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Mark : So,
let’s talk how we’re gonna do this thing.
Juno : Well,
don't I just have the thing? Squeeze it on out and
hand it over?
Gerta : Mark
and Vanessa are willing to negotiate an open
adoption.
Mac : Well,
what does that mean?
Gerta : It
means they’ll send annual updates, photos, let Juno
know how the baby is doing as he or she grows up.
Juno : Whoah.
No, no, no, no, no, I don’t want photos or any kind
of notification, you know. I mean can’t we just kick this old school?
You know, like I, I stick the baby in a basket and
send it your way. Like Moses in the reeds.
Mark :
Technically, that would be kicking it Old Testament.
Juno :
Exactly! Right? Do you know what I mean? Like in the
good old days.
When it was quick and
dirty.
Gerta : Well,
then we all agree a traditional closed adoption
would be best for all involved?
Juno : Shit,
yes, just close her on up.
Mark :
Obviously, we would compensate you for all your
medical expenses.
Vanessa : Are
you looking for any other type of compensation?
Mac : Excuse
me?
Juno : No.
No, I don't want to, you know, sell the thing, I
just... I want... I just want the baby to be with
people who are gonna love it, and be good parents,
you know? I’m, I’m in, I’m in high school. Dude, I’m
just, I’m ill-equipped.
Vanessa :
You’re doing a beautiful and a selfless thing for
us.
Mark :
Vanessa has wanted a baby ever since we got married.
Vanessa : I
want to be a mommy so badly!
Mac : You
don’t say.
Vanessa :
Have you ever felt like you were just born to do
something?
Mac : Yes.
Heating an air conditioning.
Vanessa :
There you go.
I was born to be a mother. Some of us are.
Juno : How
about you, Mark, are you looking forward to being a
dad?
Mark :
Betcha,
yeah. Every guy wants to be a father. Wants to coach
the soccer team and help out with the
science fair and
the volcano goes off. Yeah, all that.
Vanessa :
Maybe Gerta could take us through the preliminary
documents that you've drawn up. Sweet…
Juno : Yeah.
Could I use the
facilities first? ‘Cause being pregnant makes me pee
like Seabiscuit.
Vanessa :
Sure. The downstairs bathroom is being re-tiled, but
if you go upstairs, and then to the right and to...
Juno : Oh
yeah! Room with the toilet.
Vanessa : She
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