Fade In Ext: A Short Story

Fade in Ext. St.Gregory Funeral grounds- Day

A congregation circles around a casket being lowered into the ground. Everyone is wearing black. A single bright red rose is sitting on top of the casket. The sky is very gray with drops of rain coming down. The family of the one being buried is standing around the priest and in front of the casket. a young teenage boy wearing a long black 3 piece suit starts to walk away from the funeral and to a large sedan car. He gets in, and slams the door. He sits in silence while watching the rain fall. A while later,an older gentlemen opens the front passenger door.

ALan

Hey Bare, you doing okay? Wanna come back outside, we are going to the reception for Roxy right now.

Barry is 15 years old, he 's a

Marcus

Well, thats not what Mr.Rogers and your parents told me, they sa-

BARRY

Wait, you spoke to Mr.Rogers? Wh- why did you speak to him.

Marcus

I... shit. I was gonna tell you.

BARRY

Goddamn it dude, come on. I don 't need every single fucking person checking on me to see if i 'm okay, i 'm fi-

Marcus

No, you 're not dude... You, are not okay. You don 't eat, you don 't sleep, hell you 've basically stopped going to school.

BARRY

I go to school.

Marcus

Well it sure doesn 't look that way. All you do is just sit in the seats and do nothing. Look I know that you think Roxy 's death was your fault. It wasn 't okay? Roxy was extremely drunk and you did the best yo-

BARRY

Why does EVERYONE keep saying that?! I mean Jesus, if i would 've done the best i could, she would still fucking be here now wouldn 't she?

Marcus doesn 't respond.

BARRY

WOULDN 'T SHE MARUCS?

MARCUs

I-I- I don 't know man. She took your wheel while you driving. you tried to gain control okay? That 's what you keep telling everyone huh?

BARRY

What, now you don 't believe me?

Marcus

No, Barry I never said that, all I 'm saying is th-

Barry gets up and throws money at Marcus.

BARRY

Here 's for dinner, thanks

Barry walks out and into the streets.

MArcus

Wait, Barry co- come back please?

Marcus puts his head onto the table.

Marcus

Shit.

Fade to

ext. Roxy 's Grave-Night

Barry is sitting in front of Roxy 's grave. sitting silently looking at her tombstone. Barry doesn 't say anything for quite a while.

BARRY

Hey, uh, Roxy. Everyone really misses you. Like everybody does, even people who I haven 't heard or talked to for ages. Remember Alex from grade school, yeah that Alex! he even says he misses you. ha ha.

Barry sits quietly again. He begins to weep and onto to knees and weeps more.

BARRY

I 'm so Sorry. Please come back, please? I can 't I- I can 't do this without you. I feel like it 's all my fault, everything I did was my fault. It 's my fault you 're dead, it 's my fault you went out, I(sniffs) I- should 've just went to the movies instead of going to the game on Friday.

Barry then begins to claw at the dirt above Roxy 's grave. Bringing up dirt and grass with every claw at the ground.

BARRY

(hysterical)

Please, please, please, come back. I don 't care what it takes come back!

Then from behind Barry is take away from Roxy 's grave, he doesn 't see who it is.

MARCUS

Barry you need to