Clean Slate (1) FADE IN: EXT.CABIN-LAKE-NIGHT We are introduced to BRANDON SLATE. Young, in his early twenties, is pulling a small rowboat into a large lake. We see him sitting alone in the middle of the lake crying. He pulls a gun out of a small cigar box placed on his lap. He places the gun aimed at his heart. We pull away until the boat is barely visible, and we hear the sound of a GUNSHOT break the silence. DISOLVE TO: ONE YEAR LATER INT.CABIN-BEDROOM-DAY We see a lump of covers in the middle of a bed. An ALARM CLOCK sounds. Suddenly a hand appears from the lump slamming down on the clock silencing it. Slowly the lump moves as Brandon emerges from the covers. He rubs his face. As he stretches we closely see a scar on his chest. EXT.CABIN-SOME TIME LATER Brandon walks out the front door locking it behind him. He walks down the steps and sees a small bird flailing about unable to leave the ground. He walks over to the bird, unsure why he picks up the bird. Cupping the bird in his hand he sees that the bird’s wing is broken. As he touches the wing a small flash of light appears and the bird flies from his hands. Brandon watches the bird fly away. INT.COLLEGE-JANITOR’S CLOSET-DAY We pan through a janitor’s closet. The walls of the small room, is covered with movie posters, some from the past and some from the present. The room appears to be more of a small office than a janitor’s closet. There’s a desk tucked over in a corner. We see the door open and Brandon enters. He’s wearing a gray jumpsuit. We follow Brandon as walks over to a shelf where a little white mouse is in a cage. He drops a few pellets of food in the gage then grabs a mop and bucket and leaves the room. INT.COLLEGE-HALL-MOMENTS LATER Brandon is mopping a floor down one of the college’s halls. CASEY BLAKES walks by with two friends of hers MARY and JEN. Just by looking at the threesome we can tell that they come from money, beautiful and dressed in the latest co Calvin Klein. Brandon can’t help but to stare as they pass. MARY Did you guys notice the janitor checking us out? The girls stop and turn around and see Brandon looking at them. Brandon embarrassed starts to push the mop again. JEN Typical. Just admiring what he can’t have. INT.COLLEGE-GYMNASIUM-MOMENTS LATER Brandon is standing in line to register for classes. He’s very quiet and to-himself. Casey and her two friends get in line a few people behind him. MARY What’s the janitor doing in line to register? JEN Maybe he’s signing up for toilets 101. CASEY You guys. MARY What? CASEY Leave him alone. JEN We’re just joking, lighten up a little. Brandon is up to register for his classes. Casey is trying to listen to what he’s registering for. She over hears; COUNSELOR Okay so that’s Psychology 256A at nine a.m. Casey looks at her schedule and sees “Psychology 256B at noon.” She quickly erases the “B” and changes it to “A”. Brandon finishes up at the table and turns to leave, accidentally bumping into Casey knocking papers from her hands. BRANDON I, I’m sorry. Brandon bends down to start picking up the papers. CASEY It’s okay. She’s down helping him pick up the papers. BRANDON No, it’s my fault I’m so sorry. Brandon and Casey stand up. CASEY Look it’s okay, really. Brandon hands her the last bit of papers touching her hand. Casey moves forward in the line then realizing her hand is being held by Brandon. Brandon gently releases her hand and slowly walks away looking at Casey until she disappears in the crowd. JEN Are you okay, Casey? Casey in a slight daze. CASEY What? Oh yeah I’m fine. MARY He didn’t like, try to molest you or anything? Mary and Jen look at each other and cringe at the thought. JEN Just think about where his hands might have been. MARY/JEN Oh gross. Casey stares at Brandon as he walks away, ignoring Mary and Jen’s comments. INT.COLLEGE-HALL-MOMENTS LATER The college seems more like a ghost town. Brandon is locking the janitor’s closet. Casey comes up behind him. CASEY Hey, what’s up? Brandon turns and sees Casey. BRANDON Oh, hi. CASEY So you’re a student too? BRANDON Yeah sort-of. CASEY So what’s your major? BRANDON I don’t know, haven’t really given much thought to majoring in anything. CASEY So what, you just take classes for fun? BRANDON Well yeah actually. I just take what interests me. CASEY That must be cool to have that kind of freedom. Mary walks up. MARY C’mon we have to jet. CASEY Well look it was nice talking to you. BRANDON It was nice… Mary pulls Casey away before he can return the compliment. BRANDON …talking to you. EXT.COLLEGE-PARKING LOT-MOMENTS LATER Mary, Jen and Casey are standing by Mary’s car in the parking lot. MARY You’ll never believe who Casey was talking to. JEN Who? MARY The janitor-boy. JEN No way. MARY Oh so yes way. CASEY Would you stop? We were just talking. We see Brandon walk out. MARY Look there is toilet-boy now. We see Brandon across the parking lot walk to a Harley Davidson motorcycle. MARY How many toilets do you think he had to clean to get that? CASEY C’mon stop I’m serious. MARY I so don’t believe you. You can’t tell me you find him attractive. CASEY I’m not saying that. Just stop. They get in the car. EXT.DORM-MOMENTS LATER Mary, Jen and Casey are getting out of the car. MARY Casey, are you okay? CASEY Yeah. It’s just… They start to walk toward the Dorm. JEN Just what? CASEY It’s just when he bumped into me. MARY You’re still thinking about the janitor? (beat) Casey, there is really something wrong with you. JEN Let her finish. (at Casey) What about when he bumped into you? CASEY Well, when he touched me I got this feeling. JEN What kind of feeling? CASEY I don’t know. Almost like a surge. A spark. MARY You probably just got high off of his smell of toilet cleaner. CASEY Forget I said anything. Casey walks off mad. Jen looks at Mary. MARY What? What did I say? Jen tries to catch up to Casey. MARY He’s a damn janitor. INT.COLLEGE-CLASS-DAY We pan through a class and see Casey sitting by herself with an empty chair next to her. Brandon walks in and looks around and Casey motions for him. CASEY Hey, over here. Brandon walks over and sits down. BRANDON Thanks. CASEY So I never got your name. BRANDON Oh, it’s Brandon. He extends his hand. CASEY Hi I’m Casey. The PROFESSOR walks in and introduces himself to the class. Then… CUT TO: It’s the end of the class. PROFESSOR So now your first assignment. Read the first three chapters and be ready for a quiz on it next class. The students leave the class in a hurd. EXT.COLLEGE-PARKING LOT-MOMENTS LATER Brandon and Casey are walking to the parking lot together. CASEY So are you doing anything today? BRANDON No, just going to do the reading for the assignment. CASEY You think we could catch lunch together? BRANDON Sure. I know this place. CASEY Oh, well I don’t have my car I caught a ride with a friend. So I thought we could just grab something here. BRANDON You mean eat in the cafeteria? Trust me you don’t want to do that, I work here remember? By now they are standing by Brandon’s motorcycle. BRANDON C’mon you can ride on the back of my bike. CASEY I don’t know I’ve never… Brandon hops on the bike and hands her a helmet. Brandon looks at her intently but trusting and extends his hand. BRANDON Do you trust me? CASEY I don’t know you. Brandon asks once again but even more intently. BRANDON Do you trust me? CASEY I don’t know why, but I feel like I have no reason not to. EXT.FOOD STAND-MOMENTS LATER Brandon and Casey are sitting outside of a small food stand enjoying a couple burgers and fries. CASEY Wow, this is good. BRANDON Yeah, I’ve been coming here for a while. CASEY Can I ask you a question? BRANDON Shoot. CASEY Why are you a janitor? I’ve heard of students doing some crappy jobs to pay for school, but a janitor? BRANDON I had a feeling that question would pop up. CASEY I’m sorry if… BRANDON No, it’s okay. Just things aren’t always what they seem. Then Casey lets out a squeal. CASEY Ow, crap! BRANDON What?! CASEY I think I just got stung by a bee. BRANDON Let me see. Brandon walks around to her and looks at her upper thigh. He gently touches her leg. Casey is trying to hide the fact that she likes it. BRANDON Well it wasn’t a bee. There’s no stinger, it was a yellow-jacket. Brandon gently touches the sore on her leg. Casey gets a strange sensation. We see Brandon cover the sore with his hand. He closes his eyes then… …the pain is gone. BRANDON How does it feel? CASEY Wow it actually stopped hurting. Mary and Jen drive up and blow the horn. MARY Hey, Casey! C’mon! CASEY Oh crap. Look I have to go I’m sorry. BRANDON No that’s okay. Brandon and Casey stand up. CASEY Look thanks for the burger, and I’ll see you in class? BRANDON Yeah I’ll see you in class. CASEY Oh thanks for the first aid thing. BRANDON No problem, just put a little Neosporin on it, and it should be fine tomorrow. Mary blows the horn. BRANDON You’d better go. CASEY Yeah, thanks again. Casey walks over and gets into Mary’s car. MARY Just what are you doing? (beat) You don’t even know him, he could be like some killer or something. JEN I can see it now. Casey Blakes killed by the toilet-boy, plunged to-death. CASEY Please, he’s in my psychss class. As they drive off Casey looks back and sees Brandon standing alone watching them leave. INT.MALL-CLOTHING STORE-MOMENTS LATER Casey, Mary and Jen are sorting through a rack of clothes. MARY What about this? JEN No way, it makes you look so fat. MARY Not. What do you think Casey? Casey is deep in thought. MARY Casey? Hello? CASEY What? JEN You so need to get your mind out of the toilet-bowl. CASEY Funny, real funny. MARY So what are you going to do about Sal? CASEY What do you mean what am I going to do? JEN Well it’s obvious you have something for this toilet-boy, not sure what but something. CASEY I do not. We just have class together. MARY Yeah okay. Keep trying to convince yourself. JEN Look Sal comes back from Europe in a week, what then? CASEY Nothing. Look, I love Sal. INT.COLLEGE-HALL-NIGHT Brandon is buffing the floor. He comes in front of a window and stops. Looking out the window he looks up at a sky blanketed with stars. CUT TO: Brandon runs out of a door on the roof of the college. Looking up at the sky he sees what looks like hundreds of falling stars. He lays down on the roof, looking up at all the stars, intently as if he may never see them again. INT.COLLEGE-CLASS-DAY The Psychology professor is passing out graded papers. PROFESSOR Well all in all not too bad, for a first quiz anyway. (beat) Mr. Kemp? KEMP is a die hard skater, with hair every color but natural. KEMP Dude? PROFESSOR Answering “why not” to every question is not how to pass this class. The professor continues to pass out papers and comes to Brandon’s. PROFESSOR Mr. Slate? BRANDON Sir? PROFESSOR What can I say? Perfect score. PROFESSOR Ms. Blakes? CASEY Sir? PROFESSOR Try reading the assignment next time. Casey sinks in her seat with embarrassment. CUT TO: The end of class, Brandon and Casey are heading to the door. CASEY What are you doing tonight? BRANDON Well I have to go to work now but I should be off at nine. Why? CASEY No reason, I just thought that we could study together. BRANDON That’s cool. Could you be here when I get off? CASEY Yeah, where should I meet you? They are standing in front of the janitor’s closet. BRANDON Right her is fine. Casey is a little uneasy. CASEY Um, okay. Mary and Jen walk up. MARY C’mon Casey. (beat) Oh hey. CASEY This is Brandon. (beat) Brandon this is Mary and Jen. BRANDON Hello. MARY Aren’t you the janitor? BRANDON Uh, yeah. Brandon is now put-off by Casey’s friends. MARY I thought so. I almost didn’t recognize you out of your standard uniform. CASEY Mary, stop. BRANDON It’s okay, look I have to get to work. MARY Oh yeah by the way the girls room on the second floor is atrocious. BRANDON I’ll get right to it. He replies sarcastically. CASEY See ya. As she is being pulled away by her friends. BRANDON See ya. INT.COLLEGE-JANITOR’S CLOSET-NIGHT Brandon is sitting at the crowded desk reading “Gone With the Wind”. The door is open a crack behind him and Casey light knocks as she enters. CASEY Hello? BRANDON Oh, hey I was just doing a little reading. Brandon gets up from his seat to take off his jumpsuit. CASEY Really? She walks over and looks at the book. CASEY “Gone With the Wind”? BRANDON Yeah. CASEY I see you must be into moveis. She looks at all the movie posters on the wall. BRANDON Yeah, it’s my way of escaping. CASEY Escaping what? BRANDON Life, I guess. (beat) It gives me kind of a false hope that things can get better. CASEY Why false hope? BRANDON Well it’s a story, nothing more nothing less, just a story. It’s not real. CASEY Yeah, but you can still have hope. BRANDON I guess that all depends on what you hope for. Casey sees the mouse over on a shelf. CASEY Oh my god that’s a mouse. BRANDON Oh yeah it’s Frank. CASEY Frank? BRANDON Yeah as in Sinatra. (beat) Pappy found him wondering the halls one night. CASEY Who’s Pappy? Suddenly a mans voice sounds behind Casey. It’s PAPPY, an older man who’s face shows stories and wisdom. PAPPY Don’t ya know that there are better places to take a lady than a janitor’s closet? BRANDON Hey, Pappy. (beat) Pappy this is Casey. Casey, Pappy. CASEY Nice to meet you. PAPPY The pleasure is all mine, dear. Pappy kisses the top of Casey’s hand. PAPPY I haven’t seen such beauty since my beautiful Louise, God rest her soul. (beat) PAPPY(CONT’D) So I see you got to meet Frank. CASEY Yeah, I’m not fond of mice though. PAPPY Yeah their kind of like old people. People are repulsed by them at first, but they grow on ya. BRANDON Well Pappy we have to get going. PAPPY Okay. It was nice meeting you. As they leave Brandon grabs a blanket. Pappy O.C. is singing an old Frank Sinatra song, happy with the world. Brandon and Casey are walking up a flight of dark stairs. CASEY Where are we going? I don’t feel to good about this. Brandon turns to her with the same intense and honest look as before. BRANDON Do you trust me? He extends his hand. Casey still not sure why she does, take his hand. CASEY Yes. EXT.COLLEGE-ROOF-MOMENTS LATER The door opens to the roof, Brandon and Casey walk out. CASEY Is this okay? BRANDON It’s fine. Brandon takes her to the middle of the roof and spreads out the blanket. CASEY This the first time I’ve been on the roof of a building before. They sit on the blanket next to each other. BRANDON I come up here a lot. CASEY Really? BRANDON Yeah, It’s so quiet, so peaceful. Brandon crosses his legs and leads Casey’s head back to rest on his legs. CASEY What are you doing? BRANDON Just lay back. She lays back, starring at the stars. CASEY What am I looking for? BRANDON Just wait a minute, you’ll see. Suddenly the sky puts on a light show of falling stars. CASEY Wow, that’s beautiful. BRANDON It’s a meteor shower. CASEY It’s like the sky is alive. (beat) I’ve never seen any thing like this before. BRANDON Many people haven’t. They don’t take the time to notice what goes on around them. Brandon’s hand starts to gently caress Casey’s hair. Casey closes her eyes savoring every stroke of his fingers through her hair. She holds his hand, leading it down the side of her face. She gets up and looks at Brandon. Brandon is nervous, as if he’s never seen such beauty. Casey touches his face, softly brushing her finger across his lips. They move in a kiss. It’s a kiss filled with such passion, as if it’s been bottled up impatiently waiting to come out. INT-COLLEGE-CASEY’S DORM-MOMENTS LATER Casey is sitting at her desk writing. She pauses momentarily to look out the window. She sees a silhouetted figure of Brandon standing on the roof of an adjacent building. She turns out the light and looks at the roof one more time, he’s gone. She goes to bed. Lying in the dark touching her lips, thinking about him. INT.COLLEGE-HALL-DAY Brandon is mopping the floor, Casey walks up. CASEY Hey. BRANDON Oh, hey. (beat) Look about last night… CASEY No you don’t have to say anything. BRANDON No, I do. (beat) I didn’t plan for that, it just sort of happened. I’m sorry. CASEY It’s okay. BRANDON I don’t think we did much studying. CASEY That’s okay. I didn’t really plan on doing much studying anyway. BRANDON Oh really? CASEY (with a little smile) I think we should change the subject. BRANDON Look, are you doing anything this weekend? CASEY No, not as of yet. Why? BRANDON Well, I know someone who has a cabin on a lake, not far from here. I have to go up there and finish building a deck. I was wondering if you would want to come with me? CASEY I don’t know, Brandon. It’s weird I don’t really know you. BRANDON I know that it may be kind of soon for something like this. (beat) Do you trust me? In his usual intensity. CASEY I can’t figure out why, but yeah. BRANDON So do you want to go? CASEY Well on one condition. BRANDON What’s that? CASEY We take my car, I’m not riding on the back of your bike. They share a laugh. BRANDON Deal. (beat) I’ll meet you at your car at eight tomorrow. Is that okay? CASEY No that’s fine I don’t have a class on Fridays. (beat) I drive a white beamer. Here’s my tag. Casey rips out a piece of paper and scratches her plate number on it. She hands it to Brandon, it reads “PRINCES”. BRANDON You’re kidding me, right? He laughs. CASEY No, it was a gift from my father. (beat) Well, I have to go meet Mary and Jen. BRANDON Ah, Mary and Jen. (beat) Okay, I’ll see you tomorrow. CASEY Great, see ya. She walks off. Brandon looks at the scrap paper once again. BRANDON Princes. He laughs. INT.COLLEGE-JANITOR’S CLOSET-NIGHT Pappy walks in while Brandon is reading at the desk. PAPPY Good evenin’. BRANDON Hey, Pappy. Pappy walks over to Frank and drops a few pellets in his cage. PAPPY How’s ole blue-eyes doin’ this evenin’? (beat) That’s a nice girl ya got there. Brandon stops rading and turns around. BRANDON Yeah, she is great. But she’s far from mine. PAPPY Oh, what makes you believe this? BRANDON We’re just two really different people. PAPPY So. BRANDON So there’s no way it’ll work. PAPPY Look, let me tell ya a story. (beat) It’s about this guy and gal. The guy worked all his life just tryin’ to make it. The gal grew up with a silver spoon in her mouth. This guy fell in love with this gal and he stopped at nothin’ till he had her. BRANDON Let me guess it was you and Louise. PAPPY Are you kiddin’ me and Louise both were dirt poor. I just thought it made a good story. BRANDON So it never happened. Pappy on his way out the door with a janitor’s cart. PAPPY Doesn’t mean it couldn’t happen. Pappy O.C. fades away singing Frank Sinatra. EXT.DORM-PARKING LOT-DAY Brandon is waiting outside by Casey’s car. BRANDON Princes. INT.DORM-CASEY’S ROOM-SAME TIME Casey is scurrying around her room getting ready. Mary gets up and looks out the window and sees Brandon standing by her car. MARY I don’t believe this. You’re going away with him? CASEY Mary, don’t start. MARY What do you know about him? CASEY I know enough. Go back to bed. She leaves the room. EXT-DORM-PARKING LOT-MOMENTS LATER Casey comes up to the car. CASEY I’m so sorry I’m late. BRANDON Don’t sweat it. You all set? CASEY Yep, I’ve been looking forward to this. BRANDON So have I. (beat) Do you want to drive, or do you want me to drive? CASEY You can drive since I don’t know where I’m going. She tosses him the keys and the load the car. INT-CAR-MOMENTS LATER Brandon and Casey are settled into the drive. CASEY Can I ask a question? BRANDON Shoot. CASEY So why are you a janitor? You seem to be a smart guy. BRANDON (smiling) Oh thanks. CASEY You know what I mean. BRANDON Yeah, I’m just playin’. (beat) Why am I a janitor? (thinks) Well it’s just a job that allows me to keep to-myself, if that makes any sence. CASEY Yeah, actually it makes a lot of sence. There is a moment of awkwardness. Then they pull in the driveway. BRANDON Well here we are. As they come up the driveway the trees move away to reveal a spectacular log cabin. INT.CABIN-MOMENTS LATER Casey walks through the front door. She stops in the foyer and is admiring the beauty of the cabin. CASEY Wow it’s gorgeous. BRANDON (O.C) Yeah, she is beautiful. (beat) Here I’ll take your bags. Make yourself at home. Casey walks over to a sliding glass door. It reveals a large framed structure for a deck, and a beautiful sight of the lake. CASEY The view is great. From somewhere in the house. BRANDON Yeah, it’ll be even better once I finish the deck. EXT.CABIN-DECK-MOMENTS LATER Brandon is outside laying the floor boards down on the deck. Casey is outside watching. She is lost in thought watching Brandon with no shirt and sweat glistening off his body. CASEY Can I help with something? Brandon pauses for a moment. BRANDON Actually, yeah. C’mere. Casey walks over. BRANDON See the ends of the boards? He points out the half moon shape of the wood grain. BRANDON All the boards have to lay with the half moon facing down. CASEY Like this? Casey flips a board for and example. BRANDON Exactly. I’m going to lift the boards up on the deck and you can flip them. CASEY Okay, but what is the difference? BRANDON Trees grow around. When you cut a board it still wants to grow, and what happens is if the moons are facing up it creates cups in the floor making it uncomfortable to walk on, not to mention ugly. CASEY Oh, how do you know so much about this? BRANDON I used to build decks and things with my dad. He taught me a lot. CASEY Are you close to your parents? There is an awkward pause. BRANDON I was. CASEY Was? Did you have a fight or something? BRANDON They’re dead. CASEY Oh, I’m sorry. BRANDON That’s okay. How were you to know? CASEY How long ago? BRANDON A little over a year. CASEY Is it okay that I asked you? We don’t have to talk about it if you don’t want. BRANDON No, it’s okay. I haven’t talked about it since it happened. CASEY Really? Why? BRANDON I don’t know really. It’s just one of those things. (beat) Any more questions? CASEY Yeah, what’s your favorite color? BRANDON My favorite color? CASEY I read in a magazine once, how you can tell what a person is like by their favorite color. BRANDON Um, blue. Casey stops working. Brandon walks up to her and wipes sweat of his face with his shirt. Casey is trying to hide the fact that she wants to jump him. BRAODON What does that tell you about me? CASEY That you are kind, generous, caring, passionate and… BRANDON And what? CASEY A good lover. INT.CABIN-DUSK Casey comes out of a bedroom drying her hair with a towel. She stops to look out the glass door at Brandon. He’s sitting on the deck with his shirt unbuttoned revealing part of his chest and his hair wet from the shower. Casey stops and admires him. Admiring everything about him. EXT.CABIN-DECK-MOMENTS LATER Casey walks out the sliding door with two drinks in her hand. CASEY Here ya go. Handing Brandon one of the drinks. BRANDON Oh thanks. (beat) It’s beautiful isn’t it? CASEY Yeah. BRANDON I’ve got a few kabobs on the grill, their almost ready. Casey looks around and sees a blanket on the deck with candles in the middle, a bottle of wine and two wine glasses. Brandon gets up and checks the kabobs. Casey picks a spot at the blanket. CASEY Brandon, this is nice, you didn’t have to. BRANDON I didn’t do it because I felt like I had to. Brandon sits down on the blanket with the steaks. He pours two glasses of wine. CASEY This is so nice. BRANDON I’m glad you like it. I wasn’t sure you would. CASEY Oh, yeah it’s beautiful. Why didn’t you think I would like it? BRANDON I just didn’t peg you for the, sittin’ on the ground kabob eatin’ type of girl. CASEY (smiling) Don’t be so quick to judge. INT.CABIN-LIVING ROOM-MOMENTS LATER Casey is sitting in a chair writing in a journal. She watches Brandon in the kitchen cleaning up. CASEY Are you sure I can’t help you with anything. BRANDON Nope, I got it covered. CASEY Can I tell you something? BRANDON Sure. CASEY It’s- Casey is interrupted by the sound of a car’s screeching tires and a little girl screaming. Brandon and Casey look at each other, then run out the door. EXT.CABIN-STREET-MOMENTS LATER Brandon is kneeling in front of a car where a dog is lying. A little girl is crying and Casey is holding her. Brandon looks at the girl. BRANDON It’s going to be okay honey. DRIVER Oh my god I didn’t see him, I didn’t see him. BRANDON Look calm down. DRIVER What can I do? BRANDON (at DRIVER) Would you take the two of them to get her parents? DRIVER Yeah, c’mon. CASEY (at girl) Where do you live? They get in the car and leave. Brandon sees that there is no sign of life in the dog. He touches the dog on his chest… …closes his eyes and concentrates hard. Suddenly the dog begins to move. The dog is now awake. Casey comes back with the girl and her parents in their car. FATHER Is he okay? BRANDON I think he’s fine, but you should take him to the vet to be sure. FATHER Lets get him in the car. Brandon and the girl’s father carefully place the dog in the back seat. MOTHER Thank you so much. Brandon looks at the little girl in the back seat with the dog. BRANDON Don’t worry he’s going to be just fine. He shuts the door and the car drives off. Brandon and Casey are walking up to the cabin. Brandon stops and all of a sudden feels dizzy. Casey realizes that Brandon is not right behind her. She turns to him. CASEY Are you okay? Brandon is leaning on a tree. BRANDON Yeah I’m fine. I just felt dizzy for some reason. Brandon walks up to Casey. CASEY You sure you’re okay? Do you need to go to the doctors? BRANDON No, I’m fine. Don’t worry. INT.CABIN-BATHROOM-MOMENTS LATER Brandon is washing his hands. Casey is watching him. CASEY Just when I don’t think you could possibly surprise me anymore, you do. BRANDON So what were you saying earlier. CASEY Oh it was nothing. CUT TO: Brandon is sitting on the couch down stairs by himself enjoying a glass of wine. Casey walks up behind him quietly and she touches the back of his neck. She comes around to the front of him. She startles his lap and starts caressing his bare chest. She sees the scar on his chest. CASEY What’s this? BRANDON It’s from an accident. Brandon’s hand comes up to her face. Casey leans her face into his hand. She opens her robe revealing herself to him. His hand moves slowly down her neck. Her head leans back as she savors each and every sensation of his touch. Brandon’s hands come down to her chest and he closes her robe. Casey looks at him confused. CASEY Is something wrong? BRANDON Yes. I mean no, not with you, it’s me. Casey moves off of his lap and Brandon out of frustration gets up off the couch and walks to the sliding door and looks out over the lake. Casey quietly gets up and goes up stairs. CUT TO: Brandon walks into a dark bedroom with a slightly illuminated by moonlight from a window, where Casey is sleeping. He softly lays down next to her. She rolls over to look at him. CASEY Is everything— He stops her by placing his index finger softly on her lips. He looks at her as if he’s trying to memorize everything about her face. He gently strokes her cheek and she presses her face into his hand. Casey looks at him and they kiss passionately. Brandon rolls over on his back and Casey is on top of him. She runs her hands up his shirt helping him take it off. She caresses his muscular chest. She begins to kiss down his neck, then down his chest and back up until their lips meet again. She takes off her gown revealing her beautiful curves. Brandon sits up wrapping his arms around her waist kissing her chest and neck as she tilts her head back. EXT.CABIN-DECK-DAY Brandon is standing on the deck looking at the lake. The father of the little girl walks up to him. Brandon sees him. BRANDON Morning. JIM Morning. My name is Jim by the way. They shake hands. JIM Look I would like to thank you for what you did last night. BRANDON Think nothing of it. JIM Look, I have a boat and my family and I are going out on the lake later today. Would you and your friend like to join us? BRANDON That sounds good. I’ll ask her when she gets up. JIM Okay, we’ll be at the dock behind our house about at eleven. BRANDON Sounds good. JIM Okay, hope to see you then. Jim walks off. Casey walks up behind him. CASEY Morning. BRANDON Morning. (beat) BRANDON(CONT’D) I’ve made breakfast it’s on the table. (beat) The family from last night invited us to go out on their boat with them later today, if you’re up to it. CASEY Yeah that would be great. BRANDON Look, about last night. CASEY You don’t- BRANDON No, I do. (beat) I just want you to know that I didn’t bring you hear because I had this plan— She stops him by placing her finger on his lips. She kisses him. CASEY It was from an accident. She kisses the scar. Then hugs him. Brandon looks out over the lake with a look of “I’m afraid this will end”. EXT.DOCK-BOAT-SOME TIME LATER Brandon and Casey approach the dock. BRANDON Hello. JIM Oh, hi. Come aboard. Brandon helps Casey on the boat. JIM I’m sorry I didn’t get to introduce myself last night. Jim introduces himself to Casey. JIM I’m Jim, this is my wife Sarah and my daughter Amy. Last but not least our dog Max. Brandon walks over to Max who is laying on Deck. He appears to be in perfect shape. BRANDON So how is Max? JIM Amazingly he’s great. Nothing broken or anything. I really appreciate what you did for us. BRANDON No problem. Casey is talking with Sarah in the Cabin of the boat fixing drinks. SARAH Your husband is really something. CASEY Oh, we’re not married.
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