Planning

I'm Sorry.

by H.J.Ward

SCENE 1. NIGHT - DARK ROOM IN HOUSE

(SOUND OF HEAVY BREATHING - FROM ONE INDIVIDUAL. RUSTLING HEARD FROM A CHAIR OR BED DIPPING AS SOMEONE SITS ON IT. LACK OF ECHO AS ROOM HAS LOTS OF FURNITURE - ROOM IS IN A MODERN ENGLISH HOUSE, 2017. QUIETLY, A MAN STARTS SPEAKING)

ELIJAH REED:        "SOMETHING HAPPENED. I DID SOMETHING... BAD. BUT IT WASN'T MY FAULT. NOT THAT THEY'LL BELIEVE THAT... IT WAS DARK AND THERE WAS BARELY ANY ROOM TO MOVE AROUND... AND WE FELL... THEN WE RAN AND I LEFT HIM THERE..."

(SOUND OF A FLASHBACK - LIKE A TELEPORT SOUND)

KELLY JAMES:        "JESUS, WHY IS IT SO DARK, ELI? CAN YOU FIND THE LIGHT?"

ELIJAH REED:        "I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO MOVE. MAYBE WE SHOULD LEAVE... FORGET THIS WHOLE ORDEAL, KELLY"

KELLY JAMES:        "NO ELI, WE PLANNED THIS WHOLE THING WEEKS AGO, YOU CAN'T PUT IT OFF ANYMORE, THIS IS THE PERFECT TIME TO DO IT - THE OWNERS ARE AWAY THIS WEEKEND ANYWAY! JUST FIND THE LIGHT."

ELIJAH REED:        "OKAY OKAY... JUST, STAND THERE, DON'T MOVE."

KELLY JAMES:        "ALRIGHT."

(FOOTSTEPS ARE HEARD ON A WOODEN FLOOR, FOLLOWED WITH THE CREAK OF FLOOR BOARDS. A LIGHT SWITCH FLICKS AND KELLY SIGHS)

KELLY JAMES:        "OKAY, LOOK AROUND, BAG WHATEVER LOOKS EXPENSIVE, LEAVE THE REST..."


ELIJAH REED:        "GOT IT."


(RUSTLING IS HEARD FOR A FEW SECONDS, FOLLOWED BY THE A FAINT OPENING OF A DOOR IN THE DISTANCE. ALL MOVEMENTS STOP AFTER THE DOOR CLOSES)


KELLY JAMES (WHISPERING):         "ELI, WAS THAT YOU?"


ELIJAH REED (WHISPERING):         "NO... IT WASN'T."


KELLY JAMES (WHISPERING):         "SHIT..."


RYAN PEFITT:        "THIS IS THE POLICE, IF THERE'S ANYONE IN HERE COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS ABOVE YOUR HEAD!"


ELIJAH REED (WHISPERING):         "KELLY, JUST HIDE, DON'T LEAVE."


KELLY JAMES (WHISPERING):         "DO YOU HAVE YOUR KNIFE?"


ELIJAH REED (WHISPERING):         "YES, NOW HIDE."


(LIGHT FOOTSTEPS HEARD AS KELLY AND ELIJAH HIDE. HEAVIER FOOTSTEPS APPROACH (RYAN PEFITT))


RYAN PEFITT:        "YOU CAN'T BE IN HERE- AHH!"


(TWO LOUD SHOUTS FOLLOWED BY THE SOUND OF SOMEONE FALLING OVER CAN BE HEARD AND HEAVY BREATHING)


KELLY JAMES:        "JESUS ELIJAH WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM? IS HE DEAD?"


ELIJAH REED:        "I DIDN'T... HE WASN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE! I JUST WANTED TO BUY US SOME TIME!"


KELLY JAMES:        "SHIT, WE NEED TO FUCKING GO, LIKE NOW!"


(THE SOUND OF TWO PEOPLE RUNNING AWAY CAN BE HEARD, FOLLOWED BY THE SOUND OF A DOOR SLAMMING SHUT. THE SOUND OF THE FLASHBACK CAN BE HEARD AGAIN)


ELIJAH REED:        "KELLY... SHE MUST HAVE TOLD SOMEONE, PROBABLY THE POLICE FOR HER IMMUNITY. THE STUPID BITCH, IF SHE'D OF JUST SHUT UP WE WOULD'VE BEEN FINE!"


(A SIGH FROM ELIJAH)


ELIJAH REED:        "I DIDN'T MEAN TO... WE JUST FELL AND THE KNIFE DIDN'T GO WHERE I WANTED IT TO GO AND... I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY FOR THE POLICE OFFICER. I'M SORRY FOR THE FAMILY THAT FOUND HIM IN THEIR HOUSE. I'M SORRY FOR THE FAMILY WHO LOST HIM. I'M SO SO SORRY... I DON'T WANT TO GO TO PRISON."


(POLICE SIRENS CAN BE HEARD IN THE DISTANCE, SLOWLY GETTING LOUDER AS THEY APPROACH THE HOUSE ELIJAH IS IN)

ELIJAH REED (SOUNDS LIKE HE IS CRYING):        "PLEASE... I'M SORRY."