Black Swan Page #11

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70 INT. UPPER WEST SIDE APARTMENT HALLWAY - LATER 70

Nina quietly opens the front door.

Lily GIGGLES. Nina SHUSHES her.

They slip off their shoes and tip-toe inside.

71 INT. UPPER WEST SIDE APARTMENT - SAME 71

Nina eases the door shut.

Lily taps her on the shoulder and points towards the hallway.

Erica emerges from the darkness, approaching them slowly.

Distraught.

ERICA:

Do you have any idea what time it

is?

NINA:

Mmm-hmm. Late.

ERICA:

Where have you been?

NINA:

To the moon and back.

ERICA:

You’ve been drinking.

NINA:

(correct answer)

Ding ding ding.

Lily snickers, Nina tries to keep a straight face, but ends

up laughing.

ERICA:

What else?

NINA:

Huh?

ERICA:

What else have you been doing?

Nina smiles coyly.

NINA:

You want to know their names?

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Erica grabs Nina’s wrist.

ERICA:

You need to sleep it off.

NINA:

There were two. Tom and Jerry...

ERICA:

Be quiet, Nina.

NINA:

(giggling)

I f***ed both of them.

ERICA:

Shut your mouth!

Erica violently jams her fingers over Nina’s lips, trying to

silence her.

Nina runs into her room and SLAMS the door.

72A INT. NINA’S BEDROOM - SAME 72A

She grabs the broken PIECE OF WOOD from the dresser and jams

the door. She backs Lily away, preparing for the storm.

NINA:

Don’t come in here!

Erica tries to open the door, but it gets stuck. She peersher eye through the crack.

ERICA:

What’s this?

NINA:

It’s called privacy! I’m not

f***ing twelve years old anymore!

Erica struggles a little with the door, but can’t get it to

budge.

ERICA:

You’re not my Nina right now!

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NINA:

LEAVE ME ALONE!!!

Nina SHOVES the door shut.

Erica’s FOOTSTEPS retreat, followed by the SLAM of her

bedroom door.

72B Nina is worked up, breathing hard. 72B

LILY (O.S.)

Whoa...

Nina turns around and sees her Double smiling at her.

Nina flees to the door. Pauses. She peeks back and sees that

it’s actually Lily.

Relieved, she grabs Lily and kisses her, revved-up.

Lily responds with equal force. They claw at each other,

passion exceeding coordination.

Lily pulls Nina’s shirt off and throws her onto the bed.

She straddles Nina, who looks up at her carnivorously.

Lily takes her own top off, plunges down and kisses Nina.

Nina flips Lily over, becomes the dominant one.

Lily scratches Nina’s back, over some of the rash.

There’s subtle movement underneath the skin. Little pin

pricks push up the flesh, trailing behind her hand.

Self-conscious, Nina grabs Lily’s hand and holds her wrists

down.

She bites her neck. Lily smiles, likes the violence.

She digs her nails into Nina’s hands.

Then Lily gets back on top of Nina. The tattooed lilies on

her back undulate and spread out. Morphing into dark wings.

She kisses down Nina’s body. Further and further...

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Lily starts to go down on Nina.

Nervous, Nina whimpers. Glances down and sees the DOUBLE.

She tries to pull away.

LILY shushes her.

Nina calms back down, seeing that it’s her. She takes a

breath and succumbs.

Bumps shoot up all over her skin as her breath quickens.

She closes her eyes, allows the sensation to invade her body

and CLIMAXES.

She breathes her way back to earth. Slowly her eyes open.

She rolls over towards Lily. But Lily is gone.

Instead her DOUBLE hovers over her.

DOUBLE:

Sweet girl.

She SMASHES a pillow over Nina’s face.

CUT TO:

A73

OMITTED A73

73

INT. NINA’S BEDROOM - MORNING 73

Nina lies alone in bed, the sheets and comforter in disarray.

She sits up, clutches her head in pain.

She looks around, but there’s no sign of Lily or the Double.

Then her eyes drift to the alarm clock: 11:36.

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She snaps out of bed.

74 INT. UPPER WEST SIDE APARTMENT - MORNING 74

Dishevelled, Nina races towards the front door. She sees

Erica brooding at the kitchen table, watching her.

NINA:

Why didn’t you wake me up?

Erica just stares at her, devastated.

NINA (CONT’D)

I’m moving out.

Nina whips out the front door and leaves her.

75 INT. BACKSTAGE - DAY 75

Nina races. She hears muffled Black Swan music playing,

rehearsal clearly in progress.

NINA:

(to herself)

My music.

She runs into the wings and sees the full company rehearsing

on stage for the first time...

Another girl dancing her part.

The girl spins and Nina sees her face. It’s Lily!

Horrified, Nina runs onto

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STAGE 76

and makes a beeline for Leroy, looking beyond apologetic.

The dancers and piano player stop at the interruption.

LEROY:

Keep going. Let’s finish the Act.

The piano music resumes, and the dancers pick up where they

left off.

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Nina meets Lily’s eyes. She makes a sorry face, but then

continues dancing.

Nina is forced to watch from the sidelines as Lily and David

finish the Black Swan’s Pas de Deux.

LEROY (CONT’D)

That was good. Let’s take 10, then

we’ll move on to Act 4.

He turns to Nina and his smile fades.

LEROY (CONT’D)

Get warmed up.

NINA:

Thomas, I’m sor-

He ignores her, and walks off stage.

Lily tentatively approaches with the PRACTICE TUTU.

LILY:

Hey...

Nina snatches it, avoiding eye contact. She puts it on.

LILY (CONT’D)

He wanted to go through the

spacing. Asked me to step in.

Nina starts stretching.

NINA:

(loaded)

I overslept.

LILY:

Oops... Least you had a good time,

right?

Nina doesn’t answer.

LILY (CONT’D)

Hello?

NINA:

You put something in my drink.

74-76.

LILY:

(obviously)

Yeah...

NINA:

And took off this morning.

LILY:

This morning?

NINA:

Yeah, you slept over.

LILY:

Uh, no. Unless your name’s Tom and

you have a dick.

NINA:

But we...

Nina stops herself.

LILY:

We what, Nina?

Lily can read something on her face.

LILY (CONT’D)

What, you have some kind of lezzy

wet dream?

Nina glances at the dancers, nervous they’ve heard.

NINA:

You’re lying.

LILY:

(tickled)

Oh my god, you totally fantasized

about me.

NINA:

Stop.

LILY:

Was I good?

NINA:

(barks)

Shut up!

Other dancers look over.

Nina resumes stretching. Lily just walks away.

74-76A.

A77 INT. STAGE - DAY A77

Nina dances the end of the ballet, the White Swan’s suicide.

LEROY:

The Black Swan has stolen your

love. There’s only one way to end

the pain.

Nina climbs the stairs of the set and arrives at the “cliff,”

stopping at the precipice.

LEROY (CONT’D)

You’re not at all fearful. Filled

with acceptance.

Nina looks down. It’s a short drop to a stack of pads, but a

HARD FLOOR surrounds it.

LEROY (CONT’D)

You look at the Prince, then down

at Rothbart, and, yes, up at the

audience...And jump!

She hesitates, fearful.

LEROY (CONT’D)

Go ahead. You’ll be fine.

Nina takes a breath and leaps in a swan dive.

She falls...and lands in the pads, unhurt. Slight applause

from the other dancers.

LEROY (O.S.) (CONT’D)

Everybody get a drink then it’s

notes.

Nina lies in the pads, completely exhausted.

B77 INT. BACKSTAGE - LATER B77

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