Scene IX: Books-A-Million
Scene IX: Books-A-Million
Ashley: Fuck…
Screen fades in to Ashley sitting upside-down on her couch looking for something to watch. She settles on the Sci-fi channel. Ghost Hunters is on. She stands up and walks around her couch and into the kitchen. She opens up the fridge and pulls out a blue Rockstar. She opens it, takes and drink, and turns around. She pulls the can away from her mouth and looks at it.
Ashley: …So good.
She walks back to the couch and plops down on it, lying with her back to the arm of the couch and her legs stretched out in front of her. She takes another drink, and the phone rings. She makes a small noise and pulls the can away, gets up, sets the can down on the side table as she passes it. She walks into the kitchen and picks up the phone from the counter.
Ashley: Hello?
Jack: Hey Ash!
Ashley: Hi, Jack! What’s up?
Jack: Eh, not much, just picking up some spilt dog food. You?
Ashley (sitting back down on the couch): Sitting here, watching Ghost Hunters.
Jack: That’s cool.
Ashley: Not really.
She picks up the remote and flicks off the TV. Then she sighs and stares up at the ceiling.
Jack: What time you got?
Ashley (looks at the clock on the cable box): …8:36. Why, you got a curfew, little boy?
Jack: Totally. If I don’t get off the phone at nine, my dog will kill me.
Ashley: You have a dog?
Jack: Yeah, a Sheltie named Max.
Ashley: Well, that’s-
Ashley is interrupted by a loud crash in her kitchen. She jumps, then looks up over the back of her couch into the kitchen. She sees nothing , so she gets up and walks into the kitchen. The camera is pointed at her, away from the kitchen. She has a horrified expression on her face. She falls to her knees.
Jack: Ashley, you okay?
Ashley: I gotta go. Later.
She hangs up before Jack can say anything. Camera cuts to Jack in his house, sitting in a corner on the floor. He hangs up the phone and looks at it for a second, then puts it on the counter above him. He looks troubled, then stands up. He starts to walk away, then trips on his own feet and falls flat on his face. He stands up again, and straightens his hoodie.
Jack: Ow…
He stands up and walks into the other room. Max follows him around the house and into his bedroom. Jack turns around and scratches him behind the ears. He then turns to walk into his bathroom, taking off his shirt in the process. The camera still stays focused in the bedroom. Jack turns the shower on and you can hear the water running. Screen fades to black. Screen cuts to Ashley’s alarm going off. She wakes up and sleepily hits the button. She groans and rolls over, and then she groans again. The phone rings. Ashley’s eyes fly open. She rolls out of bed and groans in pain.
“The Great Escape”- Boys Like Girls plays in the background.
Ashley gets up, grabs a Rockstar out of the fridge, and drinks it while scratching her head. Cut to The outside of a white shower curtain. The sound of water running can be heard over the song. Cut to Ashley in her bathroom with her hair styled and now she is putting on eyeliner. Cut to Ashley picking up her keys and walking out the front door. She opens the car door, then before she gets in, she stops, looks behind her and grins. She slams the door shut and walks behind her house. A few seconds later, she appears skateboarding. She kickflips her way over the step from the walkway to the sidewalk. Cut to Ashley picking up the board in front of Books-A-Million and walking in the front door. She walks around the store and into the fantasy section. She props up the board against her knees. She picks up a book and opens it. She smiles while scanning the pages. All of a sudden, Ashley’s phone rings. The Great Escape stops playing. Her eyes widen. She giggles, puts up the book and pulls out her phone. She answers it and grabs her board. She apologizes to the annoyed people around her and leaves Books-A-Million.
Ashley: Jack, you just annoyed a bunch of people with this.
Jack: Well, I expected a hello, but I guess that’s too overrated for you.
Ashley: Totally, heh.
Jack: So what are you up to?
Ashley: Leaving Books-A-Million and skating.
Jack: Yeah, nice board, by the way.
Ashley: What?
Jack: You heard me…turn around, baby.
Ashley looks around behind here. Jack hangs up the phone and waves at her. She screams and jumps into his arms. He laughs and kisses her.
Ashley: How’d you know I was here?
Jack: Lucky guess?
Ashley: Yeah, right.
He takes her hand and starts walking away from Books-A-Million.
Jack: Go out to eat?
Ashley: Yeah!
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Added on: 19/11/2007 08:56:49
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Scene VIII: Hospital/ Jack's House
Scene VIII: Hospital/ Jack’s house
Jack’s P.O.V.
Camera is focused on Jack from behind as he is walking through a hall of a hospital. He is so distracted, he runs headlong into a doctor reading papers. He loses his balance and falls down. He looks up at the doctor sheepishly, then stands up and apologizes.
Doctor (mumbles): Damn jackass…
Jack hears him; he looks back at the doctor.
Jack: Wow, you are friendly!
Screen cuts to Jack opening the door of a hospital room. Inside is Jared, leaning against a wall; Jack nods at him and the man sitting on the bed.
Jack: Jared… Otto…
Jared nods at him. Otto looks up and says hey to Jack. Then his vision returns to the bandages on his arm.
Jared: Hey, Jack, can I talk to you for a sec?
Jack (confused): Sure, okay…
Camera cuts to outside the room, where Jack and Jared emerge.
Jared: The doctors almost found out our secret.
Jack looks at him, dumbfounded.
Jack: How?
Jared: That arm, it’s begun healing already, the bones are working twice as fast to heal than any other human’s would. An “Amazing wonder” so those nurses said.
Jack: So, is anyone suspicious?
Jared: Jack, it’s against human nature for a bone to heal that damn fast. Doctors have been amazed by it. Otto, of course, is completely oblivious to the fact that every doctor here sees him as a modern miracle. The priest in the next room hates him, says he’s the anti-Christ.
Jared pauses for a moment, and regards Jack with an awkward stare.
Jack: So… why did you bring Otto here anyway?
Jared: Had to. There were about twenty people around us at the time. Someone else called an ambulance; it wasn’t me. It would’ve looked suspicious if we just left, you know?
Jack: Yeah, okay, I see what you mean. I guess you had no choice, right?
Jared: Pretty much. I would’ve just got in the car and go home while pretending to go to the hospital, but the ambulance got there before I could through the crowd…. Oh yeah… this girlfriend of yours, what’s she like?
Jack: …She’s cool. We have a lot in common, actually.
Jared: How’d you meet?
Jack: Bookstore. Remember Leah?
Jared: …Jessie’s friend?
Jack: The very same. Now then, while you ass-fucking sons of bitches lollygag around with your heads up your asses, I’m gonna go fuck up my house by driving and throwing power tools into the walls. Later.
Jack turns and walks away from Jared, who is watching after him with an annoyed look on his face.
Jared: You’re gonna destroy your house again, you know.
Jack says nothing, doesn’t even turn around, just raises his arm and gives Jared the finger. Screen cuts to Jack pulling up to his house. He stops in the driveway, his hand moves down to put the car in park. He sighs through his teeth, looks at his reflection in the mirror.
Jack: Man… what have you got yourself into this time…?
Jack opens the door and climbs out. Camera cuts to inside Jack’s house as he walks in the door. He looks around and puts his keys on a table next to the door.
Jack: Hey! Anyone here?
A dog barks off screen. Jack breaks a smile, and then bends down as a brown and white sheltie comes charging at him.
Jack: Hey, Max…
Dog: Bark, bark!
Jack: Hey buddy, how are ya? Hungry, I bet.
Jack walks into his kitchen and looks in a cabinet for some dog food. As he shifts, the camera angle allows you to see Sara standing in the doorway. But she looks different than the last time. She is bleeding from her head, neck, and blood is spattered all over her torso.
Sara: Jack…
Jack spins around, looking scared as hell. Sara has disappeared from the doorway. He drops the dog food and spills it all over his floor.
Jack: (softly) I’m pretty fucked now… (yells) Hey, you fucked-up creaton, is this how you get your sick laughs?
He looks around the room and grimaces as he looks down at the mess of dog food in the floor. He bends down to pick it up.
Jack (softly): Dammit…
He is picking some of it up; he stuffs his hands to the point of dropping it all. He sits up and sighs…
Jack: Fuck…(sighs again) I wonder what Ashley’s doing…
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Added on: 19/11/2007 08:55:46
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