(Voices on film.) Camera angle is what was visible through the Mark's at the time of the filming of the voices.
MARK- "Roger, come on, now. Give me the camera!"
ROGER- "No, it's your turn to be on film." Zooming in on Mark's face, blanched.
MARK- "Roger!" Blushing. "C'mon, I'm not picture worthy!"
ROGER- "You're hot, get over it. Now say hi to the family, Pale One."
(Back to Mark in his bedroom, who stands and slams his hand on the reel, stopping it. He turns as there is a knock on the door.)
MARK- (In a musical tone.) "The door." Blowing out a deep breath he hadn't realized he'd been holding. "Who is it?"
(Maureen's voice travels through the door.)
MAUREEN- "Mark, it's me. Open up."
MARK- "It's unlocked." Going back to his projector and letting it go again, ignoring the scenes and focusing on the camera movements. "Just put the boxes...anywhere."
MAUREEN- "I don't have any boxes."
MARK- Swiveling on his feet, groaning as he sees Roger appear next to Maureen. "What's he doing here?"
MAUREEN- "Before you get all tempermental, you need to listen to what he has to say."
MARK- "What could he possibly have to say? "' Mark, I'm sorry for treating you like a piece of shit. Mark, take me back. I need you more than I could ever admit to.' Save the speech, Davis. You can go back to the heroin for all I fucking care. You wanted me out of your life? Wish fucking granted." Stopping the projector and turning it off, turning yet again to Roger, who has remained silent, and at this point takes a breath.
ROGER- "Mark, I do need you. More than I could ever admit. Why can't you just accept that?"
MARK- "You've done nothing but hurt me, Roger! Since the day we met! And that was only...that was only a few days ago. How can I trust someone that can bring pain so quickly into a life that was already ready for the gallows? Hmm?" Throwing his hands up in the air.
ROGER- "I warned you. Everyone I touch ends up hurt."
MARK- Blinking away a tear or two. "You did, didn't you? What made me think I would end up on a different path?" Shaking his head furiously.
ROGER- "Mark, please." (Said through a cracked voice.)
MARK- "I don't want to end up hurt."
ROGER- "Neither do I. Mark, if you don't come back, there's no one to stop me from reclaiming the needle. There's no one to stop me from dying."
MARK- "I couldn't stop you."
ROGER- "You did! Mark, how the hell do you think I've gotten as far as I have? One day off the needle didn't seem probable in the past, but I've gone far beyond that! Mark, c'mon, you're not a fool! You have helped me! You fucking found me on the streets, stoned beyond shit. You took me in and you brought me to a clinic."
MARK- "What happened to the theory that the cure was you?" Chuckling slightly.
ROGER- "The cure isn't me! That's the problem!"
MARK- Rolling his eyes. "Then what is the cure, eh?"
ROGER- "The cure is you, damnit! Mark, you're the fucking cure."
MARK- Looking to Roger, the fury in his eyes fading, but still there.
ROGER- Looking to Maureen, who slips off to the side, adjusting things on shelves.
I need you more than ever before.
I hated seeing you walk out that fucking door.
These tears are real, they're the last thing I've got!
The cure was within me the whole time.
I just had to find it!
Find it I did! In you, Mark, in you!
I can't go on if you're not there.
I need you there, Mark.
By my side, through thick and thin.
A friend 'til the end.
MARK- Sighing as Roger bows his head, looking to the floor.
A friend 'til the end who cares forever.
I friend 'til the ghastly death.
I promise my soul, I promise my heart we'll never part!
Through thick and thin, through dark and light...
Through the pains and moans of the deepest night!
I promise you, my dear old friend.
Friend 'til the end.
(The two gravitate towards each other and embrace tightly, tears streaming down their faces.) Camera angle throughout this song has circled from who talks to the next. At this point, the camera angle is from behind Roger, and then from behind Mark, and then to Maureen, who is smiling brightly as she continues to adjust things.)
MARK & ROGER-
Put the past to the side, don't try to hide, I'm here for you!
Together forever. Helping until the sun sets and rises!
Day until night, night until day, whomever's at bay.
I pledge my life, I pledge my heart. I'll never part!
Together forever. Through sickness and health.
Through glory and wealth, through petty and poor.
I promise it'll be me at that door!
Always!
Through thick and thin...together until the very end!
(The two pull back and share a short but sweet smile.)
ROGER- "You should come back to the loft."
MARK- "Okay."
ROGER- "Really?"
MARK- "Yes. Really."
ROGER- "Thanks. I'm...you need to...going now." Turning and walking off, smiling at Maureen as he passed her by. Maureen puts down the knick-knack she was messing with and walks over to Mark.
MAUREEN- "You're welcome." Winking and taking Mark's hands in hers.
MARK- Squeezing her hands softly. "No, thank you. If I hadn't called you balling my eyes out, I would have been sitting here, alone."
MAUREEN- "No, honey, you wouldn't have. I would have been here."
MARK- "We barely know each other." Saying this as Maureen and Mark both bring their heads close together.
MAUREEN- (Whispering.) "I know." Leaning her forehead against Mark's.
MARK- Starting to pull back, but Maureen wraps her arms around his back and pulls him tightly close, planting a warm kiss on his lips. He immediatelly responds, kissing her back with passion and fervor.
Camera angle at this is a focus on Mark, his eyes shut. When the kiss ends, it's the profile view of the two, staring at each other, breathing deeply, panting slightly, if the actors feel the need for that.
MARK- Blushing as Maureen smiles at him. "Wow."
MAUREEN- "You know it, baby." Going for a kiss again and recieving it.