The Purple of Life, scene 2

EXT. STREET - DAY

In his car, Andy pulls out of his driveway and drives down the street. STEVE, his neighbor, waves genially at him. Andy waves back.

ANDY
(calling out)
How you doing, Steve?

Steve, mowing the lawn, stops to chat.

STEVE
Great, Andy. You really helped me out with that thing.

ANDY
Any time, Steve. We all deserve help.

Andy waves goodbye and continues driving. Steve returns to his lawn work.

The Purple of Life, scene 1

FADE IN:

A quotation appears over a black screen:

Come to me in my dreams, and then
By day I shall be well again.
For then the night will more than pay
The hopeless longing of the day.
- Matthew Arnold

INT. BEDROOM - MORNING

ANDY, late 40s, handsome, wakes to his alarm. He gets up, opens the curtains, and lets the morning light into the room. He starts a pot of coffee, turns on the morning news, and does 20 push-ups.

The phone RINGS. He answers as he pours a cup of coffee.

ANDY

Hello?

He saddens.

ANDY (CONT'D)

That’s too bad. Don’t worry, we’ll organize a charity event. She won’t have to suffer.

He nods.

ANDY (CONT'D)

Right. See you later.

He hangs up the phone and takes a drink of coffee.

ANDY (CONT'D)

Hmm.

The news is in the middle of another catastrophic story.

NEWS ANCHOR

Fire season is upon us again, earlier than last year. Multiple fires have sprung up across Southern California and firefighters say that due to the budget cuts, they simply don’t have the numbers to keep all the fires at bay...

ANDY

This world -

He turns off the news and opens his planner to today. Under the date is the name DIANA with a question mark after it.

ANDY (CONT'D)

Needs more light in it.

He caresses Diana’s name.