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[Camera cuts to an exterior view of a busy and crowded, resteraunt. It is verynice, it has the appearance of one of those places you need a reservation to getinto. In the front window, we see a couple in the window, having a conversation,and finishing dinner. It is Freddy and Linda. Freddy is dressed in a tuxedo, andhis hair is neat and combed over. Linda is wearing a dress, and alot of makeup.They have already eaten dinner, and their plates are still in front of them, withthe remnants of their meal. There are two glasses of wine on the table. There islight jazz music playing in the background. Camera cuts inside the resteraunt andpans toward them. They are in the middle of a conversation, which we now enter.] FREDDY: ..So turns out, the child had actually made it across the street and allthe way down the block without any of the chaperones noticing him. [Chuckleslightly] LINDA: [laughs] It must be great to be able to work around all those kids. Iswear, some of those people at the office would drive me insane if we didn't havethe weekends off. FREDDY: [laughs lightly] Yeah, well y'know, I think we're all just kids at heart.Those kids, they just sort of bring out the inner child in me. I planned to havesome of my own, but my wife passed away three years ago. LINDA: Oh.. I'm so sorry Fred.. FREDDY: It's alright. I did my mourning and I think its time to move on. Shes in abetter place now. LINDA: Wow, I don't know how you're able to stay so positive. I was devastatedafter my mother died.. FREDDY: Yeah.. I mean there's so much crazy stuff going on in the world thesedays.. The way I see it, I think we're all better people if we keep our heads upand stay positive. I mean, no matter how bad everything gets, the future can onlyget brighter, y'know? [Linda puts her hand over Freddy's and smiles warmly, they lock eyes for amoment.] FREDDY: Well, its getting pretty late, what do ya say I go ahead and take youhome? LINDA: That'd be great. I almost forgot I had to go to work in the morning [laughslightly] [Freddy smiles, and pulls out a roll of bills. He lays them on the velvettablecloth, and the two stand and walk out of the resteraunt.] [Camera cuts to an exterior view of a nice looking, two story house. There is asedan pulled in front of it, with its headlights on. Freddy opens the door, andsteps out of the driver's seat, then quickly runs around to the other side andopens the door for Linda, and grabs her hand while she gets out. They walk throughthe neatly trimmed front yard to the front door of Linda's house. Linda's arm islocked around Freddy's at the elbow. It's pretty quiet outside, and you can hearcrickets chirping, giving the impression that its probably around 10-11pm. Theyget to the front door, and turn to look at each other.] LINDA: I had a great time tonight Fred. 
 
FREDDY: I did too. We should definately do this again soon. LINDA: [smiles] we should.[They're silent for a moment. Linda leans in and kisses Freddy's cheek. Heblushes, then smiles warmly at her. Linda turns and walks to the door, unlocks andopens it.] LINDA: I'll call you tommorow after work, okay? FREDDY: Okay, have a good night hun. LINDA: You too! [Linda looks back at him one more time, and slowly shuts thedoor.] [Camera cuts to a head on view of Freddy. He stands there, still facing the door.An evil grin creeps across his face, the same one that was on his face when hekilled the child earlier that day. The same grin that sends chills down yourspine. 'Hush, Hush, Hush, Here Comes The Boogeyman' by Henry Hall begins playing([url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh0QZvHdSKo[/url])] [The next scene is a sort of collage of clips, showing that time is passing. Itgoes back and forth, showing clips of Freddy and Linda going to a resteraunt, orgoing to a Drive-In movie theater, or standing outside of Linda's front door, etc.Its also showing clips of Freddy working around the daycare, staring at kids, aclip of kids playing, and Freddy walking up slowly behind them, a clip of Freddyin the boiler room, sliding his glove on, and walking through one of the narrowhallways, etc. This continues for maybe about a minute and a half, and then thesong slowly fades out.] [Camera cuts to an exterior shot of Freddy's house. It is warm and sunny outside.] "ONE MONTH LATER" [Camera cuts inside the house. Freddy is laying his clothes out for the day andputting things in his duffelbag. His hair hasn't been combed yet. As he preparesfor the day, his phone rings loudly. Freddy drops what hes doing, and goes toanswer it. Its Mike, one of the workers at the daycare.] MIKE: This Fred? FREDDY: Uh yeah, whos this? MIKE: Aye this is Mike, just makin sure you knew you didn't haveta come inta worktoday FREDDY: Don't have to come into work? W-what? Why? MIKE: Ain't you been watchin the news man? The owners decided to shut down thedaycare for awhile, on a count of that crazy motherfucker whos been choppin up allthe little kiddies. Says they ain't gonna reopen business till they catch the sonova bitch FREDDY: What? Seriously..? MIKE: Yep, they said they still gonna keep sendin us paychecks while we gone, so Iain't complainin 
 
FREDDY: Uh, yeah.. A-alright thanks Mike. MIKE: Yeah man. 'Ave a good d- [Freddy slams the phone down before he can finish. Freddy looks down, hisbreathing getting heavier, he's getting angry.] FREDDY: GOD.. DAMNIT!! [Freddy yanks the table cloth off the kitchen table, knocking all of the dishesinto the floor. They all shatter. Freddy takes his coffee mug and hurls it at thewall. It breaks, knocking a pictureframe to the floor, and making an earsplittingBANG. He walks over and sits on the couch. His arms are shaking, and he'sbreathing heavily. He runs his fingers through his hair, and sits back in thechair, trying to calm himself down.] [FADE TO BLACK] [Camera slowly fades in, from Freddy's point of view. It is night out. The lightsare off, and the room is illuminated by the warm glow of the television. Thedoorbell is ringing. Camera cuts to the middle of the living room, showing thathe's still sitting in the chair. He had fallen asleep earlier that morning. Hesighs, and rubs his eyes. The doorbell rings again, and Freddy slowly stands up,and walks to the door. The doorbell rings again.] FREDDY: I'm comin', I'm comin' [He opens the door. It is Linda, she is standing there excitedly, holding a largeplate of food, and a grin on her face.] LINDA: Hey there stranger! I thought I'd come over and surprise you.You haven'teaten dinner yet have you? FREDDY: Uh, no.. No I havent. LINDA: Great! Can I come in? [Freddy sighs again, then silently steps to the side, and holds the door open soLinda can come in. As she walks in and turns around the door to walk to thekitchen, Freddy slams the door. Camera cuts inside his house. Linda walks into thekitchen, but stops when she sees the broken dishes.] LINDA: What happened here? FREDDY: Oh yeah, uh, leg of the table broke earlier, knocked all of that into thefloor. Didn't get around to cleaning it up. LINDA: Oh, okay. [Linda sets the plates of warm food on the stove, kneels down, picks up theburgundy table cloth, and smooths it across the dinner table. She then puts theplates on the table, and sits down. she smiles up at Freddy.] LINDA: Shall we eat? [Camera cuts to a little while later, They're sitting across from each other. TheTV is off, and the room is warmly lit by a nearby lamp. Linda is scarfing her fooddown, Freddy is looking down, and picking slowly at his plate.]
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