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  • Pretty in DEATH

    TED (24): He has short hair, dressed like a skater kid.  He’s a loser.

    Death (?): She looks around 20.  She has big blue eyes, long blonde hair which almost touches her hip and wears a simple dress.  She has a slight dumb but innocent look. 

    BILL (26): Ted’s friend.  He wears a hat and flannel shirt.  He has similar taste of clothing with Ted. 


    EXT. PARKING LOT. NIGHT

    It’s late summer, around midnight with a full moon.  BILL, 24 years old, short hair, is dressed like a skater kid. TED, 26 years old, wears a hat and flannel shirt, are walking together to the car to go home.  They just had a couple of drinks from the bar.  Ted finds the refrigerator illegally dumped at the parking lot. He stops and observes it.

     

    BILL

    Hey, what are you doing?

     

    TED

    The refrigerator

     

    He starts checking the refrigerator if it’s usable.

    Bill just wants to go home.

     

    BILL

    Come on, let’s go.

     

    Ted decides to bring it to home.

     

    TED

    Give me a hand here.

    I think this thing still works.

     

    BILL

    Oh, come on!

    You can’t be serious?

     

    Bill is watching him, but not helping.

     

    TED

    I always wanted a fridge this size.

    Come on, help me.

     

    Bill is still not helping him, just watching.

     

    TED

    What the fuck, this is way too heavy.

    I think something is inside this thing.

     

    The refrigerator opens.

    There is a young female inside of the refrigerator.

     

    BILL

    HOLY SHIT!

     

    INT. TED’S APT. NIGHT

    It’s small, messy and a typical guy’s apartment.  We can see Ted likes art, toys, skateboard, punk rock music from his way of decorating the room.  Ted, Bill and a girl DEATH, who looks around 22, with big blue eyes, long blonde hair, wearing simple dress and is sitting on the floor.  We can see that they brought back the refrigerator to the apt.

     

    DEATH

    Thank you, thank you thank you!

    Thank you for saving me.

    If you guys didn’t find me, I would have been disposed of.

     

    BILL

    What….why were you inside of the refrigerator?

     

    DEATH

    I’m DEATH.

     

    BILL/TED

    Huh?

     

    DEATH

    I was sent form the other world.

    But, my performance was so bad,

    I’m about to get fired.

    (beat)

    The refrigerator… it looks like just an ordinary refrigerator,

    but in fact, it’s a transporter to connect between the other world to this world.

    If you two didn’t save me, in less than five minutes, I would have been sent back,

    My license revoked and disposed of terminated.

    The organization that I’m working is very cut throat and cruel.

     

    They think she is a nuts case.

    But, hey, she is not a bad looking. 

     

    BILL

    I gotta go.

     

    While she is talking,

    Bill stands up and tries to leave.

     

    TED

    Hey!

     

    Ted tries to stop him.

     

    BILL

    You lucky bastard.

     

    TED

    (Small voice)

    What the fuck should I do with this nut case!

     

    He chuckles and leaves the apartment.

     

    INT. TED’S APT. DAY

    Next day, when Ted wakes up, she’s still in the room.  He told her to get out before he wakes up, but she’s still here. And she’s actually cleaning the room.

     

    DEATH

    Good morning.

    What do you want for a breakfast?

     

    TED

    Wha…. what are you still doing here?

    Why are you still here?

    I told you to get out!

     

    DEATH

    I have no place to go.

    Please, let me stay your place.

    Pleeeeease.

    I’ll do anything.

     

    She unzips Ted’s pants.

    He can’t move.

     

    The scene goes to fade out.

    Maybe, we hear the sound, little bit.

     

    (Cut to)

     

    He’s lying on the bed, smoking and very confused.

    She is grabbing his arm and sleeping.

    Tissues and condoms are everywhere.

    She kisses him on his cheek.

     

    DEATH

    Can I stay here?

     

    TED

    Okay.

     

    INT. TED’S APT. DAY

    She’s cooking while Ted sits on the floor and plays his video game. Now, there’s actually food inside of the refrigerator and the refrigerator actually works fine.  He still can’t believe the girl is in his apartment and cooking for him.  When she finishes cooking, she brings it to him, the food she cook looks great.  Since there is only one chair for the table, they sit together on the floor and eat.

     

    TED

    Wow, did you really cook this?

    Looks great.

     

    DEATH

    Thank you.

    (smiles)

     

    They eat, but there’s not much conversation between them.

    He feels very strange that he is eating a dinner with a girl in his apartment.

     

    DEATH

    Maybe, we can go out and buy a chair.

     

    TED

    Ok.

     

    INT. LANDUROMAT. NIGHT.

    Ted and Death are waiting to their laundry to finish.

     

    EXT. STREET. NIGHT.

    Ted and Death are walking from laundry and headed back to home.  She seems happy, but he doesn’t know why.  She does all the talking and he just listens.

     

    DEATH

    I wish your apartment has a bathtub,

    so we can take a bath together.

     

    He didn’t know what to say to that.

     

    INT. IKEA. DAY

    Ted and Death are here to buy a chair.  She’s so excited about being at IKEA for the first time. Watching her, makes him happy.

     

    TED (v.o.)

    And just like that, we started living together.

    She stayed in my apt.  She cooked, cleaned,

    and did my laundry for me.

    And she was more than that,

    she was very kind to me.

    That was a first for me, a girl being nice to me.

    And I didn’t know what to do.

    (beat)

    The refrigerator was just a normal refrigerator, nothing special.

    It kept the beer cool and ice cream cold.

    (beat)

    But, one day…

     

    INT. TED’S APT. NIGHT

    He comes back from the work.  She’s crying.

     

    TED

    What’s up?

    Why are you crying?

     

    DEATH

    They found me.

     

    TED

    Who?

     

    DEATH

    The organization.

    What should I do?

    (beat)

    This…

     

    She shows him the paper. 

    But, for him, it is just an ad from Albertson.

     

    DEATH

    This is the notice (letter).

     

    She starts reading.

     

    DEATH

    It said, if I kill someone and bring the person’s soul to the other world tonight,

    they will extend my license and own execution.

     

    TED

    Tonight…until what time?

     

    DEATH

    Midnight.

     

    TED

    We have only 30 min.

     

    DEATH

    What should we do?

    What should we do?

     

    She’s all panicked.

     

    TED

    Well, that’s easy.  You just need to kill one person, right?

     

    He thinks about it.

     

    TED

    Let’s kill Mike! He’s a bastard!!

    When we started the business,

    he didn’t pay rent, stole the proceeds plus stole my girlfriend,

    and they ran away to NY.

     

    He thinks a bit more.

     

    TED

    Oh yeah,

    There’s a lousy waitress who chased me down the street

    to pay her tip, we can kill her.

    Or there’s the post office clerk who works so slow

    and made me wait twice as I should wait.

    Aaaaand, how about…

    The asshole who almost ran over me

    when I was skateboarding today.

    This is getting interesting.

    You didn’t say just one person right,

    we can kill more than one person, right?

    (beat)

    How about you kill everybody on this planet,

    except me and you?

     

    DEATH

    No.

     

    He stops fooling around because she looks very serious.

     

    DEATH

    They specified just one person.

     

    She starts reading a piece of paper which is just an ad from Albertson for Ted.

     

    DEATH

    Ted Thompson

    24 years old

    Unemployed

    1532 E 2nd Street Apt 13,

    Long Beach CA 90567

    Phone Number (562) xxx-xxxx

     

    Ted’s shocking face.

    She’s crying.

     

    TED(v.o.)

    I was so mad and also confused when she said that.

    I wanted to scream at her.

    First, I’m not unemployed, I sell stuff on e-bay

    and I have a part time job, too!!

    And

    this is bull shit! Stop being mental!!

    It’s not funny at all!!

    And

    you stupid bitch, why do I have to die!

    Is this some kind of sick joke (game) of yours?

    And

    Is this real?  I’m going to die in 30 minutes… is this for real?

    That’s what all I wanted to say, but I didn’t…

     

    He smokes a cigarette and it comes him down. 

    He sits down.

     

    TED

    Ok.  Yeah, you can kill me.

    If I think about it, my life sucked anyway.

    I don’t think it gonna get any better.

    I don’t care if I died.

    So, you can keep your job, right?

     

    She is sadly watching him.

     

    TED (v.o.)

    It wasn’t a lie.  I wasn’t lying.

    I really don’t care.

    If I looked back my life, it really sucked.

    I failed so much and was disappointed in everything.

    Hated my job, hated my life, hated the whole world.

    Everyday, I felt worthless than shit.

     

    He scratches his head, and then covers his eyes.

     

    TED

    Do whatever you like…

    I see, we only have 15 min left.

     

    DEATH

    I… I…

    This is so hard me to do this job…

    I always hated it this part of it…

    I couldn’t do my job correctly at all…

    My performance was so bad…

    I have to kill least 100 people for a month,

    but I just couldn’t do it.

    I couldn’t kill anybody…

    So, everybody hated me….

    (beat)

    So, I know your feeling,

    I know what you’re going through

    because you’re just like me…

     

    TED

    10 min…

     

    She watches the clock.

    She’s crying.

     

    TED (v.o.)

    I wasn’t believing everything she said.

    I knew she was a nut case.

    But, I just didn’t mind dying.

     

    TED

    6 min.

     

    DEATH

    I’m glad that the person who saved me was you.

    I was so happy spending time with you.

    I love your smile.

    Nobody smiled at me, for what I have to do.

    And even you don’t believe me,

    you said you die for me.

     

    She walks to the refrigerator.

     

    DEATH

    Ted. Please, never think things like that.

    GOD said that even a worthless shit, has worth to live.

    I mean we have different beliefs, but...

     

    TED (v.o.)

    At this point, I realized she can read my mind.

     

    She gets into the refrigerator and closes the door.

     

    DEATH

    Sayonara.

    Thank you for everything.

    (beat)

    I loved you.

    Oh, shit.  I shouldn’t say that.

    I’m so stupid.

    Bye.

     

    Clock is ticking.  It passes midnight.

     

    TED

    Hey.

    (beat)

    Heeeeey.

     

    He opens the refrigerator, but she’s already gone.

    He closes the door and opens it again.  He does this a couple of times, but she’s gone.

     

    TED (v.o.)

    I tried to call her name, but I realized that I didn’t know her name.

    Then, I realized I was in love with her,

    I wished I could have loved her, the way she deserved to be loved.

     

    End

    2:47 PM

  • Early Summer 2/2 (First Draft)

    ANGEL (v.o.)

    When the wind blows, I smell the scent of early summer.

    It brings back memories.  I remember this feeling.

    When was that?  Yeah, right, that was her, Jean.

    Early summer, at night, on the beach, her perfume, her smell.

    The scent always brings back memories.

    I remember walks on the beach together at night.

    It was dark, holding hands,

    she tells me that she’ll never forget this moment.

    We were in love.

    (beat)

    She comes from the white mist and leaves.

     

    (A shot of Angel and Jean walking)

     

    ANGEL

    Do you want to walk to the beach with me?

     

    GIRL

    No, thanks. I like it here. You can go by yourself.

     

    He doesn’t move.  They sit together, watch the sunset.

     

    ANGEL (v.o.)

    When we die, we appear in this world, in this old deserted amusement park,

    wearing our favorite clothes and favorite hair-do.

    And you can meet the person you loved most.

    I don’t know whom she’s waiting for. 

    It seems like she’s been waiting here for a really long time.

    And I start wondering, why I’m still here.  Because I still have feelings for Jean?

    Or that she still has feelings for me?

    I sometimes think that the world I’m in, is just my imagination that I created…

    or maybe it’s Jean’s imagination.

    Well, either way, I don’t care.  She’s going to be a happy Mom.

    That’s all matter to me.

     

    When the camera pans backs to them from the shot of sunset, he is already gone. 

    A girl is on the fence, watching the sunset by herself. 

    She looks like an angel in the light of the sunset.

     

     

    End

    2:26 PM

  • Early Summer 1/2 (First Draft)

    Angel (22): He is a ghost who stays in the amusement park.  He died by a motorcycle accident at age 22.  He has big regent hair style, wears a leather jacket, tight blue jeans and Converse shoes.   He loves rock’ n’ roll. 

    Jean (thirty something):  She was Angel’s girlfriend when they were young.  She comes to the amusement park to see him, when her life is really tough.

    Girl with no name: She is a ghost or perhaps an angel.  She looks around 10 years old. She dresses like from old time.  She is wearing an old style pretty dress that a little girl often likes to wear.



    EXT. OLD DESERTED AMUSEMENT PARK. DAY

    The amusement park is enveloped in a white mist. It is antique and charming. This is early summer and the day is beautiful inside the park.  It is afternoon.  The afternoon sun is little bright.  Inside of the park, old hit songs are playing.  There are mother with their children, teenagers, young couples and an old man with his grandchild who are all walking around in the amusement park.  ANGEL, who is male, died at 22 years old, has a big regent hair style, wearing leather jacket, tight blue jeans and Converse shoes. JEAN, a thirty-something female, unobtrusively dressed.  They are sitting together at a table with a parasol.  They look like an odd couple; it appears like a rendezvous between a cheating house wife and younger guy.  One can see Ferris wheel near them.  Around the Ferris wheel, there is a fence about 3m high.  A small GIRL is sitting on the fence as teens walk pass under the girl.  We can hear the female voice from the speaker.

     

    FEMALE VOICE FROM THE SPEAKER

    The summer is really here.

    And it’s time to come out.

    Time to discover what the fun is about…

     

    Angels pulls out a cigarette from his pocket. 

    And he looks for an ashtray, but he can’t find one.

     

    ANGEL

    What wrong?  I can’t smoke in a smoking section?

     

    JEAN

    You can’t smoke in the amusement park.

     

    ANGEL

    What?  Why?

     

    JEAN

    It’s a law.  These days, you can’t smoke anywhere.

    You have to pay a fine if you do.

     

    ANGEL

    What kind of law is that?

     

    JEAN

    Well, you know, the times are a-changing, Angel.

     

    ANGEL (v.o.)

    Angel…  I hated that name.  When I was a child,

    everybody picked on me because of my name.

    And I always ended up fighting because of it.

    When I complained about it to my mom and asked her

    why she gave me a stupid name, like Angel?

    Then, she told me, it’s just because I’m her angel.

    She was a single mother who raised me all by herself.

    When I turned 18 and when my name no longer bothered me,

    she passed away.

    It’s then that I started smoking…

    Around the same time, I met Jean.

     

    He lights his cigarette anyway.

     

    JEAN

    In your case, nobody’s gonna say anything.

     

    She gets a text on her cell.

     

    JEAN

    Ah, sorry.

     

    She check her cell and she texts back. 

    While she is texting, Angel looks around and meets eye with a little girl sitting on the fence.  She gives him a dirty look.  He doesn’t know why she gave him a dirty look, but he smiles back to her.

     

    ANGEL (v.o.)

    Look at the girl.  How old is she?  9, maybe 10.

    I wonder why she died at such a young age?

    Was she sick or was it some kind of accident?

    I hope it wasn’t child abuse

    or I hope she didn’t kill herself because she was bullied and hated the whole world.

     

    JEAN

    Angel

     

    She brings him back from wondering.

    And he looks straight at her.

     

    JEAN

    I’ve come here to say good-bye.

     

    He looks at her surprise.

     

    JEAN

    This is it. I finally decided.

    I’ll never see you again.

     

    ANGEL

    Yeah?

     

    JEAN

    Yes.

     

    ANGEL

    I heard exactly same line before.

    In less than six month, you came back here.

    You’re all crying, telling me that you had the biggest break-up ever.

     

    JEAN

    That was that.

     

    ANGEL

    So, this is…

     

    JEAN

    Yes, this time I’m sure.

     

    (Close-up of her lips)

     

    ANGEL (v.o.)

    Last time she came here, we kissed.

    This time she looks serious.

    I felt something different about her this time when I saw her.

     

    JEAN

    I’m getting married.

     

    ANGEL

    I heard that before.

     

    JEAN

    I’m also pregnant

     

    ANGEL

    What… really?

     

    She touches her belly.

     

    ANGEL (v.o.)

    I don’t know why, but I just remembered the first time she rode with me on my motorcycle,

    she was screaming at my back, just like a little baby because she was so scared.

    That girl…..is now having a baby.

    “Well, you know, the times, they are a-changing, Angel.”  She said.

    Yeah, maybe, but I sure feel it.  I’m not sure that times are really changing.

    But, I’m sure that time itself, keeps moving forward.  Time never stops.

    It’s not like that the people are all dead…. well….. like me.

     

    ANGEL

    I guess, I should say congratulation.

     

    JEAN

    Thank you.

    And I’m moving.  I’m leaving this town.

     

    ANGEL

    Well, then, don’t you come back in six month, just like last time.

     

    He teases her.

     

    JEAN

    I don’t know… do you want me to come back?

     

    He doesn’t know what to say.

    He looks at her sad.

     

    JEAN

    Sorry

     

    ANGEL

    Doesn’t matter, I’m dead, anyway.

     

    EXT. AMUSEMENT PARK. DAY

    Angel and Jean are walking to the exit.

     

    ANGEL (v.o.)

    I’m died when I was 22.  After that, I don’t age anymore.

    It was a motorcycle accident.

    I broke my neck and my life slowly flashed before me.

    And… that was it.

    (beat)

    So many unpredictable thoughts just flew in my head.

    I thought about the people I love, the stuff I like to do.

    Looking at the sky and thought how blue the sky was.

    I kept thinking over and over again, that I don’t want to die. But I knew I had no chance.

     

    They are at the exit.  They stand like a couple doesn’t want to separate.

    But this is time to say good-bye.

     

    ANGEL

    Have you already decided?

     

    JEAN

    What?

     

    There is a pause.

    He changes what he gonna ask.

     

    ANGEL

    Kid’s name

     

    JEAN

    I haven’t decided yet.

     

    ANGEL

    If a baby is a boy, don’t give him a girl’s name.

     

    JEAN

    But, I like your name, Angel.

     

    ANGEL

    You have absolutely no idea what I went through.

     

    JEAN

    Then, what do you suggest?

    For example, if the baby is a boy.

     

    ANGEL

    Well… how about Elvis?

     

    JEAN

    No way.

     

    She laughs.  She waves her hand and leaves the park.  He goes back into the park.

    When he looks back, she is already gone.  He keeps walking.

     

    The girl is still sitting on the fence.  He walks pass under her.

     

    GIRL

    Hey, bastard!

     

    He stops and looks up.

     

    GIRL

    You can’t smoke in the park.

     

    ANGEL

    Yeah, I know.  She told me.

    (beat)

    Aren’t you coming down?

     

    GIRL

    You come on up here.  It’s really nice up here.

     

    He flies up and sits next to her.

    The mist has cleared off.  They can see the sunset and ocean.

    He never saw the outside of the park without the mist. 

    He is amazed by the beauty of scene.

    She stares at him. 

     

    GIRL

    You dress funny.

     

    ANGEL

    This is Rock’ n’ Roll.  Don’t you know?

    You’re too young for that stuff, huh?

    By the way, don’t call me a bastard.

    Don’t you know you should show respect to elders?

     

    GIRL

    I think I’m older than you.

    What’s your name?

     

    ANGEL

    Johnny the Thunder!

     

    GIRL

    What kind of name is that?

     

    ANGEL

    Actually, my real name is Angel.

     

    GIRL

    It’s very strange name for a boy.  But, I like it.

     

    ANGEL

    What’s yours?

     

    GIRL

    I don’t remember.

     

    ANGEL

    What the fuck?

     

    GIRL

    That’s true. I don’t remember it.

     

    Wind blows.  That brings the summer scent from the beach.

    2:17 PM

  • Stolen Summer (First Draft)

    INT. MICHEL’S ROOM. DAY

    It’s late 1980’s. MICHEL, the 11-year-old heroine, wearing a plaster around her right leg, sits on her bed, looking outside.


    THE CAMERA DOLLIES BACK AS A NARRATOR TALKS ON VOICE OVER.


    NARRATOR (V.O.)

    Her name was Michel. Her name was taken after a rocky tidal island and a commune called Le Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy, France. Her mother wanted to name her for this place. Michel was eleven years old and all that summer, she had to wear a cast around her broken right leg.


    HOLD ON FULL SHOT OF HER ROOM.


    EXT. CHARCH. DAY

    Outside of the church. Everybody is leaving. Michel is walking with her mother in crowd.  A boy is with his aunt. He finds Michel. A boy meets girl. When he sees Michel he makes surprised face like he finds something special.


    NARRATOR (V.O.)

    He was a good looking boy, five months younger than Michel, and he was the biggest liar she had ever met in her 11 years.


    SERIS OF ANGLES

    TIGHT SHOT OF the boy’s back head.

    Michel passes by him.

    A boy’s surprised face.

    He stood there for a while admiring Michel.


    EXT. PARK. DAY

    This is a park near by Michel’s house. There are a sandbox, playground equipments, a bench, and a grass plot in the park. Michel and a boy sit together, talking.


    A boy is telling lies about his father (friends with someone famous), his fiancé at back home, and he talks like a know it all.


    NARRATOR (V.O.) (CONT'D)

    His mother was sick. It was her failing heart. She was admitted into the hospital for this condition. Because his mother would be unable to care for him, he was taken to Cypress to spend the summer with his aunt. At this aunt’s home, as soon as he got up every morning he would ride his bicycle over to La Palma to look for Michel.

    (BEAT)

    Michel was the only child, living with her widowed mother. Because it would often get lonely and quiet at her home, Michel was glad of her active and boisterous friend, for fate had delivered the boy to her neighborhood right before the summer begin.


    SERIES OF ANGLES

    TWO SHOT OF Michel and a boy.

    A boy is talking. A boy is laughing.

    She makes suspicious face.


    EXT. ALLEYS AND STREETS - SERIES OF ANGLES - DAWN

    The streets and alleys of suburban at dawn.

    NEW ANGLE

    Michel and a boy ride a bicycle. They are enjoying summer breeze.

    THE CAMERA DOLLIES WITH THEM.


    NARRATOR (V.O.)

    They did everything together, normal things that childhood friends do during the summer: Riding a bicycle, feeling the warm winds hitting your face.


    EXT. POOL. DAY

    The sun reflects on the water.

    SHOT OF THE SUN THROUGH THE WATER.


    NARRATOR (V.O.)

    Floating in the pool. Have you ever seen the sun from the bottom of pool? That light, that beaming reflection! Floating, sinking…

    EXT. ICE CREAM SHOP. DAY

    Fosters Freeze store

    SHOT OF THE ICE CREAM SHOP.

    TIGHT SHOT OF BANANA SPLITS SUNDAES.

    NARRATOR (V.O.)

    Eating Banana Splits Sundae at Fosters Freeze.

    Michel and a boy are eating banana splits sundae. He finds the moon in the sky.


    NARRATOR (V.O.) (CONT'D)

    Finding a moon during the sunlit day.

    EXT. BEACH. DAWN

    Beach at Orange County. Sunset at the beach. People are enjoying the sun at beach.

    NARRATOR (V.O.)

    Watching the sunset at the beach

    EXT. SKY. NIGHT

    Clouds are moving slowly on a moonlight night.

    NARRATOR (V.O.)

    Chasing moving clouds on a moonlight night

    EXT. BACKYARD. NIGHT.

    A neglected yard. Michel and a boy are playing with fireworks. They are making merry.

    NARRATOR (V.O.)

    Fireworks!

    FADE INTO BLACK


    EXT. MICHELLE’S HOUSE. DAY

    It’s an old apartment. Michel and a boy stand in the front of her house.

    NARRATOR (V.O.)

    July went by as if it had only lasted a moment. Then one afternoon the boy’s aunt drove him over in her Buick to say good-bye to Michel. He had brought Michel the portrait of her in envelope. “You want to know the secret?” The boy said to her. “Do you know how I’ll find you?” She was puzzled. After a moment he whispered in her ear, “You have wings and I can see them”. Wings? She said. “Yes” the boy answered. “But I don’t have any wings.” She laughs.

    He gives her an envelope. She sees a portrait. 

    (We don’t see it.)

    NARRATOR (V.O.) (CONT'D)

    She thought a boy was crazy, but she didn’t tell him. Instead of laughing off what he said, she was kind of mesmerized by it and she actually thought he was special. He looked very grown-up standing by the stairs in his city clothes. Michel thought that perhaps one day, she would marry the boy and be a happy bride in California.

    INT. MICHELLE’S ROOM. DAY

    Michel is in her room.

    INT. MICHELLE’S MOM’ S ROOM. DAY

    Her mother is sleeping with a burning cigarette on her hand on her bed. Michel takes it and puts in the ash tray. Then, she takes off.

    EXT. STREET. DAY

    Michel rides a bicycle.

    EXT. TREE BESIDE RIVER. DAY

    Michel is sitting under a tree. She smokes a cigarette that stole from her mom. She chokes with a cigarette smoke and she coughs.

    NARRATOR (V.O.)

    Now the summer wore on into August. But, the joy had gone out of the summer. Recalling  the fun times being together, riding a bicycle, floating in the pool, watching the sun form the bottom of pool. Eating Banana Splits Sundaes at Fosters Freeze, finding a moon at daylight, watching sunset at the beach, chasing moving clouds on a moonlight night, fireworks. Now she was alone and nothing will be the same.
    (BEAT)
    First days passed, followed by weeks, then months passed, and all too soon, a year passed without the boy she met during the summer. She wrote a letter one time, but she never got a response.

    DISSOLVE TO


    EXT. SCHOOL ROOF. DAY

    This is a two-story building. She sits on the roof. Then, she jumps.

    NARRATOR (V.O.)

    Just before the next summer began, she jumped off the roof of her school, just to find out if what the boy said was actually true.
    (BEAT)
    She broke her right leg and lost the enjoyment of the entire summer months.

    DISSOLVE TO


    INT. MICHEL’S ROOM. DAY

    Worn out room.

    THE CAMERA DOLLIES BACK TO REVEAL MICHEL (AROUND EARLY 20'S) LYING IN BED.


    NARRATOR (V.O.)

    Long afterward, as she lay in a childhood bed, in the same room and apartment she grew up in, Michel would remember about a boy who stole her summer when she was 11 years old and who would never came back. She wondered what’s he doing right at this minute? What he looks like? What kind of girl he might be with? Is he thinking about me now, by some coincidence? This very moment...Would we be together today, if his mother never died at the hospital during that summer?

    Michel looks out the window sill, her sadness on an elbow.


    NARRATOR (V.O.) (CONT'D)

    The boy never came back. She wishes he did. How she wonders about him. Just so she could say to him, “Do you remember what you told me? Can you still see them?”

    (BEAT)
    Just so she can share a laugh together. For what she felt for him was different, something special and deep. The kind of feeling you look for all your life.

    HOLD ON TIGHT SHOT OF A PORTRAIT OF MICHEL WITH WINGS ON HER BACK


    FADE OUT.

     
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