll help me make up for the espresso machine. J: You know what? I prefer having you in my debt..besides, what can you do from the inside, anyway.
V: I'll show you.
J:
You know what, If you fall and break your neck, you're fired.
V: Well, at least it won't leak on your new assistant.
J: Ok you've got two seconds to get down from there or I'm coming up after you (I would have liked to see this)
V: I've got it. J: Dammit, Venus, get down from there!
V: Hey, don't call me that!
J: Then unplug the duct tape. It's not working. (Phone rings - Brenda ruining a perfectly good scene -err…) Where the hell is my machine.
J: Jax
B: I just opened your Present.
J: Brenda - (V. looks over, not too happy.)
(I'll spare you any futher Brenda Jax words.) They hang up.