“My what?”
“Your pronunciation!”
“Hey, you want me to say all dose funny words and pernounce everyt’ing your way? At de same time? Come on!”
“Take it from, ‘What’s the trouble, cousin.’”
BEN
What’s the trouble, cousin?
ROM
I dunno. Must’a been somet’in I picked up back on Rigel Six. Maybe a b... a virus or somet’ing.
BEN
(With a grin.) Or that Capulet girl you were eyeing, Julie.
ROM grabs BEN’s lapels and lifts him out of his chair.
ROM
(With some heat.) Hey, I don’t mess around with Capulets. Dey’re our enemies!
BEN
(Frightened.) Okay... okay! I was only joking.
ROM
(Lets him go. He drops back into his seat.) Some t’ings you shouldn’t kid about.... Go on back and grab somet’ing to eat. I’ll take over.
BEN
(Glad to get away.) Sure. It’s all yours, cousin.
BEN hurries off-camera. ROM sits at the command console, stares out at the stars.
ROM
(Pensively.) All dose stars... all dat emptiness. I wish she was right here, instead of back on Rigel Six.
JULIE steps out from behind the electronic computer, where she’s been hiding since she stowed away on the Montague starship.
JULIE
(Shyly.) I am here, ROM. I stowed away aboard your ship.
ROM
(Dumbfounded.) You... you... Hey, Mitch, what th’ hell’s my next line?
