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　　It’’s not Cougar’’s place. It’’s ours.
　　
　　ICE
　　What do you think it was？ Was it that MiG contact that did it？
　　
　　GOOSE
　　Did what？
　　
　　ICE
　　Got you here.
　　
　　GOOSE
　　We’’re here because we’’re the best flyers in the wing. Not because of some MiG encounter.
　　
　　SLIDER
　　What luck! Guys fly their whole career without seeing a MiG up close…… You’’re famous.
　　
　　ICE
　　You mean notorious.
　　
　　Something in the way he says it. It’’s not quite a joke， more an insult. Maverick’’s about to take the whole conversation too far when something…… someone catches his eye. She catches quite a few eyes in this room. She is very pretty and she’’s walking in on the arm of a Commander. Maverick turns back， but the moment has passed. Ice dismisses him with a nod and weak smile. Goose pulls him away.
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　What do these guys think， I made Cougar quit？
　　
　　GOOSE
　　Pay no attention to it. They’’re just trying to rattle you. It’’s all psychological. Sit down…… and drink.
　　
　　He deposits Maverick at a chair by a table where other pilots cluster watching and listening to Bugs shoot down his wristwatch. Maverick broods……
　　
　　BUGS
　　We were just really diving down and by then we were right over downtown Haiphong. It was some great shit. Jack says， "What are you doing？" "What， what am I doing， Jack？" He says， "What are you doing？" I said， "I’’m rolling in， Jack." "Bugs， we’’re at thirty-two hundred feet. Oh shit， we were like zooom…… So we scraped down at hundred feet right over – downtown Hanoi! Oh shit， goddamn it! And blowing down the river. And so once we were there we let down to about fifty feet just going down the river and Jack says…… "Bugs…… don’’t ever do that again!" "Okay， right， Jack， I’’ll never do that again!"
　　
　　Maverick pays little or no attention. He broods and drinks. Suddenly， Hollywood nudges him， he turns.
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　What， what is it？
　　
　　HOLLYWOOD
　　Target passing. Check your six.
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　Never mind mine. Check hers.
　　
　　They turn. Long legs， great ass， beautiful.
　　
　　HOLLYWOOD
　　Her six is a ten! Uh oh， a turn to engage.
　　
　　HIS POV – ACROSS A CROWDED ROOM
　　
　　Maverick sees a stranger， and somehow he knows， he knows even then. Wolfman turns， sees her walking too.
　　
　　WOLFMAN
　　Bogey…… 9 o’’clock level.
　　
　　SUNDOWN
　　Nine thirty. Bogey？ You presume that hostile？
　　
　　HOLLYWOOD
　　Well， we should contact and check it out.
　　
　　She has turned toward them. She passes by. They start to make a move for her. But just then she finds her date at the bar; a distinguished man with Captain’’s stripes. Their smiles freeze and they slide back in their chairs. Maverick can’’t stop looking at her…… After a while， the intensity of his gaze draws her attention. She feels him. She is nodding and smiling to her date， but her eyes scan the room like radar. A warning tone goes off in his brain dolu dolu dolu as they lock on him. He feels that thrill of excitement and fear you get when you know you’’re targeted in someone’’s scope. Her eyes hold on him for a long moment…… long enough， and then sweep by the rest of the room. She turns her attention back to the Captain and laughs at something he says.
　　
　　Over in a corner， Goose chats up a couple of San Diego girls.
　　
　　GOOSE
　　The family unit – that’’s the most important thing. It’’s the only thing you can count on. I’’m married – did I tell you that？
　　
　　FIRST GIRL
　　Four times. We don’’t believe you.
　　
　　GOOSE
　　I’’ve been married since I was eighteen. Why don’’t you believe me？
　　
　　SECOND GIRL
　　Because you don’’t look married.
　　
　　FIRST GIRL
　　You’’re not even wearing a ring.
　　
　　GOOSE
　　（big smile）
　　I take it off when I’’m chasing women. It’’s the only honorable thing to do.
　　
　　ANGLE – MAVERICK
　　
　　He’’s half listening to Bugs rattle on. His eyes are drawn back to the woman. He tries not to stare. She seems to know a lot of people in the club. He looks away. Hollywood is chatting up a girl with a sincerity that cannot be taught. His line is just as polished as his appearance.
　　
　　HOLLYWOOD
　　You don’’t think about death up there， but you think a lot about the danger. One mistake and you’’re a smoking hole in the ground.
　　
　　GIRL
　　I never knew it was so dangerous.
　　
　　HOLLYWOOD
　　Oh yeah， it makes everything down here more meaningful. You feel a certain intensity of life， and you want to grab onto every moment.
　　
　　Maverick looks up at the bar again. A shock. She （Charlie） is staring right at him， intensely， as her date whispers something in her ear. She notices him， staring back， quickly looks away， embarrassed. She says something to the man. He nods and turns away as someone else grabs his attention. The woman， now wouldn’’t look this way for anything. She picks up her purse from the bar and walks through the crowd and out of the room. Impulsively， Maverick’’s up， he follows.
　　
　　INT. HALLWAY – OUTSIDE THE BAR
　　
　　He breaks out， looks around， doesn’’t see her. Someone disappears around a corner. He moves after.
　　
　　CORNER
　　
　　A door slams shut. Impulsively， before he realizes what he is doing， he’’s through it.
　　
　　WOMEN’’S ROOM
　　
　　A feminine GASP! He should have looked at the sign on the door. The realization of where he is hits him too late. She is standing by the mirror， with her make-up out， looking back at him. He’’s not quite sure what to do. A hasty retreat would be appropriate， if embarrassing. Ah， what the hell， he is a fighter pilot! He just walks right over to her…… no idea what he will say. She’’s got her lipstick out， twisting it. She looks over at him with an amused smile.
　　
　　CHARLIE
　　Long cruise， was it？
　　
　　She leans over the sink， puts on lipstick， sees his eyes cover her.
　　
　　CHARLIE
　　Anything I can do to help， Lieutenant？