3 years ago...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ THE PAST ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Past 1 Scene 1
Lights on.
It is in the study room. Every conditions and decorations remain intact as in Act 1 except where there is no portrait on the wall. Nichol White dresses in her jeans jacket like a college styled student sits on the sofa at the centre reading some case-laws. There are some law books sprawling on the sofas. Sean with his jeans jacket together with his jeans pants and leather shoes sits at his study table doing his assignment. Thick law books and papers scatter everywhere on the table while he is concentrating on his work.
Nichol: The case of New Castle v. Smith .....eh....eh...shit.
What is the principle of the case?
(Nichol scratches her head trying to figure out
the answer to the question she just asked herself and
then she gives up guessing.)
Sean! Sean!
Sean: Mmmmmm....
(Still concentrating on his work without looking at
Nichol.)
Nichol: Do you remember the principle of New Castle v. Smith?
(There is no answer from Sean and Nichol is getting
annoyed.)
Nichol: Sean! Seeeeaaaaaaannnnnnnn!
Sean: Mmmmmm....(Still concentrating on his work.)
Nichol: I am asking you a question, Brother!
Sean: Sorry. What is it?
(This time Sean looks at Nichol.)
Nichol: The principle of New Castle v. Smith case?
Sean: Oh! Jesus, I forgot myself. (sighs)
Nichol: Oh! God! Exam is around the corner and still there are
so much to remember. What are we going to do, Sean?
Sean: Woooa! Hold your horses, Nichol. Just hang on there.
I'll find the case for you.
(Sean searches for one of the books on his table and
flips the pages.)
Let see......New...New Castle v. Smith.
(Suddenly, Nichol's mind wanders with deep
thoughts and she is not interested of what Sean is
doing but she reluctantly thanks him as she meant
it for other reason.)
Nichol: Thanks, Sean. You are always a good brother to me.
Sean: Mmmmmm......(Sean still flipping the pages.)
(Then Nichol pretends not thinking about
other things and looks at her watch.)
Nichol: Jesus, where's Michelle?
Sean: She should be here by now.... Did you tell her
about our group study today?
Nichol: I did. I guess she probably went for a detour
again to some frolic of her own. You know her.
Sean: As usual. Ah! I found it. New Castle vs. Smith.
It's says.....
(As Sean refers the case to her, he notices Nichol
isn't looking at him but elsewhere and his mind
wonders why. Then after a while knowing Nichol
isn't paying anymore attention to him, he quitely moves
closer to her place and sits next to her.)
Hello! Is there anybody out there? Are you still in
the twilight zone?
Nichol: Sorry! I don't mean to ignore you?
Sean: It's OK. What's wrong? You seem to have a lot in your
mind.
Nichol: Nothing, really. I was just dreaming. You know.
The usual, stuff and bla...bla....bla.
(Sean then gives Nichol a small pat from his elbow.)
Sean: You sure, huh!
Nichol: Yeah! I am sure. I just....
Sean: What is it, Nichol?
Nichol: I don't know. There is this fear that is building
inside me.
Sean: What? Is it the exam that's been bothering you?
Nichol: No! No! It's not the exam. I am not sure....I
...(sighs).
(Nichol puts her right hand on her forehead.)
I’m just worried that ...... I mean I am just worried
about our gang. That we will never share what we have
together like brothers and sisters one day. You
know, where we will end up going our separate ways
after the exam and never see each other again.
Sean: Nichol! you silly girl. Even if we are to go our
separate ways later. So what? .... Hey! we have our own
lives to move on. But of course, we will get in touch
and say hi and maybe say hey how many kids you got
and start comparing and see who got the most of it.
(Sean laughs.)
Nichol: Sean, I'm serious!
(Sean stops laughing and he holds Nichol's hands
gently.)
Sean: Nichol, you're always like this. Worried about
something unnecessarily...... But I want you to
know that no matter where we are in the future and no
matter how far apart we can be, I'm sure we will
always remember the moments that we are enjoying
now. Our 'Bloodihood Bond' is so great and it will
always be there.
Nichol: Always be there?
Sean: Always...... always in our hearts, too...... Yours,
mine ....and Michelle's.
Nichol: Thanks,...... If I ever have a brother, I really want
him to be like you.
(Nichol hugs Sean immediately.)
Sean: You don't have to as you already got one here now.
(At this juncture, Michelle enters the room from the
left side at the door. She is wearing a blouse with
feminine vest and a short mini-skirt. Looking very
sexy.)
Michelle: Hi! Guys. (Michelle yells in ecstasy.)
(Nichol and Sean start to break-up in their
passionate moment of friendship but Michelle
looks at them surprisingly.)
Did I miss something?
Nichol: Hi!
Sean: Yes! You did. Our wasted time of waiting for you
to join us for group discussion, remember?
It's about time, Michelle. Where have you been?
Michelle: (giggles)
Oh! I am so sorry. I completely forgot about it.
(Michelle moves towards Sean.)
I am sorry, Sean. Please don't get mad. Huh!
Sean: (Imitating Michelle's expression) "Oh! I'm sorry,
please don't get mad, huh?" As usual Michelle,
you always make promises you never keep. I don't
know what else to say to you.
Michelle: Oh! Sean! I am so sorry....Please, don't be mad at
me, huh!....huh!......huh!.....huh!
(Michelle shows her pathetic look like a little girl
begging for forgiveness.)
Sean: Alright, alright. Just don't do it again.
Michelle: Yeah! Sean's not mad at me. Yeah! yeah!
(Michelle jumps like a little girl clapping her hands
and Sean and Nichol laugh at her. Sean then
moves to his study table to continue his work.)
Sean: OK, let's get back to work. We have exams to go for,
remember, guys!
(Michelle shows a frowning face to Nichol.)
Michelle: What? Study again. It's so boring.
(Michelle wanders around the room and
begins to take notice of the surroundings.)
Wow! Nice place, Sean. Oh! You got a window that
we can see the beautiful view outside.
(Then she moves quickly towards the glass window
and then jumps like a little girl again.)
Nichol! Nichol!
(Michelle yells in a high pitched tone and
swings her left hand towards Nichol.)
Come here and look at the view.
It's so beautiful out there. You can see everything
from here. Oh Mine! Oh mine! Sean, it's so beautiful!
(Nichol moves towards Michelle and looks at the
beautiful scenery with her. Michelle is still jumping
with ecstasy as she points to Nichol the beautiful
mountains at the scenery.)
Nichol: Mmmmmmm ...Yeah! it is.
Michelle: Oh! Look at that mountains. Mine! Mine! it's so
beautiful. It's like living in paradise, Sean! Oh Mine!
Oh Mine!
(Sean moves towards them and joins them looking at
the scenery.)
Sean: It's my favourite spot too, Michelle.
Michelle: I don't care...I don't care. I want this to be my spot.
I want to own this place. I don't care.
(Sean puts his hand on Michelle's shoulder and hold
her tightly like a brother hugging his own sister.)
Sean: Alright! alright! It's yours now........ Are you happy
now?
(Michelle becomes silent and slowly she turns her
head towards Sean and stares at him.)
Michelle: Will it be forever?
(Sean then turns his head towards Michelle and their
eyes met each other.)
Sean: Yeah....Forever.
(Michelle and Sean are looking into each other's eyes
and slowly they lost touch with reality as if there is
some form of chemical reaction in their emotions.
All of a sudden, out of impulse, Sean puts his right
hand on Michelle's left cheek and caresses her so
tenderly. For another few more moments, they would have
found the magical phenomenon of falling in love. While
this is happening, Nichol couldn't help but to realise
what is happening and simply witnesses their romantic
moments and takes notice of it in silence.
But Sean then senses the impropriety to feel such
feeling of love when he knows he has already made his
vow to be Michelle's brother. Because of this, Sean
shakes his head a little and breaks away from Michelle by
withholding his hand from her face.
Then Sean pretends nothing has happened and returns to
his study table and continues doing his assignment.
Michelle is a little bit disappointed of Sean's sudden
withdrawal from such feeling of love but she understands
his gesture and also pretends nothing has happened.)
Sean: OK! Guys, let's not get carried away from that window.
We have exams to deal with, remember?
Michelle, you better start studying now.
(Nichol holds Michelle's left hand and drags her to the
sofas and Michelle reluctantly follows. Then they decide
to do some studying.)
Michelle: Mnmmmmmmmmm. I hate studying.
Nichol: Come on, Michelle. Do you want to pass your exam?
Michelle: Mmmmmmmmmm. I hate law! I hate law! I
wonder why my parents have to force me to do law.
It's so boring.
(Michelle reluctantly takes out a book from her bag
and reads it.)
Sean: Shhhhhhhh.(Sean points his finger to his mouth as a
gesture to tell Michelle to stop complaining.)
(There is a silence in the room for awhile as Sean
is busy doing his assignment and Nichol is
busy reading her case-laws.)
Michele: Sean!
Sean: Shhhhhhhh. (Simultaneously with Nichol.)
Nichol: Shhhhhhhh. (Simultaneously with Sean.)
(There is another silence for awhile as Michelle begins
to feel uncomfortable and restless in trying to get her
mind to concentrate in her study.)
Michelle: Nichol!
Sean: Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
(Simultaneously in a louder voice.)
Nichol: Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
(Simultaneously in a louder voice.)
(There is another silence and this time Michelle is
getting even more impatient than before as she is just
too bored with her law books. And then Alfred enters.)
Alfred: Pardon me, everyone. Ah.....Miss Michelle! There is a
phone call for you from the living hall outside.
(Michelle raises both her hands in the air
immediately.)
Michelle: Yes! Yes! I am out of here. Thanks Alfred, you have
just saved my life. Excuse me, brother and sister. Or
shall I say..... Bloodbro and Bloodsis,
please......excuseeee meooooew.
(Michelle does her little cat walk to the door and
Alfred exits from the door.)
Sean: Michelle, don't forget to come back. We have
discussion to attend to later.
(Michelle turns around to Sean and puts her right
hand to her right ear.)
Michelle: What, Senior? I can't hear you. Can you
please....please say that again?
(When Sean looks at Michelle's direction, she has
already exited. Sean shakes his head and smiles
a little.)
Sean: I wonder whose call is it from?
Nichol: I guess it must be from her mom. Remember that her
mom said that she will call Michelle over here to tell
her about her father air flight tomorrow so that she
can pick her dad up from the airport. Say..... Do you
know that her father is coming back from Paris for
good to stay with her mom. She is just so excited
about it for the past few days about this. I guess she
loves her dad so much.
Sean: I remember. Yeah! Her mom did say that.
That must be real nice.
Nichol: You know, tomorrow is already a Father's Day
and it will be like double celebration for her.
Sean: That's good and nice. (In a much silent mode.)
(Nichol looks at Sean and she realises there is
something about what she has said that made Sean
looks so sad all of a sudden. Michelle comes in at this
moment and jumps like a little girl again.
Clapping her hands.)
Michelle: Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! my father is coming back
tomorrow and we will be celebrating Father's Day
at ......(Michelle's stops suddenly when she realises
that Sean has started sobbing quitely.)
(Nichol moves to Michelle and whispers
something to her and Michelle got a shock and
covers her mouth.)
Michelle: Oh! My God! (Whispering.)
(Nichol and Michelle whisper to themselves and Sean
is still putting his right hand on his face covering his
tearful eyes. Then Nichol and Michelle move
towards Sean. They put their hands on Sean's
shoulder.)
Michelle: Hey! Bro. Are you OK?
Nichol: Sean, please........ I am sorry..... I didn't mean to
say these things to you. I totally forgot and I.....
I'm sorry.
Michelle: Hey! Bloodbro..... We are sorry, huh.....
(Sean raises his right hand and stand up. He walks to
the window.)
Sean: Hey! Come on.........Come-on.... guys. I'm OK. It's
alright! alright! I just got jam up for a while. That's
all. I'll be fine.
(There is a silence for awhile. Nichol and Michelle are
still staring at Sean tentatively.)
Sean: Sometimes, it's strange....you know. I never like my
dad and I never learn to love him like a real son. My
mom used to tell me to forgive what my dad did in
the past and I.....I ..... I guess I was never a good son
after all....You know sometimes it's good to have this
kindda function like Father's Day or maybe
Mother's Day.....it's where you can really
understand that ....that maybe you actually love your
father after all when you know that he has no one to
celebrate with during this occasion when he knows
that his friends and buddies probably spending
sometime somewhere.....celebrating how great being
a father they are and stuff like that. I.......I guess that I
finally understood how my dad felt now..... If
only....If only....I listen to my Mom before she died.
I.....I mean if only she knows that I still love
my dad....Maybe she'll be very happy in heaven now.
(Sean sobs incessantly and emotionally.)
Why must they diedddddd and .....and leave me
alone like this? How in the hell did the brakes fail?
Damn the car accident? .....Mom...mmmmm
(sobs) Please forgive me......I know that it's too late
already.......I am so sorry I ..I....I
Dad...Dad......I'm sorry.....I...mmmmmmm
Dadddd.... (sobs) .......so sorry. Now it's all too
late already.......Everything's too late.....Now.
(Sean's emotion has gone unstable and he is starting
to sob a little louder while holding his tears
desperately. Nichol and Michelle quickly move closer
to Sean.)
Nichol: Sean! It's not too late.......It's not too late.
I'm sure your mom and dad already knew from
their hearts that you love them......... and .....and you
still have us.
Michelle: Yeah! We're your family..... We're still your
bloodsisters, aren't we?
Nichol: Yeah! we're a gang now and we're your family.
Hey!....we are Bloodbrother and Bloodsisters
...remember?
Michelle: Come-on, Bro. We love you very much.
Nichol: You're not alone..... Not anymore. Remember what
you've told me just now, Sean? About our sacred
bond in our friendship, ....... remember?
(Sean then turns around and hugs them and gives a
kiss on their foreheads.)
Sean: Thanks Nichol. Thanks Michelle. You guys are my
only good friends and I love you all.
Nichol: I love you too, Sean.
Michelle: Me too, bloodbro.
(After the emotional hugging among themselves
for awhile, Sean remembers something.)
Sean: I got something for you two. Here!
(Sean moves to his study table and draws open his
first top drawer and takes out three star shaped
pendants with chains that dazzle Michelle's and
Nichol's eyes.)
Here, I kindda made these myself and I.....I thought
you guys will like it.
(Sean gave the star shaped pendants to them by
wearing them on their necks. Nichol and Michelle
smile between themselves as they are awed by such
wonderful gifts from Sean. They then hold their
pendants respectively and start to look at
their own gifts and they see the wordings of their
name engraved on their own pendants beside their
hearts.)
Nichol: Bloodsister Nichol. Thanks.
Michelle: Hey! mine's Bloodsister Michelle. Oh! it's wonderful.
Thanks Sean.
Sean: And this pendant will be mine. Bloodbrother Sean.
Nichol: And we will all be as one.....
Michelle: ... under this bond.
(Then Sean, Michelle and Nichol start hugging
among themselves.)
Michelle: Hey! Why don't we create a song as a theme song for
our Bloodihood Gang?
Sean: That's great idea!
Nichol: Yeah! But what song?
Michelle: I got an idea. I happened to pass by some places just
now and ....Look! Look what I got today.
(Michelle takes out a compact disc from her bag
and proudly presents it to Sean and Nichol.)
Ta...Da!
Nichol: What's that?
Michelle: Guns & Roses new album. Here! check it out.
(Michelle passes the compact disc cover to Nichol.)
Sean: Oh really, what's the albums name?
Michelle: It's called 'Appetite for Destruction'.
I heard all the songs when I borrowed from my
friend's last week before I bought this new CD for
myself. Here I show you. You guys should check
out this song.
(Michelle takes the compact disc from Nichol and
puts it in the Hi-Fi stereo and plays the 'Sweet Child
O'Mine' song. Sean and Nichol take the lyrics from
the album cover and start searching for the lyrics of
the song and they all start singing the song together.
Michelle is dancing and rocking her head around.
Swaying her hair like a rocker in a rock concert
singing the tunes. She don't need to look at the
lyrics as she already knew them by heart.)
(At this juncture, Alfred enters from the door at the left side.
Sean, Nichol and Michelle are still dancing. Totally oblivious of
Alfred's presence. Alfred tries to speak to them but the music
is too loud and they wouldn't care to listen to him. They just
play a prank on Alfred by dancing around him and Alfred tries again to speak to each of them but they pretend that they couldn't hear him. Michelle even hold Alfred's hand to dance with him but Alfred refuses to do so and pulls his hand away from Michelle.
Then Sean quickly lowers down the music of Sweet Child O'Mine from the stereo and looks at Alfred in a shock.)
Sean: Alfred, What time is it?
Alfred: Sir! That is what I am trying to tell you, sir? But you
all won't listen.
Sean: Alfred! Answer me. What time is it?
Alfred: It's already 2:15. Sir andda......
Sean: Oh! My God, we are late for our 2 pm lecture and the
Professor will kill us this time.
Come-on, guys. We better hurry up.
(Sean collects all his books and papers quickly and
chucks them into his bag and rushes to the door.
Nichol does the same thing. While the rest are busy
packing their things for the lecture, Michelle is busy
standing at the window watching the scenery again.)
Michelle: Ohhhhhhhh! It's so beautiful. I don't feel like leaving
now. Can't we just skip the lecture?
Sean: Come-on, Michelle! Stop fooling around anymore or
Professor Kingsfield will kill you later.
Nichol: Come-on, Michelle! Start packing your things.
Sean: Go ....Come on, Michelle. Let's go!
(Sean is rushing and he exits and Nichol packs
Michelle's books into her bag and she rushes to the
door and before she exits she turns to Michelle.)
Nichol: Come-on, Michelle. Let's go.
(Nichol exits and Alfred follows behind.
Michelle takes her bag and moves to the door and
stops. She turns around and looks at the window and
then exits. Then she enters again and reaches for the
Hi-Fi stereo and ejects her compact disc from it and
keeps it in the album cover and puts it into her bag.
When she is about to move towards the door, she stops
and looks at the glass window again. Nichol comes in
at the door and shouts at Michelle.)
Nichol: Michelle! Let's go. We are very late already!
(Then Nichol exits from the door.)
Michelle: Alright! I am coming......I am coming.
(Michelle runs quickly towards the door.)
SWEET CHILD O'MINE IS COMING!
(Michelle shouts and exits from the door.)
Lights off.
