Time Period: A Flashback

Scenario: A Few Days after Gabriel's birth

Scene 1: The Nursery (Francis built and decorated this for Gabriel)

Action: Francis is comforting Mary

Mary (staring at Gabriel's empty crib): The nursery was a waste of time

Francis: It will get used someday

Mary: How long must we wait?

Francis: God only knows

Mary: Is there any hope for my premature baby?

Francis: Don't you mean our baby Gabriel?

Mary: Yes

Scene 2: A Chapel

Action: Mary and Francis are praying for Gabriel

Mary (crying out to God): Lord, please keep my baby alive

Francis: I am sure he is listening

Mary (still emotional): Thy will be done


Time Period: A Flashback

Scenario: The night of Gabriel's suicide

Action: Mary and Gabriel are eating dinner together

Scene 1: The Dining Room

Gabriel (sitting down to eat): OH, what a lovely last supper!

Mary (confused): Last Supper?!

Gabriel: I meant passover

Mary: I hope you are not dying

Gabriel: Aren't we all born to die?

Mary: Yes, but we should enjoy life

Gabriel: Is there hope for those who think otherwise?

Mary: Maybe

Scene 2: After dinner-Mary's bedroom

Action: Unnoticeably, a disorientated Gabriel watches his mother sleep

Gabriel (kissing Mary's forehead): Love you

Mary (mumbling in her sleep): Gabriel

Nostradamus (standing in the doorway): Are you sure you want to do this?

Gabriel (strapping on his rifle): Yes

(Under the watchful eye of Nostradamus, Gabriel commits suicide in the royal garden.)


Time Period: The Present Reality

Place: Gabriel's Gravesite

Mary (talking to Gabriel's spirit): I miss you. You should've talked to me.

Gabriel's spirit (approaching Mary): I never had a chance

Mary: You were born prematurely. You died prematurely. That's so strange.