JUNE I don’t think you could be boring if you tried.
LENA (quiet) Quieter. Probably boring.
Underneath a quick, almost reckless wit is someone terrified of being truly known. When she meets JUNE (late 20s, sincere, a little lost), a customer who keeps ordering pie at 2 a.m., Lena’s defenses start showing hairline cracks. The scene below takes place after their third late-night conversation — the first time Lena doesn’t make a joke to escape. INT. DINER – NIGHT anya ivy casting
LENA (almost a smile) That’s because you haven’t seen me on three hours of sleep and a sugar crash. JUNE I don’t think you could be boring if you tried
The jukebox plays low. Rain streaks the window. JUNE sits across from LENA in a booth, coffee gone cold. Underneath a quick, almost reckless wit is someone
JUNE You ever wonder what you’d be like if you’d stayed?
JUNE You don’t have to be the sharpest thing in the room with me.