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Log Line for Living Love

Log Line: Five couples go through a forced-fate of love until each one of the males has the revelation of ending things for their own virility sake. Jose, a self-acclaimed demigod, lectures his male friends over dinner about the true etiquette on love. That is, until he goes against his own doctrine and dates an ex-girlfriend.

The following are pages 16,17,18 of Living Love. The screenplay has been on the market since 2005.

                                                                                                                       16

Eileen calls in sick. After hanging up, she begins to sob. She grabs a popsicle and takes Fido for a walk.

CUT-TO INT. JOE’S APARTMENT

He walks in his bedroom to find Michelle holding scissors. She has magazines scattered all over the floor.

                                                                     JOE

                             What’s going on?

                                                                     MICHELLE

                                                                        (looking innocent)

                             I’m cutting out all the pictures of girls from your magazines!

Joe doesn’t know what to say. He exits the room. Michelle continues to cut out pictures. She plays a CD. Joe leaves his apartment, gets in his car and drives off.

CLOSE-UP of Michelle’s HAND holding the scissors, cutting a picture of an attractive girl from the magazine. FADE-OUT on CLOSE-UP.

ONE MONTH LATER

INT. RESTAURANT

Jose, Carlos, and another male are having dinner at a restaurant.

                                                                     JOSE

                             All I’m saying is that a person should never go back to their 

                             ex’s- The past is the past for a reason- All a person could do

                             with their past is learn from it. You never, ever, build a new

                             relationship with a past girlfriend. You’ll be cheating yourself

                             out of life.

                                                                     ANOTHER MALE

                             What if your ex has lost weight and she looks super hott?

                                                                     JOSE

                            I’ve never dated a fat chick and I will never date a girl

                            who weighs more than me. So I’ll never see any of my ex’s

                           hotter than what they were.

                                                                     CARLOS

                                                                       (digging into his food)

                             This steak tastes so… good.

                                                                     JOSE (CON’T)

                             I just see so many people forcing their relationships to happen-

                             Every time I witness such relationships I piss in my pants with

                             laughter.

THREE GIRLS WALK IN THE RESTAURANT: Vanessa, Betty, and another female friend.

                                                                     CARLOS

                             All right, finally, hott chicks just entered the restaurant.

                                                                     JOSE

                                                                      (noticing)

                             Dam, you’re right.

The girls take a table across theirs.

                                                                     CARLOS (CON’T)

                             Jose, what’s up with Frenchy? Do you guys stay in touch?

                                                                     JOSE

                             Yeah. Sometimes we speak on the phone or we’ll go online and

                             talk for like an hour. I am definitely on her mind because she

                             needs to hear from me like every other day.

                                                                     CARLOS

                             I bet she fell in love during her visit to the States. Imagine if

                            she moves over here just to be with you.

                                                                     JOSE

                             I don’t think I’d want to move in with a girl who I had sex

                             with the first night.

Vanessa walks up to their table.

                                                                     VANESSA

                                                                        (big grin)

                             Jose, what’s up- How are you?

                                                                     JOSE

                                                                       (surprised)

                             Vanessa, wow, I had no idea it was you who walked in.

                                                                     VANESSA (CON’T)

                             I’m sorry if I’m disturbing your dinner.

                                                                     CARLOS

                             No not at all. Take a seat.

                                                                     VANESSA

                             So, Jose, are you close to a career?

                                                                     JOSE

                             I’m currently interning for a paper and should get hired by them

                             before summer.

THEY TALK FOR FIVE MINUTES. THEY EXCHANGE PHONE NUMBERS. SHE RETURNS TO HER TABLE.

                                                                     CARLOS

                             She looks better than she did in high school.   

                                                                     JOSE

                                                                      (stunned)

                             Yeah she does.

                                                                       (loss for words)

                                                                     CARLOS

                             Are you going to call her? Because, if you do call her that

                             will be against everything that you believe in as

                             far as dating ex-girlfriends.     

                                                                     JOSE

                             Yeah, you’re right. That reminds me, take Peru for example.

                             He decided to marry my ex-girlfriend. That was the

                             biggest mistake he could have ever done in his life.

                             He’s holding on to the past and keeping it for

                             his future, which is now. He’s too afraid to

                            let reality take its course and accept what it has to offer.

The waitress drops by to check on things.

                                                                     CARLOS

                             How long do you think their marriage will

                             last?                                                                  

                                                                     JOSE

                             Five years, tops. He will realize that he married

                             sloppy seconds. Just imagine if I bring to his

                             attention how I’ve had my tongue and other

                             things all over his wife, and she has the

                            ability to tell him the same thing.

                             It’s going to hit him like a train.