118. Wish You Were Here - Leslie

• FADE IN:


• INT. ROBIN'S LIVING ROOM - DAY


• ROBIN sits cross-legged on his couch, his loose pajama pants flowing comfortably over the edge of the cushions.


• He glances over at a flip calender whose large red numbers show that it is the 21st of October.


• A home video is playing on his tv, on mute.


• He considers the screen, then picks up the remote and slowly turns on the sound.


• The camera is focused on ANNIE, a laughing young woman, slowly placing the last of her supplies on a yacht, as it bobs gently on its mooring.


• A group of friends stands around the dock.


• She turns.


• ANNIE
• That's it! I'm ready.


• She moves around the circle hugging everyone.


• FRIEND'S VOICE (OS)
• Where are you going to go?


• ANNIE
• I have no idea. That's what's so great. I'm just going. I have to go.


• She reaches the camera person, and the camera bobs dizzily as she hugs him and holds him for a long moment.


• ANNIE
• You can still come.


• ROBIN
• I can't.


• ANNIE
• Shhh. Can't is a bad word. Just come.


• ROBIN
• I can't...I mean, what happens to school, what happens to my plans?


• ANNIE
• They'll still all be here.


• ROBIN
• We talked about this Annie. I'll be here when you get back. I'll wait as long as it takes.


• She steps back and the camera captures her face, the wind whipping tendrils of hair around her cheeks.


• ANNIE
• Bye Robin.


• She steps back, then jumps onto the boat with a smooth motion, her small earrings dancing.


• She waves to her friends, who cheer, and begins casting the boat off.


• Robin grabs the remote and places the video on mute again.


• Annie turns to the camera and yells something, and waves.


• Robin continues to sit on the couch, staring at the images.


• He clutches an old newspaper whose headline reads "Young Sailor Killed in Autumn Storm Off Cape Horn."


• FADE TO BLACK.