DITTO Elizabeth Gonzalez 300 Jones Road Springdale, AR 72764 (479) 750-8777
2 INT. DAY - HOUSE Amber and Sarah are playing together Playing on a playground Playing with dolls Running around outside Laying in grass laughing Close Up (BEAUTY SHOTS) Amber (v.o.) Growing up my sister and I were inseparable. I can t remember a single day where we didn t get in trouble, find something to fight about, or laugh until we cried; but no matter what, we both knew that in the end, we would always be there for each other Find a map in dad s office, pretend it s a treasure map. Amber (v.o.) I knew her better than anyone. People overuse that phrase too often, but I didn t. They could see it in my eyes; that I would be there for her through anything, through heartbreak, through Cancer. It was always amazing to me that you could spend years with someone and experience incredible joy but in a single moment, it all could just disappear. Going through chemo-therapy Playing with wheelchairs in the hospital Shot of Sarah planning out trip with map BEAUTY SHOTS
3 Amber (v.o) The scariest part wasn t watching her fade away or even the thought of losing her; it was watching her continue to laugh, continue to love, and forget the fact that she wasn t ok, that I wasn t ok. I never understood how she could just pretend. To the world she was just one person but to me, she was the world. Amber (v.o) And then nothing. INT. LIVING ROOM DAY Amber sits on the couch staring blankly - TIMELAPSE INT. BEDROOM DAY Amber opens the door to Sarah s bedroom. A Coke bottle, a map, and a card sit on her bedside desk. Amber walks over and sits down on the bed opening the map. On the map is inscribed, FIND YOUR OWN HAPPINESS She unfolds the map all the way and finds a second inscription Love You Amber smiles Ditto. Amber EXT. CAR DAY Amber drives down the countryside The urn sits on the dashboard EXT. COUNTRYSIDE DAY Amber pours some ashes out
4 EXT. CAR DAY Amber beauty shots as she is drinking coca-cola EXT. CITY DAY Amber pours out some ashes as the wind blows them back and straight into a person walking down the street. EXT. VOLLEYBALL DAY Amber sits in the sand with the urn drinking a coke. A volleyball bounces abruptly next to her. She picks it up as a young man walks up to her and she tosses it to him. Thanks. ASHTON Amber smiles back at him. ASHTON Hey, you wanna play? Amber is slightly shocked Me? Ok. AMBER Ashton runs off and Amber begins to follow but turns back to the urn. She begins to run off EXT. BONFIRE NIGHT AMBER (to urn) I ll be right back, don t go anywhere. AMBER (to urn) You would want me to do this. Amber sits around a bon fire laughing with the guys she had met previously. They are all drinking coca-cola and having a jolly time.
5 Amber looks across the bonfire and spots who she thinks is Sarah. Sarah looks back, raises her coke bottle and smiles at her. Amber smiles back. EXT. FIELD NIGHT Amber has a sparkler and is running around yelling WOOOOO! AMBER Beauty shots of Amber as she plays with the sparkler. EXT. FIELD NIGHT Fireworks go off in the sky Amber looks on in awe EXT. PEA RIDGE MILITARY PARK OVERLOOK DAY Amber pulls up in her car She walks out to the overlook and sits down She sets the urn down and pulls out the note Sarah (v.o.) Amber, do you remember how mom and dad used to tell us that life was a beautiful thing? Well I m gonna be completely honest with you. Life is a constant rollercoaster of ups and downs. People fail to mention all the hardships and heartbreak that you ll face. Life is taken for granted. I know that now more than ever. There are so many things I wish I had said. So many things I still wish I had time to do. The truth is I didn t know what to say. And I know you hated not being able to fix me. But in my last days I didn t want my memories filled with complaints of
6 sorrow and anger. I wanted to remember the good things in life; like your goofy laugh, or moms warm hugs, and dad s jokes that we always made fun of. I know that 30 days seems short but I learned a lot. Life is a messy web of struggles, But THAT is the true beauty of it everyone dies, not everyone really lives. We get to experience life. We get to experience the warmth of family, the fear of the unknown and sometimes the sorrow of losing something that means the most to us. We aren t in control of our fate but we are in control of creating our own happiness and who we choose to love. I chose to love you like no one else every single day. You were my happiness. It s time for you to go find yours. I love you Sarah. Amber slowly opens the urn and pours the last of the ashes out. She opens a coke and drinks it setting it down revealing that it says SHARE A COKE WITH YOUR BEST FRIEND Ditto. Amber END.