9/25/12

Today, I am going to attempt to get the closing scene out in writing. I have had this idea as the ending for a while, and hopefully being able to get it into words will help me visualize it better.

So here we go :D

INT- KRATNER FAMILY HOME- KITCHEN-NIGHT

Austin walks through his front door after returing from Dani's wake. His eyes are red and puffy, and his hair is messed up. The tie from his suit is coming undone. He rips it off and throws it on the floor. He walks into his kitchen and opens the fridge. It is close to empty, except for a carton of milk, eggs, some leftovers, and 2 six packs of beer.

AUSTIN: You know what? Fuck it.

Austin takes both six packs of beers and walks out of the kitchen

INT-KRATNER FAMILY HOME- AUSTIN'S BEDROOM- NIGHT

"Drunk" by Ed Sheeran begins to play as Austin rushes into his bedroom. He pauses for a few seconds and looks around the room. His eyes reach a picture frame on his bedside table of him and Dani, the same one that she had on her dresser.

FLASHBACK

INT-KRATNER FAMILY HOME- LIVING ROOM- NIGHT

Austin's doorbell rings. He opens the door revealing a crying Dani, who is dressed like she was just at a party. She runs in and hugs him.

DANI: . I should have listened to you.

Dani let's go of the embrace.

AUSTIN: Whoa, what happened?

DANI: The party. It was awful. Everyone was drinking and getting high and I just felt so out of place, and Jimmy was really drunk and he...

AUSTIN: and he what? Dani did he hurt you..?

Dani doesn't answer.

AUSTIN: Dani you better answer me right now.

DANI: He almost did. He wanted me to sleep with him and I refused, and he put his hands on me but I got myself out of there before he could. I know he's not the best person but I never thought he would do that.

AUSTIN: He was drunk, people do things they normally wouldn't do.




Reflection: I think I deserve a 100 for this blog post. I was not expecting this scene to have a flashback, but once I got into it, it seemed to fit. Who knows if i'm going to keep it, but as of now it's here to stay. I may even end up adding more dialogue to it. After the last line, I was thinking about having Dani and Austin talk about how drinking in high school is bad, but I don't want this to turn into some cheesy after school special about how drinking is bad. I just wanted something to tie together to make Austin's drinking experience related to something that happened with Dani in the past, and this may not even be it, but it's a start.