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Chapter 10
Shelby shivers as she walks down the dark street, Jess trailing along behind.
Jess: Can't we go home now? We're not going to find him!
Shelby: (turning and glaring at Jess) You didn't have to come!
Jess: Yeh well I didn't think it'd take 3 hours!
(Shelby shivers again and glances at her watch. 4:30am, twelve hours since he left. Shelby jumps as a figure emerges from the shadows. He leers at them, showing his yellow teeth.)
Man: Hello girls, what are you doing out this late?
(Shelby grabs Jess's hand and pulls her along, ignoring the old man.)
Man: You wanna buy anything? I'm almost out!
(Shelby stops and turns to look at the man.)
Shelby: Have you seen a 17 year old boy?
Man: (grinning almost proudly and stepping into the light) I seen lots.
Shelby: Black hair, tall.
Man: Might've. (Shelby takes a $20 bill from her pocket and holds it out to him, he snatches and grins.)
Man: I seen one yesterday, looked lost, why'd you wanna know?
Shelby: He's a friend.
Man: He was wondering round, every couple hours I'd see him.
Shelby: Do you know where he went?
Man: Headed towards park, down there, that's the last I saw him.
(Shelby grabs Jess's hand and runs down the street yelling thanks to the man.)
Jess: Shel! Slow down!
(Shelby drops Jess's hand and speeds up. Upon entering the park she starts calling his name, looking around frantically. She sees a shape leaning against a tree; she runs up and engulfs the seated figure. David groans, half asleep, he opens his eyes and stares at her. Still kneeling besides him she looks him over.
Shelby: Are you ok? (He nods and watches Jess approach.) Come on, we've gotta go.
(She stands up and offers her hand to David; he shakes his head and leans it against the tree.)
David: I'm not going back.
Shelby: You have to, you can't stay here.
David: I'm going to Horizon.
Shelby: Alone? (He shrugs) I'm coming (David opens his mouth to protest, but changes his mind. Shelby turns to Jess.)
Shelby: You coming?
Jess: No way, you guys are mad.
Shelby: Ok, you can help us get our bags then.
(Jess nods and Shelby grabs David's arms in an attempt to pull him up. He pulls his arm away and slowly gets up, one hand around his lower chest. Shelby watches him.)
Shelby: What's wrong?
(David shakes his head, breathless. Shelby grabs his arm and pulls his shirt up viciously. With the dim light she can barely see so she puts one hand on his ribs and before he rips himself away from her hold, she feels his swollen and lumpy chest. David starts walking off.)
David: Hurry up, it'll be light soon.
(Shelby and Jess runs to catch up. For an hour they walk in silence until they reach David's house. Without a word, Jess climbs the tree and disappears into the house. Shelby turns to David.)
Shelby: (whispering) Are they broken?
David: (whispering) Are what.
Shelby: You're ribs?
(David watches as a bag is flung out of Shelby's window, another one following it.)
David: Think so, hurts like hell to breath.
(Shelby nods and picks up both bags, she waves to Jess at the window and they walk off in silence.)
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Chapter 10
Shelby shivers as she walks down the dark street, Jess trailing along behind.
Jess: Can't we go home now? We're not going to find him!
Shelby: (turning and glaring at Jess) You didn't have to come!
Jess: Yeh well I didn't think it'd take 3 hours!
(Shelby shivers again and glances at her watch. 4:30am, twelve hours since he left. Shelby jumps as a figure emerges from the shadows. He leers at them, showing his yellow teeth.)
Man: Hello girls, what are you doing out this late?
(Shelby grabs Jess's hand and pulls her along, ignoring the old man.)
Man: You wanna buy anything? I'm almost out!
(Shelby stops and turns to look at the man.)
Shelby: Have you seen a 17 year old boy?
Man: (grinning almost proudly and stepping into the light) I seen lots.
Shelby: Black hair, tall.
Man: Might've. (Shelby takes a $20 bill from her pocket and holds it out to him, he snatches and grins.)
Man: I seen one yesterday, looked lost, why'd you wanna know?
Shelby: He's a friend.
Man: He was wondering round, every couple hours I'd see him.
Shelby: Do you know where he went?
Man: Headed towards park, down there, that's the last I saw him.
(Shelby grabs Jess's hand and runs down the street yelling thanks to the man.)
Jess: Shel! Slow down!
(Shelby drops Jess's hand and speeds up. Upon entering the park she starts calling his name, looking around frantically. She sees a shape leaning against a tree; she runs up and engulfs the seated figure. David groans, half asleep, he opens his eyes and stares at her. Still kneeling besides him she looks him over.
Shelby: Are you ok? (He nods and watches Jess approach.) Come on, we've gotta go.
(She stands up and offers her hand to David; he shakes his head and leans it against the tree.)
David: I'm not going back.
Shelby: You have to, you can't stay here.
David: I'm going to Horizon.
Shelby: Alone? (He shrugs) I'm coming (David opens his mouth to protest, but changes his mind. Shelby turns to Jess.)
Shelby: You coming?
Jess: No way, you guys are mad.
Shelby: Ok, you can help us get our bags then.
(Jess nods and Shelby grabs David's arms in an attempt to pull him up. He pulls his arm away and slowly gets up, one hand around his lower chest. Shelby watches him.)
Shelby: What's wrong?
(David shakes his head, breathless. Shelby grabs his arm and pulls his shirt up viciously. With the dim light she can barely see so she puts one hand on his ribs and before he rips himself away from her hold, she feels his swollen and lumpy chest. David starts walking off.)
David: Hurry up, it'll be light soon.
(Shelby and Jess runs to catch up. For an hour they walk in silence until they reach David's house. Without a word, Jess climbs the tree and disappears into the house. Shelby turns to David.)
Shelby: (whispering) Are they broken?
David: (whispering) Are what.
Shelby: You're ribs?
(David watches as a bag is flung out of Shelby's window, another one following it.)
David: Think so, hurts like hell to breath.
(Shelby nods and picks up both bags, she waves to Jess at the window and they walk off in silence.)
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