80.

CONTINUED:

Fighting emotion, Amy wades to the STEPS as fast as she can.

INT. LIVING ROOM - NICK'S AUNT'S HOUSE - NIGHT

Amy pushes her way through the crowd, trying not to cry,
looking for Molly. She needs her friend, but she also needs
to save Molly from feeling what she’s feeling.

She finally spots her waiting patiently at the pong table.

MOLLY
Oh my God THERE YOU ARE! How’s it
going? Did you find Ryan? Did you
go in the pool?

AMY
Molly--

MOLLY
Things are going really well over
here. Like, really well. I’m being
mean to him and it’s working and we
talked about Harry Potter and he
knows I’m a Slytherin and he seems
to like it--

AMY
Molly, I think we should go home.

MOLLY
What? No, just dry off!

AMY
I just think we need to leave right
now. Seriously. Let’s go this way.

MOLLY
Are you nuts? No way. Nick’s fully
flirting with me. I think this is
gonna happen.

AMY
Molly, please. I’m asking you.
Let’s just go.

MOLLY
Just go find Ryan--

(CONTINUED)
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AMY
Malala.

A beat.

MOLLY
Amy, no.

AMY
Are you kidding? I’ve done whatever
you wanted all night. Now I’m
calling Malala! Come with me!

MOLLY
I’m not leaving just because you’re
doing the thing you always do!

Amy’s already a raw nerve. Now she’s pissed.

AMY
What is that supposed to mean?

MOLLY
Just...you always talk a big game
but then you give up just when
things get uncomfortable. Like, you
jumped in the pool and now you’re
sad that you’re wet?

AMY
That’s bullshit!

MOLLY
If I didn’t drag you to do things--

AMY
You don’t drag me, you force me to
do whatever you want to do!

Now Molly’s startled by Amy’s tone. They’re both drunk and

MOLLY
What does that even mean?

AMY
You decide what we do and when we
do it and that we always have to do
it together--

(CONTINUED)
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MOLLY
I have to decide what we do because
you never decide anything! I have
to do all the heavy lifting in this
friendship. You never take charge.

AMY
I take charge!

MOLLY
You never take charge! I always
have to push you. Without me you
wouldn’t do anything.

AMY
I’m going to go to Africa without
you!

MOLLY
I encouraged your summer abroad!

AMY
I’m not going for the summer! I’m
going for the whole year!

A beat. Molly is floored.

MOLLY
Wait, what?

AMY
I’m taking a gap year. I deferred
Columbia until next fall.

MOLLY
When did you decide that?

AMY
When I applied.

MOLLY
In January? You’ve been lying to me
since January?

AMY
Yeah, because I knew you would’ve
tried to bully me into staying!

MOLLY
But we’ll be on completely
different schedules.
(MORE)

(CONTINUED)
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MOLLY (CONT'D)
We’re not gonna graduate together,
we’re not gonna go on a post-
college trip, we’re not gonna move
to DC together, our whole plan--

AMY
That was your plan! That was never
my plan.It’s always your plan.

MOLLY
I can’t believe you. You think
going to Africa makes you tough but
you weren’t even brave enough to
tell me? You’re a fucking coward!

AMY
You’re selfish! And mean!

MOLLY
You’re a bad friend!

AMY
You’re a fucking bad friend! I
called Malala! That was a sacred
code!

MOLLY
I got the Metro North commuter pass
to visit you in New York every
weekend!

AMY
Nobody asked you to do that! Just
like nobody asked you to come to
this fucking party! Nobody invited
you! Nobody wanted you here!

Molly sputters, hurt and furious--

MOLLY
FUCK YOU!

Amy flinches. And suddenly they realize -- the whole room is

INT. BATHROOM - NICK’S AUNT’S HOUSE - NIGHT

Amy storms in, breathing deeply, trying to calm down.

(CONTINUED)