Reality
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EXT. VOGELWEH AIR FORCE HOUSING-GERMANY-AFTERNOON
DAVE, 19, walks along the sidewalk in the park with his
girlfriend ALICIA, 18.
ALICIA
So when is your dad leaving?
DAVE
Tuesday.
ALICIA
That sucks.
DAVE
(dismissive)
Yeah, I guess.
Alicia grabs his hand as they walk. He pries it away.
DAVE
Don't.
ALICIA
You're such a punk.
DAVE
What, I don't like holding hands.
ALICIA
(mocking)
I don't like holding hands.
DAVE
Shut up.
She slaps her hand against his ass and squeezes a chunk as
they continue to walk.
INT. DAVE'S APARTMENT-EVENING
The front door slams shut. Dave's mom, CINDY, pulls herself
away from her book and looks up. Dave pops his head in the
living room.
DAVE
Where's dad?
CINDY
He had to go talk to the commander.
DAVE
Oh.
Dave starts towards his bedroom.
CINDY
Dave.
He pops his head back in.
DAVE
Yeah?
CINDY
Did you look for a job today?
Dave drops his head to the side obviously agitated with the
redundancy of the question.
DAVE
Mom.
CINDY
Alright, but you know what your
dads gonna do as soon as he gets
home.
DAVE
Yes I know, run in the room to ask
me that same question. I'm hoping
to get to sleep before he gets
back.
CINDY
You know, he's going to be in Iraq
for an entire year. You might want
to try and smooth things over
before he leaves.
Dave withdraws from the room.
DAVE
I know mom.
CINDY
Good night.
DAVE
Night.
His bedroom door slams shut.
INT. DAVE'S ROOM-MORNING
SUPERIMPOSE: TUESDAY MORNING
Dave's father, JIM, walks in and over to the bed. He gently
shakes Dave's shoulder. Dave slowly opens his eyes. He sees
an etherial silhouette shrouded with light. As his father
comes into focus he rubs his eyes.
JIM
I'm off buddy.
DAVE
Alright. You leaving.
JIM
Yeah.
(Beat)
Do me a favor Dave. Don't sit
around here for too long. I know
you don't want to go back to school
but... Just do something alright.
DAVE
Alright.
JIM
I'll see you later.
DAVE
OK.
Jim quickly hugs him and walks out. Dave sits in silence for
a moment, then sits up and looks out the window.
Jim hugs Cindy goodbye.
Dave quickly scoots to the edge of his bed, grabs a shoe and
puts it on.
He looks for the other but doesn't see it.
He looks out the window again.
Jim gets into the car and drives away.
Dave sits back down, takes his shoe off and throws it on the
ground.
He plops his head down on the pillow and lays with a vacant
expression.
INT. DAVE'S HOUSE-EVENING
SUPERIMPOSE: 2 MONTHS LATER
Dave walks in the front door and down the hall towards the
living room.
DAVE
Well, guess what mom. I finally got
a job.
He walks into the living room and his mother is standing by
the phone wiping her already red, puffy nose. The cheer is
instantly stripped from his face. He stares at her for a
moment.
DAVE
Is it dad?
CINDY
He's gone sweetheart.
She falls into a nearby chair and breaks down crying. Dave
hugs her with seemingly no emotion.
CINDY
What are we going to do?
Dave says nothing, just continues hugging her.
EXT. DAVE'S BALCONY-NIGHT
Dave leans on the balcony rail and blankly stares at the
trees as Alicia walks out. He looks at her and stands up off
the rail.
DAVE
Hey.
ALICIA
Hey.
(Beat)
Your mom called me.
DAVE
Oh.
He stands with his thumbs in his pockets. Alicia walks up
behind him and slowly intertwines her right hand with his
left and squeezes it. He squeezes back and a tear falls from
each of his eyes.
DAVE
I got a job.
THE END
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