Pages 79-82

INT. LONG SHOT – ANTONIO'S OFFICE – ANTONIO

Antonio is sitting behind his desk. His hands are folded.

He is not happy.

The guys walk in.

ANTONIO
Good afternoon, boys.

ALL THREE
Good afternoon, Mr. Santana.

ANTONIO
Sit down, please.

They sit.

ANTONIO
Good boys. Now has the problem been settled?

CARLOS/RAPHAEL
Yes, Mr. Santana.

ANTONIO
Good. So this means that you are ready for another gig?

CARLOS
Yes, sir.

ANTONIO
Good. I promise no more gigs like that last one. However, I'm sending you back
to the bars. Any problem with that, boys?

RAPHAEL
No, sir.

ANTONIO
And if you do well with this gig, then we talk recording studio. Okay?

CARLOS
Yes, sir.

Antonio gets up.

He motions for the boys to come closer.

They do.

He hugs them.

ANTONIO
You can be such morons, but I love you guys!

He throws them out of his office.

ANTONIO
Now get going! You have to practice.

EXT. LONG SHOT – GARAGE – GUYS

The guys are practicing in earnest.

Hector is smiling.

It is creeping the other two out.

A Volkswagen Bug shows up in front of the house.

The guys stop for a moment.

Helen emerges from the Bug.

Hector walks over to her.

Carlos and Raphael look at each other.

Hector brings her up to the other two.

HECTOR
This is my girlfriend, Helen.

Carlos and Raphael do a synchronized facepalm.

CARLOS
But she's from the Golden Foxes!

HECTOR
Well, she's not perfect, but---

HELEN
That's not what he said.

RAPHAEL
She can watch. But that's it.

HELEN
Is it because I'm a girl?

CARLOS
It's because you're not part of the band.

HELEN
Oh. I can live with that.

Hector brings out a chair for her.

CARLOS
So back to practice, Eagle?

HELEN
Why do you guys call him “Eagle”, anyway?

Hector glares at them.

They smile.

CARLOS
Because his nose was huge when he was young.

RAPHAEL
And his dad kept his head shaved.

CARLOS
It was either “Socrates” or “Eagle”, but Raph didn't get the Socrates joke.

Raphael slugs Carlos in the shoulder.

RAPHAEL
So we went with “Eagle”. Makes sense, really.

She sits down.

HELEN
Neat.

They get back to practice.

INT. LONG SHOT – FELLOW'S GATE TAVERN – GUYS

The guys are singing in the cavern of a bar that is the Fellow's Gate Tavern.

Antonio is in the back.

SAMUEL VEGA, an agent that is higher up ion the food chain than Antonio, walks up to him.

SAMUEL
So this is your newest discovery, Antonio?

ANTONIO
Yes, it is, Samuel.

Samuel listens for a moment.

SAMUEL
They have a nice sound. A little country perhaps, but also punk. Interesting.

ANTONIO
I thought you may be interested in listening to them for a moment.

SAMUEL
You may be right. Do you think you could have a decent demo disk done up for
me?

ANTONIO
Easily. In fact, I have them scheduled for a recording session tomorrow. I just
wanted to see how you felt about them before I fully committed.

SAMUEL
I like these boys.

ANTONIO
They are willing to try almost everything at least once.

SAMUEL
I am glad to hear it. Are they still in school?

ANTONIO
Yes, but they graduate in two weeks.

SAMUEL
Good timing. (beat) Okay, I think we may able to negotiate.

He slinks off.

Antonio smiles.