Ep.4 “Paparazzi Blitz” pt2
[continued] …
LAUREN
I wish I could’ve seen the look on his face.
DEMI
Front page.
(Lauren faces Demi confused)
To see that love tap to the forehead, check out the front page.
[Lauren fumbles through the pages and blurts out a cryptic laugh]
Ramone got clocked straight to the dome.
(To Sunny)
I didn’t know you had it in you. So this is why the photogs are camped outside your front door.
SUNNY
Give me that.
(Grabs for paper)
I took a little Tae Kwon Do over the years.
[Lauren dances around, keeping the paper out of Sunny's reach]
LAUREN
Apparently. Shoot I may sign up for a flew classes.
SUNNY
You two aren’t going to let me live this down are you?
DEMI
Neither is The Dallas Urban Tribune. Girl it’ll take days, maybe weeks before this fire is snuffed out.
SUNNY
That’s exactly why I’m not leaving my house until it does. It’s one thing to generate press as a publicist, it’s another to be the topic of conversation.
LAUREN
Well you didn’t need him as a boyfriend. Maybe you can lose him as a client too.
SUNNY
That won’t be too hard. KD wasn’t excited about what happened at the charity event. I got fired.
LAUREN
No way. Girl, that job was everything to you and you lost it over that fool.
SUNNY
I don’t know what to do.
DEMI
We’ll figure it out sis.
[Demi sits on sofa and hugs Sunny]
LAUREN
Of course we will. Cause no one puts baby in the corner.
[Sunny rolls off sofa and paces the floor]
SUNNY
Lauren don’t you take anything seriously? My life is in shambles.
LAUREN
My bad. I just had my dirty dancing fix on the flight back from Houston. Okay, let me think and do some networking and we’ll figure all this out.
(Stops at hallway mirror)
Man! When I’m looking this good, it’s hard to not pay attention.
(Sunny rolls her eyes yawning)
Ooh wee! Girl your breath is straight up kickin’.
(Pulls a stick gum out of her purse and offers it to Sunny)
Chew it up girl, chew it up.
SUNNY
Lauren. If you don’t get your narrow behind out of my way I’m going to drop kick you right where you stand.
LAUREN
Ooh, I’m so scared; Sunny is going to give me a karate kick to the forehead.
(Looks at Sunny’s forlorn expression)
You still love me like a play cousin.
SUNNY
Like my fifth twice removed and don’t go repeating that. I got a rep to protect.
DEMI
Not after that stunt you pulled the other night. I can’t wait to see it on Dallas Nightlife TV.
[Sunny turns off TV, suddenly vulnerable]
SUNNY
Listen, I know the both of you, in a twisted kind of way, are trying to take my mind off things but I need few days to process it all. My engagement is off and I’m out of a job.
LAUREN
Dag, when you put it like that, I’ll ease off. We’ll talk later, Demi are you ready?
[Lauren and Demi say their good byes and squeeze through the front door. Sunny follows them and struggles to close door. She braces her back against it and looks heavenward]
