Human Nature Page #3

KID BROTHER (O.S.)

(muffled)

Hey, no fair!

TWELVE YEAR OLD LILA

Drop dead, Eric.

Lila stands nervously in front of the full-length mirror on

her closet door. She takes a deep breath and begins to

unbutton her shirt, watching herself carefully in the mirror.

ADULT LILA (V.O.)

Something terrible started to happen

to my body when I was twelve. My

mother said because of it I would

never be able to get a man, so I

should get used to the idea of

dedicating my life to the pursuit of

knowledge, or religion... or whatever.

Lila's shirt is now unbuttoned. She pulls it open. She is

wearing a training bra over the very beginning of breast

buds. On the chest above the bra, and on her stomach below

it, is hair. Dark curly hair. She stares at it, touches it

cautiously. Then she starts to cry. She crouches into a ball

and weeps.

ADULT LILA (V.O.)

The doctor said...

CUT TO:

INT. DOCTOR'S OFFICE - DAY

Old fashioned office. Twelve year old Lila sits on the

examination table, her shirt off. An elderly male doctor

touches the hair, fingers it. Her mother looks on.

DOCTOR:

(to the mother)

It's hormonal. Nature is a funny and

complex thing. It could get worse

with time.

Young Lila turns to the camera.

TWELVE YEAR OLD LILA

By the time I was twenty I looked

like an ape.

CUT TO:

INT. POLICE STATION - NIGHT

The cop who vomited, gags again. Lila stares at him. Her

face is hard, blank. She stubs out her cigarette.

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