By Misti Velvet Rainwater
Date: 4 February 2000

SCENES 33 & 34

SCENE 33-INT.-Day. The apartment. It's
Saturday morning. Karis is wearing her
workout clothes and is cleaning the apartment.
Music: "Maybe Baby" by Buddy Holly.
Karis sings along as she Windexes all the glass
in the den.

SCENE 34-INT.-Day. Becca and Derek's bedroom.
Becca and Derek are still cuddling in bed.
Derek: I never thought I'd wake up to Buddy
Holly music.
Becca: Karis does this sometimes. She gets the
urge to turn the oldies station on and get down
with the Pine-Sol.
Derek: She needs a boyfriend.
Becca: No, then the apartment would be too crowded.
One man is enough.
Derek: Oh, really?
Becca: I'm not going to say anything else. Kiss me
and I'll shut up.
Derek: Tell me. We've got to keep the communication
lines open in this relationship.
Becca laughs.
Becca: Somebody's been spendin' too much time in 
the self-help section of Walden Books.
Derek: Actually, I get all my books from Goodwill.
Becca: So do I! Goodwill is the best! You can buy 
two bags full of books and t-shirts for only ten
bucks.
Derek: Yeah, or you can walk out with an entire library 
and not have to pay a cent.
Becca: You shoplift from Goodwill?
Derek: When I told you I shoplifted two CDs from the mall
you didn't blink an eye, babe.
Becca: I don't care about the stores in the mall. If all
the malls in this town burned down tomorrow I'd just make
s'mores. But Goodwill is sacred. Promise me you won't rip
off Goodwill anymore.
Derek: You're so adorable.
Caresses Becca's face and kisses her.
Becca: Don't change the subject. Promise me.
Derek: I promise to never again steal from Goodwill or any
other store.
Becca: It's only Goodwill that I'm worried about, but thank you.
Derek: Now back to the original dilemma. You said "one man is
enough" with a tad too much conviction for my liking.
Becca: Oh, honey. I thought you were wanting a monogamous
relationship.
Derek: Absolutely. I'm all about monogamy. If you ever so much
as kiss Mr. Greek God or Mr. Cyber Nut I'll have to take you
to the cleaners.
Becca: Take me to the cleaners?! We aren't married! We don't own
anything.
Derek: I'll take my book collection and myself and I'll walk out
the door.
Becca: And it'll be curtains time for this chica loca. God, that
would suck.
Derek: This is the part where you're supposed to say,"Baby, you're 
the only man for me!"
Becca: You know it, so why do I have to say it?
The telephone rings.
Derek: That is an ominous omen.
Becca: I'm sure it's just Adonis, the man I'll never kiss
because I'm not attracted to him. You have nothing to worry about,
believe me.
Becca picks up the phone.
Becca: It's Saturday morning and we're still in bed. Whadda ya
want? Oh, hey, Adonis. I thought it might be you. Oh, man- that 
sounds good. We'll be there. Bye.
Hangs up the phone.
Derek: What was that all about?
Becca: He's having a party tonight. We're going, okay?
Derek: I was hoping we could just stay in and watch videos
and eat JELL-O off each other, but that's cool.
Becca: We can always do that, sweetheart. I want you to meet my friends.