It's actually quite fun to have some script saved in your WORD DOCU when you dont have any other script to write. Just a script for spontanious and subcontious(sp?) writing.

I've actually gotten the idea for a TV series, called BENCH, which is about Todd waking up every sunday morning somewhere where he has absolutely no clue how the eff he got there. Just to make with my matties. Anyways, here's another update, which might bring Todd into a complicated web of mafia relationships....

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EXT. Small lake in Park ? morning

A male and female duck with 5 baby ducks swim in the brown water of a lake. The little ones have a hard time to keep up with their big mum. The father follows the ducks from behind. They?re eating small pieces of bread floating around in the lake.

Suddenly, a HUGE WOODEN STICK flies through the air and almost hits the little baby ducks. The ducks are QUACKING frightened and flee.

EXT. next to lake ? morning

Next to the lake stands a boy (11) with an evil laugh on his face. He?s wearing a TRASH BAG with holes in it as clothes. He turns around and walks back, through the bushes.

CUT TO

EXT. bench in park ? morning

ZOOM IN in on face of a young man, aged 18, asleep. His name is TODD. We can see by his clothes and the empty liquor bottles beside him that he partied the whole night be-fore.

OUT OF THE BUSHES next to him comes the TRASH-BAGGED boy, who spots Todd lieing on a bench. The boy gets a grin on his face, and slowly walks towards Todd.

Camera shows Todd on the bench, still heavily asleep.

Beat.

Suddenly appears the boy behind the bench with a loud SCREAM and immediatly hiding behind the bench again seeking cover.

No reaction. Todd is still heavily asleep.

The boy stands up again, looking at Todd from behind the bench.

The boy pokes him a little.

Nothing.

The boy shakes Todd gentle.

Nothing.

The boy shakes harder.

Still nothing.

The boy gets an eerie look on his face; he likes this situation. He walks around the bench and now stands besides Todds head.

The boy gives a gentle slap on the face. There?s no reaction.

ZOOM IN on the boys face. He has the biggest grin on his face you?ve ever seen.

He holds his arm backwards, and? SLAPS. The sound of a hard SMACK is heard. The boy backs away.

ZOOM IN on Todd. The smack awakened him. He tries to opens his eyes. There?s too much light shining in his eyes, so early in the morning.

From Todd?s POV. The boy is standing a few metres away from him, laughing silently and naughty, happy how he just got away with that.

Todd sits up, with a loud sigh. His eyes are still halfly opened. He looks around, he is in a nice green park, with a few pedestrians walking by here and then. Todd is still half asleep. Suddenly he realises that he is in a park, and not in his bedroom. With amaze-ment he looks from left to right, and slaps himself on the forehead. And that hurt.

TODD
**** .

The boy walks towards Todd.

BOY
You?re awake now, huh?

TODD
No.

BOY
(grinning)
How come you?re awake mister? Something woke you up?

Todd doesn?t respond. He?s trying to remember how he got here. He looks beneath the bench, there?s nothing but empty liquor bottles.

BOY
Did you have a girl here tonight mister?

Todd, moving slowly therefore preventing the feeling of his headache, searches in his pockets.

TODD
(mumbling)
How the **** did I get here?

BOY
You got laid didn?t you.

Todd notices the boy again.

TODD
What the! Why the **** are you wearing a trash bag?

BOY
I like it.

TODD
What?

BOY
The way it feels. I like it. I don?t like pants. Don?t like underwear either.

TODD
(in himself)
Crazy fool.

At last Todd sits up straight. He moves his lips, and whispers things not heared, he still tries to remember what he?s doing in this park.

The boy sits next to Todd on the bench. He waves his feet in the air, not touching the ground.

BOY
Well?

Beat. Todd is half asleep.

TODD
?Well what?

BOY
Did you got laid yesterday?

TODD
Uhm? I don?t know actually.

BOY
You had sex with a girl and you can?t remember?

TODD
Maybe.

BOY
You?re a weird mister. When I am as old as you are, I?m gonna have a lot of sex with girls.

Beat. Todd doesn?t respond, he?s half asleep again.

BOY
And I?m gonna remember it too. But I can?t have sex right now.

Beat.

TODD
Why not?

BOY
I?m too young doofus.

TODD
Who says? I bet you can.

The moment Todd says these words he gently lays a hand on the boys leg. Todd turns his head and looks the boy straight in the eyes.

BOY
*** !
The boy jumps off the bench and runs away with his greatest speed. He turns around one more time to shout at Todd, but he?s too far to notice.

TODD
******! You?re a ******!

He?s out of sight.

While the boy?s running away Todd grins. He closes his eyes again and falls half-asleep.

CUT TO

INT. Babywagon ? day
A baby plays with his toys in his babywagon. He makes some gurgly sounds and there?s spit coming out of his mouth.

EXT. Park ? day

A woman aged 30 pushes the babywagon and doesn?t look too happy. With a sad face towards the baby she keeps on walking forward.

EXT. Bench ? day

Todd?s having a hard time keeping his eyes open. He doesn?t notice the peo-ple who walk on the path next to the bench who look at him with disgust of the teenagers these days.

WOMAN
(points at bench)
Do you mind?

TODD
Go ahead.

It looks like the woman doesn?t see the empty liquor bottles. She sits on the bench and holds the baby wagon with one hand, and ?pushes it forwards and backwards? to comfort the baby.

WOMAN
I used to be like you you know.

TODD
?

WOMAN
A wild teenager, going out and partying every night. I used to be called ?rodeo tiger? be-cause no one could ever keep up with me, and when I went out I gave it all I got.

TODD
Rodeo tiger?

WOMAN
Uhm hmm.

TODD
Tigers don?t do rodeos.

WOMAN
I know.

TODD
Then why? rodeo tiger? And not, rodeo bull, or something?

WOMAN
What would you prefer, riding a tiger or riding a bull?

TODD
None actually, I?d like to sleep.

WOMAN
No no, choose one.

TODD
A bull.

WOMAN
Exactly. Cause a bull wouldn?t eat you now would it?

TODD
And you ate people?

WOMAN
No no. People, especially guys, got into trouble after a night partying with me. It seems like it was yesterday, but it was just years ago. A guy asked me out one time, he thought he would be able to handle me. Well, guess what, he wasn?t. We went to one of the big-gest clubs in town and -
- While the woman starts telling this, Todd notices two pigeons fiddling with each other. A happy music comes in his head, and the sound around him fades. A small smile appears on his face.

WOMAN
I ******* hate this.

TODD
(snaps out of it)
Hate what?

WOMAN
This. My life right now. I am a single mother. God I hate guys. Have to take care of this baby myself, its not an easy job you know.

TODD
A guy ****** you and left you behind on your own?

WOMAN
Well, that?s another way of putting it, but yes.

TODD
Why didn?t you have abortion?

WOMAN
I?m still considering that.

TODD
But you already had the baby.

WOMAN
...

TODD
?

WOMAN
Hey, do you have a girlfriend?

TODD
Don?t think so.

WOMAN
How old are you?

TODD
18.

WOMAN
Look (points at baby wagon) Look at my baby.

TODD
(stands up and bens over baby wagon)
He?s drooling.

WOMAN
Want it?

TODD
What?

WOMAN
Do you want the baby? Her name is Michelle. Almost one year old now.

TODD
No! Keep the baby to yourself woman.

WOMAN
I thought so. Guys your age aren?t ready yet for the responsibility.

TODD
What? And you are? You?re even too stupid to put on a ******* condom.

WOMAN
Young man, you do not know how it happened!

TODD
No and I don?t want to know either. You?re the dumb one here, there are things like a pil and abortion and condoms you know. Don?t take your stupid-ness out on me.

WOMAN
(annoyed)
I can see where this is going. I?ll leave now.
The woman stands up and walks away.

TODD
You?re forgetting the baby!
The woman looks around annoyed, and with a steady pace she grabs the baby wagon and drags it away.

TODD
Geez?

LATER IN THE PARK ? day

Todd?s trying is best to get up from the bench. With each move a hammer bangs on his head. His feet are already on the ground, the thing he has to do now is get his lazy bum off the bench.

An old man with a little dog walks by.

OLD MAN
Are you okay there son?

Todd waves with one of his hands, trying to tell to shut up.

OLD MAN
Need a little help there?

TODD
Nnno.

OLD MAN
You sure?

TODD
Shh.

Todd is almost stretched now, one hand on the bench and the other one finding balance.

The old man walks up to Todd and grabs him by his waist.

OLD MAN
There ya go.

He lifts him up in the air and drops Todd next to the bench. This move didn?t do any good for Todd, he squeezes his eyes close because of the pain.

OLD MAN
Don?t mention it.

TODD
AAHHHhhrrg..

OLD MAN
Are you ok there son?

TODD
Aww, shut ? the ? **** ? up.

OLD MAN
You what? I need to shut the **** up?

TODD
Y.. yess.

Todd still standing completely still and doing his best not to move.

OLD MAN
I?m helping you and you?re telling me to shut the **** up? That?s not exactly nice now is it? (to dog) That?s not exactly nice now is it, eh?

The dog barks.

TODD
All right, all right. Thanks. I?m feeling better again.

OLD MAN
Good. Now walk the dog for me.

TODD
What??

OLD MAN
Walk my dog. You?ll be sorry if you don?t. You do not know who I am or what I am capa-ble of. It was not wise of you to insult me.

Todd frowns, and looks at the old man, better this time. He wears a bleu expensive Ital-ian suit, with a small flower in his breast pocket and a newspaper in his right hand. Might be someone of the mafia.

TODD
(in himself)
Oh **** ?

OLD MAN
I?m going to read the newspaper here. And you?ll walk the dog for me. His name is Lupo.

The old man gives the belt to Todd, and sits down and opens his newspaper.

OLD MAN
There ya go. Bye Lupo.

Todd turns his back to the old man, and makes a few slow steps forward. His face is full of pain.

OLD MAN
Hey kid.

Todd turns around.

OLD MAN
What?s your name?

TODD
Todd.

The old man nods, and goes back to read his newspaper.

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ September 12, 2002 04:47 AM: Message edited by: emjen ]</font>