Passengers of the Pages (Playwright)

ACT II; Part III:

EXT. THE TRAVELING TAVERN, WATERS ROSE, BROOKSVIEW; EARLY EVENING

LONG SHOT

INT. THE TRAVELING TAVERN

(HOPE is behind the bar with LEVI as they both try to fill the overflowing orders during their shifts.)

KATE:

This should be fun to watch.

LEVI:

Shut up, we are really (brief pause) AHHH!

(LEVI slips and falls on a sticky mess of liquor that HOPE spilled on the floor earlier that night.)

LEVI (CONT'D):

(Glares)

What the heck, Hope?

HOPE:

What did I do?

LEVI:

You know what. Don't act stupid.

HOPE:

What if I want to act stupid?

LEVI:

I don't even wanna argue with you right now, we need to fill all of these orders in 25 minutes before we close.

HOPE:

(Smirks)

Are you sure?

CLOSE UP

LEVI:

I'm positive.

HOPE:

(Mockingly)

I'm positive.

HOPE + LEVI:

Shut up!

(As TESS and THEO finish their drinks, HOPE and LEVI do their best to finish filling the orders as fast as they can before the tavern closes.)

CLOSE UP 

END ACT

HIGH ANGLE

(THE NEXT DAY)

FADE IN

EXT. THE IVYWOOD INN; MORNING

(The group is sitting around the hearth of the main room of The Ivywood Inn. TESS and THEO are brainstorming ideas for the next parts of their stories, PANDORA and KATE are playing a round of rummy, LEVI is fast asleep, minutes later we can hear LEVI yawn.)

LEVI:

(Yawning)

Does anyone else get these random mood swings?

PANDORA:

Your turn Kate, and Levi no.

KATE:

Rummy! I win.

TESS:

(Whispering so that the group can't hear her)

Theo, what do you think if we made Hope and Levi get married in chapter 4? Especially since there are so many characters; Plus Hope and Levi are already dating so it just seems perfect for chapter 4.

THEO:

Oh my gosh, that is perfect.

CLOSE UP

(Moments later BETH and BASIL enter The IVYWOOD, shivering cold due to the freezing temperatures and snowstorm that is outside.)

BASIL:

(Clearly upset)

I am not forgiving you... You low-life little meanie pants! You LEFT me with BETH! She bites!!!

BETH:

(Rolls eyes, clearly annoyed)

I don't bite, you are the Canis lupus.

BASIL:

(Enraged)

EXCUSE ME? I AM THE WHAT?!

BETH:

You hear me; I said, "Canis lupus" Do you need me to repeat it to your little pea brain?

(BASIL runs to KATE, hiding behind her for protection from BETH.)

KATE:

(Now holding BASIL in her lap to calm them down, clearly now upset with BETH)

BETH! Seriously, I gave you one job! As your sister, all I asked you to do was bring Basil here so that they could hang out with us while you watched over the Weeping Ivy. Is that so much to ask?!

BETH:

(Now walking into the main room to join the group.)

Hello all, I'm Beth. Beth Undergrove.

TESS + THEO:

We know who you are, we created you. (Brief pause) Welcome to the story.

LEVI + PANDORA + KATE + GWEN ROSE + HOPE and BASIL:

WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CREATED US?!!

CLOSE UP 

LEVI:

You both have some explaining to do.

PANDORA:

You are telling me that I do not exist?

BIRDSEYE

KATE:

Wait so you're saying that, The Weeping Ivy Bakery is not real?

GWEN ROSE:

You are both liars, why would you lie to me?

HOPE:

I do not understand, you are telling me that all the mistakes I've ever made still somehow matter, even though I am not real?

BASIL:

Hold the baked goods! Does this mean what I think it means?

(Whole cast looks at BASIL)

BASIL (CONT'D):

NO MORE SNUGGLES AND BELLY RUBS? Or midnight snacking on the leftover baked goods?

KATE + BETH + PANDORA + GWEN ROSE:

(In shock)

WHAT?!

BASIL:

Oh sage, never mind. Forget I said that.