Ouija Page #5

She looks down at the mementos. Laine puts Debbie’s infinity

charm bracelet on her wrist. She dangles a little penguin

with sunglasses keychain on her finger...

...when she hears a loud car MUFFLER outside. .

Laine goes to the window. Her sister SARAH (15) emerges from

a beat-up car that proceeds to head off down the street.

The girl comes up the sidewalk as Laine’s FATHER storms out

of the house. !Laine cracks her bedroom window to listen -

MR. MORENO

-- that’s the guy you skipped

school with today? What the hell’s

going on with you?!

Sarah responds. !Her voice low. !Laine unable to make it out.

MR. MORENO (CONT’D)

Well, you better start caring.

Because I’m getting calls at work.

Principal said one more no-show and

you’re getting expelled -

10.

Laine watches as her father follows Sarah into the house,

their ARGUING VOICES muffled through the walls.

INT. HALLWAY - MOMENTS LATER

SARAH stomps up the stairs into the hallway and we get our

first real look at her. !Heavy makeup. !Growing up too fast.

Sarah sees Laine standing there.

SARAH:

Great. !Now I get to be blessed

with your opinion too. !Lucky me.

LAINE:

I can’t believe you weren’t at the

funeral. !Actually, I can. It’s

totally typical.

Sarah keeps heading to her room. !Laine follows.

SARAH:

Can’t be around people crying. !All

sad and stuff -

LAINE:

-- Debbie was always good to you.

Especially when mom left -

SARAH:

-- I know. !Okay.

(beat)

And now she’s gone too. .

Sarah steps into her room and closes the door, leaving Laine

alone in the hallway.

INT. LAINE’S ROOM - MOMENTS LATER

Laine steps to her bed, starts putting Debbie’s things back

in the box. She glances over and sees that a PHOTO has

fallen on the floor. !Face down. !She picks it up.

It’s Laine and Debbie circa 7th grade. !The two girls are in

their pajamas playing a OUIJA BOARD.

Two girls playing Ouija. We’ve seen this photo.

Laine stares at the photo. Lost in thought. She notices

something. Runs her finger over a GLARE streaking across the

Ouija board in the image. It’s odd.

Then -- LAINE'S COMPUTER SCREEN. !Photo folders. !Click.

Recent Instagram pics of Laine and her friends.

11.

INT. LAINE’S BEDROOM - NIGHT - LATER

Laine scrolls through her digital photos. !Going backwards

through the years.! And Laine finally finds the exact same

photo of her and Debbie on the floor playing the Ouija.

Laine holds up the printed photo next to the image on her

screen. There's no glare on her computer version. !The one

from Debbie's bulletin board is definitely different.

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