A Simple Love Story

12-DANIEL'S OFFICE

DEAN Are you with this girl?

DANIEL No.

DEAN You are with the girl.

DANIEL No.

DEAN You are with the girl, we know.

DANIEL Who's we? Anyway, so what, yes, I'm with the girl.

DEAN You admit you're with that girl?

DANIEL I'm with the goddammn girl. What the fuck do you care?

DEAN Are you recording in this room?

DANIEL Are you?

DEAN It's a PR issue. It hurts our image.

DANIEL Doesn't look good on the catalogue?

DEAN No. It doesn't.

DANIEL Too bad.

DEAN We pay you.

DANIEL To teach.

DEAN Not to fuck.

DANIEL I am teaching.

DEAN We are not paying you to fuck those you teach.

DANIEL You are paying me to teach..

DEAN Yes.

DANIEL And I teach, I teach for you. Did she say something?

DEAN You do teach.

DANIEL Did she say something?

DEAN She didn't say anything.

DANIEL Someone must have said something to you.

DEAN Someone has.

DANIEL Who.

DEAN Someone has.

DANIEL Who.

DEAN I've seen you two together.

DANIEL Where?

DEAN The green.

DANIEL When.

DEAN Last week, all the time, Jesus.

DANIEL That's Sandro's word.

DEAN Could you show some tact?

DANIEL Tact?

DEAN Tact.

DANIEL Love has no tact.

DEAN Is this love?

DANIEL Have I tact?

DEAN None at all.

DANIEL It must be love.

DEAN Hide it.

DANIEL Why?

DEAN Hide it from me.

DANIEL Why?

DEAN You force my hand.

DANIEL Act then.

DEAN I have to act. Students can't..

DANIEL Do what?

DEAN Students can't..

DANIEL Students do more than you think.

DEAN They can't be in love with teachers.

DANIEL But they are.

DEAN No.

DANIEL They are.

DEAN No.

DANIEL They are. That's your problem. They can't be, but they are.

DEAN Is she really in love with you?

DANIEL Yes.

DEAN Then hide it.

DANIEL Hide?

DEAN Hide it from your wife, hide it from me. Hide it from everyone.

DANIEL Why would love hide?

DEAN Please.

DANIEL Why would it? Love never hides!

DEAN Because love is crazy, case in point.

DANIEL Dismiss me, fine.

DEAN You have my nod.

DANIEL Mm.

DEAN You have every respect from me.

DANIEL Mm.

DEAN You are the top. We couldn't have gotten better than you.

DANIEL No.

DEAN No.

DANIEL Well.

DEAN It's still a problem.

DANIEL What about Pythagoras?

DEAN What about him?

DANIEL Sex with students.

DEAN That was 50 A.D. or something. This is two-thousand years later!

DANIEL So?!

DEAN You can't fuck students anymore.

DANIEL The world has changed so much?

DEAN Are you a chemist or a philosopher?

DANIEL Chemistry is everything. What about her?

DEAN Her?

DANIEL What does she say?

DEAN She who?

DANIEL She, she, come on, she, Jesus.

DEAN That's Sandro's word.

DANIEL I know. What does she say? Have you talked to her?

DEAN We've talked to her.

DANIEL And what does she say?

DEAN She says nothing.

DANIEL Now that I can't believe.

DEAN It's true. She protects you.

DANIEL Good girl.

DEAN You fucked her?

DANIEL You wouldn't have done the same?

DEAN You gave her barium?

Daniel is startled.

DEAN Did you mix her barium?

DANIEL Have you ever fucked around?

DEAN Of course.

DANIEL Would you like that of course to come to light?

DEAN Of course not.

DANIEL Well.

DEAN Did you feed this girl barium?

DANIEL She likes it.

DEAN I don't care.

DANIEL It's about your reputation.

DEAN Yes. It's about our reputation.