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JANE
Okay, so what’s
our conclusion?
KATHY
I don’t know.. I don’t
even know what I’m
getting at… Talking about
Fonzie’s not gonna help
solve our little mystery.
JANE
What if we talk about Potsie?
Or Ralph Malph?
KATHY
That won’t help, either.
Something has to explain
why she hasn’t asked me
about it. Or any of us
for that matter.
JANE
Well… There’s a simple
solution to all of this.
KATHY
What?
JANE
Call her up
and ask her.
KATHY
(hesitantly)
Yeah, yeah, I will..
I will…
Just not right now.
JANE
Why not?
What could be more
important than Charlotte’s
bracelet?
KATHY
Nuclear catastrophe?
JANE
Not even close.
KATHY
Besides, I’ve got some
more thinking I want to
do about a related topic. Let’s
go over to the couch.
JANE
Oh, goody.
Can we cuddle?
KATHY
No, we can’t cuddle.
JANE
(disappointed)
Why not?
KATHY
Because we’re grown
women, Jane. We
don’t cuddle anymore.
JANE
But I like to.
KATHY
Yeah, I know you do.
That’s fine. Do you want
a soda first? I can get
you a soda.
JANE
No, I’m good, thank you.
They get
settled.
JANE
Kathy, I don’t wanna
break up right now.
KATHY
We’re not breaking up right now.
We’ve still got another year to go.
JANE
I don’t think I want to
then, either.
KATHY
Jane, this was your
idea, remember?
You said we might all end
up hating each other if
we stayed together too long.
JANE
Yeah, I know I said that…
But that was before all
of this happened. I didn’t know
we’d turn into wanted criminals.
KATHY
We’re not wanted
criminals, remember?
They don’t know
anything about us.
JANE
You know what
I mean… I can’t
believe we did that.
KATHY
Well.. just think of the alternative…
If we’d have called the cops,
Belinda could be in jail right now…
Even if they did prove the death
was accidental, it doesn’t matter…
The press would have zoomed
in, our show would be cancelled,
we’d be shunned from the
entertainment community…
We’d have to live like scumbags
for the rest of our lives…
You don’t want that.. I don’t
want that… None of us do.
JANE
I’m just worried that
we’re still gonna get busted…
But, it’ll be harder on us now.
We’ve committed a worse crime
by covering everything up.
KATHY
Oh, Jane… Try not to
worry so much, okay?
It’s not good for your health…
We’ll be okay…
If we stick together.
JANE
(smiling)
Are we gonna
stick together?
KATHY
If you want to.
JANE
Oh, Kathy…
Now they
cuddle.
KATHY
Hey.. You know what
I was thinking?
JANE
What?
KATHY
Can you imagine..
the five of us..
sitting around.. thirty
years from now..
in front of some interviewer
from some major newscast…
knowing that we have
this dark, dirty secret
inside of us?
JANE
Omigod, that
is SO us!
KATHY
Isn’t it?!!
And.. and knowing that we
have to hide it from the
world for the rest of our lives!
JANE
That’s not gonna
be easy for me.
KATHY
(sarcastically)
I know, Jane…
Try and keep up, will ya?
Try and stay within the spirit
of the conversation..
Can you do that?
JANE
(laughing)
I’ll try.. I’m sorry.
KATHY
It’s just unbelievable, isn’t it?
I mean– we are five,
weird chicks, ya know?
JANE
I’ve known that for
eight years now.
KATHY
So.. we’ll stick
together, okay?
Forever and ever.
JANE
Can you be
sure of that?
KATHY
I don’t have to…
Nobody or no thing
can ever break us up…
The Go-Go’s will always be a band.
Our music and our spirit will
live on for all of eternity.
For all the future generations
of the world to enjoy. Do you
know how I know?
JANE
How?
KATHY
Because we’re more than just a band, Jane.
We’re a tribe of warriors. We’re pioneers.
We’re five, abandoned women in covered
wagons heading west for the first time.
Not many women have done what we’ve done.
We’ve been fighting battles from the very
beginning. Including each other. You guys
were fighting battles long before I came along.
Do you remember getting spit on by those
asshole skinheads over in England?
JANE
Oh, I remember.
That was rough.
KATHY
Right— And did
that stop you?
JANE
Nope.
KATHY
And it won’t stop us now.
A pioneer is someone who
always has to see what’s on
the other side of the horizon.
Otherwise, life isn’t worth living.
That’s us.
JANE
You’re making
me cry.
KATHY
The Go-Go’s will never die, Jane…
And that goes for you too,
you understand?
Don’t you ever die
on me.. you hear me?
Don’t you ever fucking
die on me, Jane!
JANE
(sobbing)
I won’t, I promise.
KATHY
And that goes for the rest of us, too.
There’s only one way we’re going out.
Right on stage. That’s the only way a
rock n’ roller goes out… They’re gonna
have to drag our dead carcasses right
off the stage.. All five of us.
JANE
I hope so…
God, I hope so.
They both pause
to think about
all of this.
JANE
You know…
It’s funny that you should
bring up our lives thirty
years from now.
KATHY
Oh?
JANE
Yeah… It reminds me of
something that I was
thinkin’ about a while back.
KATHY
What was that?
JANE
(hesitates)
Kathy? …
Can I ask a big
favor of you?
KATHY
Of course.
JANE
This is a big one.
KATHY
Okay.. I’m curious…
What is it?
JANE
When we get older…
If we’re both still single…
Will you live with me?
KATHY
Live with you?
Why would you want
to do that?
JANE
Why not? We’re sisters…
We get along great together.
KATHY
We’re not really sisters, Jane.
JANE
You know what I mean…
We’re sisters in a spiritual way…
We have a bond that can’t be
broken… We just talked about it.
KATHY
But living together is a whole
different ballgame… I get the
feeling that I’m not that easy
to live with… I don’t get along
that well with men… I’m too
headstrong.
JANE
Yeah, but I’m not a man…
That makes a big difference.
KATHY
What brought all of
this on? Have you been
thinking about this
for a while?
JANE
No… Just a little bit
the other day.
KATHY
Don’t you want
to get married?
JANE
Yeah, I do…
I’m just thinkin’
about “what if?”
KATHY
You mean— What if we
both get divorced. Is
that it?
JANE
Well.. I hate to say it,
but, yeah.. I guess so…
KATHY
Kinda’ depressing, don’t
ya’ think? Planning our
lives around getting
divorced… It’s sorta creepy.
JANE
It’s just a completely..
hypothetical situation, Kath…
Don’t read too much into it.
Like I said— If we just happen
to be alone… for whatever
reason… would you have any
problem living with me?
KATHY
Actually, I wouldn’t, Jane…
I think it would be fun…
Have you thought about this
scenario with anyone else?
JANE
No, that’s weird…
I only thought about you.
KATHY
That’s not exactly a
compliment, buddy.
JANE
(laughs)
I know, I’m sorry…
I just pictured everyone else
married, that’s all… Even
my other friends.
KATHY
Well, I’d be happy to be
your roommate, Janey-Pooh.
JANE
(enchanted)
Oh, Kathy…
I love you.
KATHY
So, what did you
have in mind?
JANE
I was thinkin’ …
We could get a little farm…
Ya’ know, somewhere up
north of here… Somewhere up
by Morro Bay.. or San Louis…
Somewhere near the vineyards…
We could get some animals…
Ya’ know, some chickens and
some goats, a milking cow…
Some dogs running around…
We could grow our own food…
And, of course, a little studio in
our house to record all the songs
that we write… Doesn’t that
sound great?
KATHY
It sounds awesome…
It really does.
Kathy starts
to cry.
JANE
Why are you crying?
KATHY
I don’t know…
It’s just you…
You’re so sweet, Jane…
You have the mind of a child…
You never stop believing.
JANE
(tears up also)
Thank you.
KATHY
I love our lives so much…
I love being a Go-Go…
I love being your friend, Jane.