So Many Things in Draft

8/14/2019 So Many Things in Draft

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INT. BEDROOM - MORNING

ASHLEY is asleep on her bed withheadphones on. Her phone vibrates andshe wakes up with a start. She answersthe phone, still half asleep.

ASHLEYMmmmmm...?

She listens into the phone.

ASHLEY(CONT'D)

Uhhuh...

thanks...

She hangs up and gets out of bed.

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INT. FALLON'S ROOM - CONTINUOUS

FALLON drops his phone in his bag andwalks out with it.

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INT. KITCHEN - CONTINUOUS

MOM is making coffee, DAD is checkinge-mails while eating breakfast. LITTLE


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SISTER eats her porridge. ASHLEY walksinto the almost perfect kitchen. Sheshrugs. Grabs something from the fridgeand tries to avoid attention.

MOMHave someproperbreakfast,wont you?

ASHLEYYou meancob websand fisheggs?

LITTLE SISTER drops her spoon andstares between ASHLEY and MOM.

MOMDo youhave to besodisgusting?

ASHLEYDo you?

DAD looks up from his laptop.

DADAshley....!

Both Ashley and Mom look at dad thenturn back to each other for a secondbefore Ashley grabs something else outof the fridge. And begins to close it.

MOMWould youclose thatfridge doorplease?

Ashley stares at her mother in disbelieveand holds the door open for a second


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before she finally closes it. Her motherstares back at her until the door is closedand then her attention is turned to LITTLESISTER. Ashley drops a water bottle intoher bag and walks past the table. She

suddenly moves something perfect out ofplace.

MOM (CONT'D)Did you doyourhomework?

ASHLEYNo.

Ashley doesn't look up at her mother'sangry reaction. She smiles at the chaosshe created on the table and walks out.

MOMRemember,straighthome afterschool!You're stillgrounded.

The door closes in front room.

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EXT. ASHLEY'S HOUSE - CONTINUOUS

FALLON stands behind tree. Ashley walksout the front door. She walks around treeand they walk together down the street.

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TTO:

EXT. STREET - CONTINUOUS

Ashley and Fallon walk hand in handdown street.

FALLONSo, whatdid shesay?

ASHLEYStillgrounded.

FALLONYou didn'task, didyou?

ASHLEYYou know

she'll sayno anyway.

FALLONYou don'tknow that.

ASHLEYYes I do.

FALLON

Ash...

ASHLEYFallondon't!

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EXT. SCHOOL LOCKERS - AFTERNOON

ASHLEY and FALLON walk to theirlockers. STUDENTS gather their thingsand chatter all around. ASHLEY reachesher locker and opens it. She exchangesbooks. FALLON searches his bag andpockets.

FALLONI can't find

my key.Ash...

ASHLEY closes her locker and with asmile, starts searching in her bag. Shepulls a key out and hands it to Fallon. Heopens his locker and exchanges books.He closes his locker and holds the keyout for ASHLEY who takes it again. Hetraps her against her locker and puts hisforehead against hers.

FALLON(CONT'D)

Wherewould I bewithoutyou?

ASHLEYMmmmm...Probably in

lesstrouble.

FALLONYou? Getme? Intotrouble?Yeah


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whatever.

He kisses her gently. She giggles andwraps her arms around his neck. Theystand for a minute in this embrace. He

pulls away and puts his arm around herand they walk away from the lockers.

FALLON(CONT'D)

So, you'rereally notcomingtonight?

ASHLEYGrounded.

FALLONYou'remissingout, Ash.It's a oncein a lifetimechance.

ASHLEYOh please!

It's a rugbygame! I'llsurvive.

FALLON(Playfullysad)But Iwon't...

ASHLEY

You will!

They walk away.

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ASHLEY is lying on her bed, listening tometal music on her headphones. The musiccan be heard by the viewer, the cameratracks back, music becomes softer andknocking can be heard.

MOM(Muffledthroughdoor)

Ashley...honey... openup please...

The door opens up and MOM walks in. Shewalks to Ashley's bed and takes theheadphones off. ASHLEY sits up bewilderedand suddenly angry. She stands up.

ASHLEYWhat are youdoing? Get outof my room!

MOMI need to talk

to you.

ASHLEY(Uncomfortab


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lyshaking

herhead)

Get out! Idon't care...

DAD walks into room.

ASHLEY (CONT'D)

You too? Getout of myroom! (Toboth)I don'twant youhere.

DADAsh... it'sreallyimportant.Please sitdown.

She stubbornly remains standing.

MOMAshley.Honey...Fallon passedaway lastnight... caraccident.

ASHLEY falls/sits on her bed, staring at herparents - an unfocussed/blank expressionon her face.

ASHLEY(Brea


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thless)

Get out of myroom!

MOM and DAD walk out together and thedoor closes. ASHLEY takes the headphonesand puts them back on, lying back onto thebed, eyes closed. She opens her eyesbriefly, panic stricken.

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EXT. SCHOOL LOCKERS - DAY

ASHLEY walks along the lockers. She opensher locker and exchanges her books. Shewalks on to another locker. She searches fora key in her bag and opens the locker. Shetakes a few books out and also stuffs it inher bag. She finds a red/blue binder. On it iswritten: So Many Things. She quickly pagesthrough and stuffs if in her bag. She locks itand walks on.

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EXT. SCHOOL HALLWAY - LATER

Seven students stand around a table with apicture of Fallon and roses around it. Fourstudents just walk away. ASHLEY walks


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closer. One of the students sees her and runaway. The last two turn to face ASHLEY,they stare at her and walk away. ASHLEYstares after them.

GIRL #2You thinkshe'll do it?

CATHYMaybe. She'sweird thatway.

They look behind them and see her lookingat them.

CATHY (CONT'D)Go cry Emokid.

GIRL #2Jeez... Freak...

ASHLEY grabs a rose off the table and walkaway.

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INT. CLASSROOM - LATER

The class walks in. ASHLEY walks in with the

rose in her hand. A black ribbon from herhair is tied around the rose stem. She takesher seat in the back corner of the room. Thestudents glance at her from time to time.The seat next to her is empty. ASHLEYrummages in her book bag and findsFallon's book.


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She pages through it and shoves it to theside. She continues on with school work.

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EXT. FALLON'S HOUSE - LATER

ASHLEY walks up to the front door andknocks. Heidi opens the door.

HEIDIHey, Ash...

ASHLEYI broughtFallon'sbooks... fromhis locker. Ithought youmight wantthem.

HEIDICome on insweetie.

ASHLEYOh, Ishouldn't...

HEIDI steps out of the way and after ASHLEYconsiders, she walks in.

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INT. LIVING ROOM - CONTINUOUS

ASHLEY walks in and Heidi follows. Theystand awkwardly around until Heidi finally

sits down and ASHLEY follows suite.

HEIDIYou wantsomething...

ASHLEYI gotta besomewhere...

HEIDIOh, okay. How

you keepingup?

ASHLEY quickly takes out Fallon's books.

ASHLEY(Mechanical)I'm fine...(Pause) You?

HEIDI

I'm good. Iwasprepared...kind of. Justdidn't think itwould comelike this.

ASHLEY hands over Fallon's books. Heidilooks through them. She gets to thered/blue notebook. She opens it.

HEIDI (CONT'D)Oh this... Irememberwhen hestarted writingin it... twoyears ago...


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when thedoctor told usthree moreyears...

She pages through the book. ASHLEY isconfused.

ASHLEYThree years ofwhat?

HEIDIFor him tolive... hiscondition... itwas killinghim.

ASHLEYWhatcondition?!

HEIDIYou don'tknow?

ASHLEY shakes her head slowly.

HEIDI (CONT'D)He had aheartconditionsince he wasborn. He musthave told you.You probablyjust forgot.

ASHLEYI didn't forget,Heidi... hedidn't tellme...

ASHLEY grabs a strand of hair and startschewing.


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HEIDIHere, you takeit.

Heidi holds the notebook up. ASHLEY

shakes her head and gets up from her seat.Heidi stands up too, still holding the book.She walks closer and holds the book closerto ASHLEY.

HEIDI (CONT'D)There'snothing I cando with it. Iwant you tohave it.

ASHLEY takes it.

HEIDI (CONT'D)If there'sanything elsethat youwant... fromhis room oranything...

ASHLEY shakes her head. She removes the

hair from her mouth.

ASHLEYNo thank you.

She puts the strand back and chews. Sheturns and walks to the door. Heidi follows.

HEIDIAshley. Thankyou... for

everything.Hey, don't bea stranger,okay?

ASHLEY nods her head and walks out thedoor.


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INT. BEDROOM - DAY

ASHLEY sits on her bed. She's toying withthe red/blue book when the door opens.

MOMAshley... we'releaving.

ASHLEYI don't want togo. I hatefunerals. But Iwant them tobury this bookwith him.

ASHLEY shows the book. MOM walks in andsits on the bed.

MOMWhat is it?

MOM holds out her hand to take the book.ASHLEY drops it in her mother's hand.

ASHLEYIt's a list ofthings hewanted to do

before hedied.

MOM scans through the list.

ASHLEY (CONT'D)Too late forthat now.


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MOMYou can dothem.

ASHLEY looks disbelieving at her mother.

MOM (CONT'D)You should dothem.

ASHLEYDon't tell mewhat to do.

MOMDo it for him.

ASHLEYDon't do that!Don't frikkenguilt-trip meinto it.

ASHLEY stands up from the bed, grabs thebook and walks out.

ASHLEY (CONT'D)Let's go. We

don't want tomiss thestupid funeral.

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EXT. CHURCH - LATER

People are getting into their cars anddriving off. MOM, DAD and ASHLEY walk totheir car. ASHLEY still carries the book inher hand.


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MOM(pointingat

thebook)

I thought youwanted tobury that?

ASHLEYMmmmm?

Oh, no. It'sa perfectlygood book.I can use itfor school.

They stop at their car and open their cardoors and MOM and DAD start climbing in.ASHLEY stops.

ASHLEY (CON'T)(CONT'D)

I think I'mgoing to walk.

MOMWe're going toFallon's housefor tea.

ASHLEYI don't want togo. I'll walk

home.

ASHLEY closes the door and walks awaywith the book under her arm.

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TO:

EXT. ROAD - CONTINUOUS

ASHLEY walks in the middle of the road. Sheopens the book and pages through it. Shestrays to the left side and a car hoots at her.She hardly takes notice. She starts rippingthe pages out one by one and collects themunder the book. She walks on.

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INT. BEDROOM - LATER

ASHLEY walks into her room and puts thebook on her desk while throwing the papersin the dust bin. Keys can be heard from the

front room and then the door opening.

MOMAshley,honey? Youhere? We'rehome...

ASHLEYMe too...

ASHLEY THEN SHUTS HER DOOR ANDGOES TO LIE DOWN ON HER BED.

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EXT. SCHOOL/ROAD - DAY

ASHLEY walks out of school grounds. Itstarts raining and other students run forcover. ASHLEY stares after them,disgusted. she slowly walks to cover. Therain continues and pours down on theground. Students gets picked up andeventually ASLEY is the only person leftstanding. She stares out at the rain andthe road. She sees puddles formingeverywhere.

FLASH of paper. "Splash in puddles" iswritten and highlighted.

ASHLEY jumps as if electrocuted. Shewhipes a strand of hair out of her eyes.

FLASH of same line, just longer onscreen.

ASLEY looks at the puddle. The words

drip into the puddle. ASHLEY checks theroad up and down. She runs out into therain and jumps in the nearest puddle.She looks down to see her shoes coveredwith messy water. She jumps awain. Agiggle erupts from her lips and she runsto the next puddle.

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ASHLEY walks into her room, shoes andsocks off, wet feet. She grabs the papersout of the dustbin and falls onto bed. Shepages until she reaches: splash in puddles.She ticks it off. She takes a moment and

stare into open space. She pages to the lastwritten page and waits a few moremoments. Then she writes in: "Commitsuicide". A tear runs down her cheek. BEAT.She scans the rest of the list. "Dance in apublic place" is written. She smiles, wipesthe tear away, snaps the book closed andjumps up.

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INT. MALL - LATER

Flashback

ASHLEY and FALLON stand in open area.

FALLONThis is it.

ASHLEYWhat?

FALLONThe perfectplace to breakout in dance.

Just here.

FALLON starts dancing. ASHLEY stops him.

ASHLEYNo! Someonewill see you.


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FALLONIsn't that thepoint?

FALLON continues dancing. ASHLEY watches

from a distance and laughs at him.

ASHLEY(Tonooneinparticu

lar)I don't knowhim.

FALLONCome on, Ash!You're apretty sickdancer. Showthese peoplewhat you got!

FALLON stares straight at ASHLEY. Cameramoves around her and he's suddenly gone.

Flashback ends. ASHLEY puts earphones inher ears and steps into the open area. Shemakes a move. Looks around her. No onelooks at her. She breaks out in dance, musicbecomes louder and she dances her heartout. The song ends and she stops for abreath. She turns to see CATHY staring at

her.

CATHYI see you'veset aside thisspecial time tohumiliateyourself in


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public.

ASHLEYNo, actually Ididn't.

CATHYYou shouldn'tbe dancinglike a crazyperson; youshould bemourning thedeath of yourboyfriend.You're a freak!

Go cry. Or cutyourself.

ASHLEYDon't... callme that...

CATHYWhat are yougoing to do?Depress me?

ASHLEY(Defeated)

No.

CATHYFreak!

They stare at each other. Then ASHLEYturns around and walks away. CATHY staysin triumph. ASHLEY rushes back and hitsGirl in the nose. CATHY falls back in pain.

CATHY (CONT'D)You freak! Youbroke my


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nose!

ASHLEYYou broke myhand!

Then ASHLEY walks away.

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ASHLEY walks in with an ice pack on herhand. She grabs the pages and opens it.She ticks off: "Dance in a public place" andthen searches for "Hit someone whodeserves it" and ticks it off too. MOM speaksin hallway on the phone.

MOMNo, Mr. Spies.

I assure youshe's fine.She's goingthrough arough time atthe momentbut I'm sureshe didn'tmean it.

MOM walks into room with phone.

MOM (CONT'D)Of course. Iunderstand.

She hangs up and looks at ASHLEY.

MOM (CONT'D)


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Was that onthe list?

MOM points at Ashley's red hand. ASHLEYstares at the hand.

ASHLEYYes.

MOM sits on bed next to ASHLEY.

MOMProbablywould havebeen better ifyou skippedon that one.

ASHLEYYeah. Sorry.But shedeserved it.

MOMI'm sure shedid. Did it feelgood?

ASHLEY laughs briefly.

ASHLEYAren't yousupposed toground me?Like for life?

MOMYes. I'm notgoing to. But

Ashley, youhave toapologize.

ASHLEYMom...

MOM


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I am sure shedeserved itbut it's what isexpected.

ASHLEYShe wouldn'tcare eitherway. She'lljust make mylife moremiserable.

MOMThen hit heragain - if it

helps.ASHLEY breathes a laugh. MOM stands upand heads to the door.

ASHLEYThanks mom.But I'm notapologizing.

MOM waits at the door.

MOMJust considerit.

MOM walks out. ASHLEY looks back down atthe pages. "Hit someone who deserves it iswritten on the bottom line.

ASHLEYWhat'snext.

Ashley turns the page. On the top line ofthe next page is written: "and thenapologize." ASHLEY stifles a giggle, sighsand snaps the book shut.

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TTO:

INT. PARTY HOUSE FRONT ROOM - NIGHT

Students party all over the house. ASHLEYwalks in; she scans the room and walks to anext room.

CUTTO:

INT. PARTY HOUSE LIVING ROOM -CONTINUOUS

More students party all over. ASHLEY walksout the back door.

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EXT. PARTY HOUSE POOL AREA -CONTINUOUS

ASHLEY walks out and onto pool deck.

CATHY and Girl #2 and another random girlwalk across the yard to ASHLEY.

CATHYYou havequite thenerve! Whatare you doing


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here, you'renot invited.

ASHLEYI'm technically

not crashing.It's a houseparty.Anyone'sinvited.

CATHYWell, you'renot. You know,you're reallylucky I didn't

sue you forbreaking mynose. Youshould be injail. I shouldhave youarrested fortrespassing.

ASHLEYI quiver withfear.

ASHLEY turns to walk away. CATHY pulls herback and towards the pool. ASHLEY grabsthe girl with her into the pool. They splashinto the pool and get up.

ASHLEY (CONT'D)(Sarcastic

)Oops. Sorry.

CATHYAaaaah! Gohome!

They struggle out of the pool. ASHLEY starts


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laughing and lies on the side of the pool.Suddenly, CATHY grabs her off the groundand pulls her to the house.

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INT. PARTY HOUSE LIVING ROOM -CONTINUOUS

CATHY pulls ASHLEY into room and towardsthe front room. ASHLEY shakes her hand off.

CATHYLeave!

ASHLEY looks around her. They're drippingwet and staring each other down. ASHLEYshrugs, walks to front room and the dooropens and closes. CATHY smiles satisfiedand walks to back room. Girl #2 walkscloser to CATHY with a towel and they walkon.

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INT. PARTY HOUSE FRONT ROOM -CONTINUOUS

ASHLEY stands by the door and waits. Shequickly look into the living room and thendashes up the stairs.

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INT. PARTY HOUSE UPSTAIRS - CONTINUOUS

There is a line waiting for the bathroom.ASHLEY pushes past them and everyonegets out of her way because of the wetness.The occupant comes out and ASHLEYpushes past him.

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INT. PARTY HOUSE BATHROOM -CONTINUOUS

ASHLEY grabs a towel off the rack and walksout.

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INT. PARTY HOUSE UPSTAIRS - CONTINUOUS

ASHLEY walks out with towel. The linecontinues on as ASHLEY walks away.ASHLEY puts the towel on a counter top ortable and sits on it. She watches the partycontinue.

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INT. PARTY HOUSE UPSTAIRS - LATER

ASHLEY is nearly dry. A guy walks up thestairs and looks at her and walks in theopposite direction. He stops at the end ofthe hall, looks into a room and then turnsback to the stairs. ASHLEY jumps off thetable and walks to him. She grabs him andturns his back to the wall.

ASHLEYIt's Rick,right?

COLINColin, actually.

She leans forward and starts kissing him.He's surprised but kisses her back. CATHYrushes closer and pulls ASHLEY away fromthe guy.

CATHYWhat are youdoing?! I toldyou to leave!

COLINCathy, benice...

CATHY

You stay outof this! (ToAshley) I said,go!

ASHLEYYeah. I'mbored anyway.


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ASHLEY turns to leave but quickly bites theair in front of CATHY'S face, laughs at herreaction and then leaves.

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EXT. ROAD - EARLY MORNING

The sun is still rising. ASHLEY walks downmiddle of road, still slightly wet. A police carrushes past her. ASHLEY giggles and shakesher wet hair.

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ASHLEY walks into her room with bathrobe.She grabs the book off her side table andsit/falls onto the bed. She opens the bedand ticks off: "Go to a party uninvited","Swim in clothes", "Kiss someone random"and "stay out all night". She finds two pagesnearly stuck together and separates them.Two lines catch her attention: "Tell Ashley"

and "fall unconditionally in love". Fall in loveis ticked off.

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O:

Montage starts of random things happeninginter cut with the ticking off of it on the list.

EXT. GARDEN - DAY

ASHLEY runs in the rain,

EXT. ROAD - DAY

ASHLEY rides a bicycle,

EXT. PLAYGROUND - DAY

ASHLEY plays on a playground,

EXT. SCHOOL - DAY

ASHLEY blows bubbles, with LITTLE SISTER

I/E. VOORTREKKER MONUMENT - DAY

ASHLEY runs up the stair and throws apaper airplane off Monument,

EXT. GARDEN - DAY

ASHLEY steals a garden gnome,

INT. KITCHEN - DAY

ASHLEY is coloring with her LITTLE SISTER.MOM is cooking and DAD is working on hislaptop. [Spend time with family]

INTE


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INT. BEDROOM - DAY

ASHLEY ticks things off the list.

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EXT. SCHOOL - DAY

ASHLEY sits in a tree staring out at the yard.

The bell rings and ASHLEY jumps off thetree and grabs her bag in one smoothmotion. She walks to CATHY.

CATHY(Toherfriends

)Oh be careful,I'm sure it hasrabies.

They stand back and ASHLEY stops in frontof them.


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ASHLEYThank you,Cathy. We'reall refreshedand

challenged byyour uniquepoint of view.Now can Iplease saywhat I camehere to say?

CATHYI'm alreadyvisualizing the

masking tapeover yourmouth

ASHLEYDon't be rude,just let me saysomething.

CATHYI'm not beingrude. You'rejustinsignificant.

ASHLEYI'm sureyou're reallyeasy to getalong withonce peoplelearn toworship you.

CATHYI don't knowwhat theproblem iswith yourattitude, butI'll bet it's


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hard topronounce.

ASHLEYI don't have

an attitudeproblem. Youhave aperceptionproblem.

CATHYAg! Go play intraffic!

ASHLEYAlready did,thank you.

CATHYGo cutyourself then.You like thatdon't you?

ASHLEYAt least I havea positive

attitude aboutmydestructivehabits. Canyou say thesame?

CATHYYou don'tknow whatyou're talking

about.

ASHLEYYou don'tknow what I'mtalking about,either. You'remissing the


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point!

CATHYThen what isthe point, if

you're sosmart?

ASHLEYI came here tosay I'm sorry.

CATHYWhat?

ASHLEYI'm sorry that I

ignored you ingrade 7, I'msorry that Ipushed youaway, I'msorry that Istopped beingyour friend,and I'm sorryfor all theinsult I threwyour way eversince thenand...

COLIN walks closer and watches from adistance.

ASHLEY (CONT'D)...I'm so sorrythat I hit youin the face

and draggedyou into thepool andruined yourdress. I'msorry that Ican't be theperson you


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want me to beand I'm sorryfor the factthat you don'teven care.

ASHLEY turns around and walks away.COLIN walks past her.

COLINHey.

ASHLEYOh, hi.

She smiles and walks on to class.

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EXT. CLIFF - DAY

ASHLEY stands a few meters away from theedge of the cliff. She looks out at the view.Camera moves around her to revealFLASHBACK.

ASHLEY and FALLON stand near the edge.ASHLEY clings to him as if he is life itself.

FALLONYou can'thonestly be

afraid of this.

ASHLEYYes I can.

FALLONThis is thecoolest thing


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ever.

ASHLEYWhy don't youjump then?

FALLONI want you tojump with me.

ASHLEYNothappening.

FALLONThen I'll waitfor you.

Camera tracks back behind ASHLEY andaround her. Flashback ends.

ASHLEY walks closer to the edge and looksdown. She steps back and freaks out.Suddenly, FALLON wraps his arms aroundher.

FALLON (CONT'D)Hey beautiful.

She calms down. They stand there for awhile. Then she turns around.

ASHLEYI can't do this.

She starts crying.

FALLONOf course youcan.

ASHLEYNot withoutyou.

FALLONI'm right here.


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ASHLEYNo you're not!

FALLONAsh...

ASHLEYWhy didn'tyou tell me?That you weredying? Youdidn't tell me!

FALLONI wanted to...

ASHLEY

But youdidn't! [BEAT]Why did youleave me?

FALLON looks apologetically at her.

ASHLEY (CONT'D)Why did youleave me?Fallon? Why

did you go?I'm nothingwithout you! Imiss you...

She cries even more.

ASHLEY (CONT'D)(Angry)

Huh? Why?Fallon! Why?

She pushes him and he simply steps back.She grabs him and starts crying into hisshirt. She slips to the ground and continuescrying. FALLON crouches in front of her. Helifts her chin up.


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FALLONYou're not"nothing"without me.Look at all the

wonderfulthings you'vedone. Look athow far you'vecome. I loveyou, Ash.

He kisses her on the lips, steps away andsuddenly she is alone. She continues crying.Camera pans to the view on the right.

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INT. BEDROOM - DAY

ASHLEY is doing homework on her bed.Papers and pens are everywhere. Sherumages in her bag for a note book. Shegrabs Fallon's book and opens it. There iswriting upside down. She drops her pen andflips the book around to sees that there iswriting in the back of the book. she opensthe book at the front and touches the edgesof the torn out pages. She flips back to theletter.

FALLON

(V.O)

Dear Ashley.We've beenfriends eversince I couldremember.But there are


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things that Ihave keptfrom you. I amdying. I have arare heart

disease that'sgoing to takeme soon.Today thedoctors saidthree years isall I have. Iwant to spendthat with you.I was hoping Icould do more

but there's nota lot of timeleft for me. Ifyou get thiswhen I'mgone, I'm sosorry. I shouldhave told yousooner. Ishould have.I want you to

know that Ilove you morethan anything.I can't thankGod enoughfor puttingyou in my life.

Now, I...don't want

you to doanythingstupid. Ifthere is onelast thingthat youcan do forme, it is to


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live for me.Life is shortenoughwithoutneeding to

jump to thefront of thequeue.You'restrongerthan youthink, for solong youwere whatkept megoing.

What youdidn't knowwas thatI've beenclinging onto you likeyou're lifeitself.Which youare. To me.And you

can be thatforsomeoneelse too. Atthe veryleast, foryourself.So, do me afavor andlove, laughand live.

Always andforeveryours,Fallon.[1:06]

The book closes.


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INT. BEDROOM - DAY

ASHLEY searches for the list under the messand grabs it. She pages to the end of thelist. She stares at "Commit suicide" andwaits.

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EXT. CEMETERY - DAY

FALLON and ASHLEY walk hand in handalong graves. They stop at one and ASHLEYthrows down a red rose with a black ribbonaround it.

ASHLEYI love you too.

FALLON disappears.

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EXT. CLIFF - CONTINUOUS

ASHLEY is sitting on the ground. She getsup, prepares herself and jumps.

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INT. BEDROOM - DAY

ASHLEY scratches out "Commit suicide"and writes in: "LIVE!"

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EXT. CLIFF - CONTINUOUS

Ashley falls and falls until she hits water.She resurfaces and screams inhappiness.

FAD


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