Allusions and Illusions by Colleen Kellogg - HTML preview

10)Sophie’s Living room – Sophie wipes the red Expo off the

Windexed mirror with a paper towel.

11)Jerome’s bedroom – Jerome takes off his wedding ring and

grasps it tightly. He texts Sophie: “Miss you :)”

INT. SOPHIE’S LOFT – LIVING ROOM - NIGHT

Sophie searches through her daily planner. February. Xs throughout each day leading up until February 23^rd. Sophie puts an X through that square.

Sophie grabs the paper airplane off of her uncluttered coffee table. On it reads: “Time to fly!”

Next to that reads: “The Tower, The Moon, The Lovers???”

Sophie walks over to her closet and grabs a down jacket.

She looks at the analog clock on the wall. It is 11 o’clock.

Sophie smiles and heads outside.

INT. JEROME’S BEDROOM – NIGHT

Jerome takes a picture of him and his wife off of the bedside table. He sticks it in a drawer.

He looks at a daily planner on his phone: February 24^th. Midnight. Ice skating with Sophie.

EXT. OUTDOOR ICE RINK – NIGHT

Sophie stands by the barrier wall next to the ice rink. The full moon shines upon her.

A hand sets a snow globe music box on top of the wall. It is Jerome. Sophie turns and smiles.

Jerome grabs Sophie’s hand and mouths “I’m sorry.”

Their eyes water up. No tears.

Jerome hands Sophie a card that says Happy Birthday on the front. A picture of hands holding onto each other.

EXT. ICE RINK – LATER

Sophie and Jay skate in the middle of the rink, hands connected. They pause and hold each other tightly.

Jerome kisses Sophie, with a fiery passion.

Snow begins to fall.

EXT. ICE RINK – LATER

On the wall. The snow globe - Snow falls. Ice skaters begin to dance.

The moon darts down upon the ice rink. It grows closer and closer. Larger and larger. Then turns black.

                                                            FADE OUT

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