Sunday, March 18, 2007

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I/E. HOUSING AREA - NIGHT

The red Volvo S40 stops in front of a house

21 year old Ethan in casual outfit and an unknown female in a white dress, the song on the background, Look What You've Done, by Jet

The shoulder length hair brunette is MABEL, 21, Chinese, slim, fair complexion

MABEL
Thanks..


ETHAN
You’re welcome (long pause) thank
you for what??


MABEL
For the lovely evening..


ETHAN
Anytime..


A moment of silence takes place

ETHAN (CONT’D)
Good night Mabel..


MABEL
Good night..


Mabel exits the car and closes the door, and walk towards the house door

Inside the car

Ethan bracing himself, he takes a deep breath, and exits the car

ETHAN
Hey..


Mabel stops, and turns around

Ethan hugs her, moments later Mabel hugs Ethan tighter

ETHAN (CONT’D)
(sighs)
I can’t believe this is happening
to me again..


MABEL
Don’t do this to me now..


Ethan strokes her hair gently, and they start pulling apart from the hug

While pulling apart, their eyes meet, after a moment, they kiss

ETHAN
Take care of yourself..


MABEL
I will..


They kiss again, Mabel hugs Ethan thereafter

MABEL (CONT’D)
Good night..


She opens the door and goes into the house

ETHAN
Good night..


Ethan goes back into the car and locks the door, sighing in regret, he takes out his
phone and dials a number

ETHAN
I am fucked..


ERIC (V.O.)
Oh man..


CUT TO:


EXT. BEACH - CONTINUOUS

Chloe flips the pages

CHLOE
Coffee Bean..some crap ass flashback..


Chloe frowns

CHLOE (CONT’D)
(long pause)
The voice over sounds familiar..


Ethan starts laughing

ETHAN
Oh well..


CHLOE
(reading)
Steve in Miami?? (reading) oh my
God..


Ethan takes his note pad back from Chloe and chucks it aside

CHLOE (CONT’D)
Your girlfriend died 3 months ago??


ETHAN
It’s just a screenplay dear..it doesn’t
mean anything..


CHLOE
No Et..I know your writing materials..
you don’t write something just for the
fucks of it..


ETHAN
Please..stop asking..


CHLOE
How am I suppose..


(V.O.)
I would fall asleep only in hopes of
dreaming that everything would be like
it was before..


ETHAN
You heard the man?? That's how I go to
sleep every night..


Chloe remain silent

ETHAN (CONT’D)
If you wanna know the how and when..it
was three and a half months ago. On the
way to meet me..she smash a wall and
died..anything else you wanna know??


CHLOE
(shooks her head)
(sympathizing)
I am sorry...


ETHAN
(looks away)
I am sure everybody is..


A moment of awkward silence takes place

CHLOE
You here alone??


ETHAN
Yeah..you??


CHLOE
Family holiday..but luckily I met you
here..their activities are starting to
get lame..


ETHAN
Wanna go to the Everglades tomorrow??


Chloe looks at Ethan with a funny face

CHLOE
(scoffs)
To do what??


ETHAN
Catch a crocodile.........(scoffs) I
am going on a tour to Little Havana
tomorrow..wanna come??


CHLOE
Little what??


ETHAN
Little Havana..


CHLOE
Anything that will interest me there??


ETHAN
I never been there before..


CHLOE
You talk as though you got something
you want there..


ETHAN
I am in Miami..of course I will go visit
places right??


CHLOE
How long are you staying here??


ETHAN
Until I get bored of the beaches here..
and then I am off to LA


CHLOE
(pouts)
I’ll be leaving in two days..


ETHAN
(grins)
Wanna go to LA with me??


CHLOE
I don’t have a bank account with 80
million in it..


ETHAN
(long pause)
I do..so you are coming with me..


CHLOE
No....but you can continue dreaming
though (smiles) but at the moment..


Chloe gets off her seat

CHLOE (CONT’D)
Lets go and swim..


ETHAN
(slight frown)
Are you seducing me??


CHLOE
(long pause)
Let me try think of a way you would
reply....hmm...


Ethan waits in anticipation

CHLOE
Ahh!! A subtle way of relaying a message
to you..(smiles)


ETHAN
Okay that sounds like me....lets go..


Ethan packs his stuff and gets off his seat

ETHAN (CONT’D)
(smiles)
After you..


Chloe grab Ethan’s arm

ETHAN (CONT’D)
Arm candy! Wow! Special treatment for
a mourning guy??


CHLOE
(annoyed)
You really have the talent to spoil moments
you know..


Ethan laughs

They walk towards the beach thereafter

CUT TO:


INT. HOTEL - EVENING

The SCENE opens in the Sparks Lounge within the hotel, a romantic setting with red lighting. People socializing in the bar, people dining on the table with black leather couch and some people slow dancing through the music currently playing Love is in the Air, by John Paul Young

Ethan and Chloe are on one of the tables, Ethan in formal dressing and Chloe in a black dress. Both enjoying the bottle of red wine

CHLOE
The song selection is superb..


ETHAN
More like a place for people to fall
in love with each other...and not a
casual dinner..


CHLOE
Bite me..


ETHAN
(intrigued)
Where??


Chloe gives Ethan the middle finger

The song changes to The Scientist, by Coldplay

CHLOE
Ahh! Nice song! Lets go and dance!


Chloe gets off her seat and drags Ethan to the dance floor within the lounge

Everybody on the dance floor are slow dancing, Chloe position Ethan’s hand to where it is suppose to be and they start dancing

ETHAN
I know where I am suppose to put my
hands..


CHLOE
Shut up..


Chloe wrap her arms around Ethan and they start dancing slowly hugging each other

CHLOE
(whispering to the ear)
Our first dance..


Ethan remains silent

ETHAN
Yeah...


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