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Celeste and Jesse Scene
Celeste and Jesse Scene
Celeste and Jesse Scene
CELESTE
These are beautiful.
JESSE
I thought you hated them.
CELESTE
Yeah, well, I've never seen them at
Night.
Jesse looks at the lamps and takes them in. he looks pretty
sad.
CELESTE (CONT'D)
What's up with you? I know we just
got divorced but no one died,
right?
JESSE
I'm just feeling like maybe you
were right. i am a fuck up. i don't
know what i'm doing. my girlfriend
left.
CELESTE
What? veronica? left where?
JESSE
Left me. she wanted me to tell her
everything was gonna be okay and i
couldn't. i don't know why but i
just...couldn't. she wants to go
back to Brussels.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 3
CELESTE
Hey...don't do that.
JESSE
Do what?
CELESTE
You are not a loser. you never
were. you took a chance. i admire
that and i believe in you.
JESSE
You do?
CELESTE
I do. and i want to thank you.
JESSE
For what?
CELESTE
For never being the person i wanted
you to be.
JESSE
Oh, you're welcome.
CELESTE
Go get her.
JESSE
But i don't know if everything is
gonna be all right.
CELESTE
Well, who does? do you love her?
JESSE
I do.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 4
CELESTE
Then it's worth fighting for.
JESSE
Okay. okay.
CELESTE
God, i finally understand why you
Fucking cry all the time. shit is
Emotional.
CELESTE (CONT'D
You deserve to be happy. and i wish
that for you, always.
JESSE
Me too.
CELESTE
So...i guess we were right.
JESSE
Huh?
Celeste makes the "c and j" hand gesture from the high
school photo in the opening montage. Jesse makes it back.
they smile.
JESSE (CONT'D)
I love you.
He kisses her on the lips. for the last time. and then, he's
gone.
CELESTE
I love you too.