33. All The World Is In Despair... - Leslie




• FADE IN:


• INT. PIRELLI’S - NIGHT


• NICK sits in a restaurant at the center of a long table packed with young people talking and laughing.


• He sits, isolated from everyone else, silent.


• NICK
• Welcome to the jungle, where nothing is quite as it...


• BEN
• What?


• BEN turns towards him, shifting in his chair.


• He readjusts his blazer..

as it...

• BEN
• You’ve been pretty quiet tonight, what’s up?


• Nick shrugs.


• BEN
• Fine.


• Ben turns back to his conversation.


• Nick stares gloomily at his plate and pushes his gnocchi around the plate, leaving trails of creamy white sauce.


• Ben turns back towards him.


• BEN
• Cheer up! If people notice, you’re going to ruin the mood.


• NICK
• They’re not going to notice.


• BEN
• Sure they will.


• He looks around, a bit unsure.


• NICK
• You need to stop throwing me birthday parties...it’s nothing to celebrate.


• He gets up, and pushes his chair in.


• Ben watches him leave, then turns back to the table. The conversation carries on loudly; no one has noticed Nick’s departure.


• FADE TO BLACK.