Saturday, March 17, 2007

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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

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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

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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

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