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
Its not your fault man..
Dude..3 months already..time to
snap out of it..
You can’t go on like this man!!
Take as much time as you need, but
eventually you have to face it..she
is gone..
I don’t think any of us can stand
looking at you like this..
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
(starts tearing)
I’m sorry..
Haan, it’s not your fault..
Ethan starts weeping
How can you blame yourself for
Layla crashing into the wall??
(weeping)
If...if...
(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
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
Haan..I want you to move on..
What??
You heard me..I want you to move on..
She just passed away last week..
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!
How can you talk like that??
Because I know what is it like not being
able to move on from something like that..
Ethan remain silent
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
Yes..I needed 5 years..because it
was my fault..but THIS..is not your
fault
Ethan remain silent again
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
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..
(tearing)
I will try..
Vincent takes out his wallet and calls for the waiter to get the bill
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
Yes Doctor??
Dey joining us for poker??
I’ll call you back..
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
(grins)
6 months already..is she a good
girlfriend??
(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
So basically..Layla sucks??
No..she doesn’t suck..
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