ࡱ> :<9` Objbj ..O||||<@BBBBBB$h XfBBBf{B:@B@ 0\0|n||R@0w w w @0"*FffBBBB||  ROAD TRIP An original short script by Steve Meredith EXT. HOODMOUNT. 1969 DODGE CHARGER: In the drivers seat is DREW SUTTON, in the passenger seat is JAMES GIVINS. James: So what made you want to fix this piece of crap? Drew: My dad said that it was the only car I was going to have, so I had to fix it up, because I wanted to go down to Florida for spring break. James: I wonder who well meet. Drew: Hopefully some hot girls. James: (laughing) You can say that again. Drew: Pass me some of those chips. JAMES picks up the bag of Ruffles sitting at HIS feet. James: Hey do you have Dr. Lipton for Psychology? Drew: Nope, I have Dr. Gifford James: Liptons been having these really weird discussions lately; questioning who our creator is. Drew: Oh really? James: Now you know me, Drew. You and I both grew up in very Catholic families. Drew: Yeah. James: So naturally we have no question that God is our creator, and that each of us has a purpose. Drew: Well, yeah, of course. James: But then I got to thinking, what difference does it make? Drew: So youre now questioning weather or not God is our creator? James: No, Im questioning our existence itself. I mean, what if we dont actually exist? What if theres someone writing out the stories of our lives? I mean, take Romeo and Juliet for example DREW nods. There was a playwright controlling their every move. Shakespeare could have made them live happily ever after, but NO, Shakespeare fucked it all up with his suicide fetish in the last act. What if thats whats happening to us? What if there is some Mark Twain or Earnest Hemmingway wannabe upstairs? Drew: (sarcastically and rhetorically) Youre actually comparing Earnest Hemmingway to God? James: Thats not my point. My point is that people are always saying that we are in control of our own destinies. And that if we work hard all our lives, we can walk in the front door after work with a Ferrari sitting in the driveway, a beautiful supermodel wife with a lot of beautiful kidsand a golden retriever barking at us to go play with them. But what if were not in control anymore, or worse, what if we were never in control. That scares the shit out of me. JAMES reaches back into the back seat, grabs a can of Sprite, and opens it, he takes a swig. Drew: Why does it scare you? I mean its not like we know our destinies, so its exactly like being in control of them. I like to believe that were the authors of the screenplays of our lives. And we have the power to take our lives in whatever direction we want. James: But what if we dont? Drew: So you believe in predestination? James: I dont want toI mean, I certainly believe that there is a God and that if we live like Him that we will be saved and transported to a place of a eternal lifei.e. heaven. All Im saying is, what if God has an itinerary for our entire lives? Drew: He does. James: We yeah I know he has a plan for all us but Drew: James James: I would just like it if I could live my own life, you know? God knows that I would follow him, and live my life like Jesus would have Drew: James James: I just wish that I could feel like I was in control of my own destiny Drew: (calmly) James, its like Forrest Gump said. We dont know if we all have a destiny or if were floating around on a breeze, and the truth is well never know. James: Thats what bothers me. Drew: You cant let it bother you. Just live your life. Were going to arrive in Miami Beach today around noon, and were going to meet some attractive girls, and were going to have fun. Dont worry about our destinies, well find out them out when we least expect it. Nowdo me a favor, and pass me a fucking Pepsi. 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