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FADE IN:
EXT. NEW YORK STREET - DAY
ON SCREEN: Four days to Christmas.
It's Christmas in New York. The streets are buzzing with the
holiday spirit.
The never ending traffic. The push and shove on the sidewalk.
A wailing sirens. The bitter cold.
SIDEWALK
Ronny (29) holds hand with Bonny (28). They window shop.
Ronny has a red scarf around his neck. Bonny wares a fur
coat.
INT. CAFE - DAY
Ronny and Bonny seat themselves by the window.
RONNY
(very think British
accent)
It's blasted cold.
BONNY
Are you making excuses for wearing
that ridiculous colored scarf?
RONNY
You don't like my scarf?
BONNY
It's the color. It doesn't match
anything else you're wearing.
A waiter comes.
WAITER
Hello. You guys know what you want?
BONNY
Yeah... I'll have a...
Ronny looks at her.
RONNY
...She'll have an Irish coffee with
plenty of the Irish. And I'll have
a double cappuccino.
The waiter jots on his book. Then walks away.
BONNY
You are a true gentleman you know.
RONNY
I try to be.
Ronny turns to a passing waitress.
RONNY (CONT'D)
Excuse me ma'am.
The waitress looks at him.
RONNY (CONT'D)
Where's the loo?
The waitress looks at him dumbfounded. She rolls a giant
piece of pink gum in her mouth.
WAITRESS
Where's the what?
BONNY
The restrooms.
The waitress hesitates a second.
BONNY (CONT'D)
The John. The can. The porcelain
throne... The tinkle box.
WAITRESS
(points)
Behind me to the right.
RONNY
Thanks.
Ronny stands up. He looks back at Bonny.
RONNY (CONT'D)
The tinkle box?
They laugh. He walks away.
INT. CAFE - LATER ON
Ronny and Bonny sit at the table. They watch the world go by.
BONNY
We are gonna have to work on your
accent.
RONNY
What's wrong with my accent? I
speak real English.
BONNY
What do we speak then?
RONNY
American. It's a dialect of
English. A high-pitched, twanging
slang.
BONNY
Try and say that fast.
Bonny picks up a water bottle.
BONNY (CONT'D)
Okay. What do you call this?
RONNY
A Bottle.
BONNY
(mimicking his accent)
Bo-til.
She giggles.
BONNY (CONT'D)
The other day you called the garage
a Gair-ige.
RONNY
We had the bloody language first,
so we can call it whatever we
like... Okay little miss hot stuff.
BONNY
(with accent)
Okay, hot stuff.
EXT. STREET - DAY
Ronny and Bonny stand in front of the cafe.
RONNY
(trying to do an American
accent)
Okay hot stuff. Let's get us a cab.
Ronny steps off the sidewalk. He hails a cab. The cab whizzes
past him.
RONNY (CONT'D)
Twit.
Bonny looks at him. She smiles.
BONNY
(best English accent she
can do)
I love you Ronny.
Ronny turns facing her.
RONNY
That's was okay. Let me hear it
again.
BONNY
I LOVE YOU RONNY.
RONNY
That's sounds good in any language.
She is beautiful in this light. He takes the scarf off. He
wraps it around her neck and pulls her towards him.
RONNY (CONT'D)
If the blasted chaps in the yellow
cars aren't gonna stop then I'm
going to kiss you till they do. We
could be here all day my dear.
BONNY
Let the blasted chaps fly by.
They embrace. Ronny pulls away.
RONNY
You're freezing. You want my scarf?
BONNY
No. I have this Mink to keep me
warm.
RONNY
My mum made this for me you know?
BONNY
Your MUM?
RONNY
Oh... leave it along already would
you? We need a cab.
Ronny wraps the scarf back around his neck. He steps off the
sidewalk.
RONNY (CONT'D)
I can't get used to the cars going
in the wrong direction.
He hails a cab. He looks back at her.
RONNY (CONT'D)
You never told me what you wanted
for Christmas.
BONNY
I haven't thought about Christmas
this year.
RONNY
Why's that?
BONNY
I got you.
Another cab races past.
RONNY
Wanker. What's with these people?
Ronny looks across the street. He sees a jewelry store.
RONNY (CONT'D)
Hey lets cross over to the jewelry
store.
Ronny steps off the sidewalk. He looks the wrong way up the
street. The coast is clear. He walks out into the road.
Bonny screams...
A speeding bus...
Tires screeching...
She dives after him. It's to late.
Smack. The bus hits him.
Ronny flies ten feet and lands in a bloody heap. Bonny runs
to his side.
The scarf flies off and lands in the gutter.
EXT. INTERSECTION
Bonny sits on her knees next to Ronny. Cars stops around them
creating a circle of parked cars and trucks.
Blood gushes from Ronny's head and stomach. People come out
of the cafe. Bonny looks around.
She hysterical.
She tries to wipe the blood of his face.
BONNY
Ronny. Oh... Please don't die.
Bonny looks up.
BONNY (CONT'D)
Someone call 911.
She cries. She holds his hand. Ronny eyes twitch.
BONNY (CONT'D)
Ronny. They're coming for you.
You're gonna be fine. You hear me.
Don't die.
Ronny coughs. He chokes on his blood. He shivers.
BONNY (CONT'D)
Oh God, please help us.
She takes her jacket off and puts it on him.
RONNY
The blasted roads here...
His eyes slowly vacating.
She squeezes his hand. He responds to the pressure.
Mustering his last strength.
RONNY (CONT'D)
You...
(chokes)
You never told me what you wanted
for...
BONNY
(a perfect English accent)
I want to die with you.
She didn't mean to have the accent. He almost smiles. His
eyes shut.
He dies.
Bonny looks up to the sky. She screams.
EXT. STREET - LATER ON
Bonny stands on the sidewalk. She's covered in blood. She
looks down. The scarf in the gutter covered in blood.
She picks it up. Presses it to her face. She sobs.
She sits on the sidewalk.
INT. BONNY'S APARTMENT - BEDROOM - DAY
ON SCREEN: Three days to Christmas.
Bonny rolls over. The morning light comes through the drapes
radiating her face. The scarf is around her neck.
She looks at it.
EXT. CAFE SIDEWALK - DAY
The city goes on as normal. Bonny walks though the crowds in
silent desperation.
She pulls the scarf from under her jacket.
She steps off the sidewalk in the exact spot that Ronny did
earlier. She stands inches from speeding cars. The wind blows
the scarf and her hair.
She walks into on coming traffic.
Cars whizz past, honking.
She's in the middle of the road, unharmed... dazed as she
spins around.
A bus comes towards her...
She braces for impact...
Instead, she goes through the bus.
The bus passes.
She stands there unharmed.
She walks towards the traffic.
She's invisible. She looks up to the sky.
BONNY
Let me go Ronny. I want to be with
you.
EXT. AIRPLANE - DAY
The side of the plane says British airways.
INT. AIRPLANE - DAY
ON SCREEN: Two days to Christmas.
Bonny sits on a nearly empty airplane. The scarf is around
her neck. A stewardess walks to her.
STEWARDESS
Hello.
BONNY
Hello.
STEWARDESS
Going home for the holiday?
BONNY
No.
STEWARDESS
You want to talk to someone?
Bonny looks at her.
STEWARDESS (CONT'D (CONT'D)
I see a lot of sad faces this time
of year. You alright?
BONNY
My fiancee died yesterday.
STEWARDESS
(heartfelt)
I'm so sorry.
BONNY
He was from London. I am from New
York. I'm going back for the
funeral.
EXT. LONDON - CEMETARY - DAY
Bonny watching the casket being lowered into the grave. A
older woman MARGARET (66) comes to her.
MARGARET
Are you Bonny?
BONNY
Yes. You are Margaret?
MARGARET
Yes.
Bonny hugs her.
MARGARET (CONT'D)
I don't know you. But I know my son
loved you very much. He talked
about you all the time.
Bonny sobs uncontrollably.
MARGARET (CONT'D)
Oh... You must be strong dear.
BONNY
I didn't want to meet you for the
first time like this.
MARGARET
I know.
(pause)
You'll all I have now.
BONNY
(looks up at her)
What?
MARGARET
First my husband one year ago. Now
my son. My son loved you. You must
stay with me.
Margaret notices the scarf around her neck.
MARGARET (CONT'D)
I made that scarf for him. Did he
give it to you?
BONNY
No. He was wearing it in the
accident. I found it that night in
the gutter. It still has his blood
on it.
She holds it crying.
BONNY (CONT'D)
Minutes before the accident I was
giving him trouble about it. I said
that I hated it. Now I love it.
MARGARET
Please keep it then.
BONNY
Thank you.
MARGARET
Lets go home Bonny. I'll make you
some tea and we'll get to know each
other.
The two walk away.
INT. MARGARET'S APARTMENT - BEDROOM - MORNING
ON SCREEN: One day to Christmas.
Bonny wakes up. She puts on a jacket. She walks out the door
quietly.
MARGARET'S BEDROOM
Margaret hears the door opening. She listens to the footsteps
descending down the hallway.
Margaret gets up and looks out the window.
EXT. LONDON STREET - DAY
Bonny stands in front of the apartment. She wraps the scarf
around her neck. She walks into traffic.
Just as before in America the cars whizz past her honking.
She is unharmed.
A hobo on a bike watches her with his jaw dropped.
She walks down the street. The hobo mounts his bicycle and
follows her.
She turns around.
BONNY
What do you want?
The hobo stares dumbfounded.
BONNY (CONT'D)
Why are you following me?
HOBO
Are you an Angel?
BONNY
No. I'm afraid not.
The hobo gets up close to her.
HOBO
Well, you like one to me.
BONNY
I assure you. I'm not an Angel.
HOBO
I just saw you playing in traffic.
BONNY
I'm in a terrible rush this
morning. I couldn't wait for it.
HOBO
Yes, but how?
BONNY
My scarf. I think.
HOBO
The scarf protects you?
BONNY
It is my lovers scarf. He died two
days ago in a car accident.
It still has his blood on it. It
has made me immortal and gave me a
strange accent.
HOBO
May I hold it.
BONNY
No.
INT. MARGARET'S APARTMENT - MORNING
ON SCREEN: Christmas day.
Bonny wakes up. She climbs out of bed. She pulls on her
scarf.
INT. HALLWAY
Bonny walks down the hallway to Margaret's room. She knocks.
MARGARET
Come in Bonny.
Bonny opens the door. She walks in.
MARGARET (CONT'D)
You all right?
BONNY
Yes.
They look at each other.
BONNY (CONT'D)
Merry Christmas.
MARGARET
Merry Christmas to you.
Bonny slowly turns to leave.
MARGARET (CONT'D)
You want me to go to market with
you?
BONNY
No. I'll go alone.
MARGARET
I saw you yesterday cross the
street. You won't do that again
will you?
BONNY
Why can't I die Margaret?
(stops)
The scarf has made me immortal.
Margaret looks at her sympathetically.
BONNY (CONT'D)
He doesn't want to be with me?
MARGARET
Have you tried getting ride of the
scarf then?
BONNY
No. It' the only thing on earth
that I have of his.
MARGARET
You must make up your mind then.
BONNY
I want to die now, wearing the
scarf as he did.
MARGARET
Ronny had the same trouble when his
father passed. His own death was
the only thing he felt that he
could control.
BONNY
I don't understand.
MARGARET
We live in a world of
uncertainties. Truth be know,
security is all we really want in
life.
BONNY
You don't understand Margaret. I
want to die so that I can be with
him. Why can't I die?
MARGARET
It's not your time.
BONNY
Do you control my happiness
Margaret?
MARGARET
What is your happiness?
BONNY
To be with your son. I love him
more then anything in this world.
And I want to be with him.
(she cries)
So... so if you are keeping me from
him somehow... please I beg you let
me go.
MARGARET
I swear. I'm not keeping you from
him. If you really think that his
scarf is keeping you from dying
then by all means you must play in
traffic without it.
Bonny opens the door to leave.
MARGARET (CONT'D)
Bonny. You have an amazing gift.
You can do all kinds of good. You
must use it for good. Imagine the
possibilities.
BONNY
Marry Christmas Margaret. I must go
to the market.
She turns and walks out.
EXT. STREET - DAY
Bonny exits the building. The Hobo is waiting for her.
BONNY
It's you again.
The Hobo rides up to her and snatches the scarf off her neck.
He peddles away as fast as he can.
Bonny gives chase.
The hobo screams and shouts for joy. He waves the scarf over
his head.
HOBO
I'm invincible. I'm immortal.
He hits a curb and flies off his bike. He skids across the
cement. His face is bloodied.
Bonny is catching up slowly. The hobo pulls himself up. He
mounts his bike. He speeds off again.
BONNY
Get back here you old fool.
HOBO
Die in peace woman.
Bonny runs after him.
EXT. BUSY STREET
She stops. Looks both ways. She crosses the street.
A car comes right for her. She stands still...
She goes through the car. The befuddled driver, flips her the
bird.
Bonny suddenly turns on burst of inhumanly speed.
EXT. BRIDGE - DAY
The hobo looks behind him and see Bonny wildly gaining on
him.
HOBO
You crazy woman.
BONNY
I want my scarf back.
HOBO
It just needs some time to get used
to me. I'm almost superman.
The hobo loses control of his bike and takes a tumble. He
lays on the ground exhausted. He breaths heavily.
Bonny stands over him. She's not one bit winded.
HOBO (CONT'D)
You are an Angel aren't you?
BONNY
I'm not saying it again. Give me
the scarf.
HOBO
(begging)
Please. I don't got anything else
in life. Let me be immortal.
Please.
BONNY
Don't you see... I'm immortal not
the dam scarf.
HOBO
It's Christmas day woman. At lease
buy it back from me?
Bonny sighs. She pulls out some money from her pockets. She
hands it to him.
The hobo takes the money and gives the scarf back to her.
BONNY
Thank you.
Bonny starts to walk away. She turns around.
BONNY (CONT'D)
Merry Christmas Hobo.
She walks to the edge of the bridge. She wraps the scarf
around her neck and leaps over the edge.
She falls through the sky.
The hobo looks on in shock.
HOBO
You see that people. That woman
just jumped.
The hobo looks over the edge. The water is flat. People
coming running to the edge of the bridge.
In the distance Bonny walks along the river bank. The scarf
flaps in the breeze behind her.
FADE TO BLACK.
THE END
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