Father of the Bride by Petra Michelle
INT. HOME OFFICE - DAY
A MIDDLE-AGED MAN is on the telephone gleaning a sheet of paper.
MAN (irate) Hold on just a second.
He gathers up another sheet of paper.
MAN (increasingly upset) I'll call you back. (bellows) Mary!
His wife rushes in.
MARY What is it?
ALBIE What's this?
MARY It's the bill for the flowers.
ALBIE Five thousand dollars? And this?
MARY The photographer.
ALBIE That's it! One more week of this and we'll be in the poor house!
MARY Stop exaggerating.
Albie collects the invoices, rises, then paces.
ALBIE I can understand a ten thousand dollar wedding gown. But a coach? Why can't she have a limousine like every other bride? Who do I look like? Walt Disney?
A young WOMAN rushes into the office CRYING.
WOMAN There you are, Mother.
MARY What is it, Christine?
CHRISTINE (sobs) We broke up.
MARY What happened?
CHRISTINE He wants to elope! Can you believe it?
ALBIE Smart boy.
CHRISTINE Father!
Mary glares at Albie, guiding Christine to a chair.
ALBIE Let me remind you, young lady, your mother and I eloped. Look how happily married we are.
CHRISTINE (between sobs) You did, didn't you? It is romantic, isn't it?
ROB rushes in.
ROB Christine, listen to me.
CHRISTINE I have nothing to say.
Albie skulks out of the office, then rushes through the house into the yard.
EXT. YARD - DAY
As he approaches the GARDENER,
ALBIE Grab the ladder and place it at THAT window. Then bring the car around.
INT. OFFICE - DAY
Albie returns to find Rob kneeling before Christine.
ROB I'll do whatever it takes to make you happy.
Albie watches the ladder sway to and fro outside the window.
ALBIE Look! A ladder!
MARY That's odd. What's it doing there?
Albie grins coyly as he walks seductively towards Mary.
ALBIE Don't you remember? (embraces her) How about we renew our vows?
MARY (smiles) Albie...
Entranced, Christine watches on as Albie extends his arm, Mary wrapping hers around it.
CHRISTINE If it was good enough for my parents, it's good enough for us.
MARY What?
CHRISTINE Right now. The four of us.
ALBIE Why not?
INT./EXT. OFFICE WINDOW - DAY
One by one the four crawl through the window, Albie leading the way as they step carefully onto the ladder.
GARDENER Where are the suitcases?
MARY And money?
EXT./INT. OFFICE - DAY
The four step up the ladder and crawl back into the office, then rush helter-skelter out of the office. Albie isn't amused. Upon their return,
MARY (excitedly) I packed for us.
Albie nods to Mary as he approaches Christine.
ALBIE My angel, I won't put a price on your happiness. You have your wedding with all the bells and whistles. You'll make me the proudest father in the world.
CHRISTINE (throws her arms around Albie) Thank you, daddy! You're the best!
FADE TO BLACK
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