Bird Box Page #3

Malorie nods. Trying to buy into it.

JESSICA (CONT’D)

How goes the Great Unwrapping?

MALORIE:

It goes. I don’t know what half

this stuff does. Alison got me

something.

JESSICA:

Seriously? What?

MALORIE:

(grin forming)

A wipe warmer.

JESSICA:

(laughs)

Perfect. You’ll think of her every

time you wipe the kid’s ass. C’mon,

let’s get you to the doctor.

Jessica grabs her car keys and her purse from the counter.

NEWS ANCHOR (O.S.)

--but the CDC has not found any

evidence of a contagion.

9.

INT. LIVING ROOM

Jessica passes Malorie, on march for the front door, but

Malorie lingers a moment, captivated by something on TV.

ON SCREEN:
low-quality dashboard camera footage of civilians

fleeing past the car in a downtown district. One of the

people running by wears a HOSPITAL GOWN.

INT. HOSPITAL EXAM ROOM - DAY

Malorie sits on an exam table, wearing a HOSPITAL GOWN.

DR. SUE LAPHAM (40s, cheery) is dressed in a white coat over

her street clothes, and she gestures with her clipboard.

DR. LAPHAM

Thanks for meeting here, by the

way. Another patient of mine is

about to pop. How have you been

feeling? Sleeping any better?

MALORIE:

Sleep is still rough. No one told

me how hard it would be to get

comfortable in this shape.

DR. LAPHAM

You know my method? Couch cushions

on the bed. Here and here, so your

belly fits between them.

MALORIE:

I’ll try that.

DR. LAPHAM

You’re due in twelve weeks, so

let’s try some natural remedies for

the insomnia before I prescribe

anything.

(casually)

You have a name picked?

MALORIE:

Not yet. Something about it... It

hasn’t really clicked with me. You

know? The idea. Motherhood.

DR. LAPHAM

That’s normal. It will pass.

Malorie smiles sadly and nods. While holding that smile:

10.

MALORIE:

What if it doesn’t?

Dr. Lapham reads from her clipboard.

DR. LAPHAM

Everything will change after the

baby’s born. Now, let’s talk about

the next trimester. Expect more

weight gain, but if it gets more

than forty pounds over where you

were before, call me.

CREEPING IN on Malorie as she listens to the doctor, and it

all plays out on her face: A silent war against encroaching

anxiety. She looks away. Takes a breath as Lapham continues:

DR. LAPHAM (O.S.) (CONT’D)

Heartburn will be more common. You

might also deal with hemorrhoids,

discharge, bleeding, and varicose

veins, that’s all natural. Be aware

of Braxton Hicks contractions at

odd hours, like tremors before a

real quake...

The doctor’s voice grows more and more distant as Malorie

struggles to keep it all together. And then-

INT. HOSPITAL BATHROOM - MOMENTS LATER

Malorie vomits into the toilet bowl.

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