Act Two, Scene Four
The Coffee Shop, same day, late afternoon.
The coffee shop is closed, Willow works alone, closing up. The chairs are on the tables, he's busy vacuuming. The door opens.
WILLOW
Um, we're closed!!!!
(Shaggy enters.)
SHAGGY
Uh, sorry.
(Willow shuts off vaccuum cleaner.)
WILLOW
Hey there, um---
SHAGGY
Call me Shaggy.
WILLOW
Oh, right. Um?
SHAGGY
You're closed, I can see that. I was hoping to see Deborah?
WILLOW
Deborah? Oh, Tru, that's right. Um, she left already.
SHAGGY
Oh, yeah?
WILLOW
Yeah, I can take a message or---
SHAGGY
How is she...doing? We've all been...worried.
WILLOW
Worried?
SHAGGY
Yeah. So, you know where she might be?
WILLOW
Um, yeah, she'll be here tomorrow morning and...
SHAGGY
And?
WILLOW
We live together so--
SHAGGY
Oh? You live together?
WILLOW
Well, not like that. Well, at least not--
SHAGGY
Yet?
WILLOW
Well--
SHAGGY
Careful.
WILLOW
Everyone keeps saying that.
Fade into:
Tru's bedroom, same day.
Tru sits on her bed, laptop before her. She stares blankly at the screen.
Pov: Tru, computer screen open to writing software, page is blank, cursor flashes, Camera zooms in closer to cursor flashing, flashing, flashing, boom, boom, boom
CLOSE UP: Tru's face, tired, overwhelmed
Wide: Tru gets up and crosses over to her dresser
Tru stares into her mirror. She opens a drawer and starts rummaging through, pulls out a small cardboard box, sets it before her on dresser counter. She looks back at herself in the mirror, then slowly opens the box, and slowly pulls out pentagram necklace, she lets it fall gently into her other hand, stares at it, and then looks up into the mirror.
Fade into:
Flashback:
Tru leans against a tree, Matthew stands across from her, leaning against another tree. They are in a woodsy area. Matthew holds a joint in one hand and a lighter in the other. He lights the joint, lights it, brings it to his lips, a pentagram necklace falls out of his shirt and hangs around his neck. He hands joint to Tru, who takes it, her hand brushes against his as she does so. He smiles at her, sweetly and sort of seductively. She takes the joint with one hand and with the other reaches up and fingers the necklace.
MATTHEW
An old friend gave me that.
TRU
Yeah?
MATTHEW
Yeah, an ex.
TRU
Oh? Oh, an ex.
MATTHEW
Yeah, we're still friends, just friends.
TRU
Just friends.
MATTHEW
Yeah, I'm interested in someone else now.
TRU
Yeah?
MATTHEW
She's this really nice girl, just started coming to the cafe, makes me laugh, I like it when she comes in.
TRU
Yeah, she likes coming in, well, I mean, I imagine she does.
(Matthew takes Tru's hand from the necklace, holds it. He pulls her close to him, he looks over her face, she smiles up at him. He leans in close, they hug for a long time. Then slowly turn their faces towards each other.)
Fade out.
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