Twilight Page #8

wood plank sidewalks. FIND Waylon Forge (the hippy logger

who used to play Santa Claus) scraping paint off his boat,

swigging a pint as he listens to his prehistoric Walkman.

His old DOG lies next to him as the sounds of the forest and

river chirp and buzz. Waylon sings along to his Walkman..

.

Suddenly, the sounds of nature abruptly SILENCE themselves. The

dog raises his head, starts to GROWL. Waylon doesn't notice.

STAY ON WAYLON, singing, working... until he looks up and

realizes the dog's gone.

WAYLON:

Jerry?

Waylon pulls off the headphones. WHISTLES. No dog. Waylon

walks up a walkway... then sees a DOG LEG, sticking out from

under a bush.

WAYLON:

Come on, Jerry, you old mutt..

.

He pulls at the leg. It's detached. He reels back, stumbling

onto his boat, frantically untying the line and pushing out

-

ON THE WATER - Waylon floats, breath short, listening acutely.

WAYLON'S POV -ON THE WOODS lining the river. Ominous

darkness. A NOISE. He jerks around. Nothing. Then

suddenly, his boat ROCKS violently; he spins

-

A MAN - now stands on the bow. JAMES, 30, pale white.

A:

vampire. But his eyes, unlike the Cullens, are a deep,

sinister BURGUNDY, and absolutely lethal. His catlike

movements are always on the edge of a crouch.

WAYLON:

H-how did you do that?

JAMES:

Always the same inane questions..

.

Waylon turns but a woman LEAPS onto the bow --it's VICTORIA,

26, chaotic red hair filled with leaves from the woods.

Terrified, Waylon spins around to see LAURENT, 28, glossy

black hair, olive skin, lounging on his boat seat. All three

Nomads wear frayed clothes, and all three are bare foot.

JAMES:

“What do you want?

”

39.

VICTORIA:

“Why are you doing this?

”

LAURENT:

(sighs, slight French

accent)

... James, must we?

JAMES:

The question should be, “will it hurt?

”

Victoria grins sadistically. Then with lightening fast

speed, the three of them VIOLENTLY LUNGE

-

SMASH TO BLACK:

51 FADE IN ON EDWARD'S FACE AGAINST BLACKNESS 51

SNAPSHOTS of his eyes, his cheekbones, his lips..

.

52 INT. BELLA'S ROOM - ON HER FACE - MORNING 52

As she sits in front of her computer, lost in thought. She

shakes herself out of it and types into her search engine

“Quileute legends, Olympic Peninsula.” An AD pops up,

“Thunderbird & Whale Book Store, Port Angeles.” Bella,

intrigued, clicks on it..

.

53 EXT. FORKS HIGH SCHOOL - SUNNY DAY 53

The sun has come out and so has the skin. Kids are in shorts

though it's still barely sixty degrees. Everyone eats lunch

outdoors. Bella searches the crowd for Edward.

JESSICA (O.S.

)

He's not here.

She looks down to find Jessica sitting on the grass.

JESSICA:

Whenever the weather's nice, the

Cullens disappear.

BELLA:

They just... ditch?

JESSICA:

No, Dr. and Mrs. Cullen yank ‘em

out for hiking and camping and

stuff. I tried the idea out on my

parents. Not even close.

Bella registers this as Angela suddenly jumps on them.

40.

ANGELA:

I'm going to the prom with Eric!

I:

just asked him, I took control!

(hugs Bella)

Are you sure you have to go out of town?

BELLA:

It's a family thing.

JESSICA:

Oh my God, we need to hit the

stores in Port Angeles before the

dresses get cleaned out.

BELLA:

Port Angeles?..

.

(a plan forming in her

mind)

Can I go with you guys?

ANGELA:

Thank God. We need your opinion.

Off Bella, that's not really what she had in mind..

.

54 INT. BOUTIQUE, PORT ANGELES -ON BELLA'S FACE- AFTERNOON 54

-- antsy, distracted, as Jessica and Angela try on dresses.

Bella pulls a Mapquest print-out from her purse -- it reads,

“Thunderbird and Whale Book Store.” Jessica flounces out of

the changing room, posing provocatively.

JESSICA:

I think this halter makes my b*obs

look big. What do you think,

Bella?

Outside the window, a group of rowdy FRAT BOYS head toward

a

bar. Two of them stare at Jessica in her low-cut dress.

Embarrassed, she turns back to Bella.

JESSICA:

Bella?

BELLA:

(absently)

It looks great.

JESSICA:

You said that about the last five

dresses.

ANGELA:

(empathetic)

You're not very good at this, are you?

41.

BELLA:

Maybe I should just go check out the

book store and meet you at the

restaurant later.

ANGELA:

You sure?

Bella nods, heads out. Jessica's looks in the mirror again.

JESSICA:

She was right about this halter,

though. It does look great.

55 OMITTED 55

56 OMITTED 56

57 EXT. THUNDERBIRD AND WHALE BOOKSTORE/STREETS - NIGHT 57

Bella exits, thumbing through a BOOK she just bought. She

heads down the sidewalk, but then hears FOOTSTEPS behind her.

She turns, doesn't see anyone. She puts the book in her

shoulder bag and continues.

UNKNOWN POV - ON BELLA -someone's following her. She looks

around, changing course to cut across a parking lot. Unknown

POV gets closer... and closer, until she reaches

-

58 EXT. WAREHOUSE AT END OF PARKING LOT - NIGHT 58

Isolated. Bella, breath short, scared, turns around just as -

-

TWO MEN emerge from the shadows, not vampires, but the Frat

Boys, really wasted now.

FRAT BOY #

1

Wanna beer?

She looks to her left; the other TWO GUYS are there. She's

cornered. She takes her purse from around her shoulder.

BELLA:

Look, just take my bag.

FRAT BOY #

2

We don't want your bag.

She takes a defensive stance and wraps the strap around her

wrist to use her purse as a mace. They chortle derisively.

But when Frat Boy #1 comes near, she swings it, hits him in

the groin. The BOOK in her bag doubles him over. The other

three laugh, and start to close in. But suddenly

-

HEADLIGHTS blind them. A silver Volvo screeches up. The

Frat Boys dive out of the way. The passenger-side door

opens. It's Edward. She's too stunned to even move.

42.

EDWARD:

Get in.

She finally does. But Frat Boy #2 jumps into the game and

rushes Edward's side of the car

-

Edward SCREECHES to a halt and is out of the car and facing

Frat Boy #2 so fast, neither the Frat Boys, nor Bella, see it.

Nor does Bella see Edward's GLARE, so chilling, so animalistic

in its fury that Frat Boy #2, scared, instinctively backs off.

As Edward climbs back into the car, Bella just stares at him.

59 INT. EDWARD'S CAR - DRIVING - NIGHT 59

Bella continues to stare. She sees that he's seething with anger,

hands gripping the steering wheel, jaw clenched.

BELLA:

What -- no, how did you find --

?

EDWARD:

(through gritted teeth)

I should go back and rip their heads off.

BELLA:

No. Bad idea.

EDWARD:

You don't know the vile, repulsive

things they were thinking.

BELLA:

And you do?

EDWARD:

(covering)

Not hard to guess.

60 EXT. WATERFALL RESTAURANT - FRONT ENTRANCE - NIGHT 60

Jessica and Angela exit the restaurant as Bella approaches.

ANGELA:

Where were you!? We left you a message.

JESSICA:

We waited, but we were starving

-

Then they see Edward behind her, climbing out of his car.

They freeze, agog. He's composed now, making an effort to be

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