SONNET FOR SALNALENA AN ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY by RONNIE GLENHALLEN ROBINSON

Ronnie Glenhallen Robinson Ronswriting1@yahoo.com 909 524 2389

FADE IN: A BLACK SCREEN

Long moments of silence. A grainy, dark film image fades in. Movement, and a curvy silhouette takes form and moves toward us. It gets closer closer and quietly fades out like a phantom. EXT. AN EMPTY LOUNGENIGHT The picture fades back in showing the same frozen woman in walking position from behind with no surroundings around her. She moves, the street appears, the buildings etc., as if being designed, and the CAMERA follows her toward the lounge entrance. She reaches the door INT. LOUNGE enters, stops inside the door and scans around the frozen activity, her focus catching a man, twenty six year old SIOS AELMAE, alone at a table in a dark corner. She excitedly heads his way, a time flash POOFS over the SCREEN, she fades into thin air and Sios gets up with the photo of the woman in hand, beautiful SALNALENA FUINA, and exits, the activity around him coming alive. INT. A CARNIGHT Sios is driving through a mountain range by dead of night, a sign LOVERS RUN fading into the headlights with a hitchhiker beneath it near the Swiss Alps. Sios pulls over and flicks to a track Tiny Sonata Number Two on the stereo and turns it up. HITCHHIKER (jumps inside) Thank god, I thought Id never get a lift. Im going to Insk, you goin that far? Sios pulls back onto the highway without responding. HITCHHIKER Cool, the silent type. Enjoy the ride, Im easy

2 He boldly turns the stations to a rock channel and stops, catching an anguished turmoil enter Sios eyes. His eyes shift to the old photo of Salnalena on the dash and turns it back, uneasy. EXT. AN AIRPLANE HANGARNIGHT Sios appears, moves through the airfield to an airplane hangar, passes pilots conversing nearby INT. HANGAR goes through the hangar to an office, enters a moment, exits EXT. RUNWAY and continues toward a Cessna plane sitting in the airfield, his distance on the spinning propeller. It slows, and a speeding cars image appears in the blades. Sios stops to watch it wind through a mountain range at high speeds, his eyes misting. INT. A CARNIGHT Eighteen year old Salnalena Fuina is being driven down a Cliffside highway by parents ABBEY and NERNA. Keeping an eye on the twisting road, Nerna annoyingly searches for a suitable stereo station and glances at Abbey with her nose in a book. NERNA (exhausted) Finally. A few miles to end five hundred. ABBEY Six hundred, dear. You never were good at the smaller things. NERNA Speak for yourself. Alls well that ends well. ABBEY No marriage is perfect. He eye darts her, she places her hand in his to keep him calm and catches the Cessna ascending in the air above an AELMAE AIRPORT sign whizzing past.

NERNA Speak of the devil SALNALENA Sios She relaxes back in her seat, her fond eyes glued to the planes silhouette. INT. A SMALL PLANENIGHT

Sios pulls up into the sky, the gas gauge reading empty. The emergency light flashes, he looks down at the shore, catches the car lights speeding through the mountains they mysteriously vanish and he guides the plane out into the vast ocean, picking up a partially completed suicide note beside him. CU note. SIOS(O.S.) Dearest Salnalena as the vision of thy image sweeps upon me and the wind sets sail this message upon your doorstep, I shall have deceased. The plane begins sputtering and he picks up a faded naked photo of a well developed sixteen year old Salnamena lying naked near a waterfall. SIOS As nights finality descends down and death thy partner since your departure, I sail in a kiss one final message in a sonnet.. The engine dies and the plane begins a slow descent toward the water. SIOS Without you, thy heart doesnt sing any longer SUPERIMPOSE TO: EXT. A MIDDLE SCHOOLDAY --to a thirteen year old Sios in a tree behind the school writing a suicide note, sobbing, He scans the school windows hoping for a glimpse of his one and only, Salnalena, and continues writing.

SIOS With death lurking at my doorstep due to the fall from this eight thousand foot oak FEMALE VOICE(V.O.) Sios! Get down from that tree! Immediately! Sios glances down at his teacher, MRS. RITZ, wipes his tears and continues writing. SIOS I shall have been obliterated. Perchance you receive this letter upon thy death, grieve not, for our memory MRS. RITZ Sios! Come down from that tree or youll get a strapping! I warn you! A group of teeny bopper girls moves toward them, resigned. FIRST GIRL Sios is at it again SECOND GIRL I wish hed get it over with, it has become tiresome. MRS. RITZ Someone go fetch Salnalena, shes the only one hell respond to.

The FIRST GIRL heads back toward the school, and Sios puts the letter down and relaxes back to wait. SLOW MOTION The door reopens, and the most stunning thirteen year old female you ever laid eyes on, Salnalena, exits with her annoyed eyes on Sios. Sios crosses his legs, dreamily folds his arms behind his head and takes her in from head to toe. SIOS Aahhh Salnalena. Woman of earth, woman of air, woman of fire

5 She continues toward him as if floating on air. SIOS As if gliding on air, she is, princess of eternity The SLOW MOTION ends and she stops under him, crossing her arms. SALNALENA Well? SUPERIMPOSE TO: EXT. A HIGH SCHOOLDAY --to Salnalena looking up in another tree as Sios amidst another suicide scare, now aged sixteen. SIOS Expound, dear Lady. SALNALENA Here I am. Feast your eyes. SIOS And I shall. He takes in every inch of this now extremely developed sixteen year old dream in another world. SALNALENA Alright, Im going now. What you wont do for this Ladys attention. She starts back toward the school and he jumps down to follow. SIOS Wait! Sios catches up, she sighs, sits on a bench and pats it beside her. Sios sits, tries kissing her and she jumps up, angered.

SALNALENA Would you stop doing that? SIOS Lady is annoyed! But not as with Tolten the day previous! SALNALENA That was different! SIOS Howso? SALNALENA I wanted him to!

Stung, Sios pulls away, and she softens and takes his hand. There is almost a motherly quality to their relationship. SALNALENA No more questions, please. SIOS I need to know your intentions. SALNALENA Sios, youll be hurt. He waits, she mulls it over a moment and pulls him to a log further away from the school. A few students chuckle on their way past. SALNALENA I suppose I could share some detail. (testing) I wont lie though weve only dated a week, sometimes when we kiss I could SIOS Then whats stopping you! He jumps up and heads back toward the school, teary eyed. SALNALENA You see?

7 She runs after him and grabs his hand on their school entrance. INT. HIGH SCHOOL Salnalena pulls Sios into a corridor amidst the chuckling students littering the hall. This is a daily occurrence. SALNALENA Look, Sios, were only friends. I just dont see you that way. Im sorry. Besides, Ill be leaving for City High in Britain soon. SIOS What!? SALNALENA Daddys new job requires relocation. SIOS But you must stay here! She pulls him into a stairwell away from a group of lookyloos watching. They follow, fascinated. SALNALENA And live where, in a tree? Besides, Im midst apprenticeship for his business. Salnalena hugs him like a little child, and another student, SOLVI, pushes his way through the crowd, curious. SALNALENA Dont worry, Ill send weekly photos. I know how much you need to see me. Salnalena kisses his cheek and he wilts a little, devastated. SALNALENA Come to class now, well talk later. Salnalena pulls him through the students, releases his hand, and good looking arch rival, TOLTEN, approaches. He holds out his arm to her, smirking at Sios.

SALNALENA Pleased, Im sure.

Salnalena hooks her arm in his, Tolten excorts her down the hall and Solvi leans his arm on Sios shoulder in comfort. SOLVI Dont worry, cream rises to the top. SIOS Unfortunately, scum does as well and stays there longer. They follow them into a class amidst the snickering student body. INT. CLASSROOMDAY Salnalena and Tolten enter the class, take seats, and Solvi and Sios take up the rear. Sios scowls at Salnalena and Tolten holding hands, oblivious to the world around him. An elderly teacher, MR. BODICKER, enters with attach in hand, opens it, takes out a strap and places it on his desk to intimidate the class. BODICKER Good morning, students. STUDENTS Good morning. BODICKER For todays class He spots Sios dozing off, finger shushes their chuckles and makes his way toward him with strap in hand. BODICKER Ive decided to speak out about something since youre coming of age. He gingerly picks up Sios hand and strikes it. Sios yelps and blows on it, emphatically. BODICKER Sleeping will not be tolerated in my class, is that understood?

9 Sios nods, the class chuckles, Bodicker goes back to the front and Salnalena shakes her head at Sios, resigned. He never learns. Bodicker takes a chalk and writes the birds and the bees on a blackboard. BODICKER Can anyone tell us what this represents? Salnalena? SALNALENA Biology? BODICKER Very good. He writes biology below it. BODICKER Bluntly put, sexual intercourse is to be used in one context, and one only. Anyone? TOLTEN (grins at Salnalena) Marriage and offspring. BODICKER Excellent. He writes spousal love on the blackboard. SIOS May I interject since it is within my specialty? BODICKER Oh, your specialty. Class chuckles. SIOS Having put recent foresight into, a demonstration is required.

BODICKER Very well, if youre to teach, you may as well do it properly. Front and center. Sios goes to Bodickers desk and picks up a pointer. SIOS A subject will be needed. BODICKER (sighs) Very well. Salnalena?

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The class chuckles, she gets up with that whatre you doing stare, stops beside him and Sios turns her to face the blackboard, tapping the pointer on her behind. SIOS Notice the perfect curvature of thine female specimen. Its first notice is not during spousal love or marital engagement. He places his palm on the top of her tush cheek to emphasize the point. She smiles a little, resigned. SIOS As nostrils flare and pulse rises upon commencement of steppage He walks her toward the blackboard, her curvy skirted derriere curving with each step. SIOS oblivion insues as expansion begins birthing until its conclusion, leaving Mr. Bodickers birds and bees philosophy Bodicker jumps up, furious. BODICKER Sios! SIOS --in its marriage only context irrelevant due to

BODICKER Sit down! SIOS --delirium. Thank you.

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He bows, class laughs, Salnalena covers her face with her hands and Sios passes Tolten, boldly staring him down. Bodicker grabs his strap, runs Sios back to his desk and grabs his hand. BODICKER This will teach an upstart like yourself there will be no pornography lessons in my classroom! He lashes Sios hand and Sios stares him down with little reaction. BODICKER Oh, take me on, will you? He lashes it a second and a third time. The students grins fade. Sios turns his moistening eyes to Salnalena, a quiet teary eyed smile touching his lips. SIOS Oh, how the brutal whip of old philosphys strap would forever be shielded by the warm softness of thy Ladys derriere forevermore Bodicker continues whipping him to little affect, the class flinching at every lash. INT. CAFETERIADAY Salnalena is inside the cafeteria with girlfriends WENDA and KIMBERLY, subdued. With her eyes still moist, she is explaining them the incident in the class. SALNALENA Im beside myself, I dont know what to do. Sios nearly broke my heart today. KIMBERLY Perhaps you should consider cutting the string. Before his obsession consumes you.

WENDA The sooner the better. The consequences. SALNALENA Itll break his heart, hell never recover. Sios enters with Solvi scanning around for Salnalena. They spot her and head her way. WENDA Hell be a burden forever, Salnalena. Sios plops down beside Salnalena and she gasps. SALNALENA Sios! Your hand! SIOS Not to worry, a warm anaesthetic is but a breath away. She blushes a little and stands. SALNALENA Come here. She runs him to an ice tray, fills a plastic sandwich bag and runs back with his hand on it, angered. SALNALENA Mr. Bodicker should be put in a zoo with the rest of the animals! SIOS May I speak privately with thy Lady? SALNALENA Ive only a mom

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Suddenly the door bursts open, Tolten enters, spots Salnalena and Sios and heads their way, infuriated. WENDA Trouble!

13 He slams his books on the table. TOLTEN How dare you touch thy Lady in such a manner! SIOS Perhaps tomorrow Ill attempt an improvement. Tolten moves around the table toward him and Salnalena gets in between them. SALNALENA Stop! Both of you! Tolten, Ill see you in class, Sios and I need a private talk. Tolten reluctantly backs off and Salnalena pulls Sios to an exit. EXT. HALLWAY Salnalena pulls him to an empty water fountain, leans over to take a sip and he runs his palm down her bare spine. She grabs his hands. SALNALENA Sios, look: you really must stop this behavior. Its getting worse. SIOS If only I could. He palms her face and she softens. SALNALENA Sios, whatll you do should something happen to me? Seriously. His eyes moisten at the thought and he runs his hand down her middrift, unable to keep his hands off the young love of his life. SIOS Tolten.

SALNALENA (exasperated) Enough about Tolten!

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He continues feeling her bare middrift, she sadly watches him, mulls something over and takes his hands. SALNALENA Alright, perhaps thisll help. Meet me outside school, tomorrow noon. Ive something to give you. A gift. She turns toward Tolten who is waiting down the hall, not pleased. SALNALENA I must go. Ill see you tomorrow. She kisses his cheek and heads toward the door passing Solvi on the way. They watch them hook arms and her curvy form swinging down the hall as if walking on air. SOLVI Elegance as she moves. Drowning will be your end. SIOS As will yours I see, with a smile all the way to the bottom. Come, Ill show you my lodgings. They heard toward an exit missing Salnalena get into a small argument with Tolten about Sios. INT. THE AELMAE HOUSEDAY Sios enters with Solvi, his mother AMSHA intercepting them with laundry basket in hand on the way past. AMSHA Youre home early, Sios. SIOS A study hall to end the day, unneeded. AMSHA Ive just gotten word you had another

AMSHA run-in with Mr. Bodicker. What happened? SIOS Unimpressed with thy superior intellect, per usual. AMSHA Is that true, Solvi is it? SOLVI (shyly) Y-yes. He didnt appreciate Sios superior birds and bees presentation. She unloads the clothes in the washer, not buying it. AMSHA Your new pictures have arrived, Sios. Ive placed them upon your dresser. I say, you and your camera, she must be overwhelmed by now. All that flashing. He kisses her cheek and runs down the hall with Solvi curiously following. INT. SIOS ROOM

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Sios enters, picks up a remote, presses a button and electronic blinds open on the wall. Solvi stops inside the door, stunned. SOLVI Insane you are! What is this? Row after row of Salnalena photos fill the walls with side, back, front, dress, shorts and jeans views etc, all presenting a different mood of obsession. Sios tears open the envelope, presses an answering machine and Salnalenas voice pops on. SALNALENA(V.O) Hello, Sios. Its time for your daily phone call. Im running out of things to say. I talked to my mother again about your obsession with me, and though she thinks its cute, I worry about your future and your dreams of owning your own company.

Solvi slump into a chair, amazed. Hes never seen anything like it. SALNALENA Wenda thinks I should disown you. (chuckles) They believe youre the one who poked a hole in the ladies dressing room. Funny how they havent plugged it in as of yet, however. Solvi watches Sios start a new row of photos, more of a sexual nature, sees Sios clearly and pulls back a little. Hes in way too deep. SALNALENA(V.O.) Well, your minutes up so Im going now. Dont forget your gift tomorrow. Bye for now. She hangs up and Amsha appears at the door. AMSHA Dinners ready. Come. She exits and Sios stands back to admire his artistry. SIOS Come, Ive more in the cellar. He exits and Solvi follows, hesitant. INT. HIGH SCHOOLDAY Sios is at his locker with books in hand. Solvi approaches, he puts them inside and closes it. SOLVI How is the hand? SIOS Warm as thy Ladys heart. SOLVI Put aside, how will you hold a bow in theatre practice?

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SIOS Perhaps old philosophy will sub, his knarled claws are more suited for the dabolical.

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He feels someone listening behind him and turns. Bodicker is standing in his class doorway with strap at his side. BODICKER Count the hours, Mr. Aelmae. He grins a little, closes the door, and Sios locks his locker and exhales deeply at Solvi. Great. He exits. EXT. HIGH SCHOOLDAY Sios exits, spots Salnalena waiting on a bench in a mini skirt and heels, makes his way toward her and looks around for his present. SIOS Thy gift must be small. SALNALENA On the contrary. Its inside. Come. She pulls him back into the school and her sad eyes catch Toltens broken hearted demeanor from a distant window, watching. Sios momentarily befuddled at Toltens dropping head. INT. AN EMPTY HALL Salnalena pulls Sios down the hall to a theatre door, peeks around and sneaks him inside. INT. THEATRE Salnalena locks the door, pulls him to a bed on a stage set, sits him on it and places her arms on his shoulder with a deep exhalation. SALNALENA Your gift, Sios. Enjoy. She unbuttons her blouse, unclips her bra and slides his hands on her surprisingly voluptuous breasts. Awed, Sios heats up, she kisses his forehead and pulls his face into her bosom.

SALNALENA Feel better now? SIOS Tolten?

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She peels off her blouse, overwhelming him. Salnalena is one of those girls with that special something in many ways, especially to Sios, and it shows in his wide eyed reaction. SALNALENA We are yesterday. She unclips her skirt, lets it slide to the floor and lets him freely run his hands all over her nakedness. He pulls her into him a red tinge enters her cheeks and she finally pulls back, doubling that special something with a kiss. SALNALENA Its done. Thy hands are the first to ever touch thy breast, and for whatever reason, you needed them to be. She slides her mini back up, he slides it back down, pulls her close again and she hugs his face into that bare bosom again. Sios kisses his way down her hip to her curvy tush V and she finally pulls away with a full flush. SALNALENA Now, no more questions about Tolten or any future I see. No jealousy, anger, resentment, or anything else of that nature. Agreed? SIOS You have my word. A final kiss and she dresses and heads back to the door. She stops to stare back a long moment, her eyes mysteriously moistening a touch. SALNALENA Take care, Sios dream of me, as you wish. She exits, and Sios lies back on the bed, shellshocked.

SIOS And with Ladys warm curvature forever implanted on thy lips, I was never to see her again, for she vanished the very next day without a trace INT. CLASSDAY

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Late for class, Sios runs into the class right into Bodicker waiting with that ever present strap at his side. BODICKER Youre late, Mr. Aelmae. SIOS A parenting problem arose, not of my doing. He takes his seat, Bodicker locks the door, and the class holds their breath, already knowing where this is headed. BODICKER To the front, Mr. Aelmae. Sios moves to Bodicker, fearlessly holds out his hand and scans the class. His grin fades. BODICKER Knarled claws, was it? SIOS Wheres Salnalena? BODICKER Id be more concerned with myself at the moment if it were me. Bodicker takes his hand and lashes it with the strap, violently. He winces a little. SIOS Salnalena where is she? A second lash, and a third. Sios catches Solvis eye followed by Salnalenas empty beside beside Tolten, Toltens misty eyed detachment, and his eyes well, reading them.

SIOS I asked you a question, old man! Where isSalnalena! The class gasps. BODICKER How dare you! You will show me respect!

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He violently lashes the back of Sios hand and suddenly Sios turns on him and grabs the strap from him, ripping it from his hand. SIOS One last time! WhereisSalnalena! BODICKER Get out of my class! Ill have you expelled for your behavior! Sios lashes the air near his face and Bodicker backs off, stunned. SIOS You, old philosophy man of Python Lane, will not speak in my presence again! You are notthykeeper! He lashes the air again and again near his face, backs him off into a wall, turns and heaves the strap against an ornament on his desk, shattering it. SIOS All you peasants beware and teachers take heed the old Sios Aelmae is no more He storms out, Bodicker drops into a chair in disbelief, and they watch Sios run down the hall like a hurricane, shattering pictures and ornaments along the way. EXT. A HILLTOPNIGHT Sios is atop a hillside, overlooking the city, his devastated eyes taking in the car dots below. Struggling footsteps, and Solvi pulls his way up the hill and plops down beside him.