ACT III.
FADE IN:
ACT III. NOAH'S BEACH HOUSE W/EXTERIOR
NOAH
What happened to us, Luke?
LUKE
(INTROSPECTIVE) Your accident. You pushed me away for months, treating me like I didn't exist but to yell at.
NOAH
I was lost. Like you were when you were in the wheelchair but I never abandoned you.
LUKE
You did all the time, Noah. You left every time things got rough. I couldn't take it anymore.
NOAH
So you kissed my doctor.
LUKE
No, he kissed me. He wanted me. You didn't.
NOAH
I've always wanted you Luke but you come with a lot of baggage. It can be overwhelming at times.
LUKE
You come with baggage too. We are here, hiding from your crazy father.
NOAH
Like life wasn't hard enough already. Now we have to worry about him.
LUKE
What's hard Noah? You're living out your dream. I'm the one (living in hell)
NOAH
(OVERRIDES) You think it's easy being out here without any family or knowing anyone? You can go back to your family. I have no one, Luke. When my movie is completed, I'll have nothing.
LUKE
That's the way you wanted it. You pushed me away over and over. Why?
NOAH
(PAUSE) Think about living with Damian when he's at his worst and live with it all your life. You would end up just like me. You had Holden and Lily, I had nobody.
LUKE
I guess so, but you know I'm not like that.
NOAH
It's reflex, Luke. I didn't do it on purpose.
LUKE
Sometimes it feels that way, Noah. It hurts. That's why I turned to Reid.
NOAH
(YELLS) AAHHHHH... him again. You turned to Reid because you were running away from me. You found solace for a while in him but it wouldn't have lasted.
LUKE
Why?
NOAH
He was everything you're not, Luke.
LUKE
Okay, fine. I will admit that I did use him but I came to care for him. I...
(DOOR BELL RINGS)
(COMMERCIAL)
(NOAH WAVES AND SHUTS THE FRONT DOOR - UNSEEN GUEST WAS AIDEN.)
LUKE
I don't like him.
NOAH
Aiden only came to drop off more groceries.
LUKE
No he didn't. He came to show me that you were his.
NOAH
Oh, here we go.
LUKE
(EMOTIONAL) What the hell does that mean?
NOAH
(FRUSTRATED) Luke, let's not do this. (TAKES OFF HIS SHIRT.)
LUKE
What are you doing?
NOAH
I'm going out to sit in the sun on the deck. It's private so nobody should see us.
LUKE
No, we are going to talk. (NOAH STARTS TO LEAVE ROOM BUT LUKE GRABS HIS ARM TO STOP HIM.)
NOAH
Luke, you don't want to talk. You want to argue about Aiden kissing me on the cheek.
LUKE
Yes, I do.
NOAH
Why does it even matter to you?
LUKE
(SHOCKED) You said you'd wait for me, Noah.
NOAH
I waited just like you did.
LUKE
What are you - (talking about)
NOAH
(OVERRIDES) I needed some space to deal with losing my sight. Did you wait? No. You dropped me like a hot potato and went right on to Dr. Personality.
LUKE
(EMOTIONAL) You are so stupid. You can't see it when men come on to you.
NOAH
(EMOTIONAL) And when you get jealous, you start kissing other men and do stupid stuff like telling your dad to get my film teacher fired. (PUTS HIS SHIRT BACK ON)
LUKE
(EMOTIONAL) He was coming on to you! And you didn't get it!
NOAH
I know when someone is coming on to me but unlike you, I know who my heart belongs too.
LUKE
Your accident was not my fault.
NOAH
I know but you were the catalyst that lead to it. If you had not told Damian, we would have been happy now.
LUKE
I can't believe you're blaming me.
NOAH
I'm not. . . It's just. . .
(LUKE AND NOAH FAIL TO SEE WINSTON MAYER ENTER THE ROOM FROM THE PATIO.)
LUKE
(EMOTIONAL) Nothing has changed between us, has it?
NOAH
(NOAH NOTICES MOVEMENT BY PATIO AND LOOKS KNOWINGLY) I knew you would come Dad.
WINSTON
This ends today!