334. Mara's Muse - Leslie

• FADE IN:


• INT. ALEX'S BEDROOM - NIGHT


• ALEX sits at his laptop, fingers hovering above the keys.


• He sighs and taps the desk, thinking.


• There's a large rap at the window and he jumps.




• He shakes his head and opens the window.


• MARA'S MUSE crawls through the window, all skirts and fishnets, somehow managing to seem dignified the entire time.


• MARA'S MUSE
• Hey Alex!


• ALEX
• I was hoping you weren't going to show up.


• MARA'S MUSE
• Dear boy, of course I was going to.


• ALEX
• It would be nice, just for once, to fall for someone without you showing up. I was going to really go someplace with this story, someplace new - different.


• MARA'S MUSE
• You hadn't even started.


• ALEX
• It would be nice, for once, to just enjoy the butterflies, the buzz, without you coming through the window.


• MARA'S MUSE
• But I'm Mara's Muse.


• ALEX
• Yes, yes, yes - goddess of all that is bittersweet. I know, I know.


• MARA'S MUSE
• Technically, I'm not a goddess. And you know very well you couldn't enjoy the butterflies without me.


• ALEX
• Sure...


• MARA'S MUSE
• Well, aren't you going to get me a seat?


• Alex jerks his hand over his shoulder indicating an empty chair by the wall.


• She shakes her head chidingly and pulls the chair over to him.


• She sits down primly and peers at the blank screen.


• ALEX
• Do you have to look over my shoulder?


• She ignores him.


• ALEX
• Fine.


• MARA'S MUSE
• You know you love me.


• Alex takes a deep breath and unexpectedly, his eyes fill with tears.


• He smiles, takes a shaky breath.


• ALEX
• Ah, there's that feeling.


• MARA'S MUSE
• Lungs get tight, room closes in, everything's painfully beautiful and hideous all at the same time.


• ALEX
• You know what you do. You don't need to brag about it.


• MARA'S MUSE
• You ready?


• ALEX
• Yeah.


• MARA'S MUSE
• Well, get started then, darling.


• He closes his eyes for a moment, steadies himself, then begins typing.


• FADE TO BLACK.