SHOESHINE BOY in his mid-sixties, with
large jowls and silver close-cropped
hair.  Jerome stands nearby, watches
intently--
 
MORRIS
(musing)
The girl has expensive tastes.
I wonder if she can sing.
 
JEROME
As fine as she is...she
doesn't have to know how to
sing.
 
MORRIS
(grace)
I know that's right.
(to Shoeshine)
Hey -- watch it now.
 
The Shoeshine Boy looks up balefully --
Morris smiles, then grits his teeth--
 
MORRIS
I want you to stay out of the
set tonight.  I want you to
work the floor.
 
JEROME
What for?
 
MORRIS
I want to know when that sweet
thing shows up.  You stay by
the door, you see her, you
come get me, cool?
 
JEROME
Cool.  I come get you -- let
you know the girl's there.
 
MORRIS
Well, not if I'm with my other
babes.  That wouldn't be cool.
I don't want to break their
hearts, and you know how I
feel abouy that.  So we ought
to have like, a signal.
 
JEROME
A password.
 
MORRIS
Okay.  What's the password?
 
JEROME
You got it.
 
MORRIS
Got what?
 
JEROME
The password.
 
MORRIS
The password is what?
 
JEROME
Exactly.
 
MORRIS
The password is exactly?
 
JEROME
No, it's--
 
MORRIS
-- Hold it now.  Slow down.
The babe walks in and you see
her.
 
JEROME
I see her.
 
MORRIS
You come get me.
 
JEROME
I come get you.
 
MORRIS
And I'll probably have a
couple little sexies on the
stand-by, and we don't want to
upset them, do we?  So you
just glide by me and
say...what?
 
JEROME
Okay.
 
MORRIS
The password is okay?
 
JEROME
Far as I'm concerned.
 
 
MORRIS
Dammit!  Say the password.
 
JEROME
What.
 
MORRIS
Say the password, sperm
breath!
 
JEROME
The password is what.
 
MORRIS
(frustrated)
That's what I'm asking you!
 
JEROME
(more frustrated)
It's the password!
 
MORRIS
The password is it?
 
JEROME
(exasperated)
Ahhhhh! The password is what!
 
MORRIS
It!  You just said so!
 
JEROME
The password isn't it!  The
password is--
 
MORRIS
-- What?
 
JEROME
Got it!
 
MORRIS
1 got it?
 
JEROME
Right.
 
MORRIS
It or right?
 
JEROME
(perplexed)
What??
 
The Shoeshine Boy looks  up slowly --
regards them with a soulfull look--
 
SHOESHINE BOY
Either of you do heavy drugs?
 
(27) EXT. STORE WINDOW AND MALL SHOPS -- DOWNTOWN --
AFTERNOON
 
The SIDEWALKS are alive with bustling
SHOPPERS.  Vanity walks aimlessly past
store windows, staring longingly at the
expensive items.
 
BRIDAL SHOP
 
as she stops suddenly and stares
transfixed.  A YOUNG WOMAN, startingly
similiar to her in looks and coloring,
tries on a beautiful bridal gown as a
SEAMSTRESS adjusts the hem.  The entire
scene is warm and endearing.  Vanity is
struck by lt's beauty and seems to sigh.
The Young Woman looks up suddenly,
catches Vanity's gaze, and gives her an
affectionate smile.  Vanity smiles back
avidly, then--
 
PRINCE (0.  S .)
Give me that.
 
She looks up startled--
 
PRINCE
There ... on your boot.
 
She looks  down -- it's the expensive
gold chain.  She hesitates, then hands
it to him.  He drops it into his pocket,
walks away--
 
VANITY
Hey, wait!
 
She runs after him--
 
VANITY
Give it back to mel
 
He continues to walk briskly -- she
starts pulling on his coat--
 
PRINCE
You can have it back later.
 
VANITY
I want it back now, okay?
 
PRINCE
Who gave it to you?
 
VANITY
A person
 
PRINCE
Female or male?
 
VANITY
Huh ...
 
PRINCE
You're lying.  I can tell just
by your reaction that you're
lying.
 
He moves away briskly -- Vanity stands
her ground, amused--
 
PRINCE
So you gave it to me -- it's
not yours anymore.
 
He stops short -- something has caught
his eye.  She's curious, comes up behind
him, then--
 
VANITY
You see something you like?
 
He puts on his sunglasses.  A GUITAR
stands prominently in the window.
 
PRINCE
Let's go for a ride.
 
He flips her the gold chain' -- turns
hastily.  She weighs it in her hand,
studies the guitar--
 
VANITY
It's pretty.
 
(28) EXT.  HIGHWAY -- DUSK
 
Prince and Vanity on his MOTORCYCLE
blazing down the HIGHWAY, twisting
through TRAFFIC.  The CITY is behind
them, receding into the distance.
 
(29) Ext. COUNTRYSIDE -- DUSK
 
They pull off an access road, drop down
a small embankment, ride down a narrow,
dirt road.
 
LAKESIDE
 
The pull to a stop.  A LAKE stretches
before them.  Vanity gets off the bike,
walks around exploring, casting curious
glances at Prince.  He stands by the
water, idly tossing stones--
 
VANITY
My psychic told rne I was
going to be famous.
 
PRINCE
How much did that cost you?
 
VANITY
Fifty bucks.  It was a good
investment.
 
He doesn't respond -- she suddenly feels
shy--
 
VANITY
No seriously -- My psychic did
tell me.  I was in a play
once.
 
PRINCE
Oh, yeah -- what did you play?
 
VANITY
Isadora Duncan...
 
She stretches her arms like a butterfly,
does a little step--
 
VANITY
That means I can sing and
dance.
(a beat)
Want to help me?
 
PRINCE
(swiftly)
Nope.
 
VANITY
(surprised)
Pardon me?
 
PRINCE
Nope.
 
She's Perplexed--
 
PRINCE
Want to know why?
 
VANITY
(defensively)
Nope.
 
PRINCE
(a beat)
Because you wouldn't pass the
initiation.
 
VANITY
What initiation?
 
PRINCE
Well, for starters ycu have to
purify yourself in the waters
of Lake Minnetonka.
 
VANITY
What?
 
PRINCE
You have to purify yourself in
Lake Minnetonka.
 
Her brow furrows, she looks out across
the lake.  He's calmly throwing stones.
Recognizing a challenge when she sees
one, she formulates a plan, faces him
seductively, shoots him an open look.
He stops suddenly, locks eyes with her,
feels his knees go weak.  Her hold on
him is unmistakable.  She pulls off her
blouse in one fluid motion, tugs off her
boots, drops her pants to the ground.
She's exquisite, takes a step toward
him.  Passion rings in his veins ...
 
Suddenly she turns on her   heels, moves
purposefully toward the water.  He's
shocked,  realizes that she's about to
go in--
 
PRINCE
Hey, wait a minute! Thats--
 
But she silences him savagely--
 
VANITY
We made a deal!
 
And before he can react she scampers
along a log, DIVES beneath the surface.
He can't believe it -- her spirit really
impresses him.  She breaks the surface
coughing and sputtering, hops and jumps
to the shore--
 
PRINCE
Hold it.
 
VANITY
What?