(Todd has taken off his jacket and they are now laying on the bed locked in a passionate kiss. Todd pulls away and kneels running his hand brushing the hair out of his face, he is breathless and losing control and scared. Up until this point Blair has been the one controlling the action. She strokes his goatee gently, then suddenly he decides to take control, he takes her arm and pushes it down on the bed above her, leans over her a second and then starts kissing her, but this time he is becoming forceful and overexcited very quickly. Blair struggles a bit and stops him with her voice)
BLAIR: Todd, Todd! (he immediate backs off her and kneels up) Todd, let’s just....let’s just....look sweetie, let’s just slow down. A little bit, alright.....let’s just slow down.
TODD: I’m scaring you, aren’t I? Aren’t I? Come on, I’m scaring you, why can’t you just admit?? I’m scaring you!
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BLAIR: (sits up) I’m not afraid of you. I’ll admit it, I used to be, every time I’d run into you, I’d think, well you know, I’m lucky to get away alive.
TODD: It’s funny, I never saw that fear in you.
BLAIR: Why? (plays with a strand of his hair, he brushes it away nervously) Because I acted tough? (she rises and crosses away) What can I say? We’re alike, steel on the outside but on the inside.....
TODD: (rolling up his sleeves, agitated) Not steel.
BLAIR: Yeah that’s us, (nervous laugh, she is feeling a little unsure now, maybe this was a bad idea) always moving too fast. So that’s why we should just take our time. Get to know each other a little better, you know.
TODD: (gets up quickly, sensing the baloney, cutting to the quick) Come on! Look, the only reason that you’re here with me is because you want to forget someone else, which is just fine! But let’s keep everything out in the open here, okay?
BLAIR: Okay, okay!
TODD: (with much emotion) There are....a lot of things about myself that I wouldn’t mind forgetting.
BLAIR: Alright. Well, then let us make a pact, okay? There are no rules except one. (she holds up a finger to her lips) There are no rules, except no love. No love, alright? No love.
TODD: (quickly, not making eye contact) No problem.
BLAIR: Good. (looks around) Well, let me see here. (holding up the bottle of liquor) Oh man, you got anything else to drink in this dump.
TODD: (looking down) No.
BLAIR: Well then, it looks like we’re gonna have to go to my place. (she gets her coat on) I will show you a view of Llanview that you are just gonna love! (he’s not saying a word with his head down) What’s the matter? What? (twirling her car keys)
TODD: (in a whisper, he grabs the keys from her) I’ll drive.
BLAIR: You gonna be macho? You have to be in control?
TODD: (what she said is very much the truth on both counts and he knows he is NOT in control) I’m not in control. It’s just that I’m the one who’s sober. (gets his coat)
BLAIR: Well I could still drive us there!
TODD: Look......you don’t exactly have the best record behind the wheel! (they both laugh) So, uh, what’s your place like?
BLAIR: (up close) You are gonna love it! And it is gonna love you. (strokes his hair) Can promise you that! Let’s go. Come on! (he sighs, pauses a moment, so unsure, then follows her out the door)
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