Page 154 - 157 (Finale)

FADE IN:

INT. LAYLA’S ROOM - EVENING

The SCENE opens in Layla’s room and Lily in casual wear is comforting Layla in a pink spaghetti whom is lying down and crying over a pillow

LAYLA
(crying)
That bastard!

LILY
(consoling)
Don’t you think you should at least
listen to what he has to say first??

Layla continues weeping

LAYLA
The girl looks like ME!!! Like ME!!

Layla hugs the pillow tighter and Lily is speechless

LILY
Hey..come on..Ethan is not like that..

LAYLA
(weeping)
I feel like strangling him..

Layla’s phone starts ringing by playing The Scientist, by Coldplay

LILY
You gonna answer??

She grabs her phone, cancels the call and switches the phone off

LILY
Hey..

LAYLA
(emphasizing)
Not..even a word..

Lily smiles uncomfortably, Layla wipes her tears with her hands

LAYLA (CONT’D)
I need to get my mind of this
thing before I skin him alive..

LILY
Wanna go Frevor tonight??

Layla nods after a moment, Lily gets off the bed and switches the CD player on and immediately Rest in Pieces, by Saliva plays, Lily listens and realizes that the song is playing at the wrong time, she immediately switches the player off

LILY (CONT'D)
Okay..that wasn’t intentional..

LAYLA
I like that song..Argh!! fuck Ethan..

CUT TO:

EXT. FREVOR - NIGHT

The scene opens outside Frevor, the familiar faces of Lily, Jill and Anabel all in clubbing wear and make up are looking stress out

LILY
(to Jill)
Where was the last time you saw her??

JILL
I don’t remember..I saw her talking to
Adrian and that was the last time I saw
her..

ANABEL
I was too drunk to remember seeing
her..sorry

A funny sound plays, and Lily takes a pink Motorola V3 out, she reads the text message from Ethan ‘Hey..if you are with Layla, please ask her to call or reply me..PLEASE’

She ignores the text message and keeps the phone

LILY
Lets just go look around all the
restaurants around okay??

The 2 girls agrees

FADE OUT.

INT. LAYLA’S ROOM - MORNING

The SCENE opens in Layla’s room, soundly sleeping with the outfit she was wearing the night before, Layla wakes up disorientated, and slightly hung over

She turns over just to see a guy on her bed, she gets a shock and immediately jumps off her bed, breathing heavily, she takes her alarm clock and throws it to the direction of the guy on her bed

The guy wakes up after getting hit by the alarm clock

ADRIAN
(rubbing the pain)
Must you toss that fucking thing on
me??

LAYLA
(still disorientated)
I don’t know why are you on my bed......
but did we???

ADRIAN
NO! Definitely not..

Layla takes a moment to digest how her morning is falling into apart

LAYLA
(stern)
Okay..I am going to the bathroom now..
and when I come out..I want you to
disappear from my room..seriously..

Adrian nods

Layla exits her room with her phone on her hand and straight to the bathroom

TO:

INT. BATHROOM - CONTINUOUS

Layla reads a text message from Ethan ‘Layla..if you are willing to just listen to what I have to say..please meet me at The Sphinx Coffee Bean at 1 tomorrow...please..’

LAYLA
Fuck..

She deletes the text message and checks the time, it is 12:36 now

LAYLA (CONT’D)
SHIT~!!!

CUT TO:

I/E. LAYLA’S CAR - LATER

The time on the dashboard of the car in 1:20 PM, and Layla in black baby T and Khakis is behind the wheels of the red sedan on a hands free set

LAYLA
Lily!! I woke up with Adrian on my
fucking bed!!! (long pause) no..but
that's according to him and both of
our cloths were on so..never mind
that!! I feel so fucked now. Argh!!!
I feel so bad now..I was angry with
him..but it is no reason to wake up
with my ex on my bed..(long pause)
yeah nothing happened but still..you
know what..I will call you back later..

Layla press a button on her hands free set to cut the line

She turns the radio on and Layla, by Eric Clapton starts playing, Layla sings along

LAYLA
What do you do when you get lonely!!
No one waiting by your side!! You
been running..hiding much too long..
you know its just your foolish pride!!
LAYLA!! got me on my knees! LAYLA!
Begging darling please..LAYLA!!
Darling won’t you ease my worried mind

Layla starts moving through the beat of the song

LAYLA
Tried to give you consolation..your old
man let you down..like a fool..fell in
love with you..turn my whole world upside
down~ LAYLA!

Layla’s phone starts ringing by playing The Scientist, by Coldplay, bearing the name ‘Ethan’ she looks at the display screen just to see a picture of Ethan and her as the phone continues ringing, she cancels the call

The moment she has her eyes back on the road, she realizes that she is too close to the car in front of her, she swerve her car to the left, the car skids and smash a wall head on

FADE TO BLACK.

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EXT. BEACH - LATER

CHLOE
Hello?? why are you fading out??

Ethan snaps out of his flashback

ETHAN
Flashback...

CHLOE
Okay..

Chloe walks closer to Ethan

CHLOE
You cannot leave until I leave..

ETHAN
(scoffs)
Really??

CHLOE
No...but it would be nice if you
stayed on..

ETHAN
To accompany you?? Or so that you
don’t need to go to the Everglades
to catch a crocodile with them??

CHLOE
(blush)
A little of both..

Ethan smiles and looks towards the sea

CHLOE (CONT’D)
(long pause)
I guess you want your own space now
....I will see you tomorrow??

ETHAN
(smiles)
We will see..

CHLOE
(smiles)
Okay..

Chloe walks away from the beach and into the hotel

Ethan walks to an empty lazy chair and sits while he stares blankly to the sea

FADE TO BLACK.

FADE IN:

1 1/2 years after Miami

INT. LECTURE HALL - MORNING

The SCENE opens in a lecture theater. Ethan in formal dressing is standing on the stage presenting in front of a lecture hall full of student in casual wear

ETHAN
To me..a story is all about how
you tell it..never mind if your
writing is good or not..its HOW
you relay it..

A Malay female student raises her hand

ETHAN
Yes??

FEMALE STUDENT #1
So Mr. Haan why did you decide to
write Meeting Point out of sequence??

ETHAN
Well I just thought that if I wrote
it in normal order, the story would
be very plain..

A male Indian raises his hand

MALE STUDENT #1
Did YOU get confused when you wrote
it??

ETHAN
Oh yes..I lost track so many times..
anyway..some stories just have to be
told out of sequence..you all
remembered Pulp Fiction by Quentin
Tarantino?? it was a superb movie..but
if it was told like any other movie..
it would have been just an average movie..
don’t you think so???

MALE STUDENT #1
So your work for Meeting Point was
inspired by Quentin Tarantino’s work??

ETHAN
Yes..and also the song Lips of an
Angel by Hinder..both this factor
inspired me to write Meeting Point..

A female Indian student inquires

FEMALE STUDENT #2
Sir..the character Steve..is he....
you??

ETHAN
(laughs)
No..I just named him after Steve
Tyler..I am an Aerosmith fan..

FEMALE STUDENT #2
You like Quentin Tarantino also..why
didn't you name a character after him??

ETHAN
(scoffs)
Do you all have any question that is
regarding why you all are paying me so
much to learn about writing??

The lecture halls laughs

ETHAN (CONT’D)
Well..today’s homework is to write
15 pages of an half hour comedy..
remember on the scene heading there
is a line and below the line is the
names of the character in the scene..
make sure it makes me laugh..else..
you are gonna rewrite it until it
does..okay NOW you can ask me things
about Meeting Point

FEMALE STUDENT #1
I wanna know...what was it that Steve
wanted to tell Lina in Coffee Bean..
before she died...

ETHAN
I am leaving that part for you all
to decide..

FEMALE STUDENT #3
We are asking cause the movie AND the
screenplay did not say anything

ETHAN
That’s why I said..YOU all decide..

MALE STUDENT #1
Steve told Jimmy he wanted to break
up with her..and told the two best
friends that he wanted to tell her
‘I love you’ and it was ended so
abruptly

ETHAN
(laughs)
Its just a screenplay..next time when
you all write your own screenplay..you
all can pull this thing I did to everybody..

MALE STUDENT #2
But don't you think you just complicate
things when you added Cerie and Michelle
into the picture???

ETHAN
Both of them are very important
character in the screenplay, because
of Cerie the other half of Meeting
Point was told in present time..because
I didn’t wanted to introduce her until
the end, Michelle was added to add depth
into what happened between the Steve and
Cerie

MALE STUDENT #3
You portrayed both of them as plagues in
Steve’s life..

ETHAN
That is YOUR imagination..I never portrayed
any of them as you described it..

MALE STUDENT #3
The voice over scenes..Cerie is quite
quite a bitch..

ETHAN
She IS a girl..

All the girls in the lecture hall jeer off Ethan’s comments

All the guys and Ethan laughs

ETHAN (CONT’D)
Anyway..class dismiss..I wanna see
your homework tomorrow..I am serious..

The students in the lecture halls disappears into the exit one after another
Ethan takes out his Sony Ericsson Z610i and there was a text message from Sophia Ethan smiles and read the text message ‘Dinner later??’

FADE TO BLACK.

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INT. ETHAN’S ROOM - NIGHT

Ethan and Layla are on the bed, naked and under the comforter. Layla is soundly sleeping and Ethan is looking at her sleep

Ethan strokes her hair gently, he smiles

ETHAN
I could stay awake just to hear
you breathing..Watch you smile
while you are sleeping..while
you’re far away dreaming..I
could spend my life in this sweet
surrender..I could stay lost in
this moment forever..Well, every
moment spent with you..Is a moment
I treasure..I don't wanna close my
eyes..I don't wanna fall asleep...

LAYLA
(softly)
Your voice sucks..

Ethan laughs

ETHAN
I know..

Ethan lies down on her chest

ETHAN (CONT’D)
Lying close to you..Feeling your
heart beating..And I'm wondering
what you're dreaming..Wondering
if it's me you're seeing..

Ethan kisses her

ETHAN (CONT’D)
Then I kiss your eyes and thank
God we're together..I just wanna
stay with you..In this moment forever,
forever and ever..

They start kissing and cuddling

Ethan strokes her hair

ETHAN (CONT’D)
I love you..

Layla brought to silence upon hearing the magic words out of Ethan’s mouth

LAYLA
(long pause in awe)
Pardon??

ETHAN
Oh..for a moment you were speechless
and now you didn’t hear what I said??

LAYLA
Yeah...what was it again??

Layla’s eyes glows in expectation

ETHAN
(shakes his head)
I am not giving you the satisfaction..

Ethan went back to his side of the bed

Layla starts hitting Ethan, doing some sulking tone, and trying to convince him to say it again

LAYLA
(sulking)
Say it one more time~~!!

Ethan looks away with a smirk on his face

LAYLA (CONT’D)
No sex for a month!!

Ethan looks at Layla, weighting his options after the threat, Ethan ignores Layla again

Layla gently slaps Ethan on the face, and turns back to her side of the bed sulking

Ethan then hugs her from the back and whisper to her ear

ETHAN
I love you..Layla..

Layla turns around in excitement and kisses Ethan

CUT BACK TO:

EXT. BEACH - LATER

Ethan stares blankly into the sky, looking at the stars

ETHAN
Cheers..

The music in the background changes to Angel, by Aerosmith. Chloe appears from the back

CHLOE
Who are you talking to??

ETHAN
(turns around)
Layla..her name is Layla..

CHLOE
Nice name..

Ethan offers Chloe a sip of his beer

CHLOE
(takes the bottle)
Thanks..

Chloe takes a sip and passes the bottle back to Ethan

ETHAN
I am leaving for LA tomorrow..

CHLOE
I thought you said you will be
going to Little Havana tomorrow??

ETHAN
I can’t stay here anymore..

CHLOE
Why not??

ETHAN
I....I got bored of the beach already..

CHLOE
I don’t believe you..

Ethan lights up a cigarette

ETHAN
I don’t believe it either..

WHITE FLASH TO:

INT. ROOM 8414 - NIGHT

The lapping sounds of the ocean can be heard on the background. Both Ethan and Layla are on the bed, both awake, naked and under the comforter

Ethan is staring blankly into the ceiling and Layla lays her head on his chest.

LAYLA
Et..

ETHAN
Hmm??

LAYLA
Remember you used to ask me this
2 years and God question..and I
always don’t answer you..

ETHAN
No you gotta refresh me..I am
useless after sex remember??

Annoyed, Layla hits him, Ethan laughs

LAYLA
You asked me..if God came to you
and tell you that he is about to
take you back in time to correct
or do something you want in exchange
for 2 years of your life..what would
it be??

Ethan remain silent

LAYLA (CONT’D)
What will yours be??

ETHAN
I said to go to Istanbul to see Liverpool
win the Champions League right??

LAYLA
Yeah I remembered..

ETHAN
What will yours be??

LAYLA
Listen to Linda..

ETHAN
What???

LAYLA
(hugs tighter)
Nothing..

ETHAN
I think I will change mine....
fuck going back to Istanbul..
I will gladly let God take any
limb he wants..I want to correct
a mistake I made..

LAYLA
Mistake???

ETHAN
A mistake I made not long ago..

Layla gets curious

LAYLA
What mistake?? Tell me!

ETHAN
(long pause)
To go back in time...and tell myself......
to not pick up smoking..

LAYLA
You will lose a limb for that??

Ethan laughs

ETHAN
Yeah..for that one mistake..

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INT. HOTEL - LATER

Still dancing

CHLOE (CONT’D)
(hugs tighter)
I am sorry Et...

ETHAN
Sorry about??

CHLOE
(long pause)
Layla....how things ended up for
the both of us......everything..

ETHAN
(long pause)
(whispering to her ears)
So many things that I wish I get to
tell you..I guess there wont be a
better time...(long pause) I’m the
one..that is suppose to be sorry
........I am really sorry for being
so selfish..

They continue their slow dance

ETHAN (CONT’D)
I am really sorry for making you feel
that way that night..I am really sorry
for not trying harder..I am really sorry
that I let my ego get the better of me
when I was dealing with you..I am really
sorry that things turned out the way it
did..(long pause)

Chloe remain silent

ETHAN (CONT’D)
I wasn’t lying when I said I cried for
you..I wasn’t lying when I said I started
liking you..I wasn’t lying when I said I
like you..and I wasn’t lying when I said
I love you..cause I really....(long pause)
when I made the mistake, little did I know
that you would end up becoming the best
thing that ever happened to me..

Ethan kisses Chloe on her cheeks

ETHAN (CONT’D)
Goodbye..

Ethan walks away from the dance floor, as Chloe stood there staring blankly at the silhouette of Ethan disappearing into the crowd

WHITE FLASH TO:

EXT. ERIC’S GARDEN - NIGHT

The SCENE opens in the garden of Eric’s house, both Ethan and Eric are sitting on a wooden bench smoking

ETHAN
I don’t know what the fuck Chloe
wants man...one minute she don’t
wanna be in a relationship, next
minute she is fine. Fuck THIS man!

ERIC
Relax man..

ETHAN
I am seriously trying very hard to
be patient..

ERIC
Hey..remember the time in Peter’s
party, you called her and then she
finally gave you another chance to
fix what you did..

ETHAN
Yeah..

ERIC
I still remember how the smile on
your face looked like..so Chloe
obviously means a lot to you, and
you being you....you don’t know how
to show it, just for once..suck it
up and show her that you really want
her..

Ethan remain silent

ERIC (CONT’D)
You finally got together with her and
don’t tell me that you are gonna throw
it all away after all the things you went
through to fix your mistake..

Ethan nods

ERIC (CONT’D)
Good..just listen to this advice...you
won’t regret it..we are going Dubai in a
week..so don’t make it awkward for us..

A moment of silence takes place

ETHAN
I love her..

ERIC
(shocked)
What??

ETHAN
I love her..I love Chloe..

Eric was brought to silence

ERIC
(smiles)
Tell her in Dubai..

Ethan smiles and nods

ERIC (CONT’D)
Never thought in my life time I will
ever hear you admitting that you are
in love with a girl..

ETHAN
(sarcastically)
Surprise...

ERIC
Seriously..tell her in Dubai..

CUT TO:

EXT. BEACH - LATER

Ethan appears from the side exit of the hotel and walks towards the private beach of the hotel, he goes to the bar, the waiter in a Hawaiian shirt greets Ethan

WAITER
Can I get you a drink sir??

ETHAN
Beer..charge it to room 6368

The waiter places the bottle of beer on the table, Ethan grabs the bottle and head
straight for the beach

The song playing in the background is It Ends Tonight, by The All-American Rejects
Ethan makes his way to a lazy chair and sits down, he stares blankly into the sky

WHITE FLASH TO:

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EXT. COFFEE BEAN - THE SPHINX - NIGHT

The SCENE opens at the outer portion of the outlet, 21 years old Ethan is one of the tables with Mabel

ETHAN
What are we doing??

MABEL
(hold Ethan’s hand)
I don’t know..

ETHAN
(sighs)
I seriously don’t know how to be your
friend Mabel....

Mabel remain silent

ETHAN (CONT’D)
We both like each other and yet there is
just something that....is preventing you
from accepting the fact..

MABEL
I am going back to America..what difference
will it make for us??

Ethan was put to silence, Hearts Breaking Even, by Bon Jovi starts playing in the background

MABEL (CONT’D)
Lets make a deal..

ETHAN
Talk..

MABEL
When I return at the end of the year..and
both of us are still single..we will work
something out..

ETHAN
(laughs)
And you are there with your dick head
boyfriend, and I get to sit here and
hope you come back single?? Sounds
like a good deal..for YOU..

MABEL
We both know that I am still together
with him...and I am sure you know that too..
its because I got no one else there..

Irritated and annoyed, Ethan looks away

CUT BACK TO:

INT. HOTEL - EVENING

Both Ethan and Chloe are still dancing

CHLOE
You tend to fade away a lot more..
got another thought of what to
write again??

ETHAN
(smiles)
Yeah..I am gonna write about this dance
with you..and how I look back at things..

CHLOE
What??

ETHAN
(smiles)
Nothing..lets dance..

WHITE FLASH TO:

EXT. RASENGAN CAFE - NIGHT

The SCENE opens in a rather quiet cafe, Ethan and Eric are on one of the tables

Looking very emotional, stoned and dazed, Ethan has his eyes set on a car and Eric is feeling rather uncomfortable

ERIC
You okay??

ETHAN
I am not..

ERIC
What happened??

ETHAN
(sighs in annoyance)
I like her...so much..but I am just
afraid I can’t trust myself with Mabel..

ERIC
I wouldn’t say you did the right or
wrong thing..but it was rather crazy
of you..

Ethan starts tearing

ETHAN
I just seem to have the talent to fuck
up something good that happens to me...
kissing Mabel was not that good an
idea after all..

Eric smiles

ETHAN (CONT’D)
I am starting to feel it now..

Ethan’s phone rings by playing, Isn’t She Lovely, by Stevie Wonder

Ethan answers the phone

ETHAN
Hie..Ashley..

ASHLEY (V.O.)
How you feeling now??

ETHAN
I told you an hour ago..I feel like
shit..and now I am tearing..

ASHLEY (V.O.)
Et..do you like her??

ETHAN
What do you think??

AHSLEY (V.O.)
(annoyed)
So why did you choose to turn Chloe
down??

ETHAN
Because I don’t trust myself when
Mabel is around..If I don’t like her..
I would have just got together with
her and fuck her up later..but that
is not the case..

ASHLEY (V.O.)
Okay..let me ask you Et.....Chloe and
Mabel next to each other..right here..
right now..who will you choose??

ETHAN
(wiping his tears)
Chloe..

ASHLEY (V.O.)
So go fix your mistake..

ETHAN
Yeah..

Ethan cuts the line

ERIC
And now what...??

ETHAN
Fix what I fucked up..

ERIC
Why did you turn her down anyway??

ETHAN
I am sure you know, how big a problem
Mabel will be whenever she is around..

Eric nods

ETHAN (CONT’D)
I wonder how noble is this gonna sound
in your ears..but I rather not have
Chloe than to possibly hurt her later..

ERIC
You are a dumb fuck..

ETHAN
(stares blankly into the sky)
I know..

ERIC
(long pause)
Et..I’ve never seen this look in your
eyes..and this look is not a look you
had with Mabel..you really like Chloe
don’t you??

Ethan nods

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I/E. HOUSING AREA - NIGHT

The red Volvo S40 stops in front of a house

21 year old Ethan in casual outfit and an unknown female in a white dress, the song on the background, Look What You've Done, by Jet

The shoulder length hair brunette is MABEL, 21, Chinese, slim, fair complexion

MABEL
Thanks..

ETHAN
You’re welcome (long pause) thank
you for what??

MABEL
For the lovely evening..

ETHAN
Anytime..

A moment of silence takes place

ETHAN (CONT’D)
Good night Mabel..

MABEL
Good night..

Mabel exits the car and closes the door, and walk towards the house door

Inside the car

Ethan bracing himself, he takes a deep breath, and exits the car

ETHAN
Hey..

Mabel stops, and turns around

Ethan hugs her, moments later Mabel hugs Ethan tighter

ETHAN (CONT’D)
(sighs)
I can’t believe this is happening
to me again..

MABEL
Don’t do this to me now..

Ethan strokes her hair gently, and they start pulling apart from the hug

While pulling apart, their eyes meet, after a moment, they kiss

ETHAN
Take care of yourself..

MABEL
I will..

They kiss again, Mabel hugs Ethan thereafter

MABEL (CONT’D)
Good night..

She opens the door and goes into the house

ETHAN
Good night..

Ethan goes back into the car and locks the door, sighing in regret, he takes out his
phone and dials a number

ETHAN
I am fucked..

ERIC (V.O.)
Oh man..

CUT TO:

EXT. BEACH - CONTINUOUS

Chloe flips the pages

CHLOE
Coffee Bean..some crap ass flashback..

Chloe frowns

CHLOE (CONT’D)
(long pause)
The voice over sounds familiar..

Ethan starts laughing

ETHAN
Oh well..

CHLOE
(reading)
Steve in Miami?? (reading) oh my
God..

Ethan takes his note pad back from Chloe and chucks it aside

CHLOE (CONT’D)
Your girlfriend died 3 months ago??

ETHAN
It’s just a screenplay dear..it doesn’t
mean anything..

CHLOE
No Et..I know your writing materials..
you don’t write something just for the
fucks of it..

ETHAN
Please..stop asking..

CHLOE
How am I suppose..

(V.O.)
I would fall asleep only in hopes of
dreaming that everything would be like
it was before..

ETHAN
You heard the man?? That's how I go to
sleep every night..

Chloe remain silent

ETHAN (CONT’D)
If you wanna know the how and when..it
was three and a half months ago. On the
way to meet me..she smash a wall and
died..anything else you wanna know??

CHLOE
(shooks her head)
(sympathizing)
I am sorry...

ETHAN
(looks away)
I am sure everybody is..

A moment of awkward silence takes place

CHLOE
You here alone??

ETHAN
Yeah..you??

CHLOE
Family holiday..but luckily I met you
here..their activities are starting to
get lame..

ETHAN
Wanna go to the Everglades tomorrow??

Chloe looks at Ethan with a funny face

CHLOE
(scoffs)
To do what??

ETHAN
Catch a crocodile.........(scoffs) I
am going on a tour to Little Havana
tomorrow..wanna come??

CHLOE
Little what??

ETHAN
Little Havana..

CHLOE
Anything that will interest me there??

ETHAN
I never been there before..

CHLOE
You talk as though you got something
you want there..

ETHAN
I am in Miami..of course I will go visit
places right??

CHLOE
How long are you staying here??

ETHAN
Until I get bored of the beaches here..
and then I am off to LA

CHLOE
(pouts)
I’ll be leaving in two days..

ETHAN
(grins)
Wanna go to LA with me??

CHLOE
I don’t have a bank account with 80
million in it..

ETHAN
(long pause)
I do..so you are coming with me..

CHLOE
No....but you can continue dreaming
though (smiles) but at the moment..

Chloe gets off her seat

CHLOE (CONT’D)
Lets go and swim..

ETHAN
(slight frown)
Are you seducing me??

CHLOE
(long pause)
Let me try think of a way you would
reply....hmm...

Ethan waits in anticipation

CHLOE
Ahh!! A subtle way of relaying a message
to you..(smiles)

ETHAN
Okay that sounds like me....lets go..

Ethan packs his stuff and gets off his seat

ETHAN (CONT’D)
(smiles)
After you..

Chloe grab Ethan’s arm

ETHAN (CONT’D)
Arm candy! Wow! Special treatment for
a mourning guy??

CHLOE
(annoyed)
You really have the talent to spoil moments
you know..

Ethan laughs

They walk towards the beach thereafter

CUT TO:

INT. HOTEL - EVENING

The SCENE opens in the Sparks Lounge within the hotel, a romantic setting with red lighting. People socializing in the bar, people dining on the table with black leather couch and some people slow dancing through the music currently playing Love is in the Air, by John Paul Young

Ethan and Chloe are on one of the tables, Ethan in formal dressing and Chloe in a black dress. Both enjoying the bottle of red wine

CHLOE
The song selection is superb..

ETHAN
More like a place for people to fall
in love with each other...and not a
casual dinner..

CHLOE
Bite me..

ETHAN
(intrigued)
Where??

Chloe gives Ethan the middle finger

The song changes to The Scientist, by Coldplay

CHLOE
Ahh! Nice song! Lets go and dance!

Chloe gets off her seat and drags Ethan to the dance floor within the lounge

Everybody on the dance floor are slow dancing, Chloe position Ethan’s hand to where it is suppose to be and they start dancing

ETHAN
I know where I am suppose to put my
hands..

CHLOE
Shut up..

Chloe wrap her arms around Ethan and they start dancing slowly hugging each other

CHLOE
(whispering to the ear)
Our first dance..

Ethan remains silent

ETHAN
Yeah...

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EXT. COFFEE BEAN - THE SPHINX - AFTERNOON

Johnny, Eric and Albert are sitting together on one of the tables outside the store

JOHNNY
No...but, he did tell me something
that made me punch his face though

ERIC
What the fuck?? What did he tell
you??

JOHNNY
Some shit about, wanting to break
up with Layla cause he can’t love
her the way she loves him..

ALBERT
Break up?? What??

JOHNNY
That’s what he told me..that’s why
I took a swing at him..

ERIC
(long pause)
I remember you said you will punch
his face for the next stupid mistake
he makes..but I think he lied..

JOHNNY
What?? Why would he lie about something
like that for??

ERIC
Beats me..

JOHNNY
Okay...So..what’s your point?? He wanted
to meet her here to break up with her
right??

Albert disagrees

JOHNNY
So why meet here for??

ERIC
They were arguing the night before,
cause Layla saw Chloe’s picture..

Johnny was brought to silence

ALBERT
He wanted to meet her here..to talk..
about what..I seriously don’t know..,
he told us, he wanted to fix the mess..
so..he could be lying to one of us..
either he really wanted to break up
with her..or to really patch up the
mess..

JOHNNY
You all were with him here before the
accident??

ERIC
Yeah..and he did say something about
Layla rejecting his call half an hour
before he was asked to go to the hospital..

JOHNNY
Okay wait..let me go back to the start..
he wanted to meet her here..to either
break up..OR fix the mess..

Both Eric and Albert nods

JOHNNY (CONT’D)
Was she on the way here, when the accident
happen??

ALBERT
Yeah..

JOHNNY
(long pause)
So....she died on the way here??

ERIC
Yeah..

JOHNNY
This explains the ‘sorry’..

ERIC
What??

Johnny lights a cigarette

JOHNNY
Few days back..Buvein told us...

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EXT. BEACH - MORNING

Its a typical sunny day in the beautiful beach of Miami. The SCENE opens on a private beach section of a hotel. The sight of beautiful people everywhere, people laying motionless tanning themselves, girls playing volleyball with each other, children playing frisbees, and some guys playing beach football

Not far from the hotel bar on the beach, under a tree, sitting on a lazy chair, with an extravagant looking beverage next to him on a table, in Oakley’s shades and a pair of white surfing shorts is Ethan. The music playing on the background is Just Feel Better by Santana feat. Steve Tyler

Writing something on a note pad while listening to music with his white Ipod Nano, the song currently playing is Crazy, by Aerosmith. Running out of idea of what to write, he looks towards the direction of girls walking around and tanning themselves. Liking what he is sees and grinning to himself, he continues writing

Moments later, a girl in shades and a white 2 piece bikini, walks pass. Ethan checks her out, she stop and stares at him back. Ethan removes his shade, with a slight frown and looking harder at the girl as she looks familiar

The girl with long brown hair and a white hair band, removes her shade. She is CHLOE, 21, Chinese, slim, fair complexion, with huge brown eyes. A girl that can be mistaken as Layla at any given moment of the day.

The music on Ethan’s Ipod shuffles to Shimmer, by Fuel which startles him as the coincidence seems as though its divine. Ethan smiles in disbelief, he removes the ear phone

ETHAN
(showing Chloe the display screen
of the Ipod)
Even the Ipod says its bad news..

CHLOE
I don’t know what is the song about..

ETHAN
(smiles)
Never mind..

Ethan gets off the lazy chair and they both hug in greeting

ETHAN (CONT’D)
How are you??

CHLOE
I am fine....you??

ETHAN
(sits down)
I am fine..

CHLOE
So..I see you finally make one of
your dreams come true..you are
finally here in Miami..

ETHAN
(smirks) (sits)
What a small world huh??

Chloe sits on the lazy chair next to Ethan

CHLOE
What you writing there?

ETHAN
(suspicious)
Something..

Chloe snatches the note pad from Ethan and starts reading, on the background the song changes to Blind, by Lifehouse

CHLOE
(slight frown)
The scene start out with someone dying..
I am speechless about your work..

Chloe continues reading

ETHAN
(smiles)
Yeah!

CHLOE
(flip the pages)
(reading)
Ahh..now she is alive..on a cruise...

ETHAN
You want a drink??

CHLOE
After I read this..

Ethan stares blankly into the ocean

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