Page 61

LAYLA
You seriously weren’t kidding when
you said all your friends are
celebrities..(points to Johnny’s
direction) you got a racer there..
and the owner is JSL is Rob right??

ETHAN
(smiles)
You remembered..

LAYLA
The fatty Davion created the new
engine and Timmy is the gamer??

ETHAN
Tracy..is the gamer

LAYLA
Oh..Timmy is the artist..and
Peter.....is Linda’s “husband”

Ethan chuckles

Layla hugs Ethan’s right hand

LAYLA (CONT’D)
This is where we kissed

ETHAN
(grins)
The mistletoe

LAYLA
(embarrassed)
Yeah~~ con me into our first kiss

ETHAN
Con?? You didn't even resist or pull
away when I was coming closer

LAYLA
Didn't wanted to disappoint you..

ETHAN
Whatever..

Ethan looks straight into her eyes and strokes her hair to the back of her ear..

Layla moves closer to Ethan and kisses him

LAYLA
Lets go and dance..

CUT BACK TO:

Page 60

LAYLA
(uncomfortable with the
unwanted attention)
Hi..

ETHAN
People..This is Layla..

Everyone still staring at Layla greets her with a monotonous tone

ETHAN (CONT’D)
(embarrassed grin)
Are you all done looking??

Ethan then starts introducing them to her

CUT TO:

The music on the background is now Tiesto’s Just Be, two hours into the clubbing session, Davion, Johnny, Tracy and Timmy together with their girls are missing from the table

The 3 bottles of Chivas from before is now empty and there is another bottle of unopened Jack Daniel’s, Peter and Rob drunk and still at where they were 2 hours ago saw the bottle

PETER
(looking at an unopened bottle)
Mister....Haan..

ROB
Dude..Jack Daniel’s

PETER
No..no..Mister Haan bought this..

ROB
(long pause)
Oh..lets open it..

PETER
Yeah..

Peter removes the cap and stars pouring the whiskey into a cup

Not far from the table, Ethan and Layla are standing at the isle, resting on the railing, looking down from above to the DJ and the podium where Johnny and the super model are both dancing

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INT. FREVOR - DAIMAN - NIGHT

The SCENE open inside an overly populated club within Daiman. Like any other clubs there is, its dark and smoky, the only form of light coming from the ceiling is from the disco balls spinning away, white flash flashing to every corner of the club and also the red and blue lasers shooting everywhere

Playing crazily loud on the background is DJ Tiesto’s Forever Today. Everybody in the club slow dancing through the music, 6 hired dancers in bikini shaking their money makers on the podium right in front of the DJ’s desk. The Indian DJ moving around the switches on the scratch desk to mix and control the volume of the music

DJ
(enthusiastic)
COME ON EVERYBODY!! DANCE!!

The crowd cheers for the DJ, encouraged by the DJ, the crowd starts to move through the beat, the 6 dancers on the podium then pairs up with each other and arouse the crowd by doing a dirty dance

On the upper floor, the VIP tables with white cushion seats are all taken. On a table overlooking the DJ and the podium from above. Johnny shuffling on his own and being look at by most of the familiar faces in clubbing attire. On the table, three bottles of Chivas, one already empty and the other two is not opened. All the familiar faces on the table each sitting next to a girl

Peter with Linda sitting on him on a single couch is shoving each other tongue down their throats. Next to Peter’s seat on the left is Timmy with his hands wrapped around the waist of a girl with brown short hair, cheering on for Johnny as he shuffles. She is SHIRLEY, 20, chinese, cute and fair

Next to Shirley, a young Indian super model sitting alone, looking at Johnny shuffle while moving through the music

Sitting on the right of Peter is Rob, getting a lap dance from a very hot ALICIA, 20, Malay

Tracy sitting on the opposite Timmy is trying to get a very attractive girl that barely looks 18 to drink more, she is LISA, 19, chinese
Davion doing some dirty dance with a pretty foreigner behind Peter’s seat

At the stairs

Ethan in a short sleeve shirt and black jeans is together with Layla in black spaghetti and skirt, both holding hands and walking up the stairs

LAYLA
(persisting)
I am not ready to meet them~~

Refusing to continue walking, Ethan resort to dragging her to the table

ETHAN
Come on..we’re here already!

At the table

They all halt their actions when Ethan appears within their sight, waiting with grins on their faces as Ethan slowly approaches the table

SHIRLEY
That’s Layla??

TIMMY
(looking at Layla)
I think so..never seen her before

SHIRLEY
(angrily)
Stop looking!!

TIMMY
(intimidated)
Sorry..

Ethan and Layla reach the table

ETHAN
Hey guys~!

Everyone on the table couldn’t care less about Ethan’s greeting, instead the guys and girls have their eyes set on Layla

The guys have their eyes set on her, as usual to evaluate her overall and to give a ranking later

The girls on the other hand have their eyes on a judgement stare, slowly judging her from head to toe

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ETHAN
You think a goddess like her
will want an overweight guy
like you??

Ethan and the rest starts laughing

DAVION
We’ll see..

TRACY
Hey second half is starting..

The group of guys silent down as they wait in anticipation for the game to start

ROB
Hey Et..when you said her boobs
is firm..exactly how big is it??

ETHAN
C..I think, but..I’m sure my hands
can’t cover the whole thing..but
then again bras can be a perfect lie..

ROB
Good..I just broke up with Alicia 3
weeks ago

ETHAN
(shocked)
What??

CUT TO:

INT. AURA - NIGHT

The SCENE opens in another bistro not far away from Over and out. The multi color signboard behind a bar counter bearing the name Aura. A huge 60 inch plasma TV not far away from the counter showing the same Liverpool and Manchester United match. Densely populated by girls very few tables are actually paying attention to the match

Not a full house for the bistro, the blue lighting in the bistro gives out a very relaxing atmosphere and sitting in the middle of the bistro is a table with 4 girls. Each having a variety of different cocktails

Layla in a black dress and 3 more chinese girls in are on it

Next to Layla on her left in a red dress is LILY, 23, chinese, pretty, fair and long straight hair, on Layla’s right is ANABEL, 22, pretty, tan, curly hair and JILL, 21, attractive, tan, shoulder length hair. Both in casual outfit

Playing on an average volume within the background of the bistro is Yellow, by Coldplay

LAYLA
(excited)
Ah~ nice song!

JILL
(to Layla)
Can’t believe you are dating
that 20 million dollars boy..

Layla smiles

LILY
(to Jill and Anabel)
Don’t forget all his celebrity
friends too! Johnny Kay..a few
dudes you seen in paper before..
and the owner of JSL communications

ANABEL
(excited)
Oh my God!! He is friends with
Johnny Kay???

The table went quiet.

Layla takes a sip of her cocktail, realizing the pressure of stares from her friends

LAYLA
Yes yes..Ethan will be coming to
pick me up after the game..and I
am quite sure they will be here
too..I’ll introduce them to you

Layla exchange looks with them with a shook of her head, moments later she rekindles with some old memories

WHITE FLASH TO:

Page 55

TIMMY
How do you find time to check
her out with Layla around??
I can never get it done
without getting caught

ETHAN
We both agreed to this
‘see no touch’ clause when
we signed our contract

JOHNNY
(to Ethan)
What’s her name??

ETHAN
Lily..one year older than us..
and she is not a car fan, she
likes art though..but too bad
the only artist here is not
single..

Timmy looks at Ethan with a weird face

ETHAN (CONT’D)
I told her about you though..
and she said ‘what a waste..’

TIMMY
Damn..

DAVION
You planning to introduce her
to us??

ETHAN
(smiles)
She’s at Aura with Layla and her
girlfriends now

The group of horny guys get excited

DAVION
We are going there after the game!

The group cheers

ETHAN
None of us is single man..

DAVION
We are guys..one is never enough..
and besides the one that is really
not single and really don’t stand
a chance is YOU!

Page 54

The group laughs

PETER
(impersonating Layla)
Dad..Ethan’s dick is like a
tooth pick..

Johnny tags along with the spoof Peter pulls

JOHNNY
(impersonating Vincent with
the Don Corleone tone)
(Italian hand gesture)
It’s okay..a small dick is a disability..
don’t complain..

Feeling that a the spoof is getting old, Ethan changes the topic

ETHAN
One of Layla’s cousin is a
fucking goddess

The laughter stops and the table got serious

JOHNNY
Okay..suddenly I am interested..
1 to 10?? How’s the rating

ETHAN
Nine..her face is pretty, her boobs
is firm, nice ass..she is tall and
my God her never ending legs...she
was in a red dress, the length of
the skirt...(thinking)..a cock
teaser..and I “accidently” got a
glimpse of an up skirt view..

Upon hearing what Ethan said, both Peter and Rob do a horny hiss

PETER
(excited)
What color??

ETHAN (CONT’D)
(grins)
Black..

Peter and Rob do the horny hiss again

Page 53

ETHAN
Nah..nothing like that..I
am quoting him..I swear to
God..

The group waits in anticipation

ETHAN (CONT’D)
He has that Don Corleone tone..
and it just made it sound even
better..

CUT TO:

INT. IMPERIAL CHINA - DAIMAN - NIGHT

Ethan and Vincent are on a balcony with 2 white couch, both sitting, smoking and drinking some brandy at the same time

VINCENT (CONT’D)
Gotta hand it to you Haan..I’m
quite glad you came along and
‘spana’ her away from that piece
of shit..

CUT BACK TO:

I/E. OVER AND OUT - NIGHT

Back at Over and Out

ROB
(surprised)
He said ‘spana’??

ETHAN
(laughs)
I swear to God..

JOHNNY
(chuckles)
‘Spana’..our local mob
speaks our language..

TRACY
(to Ethan)
Hey..wait..how did he found
out about Dicky’s suicidal thing??

ETHAN
This is the funny part........
Layla is so fucking close to
the dad..she tells him everything..

Page 52

PETER
(grins)
Another one, (taps Ethan’s
shoulder) joining me soon..

ETHAN
Do you all know..her dad..
is the fucking city council
of Starlite..

JOHNNY
(surprised)
Her dad is that Vincent dude??

TIMMY
Isn’t he the gangster??

TRACY
Yeah..some big time gangster
from way back, my dad used to
be one of his (inverted commas
gesture) “friends”

ETHAN
Yeah..and I am dating his daughter

JOHNNY
So what was the dinner for??
Celebrating his 10th year as
the Mob leader??

ETHAN
It was his birthday...and celebrating
his third term as city council

Ethan lights up a cigarette

ETHAN (CONT’D)
After dinner was served..her dad
drag me to some corner for a
private chat..

TIMMY
Let me guess..’you break her heart,
I’ll fucking kill you..’

ROB
(impersonating Tony Montana)
You fuck with me! You fucking
with the best!

Page 51

ROB
Wanna know something??

ETHAN
Yeah??

ROB
Apparently someone has
taken over your pussy-ness
award

ETHAN
Who??

DAVION
He said...and I am quoting him
‘Yes yes..I don’t like football
but I enjoy soap operas..’

Ethan looks at Timmy in disgust

ETHAN
Dude..

TIMMY
Why are you looking at me??
(long pause) I shall not try
defend myself..

ETHAN
Yeah you better not!

JOHNNY
Why so late??

ETHAN
Layla drag me to this family
dinner

The group starts laughing

JOHNNY
4 months?? And meet the parents
already..ouch..

DAVION
Were you asked to join their
family photo??

Ethan shyly nods

ROB
(laughs)
Eternal shackle..(waves
at Ethan) bye..

Page 49 - 50

JOHNNY
Annoy you by telling you Harry
Kewell is cute..

TIMMY
What’s so interesting watching .
22 sweaty men run after one ball??

They all stop and look at Timmy

TIMMY (CONT’D)
What??

ROB
That was what Alicia said to me..

PETER
I can understand if those words
comes out of a girl’s mouth..but..

JOHNNY
I’m not a football fan and even
I know a guy should never say that..

Tracy stares blankly at his best friend Timmy, disappointed and unsure what to say to him

DAVION
Maybe you should go home Timmy..

TIMMY
(long pause)
Ethan is scared of cockroaches..
he is the bigger pussy

The group reaches the table and one by one they sit down

DAVION
Its common knowledge that Ethan is
a pussy but you saying something
only a GIRL will say..

JOHNNY
Ethan is a girl AND a pussy..but
(disgusted) YOU...

The 5 guy flashes the L word on their forehead with their right hand to Timmy

TIMMY
Yes yes..I don’t like football but
I enjoy soap operas..

Another moment of awkward silence takes place

TIMMY (CONT’D)
Okay..I wasn’t suppose to let you
all know that..

CUT TO:

I/E. OVER AND OUT - NIGHT - LATER

The SCENE opens on the white screen, and the match between Manchester United and Liverpool is still 0-0 and its half time now

At the table

3 jugs of Carlsberg on the table and 2 of it is empty, 6 beer mugs equally among them, and every single cup is filled with beer. Ethan, still missing from the equation

TRACY
What a boring first half..

ROB
Can fucking fall asleep man

TIMMY
(pointing at the entrance)
Ethan is here..

DAVION
(teasing)
Shut up Soap Opera boy~

The group of guys laughs

At the entrance

A formally dressed Ethan looks around to find his friends, after a moment of looking around, he saw Timmy waving at him and he then walk straight to the table

ETHAN
What’s the score??

PETER
Zero zero..

Ethan takes a seat next to Peter as there was already an empty chair ready for him since the start of the game

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DAVION
(annoyed)
No one asked you 2 to come..

TIMMY
I am bored..Shirley is out
with her friends..

JOHNNY
I came because my girlfriends
are tired..

Tracy appears from the back of where they are standing looking pissy

TRACY
(pissy)
This bitch is gonna get dump
tomorrow..

ROB
Lisa??

Tracy nods

PETER
Chill man..

TRACY
Its bad enough she is babbling
some cock..she added some water
works to it..mother fucker..

ROB (CONT’D)
Let me guess..‘Football more
important than me??’

TRACY
Something like that....where
the fuck is Ethan???

Tracy takes out his phone and dials a number

TRACY (CONT’D)
(on the phone)
Dude..where the fuck are you??
(listening) yeah....okay okay..

Tracy cuts the line

TRACY (CONT’D)
He’ll join us at half time..
lets go..

Welcome to the Black Parade, by My Chemical Romance starts playing, Tracy stops walking. He gets pissy as he knows who is calling

TRACY
(pissy)
Yeah?? (long pause) okay
lets break up then..

Tracy cuts the line, turns around to face the group. In awe the 5 remain silent,

Tracy starts laughing for no apparent reason

TRACY
Lets go in!!

PETER
(to Rob)
Player..

ROB
What she said this time??

TRACY
She said..’why can’t you
watch football with me??’

ROB
Before??

TRACY
‘Why is watching football
with your friends more
interesting??’

The group laughs on their way to their table

ROB
I remember watching a game with
Alicia..MY GOD..the kind of things
she asked and said..

PETER
(impersonating a girl)
What is an offside??

DAVION
What color is Liverpool??

TRACY
Why is there a yellow and
red card??

Page 45 - 46

ETHAN
(feeling uncomfortable)
Excuse me..

Ethan walks out of the room and to the bathroom

In the room, the phone is still ringing

LAYLA
(to the phone)
(softly)
Fuck you!

She cancels the call and switches her phone off

At the bathroom
Ethan stands in front of the mirror, fidgeting like he is about to have a spasm

ETHAN
(whisper)
Okay dude..that was a close
call..I know you are horny
but not everything is about
lust..I mean sex.....lust..
..whatever..

Ethan rubs his hands together and looks at his groin area

ETHAN (CONT’D)
Behave yourself..I don’t have
any condoms around.........please...
Ethan turns on the tap and washes
his face

ETHAN (CONT’D)
(to the mirror)
Although your friends will embrace
you if you fuck another dude’s
girlfriend..but you cannot be a
bastard..come on! come on! come on!

Ethan exits the bathroom and goes back into his room

ETHAN (CONT’D)
Hey sexy lets go..

LAYLA
Okay~

He turns off his room lights

CUT TO:

I/E. ETHAN’S CAR - LATER

The red Volvo S40 pulls into the parking lot of The Sphinx

LAYLA
Crap..I left my phone in your room!

CUT TO:

I/E. OVER AND OUT - NIGHT
The SCENE opens in front of a Bistro, a very well design sign board bearing the name ‘Over and Out’ in Shimmering City, half and hour away from Starlite City
4 huge white screen for the projectors in all 4 corners of the shop for patrons to watch their football matches

A group of familiar faces standing at the entrance of the bistro. A 22 years old group of Peter, Rob, Davion, Johnny, Tracy and Timmy are the familiar faces
Both Peter and Davion are on a red Adidas Liverpool jersey, and Rob is on a red Nike Manchester United Jersey. The remaining 3 are on casual wear

DAVION
(looking at his watch)
Weird..Ethan is late..

ROB
Still banging..

PETER
I am quite sure any of us will
skip banging for a Liverpool -
MU match (long pause) maybe not..

JOHNNY
(long pause)
Um..no..I wont skip sex for a match..

PETER
You’re not even a football fan

TIMMY
Neither am I..

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LAYLA
How you wish right??

Ethan opens to door of his single story house

ETHAN
Yeah..

Layla enters and Ethan locks the door

He turns on the living hall lights

ETHAN (CONT’D)
Alright..make yourself at
home, I will go change..

Ethan’s disappears through the hall and Layla takes a quick tour around the house

On the wall behind his plasma screen television, there a framed Scarface poster

Next to the complete television set, there is a cabinet containing various photo frames, most of them with Ethan in it, some with his friends, some with unknown girls and some family photos. The biggest photo frame on display on the cabinet is one picture of Ethan, with Eric and Albert in Dubai with the Burj Al Arab hotel on the background and below the picture in block letters ‘14/06/2006 Dubai with Albert and Eric’

In the middle of all the pictures there is a CD player, as curious as she gets Layla turns the player on and start playing the CD that is currently inside the player I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing, by Aerosmith starts playing

She left the player running and walks to the back portion of Ethan’s house

LAYLA
Ethan??

ETHAN (O.S.)
Yeah??

Layla locates where the sound is coming from and went in the room without knocking

When the door opens, Ethan just had his zipper up

ETHAN
Unusually rude for a girl..

LAYLA
You were taking to long
and....your house is creepy

Layla goes into the room to take a quick tour, she walks pass a framed poster of Eric Clapton, she stops

LAYLA (CONT’D)
(smiles)
You’re a Clapton fan..

ETHAN
Yeah..

LAYLA
(looks to the next poster)
And an Aerosmith fan?? What
the hell??? (long pause) 2
extreme ends..

Ethan smiles

LAYLA (CONT’D)
(points at Clapton poster)
He has a song with my name
on it

ETHAN
(smiles)
That song is your ring tone on
my phone..

Layla flashes her tongue at Ethan

As she was embracing the Aerosmith poster, she drops her hand phone to the ground

LAYLA
Oh..

Ethan went down to help her collect the phone and so did Layla

Their faces meet and they start looking deep into each others eyes
Glowing with hope on each of their faces that either one will make the first move

The romantic silence ends with the Starwars Republic Theme

Put off by the music both of them snaps out of their fantasy world

Page 41 - 42

LAYLA
(answers the phone)
Hello?? (long pause) I am out
with my friend..(pause) no..
(starts getting annoyed) I’ll
call you back..

A very annoyed Layla cuts the line and puts her phone back into her handbag

Ethan
Dicky??

LAYLA
Yeah..why else would I sound
like this....anyway do it

Layla takes out a tube of Mint Mentos and pushed out 2 tablets

LAYLA (CONT’D)
(pass it to Ethan)
Here..

Ethan takes the tablets opens the bottle of Diet Coke

ETHAN
Stand further..

Layla moves further away from where Ethan is standing

Ethan puts the Mentos tablets into the bottle of Coke and quickly runs to where Layla is standing

The bottle of Coke starts shooting out a fountain of gas and the both of them starts laughing

ETHAN (CONT’D)
I told you!

LAYLA
Yeah yeah..so what’s the
other trick??

ETHAN
The rocket..its kinda dangerous
though..

LAYLA
Don’t be a pussy now..just do it!

Ethan takes out another bottle of Diet Coke from the plastic bag, he opens it, put two tablets of Mentos in and quickly close the cap again

Layla remain silent

LAYLA (CONT’D)
That’s what you call dangerous??

ETHAN
Shut up and watch..

Ethan throws the bottle to the ground and the bottle shoots up the sky like a rocket

In the process, the Coke spill all over Ethan’s pants

LAYLA
(excited)
WOAH!

ETHAN
Look at my pants..that’s why I
said it might be dangerous..

LAYLA
(grins)
Well..it was kinda fun for me to
watch..do you need to go home??

ETHAN
Yes..

LAYLA
(nods)
Okay..so lets stop wasting
time then..the night is still
young

Both of them walks back to the car

CUT TO:

I/E. ETHAN’S HOUSE - LATER

The red Volvo S40 sports pulls into the drive way of Ethan’s house in Precinct 18
Ethan and Layla comes out of the car

ETHAN
Weird..I’m bringing a girl I am
not dating home..

Page 39 - 40

EXT. COFFEE BEAN - THE SPHINX - AFTERNOON

Two unknown males in their twenties are on one of the tables outside the store
One of them is rather lean he is ERIC, 22, Chinese, with small eyes and short hair
Sitting opposite Eric is ALBERT, 22, Chinese, average size with small eyes and long center parted hair

ERIC
I saw him yesterday..he was
acting.......weird..

ALBERT
(sighs)
3 months already..since Layla
passed away..

ERIC
I really don’t know how to help
him anymore..

ALBERT
None of us do..

Both their phone makes a funny sound

They reach for their phones to read the text message

ERIC
(reading)
What the fuck...hey Al!!

ALBERT
(stun)
Yeah I know..Ethan is going
to Miami..

Moments later, Eric’s Sont Ericsson K750i starts ringing by playing Voodoo Child, by Jimi Hendrix

ERIC
Yeah Johnny?? (pause) yeah..hey
can you come over to Coffee Bean
now?? (pause) The Sphinx...(pause)
Okay..

ALBERT
Johnny coming??

Eric nods

ERIC
Yeah..

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. COFFEE BEAN - THE SPHINX - LATER

JOHNNY
I was at Silvas with him
like 2 days ago..

ALBERT
Was he acting weird or something??

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

ERIC
What the fuck?? What he told you??

FADE TO BLACK.

FADE IN:

EXT. PARK - NIGHT

The SCENE opens in the middle of the park on a badminton court with the flood lights on

Ethan and a shoulder length hair Layla both in casual outfit approaches the court with a plastic bag on her hand

LAYLA
You sure its not normal Coke??

ETHAN
It has to be diet..I saw it on
You Tube..definitely diet Coke..

Ethan takes out a big bottle of diet coke from the plastic bag, as he is about to remove the cap

Starwars The Republic theme starts playing on Layla’s Nokia 7610

Layla sighs in annoyance

Ethan halts his action

Page 37 - 38

EXT. COFFEE BEAN - THE SPHINX - LATER

When You Were Young, by The Killers is playing on average volume in the background
The SCENE opens in an unusually quiet Coffee Bean outlet in The Sphinx. Ethan and Layla are sitting on a table that is arranged on the outside of the store

ETHAN
Hey..you wanna go Frevor
on Friday??

LAYLA
To meet your friends?? NO!!

ETHAN
Why not?

LAYLA
They will start judging me..

ETHAN
What???

LAYLA
How we got together..all those
things..

ETHAN
Layla..the only thing that
would get them to judge you..
is that if you tell them you
are a dude..

LAYLA
No..

ETHAN
Layla..they are not like that..

LAYLA
Then why don’t you meet my
friends??

ETHAN
It’s different for a guy and you
know that..

LAYLA
You’re so full of it..tell me why
do you think they wont judge me..

ETHAN
Cause..if you ask me to describe
them in one word only..the word
would be herpes...none of them
is a saint..

Layla remain silent

LAYLA
Tell me more about them..

Ethan glows with excitement

ETHAN
Well..they’re all sort of a
celebrity..

LAYLA
What??

ETHAN
You will know when you see them
at Frevor on Friday..

LAYLA
I assume I won’t be the only girl
right??

ETHAN
Definitely not..

LAYLA
(curious)
So..back to something you said just
now..why Herpes??

ETHAN
(laugh)
Cause they are all like some rash..

LAYLA
Okay..I guess I more or less know
what you mean by that..

ETHAN
They might not be the best example
there is out there..but I am sure
you will like them..

Layla smiles

CUT TO:

Page 35 - 36

LINDA
I tell you what..why don’t
both of us make a hole on
the rubber

Layla laughs

LAYLA
(playing with the baby)
Don’t be crazy.....you been
doing it??

LINDA
(evil smile)
Maybe..

Back to the guys

PETER
(whisper)
You’re so fucked man..look
at Layla

ETHAN
(smile)
Shut up man..

PETER
How are you two??

ETHAN
Still looking good after
one month..

PETER
Never thought you had it in
you to pull a feat like that..

ETHAN
(serious)
You want my signature??

Peter laughs

PETER
(points to his groin)
Wanna suck??

Back to the girls

LINDA
How’s the new boyfriend??

LAYLA
(glowing)
The first month is already
better than the 9 months I
wasted previously..

LINDA
Don’t compare Dicky and him..
a serious waste of time..

LAYLA
Should have just listen to you
when you said he is bad news..

Linda smiles

LINDA
You can thank me by getting me
a scoop of ice cream NOW..

LAYLA
(smile)
Okay..(to the guys) you all
want anything??

ETHAN
Nop..

PETER
I’ll share with Linda..but just
incase if you wanna buy one for
me..I want Rum and Raisin..
(wide smile)

LAYLA
(to Ethan)
Look at your friend..

The girls goes to the counter

PETER
Thanks Layla..you look better
than Linda today...

ETHAN
That was cheap man..

PETER
Nothing nicer than something free..

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Layla gets off her seat and kisses both Linda’s cheeks in greeting

LAYLA (CONT’D)
Wanna join us??

LINDA
(long pause)
Yeah sure..just for a bit..

Linda position the stroller next to Layla and an empty seat that she will be sitting on soon

Peter takes a seat next to Ethan

ETHAN
(to Linda)
I don’t remember seeing
you got knocked up..

LINDA
Go to hell Et..this is his
sister’s kid..we are baby
sitting today..

Ethan starts laughing

ETHAN
Preparing for the future??

LINDA
(embarrassed grin)
Go to hell Et..

PETER
We’re doing good deeds..
Christmas was not long ago..

ETHAN
You two must have been doing some
serious sins during Christmas..you
do know that Peter or Linda don’t
rhyme with virtue right??

LAYLA
It rhymes more with VICES

LINDA
Yeah yeah..you two weren’t exactly
Angels during Christmas itself too..

ETHAN
(grins)
Bummer..I am not a Christian..

LAYLA
Neither am I..

ETHAN
Yes..we kissed under the mistletoe
but I can assure you my night didn’t
end with Layla on my bed..

Ethan grins and Layla smack him on the back

LAYLA
Asshole..

Ethan laugh off Layla’s comment and starts a chat with Peter

ETHAN
(to Peter)
Poker on tonight??

PETER
Not sure about the rest..but
Buvein and Naveen is playing..

On the other half of the table, both the girls have their own private chat

LAYLA
How have you been??

LINDA
So-so..

LAYLA
(looks at the baby)
So cute...can I hold him??

LINDA
Help yourself..

Layla reaches for the baby and removes him from the stroller
Layla start playing and cuddling with the baby

LINDA
(grins)
You like babies???

LAYLA
Of course..don’t you??

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FADE IN:

INT. BASKIN ROBBINS - THE SPHINX - AFTERNOON

The SCENE opens in a Baskin Robbins outlet inside The Sphinx. Strategically located just outside a major Cinema brand in Asia. Very clearly at the counter there is a queue so long that its lining out of the shop, behind the counter there are tables for the patrons eating in. The SCENE now focuses on a couple at one of the tables that is sharing a three scoops.

On the table Ethan in casual dressing is sharing the ice cream with Layla in a white dress

LAYLA
(takes a scoop and puts it
back)
Don’t you get sick of this
World Class Chocolate??

ETHAN
(takes a scoop)
Nop..this is the best flavour
here and besides you are the
one that eats the most whenever
I order this..(eats the scoop)

Layla reacts to the sucker punch with just a smile

ETHAN
The evil smile...

Sensing that he is in trouble, Ethan moves together with the chair further away from Layla. While he is moving, Layla lunges forward and pinches his stomach

ETHAN
OHH!! -- (covers his mouth)

In pain and still covering his mouth with his right hand to prevent himself from yelling and attracting unnecessary attention, meanwhile Ethan’s left hand is struggling to remove Layla’s fingers, Layla twist her hands a little to inflict more pain

ETHAN
(in pain)
MmMmmmmmMmmMmm!!!!!!

LAYLA
(sadistic smile)
The magic word is not ‘oh’ or
‘mmm’

ETHAN
(in agony)
I am sorry!! I am sorry!!

Layla lets go of her pinch

LAYLA
That’s for calling me a fatty!

ETHAN
I don’t remember saying anything
that sounded like that..

LAYLA
You arguing with me??

ETHAN
(intimidated)
No..

LAYLA
Now say sorry for calling me
a fatty..

ETHAN
(smirks)
No..

LAYLA
(put off)
Why can’t you just play along??

ETHAN
Because....hey..Peter and Linda..

A couple with a stroller stops nearby the table Ethan and Layla is on
A weird looking couple as they are total opposites in terms of height

They are Peter and the female, LINDA, 22, Chinese, fair, short and petit.

PETER
Hey ladies..

ETHAN
Hey..

LAYLA
(surprised)
Linda~~!!

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BUVEIN
You know..when I was at the
morgue with Ethan..

TRACY
(looking at his hand)
You grab his ass right???
Johnny call..

JOHNNY (O.S.)
Fold..

NAVEEN
150

DAVION
(toss the chips)
Call..

PETER
(grinning)
150 raise another 150

ROB
(to Peter)
You are a cock fella man..300
bucks to see the flop...fold..

Peter starts laughing

TRACY
Call..

BUVEIN
Call....Nav??

NAVEEN
Fold..

The groups starts laughing

TRACY
We caught the liar..

DAVION
Call..

Rob unfolds the ‘flop’

Another 2 aces and a king

Buvein’s eyes again nearly pops out of the socket, the song in the background changes to Bad Day, by Daniel Powter

BUVEIN
Yeah..back to what I was saying,
he started crying and all..

JOHNNY
Hmm..nothing unusual about Ethan
crying..he IS a girl..

The group laughs

BUVEIN
What I felt was damn weird is that..
he said ‘I’m sorry’ to her..before
saying ‘I love you’

JOHNNY
(curious)
He said sorry first??

TRACY
(toss the chips)
500

BUVEIN
500!? What the fuck dey!

Tracy grins

TRACY
(points at his cards)
Got pocket king here..

BUVEIN
Fine..500 raise another 500..
1000 to go

TRACY
What the fuck!!???

DAVION
(toss the chips)
Call..

PETER
Call..

TRACY
(to Buvein)
Asshole..call..

Rob unfold the ‘turn’ card and its a 10

TRACY
500..

BUVEIN
Call..

DAVION
Call..

PETER
Call..

Rob unfolds the ‘river’ card and its a jack

JOHNNY
Buv..you seriously heard him said
sorry first??

BUVEIN
I am not kidding....how much will
it cost me Trace??

TRACY
(push all his chips)
All in..1600..

BUVEIN
Call..call..call..

DAVION
Call..

PETER
Call..

TRACY
(shows his hand)
Full house..

Tracy shows his pocket Kings..

DAVION
(regretting)
FUCK!! I GOT A STRAIGHTS!!

Davion shows his suited king and queen of hearts

PETER
(in disbelieve)
Fuck man..I got a flush

Peter shows his suited queen and eight of clubs

TRACY
Buvein??

Buvein shows his card one at a time, and starts claiming the ‘pot’

BUVEIN
(grins)
Pass me the sugar!

The group lunges forward to catch a glimpse of his 4 of a kind

ROB
(to Tracy)
BURN!!!

NAVEEN
(to Peter)
BURN!!

JOHNNY
(to Davion)
BURN!!

TRACY
Mother fucker..on the flop I got a
full house..he got a 4 of a kind..
oh my God~~~

Buvein starts laughing

BUVEIN
Time to fold when I am not the blinds

NAVEEN
Won one round and he is the chip leader
already..

JOHNNY
Even the song is rubbing it in..

FADE TO BLACK.

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INT. AURA - NIGHT

Fix You, by Coldplay is on playing on average volume in the background of the blue lighted bistro

On a table in the middle of the bistro, Layla in a black dress and another 3 of her friends are on it and she is writing a text message on her white color LG Chocolate saying ‘give me another 10 minutes *kiss*’

LAYLA
Hmm..nice song..

Next to Layla on her left in a red dress is LILY, 23, Chinese, pretty, fair and long straight hair, on Layla’s right is ANABEL, 22, pretty, tan, curly hair and JILL, 21, attractive, tan, shoulder length hair. Both in casual outfit

LAYLA
Hey..I wanna ask you all
something..

ANABEL
Yeah??

LAYLA
Do you think its weird if
I say the 3 words to him
before he says it to me??

LILY
No..if he doesn’t say it..
then why bother saying it to
him??

LAYLA
Because I love him??

JILL
No..no..no..always let the
guy say it first..rule of thumb

Layla nods in disappointment

LILY
You two have been dating for
what?? 4 months?? and he hasn’t
said it yet??

Layla nods in disappointment again

CUT BACK TO:

EXT. RYLAI INVERSE - LATER

Layla gets off Ethan’s chest and kisses him

LAYLA
I love you..

Caught off guard, Ethan remain silent

Moments later he strokes her hair to the back of her ear

ETHAN
(long pause)
...Love you too..

Layla smiles in excitement, the couple kiss again

Layla gets off the lazy chair and grabs Ethan’s hand

LAYLA
Lets go..

ETHAN
To..??

LAYLA
(wide smile)
The room..that is where we
will be tonight..

Ethan smiles as he gets off the lazy chair

CUT TO:

INT. ROB’S APARTMENT - EVENING

The clock in the apartment shows its 8:30. Its a poker night for the familiar faces of Buvein, Rob, Tracy, Peter, Davion, Johnny, with two new unknown faces, he is NAVEEN, 22, Indian, bald, tall and hairy and PETER, 22, Chinese, tall and scrawny with short hair

All sitting on a round dining table playing Texas Hold’em. The dealer, Rob, distributing the cards on the table, the small blind is Tracy and the big blind is
Buvein

Wonderwall, by Oasis is playing on the on average volume on a CD player not far away

BUVEIN
(cuts the line of his
phone)
Ethan said he will call us
later..

ROB
Ah..the fucker won’t come anymore..

As the five close cards are already blinded on the table, the game begins
Buvein opens his hand and his eyes nearly pops out of the socket when he sees a pocket ace, he composes himself to maintain a poker face

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INT. RYLAI INVERSE - LATER

An Indian bell boy is pushing a trolley with Ethan and Layla’s luggage in it down the hall of the living cabin for the passengers as the couple follows behind to get to their room

LAYLA
(hugs Ethan’s hand)
This is the first time you plan
ahead and didn’t annoy me..

ETHAN
Well..cause this is one of the
few times in the year where I
cannot afford to screw up..

LAYLA
(chuckles)
(hugs Ethan)
Do I get something else??
Or is this my gift??

ETHAN
Do you know what S.H.A.M.E.L.E.S.S
spells??

LAYLA
(flashes her tongue)
Bluek!!

They kiss

The bell boy stops and swipes a card to open the door for room 8414
He then removes the luggage from the trolley

BELL BOY
(smile)
Here are your keys sir..

Ethan grabs the key and pass the bell boy a 5 dollar note

BELL BOY (CONT’D)
Thank you sir..

Ethan holds the door open

ETHAN
After you..

Layla walks into the room with her luggage

TO:

INT. ROOM 8414 - LATER

As Ethan enters the room, Layla drags him in and pushes him to the bed

ETHAN
Woah..

She then goes on top of Ethan and kisses him

LAYLA
Thank you..

ETHAN
(smiles)
No problem..

The couple start cuddling

ETHAN (CONT’D)
But if you really wanna thank me..
you can start by showing me a lot
of love in this 4 days we have in
no where..

Layla smiles and removes her top

ETHAN (CONT’D)
(glowing eyes)
That’s what I am talking about

CUT TO:

INT. RYLAI INVERSE - DINING HALL - EVENING

Its dinner time now and the dining hall is pack with passengers, on one of the tables overlooking the sea by a window Ethan and Layla are on it
Looking beat the couple with the same outfit as before, sitting next to each other enjoying dinner

LAYLA
(reading a catalogue)
We can go snorkeling, casino..
there is a club in this ship
too..live performance..bar..
this ship has almost everything..

ETHAN
What do you feel like doing later??

LAYLA
Show you some more love..

Ethan laughs

ETHAN
I like that..

LAYLA
When have you ever not??

CUT TO:

EXT. RYLAI INVERSE - LATER

The couple is on the starboard, sitting on a lazy chair and looking at the sky

ETHAN
(points to the sky)
Orion's belt..

LAYLA
I am not a fan of astronomy..
it doesn’t get me wet..

ETHAN
(points at his belt buckle)
Ethan’s belt..

Layla laughs

LAYLA
Not a fan of that either

Layla kisses Ethan, she then rest her head on the left side of his chest

WHITE FLASH TO:

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FADE IN:

INT. DOCKS - MORNING

A cab pulls over next to a building in front of a port. The cab door opens and a 22 year old Ethan Hann with a piercing on his left ear, in a Red Adidas Liverpool jersey and black jeans comes out on one side of the door. He moves over to the other door and opens it, a girl in white sleeveless turtle neck and a low cut blue jeans comes out the door in blind fold

GIRL
Ethan..you better have a good
reason why I’m blind folded..

ETHAN
Chill out..wait here..

The Malay cab driver removes the two luggage from the boot

CAB DRIVER
Fifteen yah boss..

Ethan takes out two ten dollar notes and pass it to the driver

ETHAN
Keep the change..

CAB DRIVER
Thank you boss..

The driver goes back to his car and drive away

GIRL
(annoyed)
Ethan...can I remove my blind
fold NOW??

ETHAN
So typical of you Layla..Impatient
as usual when it comes to surprises..

The girl removes her blind fold, she is LAYLA, 22, Chinese, slim, fair complexion, with huge brown eyes and long straight brown hair parted in the center.

LAYLA
Shut up..(looks around) why are
we at a shipping yard??

Ethan points to the building behind her

ETHAN
Zodiac Cruise..

Layla turns around, the blue building which is the control tower bearing the name Zodiac Cruise, and not far from the building is a cruise ship, in awe she remain silent

Ethan hugs her from the back and kisses her on the neck

ETHAN (CONT’D)
Happy birthday..

LAYLA
(in awe)
But my birthday is in 3 weeks..

ETHAN
I know..but in 3 weeks there is
no cruise operating....shall we..

LAYLA
(still in awe)
Okay..

The couple takes their luggage and proceeds into the building

CUT TO:

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ALLISON
(slight frown)
Okay...So..how was the Eclipse
outing..

Ethan starts laughing for no apparent reason

ETHAN
Without you there..(shows a sad face)
it was so fucking boring..I swear to
God....no one to tell me not to look
at some other girl’s ass..no one to
catch me when I am checking out some
girl..can dance with anybody I want..
so (smiles) can you imagine how
freaking boring it was??

ALLISON
(Clearly very annoyed but
at the same time smiling)
Asshole..

Happy with the fact that his actions got to her, Ethan continues

ETHAN
A girl grab my ass..and I told
her..’Hey!! Do that one more time’

Allison smacks Ethan on the back to let loose her annoyance

ALLISON
(reaches for her handbag)
Lets go..I am tired..

ETHAN
(mumbles)
Yes princess..

ALLISON
What??

ETHAN
(wide smile)
Nothing lets go..

Ethan writes down something on a piece of paper towel, and left if on the chair, as both of them leave the table, he takes a look at the counter searching for Dani, coincidentally Dani was also snooping around for him

ETHAN
(lip syncing)
Clean the table..

Ethan then looks away with his one million dollar smile again and walks towards his car parked by the road side

FADE TO BLACK.

On black screen

ETHAN (V.O.)
Hi..

FEMALE (V.O.)
Hi..

ETHAN (V.O.)
What you doing there..??

FEMALE (V.O.)
Nothing..

ETHAN (V.O.)
Unusual..

FEMALE (V.O.)
Yeah..

Long silence

ETHAN (V.O.)
(sighs)
How was your day??

FEMALE (V.O.)
Nothing out of the ordinary..

Long silence

ETHAN (V.O.)
Are you okay??

FEMALE (V.O.)
I’m fine..

ETHAN (V.O.)
Am I boring you or something??
Cause you sound as though you
don’t wanna talk at all..

FEMALE (V.O.)
No..I just don’t wanna talk to YOU

Ethan sighs in annoyance

ETHAN (V.O.)
Okay..

FEMALE (V.O.)
Give it time to subside..

Ethan hangs up

FEMALE (V.O.)
Bye..

Page 16 - 17

ETHAN
(laughs)
Why don’t you all help me then??

ROB
When our girlfriends finally
becomes a dead body..that's
when we will be able to help
you...IF....

Johnny laughs

JOHNNY
(to Rob)
I swear to God..I was about
to tell him the same thing..

TIMMY
(laughs)
Yeah man..in fine prints ‘IF’

DAVION
Yeah guys..out of topic..
we going to Eclipse tomorrow??

ETHAN
(excited)
Fuck yes!! Allison is going
out of town..(do a small
victory dance) shackle-less..

ROB
No shackle either..I am
definitely going..

JOHNNY
Wow..first time Ethan agreed
to go clubbing..

ETHAN
Nah..a primary school class
mate of mine, told me over
MSN that she will be at
Eclipse..so asking whether
wanna meet up..

TRACY
Your old class mate..is my
class mate..

ETHAN
Remember Layla??

TRACY
Layla Wong??

ETHAN
Yeah..

TRACY
Dey..you sure you wanna
see that nerd dance??

ETHAN
No man..I heard she is
fucking hot already..but
whatever is it..I am going
to find out myself tomorrow..

ROB
I hope you get burn..like how
Naveen’s pocket ace got burn
by my triple fours yesterday..

The overjoy table continues their laughter

ALLISON (V.O.)
Ethan?? Ethan??

BACK TO:

EXT. COFFEE BEAN - NIGHT

ALLISON
Ethan~~~~

Ethan finally snaps out of his ‘happy place’ with the interruption from Allison
Feeling as though he just got caught red handed doing something bad, Ethan wasn’t sure how to respond to Allison

ALLISON (CONT’D)
Hello??

Ethan stares blankly at Allison and remains silent

ALLISON (CONT’D)
(puzzled)
You okay??

ETHAN
(finally snap out of
his disorientation)
Ha-ha..of course I am..

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ETHAN
(cunning smile)
I learn from the best (points finger
with both hands to Johnny and Tracy)

TIMMY
(to Ethan)
Okay..So when you do find your
target..you gonna tell Allison
that you been fucking a cadaver??

JOHNNY
Yeah man! Tell her the truth!!
nothing hurts more than the
truth..

TRACY
Or you can use my incest line!!

ROB
(to Ethan)
No man..don’t EVER use the incest
line..between those two, telling
her you been fucking a cadaver
would be.......funnier..

ETHAN
When has telling a girl you wanna
break up with her even been funny??

JOHNNY
Well..Tracy dump Sharon with a
smile on his face..

ETHAN
He used the fucking incest line..
ON the PHONE. IN FRONT OF US..
how was that not funny??

DAVION
(to Ethan)
Okay whatever..show us the incest
line

ETHAN
(sighs)
Allison..my feelings for you is
like brother and sister..so..its
weird..(takes a long pause and
look at Tracy) HOW?? Did Sharon
bought this??

TRACY
(grins)
Shitting dumbness...and its not
my fault she trust me with all
her heart right??

ETHAN
So basically..unless the girl
is shitting dumb..don’t use
the line right?? Allison is
a fucking straight A student..

TRACY
(confidently)
You didn’t let me finish...
YES..the girl gotta be
shitting dumb..

JOHNNY
Well..you gotta be SERIOUSLY
shitting dumb too, to use a
line like that..

The whole table starts laughing at the remark and Tracy retorts

TRACY
(laughing)
(flashes the middle finger
to Johnny)
What the fuck??!?!!?

DAVION
(still laughing)
Now try that necrophilia thing..

Ethan takes a moment to think of what he wants to say, after about 10 seconds he turns back to them

ETHAN
I’ll tell her..’You are like
a dead fish’, then I point to
something on her back and say
‘what’s that??’ and when she
turns around to see..I run
away..

JOHNNY
(disgusted)
You fucking lamer..

Rob, Davion, Timmy and Tracy both flashes the L word on their forehead with their right hand

Page 12 - 13

ETHAN
I know..I know..you all are going
to say that Ethan junior is not up
to the task..bla bla bla..but I am
not kidding man..

The 5 of them burst out laughing again

JOHNNY
(still laughing)
(impersonating Allison)
Is it in yet??

The laughter continues

ETHAN
HA HA HA..hey guys I’m serious..

TRACY
(laughing)
We’re serious too..(put on a
serious face) Ethan...your
dick is small

They continue laughing

ROB
Okay..lets assume if Ethan
junior is NOT the problem..
which of course I doubt..
(looks at Ethan with curiosity)
....she doesn’t move???

ETHAN
(emphasizing)
I am not fucking kidding you man..
if I went to Peter’s house..catch
one of his dad’s koi and made out
with it..the fish would have given
me more reaction..

Another moment of awkward silence takes place

TIMMY
(cheeky smile)
So in other words..you would rather
make out with a fish??

ETHAN
(long pause)
(emphasizing)
Dude..metaphor..

The table gets a little serious

ROB
(looks around the table)
But why do I get a feeling
its because...

Rob flashes his pinky finger to all of them on the table indicating that Ethan junior is just THAT long, the table of 6 starts laughing again

JOHNNY
(to Rob)
Hey!! A small dick is a disability,
don’t make fun of it..

DAVION
(shakes his head in
disgust to Rob)
Tsk..tsk..tsk..you might as well laugh
at a person on a wheel chair..

The table of 6 starts laughing again

TIMMY
(to Ethan)
So you made up your mind already??

ETHAN
A long ass time ago..I just need
a good enough reason to end it
with her..

ROB
When you say reason..you meant it
as in reason reason?? Or you need
a new target reason??

ETHAN
(to Rob)
What do you think?? I’ll be single
if I dump her out of the blues like
that man..

Rob nods

ROB
True..not a risk worth taking..

TRACY
(impersonation a girl)
What a bastard..

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Ethan’s statement brought a halt to every single thing that was going on at the table, one of Ethan’s friend sitting on his right, he is ROB, 19 Indian, scrawny and bald

ROB
(shocked)
Why???

The words from Rob causes a chain reaction from the other 4 on the table, they are DAVION in glasses, 19, Chinese, overweight, with fair complexion and bald. TIMMY, 19, Chinese, lean, with fair complexion and long hair. JOHNNY in glasses, 19, Chinese, tan and spiky hair. TRACY, 19, Chinese, fair complexion with long hair

TIMMY
(curious)
6 months..Wanna tell us why???

TRACY
(irritated)
When both of us saw her..I gave in
to you...so..

Before Tracy could finish

JOHNNY
(smirks)
Dude..he beat you to the punch..
you didn't ‘give in’

The 6 of them on the table starts laughing

DAVION
(got serious)
Okay..Ethan..WHY??

TRACY
(points his finger at Ethan)
You better have a fucking
good reason man..

ETHAN
(long pause)
(to Tracy)
Why are you complaining man..you
got a prettier girl than her 2
days later..

Annoy with the fact that Ethan change the topic and in act of spite Davion takes a puff of the cigarette already in between his fingers and exhales it on Ethan’s face

ETHAN
(dodge the smoke)
Alright alright..but promise me..
this stays on the table okay??

ROB
(puts his left hand on the
right side of his chest)
I swear to whatever Gods I pray
to..(while shaking his head
indicating ‘no’) yes..

Ethan shyly exchanges looks with them

ETHAN
(long pause)
(hesitant)
She....(scoffs) she...

JOHNNY
Elisha..while I have always pointed
the fact that you are a girl, you’ve
always not disappointed me..and..

ETHAN
(sweeps his hair to the back
with both hands)
This is so fucking embarrassing..

JOHNNY
(yawns, and stretches his arms)
OOoOOoOOohhhh~~

ETHAN
(whispers)
She makes me feel like a necrophilia!!

A moment of awkward silence takes place on the table after Ethan finally spill the beans. Seconds later the 5 of them burst laughing, the laughter from the table in turn contributs to unwanted attention by the other patrons of the restaurant, embarrassed by the laughter Ethan takes the easy way out and laugh together with them