Aftertaste Page #4

Season #1 Episode #1

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Shay is on the patio, on the phone and smoking Kretek clove cigarettes.

SHAY:

Lou, my life sucks. I can’t seem to get a

break.

Melody Rae begins dumping out cigarette butts from various ashtrays on the patio into a small trash bin she is carrying.

SHAY:

It’s the healthy kind, ya know?

Melody Rae shakes her head and walks inside.

He takes an exaggerative long drag from his cigarette and then blows it toward the back of her head.

OVER THE NEXT YEAR

INT. Dive bars, movie sets and theaters.

REVEAL:
Shay is now sporting an earring in his left ear and has grown his hair long, wearing it in a ponytail. He is seen hanging out with his new openly gay friend, Lou, at gay bars, on the set of movies playing extra’s with no dialogue in B-movie action scenes. Lou is continually picking his teeth with a noticeably worn toothpick.

Melody Rae, Shay and Lou attend a movie premiere. She witnesses Shay staring at Lou in a longing way, laughing and touching him in a feminine manner.

EXT. CORNER OF LOU’S APARTMENT IN SAN FRANCISCO.

SHAY:

(on a pay phone)

Hey there, Milkshake (chuckle). Listen, we

still have so much work to do on this

screenplay. I mean producers are totally

interested. It’s gonna be a big deal.

MELODY RAE:

(in bed, barely awake)

Who is we?

SHAY:

Me and Lou.

MELODY RAE:

Of course.

SHAY:

So anyway...I’ll be staying here for the

night. I mean it would be kinda ridiculous

for me to take a taxi to the other side of

town just to have to turn around and head

back in a few hours.

MELODY RAE:

Right.

SHAY:

So...night.

(hangs up)

REVEAL:
Melody Rae answering her phone out of a dead sleep many nights in a row. Each time she nods her head and hangs up. Sleeping alone, night after night.

SUPERIMPOSE:

Fishbone #4

SUPERIMPOSE:
THE HARD ROCK TRUTH

INT. HARD ROCK CAFÉ

Melody Rae enters The Hard Rock Café and walks toward the bar. She witnesses Lou and Shay with their arms around one another in a booth, engaged in an intimate conversation.

Shay and Lou instantly drop their arms to their sides.

They all hug, and then Melody Rae sits to the left of Shay on the edge of the booth.

DISSOLVE TO:

An hour later:
Image on table of appetizers mostly eaten, several empty beer bottles and a half empty wine glass.

Melody Rae excuses herself from the table to use the bathroom. When she returns, she sees from a distance Shay and Lou in yet another close embrace. This time, she sees Shay scan the room apprehensively and then turn, face Lou, lean forward and kiss him.

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