Date: 5-11-1981
Place: High school
(Half asleep, Sarah (15 ongoing 16) has just arrived at school. Sarah's mood changes when she sees Kyle talking to a group of friends. Sarah remembers it is his sixteenth birthday and decides to surprise him with a hug)
Sarah (embracing Kyle): Happy birthday
Kyle (smiling): Thanks
Sarah (touching Kyle's cheek): I told you that I would always find you
Kyle (laughing): I know
Sarah: Now is not the time for us to be together, but I can't help falling in love with you. You have done so much for me. I have to cherish you while you are still alive. My
heart is all that I have to give you today, tomorrow and forevermore.
Kyle (kissing Sarah's forehead): You're precious
Sarah (crying, she kisses kyle): I love you
Kyle: I will see you in English Class, alright?
Sarah (walking into the school building): Sure
Scene: School Lunchroom
(Sarah sits alone at a table eating lunch. Nervous, Kyle approaches Sarah and starts up a conversation)
Kyle: I've been watching you. Loneliness doesn't treat you well.
Sarah: Why you have decided to talk to me among all people?
Kyle: You need a friend
Sarah: Do you find me attractive?
Kyle (blushing): Maybe
Sarah: I dare you to say the words I love you
Kyle (stuttering): I..love..you
Sarah: Do you believe in fate? do you believe in us?
Kyle: Do you have a phone number?
Sarah: I do
(Kyle and Sarah exchange phone numbers and the rest is history)
Date:10-28-1981
Scene: Nighttime-Kyle's house-Bedroom
(Naked, Kyle and Sarah (16) are in the bed having sex)
Kyle (in between kisses): I love you
Sarah: Are you wearing a condom?
Kyle: Yes
Sarah: I am wearing a condom as well
Kyle: God forbid our condoms may break
Sarah: Just focus on me and nothing else
Kyle: Please promise you'll be my baby forever
Sarah: I love you now and forevermore
(Kyle and Sarah exchange long passionate kisses. The rest is history)
Date: 10-31-1981
Scene: The Connor's house-The bathroom
(Meredith Connor walks in on Sarah taking a pregnancy test in the bathroom. Anxious, Sarah waits for the test results)
Sarah: Do you know how to knock first?
Meredith: Do you know how to close and lock the door?
Sarah: I need time to be alone and think
Meredith(looks at the pregnancy test box on the sink): Are you pregnant with Kyle's baby?
Sarah: I am waiting for the test results right now
Meredith: I guess this is the part where I hold my breath
Sarah: You can leave the bathroom if you want to
Meredith: No, I want to be here just in case you hit rock bottom
(The timer goes off. A blue positive plus sign appears on the stick. Sarah's life changes forever that moment)
Sarah (crying in her mother's arms): I am pregnant
Meredith: We need to decide what steps to take next. We must inform your father and the rest of the family asap.
Sarah (walking out of the bathroom): I am planning to have a little chat with them right now
Scene: The Den-Family Meeting
Sarah (nervous): I have an announcement
Olivia: You are pregnant
Sarah: How do you know about my pregnancy?
Olivia: You are glowing
Sarah (laughing): Sure
Lewis (angry, he yells): Sarah, it is a sin to have sex outside of marriage. You are just only sixteen. You are too young to be a mother. I don't understand why you didn't use protection.
Sarah: Kyle and I did use protection. Our condoms broke.
Lewis (still angry, he grabs hold of his gun): I am going to kill that boy
Stanley (standing between Lewis and the front door): Violence is not the answer
Lewis (pushes Stanley aside): I don't care
Anne (begging Lewis): Please don't kill Kyle. It is not worth it. Sarah's baby needs a father.
Lewis (calm down): Alright
Sarah (choked up): I am not planning to keep my baby. I am going to have an abortion.
Meredith (embracing Sarah): I support your decision
Sarah (fighting back tears): Thanks
Date: 11-4-1981
Place: Dunkin Donuts
Situation: Kyle discovers Sarah is pregnant
(Kyle and Sarah are sitting at a table)
Kyle (presenting Sarah with a cup of coffee): I brought you coffee
Sarah (hesitant): I can't drink coffee
Kyle (curious): Why not?
Sarah (crying): I am pregnant
Kyle: I thought we used protection on October 28
Sarah: Apparently, our condoms broke that night. I took a pregnancy test on October 31. The test results turned out to be positive.
Kyle: How did your family take the news?
Sarah: My father was very angry. He was planning to kill you. My grandparents calmed him down. My mother and Aunt supported me.
Kyle (runs his fingers through his hair): My life is not mine anymore
Sarah: If only I had a time machine, we wouldn't be in this position right now.
Kyle (kissing Sarah): I love you
Sarah (sniffling): So are you excited about the baby?
Kyle (holding Sarah's hand): We created a life. You are stuck with me forever.
Sarah (rubbing her stomach): I am really hungry. I blame it all on these pregnancy cravings of mine.
Kyle (walking toward the cash register): I will buy you a doughnut
Sarah (pulling her doughnut apart): I am not planning to keep the baby
Kyle: Why not?
Sarah: I am just only sixteen. I am too young to be mother. I want to go to college after high school.
Kyle: I understand
Sarah: The abortion is scheduled for November eleventh
Kyle (fighting back tears): Its your body, its your choice. I support you one hundred percent.
Sarah (squeezing Kyle's hand): Thanks
Date: 11-11-1981
Place: Planned Parenthood
Situation: Sarah is having an abortion
Scene: Doctor's office-Operation
Action:Sarah lays down on a table wearing a gown. She squeezes Meredith's hand when the pain becomes too much to bear.
Doctor(inserting a scalpel inside Sarah's lady parts: Just think happy thoughts and you won't feel a thing
Sarah(hesitant): OK
Meredith Connor(squeezing Sarah's hand): I am here if you need a shoulder to cry on
Doctor(destroying the fetus within Sarah): I am now putting the baby out of its misery
Sarah(overcome with pain, she cries into Meredith's arms): Mom, it just hurts so much
Meredith(consoling Sarah): You are brave and I admire you for your strength
Doctor(taking the scalpel out of Sarah): The baby is now dead
Action: Sarah doesn't love the baby therefore she shows no emotion regarding its death. After the procedure, the doctor washes his hands clean of the devil's bloodshed. Sarah's life remains stuck in the crossfire.
Scene: Home-The Bedroom
Action: Still in pain both physically and emotionally, Sarah rests in the bed. Kyle is her source of strength
Sarah (crying): I am a murderer because I killed an innocent life.
Kyle (wrapping his arms around Sarah's waist): You are not a murderer
Sarah (still crying): You are just saying that because you love me. IS it ever possible for you to hate me for once?
Kyle: Humans can make mistakes, but their lives are not mistakes
Sarah (sobbing): I wonder what kind of future the baby would've had if it lived?
Kyle: The baby would've been loved by many people
Date: 11-12-1981
Place: The Reese's house-backyard
Action: Derek (18) catches Kyle shooting hoops on the basketball court
Derek: Hello, little brother
Kyle (shooting hoops): Hello
Derek: You won't have to time to play basketball when the baby comes
Kyle (choked up): Sarah had an abortion yesterday
Derek: I guess you are a free man then
Kyle: I never wanted Sarah to have the abortion. It was her body, it was her choice all along.
Derek: You are young. You have a lot of time to get married and have babies.
Kyle (fighting back tears): I still miss my baby though. There will always be a hole in my heart because of it.
Derek: You and Sarah should take a break from each other. You need to focus on school right now.
Kyle (laughing): Sure
Derek: I am just looking out for your best interest
Kyle: I can't stay away from Sarah because she is my future. Our destinies have been intertwined.
Derek (with a sigh): Star-crossed Lovers?!
Kyle (passing the ball to Derek): Do you want to play basketball with me?
Derek (boastful): I am totally going to kick your butt
Kyle: Bring it on
Time Period: Alternate Universe
Date: 11-4-1981
Place: Dunkin Donuts
Situation: Kyle discovers Sarah is pregnant
(Kyle and Sarah are sitting at a table)
Kyle (presenting Sarah with a cup of coffee): I brought you coffee
Sarah (hesitant): I can't drink coffee
Kyle (curious): Why not?
Sarah (crying): I am pregnant
Kyle: I thought we used protection on October 28
Sarah: Apparently, our condoms broke that night. I took a pregnancy test on October 31. The test results turned out to be positive.
Kyle: How did your family take the news?
Sarah: My father was very angry. He was planning to kill you. My grandparents calmed him down. My mother and Aunt supported me.
Kyle (runs his fingers through his hair): My life is not mine anymore
Sarah: If only I had a time machine, we wouldn't be in this position right now.
Kyle (kissing Sarah): I love you
Sarah (sniffling): So are you excited about the baby?
Kyle (holding Sarah's hand): We created a life. You are stuck with me forever.
Sarah (rubbing her stomach): I am really hungry. I blame it all on these pregnancy cravings of mine.
Kyle (walking toward the cash register): I will buy you a doughnut
Sarah (pulling her fresh cooked doughnut apart): I am planning to keep the baby
Kyle: Its your body, its your choice. I support you one hundred percent.
Sarah: November eleventh will be my last day at Beverly Hills High School.
Kyle: Why?
Sarah: I am going to an alternative school called "The Hope Center". The Hope Center is located in Pasadena.
Kyle: The Hope Center?!
Sarah: The Hope Center provides classes and housing for pregnant teenage mothers. According to my parents, security won't be a problem there.
Kyle: Who will take care of you if a complication arises during the pregnancy?
Sarah: The school nurse or the local Obgyn will help me
Kyle: Most long distant relationships don't last forever
Sarah: I remember we exchanged cellphone numbers. You can always call me or write me letters.
Kyle: The baby is due sometime in June. I have already done the math inside my head. What are your plans for the birth and afterwards?
Sarah: I am stuck at a crossroads
Kyle: How so?
Sarah: I fear the unknown
Kyle: How may I ease your pain and confusion?
Sarah: All that I need from you is patience along with tender loving care
Kyle (kissing Sarah): I love you
Date: 11-11-1981
Time Period: Lunchtime
Scene: The School Hallway
Action: Sarah is putting a textbook into her locker when Kyle makes his presence known)
Kyle (wrapping his arms around Sarah's growing bump): Hello, my baby mama
Sarah (laughing): hello
Kyle (closing Sarah's locker): Let me get this
Sarah: Thanks
Kyle (holding Sarah's hand, he escorts her to the lunchroom): I am going to buy you lunch today
Sarah (getting out her wallet): But I have money
Kyle (directs Sarah over to the lunch line): Great changes are on the horizon for us. I am sure our lives won't cross paths again after today. Please let me take care of you for once.
Sarah (putting food on her tray): I thank you for the offer
Kyle (putting food on his tray): No problem, love
(Kyle pays for Sarah's lunch and the rest is history)
Date: 6-27-1982
City: Pasadena, California
Scene 1: The Hope Center
Situation: Sarah's water breaks during Math Class
Sarah (having contractions, she yells): My water just broke
(Sarah's classmates gasps in horror)
Teacher (dialing 911 on her cellphone): I am calling 911
Place: Hospital Delivery Room
Doctor (counting): 1...2...3...4
Sarah ((16 ongoing 17) screams): AHA...AHA...AHA...AHA
Doctor (preparing to catch the baby): Bear down, Sarah, push harder
Sarah (exhausted, she falls back in her mother's arms): I can't do this
Meredith (Sarah's mother): You are much more stronger than you think
Sarah (crying, she begs anyone): I am in a lot of pain, please make it stop
Olivia (Meredith's sister): Sarah, you wouldn't be in this position if you didn't have sex nine months ago. When you do adult things, you get grown up results.
Meredith (yelling at Olivia): Liv, you should know better. You were once in Sarah's position. Please show compassion toward my daughter.
Olivia: Technically, Sarah is not your..
Meredith (livid): OLIVIA...
Olivia: I am sorry, Meryl
Doctor (to Sarah): Do you want to pull the baby out?
Sarah (in between contractions): Sure
(The doctor places Sarah's hands around the baby's head. Carefully, Sarah delivers her son and places him on top of her stomach. Francis feeds upon her breast milk. Blissful, Sarah floats on cloud nine. She is unaware of everything around her. The flashback ends)
Scene 2: The Hospital Waiting Room
Situation: Sarah is giving birth, but Kyle is not allowed inside the delivery room. Meredith, Anne and Olivia are Sarah's support team. Kyle waits outside the delivery room with Lewis and Stanley.
Sarah (screaming from within the delivery room): AHA..AHA..AHA..AHA
Kyle (worried): Sarah has been screaming a lot. I hope everything is alright with her and the baby.
Stanley: Pain, it is apart of the birthing process. Sarah's suffering will end very soon.
Lewis (yells at Kyle): I blame you for Sarah's suffering
Kyle: Freewill put us in this situation
(Carrying a newborn baby, a nurse walks out of the delivery room. She places the baby in Kyle's arms. Lewis and Stanley are overcome with joy)
Nurse: Say hello to your son
Kyle (with enthusiasm): Hello, my son
Nurse: Sarah decided to name him after FDR
Kyle (taken a back): President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Nurse: No, his name is Francis David Reese
Kyle (delighted): Cool
Scene: Sarah's recovery room
Action: Exhausted, Sarah rests in the bed. She is still recovering from giving birth.
Kyle (shows Francis off to Sarah): This our son
(Francis cooes making his parents laugh)
Sarah (worn out): Who knew giving birth would be so painful?
Kyle: I heard you screaming from outside in the hallway.
Sarah: I am sorry that you didn't witness the birth. I wished you were in the delivery room with me.
Kyle: I forgive you
Sarah: I hope my father or grandpa didn't threaten your life
Kyle: Your grandpa was kind to me. Your dad blamed me for your suffering though.
Sarah: Freewill got us into this position
Kyle: I love Francis, but I am not ready to be a father
Sarah (crying, she begs Kyle): Please don't leave me. I don't want to be a single mother.
Kyle (squeezing Sarah's hand): I am going nowhere. You are stuck with me forever.
(Francis cooes making his parents laugh again. He has certainly brought sunshine into their lives)
Date: 6-16-1983-one year later
City: Los Angelos
Time of Day: Morning
Place: Sarah and Kyle's apartment-The bathroom
Situation: Sarah (17 ongoing 18) has been experiencing severe morning sickness. She discovers she is pregnant again.
Action: Kyle (18) catches Sarah vomiting in the toilet
Kyle (rubbing Sarah's back): What is the matter with you?
Sarah (coughing): It must be a bug or something that I ate
Kyle (offers Sarah a peppermint and water): Really?
Sarah (enjoying the condiments): Definitely
Kyle: Maybe I should take you to the hospital
Sarah (checking the calender on the bathroom wall): I am late
Kyle (confused): Late for what?
Sarah (worried): I am late for my period
Kyle (stressed): What does a missed period mean?
Sarah (touching her stomach): I am pregnant
Kyle: It might be a false alarm
Sarah (pulls an unused pregnancy test out from underneath the sink cabinet): This test will be able to tell us the truth
Kyle (exiting the bathroom): I'll wait outside
Time Period: Ten minutes later
Sarah (panicky, she exits the bathroom): Our lives have just gotten a little bit harder
Kyle (sits on the bed with Francis on his lap): How so?
Sarah (crying): I am pregnant. The test results turned out to be positive.
Kyle: I love you and our unborn baby
Sarah: We are not in the position to raise another child. I am planning to give the baby up for an adoption.
Kyle: We should keep the baby. Francis deserves to have a playmate.
Francis (pleads with Sarah): Mommy, I need a playmate
Sarah: Alright, we can keep the baby
Francis (excited): I am going to be a big brother
(Amused, Sarah and Kyle just laugh)
Date: 11-24-1983
City: Phoenix, Arizona
Special Event: The Connors' Annual Thanksgiving Dinner. Sarah is 18 and six months pregnant with John at the time. Kyle is 18 while Francis is one.
Room: The Dining room-dinnertime
Sarah (feeling the urge to urinate, she leaves the table): Please excuse me. I have to use the bathroom.
Lewis (suspicious): You are hiding something from me
Sarah (runs out of the room): I don't have time for drama
Meredith (to Kyle): Sarah's little fat. She has been using the bathroom a lot. I wonder if she is pregnant?
Kyle: Sarah is indeed pregnant. In fact, she is six months pregnant. We are expecting a baby son named John.
Meredith (excited): I am going to be a grandma again
Francis (excited): I am going to be a big brother
Lewis (angry): I swear to God that girl needs to be on birth control or get herself fixed
Kyle: Come on, Lewis, it is the miracle of life. How can you be angry at that?
Lewis (yelling): You have ruined Sarah's life. Her life was heading in the right direction until you came along,
Kyle: Sarah always had a choice
Sarah (returns back to the table): I'm back
Lewis (yells at Sarah): Kyle told me about your pregnancy. Why have you waited this long to tell me about the baby?
Sarah (choked up): I had feared your reaction. I know we have been down this road before.
Lewis: How many times are you cause me pain?
Sarah (crying): I thought you loved me
Lewis: I do love you. I just don't approve of your actions.
Meredith (embracing Sarah): I support you, baby
Date: 2-28-1984-four months later
Situation: Sarah is giving birth to John at home with the help of Kyle and a midwife
Scene: Birthing Pool
Sarah (screaming from contractions, she clings onto Kyle): AHA..AHA..AHA
Kyle (pulling Sarah close to his body): I can't believe that you have been in labor for seventeen hours
Sarah (still screaming, she holds Kyle very tightly): AHA..AHA..AHA
Kyle (wiping a tear away from his eye): I love you for your strength
Sarah (In the mist of having a contraction, she cries): I love you so much
Midwife (checking Sarah's cervix): Sarah, you are fully dilated so you can start pushing
Sarah (screaming as she begins pushing): AHA..AHA..AHA
Kyle (watching the baby come into the world): The baby has a full set of black hair
Sarah (becoming tired): Is the baby out of me yet?
Midwife (giving the baby to Sarah to hold): Here is your beautiful baby son
Sarah (crying as she holds the baby): John is so beautiful
Kyle (emotional, he kisses Sarah): I love you
Sarah (smiling): I love you too
(Joyfully, Francis runs into the room hoping to meet his new brother. He had been playing with toys in his eyes interlock and the rest is history)
Scene: The Present Reality
Date: 6-27-2015
Event: Francis' 33rd birthday
Sarah's p.o.v
Today is your thirty third birthday. Quiet and reserved, you don't care much about the spotlight. You don't want to lead the resistance like John. Compassionate, you prefer taking care of others more than yourself. Thats why people call you Saint Francis. You are a heaven sent gift although your life was unplanned. Your father and I consider you to be a miracle anyway. Our love for you remains unconditional and endless.
Time Period: The Far near distant future
Date: 8-14-2015
Place: General John Connors' camp
Scene 1: An auditorium
Situation: Francis Reese ((33) he is Sarah and Kyle's son) and The Fields Girls (Lauren and Sydney) are leaving from an empowerment conference
Francis (pumped up): The conference has pumped me up. I can take on the world and its problems.
Lauren: My mind is elsewhere. I am floating on cloud nine.
Sydney: I wonder how long this good feeling is going to last?
Francis (checking his pager): Duty calls
Lauren: Off to work, we go
Sydney: I wonder what new people that I will meet in the infirmity today?
Scene 2: The infirmity (a military hospital)
Action: Francis, Lauren and Sydney encounter their supervisors, Sarah Connor Reese and James Ellison. Sarah and James are busy with tending to John and his wounded soldiers by which includes Kyle and Derek.
Sarah ((49 ongoing 50) yells at Francis and the girls): Don't just stand there, guys, do something.
Francis: Mom, we are surveying the damage
Sarah: Be proactive instead of lazy
Lauren (rushing to help a soldier): I found a soldier to help
Sydney (rushing to help a soldier): Me too
Cameron (approaching Francis): John desires your help
Francis (following Cameron): Where is this brother of mine?
John ((31), severely injured he rests on a bed that is isolated from the other soldiers): Here I am, Saint Francis
Francis (taken aback): Saint Francis?
John: Would you prefer the nickname of FDR? FDR stands for Francis David Reese.
Francis: It doesn't matter to me
John: A surprise sneak attack by Skynet put me in this horrible position. People have told me that you have a magical touch. Is this true, Saint Francis?
Francis (bandaging up John's wounds): I don't have a magical touch. All I have to offer is love and compassion.
John: There is no wonder why people call you Saint Francis
Sarah (approaching her two grown sons): How is the male bonding going?
John: Francis has taken good care of me
Sarah: He surely does have the heart of an angel
Francis: Thanks
Sarah: June 27, 1982 was a memorable day for your dad and me. I was sixteen ongoing seventeen at the time of your birth. Your life is not a mistake.
Francis: Thanks for the reminder
Sarah (embracing Francis): No problem
John (becoming jealous): What about me?!
Sarah (stroking John's hair): John, I love you too
Kitty (5 ongoing 6) and Chance (3 ongoing 4) wander into the infirmity: Mommy! Daddy!
Sarah (embraces Kitty and Chance): OH, my precious babies
(Francis' flashback/flash forward ends at this point)
Time Period: The Present Reality
Date: 8-14-2015
City: Phoenix, Arizona
Place: Temporary Summer lodging-Sarah's parents' house-The backyard
Situation: A swimming pool party
John (to Francis): Earth to Francis?
Francis (breaking out of the trance): Yes
John: I want to use the diving board. Are you going to jump or what?
Francis (preparing to jump): I apologize for daydreaming
(Francis jumps off the diving board and his grandparents & siblings cheer for him. John receives the same love and support.)