8. THE MET

NICK:
OKAY NICK, YOU’RE NOW INSIDE
A SECRET SMALL APARTMENT
UP IN SUGAR HILL

CATHERINE:
My sister Myrtle said you were a 10. You’re a 4.

NICK:
WHEN TOM AND MYRTLE GOT HERE
THEY WENT STRAIGHT INTO THE BEDROOM
AND THEY’RE IN THERE STILL

CATHERINE :
These are the McKees. They like to watch.

NICK:
SO I’M STUCK MAKING SMALL TALK
WHILE THEY (Mouthing it) “FUCK” A FEW FEET AWAY
SMILING AT STRANGERS WHO ALL LOOK AT ME LIKE I’M THEIR PREY
I CLOSE MY EYES BUT ALL I SEE’S THE GLOWING FACE OF DAISY FAY

MRS. MCKEE:
Mr. McKee has taken two-HUNDRED-and-twenty-SEVEN photographs of me.

MR. MCKEE:
228!

NICK:
I NEVER SHOULD HAVE COME HERE
AS MY PALMS BEGIN TO SWEAT
I NEED A DOSE OF CULTURE, AND I NEED A CIGARETTE
OH THEY REALLY SHOULD HAVE DROPPED ME AT THE MET

NICK: (cont)
I’m not drinking.

TOM:
I’m not drinking alone.

MRS. MCKEE:
Love the dress! LOVE.

MYRTLE:
This crazy old thing? I just slip it on when I don’t care what I look like.

CATHERINE:
The tag’s still on it.

NICK:
I SAID JUST ONE DRINK BUT IF I LOWBALL IT
I’M GUESSING THIS IS NUMBER THREE

TOM:
The bedroom’s free if you wanna shake the sheets with Catherine.

NICK:
ALL THAT I CAN THINK OF IS THE ILL-CONSIDERED FAVOR
GATSBY ASKED OF ME

CATHERINE:
In the bedroom lighting, I’m an 8.

NICK:
WHEN I GOT HERE I SHOULD HAVE SAID I WOULDN’T BE STAYING LONG
EVERYONE IS FLIRTING NOW AND THEY’RE ALL COMING ON TOO STRONG
AT LEAST THE MIDWEST BLESSED ME WITH A STELLAR SENSE OF RIGHT AND WRONG

MR. MCKEE:
Mrs. McKee and I have an open relationship. She has sex with other people and I’m open to it!

NICK:
I NEED A CUP OF COFFEE!
AS THE SUN BEGINS TO SET
THEY SING "AIN'T WE GOT FUN” SO LOUD IT'S SOUNDING LIKE A THREAT
OH THEY REALLY SHOULD HAVE DROPPED ME AT THE MET

CATHERINE:
Jay Gatsby, the millionaire? On Long Island? He’s a 5.

NICK:
But would you go to tea with him?

CATHERINE:
No. But only because tea makes me vomit.

MR. MCKEE:
I’d love to do more work on Long Island if I could gain entry.

NICK:
PEOPLE DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR
AND THEN THEY LOSE EACH OTHER IN THE FRAY

TOM:
Do you like polo ponies?

MYRTLE:
Tom!

NICK:
THEY SEARCH FOR EACH OTHER AND ARE REUNITED
ONLY A FEW FEET AWAY

MYRTLE:
That’s my sister!

TOM:
Relax, Myrtle.

NICK:
THERE’S A FLASH AND I CRASH OVER THE OVERSIZED FURNITURE
I LOOK AROUND FOR CATHERINE AND I FIND THAT I’M ON TOP OF HER
AND ALL OF THIS IS CAPTURED BY THE GREEDY-EYED PHOTOGRAPHER

MR. MCKEE:
I want to capture your musk.

NICK:
WHO STALKS ME LIKE A VULTURE
HERE’S A NIGHT I’LL SOON REGRET
SHE’S GOT ANOTHER BOTTLE SO THIS ISN’T OVER YET
OH THEY REALLY SHOULD HAVE DROPPED ME AT THE MET

MYRTLE:
Don’t you treat me that way! Don’t you flirt with my sister!

TOM:
Cool it, Myrtle.

MYRTLE:
Would you do that to Daisy? Huh?

TOM:
You don’t mention Daisy.

MYRTLE:
Why not?! You take shots at George every chance you get! But Daisy is off-limits?!

TOM:
I’m warning you, Myrtle -

MYRTLE:
Daisy! Daisy! Daisy! I’ll say it whenever I want! Daisy! Dai--

MYRTLE:
You broke my nose! You broke my nose!

CATHERINE:
You broke my sister’s nose!

TOM:
It was an accident.

CATHERINE:
Don’t touch her!

MYRTLE:
If you touch me I’ll call the cops.

NICK:
IF I WONDERED WHETHER TOM’S AN ASSHOLE, TOM’S AN ASSHOLE
HE REMOVED ALL DOUBT

NICK:
AND GATSBY’S PROPOSITION IS THE ONLY THING
MY SPINNING MIND CAN THINK ABOUT
I JUST SINK IN A SOFA AS THE NIGHT GROWS MORE DIM
GOD, WHAT A COWARD, SHOULD HAVE TORN THE BASTARD LIMB FROM LIMB
BUT MAYBE THERE’S ANOTHER WAY THAT I CAN STILL GET BACK AT HIM?

Nick realizes that there’s a phone next to him. He picks up the receiver.

NICK (cont):
Yes. Please connect me with Jay Gatsby.

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