[Scene starts with a girl walking home from school, a young girl, around 15. She has long black hair and olive skin. Her hair is a mess, and she is walking quickly.She is obviously stressed and tired from school. She walks a couple of blocks until she reaches her street. It is a court, so she has perfect view of all houses. A moving truck is parked in the driveway of her neighbors house. A man is speaking with her mother, Denise. She becomes curious upon seeing this.]
Hayley: [walking quickly towards her mother] Hay mom.
Denise:[with a soft voice] Hi hon [smiling] how was school?
Hayley: [sarcasm]Peachy.Just peachy...[she glances at the man out of the corner of her eye. He is staring at her] Uhm....
Denise:[in the strange silence, she glances at Hayley, then the man.]
Silly me, I've forgotten to introduce you two. [giggles] Hayley, this is our new neighbor, Ville. Ville, this is my daughter,Hayley.
Ville: Why hello there Hayley [extending his hand out in a greeting, he grins, baring his perfect, white teeth.]
[Hayley reaches out to shake his hand. She draws it back. She examines him closely. He is as pale as a China doll. His black hair as ear length, and a bit greasy. Her eyes traveled and meet his.They are a deep blue, with an almost purple haze. And as she stares into them for what seems a lifetime, a cold chill breaks the humid summer air. She sees something strange about him...something chilling.]
Denise:"Lee? Are you alright?"
[her mother calls out for her as she is in a trance. She jumps back in suprise]
Hayley:"Yeah, I'm okay..hah, sorry I spazzed out for a sec there."
[Hayley's body feels numb as the man is still staring at her. As she walkes away she can hear them speaking]
Denise: [confused] sorry about that...i swear i have the weirdest children.
Ville: [laughs softly, in an extremely deep voice] No problem.
[She walks into her house and pauses in her kitchen upon hearing a loud booming. POV The camera focuses on the ceiling, which is shaking.]
Hayley: What in the world...
[She darts up the stairs into her bedroom. She sees her brother, James, jumping on her bed with music blasting.]
Hayley:[pauses at the door]"James. Get out, now!" [yelling]
[James hears his sister and hops off the bed, turning the music down.]
James:[with sarcasm] "Whoa there sissy, high strung much? Having boy trouble?"
Hayley: [in a firm , defeated voice] Please James, not now.
[James laughs as Hayley stares him down with seriousness.]
Hayley:[angered]"OUT!"
James: Fine, jerk face.
(James grins and runs out of the room. Hayley slams the door and flops on her bed in exhaustion.)
Hayley: [mumbling] "What a day...what a wonderful day indeed."
[Camera fades. It is a new day. Hayley wakes up and looks out her window. The moving truck is gone, and Ville is standing outside, laughing and talking to Denise. Hayley stares at him, then his house, and looks around her room. She thinks of the day before, and the chill he sent through her body. She had never felt this before...that moment was so ...unexplainably haunting. She gets up and heads into the kitchen. James is sitting at the counter playing his Gameboy.]
Hayley: [firmly runs her fingers through his blond hair, messing it up] Mornin' loser.
James: [thumbs pressing buttons rapidly,focused on his game] NOT NOW!. [brushes her hand away] I just passed Level 20. Im trying to defeat Ashwitar. If I get past this stage I'll beat the WHOLE game!!
Hayley: [staring] I don't know how you became a part of this family, but I am telling you now, we are not related...AT ALL. [grins and walks over to fridge]
[Hayley bends down to grab the orange juice off the shelf. The front door shuts and she hears laughter. One voice is her mother's. The other, Ville's. Upon hearing him she immediately straightens up and turns around.]
Denise: [laughing] .....So I was in complete shock y'know. I just couldn't believe they called my name!
Ville: [smiling,speaks again in a deep voice] Good things happen to good people...like you, Denise.
[Denise turns to the kids. She looks at Hayley and smiles] Hi darling! How are you this morning?
Hayley: [holding the orange juice in one hand and staring at her mother].. I'm good but tired, just woke up.
[There is a pause]
Hayley: Uhm...what is he doing here? I mean, its like 8 in the morning...
Denise: Oh, I was just helping him unload the rest of his boxes. I wanted to treat him to some coffee this morning.
Hayley: Uhh...okay. I was wondering if I could go to Samantha's house. She called and wants me over today.
Denise: No hon, I'm actually leaving somewhere later on today and I need you home.
Hayley: [voice raising] But mom! Its the weekend! Sammy had tickets for me to see Metro Station in concert! It's my only chance, they're tour is ending this week.
Denise: [in a firm tone] Not now Hayley, we have company. I'm sorry, you'll have to plan another week with Samantha, but for the next few days I need you here. I'm going to San Fransisco with your brother, he has a interview with a child-modeling agency. Now, please don't cause me any trouble.
Hayley: [throws her hands up in defense] Fine, whatever. Ruin my life, why don't you.
[Denise calls out Hayley's name, but she is already heading up stairs. Hayley walks into her room, shutting the door behind her. Denise and Ville are talking downstairs as Hayley lay on her bed. She hears their conversation, muffled by her walls. camera is in living room, focused on Ville and Denise.]
Ville: Well, the day has gone by fast, has it not?
Denise: [looks at clock] My goodness, you're right. I should be getting some sleep now.
Ville: [laughing] Yes. Forget dogs, sleep is man's best friend.
Denise: My daughter tends to get a tad ditsy sometimes.[giggles] Is there any chance you could watch out for them? I mean, from your house, every now and then just check up on them, make sure no trouble is being caused?
Ville: [focusing on Denise] Why, of course. They will be PERFECTLY safe. I
ll make sure of it. [smiles]
[CU on Hayley's face. Her eyes are widened.]
[camera fades. Next day. It is now dark, past midnight, Denise has left. Hayley stands in her bathroom, staring at the mirror. The day was long, and she is about to go to sleep. Ville had left the whole day. She brushes her hair back and sighs. CU on sink. Hayley splashes water on her face. She reaches for a towel when she hears a loud pounding. She jumps in fear.]
[There is a silence. The pounding happens, this time followed by a muffled scream.]
Hayley: [yelling] JAMES? JAMES ARE YOU OKAY?
[She runs towards his bedroom and she opens his door. Remembering he had left that day,she slams his door shut. She hears the noise again. In a frantic panic, she burst into her room. She is followed by these loud sounds and voices, in her head, haunting her. She reaches for the door knob to run out once again, but cannot turn it. Her window will not break. She scales her room and jumps on her bed.]
Hayley: [softly speaking to herself] Okay, calm down, everything's okay. You're just hearing things..it's all in your mind. Yeah, that's it...all in your mind.
[She tries to slow her breathing down and takes a sip of water. Her hands run across her forehead, she is sweating. They search for a pill bottle in her drawer. Hayley swallows one of the pills, but all of a sudden she hears the screaming again. She is startled. Hayley opens her blinds and looks out her window. She is staring at Ville's house. There is a light on, on the top story. He has curtains so movements in the room are blurred. She sees a figure dart across his room quickly. A pause. Her eyes search the driveway, there is no car, she looks back up to the window, no light. CU on her face. She is frantic. The screams were extremely loud, too loud, and too real to be in her imagination. She thinks to herself, and calls Samantha.]
Samantha: [after Hayley explains what happened, leaving out the detail that she is locked in her room.] Hon, you just need to calm down. You'll be fine.
Hayley: Yea..I know. I just hate being left alone here with that creeper across the street.
Samantha: [laughing] Dude, just watch a little TV and you'll be okay. You're gonna scare yourself into a heart attack, love. Maybe it's your disorder is causing all of this, get some rest.
Hayley: I don't know....I just have the weirdest feeling. His eyes...they did something to me, something weird. I've never felt that before...plus with the pounding last night I heard. It was so loud, almost deafening. I'm surprised James didn't wake up.
Samantha: [pause] Yea...I have to go now, but you have fun being paranoid. [laughing] No I'm joking, but goodness woman, I NEED SLEEP! Haha, stay calm. Love you, bye.
Hayley: [with a lower voice] Your right maybe I am paranoid. Haha, love you too.
[The day passes, and Hayley sits in her room. It is dark outside. She drifts off into a deep sleep. ECU on Hayley's face. She has been tossing and turning all night from a most restless sleep. Nightmares beyond her wonders filled those few hours. They were so real, so lifelike. A few more days pass, her mother and James have still not returned. Hayley has become extremely worried, realizing she is locked up in a house by herself, helpless. She remembers she threw her back pack under her bed, which contained her cellphone. Upon this she grabs it and calls her mother, but she is sent straight to voice mail. She calls 30 times non-stop, before she throws the phone against the wall, breaking it. Hayley paces back and forth throughout her room ritualistically, hands pulling at her hair. She peeks out the blinds every few seconds, checking to see if Ville has returned home yet, he has not. Her neighborhood is unusually silent. It seems as if she is the only life form left on the planet. The night grows darker, as she lay in her bed. Once again, the screaming begins to infiltrate her ears. Then the pounding, and foreign music starts blasting. Hayley reaches for the bottle of pills, she has taken too many and has run out. She clutches her hair in her hands and collapses on the ground as the sounds become louder. She is broken, worn out. Hayley closes her eyes tight and yells out, trying to be heard by someone, anyone.]
Hayley:[between cries,in an uncontrolled voice] Please..help...help me...help..HELP! ANYONE? CAN YOU HEAR ME I SAID HELP! [screaming]
[Continuous flashbacks of traumatizing events are shown as she makes her way to the bathroom. Out of nowhere, there is a sharp knife lying on the floor. So many thoughts fill her mind as she reaches for the knife to put an end to her pain. The camera focuses quickly onto her face. She is frantic, sweat is dripping down her face and she is shaking. She stares into the mirror and she digs the knife deep into it, shattering the glass. The pills Hayley has been taken are for her schizophrenia. She has lived a life of so much terror and pain. Is this the cause or her endless nightmares? Could she be driving herself into extreme panic attacks? Or worse...could Ville have hypnotized her with that one, eerie stare that seemed to last for a century? Is Ville even real? Could he be just another voice inside her head, distorting all reality? Hayley's screams are heard by the veiwer as a camera scales the walls of a concrete room with a bar door. There is blood splashed across a half shattered mirror, with the word "ESCAPE" carved into it. Instantaneously, a swarm of nurses rush into the barren room. Hayley gasps for oxygen. They are yanking at her gown as she frantically trembles on the cold asylum floor. The words "Escape" are now being whispered -over the shouts of nurses- by millions of mysterious voices. ECU on Hayley's face as she releases a bloodcurdling scream. Fadeout.]
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