Cold Water

Tires SCREECH outside. Dude 2 stands up. There's a small crash outside Yelling VOICE: FREEZE! GUNSHOTS The Boy and Dude 2 look at each other _________________________________________________________________ Gunshots/commotion are heard as these scenes of a small boy (we assume The Boy) play: A small boy running fearfully behind the mansion Buddha statue CUT TO: Him emptying an urn over a bridge. Ashes fall like snowflakes into dark water CUT TO: Three girls hauntingly towering over him. Their laughing faces, warped like Fun house mirror reflections CUT TO: INT. MANSION – PRESENT The Boy, in the foyer, is shot from behind. He falls. His head connects With Buddha’s stone belly INT. HOSPITAL – DAY ...what's that sound?... NAOMI: You’re lucky ...why’s that?... NAOMI: You’re still here after two Near death experiences ...what do you mean?... NAOMI: We had something didn’t we? (then) Say something ...you’re not listeni- The boy realizes he isn’t speaking. He imagines Naomi the way she always Looks on the couch watching China, IL. In reality she’s sitting on his hospital bed wearing his coat; absentmindedly fingering the hole in it with one hand Touching his arm with the other. There’s a beeping sound He’s hooked up to machines-in a coma NAOMI: [EDIT] I can’t do this forever… Naomi kisses his forehead and squeezes his arm before solemnly leaving For the last time He struggles to focus his thoughts INT. HOSPITAL – NIGHT Fam and Steve stand over The Boy FAM: (to Steve) You think he knows he was my best friend? ...was? Steve gives an [UNDECIDED EMOJI] face :/ it’s vaguely empathetic FAM: Should’ve told him... never know now ...never? INT. HOSPITAL – MORNING The boy hears doctors discussing him outside his room; 3005 Something about no family and life support? CUT TO: Aerial view of The Boy’s bed ...it’s over?... ...It’s over.... He understands everything now. A doctor approaches He recalls Naomi, “It's all a cycle.” The plug is pulled. ...death feels like cold wa- He ends