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CONTINUED:<br />
14.<br />
SKYLER<br />
(sotto, to Walt)<br />
Why is he doing this in front of<br />
everyone? What is he, eight?<br />
Walt doesn’t answer. He’s trying to figure out how to make<br />
himself disappear before Elliott gets to his gift.<br />
But it’s too late. The next gift Elliott reaches for is<br />
Walt’s. The clumsily wrapped package looks like it could,<br />
indeed, be for an eight-year-old.<br />
ELLIOTT<br />
(reads the tag)<br />
Ah, this one’s from Walt.<br />
Elliott scans the crowd, spots Walt hiding in the back.<br />
Walt is frozen with anxiety, fearing the most humiliating<br />
moment of his life.<br />
CLOSE ON WALT, watching nervously as Elliott tears the<br />
wrapping paper off his gift, revealing...<br />
... a package of RAMEN NOODLES. The kind that comes in a<br />
block and costs 25 cents. Boil ‘em in water, add that nasty<br />
flavor packet, stir and enjoy.<br />
A confused hush falls over the crowd. Walt wants to die.<br />
ELLIOTT<br />
Oh my God. Yum-Good Ramen!<br />
Elliott bursts into a shit-eating grin. He rises to his<br />
feet, holding up the package of ramen for all to see.<br />
ELLIOTT<br />
This is what Walt and I ate for ten<br />
months straight while we were<br />
working on our thesis. They sold<br />
‘em at the campus store for ten<br />
cents a piece. It’s a miracle we<br />
didn’t die of malnutrition. To<br />
this day, I’m convinced these<br />
noodles were responsible for our<br />
success. This stuff was our<br />
lifeblood.<br />
As Elliott gazes with affection at the ramen, it’s clear<br />
that he sincerely loves this simple, sentimental present.<br />
ELLIOTT<br />
Where the hell did you find these?<br />
I thought they’d been outlawed.<br />
(CONTINUED)
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