Sometimes a scene just pops into my head, with vague characters in mind and a greater storyline somewhere in my mind afar but still somewhere in there all jumbled up between to do lists and my obsession over Justin Timberlake. š Never the less the idea usually revolves around some kind of love story. Because well thatās just my style, itās where my mind and heart go. Sometimes those scenes get written and blossom into a full script. Most of the time they stay hidden in notebooks and notepads or scribbled on random sheets of paper and forgotten. I just stumbled upon this sneak peek scene recently, and I canāt even tell you when I wrote it, but I re-read it and now Iām thinking it has some promise for more. I tweaked it a bit and added a few scenes. I think it was intended to be the start of something longer, but like always I never got around to finishing it. Never the less, whether or not this turns into more, I thought Iād share.
Meet the guy āRickyā and the meet the girl, letās call herā¦ āMaggie.ā
Two people who fell for each other despite their differences and circumstances that should and probably will keep them apart. But like always life gets in the way, and things arenāt always what they seem.
Iāll call this oneā¦.
Maggie is walking out of a drugstore, she takes a peek at her cellphone and sees a bunch of missed messages, itās just about 9 pm.
A black discreet car pulls up alongside her, blocking her from crossing the street.
The back door opens and a hand grabs Maggie into the backseat.
Maggie is about to scream bloody murder, when a hand covers her mouth, and she hears a familiar voice.
Ricky: Shh. Hey. Hey itās just me.
Maggie: Ricky, what the hell are you doing? Are you trying to give me a heart attack!
Ricky: No. Iām sorry. I just- I need to talk to you. And you wonāt answer any of my calls.
Maggie: So you choose to kidnap me?
Ricky: I didnāt want anyone following you or us. But hey by all means, thereās the door, go. If you think you can handle things being unresolved between us, then go.
Maggie sits back in a huff.
Maggie: You have one hour.
Ricky: (smiles) Drive. (he calls to his driver)
The car speeds off.
Ricky and Maggie end up in an old abandoned house. The furniture all dusty and covered in sheets. You could hear a pin drop, the house was so quiet. It was eerie.
Maggie: What are we doing here?
Ricky: I told you, I want to talk to you.
Maggie: What else could you possibly need to say that you havenāt left on the 45 messages and texts youāve sent me.
Ricky: Ah so you did get them?
Maggie: (rolls her eyes) Weāre over, thereās nothing more I need to say. It is what it is.
Ricky: Really?
Maggie nods.
Ricky smirks and chuckles a bit looking away as he walks around the dusty old living room messing around with things as he passes them.
Maggie: So whatās with all the theatrics? Just say what you want to say and be done with it.
Ricky: Oh please, the dramaā¦you love itā¦ you feed off it.
Maggie: (astonished) How can you possibly say that?
Ricky: Oh, give me a break, before we happened you lived in a shellā¦now what youāre back with that loser you used to date, come onā¦youāre bored otherwise you wouldnāt be here.
Maggie: Correction, I wouldnāt be here, if you didnāt keep harassing me. Or if you didnāt abduct me off the street.
Ricky: Hey I said you were free to go. You stayed. It was your choice.
Maggie: Yea well now Iām regretting it, immensely.
Ricky: You still care, I know you do. And itās killing you. Itās killing you to be away from me, just like itās killing me to be away from you.
Maggie: You donāt know anything.
Ricky: (standing against the wall, lighting a cigarette) Sure I doā¦itās written all over your face. (he stares at her)
Maggie: (walking toward him, her arms folded in front of her chest) Oh, so whatā¦you think youāve got me all figured out?
Ricky: Well letās seeā¦your arms are crossed over your chest which means you feel the need to protect yourselfā¦ your heart, to be more precise. But yet youāre moving closer to meā¦which if you ask me is a sure fire sign that youāre confused. Youāre contradicting yourself. Youāre not ready to give up on us. (he smiles)
Maggie rolls her eyes and laughs sarcastically.
Ricky: Ah and the sarcastic laugh, dead giveaway. It means I hit the nail on the head. The little frustrated eye roll was sexy though, points for that. (he smirks, cocking his head to the side, looking at her)
Maggie: Stop analyzing me.
Ricky: You asked. (he smiles while shrugging)
Maggie: (turning away from him) Ugh! You are just-
Ricky: (pulling her toward him) What?
Maggie: Let me go.
Ricky: Sorry. Iām just not ready.
Maggie: Well too bad, itās really not your choice.
Ricky: Thatās where youāre wrongā¦
Maggie: What?
Ricky: I donāt really have a choice here. I canāt stay away from you.
Ricky pulls Maggie into a kiss.
For a minute Maggie kisses him back before pushing him away, obviously annoyed.
Ricky: You really wanna know how I can read you so well?
Maggie makes a face.
Ricky: Because I happen to be in love with you. Analyzing you is my favorite past time.
Maggie: (sarcastically) Well thatās not creepy at all. (she looks away)
Ricky: Donāt do that.
Maggie: Do what?
Ricky: Act like this doesnāt mean anything. Like what I just said didnāt mean anything. Like you donāt love me back.
Maggie: (sighs) Donāt tell me what to do. You donāt get to throw around that word, not after everything Iāve heard about you, and know to be true. Not after all the things I know youāve done. How can you honestly expect me to believe that you actually love me? That someone full of so much anger and hate could even comprehend what love is.
Ricky looks at her pained, yet confused. Didnāt she get it? He thinks.
Maggie: Just donāt say that to me.
Ricky: Why? Itās the truth. I love you.
Maggie: I canāt do this. I canāt have this conversation with you. I canāt kiss you, or be with you. I canāt act like I donāt know what I know.
Ricky: Thatās fine. Stand there and lie to me, lie to yourself. Stand there and pretend, youāre good at avoiding how you feel.
Maggie: What? I avoid how I feel? Youāre one to talk. Youāre a cocky asshole.
Ricky: Youāre cute when you get all feisty, yea that works for me.
Maggie shoots him death glare.
Maggie: God I wish I trusted my gut, when I met you. I had a feeling that told me to run in the other direction. I knew you werenāt gonna be right for me.
Ricky: So why didnāt you run?
Maggie: Because the optimist in me, thought that maybe I was wrong. But surprise surprise, I wasnāt.
Ricky: Well you know what you live and you learn.
Maggie: (shakes her head in disbelief) I guess you do.
Ricky: Oh come on, Iām kiddingā¦
Maggie: You think this is funny?
Ricky: I think you trying to fight this is funny.
Maggie: Thereās just no talking to you! Iām done.
Maggie turns, starting to walk away.
Ricky: Hey, hey. (he grabs her hand) Stop running from me, itās only going to make me chase you faster.
Maggie: How can you possibly think that this is gonna work? Weāre too different. Miles away. Worlds apart.
Ricky: I love you. And I donāt say that often, practically never. Thatās how I know this is gonna work.
Maggie: Maybe thatās not enough for me to stay.
Ricky: So you donāt love me?
Maggie: (looks at him, her eyes tearing up) Of course I love you. But I believe in right and wrong. You somehow think that you and only you get to control the in between gray areas. You think you get to decide who gets to live. Thatās not ok with me. Thatās never going to be ok with me.
Ricky: Maggie, Maggie please. I canāt lose you. I donāt even know what Iād do if you leave me. Please just tell me thereās some way we can make this work.
Maggie: I canāt tell you how to fix this. We are who we are. And at the end of the day that puts us right back where we started. We just canāt be together.
Ricky: Maggie. Iām not going to just let you go, Iām not going to give up. You know how this is going to go. Why fight it?
Maggie: Yea I do know how this is going to go. This either ends here, now with some sort of closure, and we both can move on, or this ends with me in a body bagā¦caught in the crossfire.
Ricky: Donāt ever say that! I would never let that happen! Iād protect you with my life. You know that.
Maggie: And what a life, huh?
Ricky: What is that supposed to mean? I would give you whatever you want, a house, a car, anything.
Maggie: Thatās not the point Ricky. None of that stuff means anything to me. I care about safety. I care about life and feeling free enough to live it. If we were to stay together I would be looking over my shoulder every second. I would be terrified that when you left youād never come home. Your world is a world I just donāt understand. It scares me. The idea of having a life with you scares me. Iām sorry I do love you, but I just canāt be a part of this anymore.
Maggie turns to walk away yet again, but Ricky pulls her into a kiss.
Ricky: That feeling is never going to go away, Maggie. That pull you feel, itās electric. Thereās something here. We belong together.
Maggie: Maybe in another lifeā¦but not this one.
Ricky: You realize if I had a choice, Iād choose you over this life any day.
Maggie: Everyone has a choice. It may be blocked by other peopleās perception and expectations, and clouded by smoke and adrenaline. But there is always a choice. Itās up to you to see it. And to make the right one. This is me making the best choice for me. Whether you make the best choice for you, is entirely up to you. (pause) Goodbye Ricky.
Ricky: Iāll get out.
Maggie stops in her tracks, slowly turning around to face him.
Maggie: Theyāll kill you.
Ricky: Iād rather be dead then without you.
Maggie: But-
Ricky: No butsā¦This is my choice.
Maggie: Rickyā¦
Ricky: I choose you.
Maggie: I donāt think itās as easy as you thinkā¦they arenāt going to just let you leave. And even if they do, you have so many enemies what makes you think they wonāt come after you, after me, after- (she stops herself)
Ricky: What?
Maggie: Nothing.
Ricky: (looks her over) What arenāt you telling me?
Maggie: I appreciate what youāre trying to do, but things arenāt the same.
Ricky: What kind of things?
Maggie: Just things. Look this is just becoming a circular conversation and quite frankly itās exhausting me and I really, I just I canāt be here anymore. (she starts to panic and Ricky notices)
Ricky: Ok ok, Iāll take you home.
Maggie: Thank you.
The car ride is silent.
Rickyās car pulls up in front of Maggieās Apartment.
Ricky turns to her
Ricky: Hey (he grabs her hand) itās going to be ok.
Maggie looks at him and tries to force a smile.
He walks her up to her apartment.
Maggie: You really didnāt have to walk me all the way up here. (Taking her keys out)
Ricky: I just wanted to make sure you got in safe.
Maggie: Thanks.
Ricky looks at her, unsure how to say goodbye.
Maggie: Well itās late, I should get in.
Ricky: (nods) Sure. Will you call me when you feel like talking?
Maggie: (Sighs) Ricky I-
Ricky: Just think about itā¦please?
Maggie: Ok.
Ricky: (smiles) Goodnight. (he leans in and kisses her cupping her face)
Maggie walks into her apartment, closes the door and breathes a sigh of relief.
Leaning against her front door, she reaches into her purse and pulls out a bag.
Taking out a box; a pregnancy test box.
Maggie sighs walking into the bathroom.
*Should I continue, or just leave you guys hanging? #cliffhanger š
Maybe Iāll make this a two parter?
Maybe a three parter?
Bethany Joy & Jesse; my #dreamcasting š
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* I take no credit for the images used in my edits or otherwise.*
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