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ABBY (MANAGER)

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The girls are still too confused to be friendly. A puzzled

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April enters. Her manager, ABBY--middle aged, suit, polished

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but not sleazy--greets her warmly and gestures for her to sit

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down. April has the bearing of a child called into the

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principal’s office.

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APRIL
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Hi, Abby.

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MANAGER
That writer from the magazine called

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about your interview. Nice guy. Did you

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say you’re retiring?

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I’m honestly not sure. I may have

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suggested it.
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May have? This seems like the sort of

thing one might discuss with her manager
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before discussing it with the press.

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Well... I don’t know. I’m tired. I’m

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really tired, and it’s lonely on the

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road. I’d like to stop moving around and

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cool my heels for a little while.

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MANAGER
Okay.
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And eventually we’re going to have to be

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honest and call it a day, you know? This

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is my going out of business sale.

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I can understand how things would look

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that way when you’re tired and

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frustrated.
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You really don’t think it’s true?

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MANAGER
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April, you’re moving in the right

direction again.
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We’ve booked some nice venues for you,

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and the interview could be a nice step
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toward higher-profile press. You’re doing

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well right now, even if it doesn’t seem

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like it. Heck, you could be just a song
in a decent ad campaign away from getting

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right back where you were again.

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I really don’t think I am.

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MANAGER

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I know it’s hard, but you’re lucky enough

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to be in the game right now. If you walk
away, you give up the opportunities you

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have. Is that something you’re going to

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find yourself regretting a year or two

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down the road?

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April hesitates.

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Maybe.
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MANAGER
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You only get so many bites at the apple.

Let’s at least keep our options open? And
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if you’re going to quit, let’s send you

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out right.
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Stop
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Okay.
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INT. MATH DEPARTMENT HALLWAY

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Jonas exits the conference room where he gave the

presentation previously. The subject of his program
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approaches him and walks alongside him. She is fuming.

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AMY
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Jonas, what the hell was that

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presentation the other day?

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Well, I would have passed you a note

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before social studies that said “Do you

like me? Check yes or no,” but I figured
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this was a little more inventive.

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AMY
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You don’t think it was slightly

inappropriate?
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