Twilight Page #2

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FIND A TWO LANE HIGHWAY along which drives A POLICE

CRUISER... PUSH IN on the cruiser until we reach

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THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW

Bella looks out, taking in her gloomy new surroundings..

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6 INT. POLICE CRUISER - DAY - WAITING AT LIGHT

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Bella sits next to her uniformed father, police chief CHARLIE

SWAN, 40's. Taciturn, introverted like Bella. Their strained

silence contrasts Bella's relationship with her mother. Beat.

CHARLIE:

Your hair's longer.

BELLA:

I cut it since last time I saw you.

CHARLIE:

Guess it grew out again.

She just nods. Silence.

CHARLIE:

How's your mom?

BELLA:

Good.

More silence. Yikes. They pass a SIGN: “The City Of Forks

Welcomes You - Pop. 3246.” Bella sighs.

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7 EXT. FORKS, WASHINGTON - DAY

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As the cruiser drives through, Bella takes in this logging town

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every storefront has a wood carving. The Timber Museum's sign is

two loggers sawing a stump. The POLICE STATION is a small wooden

building across from City Hall..

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8 EXT. CHARLIE'S HOUSE - DAY

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The cruiser pulls up to the old two-story house. A woodshed full

of firewood. There's a small boat in the garage, fishing gear, an

old buoy. Bella climbs out... home.

9 INT. CHARLIE'S HOUSE - DAY

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Bella and Charlie carry in her bags. The house isn't stylish

(the only new thing here is a Flat Screen T.V.), but it's

comfortable, lived-in. Lots of fishing memorabilia; photos

of Charlie fishing with Quileute Indian BILLY BLACK.

Handmade cards to “Daddy” and photos of Bella. She winces at

herself, age 7, in a tutu, sitting stubbornly on the ground.

CHARLIE:

I put Grandpa's old desk in your

room. And I cleared some shelves

in the bathroom.

BELLA:

(grimacing)

That's right. One bathroom.

Bella's eye lands on a PHOTO of a much younger Charlie and

Rene, on vacation, beaming with love.

CHARLIE:

I'll just put these up in your room

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BELLA:

I can do it

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They both reach for the bags, bumping one another awkwardly.

Bella backs off, letting Charlie carry the bags upstairs.

10 INT. BELLA'S ROOM - DAY 10

An antique rolltop desk sits in a corner. The room is filled with

childhood remnants that have seen better days. As she unpacks her

CD case, loneliness finally overwhelms her. She sits heavily on

the edge of the bed, tears threatening..

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Then we hear a HONK outside. Bella runs across the hall and looks

out the window to see

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11 OUTSIDE - A FADED RED TRUCK, CIRCA 1960 pulls up... 11

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EXT. CHARLIE'S HOUSE - DAY

Bella exits to find Charlie greeting the driver, JACOB BLACK,

16, Quileute Indian, amiable with long black hair, and hints of

childish roundness in his face. The two of them help Jacob's

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