FORREST. Forrest hastily grabs his suitcase and letter as he stands.

Down that way?

ELDERLY WOMAN

Down that way.

Forrest hastily grabs his suitcase and letter as he stands.

FORREST

It was nice talking' to you.

Forrest runs, the elderly woman shouts from the bus stop

bench. A truck honks its horn as Forrest runs across the

street past the truck.

ELDERLY WOMAN

I hope everything works out for you.

INT. JENNY'S APARTMENT - DAY

Jenny opens the door.

JENNY

Hey! Forrest! How you doing?

FORREST

Hi.

JENNY

Come in. Come in.

FORREST

I got your letter.

JENNY

Oh, I was wondering about that.

Jenny shuts the door. Forrest looks around.

FORREST

Is this your house?

JENNY

Yeah, it's messy right now. I just

got off work.

FORREST

It's nice. You got air conditioning.

Forrest hands Jenny the box of chocolates.

FORREST

Ah...

JENNY

Thank you.

FORREST

I ate some.

Jenny picks up a scrapbook and turns the pages.

JENNY

Hey, I kept, I kept a scrapbook of

your, of your clippings and

everything. There you are. This, I

got your running.

FORREST

I ran a long way. For a long time.

JENNY

There. Listen, Forrest. I don't know

how to say this. Um, I just... I

want to apologize for anything that

I ever did to you, 'cause I was messed

up for a long time, and...

There is a knock at the door. LYNN MARIE enters as she opens

the door.

LYNN MARIE

Yoo-hoo.

JENNY

Hey.

LYNN MARIE

Hi.

Jenny grabs a young boy.

JENNY

Hey, you. This is an old friend from

Alabama.

LYNN MARIE

Oh, how do you do?

JENNY

Ah, listen, next week my schedule

changes, so I'll be able to... but

thanks for picking up.

LYNN MARIE

No problem. Got to go, Jen. I'm double

parked.

JENNY

Okay.

Lynn Marie closes the door and waves bye to Forrest.

LYNN MARIE

Bye.

JENNY

Thanks. This is very good friend,

Mr. Gump. Can you say hi to him?

LITTLE BOY

Hello, Mr. Gump.

FORREST

Hello.

LITTLE BOY

Now, can I go watch TV now?

JENNY

Yes, you can. Just keep it low.

The little boy runs into other room and picks up TV remote

control.

FORREST

You're a momma, Jenny.

JENNY

I'm a momma. His name is Forrest.

FORREST

Like me.

JENNY

I named him after his Daddy.

FORREST

He got a daddy named Forrest, too?

JENNY

You're his daddy, Forrest.

Forrest continues to stare at Forrest Jr. Forrest then looks

frightened and starts to back away.

JENNY

Hey, Forrest, look at me. Look at

me, Forrest. There's nothing you

need to do, okay? You didn't do

anything wrong. Okay?

Jenny turns and looks at Forrest Jr. in the other room.

JENNY

Isn't he beautiful?

FORREST

He's the most beautiful thing I've

ever seen. But... is, is he smart,

or is he...

JENNY

He's very smart. He's one of the

smartest in his class.

Forrest breathes deep. He looks at Jenny, then at Forrest

Jr.

JENNY

Yeah, it's okay. Go talk to him.

Forrest walks into the room and sits down next to Forrest

Jr. " Sesame Street" is on the TV.

BERT

Oh, great.

ERNIE

Hey, Bert, can you give me a hand?

BERT

A hand? Well, yeah, what do you want,

Ernie?