Dogfight Scene 2d4e1q

ROSE I’m down here Eddie. You got me out of bed, what do you want? EDDIE (hands rose) A rose for a rose. (beat) I thought you’d like it. ROSE That’s all you’ve got to say? I just want you to know one thing. It’s the only reason I came out here. You’re the ugly one, not me. (beat) You know that girl Marcy? She said she won first prize. Your friend Rolan didn’t find her, he hired her. EDDIE Aw, come on. ROSE He hired her. I heard them fighting. He was trying to weasel her out of her share. He’s not only a moron and a cheat. He’s a cheapskate. EDDIE No shit. (beat) ROSE Did I win anything? EDDIE No. In fact you were disqualified. Too pretty. ROSE What about all those other girls? What about their feelings? Don’t they have feelings? EDDIE They didn’t know nothing about it. Besides you’re different. I mean how many

jarheads were in that shithole? How many tried to talk their girl out of going and before dancing too? Because when you dance that’s final judgment. ROSE What? Are you saying I should take that as a compliment? EDDIE Yeah. ROSE A compliment is when you say something nice about someone, not whenEDDIE I’m telling you it’s a compliment. ROSE There’s no such person as Jim Swayne. He doesn’t even exist. You don’t know anything about music. You don’t know who Pete Seeger is or even Woody Guthrie. You don’t even know how to apologize. You think you know everything, but you don’t. Goodnight Eddie. EDDIE Now hold it, Rose, please. Look I know you’re sore, I feel rotten about it. Let me make it up to you. You gotta believe me. I’m sorry. I wanna take you to dinner. ROSE Is that your idea of a joke? EDDIE No, I mean it. I don’t care what you look like. ROSE I wish you did. EDDIE There’s lots of shit I don’t know Rose. I don’t know what the hell I’m doing yapping at you like a god damn idiot. I don’t know what’s the right thing to say. But I want to be here with you Rose. I know that. I just…can’t help it. (beat)

If you want me to leave now just tell me to leave and I’m gone. I’m fucking out of here. ROSE You’re gonna stop swearing. EDDIE Okay. ROSE Okay. EDDIE Okay…what? ROSE Okay. Let’s go to dinner. But if this is some part of your stupid dogfight, I swear I’ll kill you. EDDIE No, I promise. Just you and me at a nice t having a nice meal. ROSE And never mention the dogfight again. EDDIE Roger that. ROSE And it’ll be just like going on a regular date, right? EDDIE Just two regular people on a regular date. ROSE Right. EDDIE Good.

ROSE Okay. EDDIE Fine. SONG!