Chasing Sleep Page #12

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INT. BEDROOM

Ed is trying to concentrate on Sadie, but he notices the closet door is open and there are some dresses blowing around inside.

And the noise from the bathroom is getting louder.

He turns Sadie onto her back, turning himself away from the closet. His kisses run down her chest until he gets to her jeans. He unbuttons her jeans and starts to pull them off, kissing as he goes.

Ed has taken her pants off, but his passion and enthusiasm has faded, and he stops and stares off into space, towards the bathroom. He is spooked.

SADIE 2t2What's wrong?

He looks down and sees Sadie staring at him.

ED 2t2I don't know. Maybe it's those pills. I don't know.

SADIE 2t2Just relax. Lie back.

Sadie gently pushes him back and starts to go down on him.

Ed get more uptight.

ED 2t2No. Please. Just stop.

She keeps trying until Ed is forced to push her away.

ED 2t2It's just not working. OK?

SADIE 2t2Alright. I'm sorry.

Sadie turns away. She's upset.

SADIE 2t2Maybe I should go.

ED 2t2No. Please, don't. It's my fault. Please. Don't go.

SADIE 2t2Damn, I'm so stupid.

ED 2t2No, it's me. Please.

SADIE 2t2This was a mistake.

Sadie gets up and puts on her shirt. She grabs the rest of her clothes and goes into the living room.

Ed stares after her, listening to her finish dressing herself and then leave.

The clock next to the bed is ticking loudly and the sound of the ticking continues of the next few scenes, as indicated.

INT. KITCHEN

Ed pours a few more pills into his hand, swallowing them with some wine from the bottle.

INT. BATHROOM

Ed looks at the bathtub, which is full of the murky water. He picks up the plunger, which is still by the toilet, and starts working it on the drain.

More stuff is coming up, making the water darker, but as he relaxes the plunger, the water doesn't go down. If anything, the gurgling sound is louder.

He works the plunger some more, more vigorously and then, again, relaxes it and watches the drain hopefully. The gurgling noise seems closer and the water still does not go down.

Then he hears something hit the front door.

INT. LIVING ROOM

Ed opens the front door and picks up the newspaper which has just been thrown. He puts it with the other newspapers, which have piled up in their plastic wraps on his desk.

INT. BATHROOM

He comes back into the bathroom and looks at the bathtub.

He puts the plunger over the drain and works it much harder and, this time, after a few seconds, there is a loud knock in the pipes, as if he hit something. He takes the plunger away and watches the drain.

Suddenly, a large air bubble bursts out of the drain. He watches, but the water shows no sign of draining.

Then, slowly, blood starts to leak into the tub from the drain.

Ed is naturally terrified by this. He watches until it is clear that it is blood and not just more gook.

He puts plunger back on the drain and pumps it a few more frantic times. More blood seeps out of the drain. He seems to be making the problem worse.

He shuts the shower curtain and backs out of the bathroom.

INT. KITCHEN

He spills the pills on the kitchen counter and counts them quickly. There are about ten left. He pours them into his mouth and swallows the rest of the wine.

Then the ticking stops. Ed looks at a clock on the wall. The second hand has stopped.

He hears voices in the other room.

INT. EVE'S ROOM

He looks out of the window in Eve's room. He sees that the light in the neighbor's window is on. The couple next door are having another argument, but this one is much more intense than the last.

WOMAN:

(O.S.) 2t2Why do you care! You don't care! You know nothing about me! I hate you! Stay away from me! I'll scream! I am not screaming now! You think you're the only one? Yes, I do! I LOVE YOU! You never do that! You do not! You never do anything! You think that nothing's wrong! You think we live in paradise! This is what I think of this f***ing house!

There is the sound of things breaking.

WOMAN:

(O.S.)

IT'S NOT MY FAULT! IT'S NOT MY FAULT! THEN DON'T! I AM NOT! I LOVE YOU! F*** YOU! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU SAID THAT! STAY AWAY FROM ME! YOU RUINED MY LIFE! STAY AWAY FROM ME! STOP IT! SHUT UP! STAY AWAY FROM ME! NO! STOP IT! YOU SON OF A B*TCH! HELP! HELP!

This ends with a loud, terrifying shriek. It seems to echo around the room as Ed watches. Then the voices stop.

Ed watches the window and sees a featureless man stick his head through the curtains to see if anybody is listening. Then he closes the window and curtains.

The phone rings in the other room.

INT. KITCHEN

He hurries to answer the phone.

While he is on the phone, a new sound is coming from the bathroom. It is like the gurgling sound, but also subtly different.

ED:

Hello.

DERM:

Mr Saxon?

ED:

Yes.

DERM:

It's Detective Derm. I'm sorry to call you so late, but I thought you would want to hear this.

ED:

Yes?

DERM:

I'm afraid I have some bad news.

ED:

What is it?

DERM:

It's your wife. We've found her...

ED:

You found her.

DERM:

We found her body.

ED:

Her...

DERM:

Yes, sir. In the woods, near George Simian's house, where we found her car. I'm afraid she's dead.

Ed drops the phone. He walks trance-like into the hallway.

He follows the noise into the -

INT. BATHROOM

The noise coming from the bathroom now sounds more human, like a baby gurgling.

As Ed walks into the bathroom, he can see that there is something in the bathtub. The shower curtain is closed, but behind it, there is some sort of body moving. Ed pulls the curtain back. He reveals a baby, just born, lying in the tub. Most of the murky water has drained and left a dirty ring around the tub.

The BABY is a newborn, except that its eyes are maybe larger than they would be. The Baby is also SIX FEET TALL. It's immense frame fills the bathtub. It is naked (it's a boy).

Ed watches with amazement. The baby looks incredibly real, except for its size. The stare at each other for a minute. The baby looks a lot like George Simian. It has his eyes.

Other than this, it behaves like a baby. It is lying on its back, gurgling peacefully with his feet in the air and his left hand gripping the shower curtain.

The baby reaches out for Ed lovingly.

Ed backs away.

Seeing this, the baby starts crying.

Ed, panicking, approaches the baby. It is still crying. Ed reaches out to touch it. He touches its arm and the baby's crying starts to subside. The baby moves with typical, quick, chaotic movements that, because of the baby's size, are almost threatening.

Ed puts his hand in the baby's hand. The baby grips it as baby's do, but this baby's hand is about the size of Ed's. The baby stops crying and returns to its curious gurgling.

Ed tries to pull his hand back, but the baby won't let go. The baby, it seems, is incredibly strong. Ed pulls harder. He still can't get the baby to let go. Ed tries to pry the baby's fingers off, and this time manages to get his hand out of the baby's grip.

But as soon as he does, the baby starts crying again.

He backs out into the hallway.

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