НАЗВАНИЕ: Juno (2007)
ГОД: 2007
СЦЕНАРИСТ: Diablo Cody
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                      JUNO
                   By Diablo Cody




REVISED PINK                        -- FEBRUARY 06, 2007
FULL BLUE                           -- JANUARY 22, 2007
PRODUCTION WHITE                    -- JANUARY 12, 2007
1   EXT. CENTENNIAL LANE - DUSK                                    1

    JUNO MacGUFF stands on a placid street in a nondescript
    subdivision, facing the curb. It’s FALL. Juno is sixteen years
    old, an artfully bedraggled burnout kid. She winces and shields
    her eyes from the glare of the sun. The object of her rapt
    attention is a battered living room set, abandoned curbside by
    its former owners. There is a fetid-looking leather recliner, a
    chrome-edged coffee table, and a tasteless latchhooked rug
    featuring a roaring tiger.

                         JUNO V.O.
               It started with a chair.


2   INT. BLEEKER HOUSE - MOLD-O’-RIFFIC BASEMENT- NIGHT            2

    FLASHBACK - Juno approaches a boy hidden by shadow. He’s
    sitting in an overstuffed chair. She slowly, clumsily lowers
    herself onto his lap.

    A   60’s Brazilian track plays from a vintage record player.

                         WHISPERED VOICE
               Do you know how long I’ve wanted
               this?

                         JUNO
               Yeah.

                         WHISPERED VOICE
               Wizard.


3   EXT. CENTENNIAL LANE - CONTINUED                               3

    A DOG barks, jarring Juno back to reality.

                         JUNO
               Quiet, Banana. Hey, shut your gob
               for a second, okay?

    We see a teacup poodle tethered in the yard a few feet away
    from the abandoned living room set. The dog yaps again.

                         JUNO (V.O.)
               This is the most magnificent discarded
               living room set I’ve ever seen.

    She swigs from an absurdly oversized carton of juice and
    wipes her mouth with the back of her hand.

    BEGIN ANIMATED TITLE SEQUENCE:


                                                        (CONTINUED)
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3   CONTINUED:                                                    3

    Juno marching down various street, pumping her arms like a
    jogger and chugging intermittently from the huge carton of
    juice. We watch her breathlessly navigate suburbia, clearly
    on a mission.


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6   EXT. DRUGSTORE - DAY                                          6

    Finally, a panting Juno arrives at DANCING ELK DRUG on the
    main drag of her small Minnesota suburb, Dancing Elk.

    The automatic doors of the store part to reveal Juno’s
    flushed serious face. She carelessly flings the empty juice
    container over her shoulder and onto the curb. A group of
    DROPOUTS with skateboards near the entrance glare at her.

    She enters the DRUGSTORE.


7   INT. DRUGSTORE - CONTINUOUS                                   7

    ROLLO, the eccentric drugstore clerk, sneers at Juno from
    behind the counter. He wears a polyester uniform vest.

                        ROLLO
              Well, well. If it isn’t MacGuff the
              Crime Dog! Back for another test?

                        JUNO
              I think the last one was defective.
              The plus sign looked more like a
              division sign.

    Rollo regards her with intense skepticism.

                        JUNO
              I remain unconvinced.

    Rollo pulls the bathroom key out of reach.

                        ROLLO
              This is your third test today, Mama
              Bear. Your eggo is preggo, no doubt
              about it!

    An eavesdropping TOUGH GIRL wearing an oversized jacket and
    lots of makeup gapes at Juno from the beauty aisle.

                                                      (CONTINUED)
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                         TOUGH GIRL
               Three times? Oh girl, you are way
               pregnant. It’s easy to tell. Is
               your nipples real brown?

    A pile of stolen COSMETICS falls out of the girl’s jacket and
    clatters to the floor.

                         TOUGH GIRL
               Balls!

    Juno crosses and crosses her legs awkwardly, hopping. It’s
    obvious she has to use the bathroom urgently.

                         ROLLO
               Maybe you’re having twins. Maybe
               your little boyfriend’s got mutant
               sperms and he knocked you up twice!

                         JUNO
               Silencio! I just drank my weight in
               Sunny D. and I have to go, pronto.

    Rollo sighs and slips her the bathroom key. Juno races down
    one of the aisles.

                         ROLLO
               Well, you know where the lavatory is.
                   (Calling after her) )
               You pay for that pee stick when
               you’re done! Don’t think it’s yours
               just because you’ve marked it with
               your urine!

                         JUNO
               Jesus, I didn’t say it was.

                         ROLLO
               Well, it’s not. You’re not a lion
               in a pride!
                   (to himself)
               These kids, acting like lions with
               their unplanned pregnancies and
               their Sunny Delights.


8   INT.   DRUGSTORE - BATHROOM - DAY                             8

    In the dim, reeking public bathroom, Juno hovers over the
    commode with her boxer shorts around her ankles. She clumsily
    tries to use the pregnancy test.




                                                       (CONTINUED)
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8    CONTINUED:                                                 8

     We see the test box sitting on the sink. It’s a TeenWave
     Discount Pregnancy Test. The accompanying outdated package
     photo is of a shrugging 80s teen with a resigned expression.
     The fine print on the box reads “From the makers of Sun-Glitz
     Lightening Hair Spritz!”


9    INT. DRUGSTORE - FRONT COUNTER - DAY                          9

     Juno holds the developing test in her hand and slaps the open
     test box on the front counter. Rollo scans it and bags it
     indifferently.

                         JUNO
               Oh, and this too.

     She places a giant licorice Super Rope on the counter.

                         ROLLO
               So what’s the prognosis, Fertile
               Myrtle? Minus or plus?

                         JUNO
               (examining stick) I don’t know.
               It’s not...seasoned yet. Wait. Huh.
               Yeah, there’s that pink plus sign
               again. God, it’s unholy.

     She shakes the stick desperately in an attempt to skew the
     results. Shake. Shake. Nothing.

                         ROLLO
               That ain’t no Etch-a-Sketch. This
               is one doodle that can’t be undid,
               homeskillet.


10   EXT. MACGUFF HOUSE - EVENING                                 10

     Juno walks slowly and dejectedly up the street to her house,
     gnawing on the Super Rope. She stops and loops the Super Rope
     over a low-hanging tree branch, contemplating how to fashion
     a noose.

     Juno trudges toward her HOUSE. The yard is a wild tangle of
     prairie grass and wild flowers.


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14   INT.   MACGUFF HOUSE - JUNO’S BEDROOM - NIGHT                14

     Juno’s BEDROOM is decorated with punk posters: The Damned,
     The Germs, the Stooges, Television, Richard Hell, etc.

     She picks up a hamburger-shaped phone to call her best
     friend, LEAH.


15   OMITTED                                                      15


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17   INT. LEAH’S HOUSE - BEDROOM - NIGHT                          17

     LEAH’s room is cluttered with the sentimental junk that
     certain girls love to hoard. The PHONE rings.

                          LEAH
                    (answering phone)
                Yo-yo-yiggity-yo.

                          JUNO
                I am a suicide risk.

                          LEAH
                Is this Juno?

                          JUNO
                No it’s Morgan Freeman. Got any
                bones that need collecting?

                          LEAH
                Only the one in my pants.

                          JUNO
                    (in low tones)
                Dude, I’m pregnant.

                          LEAH
                Maybe it’s just a food baby. Did
                you have a big lunch?

                          JUNO
                It’s not a food baby. I took three
                pregnancy tests today. I am
                definitely up the spout.


                                                       (CONTINUED)
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17   CONTINUED:                                                  17

                         LEAH
               How did you even generate enough
               pee for three pregnancy tests?

                         JUNO
               I drank like ten tons of Sunny
               Delight. Anyway, yeah. I’m
               pregnant. And you’re shockingly
               cavalier.

                         LEAH
               Is this for real? Like for real,
               for real?

                         JUNO
               Unfortunately, yes.

                         LEAH
               Oh my God! Oh shit! Phuket
               Thailand!

                         JUNO
               That’s the kind of emotion I was
               looking for in the first take.

                         LEAH
               Well, are you going to go to
               Havenbrooke or Women Now for the
               abortion? You need a note from your
               parents for Havenbrooke.

                         JUNO
               I know. Women Now, I guess. The
               commercial says they help women now.

                         LEAH
               Want me to call for you? I called
               for Becky last year.

                         JUNO
               Eh, I’ll call them myself. But I do
               need your help with something very
               urgent.


18   EXT. CENTENNIAL LANE - NIGHT                                18

     Leah and Juno struggle to drag a recliner across a well-
     manicured suburban lawn. They make a formidable team.

                         LEAH
               Heavy lifting can only help you at
               this point.


                                                       (CONTINUED)
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18   CONTINUED:                                                18

                         JUNO
               That is sick, man.

     Leah busts a gut laughing. It’s a stunningly accurate
     portrayal of Bleeker’s parents.

                         LEAH
               So, you were bored? Is that how
               this blessed miracle came to be?

                         JUNO
               Nah, it was a premeditated act. The
               sex, I mean, not getting pregnant.

                         LEAH
               When did you decide you were going
               to do Bleeker?

                         JUNO
               Like, a year ago, in Spanish class.


19   INT. DANCING ELK SCHOOL - SPANISH CLASS - DAY - (FLASHBACK)19

     Bleeker and Juno are sitting at their desks, listening to a
     teacher lecturing about spanish. Bleeker discreetly pushes a
     POSTCARD to Juno with his foot. She picks it up off the
     floor, reads it, then looks at Bleeker, who is watching the
     teacher obediently.


20   EXT. CENTENNIAL LANE - NIGHT                              20

                         LEAH
               Aha! You love him.

                         JUNO
               It’s extremely complicated, and I’d
               rather not talk about it in my
               fragile state.

     She hefts a coffee table with her bare hands. She’s wearing
     her father’s LIFTING BELT.

                         LEAH
               So, what was it like humping
               Bleeker’s bony bod?

                         JUNO
               It was magnificent, man!


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24    INT. BLEEKER’S BEDROOM - MORNING                            24

      CU of Bleeker putting on double socks in his Car-Bed.

      CU of Bleeker putting on his sweat bands.

      CU of Bleeker applying Runner’s Glide.


25    INT. KITCHEN - BLEEKER’S HOUSE - KITCHEN - MORNING          25

      CU of a CROISSANT POCKET warming in the microwave.


26    EXT. BLEEKER HOUSE - MORNING                                26

      PAUL BLEEKER steps onto the front porch of his house for
      early morning track practice. He wears a cross country
      uniform that reads “DANCING ELK CONDORS.” He is eating some
      kind of microwaved snack gimmick.

      Bleeker is startled to discover that Juno is outside waiting
      for him. She has somehow arranged the living room set on the
      front lawn, and is seated in the armchair, chewing a pipe
      officiously.

                             JUNO
                Hey Bleek.

                          BLEEKER
                Hey, cool tiger. Looks proud.

                          JUNO
                Yeah, I swiped it from Ms. Rancick.

                             BLEEKER
                Cool.

                          JUNO
                Your shorts are looking especially
                gold today.

                          BLEEKER
                My mom uses color-safe bleach.

                                                           (CONTINUED)
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26   CONTINUED:                                                26

                          JUNO
               Go Carole.
                   (a beat)
               So, guess what?

                         BLEEKER
                   (shrugs)
               I don’t know...

                         JUNO
               I’m pregnant.

     Stunned silence. Juno pops up the footrest of the recliner
     and leans back comfortably.

                         BLEEKER
               I guess so.
                   (fidgeting)
               What are you going to do?

     The Dancing Elk Prep cross country team runs past Bleeker’s
     house in a thundering herd, wearing a motley assortment of
     warm-ups. Their momentum stirs the crackling fall leaves.
     They wave and holler at Bleeker and Juno.

                         JUNO V.O.
               When I see them all running like
               that, with their things bouncing
               around in their shorts, I always
               picture them naked, even if I don’t
               want to. I have intrusive thoughts
               all the time.


27   OMITTED                                                      27


28   EXT. BLEEKER HOUSE - CONTINUED                               28

                         BLEEKER
               I’m supposed to be running.

                         JUNO
               I know.

     There’s an awkward silence.

                         BLEEKER
               So, what do you think we should
               do?




                                                       (CONTINUED)
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                          JUNO
                I thought I might, you know, nip it
                in the bud before it gets worse.
                Because I heard in health class that
                pregnancy often results in an infant.

                          BLEEKER
                Yeah, typically. That’s what
                happens when our moms and teachers
                get pregnant.

                          JUNO
                So that’s cool with you, then?

                          BLEEKER
                Yeah, wizard, I guess. I mean do
                what you think is right.

                          JUNO
                I’m real sorry I had sex with you.
                I know it wasn’t your idea.

                          BLEEKER
                Whose idea was it?

                          JUNO
                I’ll see you at school, O.K.?

      She mounts her bicycle and waves before riding off.

                          BLEEKER
                (to nobody in particular)
                Whose idea was it?


29    EXT. DANCING ELK SCHOOL - DAY                                29

      Juno pushes her crappy bike into the bike rack and winds a
      lock around it. In the background, a group of 3 NERDS play a
      live-action RPG.

                          NERD
                You did not! You don’t have the
                armor. That Orc Armor you bought
                from the wizard doesn’t have the
                power level to parry my hit!


29A   INT. DANCING ELK SCHOOL - CORRIDOR - DAY                    29A

      Juno tries to push through the masses, but the throng of
      students is thick and unwielding.
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30   INT. DANCING ELK SCHOOL - HALLWAY - DAY                     30

     Juno rummages through her locker, which is plastered with
     photos of Leah and Bleeker, plus a giant poster of Iggy Pop
     in his heyday.

     She grabs a dilapidated physics textbook. A few pages slip
     out. STEVE RENDAZO (the same asshole who harassed her as she
     walked to the drugstore) passes by in the hallway.

                         STEVE RENDAZO
               Hey, your book fell apart!

                         JUNO
               Yeah.

                         STEVE RENDAZO
               It must have looked at your face.
               PWAH!

     He high-fives his klatch of buddies and moves along.

                         JUNO V.O.
               The funny thing is that Steve Rendazo
               secretly wants me. Jocks like him
               always want freaky girls. Girls with
               horn-rimmed glasses and vegan
               footwear and Goth makeup. Girls who
               play the cello and wear Converse All-
               Stars and want to be children’s
               librarians when they grow up. Oh
               yeah, jocks eat that shit up.

     We see Steve looking back at Juno for a brief second with
     mixed feelings.

                         JUNO V.O.
               They just won’t admit it, because
               they’re supposed to be into perfect
               cheerleaders like Leah. Who,
               incidentally, is into teachers.

     We see Leah at the far end of the hallway, talking animatedly
     with a paunchy middle-aged teacher, KEITH.

                         LEAH
                   (from a distance)
               Me too! I love Woody Allen!
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31   INT.   DANCING ELK SCHOOL - SCIENCE LAB - DAY               31

     STUDENTS bustle in, as the teacher, MR. TINKER tries to
     maintain order. Juno heads toward her desk and sets down her
     bag.

                          MR. TINKER
                People! We’re doing our
                photomagnetism lab today, so find
                your partner and break out into
                fours.

     Juno looks up and meets eyes with her longtime lab partner:
     Bleeker. Sound the gong of awkwardness!

     Juno and Bleeker head separately over to an available lab
     station and unpack their bags in silence.

                          JUNO
                Well! Nothing like experimenting.

                          BLEEKER
                I did the prep questions for this
                lab last night. You can copy my
                answers if you need to.

     He slides a piece of graph paper in front of Juno without
     looking at her.

                          JUNO
                Oh, I couldn’t copy your work.

                          BLEEKER
                But you copy my work every week.

                          JUNO
                Oh yeah. I’m kind of a deadbeat lab
                partner, huh?

                          BLEEKER
                I don’t mind. You definitely bring
                something to the table.

                            JUNO
                Charisma?

                          BLEEKER
                Or something.

     The other two LAB PARTNERS, a humorless couple, join them at
     the station.




                                                       (CONTINUED)
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31   CONTINUED:                                                31

                         JUNO
               So, who’s ready for some
               photomagnificence?

                         GIRL LAB PARTNER
               I have a menstrual migraine, and I
               can’t look at bright lights today.

                         GUY LAB PARTNER
               Amanda, I told you to go to the
               infirmary and lie down. You never
               listen.

                         GIRL LAB PARTNER
               No Josh, I don’t take orders. Not
               from you and not from any man.

                         GUY LAB PARTNER
               You know, you’ve been acting like
               this ever since I went up to see my
               brother at Mankato. I told you,
               nothing happened!

                         GIRL LAB PARTNER
               Something happened. Because your
               eyes? Are very cold? They’re very
               cold, Josh. They’re cold, lying eyes.

                         GUY LAB PARTNER
               What? My eyes are not lying!

                         GIRL LAB PARTNER
               Yes they are, Josh. Since Mankato,
               they have been lying eyes.

     Juno and Bleeker observe the argument like tennis spectators,
     fascinated by the dynamics of a real couple.

                         BLEEKER
               Okay...I’m going to set up the
               apparatus. Juno, want to get a C-
               clamp out of that drawer?

                         GIRL LAB PARTNER
               I’m going to the infirmary.

                         GUY LAB PARTNER
               Good. Call me when you’re OFF the
               rag.




                                                       (CONTINUED)
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31   CONTINUED: (2)                                               31

                          GIRL LAB PARTNER
                Fine. Call me when you learn how to
                love just one person and not cheat
                at your brother’s college just
                because you had four Smirnoff Ices
                and a bottle of Snow Peak Peach
                flavored Boone’s!

                          GUY LAB PARTNER
                Good, I’ll be sure to do that,
                Amanda. I’ll make a note of it.

     He furiously scrawls a fake memo in his notebook.

                          JUNO
                Snow Peak Peach is the best flavor
                of Boone’s. Right, Bleek?

     Bleeker reddens and continues constructing the apparatus.

     GIRL LAB PARTNER stalks off dramatically.

     Bleeker shakes his head and rifles through his textbook.


32   INT.   MACGUFF HOUSE - JUNO’S BEDROOM - AFTERNOON            32

     Juno examines a large ad in the newspaper that depicts a
     distraught TEEN GIRL clutching her head in a moment of staged
     conflict. The ad reads: “Pregnant? Find the clinic that gives
     women choice. Women’s Choice Health Center.”

     Juno picks up her hamburger phone and dials. For a moment,
     she attempts to copy the melodramatic pose from the ad,
     checking herself out in the mirror.

                          JUNO
                (talking along with voice prompt)
                “Para instruciones en Espanol,
                oprima numero dos.”

     She presses a few buttons in succession.

                          JUNO
                Yes, hello, I need to procure a hasty
                abortion?...What was that? I’m sorry,
                I’m on my hamburger phone and it’s
                kind of awkward to talk on. It’s
                really more of a novelty than a
                functional appliance.

     She SMACKS the phone a couple of times.



                                                         (CONTINUED)
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32   CONTINUED:                                                32

                          JUNO
                Better? Okay, good. Yeah, as I said,
                I need an abortion, two
                ...sixteen...Um, it was approximately
                two months and four days ago that I
                had the sex. That’s a guestimate.
                Okay, next Saturday? Great.

     She hangs up the phone.

                          JUNO V.O.
                I hate it when adults use the term
                “sexually active.”


33   INT. HEALTH CLASS - DAY (FLASHBACK)                       33

     A HEALTH TEACHER in slo-mo puts a condom on a banana.

                          JUNO V.O. (CONT’D)
                What does that even mean? Can I
                deactivate someday, or is this a
                permanent state of being? I guess
                Bleeker went live that night we did
                it. I guess he hadn’t done it before,
                and that’s why he got that look on
                his face.


34   INT. BLEEKER’S HOUSE - MOLD-O’-RIFIC BASEMENT - NIGHT     34
     (FLASHBACK)

     We see Paulie’s face at the moment of his deflowering: he’s
     comically wide-eyed with shock.


35   INT.   MACGUFF HOUSE - DINING ROOM - NIGHT                35

     Juno, her father MAC, her stepmother BREN, and LIBERTY BELL
     sit at a very typical kitchen table, eating dinner. MAC
     shovels food while chatting about his day.

                          MAC
                You should have seen this octopus
                furnace. I had to get out my Hazmat
                suit just to get up in there...

                          JUNO V.O.
                My dad used to be in the Army, but
                now he’s just your average HVAC
                specialist. He and my mom got
                divorced when I was five.
                          (MORE)


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                          JUNO V.O. (cont'd)
                She lives on a Havasu reservation
                in Arizona...

     PHOTO: ARIZONA TRAILER PARK

                          JUNO V.O.
                ... with her new husband and three
                replacement kids. Oh, and she
                inexplicably mails me a cactus
                every Valentine’s Day.


36   INT. MACGUFF HOUSE - JUNO’S BEDROOM - DAY                 36

     PILE OF NEGLECTED CACTI festering in a corner of Juno’s room.

                          JUNO V.O.
                And I’m like, “Thanks a heap,
                Coyote Ugly. This cactus-gram
                stings even worse than your
                abandonment.”


37   INT.   MACGUFF HOUSE - DINING ROOM - NIGHT                37

     BREN is cutting up LIBERTY’S food diligently. Her nails are
     brilliant, holding the silverware.

                          JUNO V.O.
                That’s my stepmom, Bren...


     INT. BREN’S WORKROOM - DAY

     Bren stitches a needlepoint pillow of a dog.

                          JUNO V.O.
                She’s obsessed with dogs...


38   EXT. BREN’S TENS - DAY                                    38

     Bren’s nail salon in all its glory.

                          JUNO V.O.
                ... owns a nail salon called Bren’s
                Tens...


39   INT. BREN’S TENS - DAY                                    39

     Bren chats up a customer as she applies a fresh coat.



                                                       (CONTINUED)
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39   CONTINUED:                                                   39

                         JUNO V.O.
               ... and she always smells like
               methylmethacrylate.


40   INT. MACGUFF HOUSE - DINING ROOM - NIGHT                     40

     Liberty Bell coughs pitifully as Bren leans over her plate.

                         MAC
               So Juno, how did your maneuver go
               last night?

                         JUNO
               Which maneuver, sir? The one in which
               I moved an entire living room set
               from one lawn to another, or the one
               in which I cleared a sixty-four ounce
               blue slushie in ten minutes?

     Bren speaks in her strong city accent.

                         BREN
               Juno? Did you happen to barf in my
               urn? Mac, you know that nice urn by
               the front door, the one I got up in
               Stillwater? I found some weird blue
               shit, I mean stuff, gunk, in there
               this morning.

                         JUNO
               I would never barf in your urn,
               Brenda. Maybe L.B. did it.

     We see Liberty Bell blithely pouring bacon bits onto her
     dinner.

                         MAC
               Liberty Bell, if I see one more
               Baco on that potato, I’m gonna kick
               your monkey ass.


41   EXT. WOMEN’S CHOICE CLINIC - DAY                             41

     Juno trudges toward the front entrance of the clinic. There
     is a lone ABORTION PROTESTER, a teenager of Asian descent
     holding a hugely oversized sign that reads “NO BABIES LIKE
     MURDERING.”

                         LONE PROTESTER
                   (chanting in extremely
                    shy, accented voice) )
                         (MORE)

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                          LONE PROTESTER (cont'd)
                All babies want to get borned! All
                babies want to get borned!

     Juno recognizes the PROTESTER as a classmate of hers.

                         JUNO
               Uh, hi Su-Chin.

                         SU-CHIN
               Oh, hi Juno. How are you?

                         JUNO
               Good. I’m good.
                   (pause)
               Did you finish that paper for
               Worth’s class yet?

                         SU-CHIN
               No, not yet. I tried to work on it
               a little last night, but I’m having
               trouble concentrating.

                         JUNO
               You should try Adderall.

                         SU-CHIN
               No thanks. I’m off pills.

                         JUNO
               Wise move. I know this girl who had a
               huge crazy freakout because she took
               too many behavioral meds at once. She
               took off her clothes and jumped into
               the fountain at Ridgedale Mall and
               she was like, “Blaaaaah! I’m a kraken
               from the sea!”

                         SU-CHIN
               I heard that was you.

                         JUNO
               Well, it was nice seeing you.

     She continues on toward the clinic entrance.

                         SU-CHIN
                   (calling out)
               Juno!

     Juno stops in her tracks but doesn’t bother to turn around.




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                         SU-CHIN
               Your baby probably has a beating
               heart, you know. It can feel pain.
               And it has fingernails.

                         JUNO
               Really? Fingernails?

     She considers the concept, then pushes open the clinic door.


42   INT. WOMEN’S CHOICE CLINIC - RECEPTION - DAY              42

     The receptionist sits behind a pane of bulletproof glass. The
     waiting room is semi-crowded, occupied mostly by pregnant
     women, teens and ill-behaved children.

                         PUNK RECEPTIONIST
               Welcome to Women’s Choice, where
               women are trusted friends. Please
               put your hands where I can see them
               and surrender any bombs.

     Juno flashes her best jazz hands.

                         JUNO
               Hi. I’m here for the big show?

                         PUNK RECEPTIONIST
               Your name, please?

                         JUNO
               Juno MacGuff.

     The receptionist raises a pierced eyebrow and arranges some
     paperwork on a clipboard.

                         JUNO V.O.
               She thinks I’m using a fake name.
               Like Gene Simmons or Mother Teresa.

     The receptionist hands Juno the clipboard and a pen.

                         PUNK RECEPTIONIST
               I need you to fill these out, both
               sides. And don’t skip the hairy
               details. We need to know about
               every score and every sore.

     The receptionist reaches into one of those ubiquitous women’s
     clinic CONDOM JARS, and holds up a fistful of purple rubbers.




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                         PUNK RECEPTIONIST
               Would you like some free condoms?
               They’re boysenberry.

                         JUNO
               No thank you. I’m off sex.

                         PUNK RECEPTIONIST
               My partner uses these every time we
               have intercourse. They make his
               balls smell like pie.

                           JUNO
               Congrats.

     She takes a seat in the WAITING ROOM and rifles through a
     pile of old magazines. The magazine selection is lots of
     “mommy mags” and health related periodicals. She selects an
     issue of Family Digest and gingerly flips through for a few
     moments.

     Then she looks over and notices the FINGERNAILS of a nearby
     teen, who looks as nervous as she does. The girl bites her
     thumbnail and spits it onto the floor.

     Juno looks away, but immediately notices another waiting
     woman, who absently scratches her arm with long fake nails.

     Suddenly, she sees fingernails EVERYWHERE. The receptionist
     clicks her nails on the front desk. Another woman blows on
     her fresh manicure. Everyone seems to be fidgeting with their
     fingers somehow. Juno suddenly looks terror-stricken...

                                                       CUT TO:

                         PUNK RECEPTIONIST
               Excuse me, Miss MacGoof?

     There’s no answer. We see that Juno’s chair is EMPTY.

     The receptionist cranes her neck and sees the front door
     drift shut. Juno’s figure recedes into the distance as she
     tears off down the street, running as fast as she can.


43   EXT. LEAH’S HOUSE - DAY                                      43

     Leah’s front door swings open to reveal a breathless Juno
     standing sheepishly on the porch. Leah sighs.




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                         LEAH
               What are you doing here, dumbass? I
               thought I was supposed to pick you
               up at four.

                         JUNO
               I couldn’t do it, Leah! It smelled
               like a dentist in there. They had
               these really horrible magazines,
               with, like, spritz cookie recipes and
               bad fiction and water stains, like
               someone read them in the tub. And the
               receptionist tried to give me these
               weird condoms that looked like grape
               suckers, and she told me about her
               boyfriend’s pie balls, and Su-Chin
               Kuah was there, and she told me the
               baby had fingernails. Fingernails!

                         LEAH
               Oh, gruesome. I wonder if the
               baby’s claws could scratch your vag
               on the way out?

                         JUNO
               I’m staying pregnant, Le.

                         LEAH
               Keep your voice down dude, my mom’s
               around here somewhere. She doesn’t
               know we’re sexually active.

                         JUNO
               What does that even mean? Anyway, I
               got to thinking on the way over. I
               was thinking maybe I could give the
               baby to somebody who actually likes
               that kind of thing. You know, like
               a woman with a bum ovary or
               something. Or some nice lesbos.

                         LEAH
               But then you’ll get huge. Your chest
               is going to milktate. And you have to
               tell everyone you’re pregnant.

                         JUNO
               I know. Maybe they’ll canonize me
               for being so selfless.




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                         LEAH
               Maybe they’ll totally shit and be
               super mad at you and not let you
               graduate or go to Cabo San Lucas
               for spring break.

                         JUNO
               Bleeker and I were going to go to
               Gettysburg for spring break.

     Leah sighs, as if there’s no helping her nerdy friend.

                         LEAH
               Well, maybe you could look at one
               of those adoption ads. I see them
               all the time in the Penny Saver.

                         JUNO
               There are ads? For parents?

                         LEAH
               Oh yeah! “Desperately Seeking
               Spawn.” They’re right by the ads
               for like, iguanas and terriers and
               used fitness equipment. It’s
               totally legit.

                         JUNO
               Come on, Leah. I can’t scope out
               wannabe parents in the Penny Saver!
               That’s tacky. That’s like buying
               clothes at the Pump n’ Munch.


44   EXT. PARK BENCH - DAY                                      44

     Juno and Leah are sitting at a bench in a park. They slurp
     giant blue slushies and sift through a pile of Penny Savers.
     Juno has her pipe with her.

                         JUNO
               The Penny Saver sucks.

                         LEAH
               Yeah, but it sucks for free.

     They turn the pages in silence for a moment. Their lips and
     teeth are Windex-blue.

                         LEAH
               Look at this one “Wholesome,
               spiritually wealthy couple have
               found true love with each other.“
                         (MORE)

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                          LEAH (cont'd)
                    (checks to see that Juno
                     is paying attention)
                “All that’s missing is your
                bastard.”

                         JUNO
                   (reading a different page)
               There’s a guy in here who’s giving
               away a piano. Free for the hauling!
               We should put it in Bleeker’s yard.

                         LEAH
               You’re not listening to me.

                         JUNO
               No, I heard you. I just can’t give
               the baby to people who describe
               themselves as “wholesome.” I’m
               looking for something a little
               edgier.

                         LEAH
               What did you have in mind, a family
               of disturbed loners who are into
               gunplay and incest?

                         JUNO
               I was thinking a graphic designer,
               mid-thirties, and his cool Asian
               wife who dresses awesome and plays
               bass. But I’m trying to not be too
               particular.

                         LEAH
               All right, how about this one?
               “Healthy, educated couple seeking
               infant to join our family of five.
               You will be compensated. Help us
               complete the circle of love.”

                         JUNO
               Yeesh, they sound like a cult.
               Besides, they’re greedy bitches.
               They already have three kids!

                         LEAH
               Hey, Juno. Juno! Look at this one.

     She points to the paper and motions for Juno to look. Juno
     scans the ad silently.




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     We see the ad. It contains a photo of an attractive couple
     with ambiguous Mona Lisa smiles. It reads “Educated,
     successful couple wishes to...”

                          JUNO V.O.
                They were Mark and Vanessa Loring,
                and they were beautiful even in
                black and white.


45   EXT.   BLEEKER HOUSE - PAULIE’S WINDOW - NIGHT               45

     We see Paulie’s bedroom window-- festooned with childish
     curtains-- and the light on inside.


46   INT.   BLEEKER’S HOUSE - PAULIE’S BEDROOM - NIGHT            46

     Bleeker lies on his Car-bed in his track uniform, listening
     to the same LP from when he and Juno went all the way.

     He stares between the pages of his embossed Dancing Elk Prep
     yearbook.

     We see the object of his gaze is Juno’s black and white
     YEARBOOK PHOTO. Next to it, we see a sloppy, handwritten
     message from Juno. We hear Juno’s voice reading the message:

                          JUNO V.O.
                Hey Bleeker! Spank off to this with
                motion lotion. Just kidding (kind
                of.) Your best friend, Juno.

     Bleeker picks up the phone. It’s the same HAMBURGER PHONE
     Juno has. He reconsiders and puts it down.

     There’s a knock on the bedroom door.

     BLEEKER’S MOM pokes her dowdy head inside.

                          BLEEKER’S MOM
                Paul? Are you coming downstairs to
                eat?

                          BLEEKER
                I don’t think so.

                          BLEEKER’S MOM
                You ran eight miles today, Puppy.

                          BLEEKER
                I’m not hungry, oddly.



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                          BLEEKER’S MOM
                But it’s breakfast for supper. Your
                favorite, Paulie. I made French
                toast and sausage. Patties, not
                linkies, just like you like it.

     Bleeker places his hand silently on his stomach.

                          BLEEKER’S MOM
                Juno MacGuff called while you were
                out running. She wants to know if
                you’re coming to her little
                coffeehouse performance on Saturday.

                          BLEEKER
                Thanks for the message.

                          BLEEKER’S MOM
                You know how I feel about her.

                          BLEEKER
                You’ve mentioned it about fifty
                times.

                          BLEEKER’S MOM
                I just hope you don’t consider her
                a close friend.

     Bleeker’s mom gives up and closes the door.

     We see that Bleeker is clutching a pair of PANTIES in one
     hand, which he slowly releases as the 45 ends.


47   INT.   MACGUFF HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - AFTERNOON              47

     Bren and MAC are seated on the couch. Leah is standing nearby
     for reinforcements. Juno paces nervously, trying to suss out
     how to break the massive news.

                          JUNO
                I have no idea how to spit this
                out.

                          BREN
                Hon, did you get expelled?

                           JUNO
                No. The school would probably
                contact you in the event of my
                expulsion.




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                          BREN
               Well, I was just asking. It seemed
               plausible.

                         MAC
               Do you need a large sum of money?
               Legal counsel?

                         JUNO
               No, no, I’m definitely not asking
               for anything. Except maybe mercy.
               Like, it would be really great if
               nobody hit me.

                         MAC
               What have you done, Junebug? Did
               you hit someone with the Previa?

                         LEAH
               Best to just tell them, man. Rip
               off the Band-Aid and let it bleed.

                         JUNO
               I’m pregnant.

     Bren and Mac are predictably speechless.

                            BREN
               Oh, God...

                         JUNO
               But I’m going to give it up for
               adoption. I already found the perfect
               people.

     Leah presents the Penny Saver photos of the Lornings.

                         JUNO (CONT’D)
               They say they’re going to pay my
               medical expenses and everything. I
               promise this will all be resolved
               in thirty-odd weeks, and we can
               pretend it never happened.



                         MAC
               You’re pregnant?




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                         JUNO
               I’m so sorry, you guys. If it’s any
               consolation, I have heartburn
               that’s like, radiating down to my
               kneecaps and I haven’t gone number
               two since Wednesday. Morning!

                         BREN
                   (interrupting)
               I didn’t even know you were
               sexually active!

     Juno cringes upon hearing her most-hated term.

                         MAC
               Who is the kid?

                         JUNO
               The baby? I don’t know anything
               about it yet. I only know it’s got
               fingernails, allegedly.

                         BREN
               Nails? Really?

                         MAC
               No, I mean the father! Who’s the
               father, Juno?

                         JUNO
               Oh. It’s, well, it’s Paulie
               Bleeker.

     Bren and Mac burst into shocked laughter.

                         JUNO
               What?

                         MAC
               Paulie Bleeker? I didn’t know he
               had it in him!

                         BREN
                   (giggling)
               He just doesn’t look, well, virile.

                         LEAH
               I know, right?

                         MAC
               Okay, this is no laughing matter.




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                         JUNO
                   (indignant)
               No, it’s not. Paulie is virile, by
               the way. He was very good
               in...chair.

     Leah fires a be quiet glance at Juno.

                         MAC
               Did you say you were thinking about
               adoption?

                         JUNO
               Yeah, well, there’s this couple
               who’ve been trying to have a baby for
               five years.

                         LEAH
               We found them in the Penny Saver by
               the exotic birds section.

     Bren looks understandably alarmed. Juno hastily attempts to
     make the situation sound more legitimate.

                         JUNO
               But they have a real lawyer and
               everything. I’m going to meet with
               them next weekend.

                         BREN
               Junebug, that is a tough, tough
               thing to do. Probably tougher than
               you can understand right now.

                         JUNO
               Well, I’m not ready to be a mom.

                         MAC
               Damn skippy, you’re not! You don’t
               even remember to give Liberty Bell
               her breathing meds.

                         JUNO
               Once! And she didn’t die, if you
               recall!

                         BREN
               Honey, had you considered, you
               know, the alternative?

     Leah and Juno exchange glances.




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                            JUNO
               No.

                         BREN
               Well, you’re a brave young lady.
               You’re made of stronger stuff than
               I thought. You’re a little Viking!

                            JUNO
               Cool it.

                         BREN
               First things first, we have to get
               you healthy. You need prenatal
               vitamins. Incidentally, they’ll do
               incredible things for your nails, so
               that’s a plus. Oh, and we need to
               schedule a doctor’s appointment. Find
               out where you’re going to deliver.

                         JUNO
               The term “deliver” is so weird. Can
               we not say “deliver”?

                         LEAH
               How does “crap it out” sound?

                         MAC
               Juno, I want to come with you to
               meet these adoption people. You’re
               just a kid. I don’t want you to get
               ripped off by a couple of baby-
               starved wingnuts.

                            JUNO
               Sure, Dad.

     Mac nods, satisfied, then contemplates the situation
     dismally.

                         MAC
               I thought you were the kind of girl
               who knew when to say when.

                         JUNO
               I have no idea what kind of girl I
               am.

                         BREN
                   (sensing tension)
               Why don’t you girls go upstairs for
               a while? I think Mac’s gonna blow.



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      Juno and Leah hightail it upstairs.

                          MAC
                Just tell it to me straight, Bren.
                Do you think this is my fault? Her
                mother’s fault?

                          BREN
                I think kids get bored and have
                intercourse. And I think Junebug
                was a dummy about it. But we have
                to move on from here and help her
                figure it out.

                          MAC
                I’m not ready to be a Pop-Pop.

                          BREN
                You’re not going to be a Pop-Pop.
                And Juno’s not going to be a ma.
                Somebody else is going to find a
                precious blessing from Jesus in
                this garbage dump of a situation. I
                friggin’ hope.

                          MAC
                    (conspiratorially)
                Did you see it coming when she sat
                us down here?

                          BREN
                Oh God yeah. But I was hoping she
                was expelled or into hard drugs.

                          MAC
                That was my first instinct too. Or
                D.W.I. Anything but this. And I’m
                going to punch that Bleeker kid in
                the weiner the next time I see him.

                          BREN
                Oh Mac, no! He’s a sweet kid. You
                know it wasn’t his idea.

      Mac shrugs in agreement.


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49   INT. LORING HOUSE - DAY                                     49

     Music plays as we see SPARSE IMAGES OF VANESSA LORING’S HANDS
     preparing the house for Juno’s arrival -

     Sprucing a vase of FLOWERS.

     Straightening a FRAMED PHOTO of the Lorings.

     Dusting off a table with one of those WETNAPS for furniture.

     Lining up a shelf of BOOKS.


50   EXT. LORING NEIGHBORHOOD - PREVIA - DAY                     50

     The Previa cruises slowly into the Loring’s fancy gated
     community. Mac pulls over and parks on the curb.


51   EXT. LORING HOUSE - FRONT PORCH - DAY                       51

     Mark and Vanessa Loring have an impressive, though generic
     McMansion. The entire yard is unlandscaped soil. Mac presses
     the doorbell while Juno chews her nails uncomfortably. Both
     look mortified as they wait for someone to greet them.

     VANESSA opens the door. She’s a pretty, meticulous woman in
     her early thirties. Very Banana Republic.

                          VANESSA
                Hi! I’m Vanessa. You must be Juno
                and Mr. MacGuff. I’m Vanessa.

                          JUNO
                Vanessa, right?

                          MAC
                Hello. Thank you for having me and
                my irresponsible child over to your
                home.

                          VANESSA
                Oh no. Thank you. Come on in.


52   INT.   LORING HOUSE - HALLWAY - DAY                         52

     Vanessa awkwardly leads them into her home.

                          VANESSA
                Can I take your coats?



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                          JUNO
                Sure.

     She takes off her hooded sweatshirt and thrusts it into
     Vanessa’s arms who sets it on a bench.

                          JUNO
                Wicked pic in the Penny Saver, by
                the way. Super classy. Not like
                those other people with the fake
                woods in the background. Like I’m
                really going to fall for that, you
                know?

                          VANESSA
                You found us in the Penny Saver?

     MARK LORING appears next to Vanessa. He’s a boyishly
     attractive guy in his mid-thirties.

     He glances sheepishly at Vanessa upon hearing the Penny Saver
     mention, then extends his hand to Mac and Juno.

                          MARK
                Hi. I’m Mark Loring. I’m the husband.


53   INT.   LORING HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - DAY                     53

     Mark and Vanessa usher Juno and Mac into the austere,
     spacious living room. A woman in a business suit sits on the
     couch with a briefcase in her lap.

                          MARK
                This is our attorney, Gerta Rauss.

                          JUNO
                    (in exaggerated, growling
                     German accent) )
                Geeeerta Rauuuss!

                          GERTA
                    (straight)
                Nice to meet you.

     Mac seizes Mark’s hand and pumps it heartily.

                          MAC
                I’m Mac MacGuff, and this, of
                course, is my daughter Juno.

                          MARK
                Like the city in Alaska?


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                         JUNO
               No.

                         MARK
               Cool. Well, let’s sit down and get
               to know each other a bit.

                         VANESSA
               I’ll get drinks. What would everyone
               like? I’ve got Pellegrino, Vitamin
               Water...

                         JUNO
               A Maker’s Mark, please. Up.

                         MAC
               She’s joking. Junebug has a
               wonderful sense of humor, which is
               just one of her many genetic gifts.

                         JUNO
               I also have good teeth. No
               cavities. We finally got
               fluoridated water in Dancing Elk.

     She bares them frighteningly to demonstrate.

     Vanessa stares, unflappable.

                         MAC
               We’re fine, thank you.

     Mac and Juno join Mark and Gerta Rauss on the couch.

                         GERTA
               So, Juno. First off, how far along
               are you?

                         JUNO
               I’m a junior.

                         GERTA
               No, I mean in your pregnancy.

                         JUNO
               Oh. Uh, my stepmom took me to the
               doctor yesterday and they said I
               was twelve weeks.

     Vanessa enters with the refreshments om a tray.




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                         VANESSA
               Oh, that’s marvelous. So you’re
               almost into your second trimester,
               then?

                         JUNO
               Yeah, apparently. I’m having it on May 4.

                         VANESSA
               The tough part’s almost over for you. I
               mean, my girlfriends always tell me the
               first couple months are the hardest.

                         JUNO
               Yeah, but I hardly noticed it. I’m
               more worried about the part where I
               have to start wearing jeans with an
               elastic panel in the front.

                         VANESSA
               I think pregnancy is beautiful.

                         JUNO
               Well, you’re lucky it’s not you.

     Vanessa’s looks to the ceiling.

                         MARK
                   (clearing throat)
               So, let’s discuss how we’re gonna
               do this...thing.

                         JUNO
               Well, I just have the baby and give
               it to you, right?

                         GERTA
               Mark and Vanessa are willing to
               negotiate an open adoption.

                         MAC
                   (protective)
               Wait. What does that mean?

                         GERTA
               It means they’d send annual
               updates, photos, let Juno know how
               the baby is doing as he or she
               grows up. Of course, Juno’s legal
               rights would be terminated...




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                         JUNO
               Whoah. I don’t want to see pictures.
               I don’t need to be notified of
               anything. Can’t we just kick it old
               school? I could just put the baby in
               a basket and send it your way. You
               know, like Moses in the reeds.

                         MARK
               Technically, that would be kickin’
               it Old Testament.

     Mark and Juno lock eyes.

                         JUNO
               Yeah. Yeah! The way people used to
               do it. Quick and dirty, like
               ripping off a Band-Aid.

                         GERTA
               Well, then we agree a traditional
               closed adoption would be best for
               all involved, then?

                         JUNO
               Shit, yeah. Close it up.

     Vanessa is clearly ecstatic.

                         MARK
               Obviously, we’ll compensate you for
               your medical expenses.

                         VANESSA
               Are you looking for any other
               compensation?

                            MAC
               Excuse me?

                         JUNO
               Well, no...I’m not going to sell
               the baby. I just want it to grow up
               with people who are ready to love
               it and be parents. I’m in high
               school, dude. I’m ill-equipped.

                         VANESSA
               You’re doing an amazing and
               selfless thing for us.




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                         MARK
               Vanessa has wanted a baby since we
               got married.

                         VANESSA
               I want to be a mommy so badly!

     Juno and Mac stare at her.

                         MAC
               You don’t say.

                         VANESSA
               Well, haven’t you ever felt like
               you were born to do something?

                         MAC
               Yes. Heating and air conditioning.

                         VANESSA
               Well, I was born to be a mother.
               Some of us are.

                         JUNO
               Mark, are you looking forward to
               being a dad?

     Mark is caught off guard.

                         MARK
               Sure, why not? I mean, every guy
               wants to be a father. Coach soccer,
               help with science projects and...I
               don’t know. Fatherly stuff.

     Mac casts a subtle, dubious glance at Mark.

                         VANESSA
               Well, shall we start looking over
               the paperwork? Gerta has already
               drafted some preliminary documents.

                         JUNO
               Can I use the facilities first?
               Being pregnant makes you pee like
               Seabiscuit.

                         VANESSA
               Sure. The powder room down here is
               being re-tiled, but you can use the
               master bath upstairs. Go up, then
               turn left and on your right...



                                                     (CONTINUED)
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53   CONTINUED: (5)                                            53

                          JUNO
                Room with a toilet, got it.


54   INT.   LORING HOUSE - ENTRY/STAIRS - DAY                  54

     Juno heads into the foyer and up the stairs. We see a posed
     photo of Mark and Vanessa in the stairwell. Their house is
     beautiful, but frigid. Juno rubs her arms, shivering.


55   INT.   LORING HOUSE - BATHROOM - DAY                      55

     The Loring’s bathroom is huge. Juno flushes and goes to the
     double sink to wash her hands. She opens the overhead
     cabinet and sees Vanessa’s toiletries. She spritzes on some
     perfume and examines the more expensive grooming items.
     There’s a crinkled tube of LUBE in the cabinet. Juno picks
     it up, fascinated. She rubs a drop of it between her hands
     and runs it through her hair like pomade.


56   INT.   LORING HOUSE - UPSTAIRS HALLWAY - DAY              56

     Juno opens the bathroom door and instantly BUMPS into Mark.

                          JUNO
                Whoops! Yikes, I didn’t expect to
                see you up here.

                           MARK
                Sorry. I was just getting
                something.

                           JUNO
                Did your wife send you up here to
                spy on me?

                          MARK
                What? No! Do we come off like
                paranoid yuppies or something?

                          JUNO
                Well, you don’t just invite a random
                pregnant teenager into your house and
                leave her unsupervised. I could be a
                total klepto, for all you know.

                          MARK
                I don’t get a klepto vibe from you.
                Evil genius? Maybe. Arsonist?
                Wouldn’t rule it out.



                                                        (CONTINUED)
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                         JUNO
               I did steal a squirt of perfume. What
               do you think? It’s Clinique Happy.

     She holds her WRIST up to Mark’s twitching nostrils.

                         JUNO (CONT’D)
               Smell those sparkling topnotes!

     Mark inhales.

                         MARK
               Am I supposed to feel happy now?

                         JUNO
               You should be happy, Holmes. I’m
               giving you and Vanessa the gift of
               life. Sweet, screaming, pooping
               life! And you don’t even have to be
               there when the baby comes out of me
               all covered in...

                          MARK
               Viscera?

                         JUNO
               Blood and guts.

                         MARK
               We’d better get back downstairs ASAP.

     Juno mocks his use of “ASAP” silently.

                         JUNO
                   (halting)
               Wait a minute. Is that a Les Paul?

     Juno is staring into a room with the door slightly ajar. We
     see GUITARS mounted on the wall, and the edges of posters.

                         MARK
               Oh. That’s, uh, my room. Vanessa lets
               me have a room for all my old stuff.

                         JUNO
               Wow, you get a whole room in your
               own house? She’s got you on a long
               leash there, Mark.

                          MARK
               Shut up.
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57   INT.   LORING HOUSE - MARK’S “SPECIAL” ROOM - DAY          57

     The walls are plastered with FRAMED POSTERS of early-90s alt
     rock bands. (Mudhoney, Jane’s Addiction etc.) Mark removes
     his LES PAUL from its moorings and hands it to Juno.

                          JUNO
                It’s beautiful. I’ve always liked
                Gibson better than Fender.

                          MARK
                What do you play?

                          JUNO
                I rock a Harmony.

                            MARK
                      (holding back a chuckle)
                Oh.

                          JUNO
                What? I’m a pawn shop rocker.

                          MARK
                Sorry. I swear I’m not a gear snob.

     Juno turns the guitar over, examining it closely.

                          JUNO
                What is that, Mahogany? What
                happens if you crack the neck?

                          MARK
                Tell me about it. I used to play in
                a really tight band back when I
                lived in Chicago, and one night we
                opened for the Melvins...do you
                know who the Melvins are?

                          JUNO
                    (lying)
                Yeah.

                          MARK
                Well, we were playing with them and I
                busted this guitar onstage. It cost me
                $800 and a dime bag just to have it fixed.

                          JUNO
                When was this, like ‘96?




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                          MARK
                ‘93. I’m telling you that was the
                best time for rock and roll.

                          JUNO
                Nuh-uh, 1977! Punk Volume 1.
                You weren’t there, so you can’t
                understand the magic.

                          MARK
                You weren’t even alive!


58    INT. LORING HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - DAY                      58

      Vanessa, Mac and Gerta Rauss are waiting in awkward silence
      for Juno and Mark to return. Mac notices a brand new PILATES
      MACHINE sitting in its packaging in a corner of the room.

                          MAC
                So. What’s that thing?

                          VANESSA
                A Pilates machine?

                          MAC
                What do you make with that?

                          VANESSA
                You don’t make anything. It’s for
                exercising.


58A   INT. LORING HOUSE - MARK’S SPECIAL ROOM - SAME            58A

      Mark and Juno tool around on the guitars unplugged. They play
      little riffs. He teaches her a couple chords.


58B   INT. LORING HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - SAME                    58B

                          MAC
                My wife just ordered one of those Tony
                Little Gazelles off the TV, you know,
                from the guy with the ponytail?

      Vanessa and Gerta have no response.

                          MAC
                That guy just doesn’t look right to me.




                                                          (CONTINUED)
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      Suddenly, a shriek of AMP FEEDBACK, followed by loud,
      discordant GUITAR STRUMMING can be heard drifting down from
      upstairs. Vanessa’s looks to the ceiling.

                          VANESSA
                    (to her guests)
                Will you excuse me?


59    INT. LORING HOUSE - MARK’S SPECIAL ROOM - DAY                59

      Mark has strapped on the Les Paul and is playing and singing.
      “Doll Parts” by Hole.

                          JUNO AND MARK
                    (quietly singing together)
                “Yeah, they really want you... they
                really want you... they really do.”

      Building together.

                          JUNO AND MARK
                    (singing together and
                     connecting)
                Yeah, they really want you... they
                really want you... and I do to.
                    (both blush)

      VANESSA appears in the doorway. Juno immediately puts down
      the guitar. Mark doesn’t notice her immediately.

                          MARK
                    (passionate singing)
                I WANT TO BE THE...
                    (notices Vanessa)
                Oh, sorry honey...

      Mark clumsily puts down the guitar and stands up.

                          VANESSA
                You guys are playing music?

                          MARK
                Juno just wanted a closer look at
                Kimber here.

                          JUNO
                Your guitar is named Kimber?

                           MARK
                Yeah.




                                                          (CONTINUED)
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                          JUNO
                That’s all right. My axe is named
                Roosevelt. After Franklin, not Ted.
                Franklin was the hot one with the
                polio.

                          VANESSA
                I think Gerta is waiting for us
                downstairs with some important
                stuff for us to go over.

     Mark hangs the guitars back on the wall. He and Juno exit the
     room, chastised. Vanessa looks to Mark in question.

                          VANESSA
                Didn’t mean to interrupt the jam
                sessions.


60   INT.   LORING HOUSE - ENTRY - DAY                         60

     Juno and Mac have put their coats on and are in the process
     of leaving. Gerta hands Juno the DOCUMENTS. Vanessa and Mark
     trail behind.

                           GERTA
                So, look those over and give me a
                call at my office if you have any
                questions.

                          VANESSA
                Juno, we’d really appreciate it if
                you could keep us updated on any
                doctor’s appointments, ultrasounds,
                other things of that nature.

                          JUNO
                Oh. Sure. Of course you’d want to
                know how your kid is cooking.

                          VANESSA
                So, then, you really think you’re
                going to go ahead with this?

     Mac STARES at Juno gravely.

                          JUNO
                Yeah. For sure. I like you guys.

     Juno looks at Mark.




                                                       (CONTINUED)
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                         VANESSA
               How sure? Percentage-wise, would
               you say you’re 80% sure, 90% sure?

     Mark seems visibly embarrassed by Vanessa’s manic demeanor.

                         JUNO
               I’m going to say I’m 104% sure.

                            VANESSA
               Oh really?


                         JUNO
               Look, if I could give it to you now,
               I would. But it probably looks like a
               Sea Monkey at this point, so I think
               we should leave it in there for a
               while until it gets cuter, you know?

                         MAC
               I think that’s a great idea.

                         MARK
               That’s great, right? Stellar news.
               Well, you guys drive safe, and we’ll
               hear from you soon, all right?

                         MAC
               All right, take care of yourselves.

     Juno and Mac exit. Mark shuts the door. All is silent in the
     foyer. Mark, Vanessa and Gerta stand motionless. Gerta pumps her
     fist triumphantly, trying to create a mood of celebration.

                          GERTA
                   (overly aggressive)
               All RIGHT!

     Vanessa buries her head in her hands and weeps hoarsely.


61   EXT. SUBURBAN STREETS - MORNING                              61

     It is now WINTER. The TRACK TEAM jogs in formation, leaving
     tracks in the snow. Those bastards never stop running.


62   EXT. DANCING ELK SCHOOL - TRACK - DAY                        62

     Bleeker is running alone on the track. His exhalations are icy
     puffs in the air. Bleeker’s friend VIJAY jogs up alongside him.
     Vijay is a solemn, skinny boy, much like Bleeker.


                                                       (CONTINUED)
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                           VIJAY
                Hey man.

                          BLEEKER
                Oh, hey Vijay.

                          VIJAY
                Did you hear Juno MacGuff is
                pregnant?

                           BLEEKER
                Yup.

                          VIJAY
                Just like our moms and teachers!

                           BLEEKER
                Yup.

                          VIJAY
                Did you hear it’s yours?

                           BLEEKER
                Yup.

                          VIJAY
                What a trip, man.

                          BLEEKER
                I don’t really know anything about it.

                          VIJAY
                You should grow a moustache. You’re
                a real man now.

                          BLEEKER
                I can’t grow a moustache. It never
                comes in evenly.

                          VIJAY
                Me neither. But I’m going to stop
                wearing underpants in order to
                raise my sperm count. See you.

      VIJAY jogs off. Bleeker STOPS and wipes away his sweat.


62A   INT. DANCING ELK SCHOOL - HEAD OFFICE - DAY                62A

      We’re looking over Juno’s now FIVE MONTH PREGNANT BELLY to a
      school administrator filling out a slip.

      Juno takes the slip, turns around and smiles all the way out.
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62B   INT. DANCING ELK SCHOOL - CORRIDOR - DAY                   62B

      Juno exits the head office and bumps into Bleeker.

                           BLEEKER
                 Hey Juno... A couple of us are
                 going to the cineplex after school
                 to donut that movie with the guy
                 with eighteen kids.

                           JUNO
                 Sorry, Bleek... Going for my
                 ultrasound. Gotta note and
                 everything.

                           BLEEKER
                 Okay, cool.

                           JUNO
                 I’ll try to drop by later.


63    INT.   DOCTOR’S OFFICE - AFTERNOON                          63

      SPLOOGE! We see ultrasound goo being squirted onto Juno’s
      exposed pregnant belly. An ULTRASOUND TECHNICIAN is using a
      Doppler device to view the contents of her burgeoning bump.
      Bren and Leah ooh and ahh at the resulting image.

      The tech takes measurements and types them into her database.

                           ULTRASOUND TECH
                 That’s the feet...

                           ALL THREE
                 Oooh...

                           ULTRASOUND TECH
                 And there’s a hand...

      The monitor reveals the baby’s head.

                           ALL THREE
                     (various)
                 Check that out... No way...

                           BREN
                     (dreamily)
                 Would you look at that?

                           LEAH
                 Check out Baby Big-Head. That kid
                 is scary!


                                                           (CONTINUED)
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                         JUNO
               Hey, I’m a sacred vessel. All you’ve
               got in your belly is Taco Bell!

                         LEAH
               Touche.

                         JUNO
                   (gazing at the monitor)
               It is really weird looking. It’s
               like it’s not even real. I can’t
               believe there are saps who actually
               cry at these things.

     Juno and Leah look at BREN, who is dabbing her eyes
     discreetly.

                         BREN
               What? I’m not made of stone.

                         ULTRASOUND TECH
               Well, there we have it. Would you
               like to know the sex?

                         LEAH
               Aw, please Junebug?

                         JUNO
               No way. No, I definitely don’t want
               to know.

                         ULTRASOUND TECH
               Planning to be surprised when you
               deliver?

                         JUNO
               I want Mark and Vanessa to be
               surprised, and if I know, I won’t
               be able to keep myself from telling
               them and ruining the whole thing.

                          ULTRASOUND TECH
                   (condescending)
               Are Mark and Vanessa your friends
               at school?

                         JUNO
               No, they’re the people who are
               adopting the baby.

                         ULTRASOUND TECH
               Oh. Well, thank goodness for that.



                                                       (CONTINUED)
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                         BREN
               Wait, what’s that supposed to mean?

                         ULTRASOUND TECH
               I just see a lot of teenage mothers
               come through here. It’s obviously a
               poisonous environment for a baby to
               be raised in.

     Juno, Leah and Bren become immediately defensive.

                         JUNO
               How do you know I’m so poisonous?
               Like, what if the adoptive parents
               turn out to be evil molesters?

                         LEAH
               Or stage parents!

                         BREN
               They could be utterly negligent.
               Maybe they’ll do a far shittier job
               of raising a kid than my dumbass
               stepdaughter ever would. Have you
               considered that?

                         ULTRASOUND TECH
               No...I guess not.

                         BREN
               What is your job title, exactly?

                            ULTRASOUND TECH
               Excuse me?

                         BREN
               I said, what-is-your-job-title,
               Missy?

                         ULTRASOUND TECH
               I’m an ultrasound technician, ma’am.

                         BREN
               Well I’m a nail technician, and I
               think we both ought to stick to
               what we know.

                         ULTRASOUND TECH
               What are you talking about?




                                                         (CONTINUED)
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                         BREN
               You think you’re special because
               you get to play Picture Pages up
               there?

     Bren gestures to the ULTRASOUND MONITOR.

                         BREN
               My five year-old daughter could do
               that, and let me tell you, she is not
               the brightest bulb in the tanning
               bed. So why don’t you go back to
               night school in Manteno and learn a
               real trade!

     The ULTRASOUND TECH exits in a huff.

                         JUNO
               Bren, you’re a dick! I love it.


64   INT. JUNO’S BEDROOM - DAY                                   64

     Juno lays in bed checking out the ULTRASOUND PRINT OUT.


65   EXT. LORING NEIGHBORHOOD - PREVIA - AFTERNOON               65

     The Previa drives into the front gate of Mark and Vanessa’s
     exclusive community. A sign on the gate reads “Glacial
     Valley.”


66   EXT. LORING HOUSE - ENTRY - AFTERNOON                       66

     Juno rings the doorbell, shifting her weight in the cold.

     MARK answers the door, dressed in a t-shirt and jeans.

                         MARK
               Juno? Wow, I didn’t expect to see
               you here.

                         JUNO
               I’ve got something really cool to
               show you guys. Is Vanessa here?

                         MARK
               No, she’s working late tonight.
               She’s trying to accrue some extra
               time off for when, you know...

     He gestures awkwardly to Juno’s belly.


                                                       (CONTINUED)
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                           JUNO
                Right. I hear they can be kind of a
                time-suck.

                          MARK
                Come on in. You wanna Ginseng Cooler?

                          JUNO
                Sure. What is it with you rich
                people and your herb-infused
                juices?

                          MARK
                I don’t know. Something to do with
                the four-packs...
                    (adding)
                ... They’re not bad.


67   INT.   LORING HOUSE - KITCHEN - AFTERNOON                 67

     Mark leads Juno into the kitchen, where he pours two drinks.
     The STEREO blares in the background.

                          JUNO
                Why aren’t you at work?

                          MARK
                I mostly work from home. I’m a
                composer.

                          JUNO
                No shit. Like Johannes Brahms?

                          MARK
                No, more commercial stuff.

                             JUNO
                Like what?

                          MARK
                Commercials.

                             JUNO
                Oh.

                          MARK
                Have you seen those ads for
                Titanium Power men’s deodorant?




                                                        (CONTINUED)
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67   CONTINUED:                                                 67

                          JUNO
                   (singing)
               Titanium Power! Get more snatch by
               the batch!

                         MARK
               I wrote that.

                         JUNO
               You’re kind of a sellout, aren’t
               you? What would the Melvins say?

                         MARK
               They’d say you came a long way out here
               not knowing if anyone would be home.

     She holds up a manila envelope.

                         JUNO
               Come on, you’re going to want to
               sit down for this.


68   INT. LORING HOUSE - DEN - AFTERNOON                          68

     As they move into the living room, Juno sits down and motions
     for Mark to join her on the couch.

                         JUNO
               Park it, dude.

     Mark sits down. With great fanfare, Juno retrieves a dark,
     glossy sheet from the envelope. It’s her ULTRASOUND.

                         JUNO
               Behold, good sir! The very first
               photo of your future child.

                         MARK
               You’re kidding!

     Mark EXAMINES the ultrasound, baffled.

                         JUNO
               I think it kind of looks like my
               friend, Paulie.

                         MARK
                   (joking)
               Oh, is he bald and amorphous?

                         JUNO
               No, he’s the dad.


                                                         (CONTINUED)
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     Mark looks jolted, as if it’s the first time he considered
     that her baby might have a father. He stands up and holds the
     photo up to the light critically.

                         MARK
               Can you tell if it’s a boy or a
               girl?

                         JUNO
               The doctor can tell, but I decided
               not to know. I want it to be a big
               surprise.

                         MARK
               Well, it can really only go two ways.

                         JUNO
               That’s what you think. I drink tons
               of booze so you might get one of
               those scary neuter-babies that’s
               born without junk.

                         MARK
               Junk?

                         JUNO
               You know... it’s parts...

                         MARK
               I know what junk is.

                         JUNO
                   (teasing)
               Yeah?

                         MARK
               We definitely want it to have junk.

                         JUNO
               Well don’t worry about it. My
               stepmom is forcing me to eat really
               healthy. She won’t even let me
               stand in front of the microwave or
               eat red M&Ms. Hope you’re ready.

     Mark chuckles.

                         MARK
               Wait...do you hear that?

     A new SONG has begun. Mark closes his eyes in ecstasy and
     walks toward the stereo. Juno follows him toward the source
     of the music, looking perplexed by how happy he is.


                                                       (CONTINUED)
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68   CONTINUED: (2)                                            68

                         JUNO
               What is it?

                         MARK
               It’s only my favorite song. It’s
               Sonic Youth doing “Superstar” by
               the Carpenters.

                         JUNO
                   (excited)
               I’ve heard the Carpenters before.
               Chick drummer and freaky dude. Not
               unlike the White Stripes.

                         MARK
               You haven’t heard the Carpenters
               like this. Listen.

     Mark grabs the STEREO REMOTE off the kitchen counter and
     turns up the volume to a roar. Mark and Juno stand in silence
     in the kitchen. Mark mouths along with the lyrics.

                         MARK
                   (lipsynching)
               Don’t you remember you told me you
               loved me, baby...

                         JUNO
               Hey, I like this.

                         MARK
               This album is all Carpenters covers
               by alt-rock bands. It’s called If I
               Were a Carpenter. It is God. I’ll
               rip a copy for you before you
               leave.

                         JUNO
               You don’t have to do that.

                         MARK
               It’s the least I can do. What did
               you say your favorite band was?

                         JUNO
               I didn’t. But it’s a three-way tie
               between the Stooges, Patti Smith
               and the Runaways.

                         MARK
               Yeah, I definitely need to make you
               some CDs. At least while my kid is
               hanging out in there.


                                                       (CONTINUED)
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     He gestures at Juno’s burgeoning paunch.

     Mark walks over to his music collections and starts pulling
     CD’s. He’s got a Carpenter’s disc, the “No Alternative”
     charity compilation, and Mother Love Bone.

     Juno spots a VHS TAPE on the coffee table and picks it up.

                          JUNO
                    (reading title)
                The Wizard of Gore?

                          MARK
                    (distracted)
                Oh yeah. It’s Herschel Gordon Lewis.
                He’s the ultimate master of horror.

                          JUNO
                Please. Dario Argento is the ultimate
                master of horror.

     Mark SWIVELS AROUND slowly on his desk chair, surprised.

                          MARK
                Argento’s good, but Lewis is
                completely dimented. We’re talking
                buckets of goo. Red corn syrup
                everywhere. And fake brains up the
                yin-yang.

                          JUNO
                    (examining the tape box)
                Frankly, this looks kind of stupid.

     Mark gives a look - “Oh, Really?”




69   INT.   LORING HOUSE - DEN - AFTERNOON                        69

     We see some particularly memorable footage from The Wizard of
     Gore.

     Mark and Juno are watching the movie and drinking root beer
     floats. They’re sitting dangerously close on the sofa.

                          JUNO
                    (watching movie)
                This is even better than Suspiria.
                You’ve got decent taste in slasher
                movies, Mark.



                                                        (CONTINUED)
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                         MARK
               Here’s to dovetailing interests.

     He raises his mug in a toast and Juno clinks it awkwardly.

                         JUNO
               So, have you and Vanessa thought of
               a name for the baby yet?

                         MARK
               Well, sort of. Vanessa likes
               Madison for a girl.

                         JUNO
                   (aghast)
               Madison? Isn’t that kind of...I
               don’t know, gay?

                         MARK
               God, pretentious much? I guess
               everyone should have a mysterious
               name like Juno, huh?

                         JUNO
               My dad went through this phase
               where he was obsessed with Greek
               and Roman mythology. He named me
               after Zeus’s wife. I mean, Zeus had
               other lays, but I’m pretty sure
               Juno was his only wife. She was
               supposed to be really beautiful but
               really mean. Like Diana Ross.

                         MARK
               That suits you.

                         JUNO
               Uh, thanks.

                         MARK
               You know, not many teenage girls in
               your situation would actually go
               through with this.

                         JUNO
               I weighed my options. But after all
               this, I’m glad I didn’t, you know,
               get rid of it. I want to have it.
               For you guys.

                         MARK
               You’re something else.



                                                       (CONTINUED)
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     A door suddenly slams upstairs. Vanessa’s home.

                          MARK
                Vanessa. Shit, you better get out
                of here.

                          JUNO
                Why? What the big deal?

                          MARK
                Nothing. She just hates when I sit
                around watching movies and ‘not
                contributing.’

                          JUNO
                I’ll handle this. I’m really good
                at diffusing mom-type rage.

     Juno jumps up and rushes out.

                          MARK
                Wait...aww, crap!


70   INT.   LORING HOUSE - KITCHEN - AFTERNOON                    70

     Vanessa slides her BRIEFCASE off her shoulder and ventures
     into the living room. She’s struggling to carry some
     oversized shopping bags.

                          VANESSA
                Mark? Are you home? I want to show
                you some things I picked up.

     Juno intercepts her breathlessly, clutching the ULTRASOUND
     photo. Mark trails behind her.

                          JUNO
                Hi Vanessa!

     Vanessa JUMPS and makes a strangled sound.

                          VANESSA
                Juno! God, you startled me. What
                are you doing here? What’s wrong?

                             JUNO
                Nothing...

                          VANESSA
                Then what’s going on?




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                         JUNO
               I went to the doctor today.

     Vanessa is obviously entertaining some worse-case scenarios.
     Her eyes are wide and she’s uncharacteristically ruffled.

                         VANESSA
               Is the baby okay?

                         JUNO
               Sure. It’s the right size and
               everything. I even saw its
               phalanges today! Check this...

     She holds the ULTRASOUND up to show Vanessa and drapes her
     arm around her.

                         VANESSA
               What...

                         JUNO
               This is the baby. Your baby.

     Vanessa drops the shopping bags, sick with relief.

                         VANESSA
               Oh my God...

                         JUNO
                   (kindly)
               Doesn’t it look like it’s waving?
               It’s kind of like it’s saying “Hi,
               Vanessa. Will you be my mommy?”

                         VANESSA
               Yeah. Yeah, it kind of does.

                          MARK
               Juno was nice enough to bring this
               by for us.

                         JUNO
               I came over as soon as I got that
               cold ultrasound goo off my pelvis.
               My stepmom verbally abused the
               ultrasound tech so we were escorted
               off the premises.

                         VANESSA
                   (distracted)
               Oh, that’s great!

     She can’t divert her gaze from the photo.


                                                          (CONTINUED)
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                          JUNO
                See? Nothing to worry about.

      Vanessa chuckles tightly, clearly embarrassed by her show of
      emotion.


70A   INT. LORING HOUSE - ENTRY WAY - DAY                      70A

      Vanessa and Mark walk Juno out. Juno peers at some shopping
      bags from various kids stores.

                          JUNO
                Hey, what kind of swag did you
                score?

                           MARK
                Yeah.   Mall madness, huh?

                          VANESSA
                Oh it’s just some stuff I picked
                up. For, you know, the baby.

                          VANESSA
                Babies need a lot of things. I want
                everything to be just right.

                          JUNO
                I thought people got all that stuff
                at baby showers. When my stepmom had
                my sister I remember she got about a
                million presents. They were all lame
                though, so I wasn’t jealous.

                          MARK
                I doubt anyone’s throwing us a shower.

                           JUNO
                Why?

                          VANESSA
                Um, I think people are kind of
                unsure about the situation because
                it’s not, you know, set in stone.

                          JUNO
                What do you mean? You
                mean...(aghast) Do you think I’m
                going to flake out on you?




                                                         (CONTINUED)
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                           VANESSA
                 No, no, I don’t think that, Juno.
                 It’s just that, we went through a
                 situation before where it didn’t
                 work out.

      Juno glances at Mark and again at Vanessa. Vanessa looks
      embarrassed.

                              MARK
                 Cold feet.

                           JUNO
                 You should have gone to China. I heard
                 they give away babies like free iPods.
                 They shoot ‘em out of those T-shirt
                 guns at sports events.

                           VANESSA
                     (abruptly)
                 Right. Well, Juno, your parents
                 must be wondering where you are.
                 You might want to head home.

                           JUNO
                 Naah. I’m already pregnant, so they
                 figure nothing worse could happen
                 to me. I gotta bounce anyway. It
                 was nice seeing you guys again.

      She waves and heads for the door.

                           MARK
                     (to Juno)
                 Hey, don’t forget your bag.

      Vanessa looks pain-stricken as Mark helps Juno with her bag.


77    EXT. MACGUFF HOUSE - NIGHT                                   77

      Juno kicks the snow off her shoes before she enters.


      INT.   MACGUFF HOUSE - KITCHEN - NIGHT

      Bren sits at the kitchen table with a mug of coffee and an
      issue of Dog Fancy.

      Juno enters nonchalantly, drinking a giant slushie.




                                                          (CONTINUED)
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CONTINUED:

                    BREN
          Where the hell have you been,
          Junebug?

                    JUNO
          I drove to St. Cloud to show Mark
          and Vanessa the ultrasound. And I
          wound up staying for a couple of
          hours.

                    BREN
          A couple of hours? Why are you
          going up there in the first place?

                    JUNO
          They said they wanted to know about
          this stuff. They said to keep them
          updated, so I did!

                    BREN
          You could have sent it to them. Why
          would you drive an hour out to East
          Jesus, Nowhere?

                    JUNO
          I don’t know, I just did. And while
          we were waiting for Vanessa, Mark
          and I watched The Wizard of Gore
          and he burned me some CDs of weird
          music. He’s kind of cool.

A beat as Bren absorbs this.

                    BREN
          That was a mistake, Juno. Mark is a
          married stranger. You overstepped a
          boundary.

                    JUNO
          Listen, Bren-duhhh, I think you’re
          the one overstepping boundaries.
          You’re acting like you’re the one
          who has to go through this and get
          huge and push a baby out of your
          vag for someone else. Besides, who
          cares if he’s married? I can have
          friends who are married.

                    BREN
          It doesn’t work that way, kiddo.
          You don’t know squat about the
          dynamics of marriage.



                                                (CONTINUED)
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     CONTINUED: (2)

                         JUNO
               You don’t know anything about me!

                         BREN
               I know enough.

     Bren rises to leave, clutching the Dog Fancy magazine.

                         JUNO
               (gesturing to the magazine)
                We don’t even have a dog!

                         BREN
               Yeah, because you’re allergic to
               their saliva. I’ve made a lot of
               sacrifices for you, Juno. And in a
               couple years you’re going to move
               out--and I’m getting Weimaraners.

                         JUNO
               Wow, dream big!

                         BREN
               Oh, go fly a kite.

     Bren STORMS out. Juno heads to the URN by the door and
     defiantly pours the remains of her blue slushie into it.


71   EXT. BLEEKER HOUSE - NIGHT                                   71

     Juno parks her PREVIA on the street. She walks up to the
     house and rings the doorbell.

     BLEEKER’S MOM answers, visibly annoyed. Her eyes drift down
     to Juno’s middle.

                         JUNO V.O.
               Bleeker’s mom was possibly attractive
               once. But now she looks a hobbit. The
               fat one that was in The Goonies.

                         BLEEKER’S MOM
               Hi Juno. What can I do for you?

                         JUNO
               I borrowed Paulie’s physics notes
               in school today. I’m pretty sure he
               needs them back, or his grade could
               plummet to an A minus.

                         BLEEKER’S MOM
               Fine. Come in.


                                                       (CONTINUED)
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71   CONTINUED:                                                71

     She steals another glance at Juno’s belly.


72   INT. BLEEKER HOUSE - HALLWAY - NIGHT                         72

     Bleeker’s mom escorts Juno wordlessly up the stairs and down
     the hallway to Paulie’s bedroom. Juno discreetly tries to
     charge ahead of her, but her expanding middle prevents her
     from getting past Bleeker’s mom. They share an extremely
     awkward moment wedged side-by-side in the narrow hallway.

     Bleecker’s mom nudges past Juno and knocks on Bleeker’s
     bedroom door. The door has a cheesy racecar-themed decoration
     hanging on it that says PAULIE’S VRROOOM! It looks like
     something a 5-year old might have.


73   INT. BLEEKER HOUSE - PAULIE’S BEDROOM - NIGHT                73

     Paulie is on the floor surrounded by old quizzes, studying
     like the tortured brainiac he is. Mrs. Bleeker opens the
     bedroom door. Juno appears. Paulie jumps, startled.

                         JUNO
               Hey, don’t concentrate so hard,
               man. I think I smell hair burning.

     Bleeker smiles faintly.

                         BLEEKER’S MOM
               Ten minutes.

     She closes the door halfway and leaves. Juno rolls her eyes
     and pulls the door shut entirely.

                            BLEEKER
               What’s up?

                         JUNO
               I just wanted to come over. You
               know, say hi. I miss hanging out
               with you on school nights.

                         BLEEKER
               I miss it too.

     He nervously cracks open a container of ORANGE TIC-TACS and
     pours them into his mouth.

                         JUNO V.O.
               Orange Tic-Tacs are Bleeker’s one
               and only vice.
                         (MORE)


                                                       (CONTINUED)
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73   CONTINUED:                                                  73
                          JUNO V.O. (cont'd)
                When we made out, the day I got
                pregnant, his mouth tasted really
                tangy and delicious.


74   INT. BLEEKER HOUSE - “MOLD-O’-RIFFIC” BASEMENT - NIGHT       74

     CU ON BLEEKER’S MOUTH AS HE KISSES JUNO FOR THE FIRST TIME


75   INT. BLEEKER HOUSE - PAULIE’S BEDROOM - NIGHT                75

     Bleeker glances at Juno’s midsection, embarrassed.

                         BLEEKER
               So, it looks like you’re getting
               pregnant-er these days.

                         JUNO
               Yeah. Um, I hooked up a whole
               private adoption thing. These
               married people in Saint Cloud are
               going to be the parents.

     Bleeker is visibly relieved.

                         BLEEKER
               Really? What are they like?

                         JUNO
               The guy is super cool! His name is
               Mark and he’s into old horror
               movies and he plays guitar. I
               actually hung out with him today.

                         BLEEKER
               Is that normal?

                         JUNO
               I asked my dad and Bren not to narc
               us out to your folks, so we should
               be safe.

                         BLEEKER
               Oh. That’s a relief.

     Juno walks over to the bed and sits down next to Bleeker.

                         JUNO
               I’m going to really start looking
               like a dork soon. Will you still
               think I’m cute if I’m huge?



                                                          (CONTINUED)
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                         BLEEKER
               I always think you’re cute. I think
               you’re beautiful.

     Juno is caught off guard by his sincerity.

                         JUNO
               Jesus, Bleek.

                         BLEEKER
               Well, I do.

     The song playing ends, and another one begins. It’s “the
     song,” the track that Bleeker and Juno both recognize from
     the infamous night in the basement.

                         BLEEKER
               Hey Junebug, when all this is over
               we should get the band back
               together again.

                         JUNO
               Yeah. Sure. Once Tino gets a new
               drumhead we should be good to go.

                         BLEEKER
               We could get back together too.

                         JUNO
               Were we together?

     Bleeker picks at the carpet, dejected.

                         BLEEKER
               Well, we were once. You know, that time.

                         JUNO
               What about Katrina De Voort? You
               could go out with Katrina De Voort.

                         BLEEKER
               I don’t like Katrina.

                         JUNO
               I totally heard you did.

                         BLEEKER
               I don’t. Katrina smells like soup.
               Her whole house smells of soup.


76   OMITTED                                                      76
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79   EXT. LORING HOUSE - DAY                                   79

     The house is covered in fresh snow.


80   OMITTED                                                   80


81   INT.   LORING HOUSE - NURSERY - DAY                       81

     Mark and Vanessa stand silently in the nursery. The walls are
     primed slate gray. A single ANTIQUE ROCKING CHAIR sits in the
     corner. Vanessa beams proudly and holds two paint samples up
     near the wall.

                          VANESSA
                What do you think? Custard or
                Cheesecake?

                          MARK
                They’re yellow.

                          VANESSA
                Well, I wanted to pick something
                gender-neutral for now. Once we get
                the baby, God willing, we can
                create a more decisive palette.

                          MARK
                Why do people think yellow is
                gender-neutral? I don’t know one
                man with a yellow bedroom.

                          VANESSA
                I think I’m leaning toward Custard
                in this light. I don’t know. I
                should paint a small area...

                          MARK
                Or you could just wait a couple
                months. It’s not like the baby’s
                going to storm in here any second
                and demand dessert-colored walls.

                          VANESSA
                What to Expect says that readying the
                baby’s room is an important process
                for women. It’s called “nesting.”

                          MARK
                Nesting, huh? Are you planning to
                build the crib out of twigs and
                saliva?

                                                        (CONTINUED)
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                         VANESSA
               You should read the book. I even
               flagged the “daddy chapters” for you.

                         MARK
               I just think it’s too early to
               paint. That’s my opinion.

                         VANESSA
               And I disagree.

     Mark shrugs, resigned.

     Vanessa points to the nursery’s largest wall.

                         VANESSA
               That wall is going to need
               something. Maybe we could put our
               first family picture there.

                         MARK
               Hm.

                         VANESSA
               Can you see it?

     Mark stares at the wall, looking lost.


82   OMITTED                                                   82


83   INT. RIDGEDALE MALL - DAY                                 83

     Juno and Leah are walking through the mall, looking bored. Juno
     is wearing one of Mac’s giant hockey jerseys in lieu of actual
     maternity wear. Leah gnaws on a giant cinnamon pretzel.

                         LEAH
               Yum. This pretzel tastes like a
               friggin’ donut!

                         JUNO
               Share the love, Tits!

     She wrestles Leah for the pretzel. Onlookers stare at them,
     appalled, as Leah puts Juno in a half-Nelson.

                         JUNO
                   (to eavesdroppers)
               She’s assaulting me! She’s denying
               me fresh-baked goodness!


                                                       (CONTINUED)
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     Leah claps a hand over Juno’s mouth.

                            JUNO
                      (muffled)
                  Hly shht!

                            LEAH
                  What?

     Juno drags Leah behind a pillar and peers out from behind it.
     They’re watching a group of well-heeled women and their
     children shopping en masse. One of the women is pushing a
     toddler in an ultramodern stroller. And one of the women is
     VANESSA, looking vaguely detached.

                            JUNO
                      (hushed)
                  That’s her. That’s Vanessa Loring.

                            LEAH
                  Of the Penny Saver Lorings?

     Juno nods.

                            LEAH
                  No way! She’s pretty.

                            JUNO
                  You sound shocked or something.

                            LEAH
                  I just thought she’d look really
                  old in real life.

     The women gather near a play area, sip Frapps and loudly
     discuss their outfits for an upcoming party.

                            WOMAN #1
                  And I was like, “No offense,
                  sweetie, but nobody looks good in
                  gauchos.”

                            WOMAN #2
                  Especially not with her build.

                            JUNO
                      (mimicking the women,
                       Peanuts-style)
                  Wah-wah-waaah!

     One of the little girls in the group tugs at Vanessa’s
     sleeve. Vanessa happily follows the little girl over to their
     play area and begins to play energetically with her.


                                                       (CONTINUED)
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83   CONTINUED: (2)                                              83

     Juno watches intently, but Leah just snickers.

                         LEAH
               She’s gonna steal that kid for her
               collection.

                         JUNO
               Right, seriously.

     They watch Vanessa for a few more moments. The other kids
     wander over toward the play area while their mothers ignore
     them. Vanessa continues to entertain the children.

                            LEAH
               Bo-ring!

     Leah stands up.   Juno lingers for a moment.


84   INT. RIDGEDALE MALL - ELEVATOR BANK - A HALF HOUR LATER     84

     Leah and Juno approach the elevator.

                         JUNO
               I want a huge cookie. And like, a
               lamb kebob. Simultaneously.

                         LEAH
               God, Spermy. Must you always feed?

     The elevator door opens, revealing... Vanessa.

                            VANESSA
               Juno?

     Juno tries her best to look enthused.

                         JUNO
               Well hi Vanessa! What brings you to
               the mall today?

                         VANESSA
               Just, you know, shopping with my
               girlfriends.

                         LEAH
               You’re gay?

     Juno glares at Leah.

                         VANESSA
                   (confused)
               No...


                                                       (CONTINUED)
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                         JUNO
               Please excuse Leah. She’s mentally
               challenged.

                         VANESSA
               Oh, okay. So...how are you feeling?

                         JUNO
               Happy? Oh, you mean like,
               physically. I’m good. Look, I have
               a snooze button now!

     She lifts her shirt and presses her popped-out NAVEL.

                         VANESSA
               That’s great.

     Vanessa is admiring the belly, when Juno grimaces.

                         JUNO
               Dude, it’s moshing all over.

     Vanessa looks confused.

                         JUNO (CONT’D)
                   (explains)
               It’s kicking.

     Vanessa nods in understanding then begins summoning the
     courage for an unusual request.

                         VANESSA
               Um... Juno, can I - Can I touch it?

                         JUNO
               Are you kidding? Everyone at school
               is always grabbing at my belly. I’m
               like a legend. They call me the
               Cautionary Whale.

     She grabs Vanessa’s hand and plants it on her stomach.

                         VANESSA
               I can’t feel anything.

     Vanessa moves her hand, wanting desperately to feel the baby.

                         VANESSA
               It’s not moving for me.

     She says this as though it’s an admission of failure.




                                                          (CONTINUED)
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84    CONTINUED: (2)                                              84

                          JUNO
                Oh, you should try talking to it.
                They can apparently hear speech in
                there, even though it sounds all ten
                thousands leagues under the sea.

      Vanessa kneels down next to the swell of Juno’s belly.

                          VANESSA
                Hi. Hi, baby. It’s me. My name is
                Vanessa. I can’t wait to meet you.

      Leah gives a look to Juno as if she’s about to barf.

                          VANESSA (CONT’D)
                Can you hear me sweet angel?

      Vanessa looks like she’s giving up hope. Then suddenly,

                          VANESSA (CONT’D)
                Oh my God - It moved! I felt it!

                             JUNO
                    (nods)
                Elbow.

                          VANESSA
                Wow! It’s magical.

      Juno smiles at Vanessa in awe of her genuine affection.


85    EXT. SUBURBAN STREETS - MORNING                              85

      The streets are covered in muddy, slushy snow. The mud is
      instantly TRAMPLED underfoot by the collective feet of the
      Dancing Elk Track Team on their morning run.


85A   INT. MACGUFF HOUSE - BREN’S DESK - DAY                     85A

      Bren cuts the top three inches off a pair of Juno’s jeans.
      Then, using a sewing machine, begins attaching an elastic
      waistband.


85B   INT. DANCING ELK SCHOOL - CORRIDOR - DAY                   85B

      We’re behind that same WAISTBAND, as Juno walks through the
      students. Now, people seem to part the waters for the belly.
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85C   INT. LORING HOUSE - MARK’S “SPECIAL ROOM” - DAY             85C

      Mark has the Les Paul on his lap as he stares at the boards
      of an awful commercial.

      CU - THE SCRIPT (storyboards). A kitchen scene with a kid
      eating a new breakfast product called - BRUNCH BOWLZ.

      Annoyed and out of ideas, Mark begins an impromptu song...

                          MARK
                IF YOU’RE TIRED OF BREAKFAST BUT
                NOT HUNGRY FOR LUNCH, MICROWAVE
                YOURSELF A HEALTHY BOWL OF BRUNCH!

      Mark drops his head, dejected. Then, the phone rings.

                          MARK
                    (picks up)
                Hello?

      INTERCUT WITH:


85D   INT. DANCING ELK SCHOOL - PHONE BOOTH - DAY                 85D

                          JUNO
                So, I’ve been spending a lot of
                time listening to that weird CD you
                made me.

      Mark instantly smiles.

                          MARK
                Oh really? What’s the verdict?

                          JUNO
                I sort of like it. I mean, it’s
                cute.

                          MARK
                Cute?

                          JUNO
                Well, when you’re used to the raw
                power of Iggy and the Stooges,
                everything else sounds kind of
                precious by comparison.

                          MARK
                I imagine you have a collection of
                punk chestnuts to prove your point.



                                                        (CONTINUED)
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85D   CONTINUED:                                               85D

                          JUNO
                Consider it your musical education.

                          MARK
                I’m dying to see what you’ve got to
                teach me.

                          JUNO
                Okay, stop surfing porn and get
                back to work. Just wanted to say
                hi.

                          MARK
                Go learn something.

      Mark hangs up. Smiles.


86    INT. DANCING ELK SCHOOL - CAFETERIA - DAY                    86

      CU on Juno’s tray sliding along, picking up an odd combo of
      pregnant food.

      Pull up to find Juno and Leah walking their trays to a table.

                          LEAH
                God, you’re getting huge. How many
                months has it been now?

                          JUNO
                Almost eight. You wouldn’t believe
                how weird I look naked.

                          LEAH
                I wish my funbags would get bigger.

                          JUNO
                Trust me, you don’t. I actually
                have to wear a bra now. And I have
                to rub this nasty cocoa butter
                stuff all over myself or my skin
                could get stretched too far and
                explode.

                          LEAH
                Hot!



86A   INT. DANCING ELK SCHOOL - CORRIDOR - DAY                 86A

      Juno and Leah are sitting inside an emptied awards case on
      the wall, eating their lunch.


                                                        (CONTINUED)
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86A   CONTINUED:                                               86A

      Juno notices that the other kids in the cafeteria can’t help
      but glance her way. Some look derisive, others are amused.

                          JUNO
                God, why is everyone always staring
                at me?

                          LEAH
                Well, you are kind of...convex.

      She illustrates by making a rounded gesture near her stomach.

                          JUNO
                Wow, someone’s been actually doing
                her geometry homework for once!

                          LEAH
                I don’t have a choice. Keith’s been
                grading me really hard lately.

                          JUNO
                Please do not refer to Mr. Conyers
                as “Keith,” okay? My barf reflex is
                already heightened these days.

                          LEAH
                Keith’s hot.

                          JUNO
                Eww, he’s all beardy!

      We see KEITH the teacher talking to some science kids in the
      background. He has a Wild America beard. He lifts a cup of
      coffee to his lips and slurps lustily.

      Back on Juno and Leah:

                          LEAH
                Did you hear Bleek is going to prom
                with Katrina De Voort?

                          JUNO
                Katrina? Pfft, no way. He doesn’t
                like Katrina. It must be a pity date.

                          LEAH
                    (shrugging)
                He asked her. I heard they were
                going to Benihana, then the prom,
                then to Vijay’s parents’ cabin.




                                                        (CONTINUED)
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86A   CONTINUED: (2)                                           86A

                          JUNO
                Bleeker told me Katrina’s whole
                house reeks of soup!

                          LEAH
                Oh, it totally does. I was there
                for her birthday about four years
                ago and it was like Lipton Landing.
                But you know, boys have endured
                worse things for nookie.

                          JUNO
                There’s no way in hell they’re
                having sex or even holding hands.

                          LEAH
                I wouldn’t be so sure about that.
                He did it with you. He’s a man now.

                          JUNO
                Yeah, well, Bleek trusted me. We’re
                best friends.

                          LEAH
                Are you jealous? I thought you said
                you didn’t care what he did.

                          JUNO
                I’m not jealous, and I don’t care.
                I just know he doesn’t like Katrina
                and I don’t think he should toy
                with her emotions like that. She
                seems so nice and all.

                          LEAH
                Okay Juno, I’m really convinced.

                          JUNO
                Prom is for wenises, anyway. Once
                you’re old enough to go, it’s not
                cool anymore.


87    INT. DANCING ELK SCHOOL - BLEEKER’S LOCKER - DAY          87

      Bleeker retrieves a book from his open locker. Juno marches
      up to him, belly leading the way.

                          JUNO
                Are you honestly and truly going to
                prom with Katrina De Voort?




                                                         (CONTINUED)
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                         BLEEKER
               Um, hi?

                         JUNO
               Leah just told me you were going
               with her.

                         BLEEKER
               Yeah, I did ask her if she wanted
               to go. A bunch of us from the team
               are going to Benihana, then the
               prom, then Vijay’s parents’ cabin.

     Juno is clearly AFFRONTED.

                         BLEEKER
                   (meekly)
               We’re getting a stretch limo.

                         JUNO
               Your mom must be really glad you’re
               not taking me.

                         BLEEKER
               You’re mad. Why are you mad?

                         JUNO
               I’m not mad. I’m in a fucking great
               mood. Despite the fact that I’m
               trapped in a fat suit I can’t take
               off, despite the fact that everyone
               is making fun of me behind my back,
               despite the fact that your little
               girlfriend gave me the stinkeye in
               art class yesterday...

                         BLEEKER
               Katrina’s not my girlfriend! And I
               doubt she was actually giving you
               the stinkeye. She just looks like
               that all the time.

     A GIRL strides past (obviously KATRINA) with a sour look
     aimed squarely at Juno.

                         JUNO
               Whatever. Have fun at the prom with
               Soupy Sales. I’m sure I can think
               of something way more cool to do
               that night.
                         (MORE)




                                                       (CONTINUED)
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                         JUNO (cont'd)
               Like I could pumice my feet, or go
               to Bren’s dumb Unitarian church, or
               get hit by a ten-ton truck full of
               hot garbage juice. All those things
               would be exponentially cooler than
               going to the prom with you.

     She starts to walk away.

     Bleeker takes a deep breath.

                         BLEEKER
               You’re being really immature.

                         JUNO
                   (turning around)
               What?

     Bleeker BRACES himself and pushes up his lab goggles.

                         JUNO
               That’s not how our thing works! I
               hurl the accusations and you talk
               me down, remember?

                         BLEEKER
               Not this time. You don’t have any
               reason to be mad at me. You broke
               my heart. I should be royally
               ticked at you, man. I should be
               really cheesed off. I shouldn’t
               want to talk to you anymore.

                         JUNO
               Why? Because I got bored and had
               sex with you one day, and then I
               didn’t, like, marry you?

                         BLEEKER
               Like I’d marry you! You would be the
               meanest wife of all time. And anyway,
               I know you weren’t bored that day
               because there was a lot of stuff on
               TV. The Blair Witch Project was on
               Starz, and you were like, “Oh, I want
               to watch this, but we should make out
               instead. La la la.”

                         JUNO
               Forget it, Bleek. Take Katrina the
               Douche Packer to the prom. I’m sure
               you guys will have a really
               bitchin’ time!


                                                       (CONTINUED)
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                           BLEEKER
                (searching for a comeback)
                Yeah, well...I still have your
                underwear.

                          JUNO
                I still have your virginity!

                          BLEEKER
                (looking around, panicked)
                Oh my God, SHUT UP!

                          JUNO
                What? Are you ashamed that we did it?

                          BLEEKER
                No...

                          JUNO
                Well at least you don’t have to
                walk around with the evidence under
                your sweater. I’m a planet!

      Juno picks up her BACKPACK dejectedly and slides it over her
      shoulder. She’s about to walk away, when...

                          BLEEKER
                Wait, let me take that.

                          JUNO
                Huh?

                          BLEEKER
                You shouldn’t be carrying that
                heavy bag. I’ll take it.

                          JUNO
                Oh. It’s fine. What’s another ten
                pounds?

      She turns around, wipes TEARS off her cheek (making sure no
      one sees) and continues down the hallway.


88    OMITTED                                                   88


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89   EXT. MACGUFF HOUSE - PREVIA - DAY                            89

     Juno climbs ungracefully into the van. She starts the engine,
     then pauses to dig through her backpack for something. She
     produces a brush and begins brushing her hair in the rearview
     mirror, examining herself self-consciously. She puts on some
     Dr. Pepper Lip Smacker and backs out of the driveway.


90   INT. LORING HOUSE - MARK’S SPECIAL ROOM - DAY                90

     Mark is seated at the computer, surfing a horror movie
     website. He has the blank expression of a bored obsessive.
     The doorbell rings.


91   INT. LORING HOUSE - ENTRY - DAY                              91

     Mark opens the door. Juno stands there, looking radiantly
     knocked-up. She holds a stack of CDs. Mark breaks into a
     grin.



                         MARK
               Wow. That shirt is working hard.

                         JUNO
                   (furtive)
               Is Vanessa here?

                         MARK
               Nope. We’re safe.

     He and Juno smile conspiratorially.

                         JUNO
               Cool.

                         MARK
               Come on, I have something for you.

     He gestures for Juno to follow him into the house.


92   INT. LORING HOUSE - BASEMENT - AFTERNOON                     92

     The Lorings’ basement is dank, cluttered unfinished and
     unattractive, much like Paulie Bleeker’s. Mark pulls a chain
     to illuminate a bare bulb.




                                                          (CONTINUED)
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                         JUNO
               Oh, Mark! Is this the baby’s room?
               It’s beautiful!

                         MARK
               Hilarious. No, I just keep all of
               my old comics down here, and I want
               to show you one of them.

                         JUNO
               Oh God, you’re one of those guys...

                         MARK
               You’re gonna like this, I promise.

     Mark RUMMAGES through a cardboard box in the corner.

                         MARK
                   (extracting a bagged COMIC
                    from the box)
               Here it is.

     He shows the COMIC to Juno. It’s called “Most Fruitful Yuki.” It
     depicts a pregnant JAPANESE GIRL kicking ass and taking names.

                         JUNO
               “Most Fruitful Yuki”? What is...Oh
               my god, she’s a pregnant superhero!

                         MARK
               Isn’t that great? I got it when I
               was in Japan with my band. She
               reminds me of you.

     Juno examines the comic. “Most Fruitful Yuki” does resemble her.

                         JUNO
               Wow, I actually feel like less of a
               fat dork now.

                          MARK
               Most Fruitful Yuki is bad ass, man.
               You should be proud to be the same
               condition.

     She throws a KARATE KICK in Mark’s direction with a KEE-YA!

     Juno is sincerely pleased.

                         JUNO
               Okay, how about some tunes?




                                                       (CONTINUED)
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     There’s a battered portable CD player in the corner. Juno
     kneels down and pops in one of the discs.

                         JUNO
               Now this first one is kinda slow.
               But it’s Mott the Hoople so it’s
               still totally rad and hardcore.

     Juno puts in the CD and “All The Young Dudes” fills the room.

     Mark Laughs.

                         JUNO
               What?

                         MARK
               I actually know this one.

                         JUNO
               You do?

                         MARK
               Yeah, this song’s older than me, if
               you can believe that. I danced to
               it at my senior prom.

                         JUNO
               That’s almost interesting, Mark.
               Who did you dance with?

                         MARK
               Her name was Cynthia Vogel and she
               was a good dance partner. Even let
               me put my hands on her butt.

                         JUNO
               Oh man, I can just picture you slow
               dancing like a dork!

     She mockingly places her hands on Mark’s waist and moves back
     and forth stiffly.

                         MARK
               No, I put my hands on your waist.
               Then you put your arms around my
               neck. That’s how we did it in ‘88.

     Mark puts his hands on what remains of Juno’s waist. She
     drapes her arms around his neck self-consciously.

                         JUNO
               Oh, okay. Like this.



                                                       (CONTINUED)
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                         MARK
               You’ve never been to a dance, have
               you?

                         JUNO
                   (casually defensive)
               Only squares and nerds go to dances.

                         MARK
               What are you?

                         JUNO
               I don’t know.

     They SWAY slowly to the music. Juno’s belly bumps up against
     Mark.

                         MARK
               I feel like there’s something
               between us.

     They laugh.

     Juno rests her head on Mark’s chest. They dance in silence
     for a few moments, then stop moving. Mark pulls Juno as close
     as he possibly can, given her expanding girth.

                         MARK
               I’m leaving Vanessa.

                         JUNO
                   (quiet at first)
               What?

                         MARK
               It’s just not working out, but I’m
               getting my own place in the city...
               and I’ve got it all planned out.
               It’s something I’ve wanted to do
               for a long time...

     Juno backs away.

                           JUNO
                     (growing)
               No.

                           MARK
               No?




                                                       (CONTINUED)
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                         JUNO
               No. No, you definitely cannot do
               that, Mark. That’s a big, fat sack
               of no!

                         MARK
               What’s the matter?

                         JUNO
               This isn’t what we agreed on. You
               guys have to take care of...this!
               You are the chosen custodians of
               the big-ass bump!

     She GESTURES wildly to her belly. Suddenly, something matters
     to her far more than the approval of an older guy.

                         MARK
               But I thought you’d be cool if...

                         JUNO
                   (interrupting)
               I want you guys to adopt the
               Buglet. I wanted everything to be
               perfect. Not shitty and broken like
               everyone else’s family. Listen,
               once I have the baby, Vanessa is
               going to finally be happy, and
               everything will be all right.
               Believe me on this one!

                         MARK
               A baby is not going to fix
               everything. Besides, I don’t know if
               I’m ready to be a father.

                         JUNO
                   (aghast)
               But you’re old!

                         MARK
               I...How do you think of me, Juno?
               Why are you here?

                         JUNO
               I don’t know. I just liked being your
               friend. I sort of liked becoming
               furniture in your weird life.

                         MARK
               This...
                   (he gestures to the dank
                    surrounding room)
                         (MORE)

                                                       (CONTINUED)
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                         MARK (cont'd)
               ...this is what my life has become.
               Stuff in boxes. Stuff underground.
               Is that so appealing to you?

                         JUNO
               Yeah, I guess...Is this my fault? Is
               Vanessa mad at you because of me?

                         MARK
               That’s not the point. We’re just
               not in love anymore.

                         JUNO
               Yeah, but didn’t you love Vanessa
               when you married her? If you love
               someone once, you can love them
               again, I know it. My friend Leah has
               gone out with the same guy, like,
               four times. You’re just not trying.

     Mark suddenly sees Juno for what she is - a teenage girl.

                         MARK
               I’m such an idiot. I can’t believe
               what an idiot I am.

     He paces over to the wall and KICKS it softly.

                         JUNO
               Please don’t get a divorce! God,
               Mark, just do me a solid and stay
               with your wife.

                         MARK
               God, you’re so young.

                         JUNO
               Not really. I’m sixteen. I’m old
               enough to tell when people are
               acting like total a-holes!

     Juno turns to leave, then shoots one furious look back at
     Mark.

                         JUNO
               Oh and by the way, I bought another
               Sonic Youth album and it’s the
               worst thing I’ve ever heard! It’s
               just noise, man!

     She bolts up the stairs, sobbing.
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93   INT. LORING HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - DAY                       93

     Juno reaches the top of the stairs and scrambles toward the
     front door, only to be intercepted by Vanessa, who’s
     returning home from work, carrying her briefcase and a
     freshly purchased NURSING PILLOW. They nearly collide.

                         VANESSA
               Juno? What’s going on?

                          JUNO
               Nothing.

     It’s obvious from Juno’s tears and flushed face that she’s
     lying. Vanessa instantly goes pale with fear, but she tries
     her hardest to seem serene and “together” in front of Juno.

                         VANESSA
                   (pretending to be calm)
               Mark? Why is Juno crying?

                         JUNO
               I’m not crying. I’m allergic to
               fine home furnishings. See you
               later.

     She rushes toward the door.

                          VANESSA
               Hold on.

     Juno halts.

                         VANESSA
               Juno, what’s the matter?

                         MARK
               She’s hormonal. Right, June? It’s
               just part of the whole process.

     Juno looks totally betrayed. She doesn’t respond. Vanessa
     looks at Juno’s expression and knows Mark is lying.

                         VANESSA
               What did you do?

                         MARK
               I didn’t do anything... I just...
               I’ve just been thinking.

     The worst words a man can speak.




                                                       (CONTINUED)
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                         VANESSA
                   (you’ve been thinking?)
               What?

                         MARK (CONT’D)
               Just thinking if this is really the
               right thing for us.

                         VANESSA
               What are you referring to?

     She knows exactly to what he’s referring.

                         MARK
               I’ve been just wondering if we’re,
               you know, ready.

                         VANESSA
               Of course we’re ready. We’ve taken
               all the classes. The nursery. The
               books -

                         MARK
               I know we’re prepared. I just don’t
               know if... I’m ready.

     Juno’s face continues to fall. Vanessa notices.

                         VANESSA
                   (to Juno)
               Juno, don’t worry about this. He just
               has cold feet. That’s how boys are.
               The books all say the same thing. A
               woman becomes a mother when she gets
               pregnant. A man becomes a father when
               he sees his baby. He’s going to get
               there. He’ll get there.

     Juno ain’t buying it.

                         VANESSA (CONT’D)
                   (to Mark)
               Why don’t we let Juno go home and we
               can discuss this later on, okay?

                         MARK
               It all just happened so fast. We
               put that ad in the paper. I thought
               it would take months if, you know,
               ever and then - boom - Two weeks
               later, she’s in our living room.




                                                       (CONTINUED)
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                         VANESSA
                   (quietly)
               She answered our prayers.

                         MARK
                   (ignores the comment)
               Ever since, it’s just been like a
               ticking clock.

     This stops Vanessa. Juno looks offended.

                         VANESSA
               What are you saying?

     A long hideous beat.

                         MARK
               It just feels a little like bad
               timing.

     Another hideous beat.

                         VANESSA
               What would be a good time for you?

                         MARK
               I don’t know. There’s just things I
               still want to do.

                         VANESSA
               Like what? Be a rock star?

                         MARK
               Don’t mock me.

     Vanessa sighs. It’s done.

                         VANESSA
               You’re trying to do something that’s
               never going to happen. And you know
               what? Your shirt is stupid. Grow up.
               If I have to wait for you to become
               Kurt Cobain, I’m never going to be a
               mother.

     Vanessa looks defeated.

                         MARK (CONT’D)
               I never said I’d be a great father.

     We hear the front door closing. Vanessa and Mark look over
     and notice that Juno has escaped the conflict.
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94    EXT. LORING HOUSE - AFTERNOON                               94

      Juno runs up to her car sobbing. She struggles with the keys,
      but finally makes it into the Previa and drives off.


      EXT. HIGHWAY - AFTERNOON

      The Previa slides off the road and comes to a stop on the
      shoulder.


      INT. PREVIA - AFTERNOON

      Juno buckles over the steering wheel, crying, unwinding for
      the first time since she became pregnant.

      After a beat, she begins to gather herself.


      INT. BLEEKER’S BEDROOM - NIGHT

      Bleeker is sitting next to his bed, noodling on the guitar.
      He’s playing a theme that we will soon recognise.


      EXT. CORNER STORE - NIGHT

      Juno lays on the hood of her Previa, contemplating her
      future. We push in close... when she gets an idea.

      She hops off the hood and scurries into the Previa where she
      finds a crumpled up Jiffy Lube receipt. She unfolds it and
      pulls out a pen, ready to write something... a note?


      EXT. LORING HOUSE - NIGHT

      It’s quiet after the storm. Inside, we see Vanessa sitting
      alone at her perfect dining room table, drinking a glass of
      wine.


103   INT.   LORING HOUSE - DINING ROOM - NIGHT                   103

      Vanessa takes a sip and continues to let the days events sink
      in. After a beat, Mark comes down the stairs to join her.

                           MARK
                 I called Gerta Rauss. She says she
                 can represent both of us. They call
                 it “collaborative divorce.” It’s
                 apparently all the rage right now.
                           (MORE)

                                                        (CONTINUED)
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                           MARK (cont'd)
                 And it’s easy because we don’t have
                 children.

                          VANESSA
                No, it’s fine. Thanks for making
                the call, I guess.

      Mark nods and sits down.

                          VANESSA
                We’re actually, finally doing this?

                          MARK
                Looks like it, yeah.

                          VANESSA
                Have you found a place to stay?

                          MARK
                Yeah, downtown.

                           VANESSA
                A hotel?

                          MARK
                It’s a loft.

                          VANESSA
                    (lightly teasing)
                Aren’t you the cool guy?

      They STARE at the wall, speechless and defeated.

                          VANESSA
                I wanted a baby so bad. So bad.

      She buries her head in her hands.

                          MARK
                I know you did.

      There’s a LOUD KNOCK on the front door.


      EXT. LORING HOUSE - ENTRY - NIGHT

      Mark opens the door. There’s a folded piece of paper sitting
      on the doormat. He squints and sees Juno pulling away in the
      van.

      Mark carefully unfolds the piece of paper--it takes a minute
      because of Juno’s proficiency in “teen girl origami.” He
      holds it up. We can see there’s WRITING on the back.


                                                         (CONTINUED)
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     CONTINUED:

                          MARK
                It looks like a bill from Jiffy-
                Lube.

     Vanessa takes the note from his hand and turns it over,
     examining it.

                          VANESSA
                It’s for me.


95   EXT. MACGUFF HOUSE - NIGHT                                  95

     Juno parks her car and walks up to her house. A porch light’s
     been left on for her, and the place looks cozy and inviting.

                          JUNO V.O.
                I never realize how much I like being
                home unless I’ve been somewhere
                really different for a while.

     She picks a CROCUS from the unkempt garden near the porch and
     sniffs it. She lifts her shirt and tickles her belly with it.
     Then she tucks the flower into her unkempt hair.


96   INT.   MACGUFF HOUSE - KITCHEN - NIGHT                      96

     Mac is alone at the kitchen table going over the family
     finances while drinking one of Bren’s weight loss shakes.

     Juno enters.

                          JUNO
                Hi Dad.

                          MAC
                Hey, big puffy version of Junebug.
                Where have you been?

                          JUNO
                Dealing with stuff way beyond my
                maturity level. Where is everyone?

                          MAC
                Bren took Liberty Bell to her tot
                ice skating class.

                          JUNO
                Tot ice skating? Tots can’t ice
                skate. Liberty Bell’s still getting
                the hang of stairs.



                                                        (CONTINUED)
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                         MAC
               No, but you know Bren. She dreams big.

                         JUNO
               Yeah, she does.

                         MAC
               You look a little morose, honey.
               What’s eating you?

                         JUNO
               I’m losing my faith in humanity.

                         MAC
               Think you can narrow it down for me.

                         JUNO
               I guess I wonder sometimes if
               people ever stay together for good.

                         MAC
               You mean like couples?

                         JUNO
               Yeah, like people in love.

                         MAC
               Are you having boy trouble? I gotta be
               honest; I don’t much approve of you
               dating in your condition, ‘cause... well,
               that’s kind of messed up.

                          JUNO
               Dad, no!

                         MAC
               Well, it’s kind of skanky. Isn’t
               that what you girls call it?
               Skanky? Skeevy?

                         JUNO
               Please stop now.

                         MAC
                   (persisting)
               Tore up from the floor up?

                         JUNO
               Dad, it’s not about that. I just need
               to know that it’s possible for two
               people to stay happy together
               forever. Or at least for a few years.



                                                        (CONTINUED)
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                          MAC
                It’s not easy, that’s for sure.
                Now, I may not have the best track
                record in the world, but I have
                been with your stepmother for ten
                years now, and I’m proud to say
                that we’re very happy.

     Juno nods in agreement.

                          MAC (CONT’D)
                In my opinion, the best thing you
                can do is to find a person who
                loves you for exactly what you are.
                Good mood, bad mood, ugly, pretty,
                handsome, what have you, the right
                person will still think that the
                sun shines out your ass. That’s the
                kind of person that’s worth
                sticking with.

     A wave of REALIZATION crosses Juno’s face.

                          JUNO
                I sort of already have.

                          MAC
                Well, of course. Your old D-A-D!
                You know I’ll always be there to
                love and support you, no matter
                what kind of pickle you’re in.

     He nods toward her belly.

                             MAC
                Obviously.

     Juno laughs and hugs her father, planting a smooch on his
     cheek.

                          JUNO
                I need to go out somewhere for just
                a little while. I don’t have any
                homework, and I swear I’ll be back
                by ten.

     She salutes and dashes out of the kitchen.

                          MAC
                You were talking about me, right?

     Montage:
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100    INT. BLEEKER HOUSE - BLEEKER’S ROOM - NIGHT                100

       We push in over Bleeker sleeping in his car-bed towards the
       window. We look out onto the lawn to find Juno and Leah
       running back to the Previa, hopping in, and screeching off.


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101    EXT. BLEEKER HOUSE - MORNING                               101

       Bleeker steps out of the house for his usual early-morning run.

       He looks down to see a message scrawled in chalk on the
       stoop: “BLEEKER- CHECK THE MAIL.”

       He walks down to the end of the driveway and opens the latch
       on the mailbox.

       At least one hundred containers of ORANGE TIC TACS come pouring
       out in an colorful deluge. They spill out onto the driveway.

       Bleeker smiles.


102    EXT. DANCING ELK SCHOOL - TRACK - MORNING                  102

       Juno waddles toward the field. The guys on the track team,
       ridiculously arrayed as usual, are doing hurdler stretches.
       They stare at her quizzically. Bleeker spots Juno approaching
       and jogs up to the chainlink fence.

                                                         (CONTINUED)
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                          BLEEKER
                Did you put like a hundred things
                of Tic Tacs in my mailbox?

                          JUNO
                Yeah. That was me.

                          BLEEKER
                Why?

                          JUNO
                    (blushes)
                Because they’re your fave. And you
                can never have too much of your
                favorite one-calorie breath mint.

                           BLEEKER
                Well...thanks. I think I’m pretty
                much set until college on the Tic
                Tac front.

                          JUNO
                You know, I’ve been thinking. I’m
                really sorry I was such a huge
                bitch to you. You didn’t deserve
                that. You never deserve any of the
                poo I unload on you.

                          BLEEKER
                You know it’s okay.

                          JUNO
                Also, I think I’m in love with you.

                          BLEEKER
                What, you mean as friends?

                          JUNO
                No, for real. I think you are the
                coolest person I’ve ever met. And
                you don’t even have to try.

                          BLEEKER
                I try really hard, actually...

                          JUNO
                No, you’re naturally smart. You
                always think of the funniest things
                to do. Remember when you passed me
                that postcard during Spanish class,
                and it was addressed like, “Junebug
                MacGuff, Row 4, Third Seat From the
                Blackboard”?
                          (MORE)

                                                      (CONTINUED)
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                          JUNO (cont'd)
                And it said, “I’m having fun in
                Barcelona- wish you were here”?
                That was hilarious.

                          BLEEKER
                I was just bored. I only think school
                is awesome like, 80% of the time.

                          JUNO
                Plus, you’re the only person who
                doesn’t stare at my stomach all the
                fucking time. You actually look at my
                face. And every time I look at you,
                the baby starts kicking me super hard.

                            BLEEKER
                It does?

      Juno presses Bleeker’s hand against her belly.

                            BLEEKER
                Wizard!

                          JUNO
                I think it’s because my heart
                starts pounding when I see you.

                            BLEEKER
                Mine too.

                          JUNO
                Basically, I’m completely smitten
                with you, and I don’t care if I’m
                making an ass out of myself right
                now, because you’ve seen me make an
                ass out of myself a million times,
                and you still want to be my friend.

                          BLEEKER
                Well, yeah. You’re the best friend
                I’ve ever had, even when you’re
                being kind of evil.

                          JUNO
                That’s all I need from you. That’s
                more than I could ever ask for.
                You’re just golden, dude.

                          BLEEKER
                Can we make out now?

                            JUNO
                Okay.


                                                         (CONTINUED)
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       Bleeker and Juno KISS, oblivious to the gawking track team
       guys in the background.

       In the distance, near the school entrance, we see STEVE
       RENDAZO (the kid who always TORMENTS Juno) regarding the
       makeout session with a sad, envious expression.

       LEAH passes by, does a double take, then hurries up to the
       fence, rolling her eyes.

                           LEAH
                     (disgusted)
                 You know, you can go into early
                 labor sucking face like that!

       Juno gives her the FINGER, not breaking the clinch with Bleeker.



105    INT. MACGUFF HOUSE - JUNO’S BEDROOM - MORNING               105

       Juno is lying on her back on the bed, staring at the ceiling.
       She’s more pregnant than we’ve ever seen her. She revs a
       Matchbox car against the slope of her belly and lets it roll.

       Juno suddenly sits up, looking thoroughly freaked. She pats
       her lap frantically and jumps off the bed.

                           JUNO
                 Dad!

       INTERCUT WITH:


105A   INT. MACGUFF HOUSE - MAC’S WORK DESK - SAME                105A

       Mac looks up from the lure he’s working on.

                           MAC (O.C.)
                 What?!

                           JUNO
                 Either I just pissed my pants or...

                           MAC (O.C.)
                 Or...

                           JUNO
                 Thundercats are go!
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106   EXT. MACGUFF HOUSE - DAY                                 106

      Mac, Bren and Liberty Bell rush out of the house. They pile
      into the Previa at breakneck speed. Juno waddles behind them,
      protesting.


107   INT. HOSPITAL - DAY                                      107

      CU of Juno wearing a puffy surgical cap. She’s being pushed
      down the hospital corridor in a wheelchair. She bursts into
      giggles. Pull back to reveal her that Leah is pushing her
      rather aggressively. Leah jokingly steers the wheelchair into
      a wall. Juno feigns whiplash.

      Bren appears behind them and orders Juno out of the
      wheelchair, exasperated. She pulls off Juno’s surgical cap.
      Leah and Juno snicker.


108   INT. HOSPITAL - BIRTHING SUITE - DAY                     108

      We see Juno is in a BIRTHING SUITE at the hospital, pacing
      impatiently, bent over in obvious discomfort. She’s wearing
      her Chuck Taylors and knee socks with her hospital gown. Leah
      and Bren stand nearby.

      Juno doubles over in pain.

                          JUNO
                    (panicked)
                Ow, ow, fuckity-ow. Bren, when do I
                get that Spinal Tap thing?

                          BREN
                It’s called a spinal block, and you
                can’t have it yet, honey. The doctor
                said you’re not dilated enough.

                          JUNO
                You mean I have to wait for it to
                get even worse? Why can’t they just
                give it to me now?

                          BREN
                Well, honey, doctors are sadists
                who like to play God and watch
                lesser people scream.

      Juno lets out a genuine shriek of pain.




                                                        (CONTINUED)
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                          BREN
                    (checking her watch)
                Shit.
                    (To the doctor)
                Hey, can we give my kid the damn
                spinal tap already?


109   INT. HOSPITAL - BIRTHING SUITE - LATER                   109

                          JUNO V.O.
                It really didn’t hurt that bad
                having him.

      We see Juno in the process of delivery, from her POV. Leah
      holds one of Juno’s feet and Bren holds the other.

                          JUNO V.O.
                The best part was when I peed on
                Leah during labor.

      We see Leah holding Juno’s FOOT, which is shaking. Leah’s
      shirt is soaked. She rolls her eyes and mouths “Fuck you” at
      Juno. Juno’s raised MIDDLE FINGER enters the frame.

                          JUNO V.O.
                And then, out of nowhere, there
                it was...

      The doctor reveals JUNO’S BABY BOY above the sheet.

                          JUNO (V.O.)
                There he was.

      Juno looks at the baby in awe, then her eyes begin to
      flutter... and she passes out.


110   EXT. DANCING ELK SCHOOL - TRACK - AFTERNOON              110

      Paulie Bleeker is running as fast as his legs can carry him
      on the Dancing Elk track. There’s a very sparse crowd in the
      bleachers. As Paulie approaches the tape, his envious
      teammate Vijay looks on. Bleeker’s mom is seated near Vijay,
      holding a video camera.

                          JUNO V.O.
                I decided to not call Bleeker to
                tell him that I was having the
                baby. He had a big meet against
                Manteno and I didn’t want him to
                get all worried about me and choke.



                                                        (CONTINUED)
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      Paulie breaks the tape, winning the race. The fifteen or so
      people in attendance cheer.

                          VIJAY
                    (admiringly)
                His legs are as swift as his seed.

                          MRS. BLEEKER
                What did you say?

      Bleeker pants at the finish line, dripping with sweat.

                          ANNOUNCER
                P. Bleeker has just broken a
                district record in the 400.

      Bleeker looks out at the BLEACHERS, scanning them for Juno.
      She’s not there.

                          JUNO V.O.
                But he figured it out anyway.

      Bleek takes off RUNNING toward the parking lot without
      stopping to explain. His mother stands up, confused.


111   INT. HOSPITAL - MATERNITY WARD - DAY                       111

      A NURSE reaches into one of the maternity ward bassinets and
      gently lifts up a swaddled newborn baby.

      The nurse turns and addresses an unseen spectator.

                          NURSE
                Would you like to meet your son?

      Pull back to reveal she’s speaking to VANESSA, who stands,
      paralyzed, several feet away.

                          VANESSA
                I have a son?

                          NURSE
                    (amused)
                You are the adoptive mother?

                          VANESSA
                I have a son.

                          NURSE
                Healthy kid, too. Didn’t waste any
                time getting out.



                                                           (CONTINUED)
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      Vanessa reaches out for the baby and gingerly accepts him in
      her eyes. She spends a few moments just looking at him.

      She feels someone watching her, then looks up to see a Bren
      leaning against the doorway.

      Vanessa blinks away her tears self-consciously.

                          VANESSA
                How do I look?

                          BREN
                    (gently)
                Like a mom. Scared shitless.

      Vanessa laughs.


112   INT. HOSPITAL - BIRTHING SUITE - DAY                        112

      Juno is curled up on her bed in the birthing room. The birth
      is obviously over; there’s that air of stillness and
      accomplishment, a task completed. The doctors have cleared
      out. Mac sits in a chair next to the bed, looking like he’s
      not sure what to say.

      He holds up a deck of Playing cards as if to initiate a game,
      but Juno gently pushes his hand away. Their eyes meet. His
      expression is helpless, hers is utterly drained.

                          MAC
                Someday, you’ll be back here,
                honey. On your terms.

      Juno nods and swallows.

      Over Mac’s shoulder, a silhouette appears in the doorway.
      It’s Bleeker in his track uniform.

      Juno sees him and bursts into sudden, ragged sobs. Mac
      glances at her, alarmed. Paulie moves toward the bed. Mac
      clears his throat, gets up and leaves the room.

      Paulie climbs onto the hospital bed and carefully puts his
      arm around Juno. She leans into him, letting herself go for
      the first time in months.
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113   INT. HOSPITAL ROOM - BIRTHING SUITE - EVENING            113

      Juno lies on the bed. She looks rested and relaxed compared
      to her earlier crying jag, but her face is still pink and
      swollen. Bleeker is curled up next to her, still in his track
      uniform and spikes.

                          JUNO V.O.
                Bleeker decided he didn’t want to
                see the baby. Neither did I,
                really. He didn’t feel like ours.


114   INT. HOSPITAL - MATERNITY WARD - EVENING                 114

      We see Vanessa leaning over the bassinet, unable to take her
      eyes off the baby, touching it’s hair reverently.

                          JUNO V.O.
                I think he was always hers.


115   OMITTED                                                  115


116   INT. LORING HOUSE - NURSERY - DAY                        116

      The nursery is perfectly decorated in Vanessa’s immaculate
      taste. Nothing looks as though it’s been touched. We see the
      antique ROCKING CHAIR sitting empty.

                          JUNO V.O.
                It ended with a chair.

      We pan past the wall Vanessa had said “needed something.”
      There’s a framed note on the wall. It looks like it was
      handwritten on the back of a Jiffy Lube bill. We see that it
      says: “Vanessa - If you’re still in, I’m still in. Juno.”

      We move to the door and get a view of Vanessa’s bedroom. We
      see her lying in bed with a burp cloth draped over her
      shoulder, feeding the baby. For the first time ever, Vanessa
      looks disorganized, unshowered--and incredibly happy. There
      are formula bottles on the bedside table and a bassinet
      pushed close to the bed. Obviously, she hasn’t been away from
      the baby for a single moment.

      The baby reaches up and grabs Vanessa’s thumb. Vanessa glows
      with an expression of pure bliss.


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119   EXT. MACGUFF HOUSE - DAY                                    119

      It’s a sparkling summer afternoon. Juno wheels her bicycle
      out of the detached garage. She waves goodbye to Bren, who is
      playing in the yard with two WEIMARANERS. She looks almost as
      happy with her dogs as VANESSA looked with her baby.


120   EXT. SUBURBAN STREETS - DAY                                 120

      Juno rides her bike aggressively down the street. Her guitar
      is slung over her shoulder in a gig bag. She’s obviously not
      pregnant anymore. She looks happy, but older.

                          JUNO V.O.
                As boyfriends go, Paulie Bleeker is
                totally boss. He is the cheese to
                my macaroni. I know people are
                supposed to fall in love before
                they reproduce, but normalcy’s not
                really our style.

      As she tears recklessly down the street on her bikes, she
      passes the Dancing Elk TRACK TEAM, still running in
      outrageously skimpy shorts and bandanas.

      Juno RIDES up to a garage where Bleeker is sitting, tuning
      his guitar.


121   EXT. BLEEKER HOUSE - DAY                                    121

      Juno bikes up to find Bleeker sitting on the stoop. She
      smiles and takes out her guitar. She sits across from Bleeker
      and pulls the pick out of the strings.

                          JUNO
                Ready?

      Bleeker nods.

      Juno begins strumming her guitar and playing “Anyone Else But
      You,” by the Moldy Peaches. Bleeker joins in. At first their
      playing is discordant, but suddenly it works.

                          BLEEKER
                You’re a part time lover and a full-
                time friend. The monkey on your
                back is the latest trend.
                          (MORE)


                                                        (CONTINUED)
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                           BLEEKER (cont'd)
                 I don’t see what anyone can see, in
                 anyone else but you.

                          JUNO
                Here is the church and here is the
                steeple. We sure are cute for two
                ugly people. I don’t see what anyone
                can see, in anyone else but you.

                          BLEEKER
                We both have shiny happy fits of
                rage. You want more fans, I want
                more stage. I don’t see what anyone
                can see, in anyone else but you.

                          JUNO
                You are always trying to keep it
                real. I’m in love with how you
                feel. I don’t see what anyone can
                see, in anyone else but you.

                          BLEEKER
                I kiss you on the brain in the shadow
                of a train. I kiss you all starry-
                eyed, my body’s swinging from side to
                side. I don’t see what anyone can
                see, in anyone else but you.

                          JUNO
                The pebbles forgive me, the trees
                forgive me. So why can’t you
                forgive me? I don’t see what anyone
                can see, in anyone else but you.

                          JUNO AND BLEEKER TOGETHER
                Du du du du du du dudu. Du du du du
                du du dudu. I don’t see what anyone
                can see, in anyone else but you.

      She and Bleeker exchange glances as they play. They smile
      ambiguously. Juno leans over and kisses Bleeker on the cheek.

      Pull out to reveal the surrounding green suburb buzzing with
      life and summer activity.

                                                    FADE TO BLACK
