MAGGIE
(ss over the music)
Listen, Gill -- ter
whos ben making my life a living hell
... If talk to
ever yo do....
(crosses to Gill)
... Dont s picture of me
at t in San Francisco --
Suddenly, a loud Ces from the car overhead.
MAGGIE (contd)
?
Maggie stops Gill from playing. Ss her ex an angry glare
and moves a lever on the car descends.
GILL
e to San Francisco twice.
Remember one time ire...
ure?
As t slohe car is lowered, revealing Ike
sitting in t. he
pograph hes holding.
IKE
(feigning shock)
Imagine! Maggie Carpenter topless in a
public arena.
(co again)
And I see the air.
Maggie so, but Ike is faster at pulling it away.
MAGGIE
Give me t!
IKE
But t interesting thing here is
t I dont see tattoo t
Ive on your back.
Gill takes off ar and sets it down.
GILL
Ike bet me fifty bucks you dont still
, Mags. I said quot;Youre on, man!
Maggie loved t t; And I could
really use fifty bucks.
Maggie is conspicuously silent.
GILL (contd)
(looking worried)
Mags?
MAGGIE
Im not gonna shing.
I am a soon-to-be-married woman. Now
give me t pograph.
Maggie seethes.
IKE
Sure, I o give to you.
Just give us one quick gander at t
rose, and, Ill gladly over.
Sries to grab to again. Ike pulls it away.
MAGGIE
Fine. here.
Maggie quickly turns around and pulls do,
revealing top of ine expanse of skin. No
tattoo.
MAGGIE (contd)
(turning back around)
Satisfied?
IKE
Completely.
Gill is still trying to grasp this.
GILL
Maggie? You got it removed?
IKE
Gill, Ill go ya double or nothing if
ick-on.
GILL
(dismayed)
Maggie?
MAGGIE
(admitting)
Im really, really afraid of needles...
It doesnt make me a bad person.
Ike laug ically
pulls do of -s.
GILL
Look.
t is on Gills c: tattoo. Maggie sighs,
pained. Gill s to Ike. Ike looks at tattoo. he
s Maggie.
IKE
(sincerely)
Look, look, man. I the man is
broken.
MAGGIE
!
Maggie moves to
to from Ike and exits.
GILL
I think I am.
Gill grabs ar and sits.
GILL (contd)
would Jerry do?
t stops moving. Ike leans out.
IKE
Jerry. hed play. hed play... Jerry
.
Ike sings and taps along in tempo on the car as Gill
sings and plays quot;Ripplequot;.
CUt tO:
EXt. EL PORC DAY, SAtURDAY MORNING
As Maggie drives into toh
Sruments as
a blues band. Ike is not bad on slide guitar. they all like
Ike.
Maggie quot;C; h Peggy and moves on.
EXt. SOFtBALL FIELD - LAtER t DAY
CLOSE ON:
tcball. A bat connects.
NE ANGLE:
A big s
out ting as umpire, yells, quot;Safe!quot; happy,
Cory turns to tands and waves.
ANGLE ON:
Maggie and Peggy, cries to whoop harder
t t ough. From firs base, Cory waves
back to t back doakes back
up ion. Maggie is still al steamed up.
MAGGIE
Okay, alk about
my life noo turn
t tattoo stuff into a big deal --
t I Gill,
blaotally out to get me.
PEGGY
For w reason? Some personal
satisfaction?
MAGGIE
ts w if hinks
t I dont realize ing
anoticle, t.
PEGGY
Its probably because you got him fired.
MAGGIE
(sarcastic)
Ya think?
PEGGY
Not t deserve to get
fired... Look! Corys going for
second!... Sneaky!
ANGLE ON:
Cory as s throw
for t. the women jump and cheer -- Maggie, again,
t boisterous.
ANGLE ON:
Dennis recognizes Ike as ells Ike t he
is going to marry Maggie some day and shows Ike where Maggie is
sitting.
ANGLE ON:
Maggie spots Ike as t back down. She groans.
MAGGIE
there he is. Snoop Doggy-Dogg.
PEGGY
here?
MAGGIE
Over ten oclock. alking
to our little Dennis. Dennis urn
into one of t;sources sayquot; things.
PEGGY
ter stuff out of
tractive man.
Ike finds Maggie in the crowd and leaves Dennis.
MAGGIE
Id say youve been in too long.
You handle him, okay? I could use five
minutes off from t creep.
Before Peggy can protest, Maggie climbs dohe bleachers
and goes and stands near t near t of Corys team.
PEGGY
Okay, ts fine. I can do t.
Ike comes up to Peggy.
IKE
;not terquot;.
Ike indicates t next to Peggy.
PEGGY
(protesting weakly)
ts Maggies seat...
Ike sits doably.
IKE
... And this is Maggies beer.
arts drinking it. ON tting ready to
steal third.
IKE (contd)
t your there? Cory
Phleming, a local radio announcer.
PEGGY
ened to his morning show,
quot;ake up ;?
IKE
Not yet. I had a phlemless morning. I
ty good ballplayer.
PEGGY
tty important to him.
ars in high school, you
know.
IKE
t must have made you proud.
Peggy takes a small sip off her soda.
PEGGY
hen.
(quickly)
hey
o get... t
dated for a while.
Cory dives in for t. the crowd goes wild.
Peggy yells and jumps in.
PEGGY (contd)
Good job, honey!
But Maggies all. Cory not
at Peggy. s at Maggie, who jumps up and
do.
Ike looks between Cory, Maggie and finally, Peggy. Peggy jerks
o s down. Ike
pretends not to iced. tch as Maggie and Cory
smile at eacher.
IKE
Its nice t till friends.
PEGGY
(looking at Maggie
and Cory)
O ime ago.
See, s a man-er at all.
Sive of men...
Next BAttER s one to deep left field and it lands in the grave
yard. Cory scores, greeted by Maggie. Ike and Peggy ch as
Cory and Maggie belly-bump and her in
celebration of Corys play. No looks at Peggy. Ike keeps an
empatic silence, seeing t Peggy is truly .
PEGGY (contd)
Ill be back in a second.
Suddenly, Peggy stands, pus eps.
Maggie looks up just in time to catc. Ike pulls
ape recorder out of and starts speaking into it.
Maggie ss Ike an accusing look, o he
bleacs next to him.
MAGGIE
Youve been es.
did you do to her?
IKE
You can turn t finger around.
Ike does an on-tton imitation of Maggie jumping excitedly
at Cory. Noing at.
MAGGIE
(defensive)
You misinterpret everything. eve all
been friends our w
ts types of relationship you
understand.
IKE
Obviously, Im not the only one who
doesnt understand it. the USS Maggie
leaves quite a wake... Excuse me.
Ike ries to seem enthused.
MAGGIE
See, I c is he, a cheer
critic?
EXt./INt. StREEt/BAR - LAtER - DUSK
Sitting in front of Inn ENDER
pantomiming he reins of a wildly galloping horse. eve
seen somethis before. Maggies wild ride away from
as Maggie
drives by this.
MAGGIE
(to herself)
tops.
INt. AtLANtIC EL - NIGht
Maggie o t desk of tel, where Lee is
sleeping up. S off ter.
MAGGIE
Lee, o
ters room. I to snoop
around.
LEE
(he key)
Okay. Second floor.
MAGGIE
thanks.
LEE
Dont take anything big.
Maggie moves up tairs towards Ikes room