This is the start of the First Scene of a Script I started about 8 years ago... And never picked it back up because I got bored with the idea of it. But It makes me happy. So I share.
FADE IN:
EXT. CENTRAL PARK - DAY - AUTUMN
Leaves cover the ground as REBECCA (22) in her trenchcoat walks alonside LIAM (23).
REBECCA
So, tell me this again?
LIAM
(offended)
No. I already told you twice.
REBECCA
I still don't understand.
LIAM
I spelled it out for you.
REBECCA
(pleading)
Liam...
LIAM
No.
REBECCA
(grabbing his arm)
I'll love you forever.
LIAM
You already do. So, no.
REBECCA
(letting go)
You're an a**.
LIAM
Apparently.
REBECCA
I can't believe she's leaving you.
LIAM
Hey, shut up.
CUT TO:
INT. STARBUCKS - LATER
Semi-busy. Rebecca is SIPPING from her cup sitting across from Liam who is smoking a cigarette.
REBECCA
I mean, it's been like what? Two years?
LIAM
Two and a half. But listen, I'm not crushed. I really don't care.
REBECCA
Yes, you do.
LIAM
(laughing)
No, I really don't. I'm glad to be rid of the sodding witch already. Puts a huge smile on my face.
Liam puts his cigarette out.
REBECCA
You don't mean that.
LIAM
(looks her dead in the eye)
Everyday. With ever-growing intensity.
REBECCA
So what now?
LIAM
Now?
(sighs)
Now, I go home. Finish my novel. Get it published. Live lavish off residuals - movies, merchandising, soundtracks, et cetera - and die married to a girl sixty years younger than me.
REBECCA
That would make you?
LIAM
Eighty. I think around there's a good enough time to kick. I mean, by then all the motor functions have pretty much clattered out years ago. The rest is just waiting. I can wait. I'll just think of it as a nap assisted by morphine.
REBECCA
You are such a hopeless loser.
LIAM
Please, like your life is so together. You're dating that jerk, Raoul. RA-OOOUUULLL. What kind of name is that? I feel like I should be watching some trashy gay reality show when I hear that.
REBECCA
I swear, you just like hearing yourself talk.
LIAM
Whatever. Are we still going tonight?
REBECCA
(blinks at him)
Yeah, ******** it. Happy birthday.
She downs her coffee.
