CUT TO Moog laying in bed, rubbing his eyes. We FADE INTO
INT. JESS'S KITCHEN MORNING FLASHBACK
Jess is standing over the stove, poking at the eggs in the pan, alone in the kitchen.
JESS
Eh, too much milk.
She turns the heat down and looks over. Where there was empty space, there's now Jess's daughter, BLODWYN, making an ew-face.
BLODWYN
Ew, don't put milk in eggs.
JESS
I do.
BLODWYN
It's gross.
JESS
You don't like milk. Or eggs, for that matter.
BLODWYN
good point.
(walks across
the kitchen, leans against the counter)
How's it been?
JESS
Okay. Autumn's talking again, but only to John.
How's
TIM
(offscreen)
Jess?
Tim enters. Jess looks around; Blodwyn disappears
TIM
Are you alright?
JESS
I'm fine. I'm just talking to Blod.
TIM
Jess, Blod moved out. She's not here. Remember?
JESS
oh?
(looks around the room)
TIM
Jess
go to bed.
JESS
But I just woke up!
TIM
Please. Just
go to bed.
Jess blinks and walks out of the kitchen. little!Moog, who'd been watching just outside the door, looks at her go, frowning. Tim puts his head in his hands. Moog walks over
MOOGLE
I'll make cereal, ok Dad?
TIM
Okay. Stay away from the stove.
Moog goes about pouring cereal in a cute, sloppy, little-kid-way. Tim watches him and smiles. END FLASHBACK, and FADE INTO
INT. Moog's room at Sangy's house MORNING
Moog lies asleep. His eyes open, and he looks around. Then he reaches over, grabs the phone off the bedside table, kicks the blankets off, sits up and dials Georgia's number.
CUT TO: Georgia, eating breakfast with one hand and working on I don't know, something Moog-tour-related with the other. The phone rings, and she answers it, once again
GEORGIA
Hi.
CUT TO Moog
MOOGLE
Why do you answer the phone like that?
GEORGIA (on
phone)
like what?
MOOGLE
Like you know it's me.
CUT TO Georgia
GEORGIA
But it is you.
(stuffs a spoonful of cereal into her mouth, writes stuff down)
CUT TO Moog
MOOGLE
Listen, Georgia, I've been thinking about what
you said, and I think I know what you're getting
at.
CUT TO Georgia, she gets up and wanders the apartment
GEORGIA
Your tone makes me think that you don't.
MOOGLE (on
phone)
Well, think about it, Georgia
CUT TO Moog
MOOGLE
Why would my kids feel that way about me
if I wasn't in some way unfit?
CUT TO Georgia
GEORGIA
Our kids.
MOOGLE
If I wasn't in some way damaged. That's what
you're saying!
GEORGIA
(scratches her head)
Uhh, not even close.
CUT TO Moog
MOOGLE
Then there's no logic and you just simply said it
to hurt me?
CUT TO Georgia. She rubs her temples
MOOGLE (on
phone)
But you know what, you're right. You're right, how
can I know?
CUT TO Moog
MOOGLE
How can I know, so why risk it.
CUT TO Georgia
MOOGLE (on
phone)
Know what I mean?
GEORGIA
Uh
no.
MOOGLE (on
phone)
Why risk doing to my kids what Mom did to me
CUT TO Moog
MOOGLE
- and for that matter, why risk doing to you what
she did to Dad? Why don't you ask him what a bed
of roses his life was while you're at it?
CUT TO Georgia
GEORGIA
While I'm at what?!
MOOGLE (on
phone)
While you're trying to figure out if I'm going to ruin the
lives of our hypothetical children, Georgia!
GEORGIA
Okay, Moog? No shit? You're really scaring me now. Maybe
we should just calm down
CUT TO Moog
MOOGLE
Do not do not start that patronizing, "You're crazy
right now so I'll just stay still and not make any sudden
moves till you're
finished" thing.
(jumps to his feet, kicking blankets around violently)
Do NOT.
Cut to GEORGIA. She remains silent, meandering around the apartment, fiddling with an umbrella. She pulls the handle out, then stabs the other end into a chair, pushing the handle back in.
MOOGLE (on
phone)
See! You're doing it!
GEORGIA
Okay! Uncle! You've got me painted into a corner where
nothing I say could be right!
CUT TO Moog. He paces around the room
MOOGLE
Oh, and you're telling me that's how you want to spend
the rest of your life? Painted into a corner by an unfit
father?
CUT TO Georgia.
GEORGIA
No! No, no, no, I never said I wanted that.
MOOGLE (on
phone)
Okay, you know what, fine. I'll make this really easy for you.
CUT TO Moog
MOOGLE
Why don't you just put this whole thing on hold while you're
trying to figure out how badly I'm going to fuck up everybody's
life. Okay? Do not send out those invitations. Do not.
CUT TO Georgia
GEORGIA
Moogle Brofloski?
(takes a deep breath)
You are on the verge of making a very big mistake right now.
CUT TO Moog
MOOGLE
Well, so are you. Only Im not going to let you.
He slams the phone back onto the receiver (after turning it around a couple times to get it to fit right) and flops down on the bed. He lays there a few seconds before getting up, spazzing a bit, and curling up under the sheets again.
CUT TO Georgia. She looks at the phone
GEORGIA
Did he just call off our whole god
(starts to
redial, pauses. Eyes widen)
I don't have the number! I don't have the erudamn number!
She runs into the kitchen and flips through the address book
GEORGIA
ohhh crap
okay. Jess.
(dials her number)
CUT TO: JESS'S HOUSE. Jess walks in and picks up the ringing phone
JESS
Hello?
GEORGIA (on
phone)
Jess?
JESS
Yeah.
GEORGIA (on
phone)
This is Georgia
Jess immediately hangs up without even changing the expression on her face.
CUT TO Georgia. Her eyes widen. She paces back and forth, pressing random buttons.
GEORGIA
I don't -
(hits the redial button, angryscreams into the phone while it rings)
CUT TO Jess. She answers the phone
JESS
What.
GEORGIA (on
phone)
EMERGENCY, JESS, DO NOT HANG UP.
JESS
(eyes widen)
Oh my God! Oh no
CUT TO Georgia
GEORGIA
No, no not that! I just need a I need a phone
number from you!
CUT TO Jess, who heaves a sigh of relief
JESS
My God! Don't you ever ever everdo that to me
again!
CUT TO Georgia
GEORGIA
Sorry, it's just that uhhh, I think he just called off our
whole goddamn life and I I don't have the number!
CUT TO Jess, who has collapsed in the chair by the phone
JESS
What in the hell are you talking about, girl?
CUT TO Georgia
GEORGIA
He's with those friends of yours, the Knickers or the
Underoos or whatever the hell!
CUT TO Jess
JESS
The Undahpants? He's with the Undahpants?! Why
the hell would he run off with them?!
GEORGIA (on
phone)
He didn't run off with them, they came here and they took
him!
JESS
Oh for God's sake. I gotta go.
(hangs up)
CUT TO Georgia who can no longer find quite the words for her anger. She hits redial, violently.
CUT TO Jess. She walks back into the room and picks the phone up, exasperated
JESS
Yes?
GEORGIA (on phone)
I don't know if you really ruined Moog's life or not!
CUT TO Georgia
GEORGIA
But I do know that NOW YOU'RE RUINING MINE. And
your phone ettiquete SUCKS, you b
(hangs up)
CUT TO Jess. She hangs up, shocked and infuriated
JESS
She hung up on me!