How Soon Is Now E-Book

Dan Schoffer

• Herausgeber: BookRix
• Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2020

Beschreibung

A group of modern day Pittsburgh teenagers spend their Thanksgiving break experiencing a mixture of love, friendship, partying, and sex. Originally written in 2013, this is the script- turned book that inspired Holidaysburg and Not Cool.

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Dan Schoffer

How Soon Is Now

A Real Thanksgiving Story

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Title

How Soon Is Now 

By 

Dan Schoffer

How Soon Is Now

FADE IN:

INT. AMTRAK TRAIN (MOVING) - DAY

TORI (19), cute, spunky, confident, listens to her iPod as she stares out the window, New England flying by.

HANDSOME GUY

Mind if I sit here?

Tori nods, and the HANDSOME GUY takes the vacant seat next to her, totally checking her out in the process--

TORI (V.O.)

I wasn’t always this adorable.

Back in high school, I used to be

kinda dorky.

INSERT: A YEARBOOK PHOTO -- TORI GARVIN, LOWER MERION HIGH SCHOOL, CLASS OF 2011. SHE’S ALL BAD HAIR, BRACES, PIMPLES.

TORI (V.O.)

And by kinda dorky, I mean

completely and utterly uncool in

every way imaginable.

The Handsome Guy flashes a great smile, Tori smiles back.

TORI (V.O.) (CONT’D)

But here’s the thing about high

school... it ends.

INSERT: RECENT PHOTOS OF TORI -- DRINKING AT A KEG PARTY, SMOKING A JOINT WITH FRIENDS, RUNNING NAKED THROUGH THE QUAD.

TORI (V.O.)

...and you get to go to college, where no one knows that you picked your nose until second grade or that you didn’t kiss a boy until sophomore year. Because college is a fresh start, a second chance, a new beginning.

(then)

Only problem is, when the holidays roll around, you still have to go... home.

The train enters into a tunnel and we...

FADE TO BLACK.

2.

Turkey Drop (phrase): 1. This happens when high school sweethearts try the long-distance relationship thing when they go off to college. Typically, when Thanksgiving break rolls around and everyone goes home for the holiday, someone gets dumped. Hence, the turkey drop.

--urbandictionary.com

FADE UP TO:

EXT. LOWER MERION, PENNSYLVANIA - DAY

One word - Suburbia. Outside Philadelphia. The leaves have just changed colors, giving the town a quaint, autumnal feel. We move down a sleepy street, stop on a nice Colonial home.

INT. HEATHER’S BEDROOM - DAY

An ATTRACTIVE YOUNG COUPLE burst in, making out hard.

INSERT: YEARBOOK PHOTOS -- SCOTT DALTON & HEATHER REEVES.

PROM KING & QUEEN. ALL STAR ATHLETE & CHEER CAPTAIN.

SCOTT (19) and HEATHER (19) fall into the sheets...

SCOTT

I missed you so much.

(more kissing)

I hate being apart.

(more kissing)

I wish we went to college together.

Heather puts her fingers to Scott’s lips...

HEATHER

Sshh.

...and starts to go down on him.

SCOTT

Are you coming over tomorrow?

HEATHER

(muffled, under covers)

Huh?

SCOTT

For Thanksgiving dinner. If you’re gonna join us, I should probably let my mother know ahead of time.

Heather pops out from the covers--

3.

HEATHER

Did you really just bring up your

mother during a blowjob?

SCOTT

That was bad. I’ll shut up now.

Scott does so. Heather resumes.

SCOTT (CONT’D)

I hear there’s a great Dali exhibit over at the Art Museum. I was thinking on Saturday we could--

Heather reemerges.

HEATHER

Are you not enjoying this?

SCOTT

I am, it’s just... we’re only gonna see each other for the next four days and I want them to be perfect.

HEATHER

I’ve got an idea.

Heather heads over to her computer, does some clicking, and suddenly, MOANING NOISES come out of the speakers.

SCOTT

Whoa, what’s that?

HEATHER

Don’t pretend like you’ve never

used YouPorn.

Scott looks at the computer, the action is kinda hot.

SCOTT

Hit the icon on the bottom right,

it makes it full screen.

Heather enlarges the video, then slinks back into bed with Scott. They try to emulate what they see on the computer...

HEATHER

I think you need to create a little more torque.

SCOTT

What do you know about torque?

4.

HEATHER

I took physics for my science

requirement.

SCOTT

This was part of the curriculum?

He tries his best to complete the maneuver, but it’s incredibly awkward and uncomfortable.

SCOTT (CONT’D)

Can’t we do it the way we used to?

HEATHER

C’mon, you’ll like this.

SCOTT

But I liked the old way. The old way was great, it had a one-hundred percent success rate, and didn’t require superhuman flexibility.

Heather re-adjusts herself, they’ve found a rhythm.

SCOTT (CONT’D)

You’re acting different.

HEATHER

Concentrate.

Scott pulls away.

HEATHER (CONT’D)

Hey, don’t stop. We were so close.

SCOTT

This isn’t us, Heather.

She goes over to the computer...

HEATHER

I can find something else, they

have a pretty extensive library.

SCOTT

That’s not what I meant.

HEATHER

Uggh, fine. We can do it normal.

Heather plops into bed, on her back. Scott hesitates.

HEATHER (CONT’D)

What are you waiting for?

5.

He gets on top, begins. Heather wells up a little.

SCOTT

Umm, am I hurting you?

She grabs him closer.

HEATHER

Just keep going.

Scott continues, as Heather explodes into full on crying.

SCOTT

This is really awkward.

HEATHER

(through tears)

Do you wanna have sex or not?

SCOTT

I’m not so sure anymore.

Scott stops, sits up.

SCOTT (CONT’D)

You’re freaking me out. What’s

going on with you?

Heather takes a moment, composes herself. Finally...

HEATHER

I think we should break up.

(off Scott’s look)

But you can finish first if you

want to.

Scott winces, tries to make sense of the situation.

SCOTT

Is this guilt sex?

HEATHER

I just wanted to do something nice for you before... y’know.

He’s reeling now--

SCOTT

So you thought if you had crazy,

internet-porn-style sex with me

first that I wouldn’t get upset?

HEATHER

Guessing you don’t wanna finish?

6.

SCOTT

No, this is idiotic.

HEATHER

Hey, don’t be mean. This isn’t

easy for me either.

She grabs her top, starts to get dressed.

SCOTT

Why are you doing this? We can’t break up. We’re perfect together.

HEATHER

We had a great thing in high

school, but some things aren’t

meant to be forever.

Off Scott -- his world collapsing.

EXT. 30TH STREET STATION - PHILADELPHIA - DAY

Tori exits the crowded terminal, luggage in tow. She looks around, spots her ride...

Her parents (LOU & COLLEEN, 50’s) and her older sister MARISSA (late 20’s) -- a perfect, smiling, happy family. They’re waiting by a minivan, waving maniacally toward Tori.

TORI

Kill me now.

INT. MINIVAN (MOVING) - MOMENTS LATER

Tori and her family drive away from the train station.

COLLEEN

You look so pretty, dear.

LOU

(fighting back tears)

My baby girl is a woman.

TORI

Stop it, Dad.

LOU

Stop what? Stop loving you?

Tori just rolls her eyes.

COLLEEN

So... meet any nice boys?

7.

TORI

Can we not.

MARISSA

Oooh, I think that’s a yes!

COLLEEN

Who is he? I want to hear all

about him. Is he tall?

TORI

There’s no boy.

COLLEEN

Don’t be shy. We’re your best

friends.

TORI

Okay, a) you’re my parents, not my best friends. And b) I’m telling the truth.

LOU

I find it hard to believe that you’re not hooking up with anyone.

TORI

Eww. Gross.

LOU

What? Did I say it wrong?

TORI

Please just leave me alone.

COLLEEN

You know... your father and I met

in college.

TORI

Memory lane, wonderful.

COLLEEN

And chances are high that college

is where you find true love too.

TORI

True love, huh?

Colleen and Lou share a peck on the lips.

COLLEEN

Most blessed thing in the world.

8.

TORI

Who says I even believe in true love? Because frankly... I don’t.

Colleen gasps.

TORI (CONT’D)

If you ask me, “love” is the root of a lot of society’s problems. Do you know how many marriages end in divorce? And how many screwed up children of divorce are out there blaming themselves or whatever, all because their parents were duped somewhere along the line to believe in “true love” or whatever it is DeBeers tries to sell us on TV.

(we think she’s done)

I mean, this idea that there’s one person who you’re meant to spend the rest of your life with. Where did that come from? Oh, that’s right -- from the same idiots who believed the world was flat and that science was evil.

Now she’s done. The car goes dead silent.

TORI (CONT’D)

Just saying.

Suddenly, Tori’s sister Marissa BURSTS into tears.

COLLEEN

Look what you’ve done.

TORI

What I do?

Marissa holds up her ring finger, where she’s sporting a brand new diamond ring.

MARISSA

Gil and I got engaged.

Off Tori -- realizing she just fucked that one up.

EXT. LOWER MERION HIGH SCHOOL - DAY

A rail-thin NERD with boyish features hides behind a tree.

INSERT: YEARBOOK PHOTO -- HIS LAST NAME’S BEEN CROSSED OUT, IT READS CRUELLY... JOEL THE TROLL.

9.