ACT 3, SCENE 19
EXT. SHALOM MOTEL / QUICK'S ROOM
QUINN PULLS UP, AND ALL BUT JUMPS OUT OF THE CAR. SHE HURRIES ALONG THE PATH, INTO THE POOL AREA WHERE MOST OF THE GROUP ARE GETTING THEIR TAN ON.
QUINN
Has anyone seen Puck?
SANTANA
He's in your room fetching me a special sunblock!
(AS QUINN HEADS FOR THE STAIRS)
And tell him it better work! If I go from J-Lo to Queen Latifah, I'm taking it out of his ass!
QUINN ISN'T EVEN LISTENING. SHE DASHES UP THE STEPS, DOWN THE HALL AND INTO THEIR ROOM, WHERE PUCK IS DIGGING FOR SOMETHING IN HIS BAG.
PUCK
Hey. So I was thinking-
QUINN
We're leaving.
PUCK
What?
QUINN
We're leaving. Get your stuff.
PUCK JUST STANDS THERE, PUZZLED, AS QUINN GRABS HER BAG AND STARTS RIPPING CLOTHES OUT OF THE CLOSET AND STUFFING IT IN. FINALLY, PUCK SEEMS TO REMEMBER HIMSELF.
PUCK
Quinn, wait! What the hell is going on?
QUINN
This was a mistake, okay? I thought I could do it. I thought I could come back here. But I can't. I just can't, okay?
PUCK GRABS THE BAG OUT OF HER HAND.
PUCK
No. Not okay. What happened?
SHE GRABS IT BACK.
QUINN
Nothing happened. I just came to my senses.
PUCK
Right.
QUINN
Fine. Stay here, then. But I'm leaving.
SHE CARRIES ON PACKING. PUCK PLANTS HIS HANDS ON HIS HIPS, DOES THE EYE-ROLL.
PUCK
Oh, God. She's back.
QUINN, THINKING HE MEANS RACHEL, WHIRLS ROUND.
QUINN
What? Who's back?
PUCK
Insane!Quinn, that's who! I thought we left her behind at graduation, but no... here she is, ready for her curtain call.
QUINN
Puck! I... you...!
SHE FLINGS HER BAG AT HIM. HE CATCHES IT EASILY, AND LAUGHS. A COUPLE SECONDS, AND THEN SHE LAUGHS TOO.
PUCK
You know how crazy you're acting, right?
QUINN
Yes.
(BEAT)
Yes, I do. I'm sorry.
PUCK
It's okay.
(BEAT, PUTS HIS HANDS ON HER SHOULDERS)
Just remember, this trip's supposed to be fun. Catch up with our friends, tell stories about how dumb we used to be... it can be awesome. If you let it.
QUINN NODS. PUCK GIVES HER A KISS ON THE FOREHEAD.
PUCK (cont'd)
Alright, I should get this down to Santana.
HE PICKS UP A BOTTLE OF SUNBLOCK, AND HEADS OUT THE DOOR. HE LEAVES THE DOOR OPEN. THROUGH THE RAILING, QUINN CAN SEE HER FRIENDS, HAVING FUN. MIKE, BRITTANY AND RORY ARE HAVING A CANON- BALL COMPETITION. BUT QUINN'S NOT LAUGHING ANYMORE.
SHE SINKS DOWN ONTO THE BED AS AN ELECTRIC GUITAR TAKES US TO ANOTHER PLACE.
QUINN
This Romeo is bleeding.
But you can't see his blood.
It's nothing but some feelings,
That this old dog, kicked up.
It's been raining since you left me
Now I'm drowning in the flood.
You see I've always been a fighter,
But without you, I give up.
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ACT 3, SCENE 20
INT. WILLIAM MCKINLEY HIGH, ROOFTOP / STAIRWELL / HALLWAY
RACHEL HAS GAINED HER FEET. SHE HANDS FINN THE BEER, TURNS AND HEADS FOR THE DOOR, AS SHE CARRIES ON THE SONG.
RACHEL
Now I can't sing a love song,
Like the way it's meant to be.
Well, I guess I'm not that good anymore,
But baby, that's just me.
WE TRACK HER DOWN THE DARK STAIRWELL, THEN OUT INTO THE HALLWAYS. STUDENTS DRIFT BY, BUT THEY PAY NO ATTENTION TO HER, AS SHE SINGS:
RACHEL (cont'd)
And I... will love you, baby.
Always.
And I'll be there,
Forever and a day.
Always.
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ACT 3, SCENE 21
INT. QUICK'S ROOM / SHALOM MOTEL
QUINN MANAGES TO GET UP. SHE CROSSES THROUGH THE DOOR, STANDS BY THE RAILING. DOWN BELOW, PUCK IS RUBBING LOTION ON SANTANA'S BACK. HE KEEPS TRYING TO GRAB HER ASS, AND SHE HAS TO KEEP SLAPPING HIM. TO THE AMUSEMENT OF THOSE WATCHING. THE JOVIALITY IS IN SHARP JUXTAPOSITION TO THE PAIN IN QUINN'S VOICE, AS SHE SINGS:
QUINN
I'll be there til the stars don't shine.
Til the heavens burst and the words don't rhyme.
I know when I die, you'll be on my mind.
And I'll love you... always.
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ACT 3, SCENE 22
INT. WILLIAM MCKINLEY HIGH, HALLWAY
RACHEL'S STANDING BY THE TROPHY CABINET IN THE ENTRANCE HALL. ON ONE SIDE IS A GIANT TROPHY PROCLAIMING: "NEW DIRECTIONS - SHOW CHOIR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 2012 - 1ST PLACE."
BEHIND THE TROPHY ARE PICTURES. RACHEL RUNS HER EYES OVER THEM - GROUP SHOTS OF THE GLEE CLUB, AS WELL AS SOME INDIVIDUAL CANDIDS. BUT HER EYES LINGER ON THE PICTURES OF QUINN.
RACHEL
Now the pictures that you left behind,
Are just memories of a different life.
QUINN STICKING HER TONGUE OUT FOR THE CAMERA
Some that made us laugh,
CLOSE-UP OF QUINN WITH HER HAIR FALLING OVER HER EYES
Some that made us cry.
One that made you have to say goodbye.
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ACT 3, SCENE 23
EXT. SHALOM MOTEL
QUINN HAS REACHED THE POOL. PUCK HOLDS OUT HIS HAND, AND SHE TAKES OFF HER SHOES, GOES TO SIT BETWEEN HIS LEGS, WITH HER FEET DANGLING IN THE WATER, WATCHING THE MERRIMENT AROUND HER. BUT IT'S CLEAR SHE'S NOT A PART OF IT. IT'S CLEAR SHE'S THINKING OF SOMEONE ELSE.
QUINN
What I'd give to run my fingers through your hair,
To touch your lips, to hold you near.
When you say your prayers, try to understand,
I've made mistakes, like any man.
AT THE LAST LINE, SHE LOOKS UP - ACROSS THE POOL, TO THE ENTRANCE TO THE PARKING LOT. WHERE RACHEL IS STANDING IN THE SHADOWS. WATCHING HER.
RACHEL
When he holds you close,
When he pulls you near.
When he says the words,
You've been needing to hear.
SHE STEPS OUT OF THE SHADOWS, THE EMOTION IN THE MUSIC OVERTAKING HER.
RACHEL (cont'd)
I wish I was him,
Coz those words are mine.
To say to you,
Til the end of time.
NOW QUINN JOINS IN AS RACHEL, LED BY FINN, MAKES HER SLOW PROGRESS ROUND THE POOL TOWARD THE GROUP, HAVING TO STOP EVERY NOW AND THEN TO HUG A FELLOW GLEE-CLUBBER. BUT IT DOESN'T INTERRUPT THEIR SONG.
QUINN & RACHEL
And I... will love you, baby.
Always.
And I'll be there,
Forever and a day.
Always.
PUCK STANDS, GIVES RACHEL A HUG. THEN HE HANDS FINN A BEER, AND THEY RETURN TO THEIR LOUNGING. AS THE GUITAR WAILS, RACHEL CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE, RETREATS TO THE ROCK FORMATION BORDERING ONE SIDE. ALSO REMOVING HER SHOES, SHE PERCHES ON A ROCK, HER EYES LOCKED ON QUINN THE WHOLE TIME, AS:
QUINN&RACHEL(cont'd)
If you told me to cry for you, I could.
If you told me to die for you, I would.
Take a look at my face,
There's no price I won't pay.
To say these words to you...
IT'S LIKE THEY'RE CAUGHT UP IN A WHIRLWIND OF THEIR OWN MAKING.
QUINN&RACHEL(cont'd)
Well, there ain't no luck, in these loaded dice.
But baby if you give me just one more try.
We can pack up our old dreams and our old lives.
We'll find a place where the sun still shines.
YOU CAN SEE THEM STRAINING TO GET UP, RUN TO EACH OTHER. BUT THEN RACHEL LOOKS AT FINN, AND HE SMILES AT HER. PUCK KISSES QUINN ON THE BACK OF THE HEAD. WHEN THEY MEET EACH OTHER'S EYES AGAIN, RACHEL AND QUINN KNOW THAT ALL THEY HAVE IS THE SONG.
QUINN&RACHEL(cont'd)
Yeah I...will love you, baby.
Always.
And I'll be there,
Forever and a day.
Always.
I'll be there til the stars don't shine.
Til the heavens burst and the words don't rhyme.
I know when I die, you'll be on my mind.
And I'll love you... always. Always...
THE MUSIC AND THEIR VOICES ARE CUT OFF BY A LOUD SCREAM OF:
BRITTANY
Geronimo!
SHE LEAPS OVER RACHEL'S HEAD AND HITS THE WATER WITH A TREMENDOUS SPLASH THAT SOAKS EVERYONE. RACHEL BLUBBERS, SPITTING OUT WATER. AND:
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