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"Fresh"
A screenplay by Whitney Lauritsen
September 2003
HEATHER (V.O.)
Let's play pretend...
Several pictures of THE COUPLE are shown and then
instantly torn up by unknown hands. Each picture
displays The Couple as entirely different characters:
gothic, punk, suit and tie, retro, etc.
INT - HEATHER'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
A row of pictures of The Couple are on a wall in the
bedroom; they are dressed wholesome and clean-cut,
and smiling. It is obvious The Couple are very happy
together. A digital clock reads 3:21am. The Couple,
HEATHER and Ché, are sleeping in bed. Ché wakes up
and looks over at Heather. He gets out of bed and
picks up his camera. He walks around the bed,
looking through the lens a few times, then takes a
picture of her. Heather wakes up from the flash.
HEATHER
(in a southern accent)
What are you doing?
Ché
(southern accent)
Taking your picture. But now
that your up...
Ché puts the camera down, gets back into bed and kisses her.
HEATHER
While I was sleeping? I must
have looked revolting.
Ché
Quite the opposite actually.
(beat) I've heard that you know
you're in love with someone when
you can watch her sleep forever.
HEATHER
Yeah? But what use would I be
if I slept forever?
Ché
That's what the picture's for
darlin'.
They start to kiss. The sun rises and sets on another
happy picture of the two.
INT - HEATHER'S BEDROOM - (THE NEXT) NIGHT
4:25am. Ché and Heather are sleeping. Heather opens her
eyes and turns over to look at Ché. She kisses him
lightly on the forehead and runs her fingers through
his hair. Then she kisses him on the lips, hoping that
he will awake, but he does not. She notices his camera
on the bedside table behind him and gets out of bed to
pick it up. Remembering what happened the night before,
she takes a picture, but he does not awake. She smiles,
slightly disappointed, and then climbs back into bed,
snuggling up next to him.
INT - HEATHER'S BEDROOM - MORNING
11:29am. Heather wakes up and Ché is still sleeping.
HEATHER
Ché. Ché. Ché sweety it's 11:30. Ché?
Heather moves Ché, but he does not wake. She begins to
shake him, and then realizes that he is dead.
HEATHER (V.O.)
(no accent)
He's gone.
INT - HEATHER'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
Heather is apathetically tearing up and throwing away
the before-seen pictures of her and Ché.
Ché (V.O.)
(no accent)
What's next?
Heather picks up a shirt of Ché's, with a name tag
pinned on the breast, and as she folds it she see's
Ché's camera underneath. There are a few pictures left,
and she uses the remainder of the film taking snapshots
of herself.
INT - CAMERA STORE - MIDDAY
Heather walks up to the photo developing counter. A boy
wearing a name tag that reads AIDYN comes out from the
back of the lab. Hes a spitting image of Ché, but is
clad in trendy clothing, a baseball hat, and has no accent.
AIDYN
Picking up?
HEATHER
(no southern accent)
Yeah.
Heather searches her pockets for the pick-up slip. She
looks up to see that the developed pictures are already on
the counter.
AIDYN
You need to fire this photographer.
HEATHER
What?
AIDYN
These pictures don't do you justice.
HEATHER
You looked through my pictures? Doesn't this store have some sort of privacy policy?
Aidyn stares at her, smiling slightly. Heather picks up
the pictures and flips through them. She picks out the
photos of Ché and herself sleeping.
HEATHER
How much?
AIDYN
Don't worry about it.
HEATHER
How much?
AIDYN
No really, it's on me.
Heather turns and walks away from the counter.
AIDYN
Do you have any sort of
significant other?
Heather keeps walking.
AIDYN
Would you let me take pictures
of you?
Heather has flashbacks of Ché taking pictures of her.
She turns around and faces Aidyn.
HEATHER
Fine. (beat) I guess you can
keep these then.
Heather carelessly throws him the pictures, except for
the two of her and Ché. Aidyn catches them and rips
them up, smiling.
INT - HEATHER'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
Aidyn is taking (very sexual) pictures of Heather on her
bed. Heather is getting into it. Aidyn puts down the camera
and leans in to kiss her, but Heather slides off the bed
before he can.
HEATHER
You know what I want you to do?
I going to go to bed now, but I
want you to stay up and wait until
I'm sound asleep, then take my picture.
AIDYN
What if I don't want you to go
to sleep now?
Aidyn leans in to kiss her, and she pushes him away.
HEATHER
You can wake me up after.
AIDYN
(beat) Sure.
Heather smiles and gets back into bed. She arranges
herself identically to her position in the picture Ché
took, and falls asleep. The clock changes from 5:29 to
6:20am. Aidyn, half asleep, takes her picture. He makes
several attempts to awake Heather, but she remains
unconscious. Feeling nervous, he leaves the room. As he
grabs his jacket, slung over a chair, he knocks over
Heather's purse, and out spill several empty pill
bottles. He moves cautiously and exits out the door.
INT - OUTSIDE HEATHER'S APARTMENT DOOR - NIGHT
Aidyn closes the door behind him. His cell phone rings.
HEATHER (FILTERED)
What's next?
Aidyn smiles.
CUT TO:
There are more pictures of The Couple as all new
characters, smirking mischievously.
HEATHER (V.O.)
Let's play pretend, so we can
keep it fresh.
Fade out on a picture of Aidyn sleeping.