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CHARLOTTE
I can’t believe you just said that.
JANE
What?
CHARLOTTE
I just read an article about
her in OMNI magazine.
JANE
Joan of Arc?
In OMNI magazine?
CHARLOTTE
Yeah, I know the two don’t
sound like they go together.
But, that’s because she not only
claims to have heard voices from
saints, but she also claims to
have been abducted by aliens.
JANE
Really? Wow, I didn’t know that.
CHARLOTTE
Yeah, apparently, she wrote
down in some scroll that she
was visited by aliens that came to
her in some sort of a rectangular-
shaped, time- traveling device,
and that she was abducted by these
aliens and taken away to the future.
JANE
Really?
CHARLOTTE
Yeah, but she wrote down
that these aliens were human,
like her, and when she
was in the future, she had an
encounter with one of them.
JANE
That’s incredible.
CHARLOTTE
Yeah, how bout’ it, huh?
Apparently, it was this tiny,
elfin-like being, with short, dark
hair, that played the lute and spoke
to her in this whiny-ass voice..
and told her to return to France
and save the country from
the English.
JANE
Wow!
CHARLOTTE
Yup. And this little being
even taught her how to curse,
which Joan was strictly
against because of how
religious she was… But then,
supposedly, she taught her
soldiers how to curse, and they
believe that might have
helped to rile up the troops
and defeat the English.
JANE
Son-of-a-bitch.
That’s fucking amazing.
CHARLOTTE
Yup.. Crazy story, huh?
JANE
And they found all of
this in a scroll she had?
CHARLOTTE
Yup. When she was captured
by the British, they found it
and revealed it at her trial.
And that’s why they found
her guilty of heresy.
JANE
No shit?
CHARLOTTE
So.. it could be that this
creature from the future
helped save France forever.
Maybe even world democracy.
JANE
I’ll be damned. Now I’m
gonna have a dream about
that tonight.
CHARLOTTE
Oh?
JANE
Yeah, that’s how dreams work.
Something poignant that
happened to you during the day.
That’s what you dream about.
CHARLOTTE
You’re not gonna dream
about Kathy’s broken toe?
JANE
No, ha-ha, that will be down
the road… Nope, tonight I’ll
dream that I’m Joan of Arc !
Riding my white horse and
saving the world from their
oppressors ! Ya’ never know,
I might wanna live in France
someday.
CHARLOTTE
Really? You?
JANE
Yeah, why not? Somewhere
out in the countryside with
my gorgeous, French husband..
and our gorgeous, little child.
Don’t you ever dream about
stuff like that?
CHARLOTTE
Me? Nah, I like it right here
in California.. Beautiful, sunny..
Nice and peaceful… No hassles, no
civil unrest, ever… I love Malibu.
JANE
You do have a beautiful
home, Charlotte.
CHARLOTTE
Thank you, I love it.
JANE
Hey, maybe I should move
to Malibu ! Then it would be
easier for us to get together
and write songs !
CHARLOTTE
(smiling)
I’ll find you a place right
here on the beach next to me.
JANE
That reminds me, you and I
haven’t sat down together
in almost three weeks.
Am I gonna see you tomorrow?
CHARLOTTE
I don’t know.. I don’t think so.
I gotta finish that western scene,
and then I gotta’ meet up with
this guy from the advertising
department.. But, I’ll try, Jane. I’ll try.
JANE
(sweet as sugar)
Okay… It’s alright, Charlotte,
I know how busy you are…
And don’t worry about Myles.
At least none of us are interested
in him. That would mess
things up, wouldn’t it?
CHARLOTTE
Yeah, it would… And you’re right,
I’m not gonna worry about it.
I’m just gonna let nature take
its course. I’ll be alright.
JANE
Where’s Sean?
CHARLOTTE
He’s up in Monterey with
his brother doing some gigs
with his band.
JANE
Oh, yeah?!
CHARLOTTE
Yeah, they’re doing pretty good.
They got some good tunes.
I’m sure he’s hoping I
can help get him signed.