Post by eleganceatheart on Jul 8, 2003 20:15:04 GMT -5
Jack's Birthday Surprise
by Denise
laughing and kissing and various mockups are strewn around the office.
JACK: Well this certainly was fun. Thank you.
JENNIFER: You're welcome. But it's not quite over yet.
JACK: Oh please don't tell me Vern is hiding around here somewhere -
JENNIFER: No, he's not. (Kisses him)
JACK: Perhaps we should head on home for the rest of this evening? (Kisses her)
JENNIFER: Nope, not yet. (BEAT) Which one of these was your favorite?
JACK: My favorite? (Unsure) Well, I don't - which one is your favorite?
JENNIFER: Uh uh uh.
JACK: Damn if I didn't teach you too well. Hmm ... okay ... (looks at a few of the papers and smiles pointing to one) That one.
It is a story about their wedding.
JENNIFER: (smiling) Hmm ... that one was my favorite until I came across a better one.
JENNIFER hops up from JACK'S lap and walks over to his desk, picking up another newsaper. She returns to face him.
JACK: What, pray tell, do you have behind your back, Miss Horton?
JENNIFER: Wouldn't you just love to know?
JACK makes a move as though he's going to tickle her, but she steps back.
JENNIFER: Okay, anything but that. I'll show you.
JENNIFER brings the paper up in front of her face for him to read it.
JACK: (reading the headline) "Deveraux agrees to remarry former partner, Jennifer Horton" (He pushes the paper down so he can look at her) Wh - what?
JENNIFER: (tearing up) Will you marry me, Jack Deveraux?
JACK: This is highly unorthodox, Miss H.
JENNIFER: Not really, not for us.
JACK just smiles.
JENNIFER: (cont.) Besides don't you think you've asked me enough times for one lifetime?
JACK: (teasing) So does that mean I should turn you down until you catch up?
JENNIFER:(teasing) Well maybe this is a one-time only offer. Say yes tonight or I might not ask you again.
JACK: Come now Miss Horton, where's your sense of adventure? Where would we be today if I hadn't suffered the humiliation of seven separate proposals and rejections?
JENNIFER: Ah, incorrect information. I want a retraction.
JACK begins listing the proposals.
JACK: Rain, rooftop, courthouse, Santa suit, at our house, in the park, over dinner ... that's seven by my math.
JENNIFER: But I said yes twice so that's only five rejections.
JACK: You're going to argue with a man who was humiliated and crushed five times? I think you owe me those other two just for the embarrassment.
JENNIFER: (smiling) I had my reasons for most of those no's. (BEAT) So what's it going to be Jack, a lifetime together or more embarrassment in the future for you?
JACK: (sitting on the couch) Hmm ... let me think...
JENNIFER: It shouldn't be that hard of a decision Jack.
JACK: (pulls her onto his lap) Maybe I just need a sample of our lifetime together first.
JENNIFER: Jack! (Laughing) What kind of girl do you think I am?
JACK: (kisses her gently) I think you're the kind of woman ... the kind of woman I could spend the rest of my life with: loving, fighting, competing with, supporting -
JENNIFER: So would that be a yes?
JACK: Definitely yes.
JENNIFER wraps her arms around his neck and smiles seductively, although there are tears in her eyes, before leaning in for a kiss.
JACK: Mmm ... perhaps (kiss) we should (kiss) take this little show home (kiss)
JENNIFER: I can't wait (kiss) until we get home Jack. (kiss) Besides no one is here (kiss)
JACK: (pulls back) But I don't think the boss would like this.
JENNIFER: (pulls him closer and loosens his tie) I don't think the boss would mind at all. In fact I think the boss would appreciate this. (Unbuttons his shirt)
JACK shrugs his shoulders, easily giving into JENNIFER'S advances. As they begin to make love the camera pans over to JACK'S desk where one last newspaper rests. The headline reads, "Deveraux-Horton once again control the Spectator".
OUT on the headline.
THE END
by Denise
laughing and kissing and various mockups are strewn around the office.
JACK: Well this certainly was fun. Thank you.
JENNIFER: You're welcome. But it's not quite over yet.
JACK: Oh please don't tell me Vern is hiding around here somewhere -
JENNIFER: No, he's not. (Kisses him)
JACK: Perhaps we should head on home for the rest of this evening? (Kisses her)
JENNIFER: Nope, not yet. (BEAT) Which one of these was your favorite?
JACK: My favorite? (Unsure) Well, I don't - which one is your favorite?
JENNIFER: Uh uh uh.
JACK: Damn if I didn't teach you too well. Hmm ... okay ... (looks at a few of the papers and smiles pointing to one) That one.
It is a story about their wedding.
JENNIFER: (smiling) Hmm ... that one was my favorite until I came across a better one.
JENNIFER hops up from JACK'S lap and walks over to his desk, picking up another newsaper. She returns to face him.
JACK: What, pray tell, do you have behind your back, Miss Horton?
JENNIFER: Wouldn't you just love to know?
JACK makes a move as though he's going to tickle her, but she steps back.
JENNIFER: Okay, anything but that. I'll show you.
JENNIFER brings the paper up in front of her face for him to read it.
JACK: (reading the headline) "Deveraux agrees to remarry former partner, Jennifer Horton" (He pushes the paper down so he can look at her) Wh - what?
JENNIFER: (tearing up) Will you marry me, Jack Deveraux?
JACK: This is highly unorthodox, Miss H.
JENNIFER: Not really, not for us.
JACK just smiles.
JENNIFER: (cont.) Besides don't you think you've asked me enough times for one lifetime?
JACK: (teasing) So does that mean I should turn you down until you catch up?
JENNIFER:(teasing) Well maybe this is a one-time only offer. Say yes tonight or I might not ask you again.
JACK: Come now Miss Horton, where's your sense of adventure? Where would we be today if I hadn't suffered the humiliation of seven separate proposals and rejections?
JENNIFER: Ah, incorrect information. I want a retraction.
JACK begins listing the proposals.
JACK: Rain, rooftop, courthouse, Santa suit, at our house, in the park, over dinner ... that's seven by my math.
JENNIFER: But I said yes twice so that's only five rejections.
JACK: You're going to argue with a man who was humiliated and crushed five times? I think you owe me those other two just for the embarrassment.
JENNIFER: (smiling) I had my reasons for most of those no's. (BEAT) So what's it going to be Jack, a lifetime together or more embarrassment in the future for you?
JACK: (sitting on the couch) Hmm ... let me think...
JENNIFER: It shouldn't be that hard of a decision Jack.
JACK: (pulls her onto his lap) Maybe I just need a sample of our lifetime together first.
JENNIFER: Jack! (Laughing) What kind of girl do you think I am?
JACK: (kisses her gently) I think you're the kind of woman ... the kind of woman I could spend the rest of my life with: loving, fighting, competing with, supporting -
JENNIFER: So would that be a yes?
JACK: Definitely yes.
JENNIFER wraps her arms around his neck and smiles seductively, although there are tears in her eyes, before leaning in for a kiss.
JACK: Mmm ... perhaps (kiss) we should (kiss) take this little show home (kiss)
JENNIFER: I can't wait (kiss) until we get home Jack. (kiss) Besides no one is here (kiss)
JACK: (pulls back) But I don't think the boss would like this.
JENNIFER: (pulls him closer and loosens his tie) I don't think the boss would mind at all. In fact I think the boss would appreciate this. (Unbuttons his shirt)
JACK shrugs his shoulders, easily giving into JENNIFER'S advances. As they begin to make love the camera pans over to JACK'S desk where one last newspaper rests. The headline reads, "Deveraux-Horton once again control the Spectator".
OUT on the headline.
THE END
