Ouija Page #4

They move the planchette twice around the board. !The feeling

in the room shifts. !Trevor gives Laine her space, knows she

needs to say some things.

LAINE (CONT’D)

Freshman year, when my mom suddenly

decided that she needed to ‘find

herself’ and split on us, I was a

total mess. You get your world

ripped out from you like that -- you

don’t know if you can trust anyone

again. And Deb... she pulled me out

of it. It wasn’t anything she said

or did -- it was her just being

there. Always there..

Trevor trades a quiet look with Laine, moved by her words. !.

LAINE (CONT’D)

I never got to say ‘goodbye.’

Together their hands move the planchette to the words GOOD

BYE at the bottom of the Ouija board. Overcome with sadness,

Laine can barely say the words...

LAINE (CONT’D)

Goodbye, Debbie.

15.

INT. LAINE’S BEDROOM - NIGHT

Laine’s back home. Alone in her room. And she now has the

OUIJA with her. She sets the board on her desk. Slides the

planchette on GOOD BYE at the bottom. Laine lights a votive

candle next to the board. A remembrance.

TIME LAPSE DISSOLVE... as the candle burns low... flickers

out... the light in the room fading on the board.

INT. LAINE’S BEDROOM - NIGHT

It’s late. !The room sits in darkness. !We’re on the Ouija

board... the planchette still rests on the words GOOD BYE..

DRIFT OVER TO LAINE. !Asleep. We hover above the bed as...

...very slowly... almost imperceptibly... the bedside table

begins to slide away from the bed.

Laine wakes up. !Listening in the dark as she hears something

moving in her room. .

Laine sits up, reaches over for her lamp... and it’s not

there. She looks over to see that her bedside table is now

three feet away from the bed. The light cord from the lamp

swings slightly.

And that sound comes again. SCRAAAAPE... something else is

sliding around in the room.

Laine gets out of bed, turns on the lamp -- and the sound

immediately stops.

Laine steps over to see the OUIJA BOARD on the desk where she

left it. But something looks different. The planchette has

moved... no longer on GOOD BYE at the bottom of the board.

Laine stands right over the board... sees that the planchette

is now on top of the letter ‘D.’

Laine is chilled by the sight of it. She cautiously reaches

out and touches the planchette... glances around her room --

‘what just happened?’.

INT. LAINE’S BEDROOM - DAY

Morning. Laine’s getting dressed as Sarah shuffles past in

the hallway... just now waking up.

LAINE:

Hey, Worm -

Sarah pokes her head in.

LAINE (CONT’D)

-- were you in my room last night?

16.

SARAH:

Wait. What? -

LAINE:

-- were you messing around in here.

Yes or no?

SARAH:

No. God. I wasn’t in here.

You’re trippin’.

Sarah moves on. Laine stands there, looking down at the

Ouija.

INT. DINER - DAY

Local hangout. Family-owned kind of place. !Laine sits with

Trevor and Isabelle at a booth. !Isabelle wears a waitress

uniform, taking a break from her shift.

Laine is in the middle of her story -

LAINE:

-- and then the planchette had

moved to the letter ‘D.'

TREVOR:

The board must've gotten bumped -

LAINE:

-- it did not get bumped, Trevor.

Stuff was moving in my room.

Trevor reaches across the table... takes Laine’s hands.

TREVOR:

Laine. !Everyone’s in shock. !But

you don’t need to keep feeling

guilty about this. Last night...

you were having some crazy

nightmare.

Laine's frustration is growing. !She pulls her hands away.

LAINE:

I wasn't asleep. !It’s Debbie.

She's trying to contact me.

Isabelle and Trevor exchange a worried look. Isabelle tries

a softer approach -

ISABELLE:

Let's say she is. What do you

think she wants?

Laine looks at them. !Very serious.

17.

LAINE:

She wants me to play the game.

TREVOR:

Are you being for real?

Laine fights her emotions. Trying not to fall apart.

LAINE:

You ever think that even after

someone you love has died... there’s

still a way they can reach out? What

if the game is real this time? I

need to talk to Debbie. Please. Do

this with me.

The COOK at the kitchen window hits the bell. DING! !Order

up. A man in a tie -- ISABELLE’S FATHER -- angrily waves at

her to get back to work.

ISABELLE:

Of course... I’m in.

Trevor nods, uncomfortable about this.

TREVOR:

Me too.

EXT. LAINE’S HOUSE - DAY

Laine stands out at the curb as her FATHER finishes loading a

suitcase and hanging bag into the back of a waiting TAXI CAB.

Mr. Moreno closes the trunk, comes over to Laine.

MR. MORENO

I hate to leave right now.

LAINE:

We’ll be okay.

MR. MORENO

Once these permits get approved,

I’ll be back. !Might be a few days

though.

Laine nods.

MR. MORENO (CONT’D)

Nona will drop by, check in on you

guys -- but you know she can’t keep

up with Sarah. .

LAINE:

I got it covered.

He gives her a smile, but his eyes are filled with worry.

18.

MR. MORENO

Love you, baby.

LAINE:

Love you too, Papi.

CLOSE UP OF A BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO. Artistic. !Half of

Laine’s face and half of Debbie’s face. Side by side.

Staring right at the camera.

INT. LAINE’S ROOM - NIGHT

From the photo on her wall collage, EASE OVER to find Laine

at her desk... looking down at the OUIJA BOARD. Beat, then

she places the board into her backpack and zips it up.

INT. LAINE'S HOUSE - DOWNSTAIRS - NIGHT

Sarah's on the living room couch. !History textbook open.

Notes. Studying hard.

Laine steps in, backpack over her shoulder.

LAINE:

C’mon. I have to run out. I’m

dropping you off at Nona’s.

DEBBIE:

Laine, I’m totally in the middle of

this. Dad put me on blast, so look

-- I’m studying.

Laine regards her sister for a long beat.

LAINE:

One hour and I’ll be back. There’s

some dinner stuff in the fridge.

Sarah, do you hear me?

Sarah barely looks up from her book.

SARAH:

One hour. I got it. Later.

EXT. LAINE'S HOUSE - NIGHT

Laine comes out of the house... takes a few steps down her

walkway. !Glances over -

-- to see that same CAR Sarah got out of the other night now

parked in front of the house next door. Lights off, but

music playing inside. !BASS THUMPING.

Laine starts walking toward the car.

LAINE:

Hey! !I see you, a**hole!

19.

Laine has a plastic water bottle and throws it at the car!

THUNK. !The car lights quickly turn on -- engine revs and the

vehicle peels out.

Sarah storms out of the house, furious.

SARAH:

-- the hell, Laine!

LAINE:

For a minute there I actually had a

little faith in you.

Sarah’s a swirl of fury and hurt.

SARAH:

We hang out -- what’s wrong with

that?!

LAINE:

What’s wrong is that you’re fifteen

and whoever that dude is should

know better. Alright. Since you

can’t be left alone, you're coming

with me.

SARAH:

What?! I’m not going anywhere.

Laine goes quiet... and then -

LAINE:

You know what? I’ll let Dad deal

with it. I think he said if you

slipped up again --at all --you'd

have to go to that special school.

You know, where they send the

'problem kids.' !I'm sure it's nice.

Oh, but remember, when you have to

use pepper spray on your fellow

classmates, extend your arm away

from your face.

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