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3 years ago..

I/E. COFFEE BEAN - NIGHT

Nothing unusual about a sight of a Coffee Bean store pack with customers regardless of the time of the day. Customers leaving and coming in, baristas walking in and out of the store to clear tables

A long queue at the cashier, with customers taking order and paying for their drinks, after every order, the male Indian barista at the counter will yell the order of the customer to the other two barista at the end of the counter where they will be making the drinks. At the other end of the counter where the two female baristas are making drinks, one Chinese and one Malay, both will have to call out the names of the customer for them to retrieve their drinks

On the turn for the Chinese barista she calls out

BARISTA#1
Mr. Ethan!! and Ms. Allison!!

Upon confirming that it is not the wrong name, Ethan gets off his awkward sitting position and approaches the counter

Clearly very intrigued with what she sees approaching the counter, the cute barista waits as Ethan approaches.

When Ethan reaches the counter to retrieve his drink

BARISTA#1
Mr. Ethan..Pure Chocolate and
Ms. Allison Cinnamon Ice Blended..
(sweet smile) Mr. Ethan right??

ETHAN
(looks left and right)
I’m Allison..

The barista chuckles

ETHAN (CONT’D)
(points to Allison)
See that dude over there..
THAT is Mr. Ethan..

BARISTA#1
(flirting)
Ha ha! Take your drink and go..

ETHAN
Come on...if you wanna flirt with me..
I promise you I wont tell him..

BARISTA#1
(intrigued)
Hi Allison..I’m Dani..

ETHAN
(smiles)
Nice to meet you..

Ethan grabs the drinks

ETHAN (CONT’D)
Make sure you clean my table later..

Ethan showers the barista with his trademark million dollar smile before he turns around and walks back to the couchImpressed with Ethan’s grand exit, Dani stands where she was to watch Ethan’s grand exit

BARISTA#2
Hey! Work!

DANI
(startled)
Sorry! Sorry!

The smile on Ethan’s face quickly fades away as he reaches his seat to pass Allison her drink

ETHAN
(uninterested)
Here..

Allison gets off the arm rest and reaches for her drink with a smile

ALLISON
Thank you..(looks out) hey sweetie
there is an empty table outside..

ETHAN
(sarcastically)
It’s so nice to have such an
understanding girlfriend

Allison ignores the sarcastic remark. She reaches for Ethan’s hand and walks towards the exit As the couple heads towards the exit, Ethan’s favorite song Angel, by Aerosmith could be heard playing in the background

ALLISON
(excited)
Your favorite song..

Allison hugs the hand she was holding

ALLISON (CONT’D)
Our song..

Ethan stops to catch a glimpse of how passionate Allison is as she speaks, Ethan scoffs at her remarks and then kisses her on the lips

ETHAN
(pushes the glass door open)
You are going to have a new theme
song soon (hold the door open)
Vaginas first..

Allison walks out of the store and gently taps Ethan on the face

ALLISON
If it is so..shouldn’t you walk out
first??

ETHAN
Unfortunately..I only have half a
vagina..

ALLISON
(smiles)
Ah..shut up..

Allison places her drink on the empty table she was referring to from before and takes a seat
Ethan takes the seat on her left side, the moment he sits, he reaches straight to his pocket to take out a box of Mild Seven Lights, he pulls a stick out and lights it

ETHAN
(relief)
Ahhhhh!!! (takes another puff)
Ahhhhh!!!

ALLISON
(shooks her head)
Chronic..

ETHAN
Crappy day at work..How was
your day??

ALLISON
(excited)
Well..followed mummy on a shopping
frenzy at the Sphinx, definitely better
than yours

Ethan remain silent

ETHAN
Ah..no wonder I’ve never seen this
top of yours..

Happy with the fact that Ethan notices something new about her, Allison smiles with joy

ALLISON
You like it?? (bites her lips)

ETHAN
(long pause)
I can’t wear it..

Put off by Ethan’s remark, Allison turn away and starting putting on a sulking face
Happy that he manage to annoy her, Ethan then notices something on an empty chair on the next table. He reaches to what appears to be a pink magazine

ETHAN
Vogue..(turns to the sulking Allison)
Hey Alli..God sent you this month’s
issue

Allison curiously turns toward Ethan, to see what is he talking about. Almost immediately she cheers up, she snatches the magazine from Ethan’s hand

ALLISON
(flashes her tongue)
Bluek!!

She starts flipping the magazine

ETHAN
Ha ha..yes please ignore me..
I am going to my happy place now..

Uninterested with what she was told, Allison flashes the middle finger at Ethan
He smiles at Allison gesture, moments later the smile fades away from his face

WHITE FLASH TO:

I/E. SILVAS - NIGHT

The SCENE opens in front of an Indian restaurant in Precinct 15 of Starlite City. A huge yellow signboard spreading across 2 shop lots bearing the name ‘Silvas’. Yellow plastic tables and chairs are arranged outside the shop across few parking lots by the roadside, every single table is taken, some even have 3 to 4 tables combine to accommodate their huge crowd. The shop waiters all in a yellow uniform, walking in and out of the shop to take customer orders to the respective table. In the middle of the arrangement a group of 6 teens all in casual outfits are on one of tables, Ethan with center parted hair and 5 other of his male friends are on it. From far it would seem as though they are having fun, an outrageous amount of cups and plates on the table and at the same time they are all laughing and talking to each other, except Ethan which is rather quiet. The SCENE now focuses on the table

ETHAN
(enthusiastic)
I’m gonna break up with Allison

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FADE IN:
EXT. ROADS - AFTERNOON

It’s a typical sunny day in Starlite City, a variety of honks of cars can be heard all over, with a major traffic jam formed by cars slowing down, windows down, trying to catch a glimpse of a horrific crash of a red sedan

Red plastic cones on the road near the red sedan serves as a ‘no entry’ zone. Two Malay Police rookies are standing outside the ‘no entry’ zone and angrily ushering cars that are slowing down to move

The siren of an ambulance rushing to the scene can be heard in the background as STARLITE MEDICAL CENTRE was not far away. Upon hearing the siren the two rookies starts getting aggressive with the cars that are slowing down

POLICE #1
MOVE IT!!

POLICE #2
(showing a ticket book)
Move or you will get one!!

The threats get through and the traffic finally moves on a slightly better pace.

At the scene of the accident, three policemen are investigating the car, the Indian Sergeant is around the bonnet, and two other Malay rookies, one at the boot completing a report and another snapping pictures of the crash

Reporters, cameramen and photographers are all over the scene

The bonnet of the car is flattened like a pan cake. The girl inside the car in a black baby T and khakis, is already dead, with the steering wheel crushed into her chest. Cuts on her face from the shattered wind screen glass leaves her covered in blood and she is barely identifiable

The Sergeant investigating the car retrieves the victim’s handbag, searching through it and pulling out a white purse to retrieve the identification card

SERGEANT
(looking at the I.D.)
Layla..

Back at the car

The picture snapping continues. While searching through the back seat of the car, the rookie finds an IPOD lying on the carpet. Suspiciously, he looks around at his colleagues and when the coast is clear he puts the Ipod in his pocket. He continues snapping thereafter

The Sergeant on the front part of the car takes a look at Layla

SERGEANT
(long pause)
How do you crash like that??

The rookie with the camera responds

POLICE #3
Suicide??

The rookie with the report at the boot of the car responded to the other rookie

POLICE #4
I think you are right, stupid bitch
intended to die..

The three of them laugh

Moments later, The Scientist, by Coldplay starts playing. The Sergeant ignores the call, leaves the handbag on the roof of the car and walk towards the roundabout near the scene

The ambulance finally beats the traffic and arrives at the scene. The two Chinese female paramedics come rushing out with a stretcher. The Sergeant already on his way to the ambulance, halts the paramedics’ advances

SERGEANT
Forget the stretcher..we can’t
move the body..

Both the paramedics leave the stretcher on the road and take a seat on the mini stairs at the rear end of the ambulance

PARAMEDIC #1
Where’s the fire department??

SERGEANT
(funny face)
LATE......as usual..

WHITE FLASH TO:

INT. STARLITE MEDICAL CENTER - LATER

The SCENE opens on the emergency room hall of a hospital. Chaotic as usual, as nurses walking by everywhere, some even RUNNING, DOCTORS TREATING patients behind almost every curtain, disturbing NOISES from children YELLING in pain, injured patients yelling in agony

From the main door of the, a very concern couple in their fifties of formal dressing walks in and went straight to reception counter

The male in matching color suit, VINCENT, Chinese, balding with a beer belly and the female in a casual wear is AMY, Chinese with permed hair

VINCENT
I got a call regarding my daughter
Layla Wong

The young FEMALE INDIAN RECEPTIONIST hardly acknowledge Vincent

RECEPTIONIST
Please take a seat sir..

The Indian receptionist type something onto the COMPUTER present in front of her, she then picks up the PHONE and press a number

Amy clearly very restless

AMY
(annoyed)
Is she OKAY??

RECEPTIONIST
(rudely)
PLEASE take a seat (to the phone)
Dr. Buvein the Wongs are here..
(pause) okay..

Amy ready to give the receptionist a piece of her mind was dragged away from the counter by Vincent

VINCENT
Sit down..

As Amy sits on the long bench just in front of the counter, she starts crying

VINCENT(CONT’D)
(consoling)
Don’t worry..

As the consoling and crying continues, from the MAIN DOOR, an Indian doctor with a lab coat enters the emergency room and straight to the reception counter. He is BUVEIN, 22, good looking and tall

The receptionist directs him to the Wongs on the bench, he takes quick glance at the crying couple, clearly very sympathetic, he walks towards them

BUVEIN
Hi, I’m Dr. Buvein

His greeting catches the attention of Vincent and Amy, both looking at him in a very hopeful manner

VINCENT
Is Layla okay??

Caught in a very awkward situation and very clearly in a situation any doctor don’t want to be in. Buvein then composes himself and seats next to Vincent and puts his right hand on Vincent’s shoulder

BUVEIN
(sympathetic)
There won’t be a nicer way to say
this..so I’ll get straight to the point..
you two have to follow me to the
morgue..

The distressing news left Amy in a worse situation as she was before and this time crying even louder

Vincent fall back to his seat with tears flowing rapidly

BUVEIN
(softly)
I am sorry..

CUT TO:

EXT. AFTERNOON - LATER

A black Sony Ericsson K750i on a table starts RINGING by playing the song Lips on an Angel, by Hinder while bearing the name ‘Mr. Vincent’. A male right hand reaches for the phone

FADE TO BLACK.

Hi..

There will be a story posted here very soon..
well "story" in a screenplay format

The title is Rendezvous and I hope you all will enjoy reading :)

Over and Out!