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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I/E. ETHAN’S HOUSE - AFTERNOON

Layla’s red sedan pulls into Ethan’s drive way, Layla in a pink spaghetti and a short tight pants comes out of the car talking on her white LG Chocolate

LAYLA
Et..I’m already at your place now..

ETHAN (V.O.)
Yeah okay..I’ll be back in awhile..

LAYLA
Buh bye

Layla cuts the line, and opens the door, she places her handbag on the brown table and lies down on the black couch

Her phone rings

LAYLA
(answers)
Hello?? (long pause) oh crap!!
I’ll send it to your mail now!

Layla disappears into the back portion of Ethan’s house

TO:

INT. ETHAN’S ROOM

Layla looks around

LAYLA
Damn..where is his VAIO??

She continues her search

Moments later she gives up and realizes that the desktop is on standby mode

LAYLA (CONT’D)
(feeling guilty)
Sorry Et..

She sits down on the executive chair and moves the mouse

She search through her handbag to take out a thumb drive and plugs it into the USB port

Moments later she finishes her task and continue sitting on the chair looking at the
monitor

LILY (V.O.)
What are you waiting for...go
find what is behind his closet!

Layla’s eyes glows in temptation and she reaches for the mouse, she clicks

LAYLA
Untitled Screenplay..(long pause) Do not
Disturb...

Layla starts laughing, moments later something catches her attention

LAYLA (CONT’D)
Pictures..

She clicks

LAYLA (CONT’D)
(browsing through)
Dubai 2006...

Layla pays closer attention

LAYLA (CONT’D)
(long pause)
Cheryl and Eric..Jennifer and Al..
(long pause) Ethan and Chloe??
(thinking) Chloe??

Layla clicks

Her eyes opens wider at the monitor, with a slight frown, she clicks again

LAYLA (CONT’D)
What the hell..

Frowning with anger this time, she clicks continuously

At the door Ethan in formal dressing walks in just to find Layla looking at pictures of him when he was in Dubai

He walks towards the desktop and shuts the LCD monitor off

ETHAN
(annoyed)
I know you people are born on a silver
platter..but I thought I made it very
clear to not touch the fucking desktop..
you don't see me messing with your
handbag right??

Layla gets off the seat and confronts Ethan

LAYLA
(agitated)
Who is Chloe??

In attempt to sway away from the topic Ethan walks towards his bed and sits down

ETHAN
A friend..so...you wanna tell me why
the hell were you messing with something
I made so clear to you not to touch??

LAYLA
Ethan..now is really not a good time to
ask me something that stupid..WHO IS
CHLOE??

ETHAN
(raises his voice)
A friend! Wasn’t it clear the first
time I said it!?

LAYLA
A friend you can kiss!? a friend you
can hold hands with!? Oh yeah! A
friend you went Dubai and share a
fucking room with!!??

Ethan remain silent

LAYLA (CONT’D)
Who the fuck is Chloe!?

ETHAN
My ex...

LAYLA
So..you remember to tell me about
Allison, Dani..the mess you got into
with Mabel and conveniently forgotten
you got an ex named Chloe??

ETHAN
It got you this pissed now...imagine
if I told you before this...

Layla lost her cool and slaps Ethan across his face

She starts tearing

LAYLA
It would have sounded so much better if
you would have just tell me about it...
rather than me finding out myself...

In rage she slaps Ethan again

LAYLA (CONT’D)
You bastard!!

Layla starts hitting Ethan continuously

Ethan gets up to try control her rage and hugs her while she is still hitting him

LAYLA (CONT’D)
(crying)
You fucking bastard..

She pushes Ethan away and storms out of the room

ETHAN
LAYLA!!

Ethan decides to not go after her and sits back on his bed

ETHAN (CONT’D)
Son of a bitch..

Disappointed with himself, he lies down

CUT TO:

I/E. SUNDER BAR - NIGHT

The SCENE opens in very lively bar

Ethan, Albert and Eric are on one of the tables outside the store with a jug of Heineken, playing in the back ground It Ends Tonight, by The All-American Rejects

ALBERT
(shocked)
She saw the pictures in Dubai??

ERIC
Why the hell do you still keep pictures
of Chloe in your desktop man??

ETHAN
I only have pictures of her when we were
at Dubai together..that was it..

ALBERT
Dude..even so..burn it to a CD..or keep
it somewhere you know Layla will never
find it!!

Ethan makes a call

LAYLA (V.O.)
I am doing something..now..that’s why my
phone is off..please leave me a message..

ETHAN
Layla..PLEASE..call me back..

Ethan keeps his phone back in his pocket

ERIC
(annoyed)
What the fuck were you thinking man..you
seriously think she will never go through
your com even after you tell her not too??

Ethan takes out his phone again to send a text message

He types ‘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..’

He sends the message and keeps his phone

CUT BACK TO:

INT. PLANE - LATER

Back in the plane

MALE (V.O.)
Ladies and Gentlemen, we will be
landing in five minutes..

Living off too much of the past Ethan starts tearing

CUT TO:

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FADE IN:

EXT. SILVAS - NIGHT

It is business as usual for the Indian restaurant, it is pack, it is noisy and two regular customers are on one of the tables outside the shop

A beat up Ethan staring blankly into the direction in front of him and Johnny sitting on his right is on the phone

JOHNNY
(to the phone)
Hey honey..I’ll call you back..
okay??

Johnny cuts the line and puts his Black Samsung D500 back in his pocket

JOHNNY (CONT’D)
(to Ethan)
Eventually..you are gonna have to
say something to me..in response..

ETHAN
I got nothing to say..

JOHNNY
Ethan..3 months already..I can
understand if you’re still sad..
but depressed??

ETHAN
Any of your girlfriends died before??
No right??

JOHNNY
(annoyed)
I’m going to get to the bottom of this
depression shit of yours and I’m quite
sure it has something to do with you
saying ‘sorry’...

ETHAN
The first thing you all said to me in
SMC was ‘I’m sorry’ too..so what the
fuck??

JOHNNY
You said ‘sorry’ before ‘I love you’
why??

ETHAN
I felt bad for her..

JOHNNY
Seriously why??

ETHAN
(irritated)
Why do you wanna know so much??

JOHNNY
Cause until YOU fucking tell someone
why, you are gonna be like this for
another 6 months!!!

The tables around them starts staring at their direction

ETHAN
I got nothing to say..

Johnny sighs off his irritation

JOHNNY
Fine..I just wanted to be there for
you, like how you will always be
there for any of us..

Ethan remains silent

JOHNNY (CONT’D)
I may not be one of your best friends..
but what I do know..is that you are in
serious guilt..

Ethan scoffs off Johnny’s remarks

JOHNNY (CONT’D)
Eventually..I’ll ask Al and Eric..I WILL
find out why..

Ethan puts both his elbows on the table and rest his forehead on his palms

Ethan’s uncomfortable body language speaks for itself,

ETHAN
(sighs)
You know how stories end..good ending..
bad ending..cliff hangers, mine ended
as a fucked up one..

JOHNNY
Go on..

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INT. NOVA CAFE - AFTERNOON

Playing in the background, Unwell, by Matchbox 20

ALBERT
Yeah..why do I get the feeling I
won’t like what he is about to tell
us..

ETHAN
I’m beginning to lose interest..

ERIC
(sighs)
What the fuck is it about this time??

ETHAN
I like her...but I don’t like her
enough..

Both Albert and Eric begins to lose interest in the conversation

ALBERT
What’s wrong with her??

ETHAN
Nothing..

ERIC
You do know right..Chloe is not even
five percent the girlfriend Layla is...

CUT BACK TO:

EXT. SILVAS - NIGHT

Johnny in shock and speechless

ETHAN
(crying)
I was about to end it with her...and
...and...before I could tell her anything
...she died...

JOHNNY
Why??

ETHAN
I just...I...I just...I just can’t love
her the way she loves me..

Johnny’s brought to silence by the remark

JOHNNY
And because of that you need to break up
with her??

Ethan remains silent

Johnny looks at Ethan that is shutting down again, he gets off his seat and punches Ethan on the face

Ethan falls off the chair and to the ground

JOHNNY
(angry)
I told you before, when you screwed it
up with Chloe..another mistake you tell
me which I deem is stupid, I’ll take a
swing at your face..

Johnny cools down and helps Ethan up

JOHNNY (CONT’D)
Anything else you wanna tell me??

Ethan starts tearing again

ETHAN
No..

JOHNNY
I’m sorry about that..

ETHAN
Don’t worry about it..

CUT TO:

INT. PLANE - MORNING

It is dawn in the outside, the SCENE opens in the first class portion of a plane, Ethan sitting next to a window looking out to the sky getting brighter and brighter, with earphones on, the music currently playing, You Give Love a Bad Name, by Bon Jovi

MALE (V.O.)
Ladies and Gentleman this is your
Captain speaking, we will be landing
in Miami International Airport in an
hour..

A very attractive Malay stewardess walks to Ethan’s seat with a bottle of champaign and two glass wine cups

Ethan removes one side of the ear phone

STEWARDESS
Sir..would you like a drink??

ETHAN
(stares blankly at the
stewardess)
Will you join me??

The stewardess chuckles

STEWARDESS
I am sorry I can’t...

ETHAN
(smiles)
Just leave the bottle here then...

STEWARDESS
Okay...

She passes the bottle and a glass cup and leaves

Ethan continues staring out to the window

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Page 113 - 114

On black screen

ETHAN (V.O.)
I’ve been wondering..would I’ve
ended up like this even if I did
the right thing the other night?
It seems to me that I am at the
other end of a very huge payback..

FEMALE (V.O.)
Why do you think so??

Bend in the Road, by Donovan Frankenreiter starts playing in the background

ETHAN
(scoffs)
Don’t worry I’m not expecting an
answer from you..I’m just curious
judging from the things that took
place..the things you said..leading
up to this..

FEMALE (V.O.)
I guess nothing I say can change
your mind now then..

ETHAN (V.O.)
Yeah..I would have ended up like
this too..

Ethan starts laughing

ETHAN (V.O.)
You had fun seeing me in that state
the other night didn’t you??

FEMALE (V.O.)
Its nothing like that..

ETHAN (V.O.)
Tell me what it is then!?

FEMALE (V.O.)
What happened and what I said wont
change..but how you perceive this
situation can!!

Ethan giggles

ETHAN (V.O.)
Okay..so tell me your side of the
story then?? MAKE ME.....change my
mind..

FEMALE (V.O.)
I told you..I CAN’T..I've got my
issues and there will always be
something holding me back..

Ethan roars off his frustration

ETHAN (V.O.)
Hey Chloe!! Wanna know what the fuck
I just heard?? 'Hey Ethan..I am gonna
tell you what I said the other night'

Chloe sighs off her disappointment

ETHAN (V.O.)
When we were in Dubai..you were already
acting weird....I just... decided not to
say or do anything cause I thought you
had a lot in your mind..

CHLOE (V.O.)
I’m sorry Ethan..

ETHAN (V.O.)
I made a mistake Chloe..why can’t you
just stop judging me for that one mistake??

CHLOE (V.O.)
Ethan..this has seriously nothing to do
with...the mistake...It is not a payback..
I just can’t...

Ethan starts weeping, and the sound of a chair being dragged to the back can be heard

ETHAN (V.O.)
I love you Chloe...

Page 109 - 112

LAYLA
Nice...and romantic..

Lily looks at Layla with a funny face

LILY
Romantic??? How??

LAYLA
Its a cruise..come on..you know..

LILY
No I don’t know..

LAYLA
OKAY FINE!..most of the time it was
in the room..but other than that..
the cruise by itself..will get
anybody to fall in love..

LILY
(malicious grin)
Hah! I know you will cave...So
he finally said it??

LAYLA
No....I said it first..and he said
it back..

Lily gets excited

LILY
It was a good thing he said it back
though..

LAYLA
Yeah..if he didn’t the cruise would
have been a massacre for him

LILY
What else besides the cruise..I am
sure he gave you something else

Layla shows Lily the silver necklace that is already around her neck

LAYLA
He gave me this silver necklace..

LILY
What is that?? An angel??

LAYLA
I don’t know..but it sure looks like
one huh??

Lily nods

LILY
What else??

LAYLA
He made me a weird looking card,
which appears to be a coupon..

LILY
Am I hearing right?? A coupon??

LAYLA
(chuckles)
The front part, is a picture of him
flexing his muscles and at the other
side..a free tour around his body for
seven days

Lily laughs

LILY
Show me!

Layla reaches for the night stand and opens a drawer

LAYLA
Here..but don’t read the back!

Lily looks at the card and starts laughing hysterically

LILY
Oh my GOD!! This is appalling!!

LAYLA
(snatches the card back from
Lily’s hand)
Shut up..I love it..

LILY
What else??

LAYLA
A LOT of lavenders..some chocolate..
and a lot of....doing IT at where you
are lying down on

LILY
(shakes her head)
The stain is ALL over the bed..it
really doesn’t make any difference
......why lavenders?? I thought you
like white roses??

LAYLA
For some weird reason..he like
lavenders...so....you know guys..

Lily nods

LILY
Yeah..

LAYLA
And THIS is the biggest surprise

Layla shows Lily a set of keys

LAYLA (CONT’D)
He key-ed me!!!

Both Layla and Lily cheers in excitement

LILY
What are you waiting for..go find
what’s behind his closet!

LAYLA
I kinda looked through everything
already..

Lily laughs

LILY
Spot check..I did it to Rob on our
second week..

LAYLA
Did he asked you not to touch anything??

LILY
Nope..

Layla pouts

LAYLA
Ethan said I can do whatever I want
in his house except touching the desktop..

LILY
Hmm..interesting..so what are you waiting
for??

LAYLA
No..he said don’t touch it..then I wont..
might just find something I don’t wanna
see inside there..if you know what I mean..

Lily nods

Someone knocks on the door

LAYLA
Yes??

Layla’s maid walks in to pass her a pile of clothes

LAYLA
Thank you~~

Layla places the pile of clothes on the bed and starts sorting them out

Lily reaches for an outfit on the top of the pile and it is a one piece pink female
Nike tennis outfit

LILY
What the hell is this?? A tennis outfit??

LAYLA
(blushes)
Something Maria Sharapova wore not
long ago..

Lily looks at Layla with a funny face

LILY
For Ethan??

Layla shyly nods

LAYLA
He is a Sharapova fan..so....on my
birthday...

Lily laughs

LILY
Okay I don’t wanna know~~!

LAYLA
(flashes her tongue)
I even wore a wig for him!

Both the girls continue their laughter

FADE TO BLACK.

Page 104 - 108

GREGORY
So what is it then??? the cruise
didn’t get you the reaction you
wanted??

ETHAN
Greg..we know each other for two
thirds of our lives....ah!! come
on you know..

GREGORY
Having problems expressing yourself
ehh??

ETHAN
The magic word comes out of her mouth
A LOT and me being me..I suck at
situations like that..

GREGORY
So..how do you counter it??

ETHAN
Whenever she says ‘I love you’
I just tell her ‘..Love you too..’

GREGORY
(laughs)
So typical of you..the ‘I’ is missing..
and let me guess, she is asking about
it already right??

Ethan leans back to the bench and shook his head

ETHAN
She haven’t really noticed the missing
‘I’ yet..but she is starting to realize
that I haven’t said it to her before..

GREGORY
You’re still scared aren’t you??

ETHAN
Yeah..

GREGORY
(looking far ahead)
Oh dude..check it out..

Ethan looks at the direction Gregory points at, not far away a very attractive girl in shades, sports bra and a very short and tight black pants, jogging towards them

GREGORY (CONT’D)
(mesmerized)
Reminds me so much of Baywatch..when
you see the girls running..the bouncing
bouncing tits..

ETHAN
(mesmerized)
Well..this is real life..Baywatch was
on TV..

The girl stop not far away from them and start stretching

Both the horny guys have their eyes set on her

ETHAN (CONT’D)
You think she doing that on purpose??

GREGORY
Don’t really care..

Soon after the girl walks towards the bench they are on

GIRL
(folds her arm)
You people should not check out a girl
like that you know..

She is ANNA, 21, Chinese with tan complexion

ETHAN
I always thought you people like it??
Right Anna??

GREGORY
(to Ethan)
You know her??

She removes her shades

ANNA
(to Ethan)
You’re still a perv..

ETHAN
Anna..this is Greg..

Anna and Gregory shakes hand

ANNA
(smile)
Hi..

GREGORY
Hi..

ETHAN
Do me a favour..drop your shades to
the ground..and then pick it up without
bending your knees..

ANNA
(to Greg)
Nice to meet you Greg..

Anna smacks Ethan on the back

ANNA
I gotta continue my jog now..Bye
Greg..(to Ethan) bye asshole..

Anna continues her jog

ETHAN
Yes..I’ll give you her number later..

Gregory hugs Ethan

GREGORY
Man..I love you..

ETHAN
(removing Greg’s hand)
Fuck off man!!

Gregory starts laughing

GREGORY
Dude..I know you were scarred once,
but you seriously need to put that
behind you..

Ethan remains silent

GREGORY (CONT’D)
Last time..you said it...you got
fucked..this time she said it first..
so I honestly don’t think there is
much to worry about..

ETHAN
Yeah..I know..

GREGORY
It sucks to get burn..I know....
you felt fucked when she ignored
it right?? Imagine how Layla feels
now..

ETHAN
You sound like a fucking girl..

GREGORY
Gotta be a little sensitive..got a
new target already..

ETHAN
Hmm..Anna..Don’t miss out on this boat
man..seriously..

GREGORY
After seeing her do a Baywatch, you
seriously think I’ll just drop the
subject??

Ethan and Gregory laughs

GREGORY (CONT’D)
I still find it disturbing though..

ETHAN
What??

GREGORY
Back then..Allison and Dani were total
opposites superficially so I can understand..
now Chloe and Layla (shook his head with a
slight frown)....She haven’t seen Chloe before
right???

ETHAN
(emphasizing)
NO~

Greg nods

GREGORY
Among your friends. Who else have seen Chloe
before??

ETHAN
Al, Eric, Johnny and you..

GREGORY
None of them said anything yet??

ETHAN
You’re the first..

Gregory chuckles

GREGORY
I know she is the first girl you ever
fell in love with..but whatever it is..
you gotta snap out of the Chloe hang-over
man..you got a new girlfriend already..

ETHAN
I am trying..

GREGORY
Good!

Ethan nods

Both of them gets off the bench

ETHAN
I’ll race you to the other end..

The moment Ethan finishes his sentence he quickly sprint away

GREGORY
(starts running)
Hey fucking cheater!!

FADE TO BLACK.

FADE IN:

INT. LAYLA’S ROOM - AFTERNOON

The SCENE opens in a huge fully furnished room with pearl white walls, a study table with a desktop and above on the wall there is a pin board full with pictures of Ethan and Layla, some with her friends and some unknown females
Not far away from her built in dresser and closet is a queen size bed, where both Layla and Lily in casual wear are lying on. Playing on average volume in the background is Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me, by Mac Davis

LILY
How was the cruise???

Page 100 - 103

INT. ETHAN’S ROOM - EVENING

Ethan wakes up from the dream, in a little shock and panting
He looks around for his hand phone to check the time
On the hand phone screen, its 1937

He closes his eyes and takes a deep breath, soon after he starts tearing. Ethan pulls himself together and gets off the bed and head to the bathroom half naked.

In the bathroom, he looks at himself in the mirror, the reflection on the mirror shows a guy that hasn’t shave for weeks, a guy that have been crying for days, a guy that is living in guilt, a guy that is in depression, a guy still stuck in the past

Ethan turn on the tap to splash some water on his face, after splashing himself several times he turn off the tap and closes his eyes to concentrate

ROB (V.O.)
Its not your fault man..

TRACY (V.O.)
Dude..3 months already..time to
snap out of it..

PETER (V.O.)
You can’t go on like this man!!

TIMMY (V.O.)
Take as much time as you need, but
eventually you have to face it..she
is gone..

DAVION (V.O.)
I don’t think any of us can stand
looking at you like this..

JOHNNY (V.O.)
I get a feeling there is something
you are not telling us..that's why
you are like that..

WHITE FLASH TO:

INT. IMPERIAL CHINA - NIGHT

The famous restaurant is rather quiet as there are only about ten tables with patrons from the possible fifty

Vincent and Ethan on casual dressing are on a table next to a window, the plates on the table are all empty, the both of them sitting, smoking away and enjoying the pot of Chinese tea

ETHAN
(starts tearing)
I’m sorry..

VINCENT
Haan, it’s not your fault..

Ethan starts weeping

VINCENT (CONT’D)
How can you blame yourself for
Layla crashing into the wall??

ETHAN
(weeping)
If...if...

VINCENT
(agitated)
Fuck the ifs man!! If this..If that..
If she wasn’t such a shitty driver she
would have been alive..If I bought her
a car with an airbag she would have
been alive..the word ‘if’ is for
failures that wish they had done
something else after seeing the outcome,
so fuck the ifs!!

Vincent tries very hard to hold his tears back

VINCENT (CONT’D)
When your time is up..you can choke
on a water melon seed and die..when
your time is not up you can get struck
by a lightning and still laugh about it
as a joke later..her time was up..so live
with it..

Ethan wipes away his tears with his hands

VINCENT (CONT’D)
Haan..I want you to move on..

ETHAN
What??

VINCENT
You heard me..I want you to move on..

ETHAN
She just passed away last week..

VINCENT
You sulking over her death is just going
to be deemed as lost time, you can sulk
for one day or another year it still wont
bring her back, you can be sad for days,
months, years..it still wont bring her
back..that’s why I want you to move on..
cause it wont change anything. It already
happened!

ETHAN
How can you talk like that??

VINCENT
Because I know what is it like not being
able to move on from something like that..

Ethan remain silent

VINCENT (CONT’D)
30 years ago..the girl I loved most died
in front of my eyes..she was raped and
then stabbed to death right in front of
my fucking eyes!! 5 years Haan! 5 fucking
years! And I couldn’t move on, no one was
there to tell me not to blame myself, no
one was there to tell me it wasn’t my fault,
no one was there for me..all I had was people
that think death is part of our everyday
activity..and all my dad told me was ‘lucky
it wasn’t you..’

Ethan remain silent

VINCENT
Yes..I needed 5 years..because it
was my fault..but THIS..is not your
fault

Ethan remain silent again

VINCENT (CONT’D)
You remind me a lot of myself when I
was younger and I don’t wanna see you
waste your life away over not being
able to move on..take it from me Haan,
its just going to be deemed as lost
time..I lost 5 years of my life becoming
a pussy, I lost 5 years of respect from
my people..

Ethan starts tearing again and nods

VINCENT (CONT’D)
I don’t care if you decide to date a new
girl tomorrow..I don’t care..I just want
you to move on..she loved you with all
her heart (long pause) and I’ve already
consider you as part of my family..

ETHAN
(tearing)
I will try..

Vincent takes out his wallet and calls for the waiter to get the bill

VINCENT
If you ever need anything..you have my
number..

WHITE FLASH TO:

INT. ETHAN’S ROOM - EVENING

Hemorrhage, by Fuel starts playing on Ethan’s K750i

Ethan opens his eyes as he was interrupted by the music, he reaches for his phone on a table just outside the bathroom

ETHAN
Yes Doctor??

BUVEIN (V.O.)
Dey joining us for poker??

ETHAN
I’ll call you back..

BUVEIN (V.O.)
Okay dey..ciao

Ethan walks out of the toilet and went to the hall of his house, he lies down on the black couch and closes his eyes

FADE OUT

FADE IN:

EXT. PARK - EVENING

It’s typical sunny evening in Starlite. The nice weather is always complimented by people gathering in one huge park in the city jogging, cycling, walking the dog and all forms of exercise

Quite visible from a far, Ethan jogging together with another friend of his, both in jogging attire, t-shirt, short pants and a pair of running shoe

He is GREGORY, 22, Chinese, short black hair, lean with fair complexion

Both still jogging

GREGORY
(grins)
6 months already..is she a good
girlfriend??

ETHAN
(gasping for air)
What happens backstage is only
for the performers to know..

Both of them stop after they reach wooden bench at the end of the park

Both of them rests on the bench

GREGORY
So basically..Layla sucks??

ETHAN
No..she doesn’t suck..

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FADE IN:

3 years ago..

INT. ECLIPSE - NIGHT

Its a typical clubbing environment in Eclipse. Its noisy, its dark and its crowded. Guys dancing with girls all over the club, some dancing on the podium, some on the speakers.

On a table not far away from the podium with 3 bottles of Jack Daniel’s on it, Davion sitting with a stranger is playing rock paper and scissors with her, Peter with his head in the ice bucket is long gone, Timmy sitting next to a stranger and impressing her by drawing on a piece of tissue paper and Rob and Johnny is dancing away with some stranger

The bar of the club is not far away from the podium. Ethan, Tracy and a shoulder length hair Layla is sitting by the bar chatting

TRACY
My God you are fucking hot now..

Layla laughs

LAYLA
I know..

ETHAN
(chuckles)
Your self-esteem..bigger than this
club..

LAYLA
How are you?? seven years since I
last saw you two..

ETHAN
I am fine..where did you go to after
primary school??

LAYLA
I was in UK..just came back 2 months
ago..

ETHAN
Ah..who gave you my contact??

LAYLA
Linda..

TRACY
Did you get plastic surgery during
the time you were at UK??

Layla unsure what to say, she laughs off Tracy’s comment

ETHAN
He’s drunk..you gotta excuse him..

TRACY
I don’t understand how a nerd become
THIS beautiful..

ETHAN
Ah-ha! (got off his seat) time for
you to go back to the table..

Ethan shoves Tracy aside and the drunkard slowly make his way to their table

ETHAN
Sorry..

LAYLA
Don’t worry about it..I’ve seen worst
....look at you..back then I could have
wrestled you down and make you tap out..

ETHAN
(chuckles)
Well..you can try again now..I would
gladly let you wrestle me..

LAYLA
(chuckles)
Ah..quite a tempting offer..but I can’t..
my boyfriend will wrestle you for real
then..

ETHAN
Where is he??

LAYLA
(look around)
I don’t know..ah..screw him..give me your
number

Layla reaches for her handbag to take her Nokia 8310 out

ETHAN
789-1838638..what about yours?

Ethan takes out his red Sony Ericsson Z600

LAYLA
If I call or text you..then you will have
my number..other than that tough luck..

ETHAN
(put the phone back into his pocket)
Playing hard to get??

LAYLA
Like Tracy said..I am hot now..a hot girl
cannot simply give out her number..

ETHAN
But if the hot girl calls or text the guy..
that means the guy have a shot at her right??

LAYLA
Maybe...but maybe its because I wanna call
or text you at a time where you girlfriend
is around..

ETHAN
I can talk myself out of it..

LAYLA
I pity her..

ETHAN
Yeah..I am gonna pity her soon too..

LAYLA
Oh my God..you’re gonna dump her...

Ethan smiles

From Ethan’s back, a buff bald guy with a scary face closes in, he is ADRIAN, 20, Chinese. He walks pass Ethan knocking him in the shoulder and went behind Layla to hug her from the back

LAYLA
(uncomfortable)
Ethan..this is Adrian..

Ethan extends his hand for a handshake, which Adrian snubs

ETHAN
Okay sure..

Layla removes Adrian’s hand around her waist

LAYLA
(to Ethan)
I am going to the toilet..

Layla walks away, Adrian then takes her
seat

ADRIAN
Getting very cozy with her huh??

ETHAN
Haven’t seen her for seven years..you
cannot blame me..

ADRIAN
(serious)
Don’t try be a smart ass with me..

ETHAN
(smile)
If you wanna take a swing..you better
make sure I go down..

ADRIAN
Finish your chat with my property and get
the hell back to your table..

ETHAN
(smile)
Your property?? Eclipse belongs to you??

Ethan downs his drink and walk away from the bar, as he was walking away, he bumped into Layla

ETHAN (CONT’D)
Hey sexy..

LAYLA
Got hostile??

ETHAN
Ah..I deal with people like that all the
time..you have fun..nice to see you again

Ethan hugs Layla

She then kisses him on the cheek

LAYLA
Bye..

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ETHAN
Hey..Layla is in the hospital??
Is she okay???

Buvein remain silent

Not far away from the reception counter, Vincent and Amy appears from behind a door, both crying

Ethan rush towards them

ETHAN
(to Vincent)
Uncle..is Layla okay??

A tearful Vincent exchanges look with a slight shook of his head

Ethan starts getting worry over the situation

ETHAN (CONT’D)
(to Buvein)
Dude..is she okay???

BUVEIN
Follow me..

Buvein walks towards an elevator not far away from where they are standing and Ethan follows behind

CUT TO:

INT. MORGUE - LATER

The white door opens, Buvein and Ethan walks in to a room where there is a single bed with a white cloth over a body

Ethan breathing heavily, nods at Buvein whom is standing close to the bed

Buvein removes the white cloth

Laying motionless on the bed with multiple cuts and several bruises on her face is
Layla

Ethan starts tearing and falls to his knees

Buvein walks towards Ethan

BUVEIN
I’m sorry..

Ethan latches on to his right leg and cry even louder

ETHAN
(crying)
Oh my God..Oh my fucking God...
no.....

BUVEIN
We can’t stay inside for long..

Moments later, Ethan composes himself and walks towards the motionless Layla

He strokes her hair like how he always do, tearing and unsure of what to say, he
kisses her one last

ETHAN
(whisper)
I’m sorry..

He lift Layla’s head and hugs her tightly

ETHAN (CONT’D)
(whisper)
I love you..

Ethan puts Layla back down and cover her up with the white cloth

Buvein puts his hand over Ethan’s shoulder to comfort him as they walks out of the room

BUVEIN
I’m sorry..

CUT TO:

INT. STARLITE MEDICAL CENTER - LATER

Ethan comes out of the morgue, still crying, he looks around searching for Vincent and Amy instead he sees Rob sitting on the bench near the reception desk reading a magazine

Disorientated from the experience, he sits next to Rob, and stares blankly towards the ceiling

ROB
I’m sorry man..

Tears starts flowing again

ROB (CONT’D)
They will all be here soon..

Ethan nods

ETHAN
If this is a fucking dream..
I want to wake up now..

CUT TO:

INT. STARLITE MEDICAL CENTER - LATER

All the familiar faces are now in the hospital

Davion comforting Jill whom is crying over his shoulders

Peter, Rob and Johnny doing likewise for Linda, Lily and Anabel

Tracy, Timmy and Shirley comforting Ethan, still siting on the same place he was before

SHIRLEY
(to Ethan)
You want something to drink??

Ethan staring blankly toward the reception desk did not respond

SHIRLEY (CONT’D)
Et??

TIMMY
Get him some water..

Shirley nods and walk away

TRACY
(to Timmy)
Dude..lets leave him alone for a
while..

As both Tracy and Timmy walk away to give Ethan some space, Ethan’s phone rings

Ethan left it ringing for quite some time before answering

ETHAN
(uninterested)
Yeah?? (long pause) okay..

He cuts the line, puts the phone back in the pocket and gets off his seat

ETHAN
(walking towards the exit)
The funeral starts tomorrow..

ROB
Where are you going??

ETHAN
To get some air..

Ethan exits the Emergency Room, went straight to his car and drives away

CUT TO:

I/E. ETHAN’S CAR - LATER

The red S40 is on the road now, speeding and over taking cars like a drunk driver
Inside the car, the speedo meter is at 160km/h and its still going up, playing on the background is With or Without You, by U2
Ethan, staring blankly onto the road and still over taking cars

LAYLA (V.O.)
What’s the name of this song??

ETHAN (V.O.)
With or Without You..

LAYLA (V.O.)
Nice song..

Ethan starts tearing again and he pulls over to the side of the road
Weeping by himself, he starts hitting the steering wheel

ETHAN
(weeping)
Why??

FADE OUT.

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ERIC
I heard he sang this song damn
well..

ETHAN
Yeah..when I saw it last year..I
really thought that he was gonna
win it..

CHRIS DAUGHTRY (V.O.)
To really love a woman. To understand
her, you gotta know her deep inside..

ETHAN
I guess this is the only part of the
song where guys will go.. ‘how do you
understand a woman??’

ERIC
(laughs)
If only they are that simple to understand..

CHRIS DAUGHTRY (V.O.)
..And when you find yourself lying
helpless..in her arms..you know you
really love...a woman..you love a
woman you tell her that she’s really
wanted..you love a woman..you tell her
that she’s the one..she needs somebody
to tell that its gonna last~~~

ETHAN
He is like singing to me all the
mistakes I made with her..

Eric starts laughing

ERIC
I told you so..just submit..see even the
song is telling you the same thing

Ethan remain silent

ERIC (CONT’D)
How do you think we maintained our
relationship for so long?? Submit
when you need too..

Albert finishes his rest room visit and returns to the table

ERIC (CONT’D)
(to Albert)
I was just telling him about how much
you need to submit in a relationship..

ALBERT
(sighs)
You have no idea..

ETHAN
I am trying..with Layla..don’t make
it sound like I have no idea what
you two are telling me..

ALBERT
You always catch us by surprise, so
you cannot blame us..remember when
you wanted to break up with Allison??
You told us on the day before and then
BOOM! She was old newspaper..

ERIC
Not to mention that you actually told
us what you intend to tell her..

ALBERT
When Allison asked me ‘WHY??’, I looked
as though I was hiding something from her,
but in actual fact..I knew about it a day
before her..

ERIC
She came to me too you bitch!

Ethan laughs off the comments

ERIC (CONT’D)
And then you told us about Dani, a week
before she left..

ALBERT
Yeap..so you are a fucking slut face..
don’t blame us for lecturing and thinking
you have no idea what the fuck we babbling
about..

ERIC
Our point is..if you don’t try you won’t
know..you were always the odd one out
when it comes to relationship and after
so many tries..you are still the odd one
out..

ETHAN
(long pause)
Okay..I have got something to tell you two

In the background the song changes to Unwell, by Matchbox 20

ERIC
(long pause)
His bad news look..

ALBERT
Yeah...

CUT TO:

EXT. COFFEE BEAN - AFTERNOON

A black Sony Ericsson K750i on a table starts ringing by playing Lips of an Angel, by Hinder while bearing the name Mr. Vincent’. Ethan reaches for his phone

ETHAN
Hello?? (long pause) yeah..I’ll
be right there..

Ethan jumps off his seat and rush off

FADE OUT.

I/E. STARLITE MEDICAL CENTER - LATER

The red Volvo S40 of Ethan pulls in the private parking within the hospital. Position awkwardly in the parking lot, Ethan rush into the emergency room
Upon entering, Ethan meets by Buvein

BUVEIN
(to Ethan)
Dey..

They shake hands

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FADE IN:

INT. NOVA CAFE - AFTERNOON

The SCENE of the rather quiet restaurant opens on a table in the smoking section
Ethan sitting together with Eric and Albert, all three of them in formal dressing, all three smoking

ETHAN
What a fucking waste of time..

ERIC
Don’t say that..you’re making me
feel bad for asking you to come..

ETHAN
(long pause)
You guilt me into coming with you
and now you are using guilt to talk
yourself out of wasting my time??
Nice try..

ALBERT
Actually..it wasn’t THAT bad..

ERIC
Yeah..so don’t feel as though you
wasted your time..you came for us..
remember???

ETHAN
(long pause)
Whatever man..

A very attractive waitress walks to their table to pass them a new set of order for
drinks

WAITRESS
(putting the drinks one
at a time)
Here are your drinks sir..
may I clean the table??

ALBERT
(fake Australian accent)
Yes please..

The waitress smiles and remove the empty plates from the table

Ethan and Eric exchanges look with a grin

She walks away thereafter

ETHAN
(checking out her ass)
She reminds me a lot of Dani..

Eric doing likewise

ERIC
Dani..got a nicer ass..

Both Albert and Ethan stares blankly at Eric

ALBERT
(to Eric)
Huh??

ETHAN
(stun)
Dude..you checked out my girlfriend??

ERIC
(uncomfortable laugh)
Nah..just kidding.......

Ethan starts judging Eric with a stare

ERIC (CONT’D)
Oh come on..I am sure ALL your
friends did it before also..

ETHAN
Yeah......but..never mind..

ALBERT
(smoking)
Talking about exes..I saw Allison
the other day..she was holding
hands with another girl..

ETHAN
Yeah..I know, she kinda changed
flavour after I broke up with her...

Eric and Albert laughs

ALBERT
She must have been so disappointed
with guys..till a point she thinks
that dating her own kind is better

ERIC
(wondering)
I wonder what could it be..

ETHAN
Yeah yeah..say all you want, I don’t
regret dumping her for Dani and besides
Dani was the kind of girl I was looking
for then..I do whatever I want..she do
whatever she wants..it was a beautiful
relationship..until she have to go
Russia..

ERIC
(grins)(to Albert)
Remember how he cried when she left??

ALBERT
(laughs)
Yeah of course..

ETHAN
I cried when you two left to
Australia..so what the fuck??

ERIC
Nah..I am just pointing out the
fact that its weird to actually
see you cry for a girl..

ETHAN
The tears just flowed out..I wasn’t
sad or anything..

ERIC
Yeah..tears of ‘no more sex for a long
time’

The three of them starts laughing

ERIC (CONT’D)
(to Ethan)
I saw you going into some jewelry
just now..buying something for Layla??

ETHAN
Her birthday is in six weeks..I don’t
wanna follow a good example (looks at
Albert) buy on the last minute

ALBERT
(points middle finger)
Whatever man...take her on a holiday
or something..

ETHAN
Cruise?? Maldives?? Dubai?? (long pause)
okay not Dubai..VERY creepy...

ERIC
Cape Town? Italy?? Spain??

ETHAN
Nah..still not ready to take her on
a real holiday..

ERIC
Fucker..its almost a year already,
get over it..no one saw it coming..
even Cheryl and Jennifer said everything
looks fine..

Ethan sighs of his disappointment

ETHAN
Ahh..forget it..maybe I will go check
out the Zodiac Cruise booth later..

ALBERT
Is the Rylai Inverse..the biggest cruise
ship they have..

In the background, Change the World, by Eric Clapton starts playing

ETHAN
(listening)
I remembered how the 3 of us was the
only one singing along when he
performed this song live in Singapore..

Al and Eric laughs

ERIC
4 months ago..seems like it was just
yesterday..

ALBERT
During the time of the concert..you
just got together with Layla right??

ETHAN
(laughs)
Yeah..two weeks..she was quite pissed
when I told her I was going Singapore..

ERIC
Even Cheryl was kinda upset..what more
a girlfriend of 2 weeks..

ALBERT
Cold war with Jennifer for a week..

ETHAN
You know what is the worst part??? she
knows I am a Clapton fan..I was like
‘what the fuck??’

ERIC
Same here..........maybe they got
pissed cause we didn’t bring them
along..

ALBERT
No..they got pissed cause they feel
like getting pissed at us..

Albert gets off his seat and walk towards the rest room

ETHAN
He seems pissed..

Eric grins and both of them starts smoking

Near their table, there is a television set hanging from the ceiling and the program that is currently on is an encore of ‘American Idol 5’ and ‘Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman’, by Bryan Adams, performed by Chris Daughtry is currently playing

Both Ethan and Eric looks at the television set

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JOHNNY
(to Ethan)
Hey Esther..I would assume that
YOU didn't accidently told the
Goddess that none of us is single
right??

ETHAN
(defending)
Seriously I didn’t sell anybody out
except Timmy and what make you so
sure that Layla won’t tell her anything,
EVERYTIME she sees you, you’re with a
different girl..

JOHNNY
Fuck..text her and tell her to shut up...

ETHAN
(laughs)
You just called me Esther and you
want a favour now?? Do it yourself..

JOHNNY
Eliza....you’re great sister..come
let me give you my signature..

Ethan laughs and gives Johnny the middle finger, in the background Sweet Emotions, by Aerosmith plays

DAVION
Hey..where is Timmy and Peter??

ROB
Punch card.....I just don’t understand
why girls love to talk on the phone so
much..lets say you just saw her for the
whole fucking day..they call and it is
at least an half hour chat..

DAVION
Better than if you didn't see her the
whole day..it would be hours!

ROB
YEAH! And they will go on about their
day..how bad it was..or how good it
was..Who the fuck cares about their day
man?? Or what the fuck they did 3 minutes
ago??

JOHNNY
Nothing comes free in this world..
I had this fuck buddy..

Ethan, Rob, Tracy and Davion stares at Johnny with the eyes of jealousy

JOHNNY
(grins)
After I AM DONE...again I am stressing
(points at himself) AFTER I AM DONE she
talks about her day..she whines about
her bitch ass boss to me..she whines
about not meeting her quota, she whines
about how her family treating her like
dirt..can you imagine..

All the guys goes deep into their thought and sighs off their depression

DAVION
(to Johnny)
Fuck you man..

JOHNNY
I am not bragging..just reminding you
all..there is no such thing as a free
lunch..

ETHAN
(scoffs)
What about you all?? Don’t you people
need to punch card too?

TRACY
(shows a sad face)
I just got dumped..

ROB
(wide grin)
I am in a meeting..

JOHNNY
THEY are sleeping..even if they are
not..it doesn’t make a difference..

DAVION
She went back to Korea..

Ethan smiles in disgust

ETHAN
Lets go..

The guys leaves the table and head straight for the exit

CUT TO:

I/E. ETHAN’S CAR - ROADS - LATER

The digital clock on the dashboard shows its 3 in the morning now. What it Takes, by Aerosmith is playing on average volume in the background

LAYLA
The match ended with a draw??

ETHAN
Yeah..

LAYLA
Did you win your bet??

ETHAN
Fair game..so no win or lose..and
(puts his left hand up) give me my
ten bucks..I told you Lily would
choose Rob..

Layla grabs his hand and bites it

Ethan pulls his hand away in reaction

ETHAN (CONT’D)
Sore loser..

Layla flashes her tongue at Ethan

LAYLA
Ethan..

ETHAN
Hmm??

LAYLA
Can I stay over at your place??

Ethan smiles

LAYLA (CONT’D)
Very likely that my girlfriends are
gonna get lucky tonight..so I cannot
lose to them..

Ethan starts laughing

ETHAN
Of course....So..did Anabel already
booked Johnny??

LAYLA
I don’t know WHY she likes Johnny so
much..even after knowing he is a pig..

ETHAN
Looks..fame..and..all those other things..

Layla have a moment of malicious joy within her thought

LAYLA
Well..lucky Anabel is sort of a slut
when it comes to all this..

ETHAN
(laughs)
You know....I think I am probably gonna
find out A LOT about Anabel tomorrow..

LAYLA
Huh?? Find out what?? (long pause) OHhh!!!

Ethan turns over to Layla and smile

ETHAN
Johnny believes that as long as it is
not exclusive..we should spread the joy..

LAYLA
(disgusted)
You guys are sick..

FADE TO BLACK.

INT. ETHAN’S ROOM - NIGHT

ETHAN (V.O.)
Can you just look at it in my
perspective..how it actually
sounded in my ears when you
said those things to me??

FEMALE (V.O.)
That’s not the point..my point is
why do you always need so much time
to make a simple decision??

ETHAN (V.O.)
Simple?? You throw me something like
that out of the blues and you call that
a simple decision??

FEMALE (V.O.)
You did not try convince me..you didn’t
even try to say something, all you did
was sat there and say nothing

ETHAN (V.O.)
Naturally..I think every guy will..

FEMALE (V.O.)
Then it was a mistake..

ETHAN (V.O.)
I don’t want things to end like this..

FEMALE (V.O.)
You should have thought that through
then..

ETHAN (V.O.)
I’m sorry..

FEMALE (V.O.)
Are you done??

Ethan wakes up from his sleep, disorientated by the voice over experience, he searches around for his hand phone

Unable to find it, he looks at the clock on the wall in front of him and its 6 in the morning now

Ethan looks at the soundly sleeping Layla next to him and he smiles

Ethan strokes her hair and kisses Layla on the cheek

ETHAN
(whisper)
Good night..

FADE OUT: