Logan's Version

LV 4 (scene 16) - The end of Vesse

The scene opens with Kelsea, Jesse, Harleen, Vivian, and Danny playing cards. But instead of enjoying the game as normal people, they're giving one another serious yet obnoxious glares. Especially Danny. He's staring at Vivian, who has a calculative look on her face. Almost as soon as Vivian raises her head up, Danny smirks at her [brief laugh track]
Danny: Ayy, hottie (Vivian rolls her eyes)
Jesse: Danny, she's taken [laugh track]
Danny: Bro, she only gives the looks. But I give everyone the loser's look. (He drops his last card on the table and yells energetically) Ha! Checkmate, people!! [laugh track]
Harleen: Why does he have to be so good at cards?!
Jesse: You don't know? Danny's a math - (Jesse pauses to see Danny glaring at him. He realises that he doesn't want the others to know he's a book prodigy, so he clears his throat and continues). I mean, a math friendly environment [laugh track]
Danny: Wow, nice save [brief laugh track].
Vivian: Danny, it's OK to be a bookworm and an explosive freak at the same time.
Kelsea: If you think about it, you're better compared to Jesse cause he's just a regular neat freak [laugh track]. Besides, the only good thing about Jesse aside from his acting talent is that he's a psychic - (She pauses to look at Jesse, realizing she almost gave away his secret to Harleen and Vivian; she wears a silly grin and corrects herself) A psychopath.
Jesse: (dryly) Wow. Nice save [brief laugh track].
Kelsea: (checks her phone) Sorry, I gotta hang out with some friends. See y'all later (She leaves the others. Vivian turns to Jesse)
Vivian: So, Jesse, do you have plans for tomorrow? Cause I was thinking we could hang out again, like we rarely do.
Jesse: What do you mean? We're hanging out now.
Danny: She means you and her alone. (to Harleen) And they call me the dumb one.
Harleen: Yeah, bummer [laugh track]
Vivian: I mean, I think you're hiding something, and that's why we don't hang out like we used to.
Jesse: It's, um, acting stuff.
Vivian: Honey, you haven't got an acting gig in a year [brief laugh track]
Jesse: It was the lock-down year. No one had a steady job 2 years ago.
Danny: Kelsea and Logan starred in an animated movie.
Harleen: (Excitedly) It was amazingly dope!
Jesse: Yes, we get. It's "Shade Jesse" day. Thanks for remembering me [laugh track]
Vivian: So, what's happening? We have to be honest with each other.
Jesse: I'm honest with you every time. (He exhales) I just can't tell you what's happening. (He walks back 2 steps and grins weakly) You won't get it. Or, most likely, you'll not want to hang out with me anymore.
Vivian: Then, make it understandable. Also, I'm Latinx. We understand everything.
Jesse: Yeah, there are exceptions.
Vivian: If you're talking about my dad, he does that intentionally to annoy your dad.
Jesse: Mr Liam's not my dad.
Harleen: Dude, the Internet thinks your dad is your adoptive dad. And Logan had you way too early. Thus, his slight decline in fame [laugh track]
Vivian: I don't think this can work. No offence, you're kind of a hot boy bummer.
Harleen: Should we say something?
Danny: (brings out a black nylon bag) I got popcorn
Harleen: Thank you
Jesse: I'm sorry. Are you trying to sound like your "dad"?
Vivian: (taken aback) Excuse me, why did you say my dad like that?
Jesse: Cause at this point, I think you're scared of what your dad will say if we continue dating, just cause he doesn't like me.
Vivian: Maybe yeah, I am. You're kind of a wimp, sometimes.
Jesse: (with a non-apologetic tone) I'm sorry for being a wimp, you know.
Vivian: (bluntly) And I'm sorry for breaking up with you. Sorry, not sorry
Danny: That doesn't even make sense
Harleen: It's her moment. Allow her
Vivian: Goodbye, Jesse. It wad nice being your girlfriend (Vivian takes her backpack and starts to leave. She halts briefly to look at a saddened Jesse again before leaving)
Harleen: (to Danny) Danny? (Danny hands a random tissue roll to her from nowhere, and she walks out to follow Vivian [laugh track]. Danny puts a hand around Jesse's shoulder)
Danny: Sorry about her, bro. But if it makes u feel better, (He looks at Jesse with a funny grin) Good luck, Jesse! [another laugh track] (Jesse gives Danny "the look," but his facial expression changes to one of sadness. Just then, Logan

Later...
Jesse: Vivian and I aren't exactly together again. It's about the whole vision thing. And I couldn't tell her the one reason I'm weird. And now, she thinks I can't be trusted.
(Logan, Tracy, Gerald, and Stephanie exchange concerned glances at one another)
Tracy: We should let you three be. (Tracy and Logan walk to and stand by the front door)
Gerald: (puts his arm around Jesse) Sorry, champ.
Stephanie: There are other girls out there who will be happy to date you as you are.
Gerald: As far as you don't tell them that you're psychic [brief laugh track]. (Jesse hugs his parents with a saddened expression on his face)
Jesse: (sullen) I really liked her.
Stephanie: We know
Gerald: If it makes you feel better, her dad didn't [brief laugh track].
Logan: (shrugs) It's not a lie.
Stephanie: (mouthing to Logan) Not helping [laugh track]
Tracy: (notices Jesse's closeness with his parents and whispers to Logan) Does this moment make you want to have kids of your own?
Logan: Don't we already have Jesse and Danny? And to be fair, Kelsea is kinda the adopted one.
Tracy: (rolls her eyes) Wow. I owe Danny an apology for thinking he's dumb.
Logan: (nudges Tracy) Relax. I understood what you meant. It's a miracle that Madison and Mario haven't broken up with us yet for co-parenting kids with actual parents [brief laugh track]
Tracy: That makes sense.
Logan: I don't know why, but sometimes, when Jesse's sad, I see that vulnerable 5 year old whose life I ruined. And I'm like, that's the kid I recognise and relate to better. (He actually envisions Jesse as a five year old. He has that sad, concerned look on his face. Logan carries Jesse up and tries to console him) It's gonna be OK, big guy. (Stephanie clears her throat, and Logan snaps out of his "spell." He shrieks in "shock" as he realises he carried the actual 12 year old Jesse in his arms). How did you get so tall? [laugh track]
Jesse: Since I started growing.
Logan: (puts Jesse down and grins lightly) My bad. I'll just, um, check the, well -
Gerald: (cuts in) It's fine. You were kinda his teacher, dad, and big brother for 5 years of his life, so I get the whole, well, Logan effect thing
Logan: No offence, but giving a name to every single reaction I have is an offence [laugh track]
Stephanie: It's not like that. It's just that Jesse sees you as a second father figure, and it's alright to feel bad that he's heartbroken. I mean, look (Gerald, Stephanie, and Logan turn to Tracy, who's crying profusely - and dramatically - into several tissue papers that Jesse is handing to her in confusion)
Tracy: Jesse, we promise you will find a better girl who loves you with your weird psychic vibes.
Gerald: Why's she crying more than Jesse, who had the heartbreak?
Logan: This is nothing. When you learn what happened at Zoey's wedding, you'll be grateful you didn't attend it [final laugh track]