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.
