73. Flash - Leslie

• FADE IN:


• EXT. WILSHIRE BLVD - NIGHT


• JEREMY rides his bike slowly down the street, wobbling every so often as he slows to stare at the large black box he clutches in his left hand.


• He grins at the box, unaware of the squad car in front of him.


• An OFFICER looks out the window of the car and spots the black box.


• OFFICER MUNEZ
• Gun!


• His partner jumps outside of the car, gun drawn.


• OFFICER MUNEZ
• Kid! Stop.


• Jeremy looks up and hits the breaks, but keeps going forwardl; he panics and tries to speed up.


• Munez and his partner fire.


• Jeremy falls, clutching the box.


• Officer Munez approaches carefully, gun drawn.


• He kneels over Jeremy's bloody body.


• He sees the black box.


• OFFICER MUNEZ
• Oh God.


• He carefully pulls the top of the box off, revealing a single, long-stemmed blood-orange daisy with a note tied around the stem.


• He buries his face in his hands.


• OFFICER MUNEZ
• God.


• EXT. WILSHIRE BLVD - LATER


• Cameras flash as the crime scene team surrounds Jeremy's body.


• A GLOVED HAND slowly pulls the rose from the box.


• A camera flashes.


• INT. MARIA AND JOHN'S FLOWER CREATIONS - DAY


• Jeremy pores over the selection of daisies, and finally picks the one he likes.


• The store keeper starts to box it.


• JEREMY
• Wait, please.


• He pulls small note from his pocket and wraps it around the stem.


• The store keeper places the flower and note in a black box.


• EXT. WILSHIRE BLVD - NIGHT


• A camera flashes and an INVESTIGATOR pulls an intricately twisted piece of wire with cowry shell in the center from Jeremy's pocket.


• A camera flashes.


• EXT. VENICE BEACH - DAY


• Jeremy runs in the sand, trying to catch ANGEL.


• She never faces us, her long hair wrapping around her face and back.


• Something catchers her eye, and she stops, kneeling in the sand.


• She pulls a cowry shell trapped in some wire from the sand, and begins reshaping the wire.


• EXT. WILSHIRE BLVD - NIGHT


• Cameras flash around the scene, and the coroner waits above the body.


• An investigator pulls the blood-spattered bike up from the ground.


• A camera flashes.


• EXT. BEVERLY HILLS - DAY


• Angel and Jeremy race their bikes along the sidwalks of Beverly Hills.


• Patrons at roadside cafes glance nervously at the black kids racing along the streets.


• Jeremy catches their looks and makes a face at Angel.


• She laughs, and he grins, caught up in her joy.


• He slams into the side of the table, and his pantsleg rips.


• Her laughter rings out again.


• EXT. WILSHIRE BLVD - NIGHT


• The zipping of a body bag becomes the focal point of the crime scene for a moment, sirens seeming to quiet for a moment in respect.


• Jeremy's body is placed on a gurney, and wheeled past Officer Munez, who sits at the corner of a curb, still clutching his head.


• A camera flashes.


• FADE TO BLACK.