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JACOB:

Mom and Dad would kill us.

RUDY:

We can’t let him tear it down.

JACOB:

It’s just a treehouse.

RUDY:

No, it’s not! You know what, you

suck. I’m going. Leonard, you in?

JACOB:

You don’t have to go if you don’t

want to.

RUDY:

Don’t listen to him. He’s a p*ssy.

Leonard looks between Jacob and Malee.

LEONARD:

I’ll go.

RUDY:

Finally, someone with balls.

Insulted, Jacob slides off the rock and walks away. Malee

follows.

RUDY (CONT'D) (cont’d)

Let them go.

The fireworks display begins. As they turn to watch it...

INT. TWIN’S HOME - BOY’S BEDROOM - MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT

We SCAN the room and come to a set of BUNK BEDS.

SFX:
ELECTRIC WATCH ALARM

A body in the top bunk sits up and turns on a small bed

light. Reveal, it’s RUDY. Rudy grabs his watch from the

post and silences the alarm. Jacob sits up in bed.

(CONTINUED)

14.

CONTINUED:

JACOB:

Rudy.

RUDY:

Unless you’re coming with me, I

don’t want to hear it.

Jacob lies back in bed, silent. Rudy jumps off the top bunk,

gets dressed and grabs a BASEBALL BAT. Before leaving, Rudy

looks back at Jacob and shakes his head, disappointed.

RUDY (cont’d)

You know, you can’t be a p*ssy all

your life.

JACOB:

What?

RUDY:

Jeff and Kenny pick on you all the

time, and you don’t do sh*t.

JACOB:

It’s my problem.

RUDY:

No, it’s mine too. Cause we’re

brothers. That’s what brothers do.

They fight for each other, kill for

each other, die for each other.

JACOB:

I don’t feel that way.

RUDY:

Cause you’re a p*ssy. So stay

home, keep your head under the

blankets. I’m gonna fight.

With that, Rudy disappears out the window.

FADE TO BLACK:

DARKNESS... SFX:
CREAKING DOOR. A FLASHLIGHT illuminates the

location. We are...

INT. TREEHOUSE - LATER THAT NIGHT

Leonard and Rudy enter with the help of a flashlight.

Leonard reaches inside his backpack and removes a number of

SNACK CAKES from his backpack.

(CONTINUED)

15.

CONTINUED:

LEONARD:

(re:
snack cakes)

Some provisions.

RUDY:

We’re only gonna be here a couple

of hours.

LEONARD:

When two o’clock rolls around,

you’ll be begging for one of these.

Rudy shakes his head, removes his BAT from his backpack.

LEONARD (cont’d)

(re:
baseball bat)

I didn’t bring my glove.

RUDY:

Moron, the bat is for Jeff and

Kenny. You know, to scare them a

little.

He swings it hard.

RUDY (cont’d)

Maybe it’s best if we don’t talk.

Just listen. Listen for them, and

don’t fall asleep.

LEONARD:

I’m wide awake. I could stay up

all night.

EST. EXT. WOODS - LATER THAT NIGHT

The treehouse is illuminated by the full moon, which rests in

the sky above. The thunderous sound of a million crickets

fills the air.

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