Okay here are a few more scenes. I'm almost there!!! I can taste it, but that could just be the lack of sleep talking š By the way it has come to my attention that some people felt my new title sounded a bit too sexual in nature, which was not my intent. So I'll keep workshopping ideas.Ā
Enjoy these bits!
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Scene 10: Cookie Crumbs
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Basement IT camera behindĀ
JACK. JACKās desk nowĀ
features Christmas cardsĀ
Tacked up with the snowmen.
And a mug with a ChristmasĀ
Sweater pattern on it.Ā
JACK harried looking types onĀ
Computer with phone at his ear.
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JACK
Ā Right, okay. Sounds like another email virus. (exhales annoyed) Third this morning. No! Donāt turn it off, thats what I had Frank do and it just got worse. We nearly lost all his files. Iām going to check out your hard drive remotely. Try working from someone elseās station and donāt click on any emails.(beat unheard comment on phone) Not any! Not until Iāve had a look. (beat) Look, Iām working on it. Iāll try to save your lifeās work drawing dollies! Its not like youāre curing cancer.
Ā
JACK slams down the receiver
Still typing.Ā
JACK (calls out)
Hey, Gabriella, can you give meā
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JACKās phone rings. Ā
JACK Ā
Damn it! (into phone) What? Okay, thats it. No, no, donāt touch anything, stand up and tell everyone around you not to open any emails! I think weāve been hacked.Ā Ā
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Cut to GABRIELLA crouchedĀ
In cubicle, stifling a laugh.Ā
JACK
No I cannot send an email. Because I donāt want anyone opening emails!Ā
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JACK slams down receiver.Ā
Ā
JACK
Gabriella!
GABRIELLA (sweetly)
Yep.Ā
JACK
Look I need your help. I think weāve been hacked. Could you get Stan and Michael check with distribution, accounting and executive emails while I work back through design?
GABRIELLA (sharply)
Iām sorry, are you asking me to be your secretary?
JACK
What? No! (annoyed and confused) Look I need a hand. This is the fourth call like this Iāve gotten this morning. I need us to get on the most essential sectors before it gets worse. Iād have thought you would be all over this?
GABRIELLA
I didnāt get any calls. All I can see is you trying to play at being department manager before youāve gotten the job!
JACKĀ
Iā¦What the hell is wrong with you? This is still your job.Ā
GABRIELLA
I donāt answer to you. Theyāre your calls. You handle them.Ā
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GABRIELLA marches to breakĀ
room. JACK stares after.Ā
Phone rings. JACK answersĀ
angrily.Ā
JACKĀ
What?
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Cut to conference room.Ā
GABRIELLA.
GABRIELLA
He asked to be pranked. This level was designed to make him work. (snickers) It was a lot easier than I expected to act annoyed and storm off.Ā
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Cut to third floor break room.Ā
MAYA, CORY, MIRIAM and ED
At table working on a gingerbreadĀ
house. The house is long ranch style
Home with in open back, and a small
Forest of gum drop trees around it.Ā
MAYA laying the walls. ED decorating
Outer walls. CORY building forest.Ā
MIRIAM making gingerbread stands forĀ
Chocolate penguins.
10:30 a.m.Ā
MAYA
There is no way this is Coleman. Iāve never had this much fun at work before.
ED
I know. And everything is so organized, and weirdlyā¦I donāt know team buildy.
Ā
CORY
Are we just allowed to make up words now.
Ā
ED (raised brow)
Giff. Meme. Insta.Ā
CORY
I didnāt make any of those up, but point taken. Hey you know what we really need are sugar cubes.Ā
MIRIAMĀ
Yes! We can make a tiny igloo outside and have the chocolate penguins around it! Are their any sugar cubes in the supplies?
MAYA
No. But there are with the coffee.
Ā
CORY jumps up and crosses
To the coffee area.Ā
MIRIAM
Isnāt that cheating?
CORY
I donāt see a rule book.Ā
MIRIAM (head cocked)
What if Edās right? What if this is some weird team bungling exercise and weāre being watched (waves at camera crew) to see how we work together?Ā
CORY (winks at camera)
Theyāll admire our ingenuity!
ALL laugh.Ā
MIRIAM (hand out)
Give them here. Finish up the forest.Ā
CORY (salutes)
Yes, maāam.
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Cut to basement IT JACK
Hunched over computer
Phone off the hook on table.
Ā
MICHAEL
Hey. Weāve checked all the other departments and theyāre fine. So somehow its localized to design.Ā Ā
JACK
That doesnāt make sense. Why target design?
MICHAEL
Corporate espionage?
JACK
The company is doing great, for us. But its not like weāre Cabbage Patch Kids.Ā
MICHAEL (laughing)
No one is hacking Cabbage Patch. Or any doll company for anything but fun.
JACK
Fun? Its Christmas time and theyāre hacking a company that makes things for kids. Who does that itsā¦.diabolical.Ā
MICHAEL
Trust me, its a teenager who wanted to play Grinch.
Ā
JACK shaking head.Ā
Cut to conference room
GABRIELLA.Ā
GABRIELLA
On an average day each tech gets about two calls. Usually with hours between them, and on average the troubles can be fixed by sayā¦plugging in routers or turning on and off the computers. So usually we run system checks, make sure the security software is up to date, and maybe run usage checks. They really only need three of us and they have seven. So I justā¦routed all the calls to Jackās phone.Ā
Ā
Beat unheard question.Ā
Ā
GABRIELLA
Wellā¦I need to make sure there would be calls. (shrugs) I didnāt exactly hack us. I just sent one tiny cookie crumb bug to a few people and didnāt do the āredundantā work Jack teases me about by flagging emails the software misses. The staff did the rest. (smirks) I only did it with the design department. Theyāre useless right now anyway, so they do the most web surfing and email checking. If he were paying attention Jack would notice it was only them. (giggles) But heās a bit distracted.Ā
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Cut to 2nd floor break room
CLARA, ANGELO, MICAHAEL
And DANIEL BURNS areĀ
working to build a gingerbreadĀ
Ā A frame house with open back.Ā
ANGELO finishing frame.Ā
MICAHEL decoratingĀ
gingerbread occupants. CLARA
Decorating exterior. DANIELĀ
BURNS making candy cane walk
way.Ā
ANGELO
You know, if you cut six really narrow pieces of gingerbread and we use those three broken wedgesā
CLARA
We can make a gazebo! Yes! We are totally going to win this.Ā
Ā
CLARA carefully cuts beams.
ANGELO
Whoād of thought this hodge-podge team would be the best. Weāre literally the only group with no one from the design team. But I actually think we can take this.Ā
DANIELĀ
Oh yea. Iāve seen a few of the others, very basic.
Ā Ā
Ā Ā Ā MICHAEL (dryly)
Should the HR director really be in competition with the workers.Ā
DANIEL BURNS
Are you kidding me? Iāve wanted extra copies all year. Debbie runs that machine like a dictator.Ā
CLARA (laughing)
Yeah. Who keeps coming up with this stuff? The games? The prizes? No offense Daniel but this isnāt anyone in management, but I also donāt buy that email, this isnāt Jack.Ā
ANGELO
Nah! Gabby canāt even pull herself away from work long enough to participate in these things. Theyāre just flirting hard and its turned into pranking. You should have seen them earlier (rolls eyes) Jack newly flipped his lid.Ā
DANIEL BURNS
Who ever Santa is has a massive operation set up. Its some party planning group. There is no way just one of us is doing all this.Ā
MICHAEL (shrugging)
Maybe its the real Santa and his elf slaves.Ā
CLARA (laughing)
Right. And tomorrow the reindeer will deliver our mail.
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Cut to basement IT break room
HANNAH, FRANK, and GABRIELLAĀ
Work on a gingerbread house.Ā
FRANK intently laying walls of aĀ
Two story home with open back.
HANNAH making little gingerbread
Beds, 7.Ā
GABRIELLA decorates gingerbread
Men like the 7 dwarves. Ā
FRANK
What do you suppose they plan to do with all this gingerbread at the end of the day? There are ten teams, that means ten houses. Who is going to eat and judge?
HANNAH
There is a local youth group coming by this afternoon. Homeless children from the area.Ā
FRANK
And were giving them cookies? (laughs)
HANNAH
There were emails sent out all week about the visit, asking for donations. Lost of people have been bringing stuff.Ā
FRANK
Emails from who?
GABRIELLA
H.R.
FRANK
Oh. (gruffly) I never open those.Ā
GABRIELLA (laughs)
I brought lots from home. You can give some of that.Ā
FRANK
Thanks. Thatsā¦very sweet of you, Gaā
JACK (shouting)
Gabriella!
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JACK stomps into breakĀ
Room. Slams hand on tableĀ
and leans in over GABRIELLA.
Gabriella shakes with repressed
laughter.Ā
JACK (enraged)
Its you, isnāt it? All day Iāve been untangling that mess and it was you the whole time! Thats why it was only design.Ā
GABRIELLA (smirks)
You said to do my worst.Ā
JACK
Iā¦you!
Ā
JACK lifts hands like he wantsĀ
to strangle GABRIELLA.
Ā
JACK
And youā¦I felt bad for offending you! I was trying to fix it so I could come talk to you and it was all a prank! Yourā Argh!!!
Ā
JACK pins around stompingĀ
Out.Ā
GABRIELLA shocked, shrinks
In seat.Ā
FRANK and HANNAH stare.Ā
FRANK
The crumbling cookie screen that erased all our files? (beat) That was you hacking us?
GABRIELLA (quietly)
It didnāt erase anything. Just hid it.Ā
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HANNAH snorts.
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FRANK
Why?
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Cut to conference room.
GABRIELLA. Ā
Ā
GABRIELLAĀ
Our software catches about 90% of the spam an average user gets. But if people go to certain sites and turn off cookie blockers actual hackers or just spam bots can get enough info to fool the security. So I skim peoples emails, not the content, just sources and frequencies and subject lines for suspicious emails then either spam or flag them with messages telling people not to open unless they know the senders. I catch maybe a few hundred of these a week but since Iāve been doing it its cut down on the number of hard drive incursions weāve seen by 70% (smiles smugly) If we had an IT manager they might have noticed something like that. But as it is I think even the other techs attribute it to software improvements.Ā
Ā
BEAT staring off into space.Ā
Lifts hands beings pickingĀ
At finger nails.
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GABRIELLA
I knew I was bored here. But I donāt really think about it, because I wasnāt bored at all when I was starting my own company. I was busy and energized and sometimes overwhelmed but never bored. And I couldnāt make that work, soā¦I have to make this work. Butā¦another time I would never have done something like todays prank. It doesnāt just mess with Jack. It messes with the whole design department, and I didnāt mind.
Cut to IT break room
GABRIELLA (shrugs)
Jack and the rest of the techs donāt really respect the work I put in here. They treat it like a joke. So I showed him what a week of me not doing extra email sweeps look like.
FRANK (brow raised)
Damn. Why am I the one in anger management?
HANNAH
Because Gabby would never do that with management?
Ā
GABRIELLA flinches atĀ
Diminutive name.Ā
FRANK (nodding)
Yeah. Youāre a bit of a dark horse arenāt you?
Ā
GABRIELLA shrugs.Ā
Looks after JACK.
GABRIELLAĀ
I should go apologize.
FRANK
Donāt you dare. I just started liking you.
HANNAH (laughing)
Yeah. I mean what did you really do but make him work all day?
GABRIELLA
Nothing I suppose.
Ā
Cut to conference room
JACK.Ā
Ā
JACK
I could strangle her. All day! All day Iām going around unraveling more of her code and I didnāt even realize it because Iām so busy trying to figure out how I offended her at the same time, and it was all a trick. Sheās a menace.Ā
Ā
Beat unheard question.Ā
JACK
I know I told her to do it! And I expected something but (beat) Okay maybe Iām reading too much into this, but todayās prankā¦its like she was calling me lazy. And sheās said, or implied that a few times before. Its getting insulting.Ā
Ā
Cut to GABRIELLA Ā
conference room.
Ā
GABRIELLA
I should have gone after him, right? (chews lip) Today I was almost as excited about pranking him as I was nervous about his reaction to it. I donāt want him to hate me. But he asked for my worst and this isnāt even close to my worst. So its probably for the best that he got upset, because I was getting ahead of myself again. Like I did when I tried to start a company. Imagining what it would be like not to worry about my worst with someone. Imagining feeling comfortable in my own skin. Ever. But I should worry.Ā
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Cut to IT JACK at deskĀ
working.Ā
FRANK approaches.Ā
FRANK
Got you good did she?
JACK(snide)Ā Ā
Well Iām still unraveling her little joke, so yeah.Ā
FRANK
Good for her.Ā
Ā
JACK looks up glaring.Ā
GABRIELLA in break room
Laughing with HANNAH.
JACK looks towards laughter.Ā
Ā
FRANK
A bit of a shock that girl.
JACK (snorts softly)
Yeah. And annoying as hell.
FRANK
What did the gingerbread man she left you say? Everyones had a different air bubble.Ā
JACK (smiling)
Game on? (beat) Wait! She told you?
FRANK (grinning)
Figured it out. Santa keeps giving me extra gifts for Linda. And in there Gabriella offered me extra things for this donation drive, almost as if she knew Iād need them.Ā
JACKĀ
Sheās too sweet for her own good? Does anyone else know?
FRANK
Nah. I might not even have noticed if she hadnāt worked with us today. This is the most time anyone here has spent with her.Ā
JACK
Yeah. For a bubbly thing she isnāt that social.
FRANK
Some of us have a harder time then others knowing how to interact with people. How to be ourselves and still be accepted.Ā
Ā
Beat. JACK watches GABRIELLAĀ
With a growing smile.Ā
Ā
JACK
Do you want to know what I think of your little prank?
GABRIELLA
Look, Jack. Iāmā
Ā
JACK lifts a tube of icing.
GABRIELLA stiffens, eyes JACK
Warily.Ā
Beat.Ā
JACK watches GABRIELLA
Intently. JACK squirts icing tubeĀ
Directly in his mouth.Ā
GABRIELLA gasps releasingĀ
tension. Giggles.
HANNAH laughs watching theĀ
PairĀ as avidly as a tv drama.Ā
Ā
JACK (around icing)
I eat weak crap like that for breakfast. And Iām going to get you back.
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GABRIELLA grins at JACK.
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GABRIELLAĀ
Do your worst. Ā Ā Ā
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Scene 11: Snow. Snow. Snow. Snow!
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Scene: Parking lot My Best Friend DollĀ
company. Employees wearing slickers
and sunglasses are running aroundĀ
throwing colorful snowballs at oneĀ
another. Individual interviews heldĀ
against the backdrop of front door.Ā
Ā
CLARA at front door.Ā
CLARA (grinning)
I hate sticky. I hate messy. I wonāt even do water ballon fights, but (giggles hard) This is ridiculously fun!Ā
Ā
ANGELO at front door.
ANGELO
We got emails yesterday telling us to bring our slickers back and today on our desks were snowball shaped invites listing our team assignments. (grins) I love Santa!
Ā
CLARA at front door.Ā
Ā
CLARA
Santa put us in teams pitting me, Frank and everyone else who signed the complaint last year against the HR department. (cackles) Guess whoās winning!
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ANGELO at front door.Ā
ANGELO(chuckles)
It was s syrup bath! It was almost more fun watching that fight, then having mine with accounting. Ā
Ā
FRANK at front door.Ā
Ā
FRANK
Oh, this Santa is an evil genius. (chuckles) Who needs anger management when you can pelt your problem with balls of syrup?
Ā
MR. COLEMAN at frontĀ
Door, clean with no slicker.
Ā
MR. COLEMAN
The executive branch of the company isnāt taking part in Secret Santa. Its strictly an employee moral building event. And its working out (turns up nose) quite well. Exactly as planned. Exactly.
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Cut to GABRIELLA slickerĀ
Purple, pink, and green fromĀ
Hits.Ā Ā
Ā
GABRIELLA
Todayās prank on Jack was a little elf widget that pops up on his screen whenever its been idle for more than five minutes and starts singing āAll I want for Christmas is my two front teethā (grins) he hates that song. But I very generously accept a little of Jackās input on todayās event. I planned a snowball fight with teams, and when I told him I was having my neighbor Leticia provide the snowballs courtesy of her snow cone truck he was like wildly insistent that we had to use the syrup. It seemed too messy to me. I didnāt want to clean it up, and for all of these gifts that involve a mess I stay after to clean. Its not fair to put all of this on the janitorial staff, who are outside contractors and therefore arenāt part of the fun. But Jack promised to help clean and this is totally worth the extra work. (laughs) Do you know I think all of us are just really tall, really stressed out kids. And this sort of thingā¦eviscerates the stress.Ā
Ā
Cut to snowball fight.Ā
JACK pelting purple snowĀ
Balls at GABRIELLA.Ā
GABRIELLA dancesĀ
around them laughing.Ā
Throws blue snow ball,Ā
Falls apart before hittingĀ
JACK.Ā
JACK laughs triumphantĀ
And launches another ball
Hits GABRIELLA in stomach.Ā
Ā
Cut to JACK licking fingers.
JACK (grinning)
Varsity short stop. And undefeated champion of this snow ball fight! Can you believe I had to talk her into adding the syrup. She said it was for fun, and we donāt need winners and losers! Can you believe that? (chuckles) (licks fingers)
Ā
Behind JACK, GABRIELLAĀ
HANNAH, FRANK, CLARA,Ā
And ANGELO approach withĀ
Blue snowballs.Ā
Ā
Ā Ā JACK
I think she was just afraid toāAck!
Ā
GABRIELLA, HANNAH, FRANK,Ā
CLARA and ANGELO pelt JACKĀ
with snowballs from behind. Ā
Ā
JACK (laughing yell)
Cheeters!
Ā
JACK chases fleeing posse.
Cut to GABRIELLA colorfulĀ
Face and broad smile.Ā
GABRIELLA (cheerfully)Ā
I donāt think wearing the slickers is all that helpful. Weāre all sticky messes.
Ā
Beat. Unheard question.
GABRIELLA
No. I am not afraid of losing. (shrugs) I was a little afraid of getting sticky, or really being a part of the snowball fight at all. (tilts head to the side, intent) do you know how often you get touched without your consent on an average day. I do. (beat) It used to make me seriously anxious. I didnāt like to go out anywhere I didnāt have to. I would wear lots of layers even in the middle of summer to blunt the effect of people brushing by me, or patting my shoulder when Iād done something well (rolls shoulder uncomfortably) but medication helps and therapy helps. Iāve gotten a lot better at dealing with the unexpected. But a snowball fight (shakes head) everyone running around screaming, intentionally trying to hit you, its a mine field. I loved the idea of seeing one, but I hadnāt meant to be a part of it. But (shrugs) Jack dared me, and I couldnāt let him think he has the upper hand, so I did it. And while I was doing it (bright broad smile) I didnāt feel the snowballs hit me at all. I just felt the ones I was throwing and it was awesome! Like I was pummeling people with all the stress that ties me up most days. (grins) (shrugs) Iām sure later when the adrenaline has warn off Iāll be an anxious mess. Iāll probably take three showers tonight. But..it was fun while it lasted. And a while ago, even knowing the fun to be had, I wouldnāt have been able to risk the stress. Ā
Ā
Cut to GABRIELLA, MARIA,Ā
And JACK at GABRIELLAāsĀ
Apartment. GABRIELLAĀ
And JACK on couch MARIAĀ
On chair. ALL cutting outĀ
Paper snowflakes, Christmas
Music playing quietly.
MARIA (defensive)
I was not that bad! I just got a little upset.
GABRIELLA (laughing)
She slammed the door, like seven times, and shouted that she hated our family. She kept sobbing about being poor.Ā
Ā
JACK laughs watching theĀ
sisters avidly.
MARIA
In my defense being poor was pretty dramatic when I was fifteen. (shrugs) Now its fine.
Ā
GABRIELLA rolls her eyes.
JACKĀ
What did your mother do?
GABRIELLA (smirks)Ā
Well first she rolled her eyes and started talking in Spanish about teenagers and hormones and deserving a sainthood.
Ā
JACK snorts.Ā
MARIA grins.Ā
GABRIELLA
Then she grabbed me and says, āokay, we cant send her skiing, so lets bring the snow to her.ā All night Mom and I cut up newspaper and bills,(giggles) any paper we could find making paper snowflakes. There were so many, I remember being so excited.Ā
Ā
MARIA (smiling warmly)
Mom knew the cure for everything.
Ā
GABRIELLA
Yeah. It was amazing. I had been sort of annoyed at Maria over the whole thing. But a few minutes into cutting I forgot all about it. It was definitely top three of our Christmases ever. When Maria woke up the next morning Mom made her put on sunglassesā
MARIA (interrupting)
I was totally freaked out. I started demanding to know what she was doing and where she was taking me. She just looked so serious. And she stops me and says āIt can never disappoint you as much as it does me that I cannot give you everything you want. But do not forget that you do have everything you need.
Ā
Beat. MARIA and GABRIELLA
Caught up in memory.
JACK silently allowing theĀ
Family moment. Ā
GABRIELLA (shakes herself)
Anyway. She dragged Maria out and Iām waiting there with the fan at full blast and a laundry basket full of snowflakes. As soon as Mom moved out of the way I threw the snowflakes at the air stream.
MARIA (giggling)
I got like twenty paper cuts, but it was so much fun. I made them do it again and again. We kept gathering them up and taking turns standing in the snow storm.Ā
JACK
Sounds almost as dangerous as a real blizzard.Ā
MARIA and GABRIELLA grin.
MARIA
Afterwards we drank cocoa and hung the snowflakes from string and duct tape all over the ceiling. When I finally got to go skiing with friends a few years later I kept thinking about our hallway blizzard and how much fun we had.Ā
Ā
JACK watches sisters with a warm smile.Ā
Ā
Cut to basement IT paper
Snowflakes hang all aroundĀ
the room with pictures in theirĀ
Centers of children holding theĀ
Companies various dolls andĀ
Pictures of the employees Ā
Enjoying GABRIELLAās secretĀ
Santa events.Ā
GABRIELLA approaches desk andĀ
Stops cold.Ā
GABRIELLAās entire cubicle isĀ
Wrapped in blue and whiteĀ
snowflake paper. A bow with tagĀ
Hands from the top. Reads: Pull.Ā
Trust me, Santaās helper.
GABRIELLA breaths deeply, shakingĀ
Out fingers. Grips ribbon. Tugs.Ā
Wrapping paper falls apart. StrandsĀ
Of snowflakes are hanging along theĀ
outsideĀ of the cubicle. One strandĀ
Crosses the open space of cubicleĀ
Like a gate.
GABRIELLA catches her breathĀ
Runs airy fingers over snowflakes.Ā
Ā
Cut to conference room.Ā
GABRIELLA mouth wide, speechless.
Beat.Ā
Ā
GABRIELLA
He didnāt put a single snowflake or piece of wrapping paper inside my cubicle. (breathless laugh) He respected my space, but still managed to give me this beautiful surprise. (awed smile) I didnāt think guys were sweet this way. There are no words.Ā
Ā
Cut to conference room JACK
Eager, and cheerful.
Ā
JACK
I could kill Coleman. I got her out of the way hanging flakes upstairs, got it all done and I was hidden to see the whole thing, when he called. Why did even answer my phone? I canāt believe I missed her seeing it. Did she like it? Can I see the tape?(smiles)
Ā
Beat unheard question.Ā
JACK
No, I suppose her intensity doesnāt really bother me anymore. Its cute. I guess once you get to know someone their quirks become less annoying and more endearing. Unless getting to know them makes you hate them of course (laughs) I mean, sheās still annoying (smiling) Her stupid prank today, all day long I kept getting calls, from different numbers in the building with a recording āJack, this is Santa calling. Are you being a good boy today?ā (shakes head, canāt shake grin) It was funny the first three times, so of course when I stop answering its Coleman again.Ā
Ā
Beat unheard question.Ā
JACK
Yeah, he has been pretty interested in the day to day lately. He is mostly after me to figure out who āhackedā us. I keep telling him weāre fix the problem, not hunt the perpetrators down sort of techs, but Iām not sure he buys it. I definitely wonāt be saying anything about who launched that little prank. (raises a brow, threatening-ish) I think it will blow over in a few days, but for now I think Iām managing quite well to play dumb and incredibly talented. I mean I beat back a system incursion all by my self. Iām pretty impressive.Ā Ā
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Cut to front desk 12:00Ā
Friday December 14
MAYA filling out a packing slip.
ANGELO crosses to desk.
Ā
ANGELO
What are you doing? Its lunch time.
MAYA
Iām almost done.Ā
ANGELOĀ
Does it have to go out before lunch? Is it the most important piece of mail in the country.
MAYA (snappish)Ā
No. But I like to finish a thing when I start it.Ā
ANGELO
Maya, there are cardboard toboggans in the stairwell and a month of splitting Colemanās parking space to the fastest contestants. Donāt let me down. You and I are unstoppable.Ā
MAYA (laughing)
What makes you so sure we can win.
ANGELO
Gravity is on our side in this.
MAYA
Ā I feel like you just called me fat.
ANGELO
Nonsense. I just called us fat. And a shoe in to win if youāll just move your ass.Ā
Ā
Ā
MAYA leaves box.
Ā
MAYAĀ
I should be more offended right?
ANGELO (chuckling)
Nah. This is too much fun.
Ā
MAYA follows ANGELO.Ā
Cut to stairwell. Walls paddedĀ
With bubble wrap, at bottomĀ
Landing a boxes, couchĀ
cushions, and packing peanuts
Make a landing pad.
DANIEL BURNS at base ofĀ
Stairs with stop watch.
One pair after another sitsĀ
On flattened boxes and slidesĀ
down stairs screaming andĀ
laughing. MIRIAM and CLARA.
MICHAEL and HANNAH. CORYĀ
and FRANK. MAYA and ANGELO.
GABRIELLA sits on cardboardĀ
box slightly stiff. JACK sits behind
Reaching an arm out, hesitates.Ā
Ā
JACK (whispers)
Is this okay?
Ā
GABRIELLA nods, smiles, back to
JACK.Ā
JACK closes arm aroundĀ
GABRIELLAās waist. GABRIELLAĀ
Lays a hand over his.Ā
Toboggan jerks forward, pair slide
Down and tumble laughing intoĀ
cushions.
Ā
DANIEL BURNS
And the winners are (dramatic pause) Angelo and Maya!
Ā
Laughter and cheering.Ā
Ā
ANGELO( to MAYA)
Told ya so!Ā Ā
Ā
Cut to conference room.Ā
GABRIELLA hand at waistĀ
Where JACK held her. Beat.Ā
Ā
GABRIELLAĀ
I donāt know if I liked him before. But I definitely do now.Ā
Ā
Cut to basement IT.
Friday 4:30Ā
GABRIELLA at deskĀ
Typing away, humming
A Christmas song, underĀ
breath. JACK leans over
Cubicle wall.Ā
Ā
JACK (quietly)
So there is something Iāve been wanting to do for a few days now, and Iām not sure how to go about it. Its something nice, but technically it would require invading your personal space again, and the point is to do something youāll enjoy, not to make you uncomfortable. But I donāt know if it would be better to surprise you orā
Ā
GABRIELLA (whispers) (interrupting)
Are you asking my permission to kiss me?
Ā
JACK chuckles in shock.
Leans close, shaking head.Ā
GABRIELLA blushesĀ
looking away.
Ā
GABRIELLA (mumbling)
No. That was (breathless) a weird thing toā¦Ā
JACK (grinning)
Should I be?
GABRIELLA
Kissing me, or asking. (snappish) Sorry. Thatās embarrassing. I wasnāt saying (beat) I was just confused by the way you were (beat) What had you wanted to ask me? Ā
JACK (playful)
Oh no you donāt. Iām having an answer to that question, its far more pressing than my original question. So lets say, hypothetically that Iām very interested in kissing you. (fraught beat) Should I ask first? Would that be something you would like, hypothetically?
GABRIELLA (nervous)
Iā¦Its not as though any other boyfriend, that is, any other guy has ever asked. I was justā
JACK (interrupting)
But do you find the idea of being asked more appealing than being surprised?
Ā
GABRIELLA breaths deeply
Unable to tear her eyes off
JACKās. Crushing the fingers
Of her left hand in her right fist.
Ā
GABRIELLA
Yes. These past few days, Iāve found having my space respected a (breathless) lovely, appealing surprise all its own.
JACK
Thats excellent information to have. Thank you.Ā
Ā
GABRIELLAās hands relax.
GABRIELLA and JACKĀ
Share unbroken regardĀ
for several beats.Ā
JACK clears throat. Looks
away.
Ā
JACK
It also helps answer my first question. I think youād prefer to be asked. So may I borrow your motherās nutcracker for a few days.
Ā
GABRIELLA stiffens. Ā
Ā
JACK
My dad used to teach shop. I think he can help me fix it.
GABRIELLA (stalling)
Doesnāt he still teach shop?Ā
JACK
Yeah. How do you know?
GABRIELLA (shrugs)
Your mom and I are Facebook friends. (speaks rapidly) I friended her looking for dirt to prank you with. But your mother is one of those people who actually looks at everyone who friends her, and she realized I work with you and started messaging me.Ā
Ā
JACK chuckles hard.
JACK
This is too much. What excuse did you give for friending her?
GABRIELLAĀ Ā
The truth. I said youād broken something of mine and I was looking for revenge.Ā
JACK
And she still accepted your friend request?
Ā
GABRIELLAĀ
Yeah. She even gave me the idea for todayās prank when I was short on ideas.
Ā
Cut to basement IT
Earlier today-10:00 a.m
JACK reading, MAIL BOY
Enters pushing cart. Stops
At JACKās desk. Holds outĀ
Christmas wrapped box.
Ā
MAIL BOY
Ooo looks like you got something special.
Ā
GABRIELLA looks up excitedly.Ā
Types rapidly on keyboard.Ā
Camera zooms in on red lightĀ
Next to JACKās desktop camera.
Camera angles wide.Ā
Ā
JACK
Thanks.Ā
Ā
JACK begins opening box.
GABRIELLAĀ stands peeksĀ
over cubicle- evil villain style. Ā
Lid flies off box and confetti
Sprays in JACKās face.Ā
JACK screams, tosses boxĀ
aside, jumping away.Ā
GABRIELLA gigglesĀ
uncontrollably.
JACK
Damn it, Gabriella! What the hell were you thinking! You could have killed me.Ā
Ā
GABRIELLA tries to speakĀ
Snorts and laughs harder.Ā
Cut to basement IT now
JACK at GABRIELLAāsĀ
Cubicle.Ā
Ā
GABRIELLA (continued)
She said they gave you a Jack-in-the-box when you were three and you (giggles) screamed and cried when it opened. She said she didnāt think you cried anymore but you still didnāt like things that pop out at you. (chewing on grin)
Ā
JACK shaking head over
And over with an annoyed
Expression.Ā
Ā
JACKĀ
I donāt know if I should be offended by the gross invasion of my privacy, and my motherās betrayal
Ā
GABRIELLA snorts.
Ā
JACK
Or oddly impressed by your ability to be simultaneously honest and duplicitous.
Ā
GABRIELLA smiling smuglyĀ
unrepentant.Ā Ā
Ā
JACK
Why did you even need help? I thought you had my whole punishment planned out from stage one to stage twelve.Ā
Ā
GABRIELLA
Oh, well I did, yes. But (beat) The later stages were more mean than funny. And once I knew you better (shrugs shyly) I didnāt want to be mean to you.
Ā
JACK grins.Ā
Cut to conference room.Ā
JACK.
Ā
JACK (charmed)
I knew she was a big softy at heart. She just had to come to it on her own. But I cannot believe she has been conspiring with my mother! (laughs) I bet Momās having the time of her life. Sheās a big time prankster. They probably really like each other.
Ā
Cut to basement IT
Ā
JACK
Well, I guess Iāll forgive your duplicity. (beat) But only if you let me have the nutcracker. I swear if I cannot fix it, I will not break it any further.Ā
GABRIELLA (nods)
I trust you.Ā
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