The Descendants Page #8

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MATT:

So why'd you ask?

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TROY:

I don't know, I just wanted to know the

latest. I'm praying for her every day,

you guys. Really hard. Seriously. So

what I was saying was, when I was

there, I talked to her, and her hand

moved, so I was pretty encouraged. I

thought that was an encouraging sign.

Scottie looks up hopefully. Matt notices.

MATT:

That's enough.

TROY:

I really think she heard me.

MATT:

Look, Troy, go to your friends. No

hard feelings. Let's just leave it

alone.

Troy walks away, stops, turns back.

TROY:

I told you, Matt, there were lots of

chops and holes that day. I told you a

hundred times. Ask anybody. What

happened to her could have happened to

me. It was a super-hard day on the

water.

MATT:

You weren't supposed to be driving,

Troy. She was supposed to be driving.

TROY:

She wanted me to drive. And she's the

one who told me to pass the other boat

right before the turn. And just your

whole attitude toward me, Matt -- I

mean, I feel terrible. I wish it were

me and not her. Plus I almost drowned

myself when we capsized. And my

rotator cuff is never going to be the

same, and I'm going to miss Moloka'i.

SCOTTIE:

Just because her hand moved, it doesn't

mean anything, Troy. Mom twitches at

weird times. When you cut off a

chicken's head, it runs all around, but

it's still a dead chicken.

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Scottie pushes back from the table and takes off toward the

pool. Matt follows, not even gracing Troy with a final look.

34 EXT. OCEAN OUTRIGGER POOL - CONTINUOUS 34

Matt catches up to Scottie.

MATT:

Hey, sport, don't pay any attention to

that guy. That guy's a dope.

SCOTTIE:

I hate him.

MATT:

Yeah.

SCOTTIE:

I didn't mean to say dead chicken.

I don't want Mom to die.

MATT:

I know, I know. Hey, let's get out of

here. Let's go do something crazy.

Like let's drive to the airport and hop

over to the Big Island and surprise

your sister. What do you say?

SCOTTIE:

Right now?

MATT:

It'll be fun. She's not expecting us

or anything. And we bring her home. I

think she should be here with us, don't

you? Don't you miss her? I miss her.

SCOTTIE:

Yeah, I'm out of school. She should be

too!

35 EXT. OUTRIGGER RESTAURANT - DAY 35

As Matt and Scottie head toward the exit, Scottie FLIPS OFF a

crestfallen Troy.

A35 EXT. AIRPORT - DAY A35

A Hawaiian Airlines inter-island airplane takes off.

36 INSERT -- MAP OF THE ISLANDS 36

A DOTTED LINE goes from Honolulu to Kona.

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37 INT. AIRPLANE - DAY 37

Matt and Scottie look out the window at THE BIG ISLAND coming

into view.

MATT (V.O.)

Somehow it feels natural to find a

daughter of mine on a different island.

A family seems exactly like an

archipelago -- all part of the same

geographic expression but still islands

-- separate and alone, always drifting

slowly apart.

38 EXT. KING'S HIGHWAY, BIG ISLAND - DUSK 38

A RED RENTAL CAR zooms along the famous road near Kona

traversing rocky -- almost lunar -- landscape.

39 INT. RENTAL CAR - DUSK 39

Matt looks over at Scottie, dozing.

40 EXT. HAWAI'I PREPARATORY ACADEMY - NIGHT 40

The car turns onto the bumpy gravel road snaking through the

campus of this BOARDING SCHOOL.

41 INT. DORM SUPERVISOR'S ROOM HALLWAY - NIGHT 41

Matt knocks on a door. An exhausted Scottie slouches against

a wall.

The DORM SUPERVISOR appears in a nightgown. The TV is on in

the background.

MATT:

Hi, sorry to bother you. I'm Matt

King.

DORM SUPERVISOR:

Yes, hello, Mr. King.

MATT:

I've come to pick up my daughter,

Alexandra.

DORM SUPERVISOR:

Did you call Administration?

MATT:

No, I didn't. It's sort of an

emergency.

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DORM SUPERVISOR:

All right, let's see what we can do.

42 OMIT 42

43 INT. DORM HALLWAY - NIGHT 43

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