Thursday, March 15, 2007

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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...


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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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