Twilight Page #9

charming. And they are charmed.

EDWARD:

Sorry I kept Bella from dinner. We

ran into each other and got talking.

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JESSICA:

I - we - understand. We were

just... leaving, so

-

The two girls start to go. Bella is forced to go with them.

BELLA:

Okay, well. Thank you.

She starts to follow the girls. Edward is torn, then abruptly

-

EDWARD:

(abruptly)

Maybe I should make sure Bella gets

something to eat.

(off Bella's surprised

look)

... If you'd like. Then I could

drive you back myself.

ANGELA:

That's so... thoughtful.

JESSICA:

Really thoughtful.

BELLA:

(debates, then decides)

I could eat.

As he guides her off, the two girls share a look, and

a

noiseless scream of excitement.

EXT. WATERFALL RESTAURANT - DINING PATIO - NIGHT 61

Bella and Edward sit on the deck. A dramatic waterfall

shimmers behind them.

A waitress places a steaming plate of mesquite roasted salmon

in front of Bella and nothing in front of Edward. She exits.

BELLA:

You're not eating?

EDWARD:

I'm on a special diet.

BELLA:

Like South Beach?

EDWARD:

Not exactly.

She looks at him curiously as she takes a bite.

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BELLA:

So how ‘bout some answers?

EDWARD:

Yes, no. To get to the other side,

and 1 point 772453851.

BELLA:

I didn't ask for the square root of pi.

EDWARD:

You knew that?

BELLA:

How did you know where I was?

EDWARD:

I didn't.

She shakes her head, frustrated, and turns to go inside -

-

EDWARD:

(stops her, sincerely)

Don't go.

He seems torn by some internal dilemma. Then finally..

.

BELLA:

Were you following me?

EDWARD:

I feel very protective of you.

BELLA:

So that's a yes?

EDWARD:

Yes, I followed you. I tried to

keep my distance...until you needed

help.

BELLA:

(putting everything together)

You said before... That you heard

what those guys were thinking..

.

Can you... read minds?

EDWARD:

(shrugs)

I'm thinking of getting a nine-

hundred number.

BELLA:

(trying to grasp)

Alright, so you read minds... What am

I thinking? Wait -- okay now, go.

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EDWARD:

I have no idea. I can read every

mind in there, except yours.

(points at people

inside)

Work, sex, money, sex, sex, boyfriend

-

(points at Bella)

Nothing. It's quite frustrating.

BELLA:

Why, what's wrong with me?

EDWARD:

I tell you I read minds and you think

there's something wrong with you?

He smiles, charmed by her. But his smile fades, that torn

look returns. He holds onto the rail, looking out.

BELLA:

What is it?

EDWARD:

I... don't have the strength to

stay away from you anymore.

She's surprised. And thrilled.

BELLA:

Edward, you don't have to.

He's drawn in by her encouraging gaze... but he closes his

eyes a beat, and turns back to the water.

EDWARD:

(almost to himself)

This is wrong.

BELLA:

Edward

-

EDWARD:

You're cold. We should go.

He walks away before she can ask any more questions..

.

62 EXT. ROAD - NIGHT 62

Edward's Volvo speeds along the two lane highway.

63 INT. EDWARD'S VOLVO - NIGHT 63

Bella glances at Edward, might ask him more questions but he seems

to be wrestling with his own thoughts. Finally..

.

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BELLA:

I think I'm warm enough now.

She reaches for the heater dial, he does as well -- their

hands TOUCH. And hold a moment too long. An electric

current connecting them.

BELLA:

Your hand, it's still freezing cold.

He pulls his hand away, but she keeps looking at it... then

her attention shifts outside to FLASHING POLICE LIGHTS. As

they drive past the FORKS POLICE STATION, a sheriff's car

pulls away. Charlie's cruiser is parked out front.

BELLA:

(concerned)

Dad's here late. Something must

have happened.

EXT./INT. FORKS - POLICE STATION (CONTINUOUS) - NIGHT 64

The Volvo pulls up. Bella and Edward climb out. Edward then

sees a second car next to the cruiser.

EDWARD:

That's my father's car. What's he --

?

EDWARD AND BELLA'S POV: INSIDE THE DARKENED POLICE STATION

In a pool of light, a distressed Charlie and Dr. Cullen study

photographs and evidence. As they wrap up their discussion,

Dr. Cullen puts a sympathetic hand on Charlie's shoulder,

then exits the police station looking grim.

EDWARD:

Carlisle. What happened?

DR. CULLEN

Waylon Forge was found in the woods

out near his place. I just

examined the body.

Edward darkens. Bella is horrified.

BELLA:

He died? How?

DR. CULLEN

Animal attack.

BELLA:

The same kind that killed the security

guard down in Mason?

Edward and Dr. Cullen trade a look, subtle, but Bella catches it.

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DR. CULLEN

Most likely.

BELLA:

So it's getting closer to town.

EDWARD:

Waylon lived all the way down on

Queets River. 75 miles south.

BELLA:

But that's

-

DR. CULLEN

(with a kind, reassuring

smile)

Bella, you should go inside.

Waylon was your father's friend.

She goes to the door, but looks back to see them conferring

quietly, gravely. Clearly, there's more to this.

65 INT. POLICE STATION - NIGHT 65

Bella enters to find a distressed Charlie studying evidence,

photos, maps --trying to make sense of Waylon's death.

Deputies come and go in the background. Bella approaches

Charlie. He looks up.

BELLA:

Dad, I'm sorry about Waylon.

CHARLIE:

Known him going on thirty years.

He's obviously torn up. Bella isn't quite sure what to do.

And so puts a comforting hand on his shoulder. A beat..

.

Then Charlie squeezes her hand. It's the first physical

affection we've seen between them. And it threatens to evoke

even more emotion in Charlie. So he tamps it down, and rises,

then projects a confident manner.

CHARLIE:

We'll get to the bottom of this, Bella.

But in the meantime..

.

As an ambulance pulls up outside, he opens a drawer, finds

out a cannister of PEPPER SPRAY.

CHARLIE:

... I want you to have this.

BELLA:

That's probably not a good

-

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CHARLIE:

It'll give me some peace of mind.

She sees he needs this, and allows him to put it into her

purse.

As Charlie goes to get his coat, Bella steps outside to SEE

-

A66 EXT. POLICE STATION - NIGHT - BELLA'S POV A66

Two Attendants hoist a metal gurney into an ambulance. On it,

Waylon's dead, white, bloody bare FEET peek out from under

a

sheet, resting at a disturbingly unnatural angle. Off Bella,

chilled..

.

SMASH TO:

FLASH POP TO EDWARD'S BLACK EYES

FLASH POP TO EDWARD'S COLD WHITE HAND.

FLASH POP TO THE FIVE CULLENS, SLOW MOTION, beautiful and white.

FLASH POP TO WAYLON'S TWISTED WHITE FEET

INT. BELLA'S ROOM - ON BELLA - NIGHT 66

-- as she turns on the LIGHT. She hears a SNAP! outside the

window. She rises, digs into her purse for the PEPPER SPRAY

Charlie gave her, and goes to the window. She looks out -

-

all she sees is the wind blowing hard. But she's rattled.

She closes the curtains, then reaches for the BOOK she bought

earlier. She thumbs through, laying the pepper spray within

reach.

INSERT THE BOOK, “QUILEUTE FOLK STORIES AND ART.

”

As she leafs through we see PHOTOS of ancient, carved MASKS.

Comical, menacing, haunting... then she stops on a photo of

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