Setting:

Three people are standing in front of a small house on an old and overgrown lot.  The lot sits at the end of a dead end streets and the pavement is old and cracked.  The other houses are small and similarly over grown but to varying degrees.  The drive way runs from the street to behind the house  and they are standing near the walkway which leads up to the front porch.  There is Stacy, and her boy friend Lucas.  The third is Daniel.  

Page 1

Panel A:  Establishing shot of the street and the three people standing under the 	      yellow light.  

Panel B:  The back of Daniel, looking at Stacy and Lucas.  

	Stacy "Daniel, why won't you ride with Pete?"

Panel C: Daniel, looking down.  

	Daniel "I don't know"

Panel D: Daniel looking at the light and squinting.

	Daniel "It's a nice night;  I want to walk." 

Pane E: All three from the side.  Stacy gesturing pointedly.

	Stacy "You're being ridiculous, you know that?" 

	Daniel "heh..."

Panel F:  Pete drives by in his car waving.  Daniel looks over his shoulder, Stacy has her arms crossed and Lucas waves back  

Page 2

Panel A:  Stacy, arms crossed and annoyed.  

	Stacy "Well?" 

		"Why are you acting like that?"

Panel B:  Daniel cringing a bit from the awkward tension.  

	Daniel "Lucas, you mind if I bum a cigarette?" 

Panel C: Lucas offers a cigarette and Daniel reaches to take it.  

	Daniel "Thanks"

Panel D: Daniel lights the cigarette, covering the flame with his hand and shoulder. 

Panel E: Daniel exhales a long drag.  They watch him.  

	Daniel "well" 

Panel F: Daniel is turning to go, with one hand out waving.  

	Daniel "Thanks for the movie, see you guys later." 

	Lucas "Later man." 

Panel G: Daniel is walking away into the shadow.  Stacy is watching him go and Lucas as turned to go inside.  He has one hand on her shoulder as he turns.  

Page 3

Panel A: Daniel arrives at a corner, it's dark.

Panel B:  He looks across the street at a convenience store. 

Panel C: An old lincoln passes him as he crosses the street towards the store.  

Panel D:  He heads up the street silhouetted by light over the top of the hill.  

Panel E: He gets to the top and arrives at a large intersection.  

Panel F:  He crosses beneath a big, dark, angular building with a sign that says, College of Art, Architecture, and Design.

Panel G:  He is walking through a dark and abstract set of buildings and sidewalks.  

Panel H: He arrives at the entrance to a long alley with high brick walls.  

Page 4

Panel A: Daniel begins to walk down the alley.

Panels B-D: Rain drops begin to appear on the pavement.

Panel E: Noticing the rain, Daniel puts his hand out and looks up.  

Panel F: It begins to pour.  Daniel pulls his jacket up and runs for an over pass at the end of the alley. 

	"Shit"

Page 5 

Panel A: Daniel reaches the underpass and shakes off the rain.  

Panel B:  He sits hard on the curb.

Panel C:  He is sitting on the curb with his head in his hands.  

	voice "Hello there"
Panel D: An older woman is standing a few feet away looking at Daniel.  

	Woman "Are you alright?" 

Panel E: Daniel looks up startled.  

	Daniel "Yeah" 

Panel F:  Woman.

	Woman "It doesn't look like I'm leaving afterall"

Panel G: Daniel looking up.

	Daniel "yeah"

Page 6

Panel A: Woman Takes a step closer. 

	Woman "Are you headed back to the dormitory?"

Panel B: Daniel sits back a little.

	Daniel "Yeah"

		"I was going to wait for the rain to..."  

Panel C:  The woman looks down over her glasses.  

	Woman "I was grading papers in my office"

		"Trying to get a head start on the weekend"

Panel D: both of them.

	Woman "When I came out you looked upset. You're sure you're alright?"

	Daniel "Yeah... just thinking"

Panel E: Woman smiling, pulling out a cigarette. 

	Woman "Well, that's no reason to look upset." 

		"do you mind?"

Panel F: Daniel shakes his head, smiling slightly.  

	Daniel "heh"
	
	Woman "Do you mind if I ask what you were thinking about?" 

	Daniel "Uh, just...  a friend.  I guess"  

Page 7

Panel A:  Woman comes to stand next to where Daniel is sitting.  She exhales.

	Woman "A girl?"

Panel B: Daniel looks down at his feet.

	Daniel "A girl, but it isn't..." 

	Woman "oh, I see" 

Panel C: Daniel looks toward her feet beside him.  

	Daniel "She just said I was acting weird"

		"I don't know why"  
	
	Woman "Oh"  

Panel D:  Woman.

	Woman "Well what happened to make her say it?" 

Panel E:  Daniel leans back and props himself up with his hands.  

	Daniel "I don't know, she mad at me or something" 

	Woman "Why's that?"

Panel F: Daniel looking forward.  

	Daniel "I don't know"

Page 8

Panel A: Woman looking down blowing smoke.

	Woman "You sure don't know a lot" 

	Daniel "Heh..." 

Panel B:  Daniel his arm his knee. 

	Daniel "I don't know, it just seems weird"

	Woman "What seems weird?"

	Daniel "Someone being mad at me, I guess"

Panel C: Woman looks confused.

	Woman "Why's that?"

	Daniel "I don't know,  I don't do anything"

		"Why would someone be mad at me?"

Panel D:  Both of them.  The Woman looks over at him.  

	Woman "Maybe that's why" 

Panel E: Daniel shakes his head.

	Daniel "No, she didn't want me to walk back."

		"Some guy was driving and she thought I should go with him"

	Woman "Oh"

Panel F: Woman stops smoking to look down at Daniel, her arm out and elbow resting on her hip.

	Woman "Well, why didn't you want to go with him?" 

	Daniel "Why? It's a nice night and I like walking."

		"She thinks it's dangerous or something" 

Page 9

Panel A:  The woman looks up, eyes wide.  Daniel is looking at his feet.

	Woman "Maybe she thinks you're putting yourself in danger on purpose."

		"Are you?"

Panel B: Daniel looks straight ahead and scrunches his face as if he doesn't understand the question.  

	Daniel "Am I what?"

	Woman "being self destructive?" 

Panel C: Daniel thinks about it.  

Panel D: Daniel giving up.  

	"It isn't dangerous" 

	Woman "Maybe" 

	Daniel "It isn't!" 

	Woman "She thinks it is"

Panel E:  Daniel stares at his shoes some more.  The woman smokes quietly.

Panel F: Daniel looks up with an idea.  

	Daniel "Maybe that's why she gave me that weird look in the kitchen" 

	Woman "what happened in the kitchen?"

Page 10

Panel A: Daniel in a kitchen standing in front of an open refrigerator.

	"We were all drinking before we went out, as we were leaving I went back to 	get my shoes..."

Panel B: Daniel drinking from a large bottle with Stacy standing there giving him a questioning look.  

	"and drank a little more.  She came back and gave me some weird look"

Panel C: Woman ashes her cigarette.

	Woman "Why did you drink more?"

	Daniel "I don't know, i wasn't drunk I guess" 

Panel D: Woman looks over at Daniel. 

	Woman "Why did you want to be drunk?"

	Daniel "I don't know, isn't that why you drink?" 

Panel E: both of them.

	Woman "Maybe she's just worried about you?"

Panel F: The woman bends down and grinds her cigarette into the curb.  Daniel is staring straight ahead.

Page 11

Panel A: She takes a few steps away pulling her coat tighter.  

	Woman "Well it's let up a little"

		"I'm going to make a run for it" 

Panel B: Daniel looks up as she dashes into the rain, but turns to say goodbye.

	Woman "It was nice talking to you, good luck" 
	
Panel C: Daniel waves weakly as she disappears into the night.  

	(small)Daniel "see ya" 

Panel D:  Daniel Stands up and brushes off his pants for no reason. 
	
	"Huh..." 

Panel E: He stands on the edge of the rain for a second.  

Panel F:  He dives out from under the cover and starts to run.  

Page 12

Panel A: Birds eye, Daniel running up to a building towards large double doors with light streaming out.  

Panel B: Daniel hunched over walking by the door monitors.

Panel C: Looking down a long stair well as Daniel starts up it from the bottom.  

Panel D: Daniel opening a door in a narrow bright hall.  

Panel E: Daniel cross his room pulling off his shoes and coat.

Panel F: Daniel getting into bed  and pulling of his pants.  

Page 13

Panel A: Straight above: Daniel is laying staring straight up.  Not looking sleepy.

Panel B: He turns to the right.  

Panel C: H turns to the left.

Panel D: From the side we see him curled up in bed, his eyes still open.  

Panel E: His eyes close.

Panel F: Black panel.  

the end.