FADE IN: CHEAP PIZZA PLACE - NIGHT
ROY, 25, half white and half Latino, sits at a table with his parents (white dad, Latina mom), eating slices of pizza.
DAD: Wow, this is some good pizza. But too bad they don't have beer in this place. You couldn't take usout somewhere where they serve beer, Roy?ROY: Yeah, but the pizza here is...MOM: Beer would have been nice, Roy.ROY: I know, but I just like the pizza here.
Mom and Dad give Roy a “you're lame” look
ROY
(cont'd)
: Actually, that kind of brings up something I wanted to talk to you guys about. Look,Mom...Dad...the reason I didn't take you guys anywhere nicer is because...well...I'm really, really brokeand I need to borrow some money.
Mom and Dad look concerned, but their serious faces quickly turn to laughter.
ROY: I'm serious. Why are you laughing? Please don't...it was really hard for me to ask you.MOM: As it should have! How old are you? 27, 28?ROY: 26.DAD: Whatever. Same thing. What kind of 26-year-old still leaches off his parents?MOM: Yeah, I thought I raised a boy into a man. I guess I was wrong.
(starts to cry)
DAD: Don't cry, honey. Don't cry.
(to Roy)
Jesus Christ, Roy. Look what you've done. You did this, youknow that?ROY: I'm sorry! I just needed a little help. I didn't think it would be that big of a deal.DAD: Look, son – what happened? You lost your job at that book place or what?ROY: No, I'm still working there. But it's an internship.DAD: A what?ROY: An internship.MOM: So, it's not a job?ROY: It's a job...I just don't get money.
DAD: So what the hell do you get?ROY: Experience. I learn the ropes so I can get promoted or get a job somewhere else.
Mom starts wailing again.
DAD: Jesus Christ.ROY: What?DAD: Are you stupid or something? You've been working for free and you think they were gonna giveyou a promotion? If anybody worked for me for free, I wouldn't give them a damn thing.ROY: Why not?DAD: Too damn stupid. What kind of moron works for free?ROY: It's for the knowledge, Dad. To learn the industry.DAD: I thought you went to college? What, they don't have any knowledge there? What the hell did yougo for, then?ROY: I don't really know.MOM: My son's an idiot. I raised an idiot.DAD: How the hell have you been making a living, Roy?ROY: First I was working nights at a bar, but then the people at the internship said I wasn't energeticenough...I didn't want to get fired, so then I enrolled in graduate school so I could take out a loan, andthen dropped out.DAD: So, you quit a paying job so you wouldn't get fired from a non-paying job and then went intofurther debt to pay for your non-paying job?ROY: Pretty much.MOM: I can't listen to this anymore. I just can't.
She gets up and leaves.
ROY: Dad, I just need a few bucks. I'll pay you back when I straighten things out.DAD: Roy, I gotta be honest: we're broke.ROY: Damn.DAD: We were gonna ask you if you had any dough to help get your brother out on bail.ROY: Again? Shit.
DAD: Yeah. Well, such is life. Look, we gotta catch the train back to Philly. (indicating check) You gotthis, right?ROY: Uh-huh.
Dad gets up.
DAD: You'll figure it out, kid. Could be worse. And maybe you should consider moving out of thisdamned city. You just can't afford it. Besides, it's nothing but crowds, rats, and a bunch of assholes whoget people to work for free.
Dad pats Roy on the head and exits. Roy sits at the table, takes a bite of pizza. SMASH CUT. TITLE: “BOYS”
INT. ROY's LIVING ROOM – MORNING
R
oy is asleep on the couch. CARLOS, a dark-skinned Dominican in his mid-20's, is passed out onthe floor, sitting up with his back against the couch. An alarm goes off and they both wake up.
ROY: What time is it?CARLOS
(checks cell, turns off alarm)
: Seven.ROY: Only seven? Man, why are you sleeping out here? I thought last night was your turn to take the bed?CARLOS: I had an accident.ROY: Accident?CARLOS: I was drunk last night, man. And took some pills. Don't judge.ROY: What the fuck, man – I gotta sleep on that bed every other night.CARLOS
(nodding out)
: At least I told you, bro. I'm a good roommate like that.
CUT TO:INT. BACK OF A MOVING VAN – SAME TIME
HECTOR, mid-20's, dark-skinned Latino, sits in the back of a van with other dark-skinned Latinos.They look poor and are wearing tattered clothes.The van stops.
DRIVER
(offscreen, in Spanish)
:You go first.
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