Setting: Louis is laying a small but still large enough to fit him bed. He is curled up in a ball and staring at the blank white wall. The bed is comfortable-looking, and has colors of blue and green. The carpet looks soft and lush, not to mention matching the shade of green gass. The light overhead symbolizes the sun. Louis's room looks like a forest in the summertime. He continues to stare at the wall for a moment, and then a soft knock sounds on Louis's door. From the other side, Camille's voice is muffled.
Camille: Louis? Can I come in?
Louis: (Divoid of emotion) Sure.
Setting: Camille enters and looks ahsamedly at the floor. Louis continues staring at the wall.
Louis: What do you want?
Camille: I'm sorry that I said mean things about Ramona.
Louis: (For the first time, he shows emotion, and begins to rub his temples) I'm sorry, too.
Camille: Am I forgiven?
Louis: Are you honestly sorry, not just saying it?
Camille: (Murmurs) Yes.
Louis: Then you're forgiven.
Camille: Thank you.
Louis: You're welcome.
Setting: Camille waits for a moment, and when he says nothing else, she looks up to him - he's back to staring at the wall.
Camille: Do you love her?
Louis: Yes.
Camille: Do you want to?
Louis: I don't know, Cami. It's made everything so much harder.
Camille: Our lives would have been hard enough without her, Lou. She's made things a lot easier.
Louis: Like?
Camille: Well... she's given us a glimpse of what we'll have to decide when we die. When Mom went crazy, she made her sleep, so she'd be easier to handle. And she helps souls to their places every night so Daddy doesn't have to wait that long.
Louis: Hm. I guess she is helpful.
Setting: Camille walks over to the bed and climbs up on it, and then curls up beside him. He glances at her and then returns to staring at the wall.
Camille: Louis?
Louis: Yes?
Camille: You're a good older brother.
Louis: Thank you.
Camille: But sometimes you're so STUPID.
Louis: (Looks at Camille quizically) excuse me?
Camille: If you love her, whether you want to or not, you have to understand that she's different. You're having a lot of trouble grasping that Daddy's dead and will always be dead. But he can have another chance. Because you have a problem with sharing is no reason to not give Daddy a second chance at life.
Louis: (Defensive) I do NOT have a problem with sharing.
Camille: Yes, you do. That's why you haven't let me read any of your books; that's why you never let Steve show up at the forest again.
Louis: (Flushing) You found out about that?
Camille: I have ways, Louis. Ways.
Setting: The tense atmosphere is lifted and Louis bursts out laughing. The two siblings snuggle closer together and watch the wall together before the scene fades to black.
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The Escort (the Screenplay)
Fantasy"Hello, little one. What is your name?" It is with those seven words the story begins. Ramona Spencer is an escort, a person who has died and chosen to help the reincarnation process. Louis is a normal teenager, living with his mother and sister whi...
