WHAT IF? - SEASON 4 EPISODE 15 - YOU AND I
HEY, MOST AWESOME PEOPLE IN THE UNIVERSE! I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, THAT I´VE DECIDED TO EXTEND THE SEASON BY EIGHT EPISODES, SO THAT IT WILL NOW CONSIST OF THIRTY EPISODES (PLUS THE TWO "B EPISODES", WE´VE ALREADY HAD AND POSSIBLY ONE OR TWO MORE OF THEM). I HAVE SO MANY STORIES LEFT THAT I WANT TO TELL THIS SEASON AND THIS WAY, I WON´T HAVE TO LIMIT MYSELF.
AS ALWAYS, THANKS YOUR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. I´VE SAID IT BEFORE, BUT IT REALLY IS YOU GUYS WHO MOTIVATE ME TO CONTINUE STRIVING TO GIVE YOU THE BEST STORIES, I CAN.
1. Int. Sean´s Bedroom. Evening.
Emma and Sean are in bed, both naked under the covers. Emma is talking on her cell phone.
Emma:
I just wanted to let you know, that I´m spending the night at Sean´s.
She looks annoyed at the answer, she gets.
Emma:
Mom, I´m old enough to make my own decisions! I´ll see you tomorrow.
She hangs up and puts the phone away.
Sean:
That didn´t sound pleasant.
Emma:
She still thinks, she needs to treat me like I´m Bianca´s age! I´m so tired of it.
Sean:
It´s not like you can get pregnant, now that you´re on the pill.
Emma:
It´s more than that. It´s like because she never got to do anything wild, when she was my age, she expects me to be the same.
Sean:
Getting married is a pretty wild thing to do.
They smile at each other.
Emma:
How do you think, everyone will react?
Sean:
They´ll tell us that we´re crazy and too young. Guess what.
Emma:
What?
Sean:
I won´t care what they think.
Emma:
Me neither, I mean, I will a little, but I´m marrying you, no matter what they say.
Sean:
If you´re really that tired of living with your folks, you could move in here with me.
She looks pleasantly surprised.
Emma:
Are you sure?
Sean:
We´re gonna move in together eventually. Who says, we can´t do it now?
Sean takes her hand and looks her in the eyes.
Sean:
Emma, my beautiful bride to be. Do you ...
Emma:
Yes!
She kisses him, which quickly begins to evolve beyond kissing.
2. Int. Sean´s Bedroom. Night.
Emma wakes up and turns on the bedside light. She sneaks out of bed as carefully as she can, so as not to wake Sean up too and it almost works. He rolls over on his side and faces her.
Sean (talking in his sleep):
I love ya, Em. I love ya, love ya, love ya!
She smiles to herself and makes her way as silently as possible out to the bathroom.
3. Int. Bathroom. Night.
Emma turns the light on and looks herself in the mirror. She smiles at her reflection, even though it´s not the prettiest of sights. She decides to get a drink of water and goes "ahh", after she´s takes a good sip from the tap. Looking in the mirror, she sees Anya standing behind her and screams! Ghost Anya smiles at her reaction.
Ghost Anya:
Surprised?
Emma slowly turns around to face her, still looking freaked out.
Emma:
You can say that again!
Ghost Anya:
I´m not really here, you do know that, don´t you? This is all something you´re dreaming.
Emma tries to calm down and Ghost Anya gives her a moment to.
Emma:
It´s time for another one of those, huh?
Ghost Anya:
You guessed it!
Ghost Anya snaps her fingers and we fade to.
OPENING CREDITS (WITH DREAM EFFECTS, THAT MAKE YOU GO "OOH"!)
4. Int. Casino. Evening.
Emma (now fully dressed and not looking like she just slept) and Ghost Anya come walking through a fancy looking casino.
Emma:
What are we doing here?
Ghost Anya:
We´re here to attend your wedding to Sean.
Emma looks pleased.
Emma:
I get to be a guest and the bride at my own wedding? Jackpot!
Just at that moment, someone does get the jackpot on one of the slot machines and celebrates, as coins rain out the machine.
Emma:
Did I do that?
Ghost Anya:
No, we can´t influence anything, only watch it as it happens. That guy just happened to be very lucky at that precise moment.
Emma tries to put two and two together in her head.
Emma:
Let me guess. I picked you to be my "guide", because you told me to get back together with Sean?
Ghost Anya:
So far you´re right!
Emma:
And you´re gonna show me the wonderful future, we have waiting for us?
Ghost Anya:
After that miss, you´re one and one.
Emma looks annoyed.
Emma:
What goes wrong?
Ghost Anya:
It starts tomorrow afternoon.
Emma:
That soon? I don´t get time to prepare or make alternative plans?
Ghost Anya:
That´s when you come home and have huge fight with you mom, by far the worst one you´ve had. You run off to Sean´s, swearing that you won´t come back, until she stops treating you like a kid. In an act of years of pent up teen rebellion, you convince Sean to buy you two tickets to Atlantic City.
Emma:
It´s still kind of romantic. I bet they have a nice chapel here.
Ghost Anya:
This isn´t where you´re getting married. This is where both of you wash dishes for a week to make enough money, to get home to Toronto.
She snaps her fingers and we cut to:
5. Int. Wedding Chapel. Evening.
Ghost Anya and the real Emma are in what looks like a very run down chapel called the "Love Me Tender Wedding Chapel". Emma looks less than impressed with it.
Real Emma:
This is all he could spring for?
Ghost Anya:
You spent most of your money on the tickets, so you had to save somewhere. By the way, your wedding feast consists of a half cold veggie Burrito from a street vendor, that in turn makes you wedding night one, you´d rather forget!
Future Emma and Sean are led in by a woman dressed as Priscilla Presley from the 60´s. She´s very Southern.
Woman:
Yáll just sit down and take a load off and the minister will be with you in two shakes of a lamb´s tail!
Future Sean:
Thanks.
Woman:
You have the choice between any Elvis song you want or the standard wedding march. Which is it gonna be?
Future Emma looks like she´d rather not have to decide, but tries to look enthusiastic for Sean´s sake.
Future Emma:
We´ll take the normal wedding march.
Woman:
Is anyone coming to give you away?
She tries not to look too sad at the question, as she shakes her head.
Woman:
That´s okay. I´ll be right back with your complimentary flowers, so we can get this show on the road! White or Red?
Future Sean:
You choose. I don´t care what color they are.
Future Emma:
Me neither. Both will be fine.
Woman:
You´ll get the red ones, then. If this situation is what it looks like, then white wouldn´t be the right color for you anyway, Hon.
The woman leaves them and it´s clear that both of them are starting to have second thoughts about it.
Future Sean:
Em, if you´re having second thoughts, I understand.
Future Emma:
No, it´s great! We´re getting married! What else could I ask for?
Future Sean:
You´re sure, that this is a good idea?
Future Emma:
You´re not? Don´t you want to marry me?
Future Sean doesn´t want to disappoint her, so he smiles at her and gives her a small kiss.
Future Sean:
Of course, I do, Em! I´m all kinds of crazy in love with you.
Future Emma:
It would have been nice, if our friends and family were here.
Future Sean:
All I care about is that you´re here.
They smile at each other and both try to pretend that this is the best idea, they´ve ever had. Real Emma shakes her head at her own self (if that makes any sense!).
Real Emma:
Why is that so like me?
Ghost Anya:
What do you mean?
Real Emma:
He´s my Achilles heel, when it comes to love. I´d do just about anything, to keep him this time. Who knows after all those break up´s and getting back together over and over again, if I´ll get another chance?
Ghost Anya:
He´s just as terrified, as you are, of the exact same thing.
Real Emma:
I could have been honest and he wouldn´t have minded?
Ghost Anya:
If anything, he only would have loved you more for it.
The woman comes back in and hands future Emma a rather small and pathetic looking buket of flowers, but it´s better than nothing. She steps up in front of the altar and motions for the future Sean and Emma to come up and join her, which they do, albeit a little apprehensively. Elvis Presley´s classic Las Vegas entrance song plays and an Elvis look-a-like, who looks more like Elvis from the later years, than Elvis from when he was a sex symbol, comes dancing in through a side door and up to the altar, where he´s ready to wed them. Real Emma can barely believe here eyes, while Ghost Anya tries her best not to laugh. She can´t contain it though, making Emma a little annoyed with her.
Real Emma:
My actual wedding isn´t going to be like this!
Future Sean and future Emma don´t find it as funny though, since it´s gravely serious for them.
Elvis Preacher:
We´re gathered here today to wed this pretty little mama to this young rock-a-billy here! If anyone has any objections, as to why these two shouldn´t be married, now´s the time to let it out, or you can take yourself down to Heartbreak Hotel!
Real Emma:
How many more Elvis puns does he have?
Ghost Anya:
Enough for fifteen more minutes in the same vein. You paid fifty bucks, the least they can do is give you a show!
Real Emma:
I´ll pass!
Ghost Anya:
You don´t want to wait to see you say "I do" to each other? You cry and everything.
Real Emma:
It´s easy to see why. What´s the next stop on our journey?
Ghost Anya:
Five years into the future, should you and Sean decide to elope. Are you ready for it?
Real Emma:
Is it bad?
Ghost Anya:
That all depends on your definition, I suppose.
She snaps her fingers and we fade to:
6. Int. Sean and Emma´s House. Evening.
Future Sean, who looks to have let himself go quite a bit, is drinking beer while sitting on a recliner and is watching Hockey on TV. He looks pretty into it, now that it looks like his team is about to score.
Future Sean:
Come on! Ahh, you bum!
The buzzer goes and he crumbles up his betting slip, just as the front door opens. He clearly isn´t looking forward to what´s to come. We see that Ghost Anya and Real Emma are watching him and Emma looks like she feel sorry for him.
Real Emma:
That´s Sean five years from now? What the hell happened to him?
Ghost Anya:
You did.
Real Emma:
I did this to him?
She looks confused, as future Emma, dressed in a much nicer way than Sean, comes in.
Future Emma:
Hi, Honey.
Future Sean:
Is that all you have to say for yourself?
Future Emma looks full of guilt, as future Sean stands up and looks her in the eyes.
Future Emma:
What was I supposed to say?
Future Sean:
I talked to Manny. She told me everything.
Future Emma:
Even about ...
Future Sean:
Especially about that! How could you do this to me, Emma? After everything we´ve been through!
Future Emma:
I can´t do this anymore, Sean! You don´t work, you either hang around here and drink beer all day or go to the bar down the street to do it. Worst of all, you´re not the guy I married anymore.
She starts to cry, making future Sean and the real Emma do so as well. Ghost Anya hands her a tissue, while she herself sniffles and fights to hold the tears back.
Future Sean:
I gave up everything, so you could chase your dream. Now you want to leave me with nothing?
Future Emma:
We never should have gotten married, when we did. That was a mistake.
She smiles sadly at him and begins to leave.
Future Sean:
Where are you going to stay?
Future Emma:
My parents. I´m gonna try to rebuild what I had with them.
She leaves them. Sean picks up the empty beer bottle and throws it at the wall in frustration, shattering it pieces. Real Emma looks like she wants to help him.
Real Emma:
You can wake me up right now, if you want! How could she ... I be that cruel to him?
Ghost Anya:
Look at him. He´s a pathetic loser.
Real Emma:
Yes, but it´s thanks to me! Anya, you have to tell me what I can do, to avoid this scenario playing out in real life.
Ghost Anya:
Not yet, I´m afraid. We still have one more stop in the future, three years from this point.
Real Emma:
Do we have to?
Ghost Anya:
Sorry, Emma. Your brain wants you to see this.
She snaps her fingers and we fade to:
7. Ext. Cemetery. Day.
Future Emma, now 26 years old, is dressed in black, as are the rest of the very small congregation for Sean´s funeral. The only other mourners in attendance are Jay, Ellie and Sean´s brother Tracker. Sean´s casket is lowered into the grave, as Real Emma looks on in disbelief.
Real Emma:
Don´t tell me ...
Ghost Anya:
I wish, I could!
Priest:
An so Sean Cameron, we commit you to the earth, from whence you came. Ashes to ashes. Dust to dust. Amen.
Future Emma breaks down in tears, as the funeral begins to break up. Future Ellie gives her a hug to console her.
Future Ellie:
You can´t keep blaming yourself. It´s his own fault for drinking and getting behind the wheel.
Future Tracker overhears them and looks angry.
Future Tracker:
He wouldn´t have, if it wasn´t for you, you bitch!
Jay now gets angry too and shoves Tracker, who´s ready to fight.
Future Jay:
Get out of here, asshole!
Future Tracker:
She broke him, until there was nothing left to break! It´s her fault, that he´s dead and only hers!
Future Emma cries into Ellie´s arms, looking on the verge of completely losing it. Jay sees and tries to calm down.
Future Jay:
I´m asking you man to man, to please leave. This is the last thing, she needs to see.
Future Tracker looks over at Emma and can´t help feeling a little sorry for her.
Future Tracker:
Look, Emma, I shouldn´t have said, what I just said. It´s not entirely your fault.
Future Tracker leaves them, as future Jay and Ellie tend to future Emma.
Future Jay:
Are you okay?
Future Emma:
What if he´s right and it is all my fault?
Future Jay:
He isn´t. Sean had a lot of issues and you were just one of them.
We cut to Ghost Anya and Real Emma, who´s had to sit down on a tombstone to steady herself.
Real Emma:
I was expecting something bad, but this? It´s my worst nightmare come true!
Ghost Anya:
Do you want the details?
Real Emma:
I can live without hearing them!
Ghost Anya:
I´d feel the same way, if it were me. Thankfully it´s only a dream and you have plenty of chances to stop this from happening.
Real Emma:
I´ll do anything, even if it means we can´t be together.
Ghost Anya:
No one says that you can´t. The question is: Is it clever to get married at 18 to a guy, you have a long history of breaking up and getting back together with?
Real Emma looks annoyed, that Ghost Anya is probably right.
Real Emma:
I guess not.
Ghost Anya:
You can still get married down the line, if you manage to stay together for that long.
Real Emma:
How long should we wait?
Ghost Anya:
Until you feel a hundred percent sure, that you´re both ready and it´s a well thought out decision! Not a spur of the moment thing!
Real Emma:
I know that it´s not my place to ask, but can we go somewhere that´s less depressing? Say downtown Stalingrad in 1942 or Medieval Europe during the Black Death?
Ghost Anya smiles at her.
Ghost Anya:
We can make one last stop. Only this time, I think we should delve into the past in stead.
Real Emma seems to like that idea. Ghost Anya snaps her fingers and we fade to:
8. Ext. The Ravine. Day.
Emma and Sean, her aged 13 and him 14, are cleaning up the Ravine for trash, while getting some flirting time in simultaneously.
Young Emma:
I don´t think we can defend spending more time on this small patch.
Young Sean:
Two more minutes, okay? We´re not gonna be alone for the rest of the day.
They smile shyly at one another. Ghost Anya and Real Emma watch them, while Real Emma smiles widely.
Real Emma:
I remember exactly what´s about to happen! He´s gonna say ...
Young Sean:
I´ve been thinking, you know?
Young Emma:
About what?
Young Sean:
About how it would be to kiss you again. I´ve wanted to bring it up since we kissed at your parent´s wedding, it´s just ... I´m sorry, I´m not good at ... what do you call it?
Young Emma:
Expressing yourself?
Young Sean:
Yes, exactly! All I meant to say was, that I liked it. A lot.
Young Emma´s heart practically melts at his line, not that the five years older Emma´s doesn´t, mind you.
Young Emma:
I did too.
There´s a very cute, but slightly awkward silence between them, as they both wait for the other one to be the first to say it out loud.
Young Sean:
Do you want to try it again? I do, if you want to!
The young Emma smiles from ear to ear.
Young Emma:
In that case, I do too. It´s not gonna be this awkward every time, is it?
Young Sean smiles comfortingly back at her.
Young Sean:
No, I promise.
They kiss and it´s a little awkward looking, but it´s sweet and romantic at the same time.
Real Emma:
I felt like I was gonna burst!
Ghost Anya:
No wonder that you fell for that little smooth talker!
Young Emma and Young Sean finish their kiss and both of they look happy, that they finally got around to trying it.
Young Sean:
I´m crazy about you, Emma. Do you want to go steady?
Young Emma:
Of course, I do, Sean! I´m crazy about you too!
They go back to kissing and we give the kids their privacy, as we pan up to Ghost Anya and Real Emma.
Real Emma:
Thanks. This was exactly what I needed.
Ghost Anya:
Thank yourself. It´s your brain that cooked this up, including that pleasant memory. You really remember it this clearly?
Real Emma:
Whenever I´ve felt down over these past years and there´s been plenty of those times, when we´ve been broken up, I´ve thought back to that day. When my 13 year old heart fell hopelessly in love with him and it felt like we were the only two people in the world for that moment. Sometimes I wonder, if he loves me the same way.
Ghost Anya:
He´s a guy. You have to give them a little leeway on the emotional front!
They smile at each other.
Real Emma:
I´ll try to keep that in mind.
Ghost Anya:
Do you know what you´re gonna do now?
Real Emma:
I would be lying, if I said I did, but I´ll figure it out.
Ghost Anya:
Bye!
We fade to:
9. Int. Sean´s Bedroom. Morning.
Sean gets a very pleasant waking up, being kissed awake by Emma! He opens his eyes and doesn´t look like he minds it at all.
Sean:
What´s this for?
Emma:
I thought we could get in a little "quality time", before we have to go to school.
Sean:
I like the way you think!
She stops kissing him and looks him in the eyes.
Emma:
Sean, I´ve been thinking and it´s not that I´m not love with you, because I am, but ...
Sean:
You want to wait with getting married, is that it?
She looks relieved, that she didn´t have to be the one to say it.
Emma:
Yeah.
Sean:
Let´s face it, we haven´t been the most stable couple and it´s only been a few months, since we got back together. I´d rather wait, until you´re sure it´s what you want, than rush into something, none of us are sure of.
Emma:
You weren´t either, huh?
Sean:
I only said yes, because you got so excited. When you get like that, I don´t want to ruin it for you.
Emma:
Also, about me moving in here. I don´t know if the timing feels right.
Sean:
The offer will still be on the table, anytime you want it. Until I move out someday, after which the new tenants will probably have something to say about it!
She gives him a kiss.
Emma:
Remember the first time we did that, about ten thousand of them ago?
Sean:
Man, I was so nervous!
Emma:
You were? Mister cool and macho for his age!
Sean:
There was nothing cool or macho about me at that moment! The moment our lips touched, I knew that you were the only girl, I wanted to kiss from then on.
Emma:
I´m still totally crazy about you.
They start making out.
10. Int. Spike and Snake´s House. Day.
Emma comes home from school, where Spike is waiting for her. She has a serious look on her face.
Emma:
I didn´t think, you would be home yet.
Spike:
Emma, we have to talk.
Emma:
Look, I´m sorry that I snapped at you on the phone and stayed at Sean´s without your permission.
Spike:
Apology accepted. You should sit down.
Emma looks worried and does.
Emma:
What´s the matter, mom?
Spike:
Shane, your biological father, has passed away. We don´t know the details yet, but apparently he was assaulted by another patient at the care home, where he lived. I´m so sorry, Em.
Emma looks shocked.
CLOSING CREDITS