EXT. USA TODAY LOADING DOCK - DAY
Ike rides sadly on the back of a forklift, gets off and walks
out.
EXT. HALE RESIDENTIAL STREET - ANOTHER M
ANGLE ON MAGGIES HOUSE:
A train goes by. A modest clapboard house with a porch. Two
entrances. A PAPERBOY tosses a paper onto the lawn in front of
the house. The front door opens and Maggie appears fresh out of
bed, wearing only a jacket and panties. Heedless of being seen
this way, she scampers out to the sidewalk to pick up her
delivered paper: USA Today. She tears off the plastic bag and
rips into it, looking for her letter. She finds it. A smile on
her face, then she scampers bato the house.
INT. MAGGIES HOUSE - THAT MOMENT
Maggie skips bato her house which she shares with Father
and Grandma. A cozy and eclectic place creatively furnished on
a shoe-string. She rushes into: KIT WHERE BOB KELLY,
fiance #4, is pag s into a backpack. Bob, 38, has a
pleasant fad a body that is almost shogly buff. Hes
wearing a T-shirt that reads: "Mountaineers Do It Against the
Wall.", Maggie dances over, waving the paper and singing.
MAGGIE
She ed him, she ed him...
Bob test the weight of the backpack adding dehydrate food.
BOB
e here, Mag, and try this on.
Maggie puts the paper o ter and starts to read
aloud, paying no mind to Bob, who is stig her arms through
the straps of the backpack.
MAGGIE
Listen: "Dear Ms. Carpenter, I
apologize to you for this unfortunate
matter. Ike Grahams n will no
longer be appearing in this paper.
Best of lu you uping marriage!"
Bob tio hold up the weight of the backpack as he straps
it onto Maggies shoulders.
BOB
That-a-girl! You sacked him.
(cheg pack)
This is the weight of the pack youre
going to have to carry in the Himalayas.
Tell me if its too heavy.
Bob lets go and Maggie FALLS BACKWARD, disappearing behind the
ter, and hitting the floor, with a THUD. Bob looks down at
her. Maggies voice rises from the floor behind the ter.
MAGGIE (o.s.)
Its a little... Its a little heavy...
Help me, baby.
Bob has no answer. He reaches a hand down. He yelps as Maggie
pulls him down on top of her, out of frame. We HEAR them giggle
and kiss.
INT. USA TODAY LOADING DOCK - ANOTHER DAY
Fisher uses the dock for a photo shoot featuring men and women
in evening and formal wear from Escada f.Q. Fisher is not
actually shooting the camera, but rather supervising it.
Fisher claps his hands and calls the models to attention. Then
he goes onto the stage ahe models in their positions.
FISHER (td)
Remember, utting the "fun" back
into formal.
(to Ike)
I just say that for the agency guys. I
dont even know what that means. Now
follow me.
INT. USA TODAY OBSERVATION ROOM - DAY
Elevator doors open. Ike and Fisher exit and walk towards the
coffee table.
FISHER
Ike, I really liked the Runaway Bride
piece, and since I do freelauff
f.Q., Im in a different position
now...
IKE
What are y to say to me, Fish?
They stop walking.
FISHER
Vindication. How would you like to get
some? A ce to prove that, though
your facts wereirely straight,
your theory w