the end of, The Ups and Downs of Suicide
MITCH
Thanks again for the burn.
HOMELESS BOB
No problem, and sorry again about proposing to your girlfriend. Next time I see her I break it off.
MITCH
No don’t, keep her, she’s yours.
HOMELESS BOB
You talk about her like she’s a thing.
MITCH
Well, I don’t mean to sound childish, but I’ll stop thinking of her as an object when she stops being one.
INT. Graham’s Bedroom - Night
Graham moves back and forth from his bed and a weight bench next to a punching bag in the left corner of his room. He talks to Nikita on the phone.
GRAHAM
I know it sucks that he’s dead, but I don’t get why we have to break up because of it.
NIKITA
Look Graham, I’m just not feeling up to the responsibility of a relationship right now.
GRAHAM
C’mon, we’ll take it easy the next couple of weeks, okay?
NIKITA
No, I’m sorry, I need some time alone now. Bye.
She hangs up.
GRAHAM
Nikki? Nikita? Damn it!
He throws the phone at his bed.
Fuck! Fuck! Mother fucker!
He hits his punching bag.
Stupid, fucking, god damned, touchy, feely, shit!
He punches the bag as hard as he can and starts pacing back and forth across the room.
Fucking women! So, he killed himself. It’s not like breaking up will bring him back! Damn it, damn it, damn it!
He moves to his bed and picks up the phone. He dials quickly and waits until the answering machine picks up.
Nikita, please answer the phone. Nikita… I’m sorry, that you think we should break up, I don’t, so I’m not going to let this get to me. When you’re ready again, if you want to, you can call me, bye.
He hangs up the phone and tosses it aside, he sits on the bed and runs his hands through his hair.
Ah, fuck it.
INT. Nikita’s Bedroom - Night
The Musilicks are blasting on the radio. The song, The Best Reason To Kill Yourself, is playing. Nikita cries against her pillow, lying half off the bed with a knife in her hand.
NIKITA
(Crying.)
Why did you do this Felix?!
She stares at the knife.
No! I won’t be weak!
She throws the knife across the floor. She stands up and starts pacing while she looks at the ceiling.
NIKITA (Cont’d.)
Felix, I’ll be strong!
She turns off the light and lies down.
I’ll try to be. I’m sorry I wasn’t there for you.
INT. Small Room - Night
Dark and hazy, dream. Felix and Nikita stand hugging each other.
NIKITA
I’m so glad you’re back!
FELIX
I love you Nikki.
NIKITA
I love you too.
They kiss passionately and start tearing off each other’s clothes.
I want you right now.
Felix stops and holds her arms.
FELIX
But I thought you loved Graham.
NIKITA
I don’t have to.
Nikita kisses him again, but he pulls away and holds her back.
FELIX
No stop, you sorry bitch.
He starts to dissipate while he walks away.
NIKITA
But you love me!
FELIX
You only act like you want me because I’m dead, and it’s all your fault.
He disappears. Nikita curls up on the ground and starts to masturbate.
NIKITA
Please don’t go, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry…
INT. Nikita’s Bedroom - Night
NIKITA
(Crying.)
Oh Felix! I’m sorry!
EXT. High School - Day
Nikita, Mitch, Graham, and Seth walk up to each other on the steps in front of their school.
SETH
So how was the funeral?
NIKITA
Why didn’t you go yourself?
MITCH
Nikita relax, this whole Felix thing is fucking with us all really hard.
GRAHAM
But it’ll be okay, right? I mean, we’ll get through it.
MITCH
Yeah, just not together, we all need to deal with this in our own way.
SETH
So that’s it? We say bye and it’s done?
GRAHAM
Are you sure that’s the best thing we can do? Isn’t there anything else?
NIKITA
Maybe, maybe not, right now I don’t really care. I think Mitch is right, so I’ll see you around.
She hugs Mitch and whispers in his ear.
I’m sorry he’s gone.
As she walks away subtitles appear below her: Nikita developed a bad case of insomnia and is currently attending UCLA.
GRAHAM
Fucking Felix, fucking women, well I guess this is good bye. I’ll check you guys later.
He walks away, subtitles appear: Graham found a girlfriend right away, who killed herself 3 months later, Graham is now working 2 full time jobs to pay for college.
SETH
So how did Felix’s dad kill himself?
MITCH
He stole his neighbor’s 44 mag and shot himself in the head after he found out what Felix did.
SETH
While the cops were there?
MITCH
Yeah, crazy, no?
SETH
So you weren’t serious back there, were you? About not hanging together after this?
MITCH
Yeah I was, after this, that’s it. It’s too painful. Do you got a sack on you?
SETH
Nah, I smoked the last one this morning, plus I think I’m gonna quit.
MITCH
More power to you, later.
SETH
Later.
He walks away subtitles appear: Seth didn’t manage to quit and instead fell further into the drug ring, he is now dead after a month long acid binge.
MITCH
Shit.
He stares at the sky and walks toward the school. Subtitles appear: Mitch entered a stage of serious depression, dropped out of school, and started smoking a lot of marijuana, he still lives at home, but is trying to get a job.
EXT. Cemetery - Night
Homeless Bob stands staring at Felix’s grave. He lights a cigarette.
HOMELESS BOB
You know, I used to have thoughts of killing myself. During those downers you get after the psychedelic drugs wear off. You feel too crazy to live, so you want to kill yourself before you do something too drastic. You’re afraid to go up in high places, not because you’re afraid of heights, but because you’re afraid you’ll jump. You can’t talk to anyone about how you want to beat them to death for singing stupid a song out of tune in public, just before they come up and pay you a compliment.
He takes a long drag off his cigarette, then sits down on the grave.
Oh well Felix, everybody’s gone. The funeral is over, and everyone is starting to move on. You seemed like a good guy, and I’m sorry I didn’t get to know you better. I’m sorry you ended your life so soon, but most of all I’m sorry that in a couple of weeks, nobody’ll even care.
He takes another long drag off his cigarette, then puts it out and lies down.
Fuck it. Good night Felix, it’s been real.
THE END
Thanks again for the burn.
HOMELESS BOB
No problem, and sorry again about proposing to your girlfriend. Next time I see her I break it off.
MITCH
No don’t, keep her, she’s yours.
HOMELESS BOB
You talk about her like she’s a thing.
MITCH
Well, I don’t mean to sound childish, but I’ll stop thinking of her as an object when she stops being one.
INT. Graham’s Bedroom - Night
Graham moves back and forth from his bed and a weight bench next to a punching bag in the left corner of his room. He talks to Nikita on the phone.
GRAHAM
I know it sucks that he’s dead, but I don’t get why we have to break up because of it.
NIKITA
Look Graham, I’m just not feeling up to the responsibility of a relationship right now.
GRAHAM
C’mon, we’ll take it easy the next couple of weeks, okay?
NIKITA
No, I’m sorry, I need some time alone now. Bye.
She hangs up.
GRAHAM
Nikki? Nikita? Damn it!
He throws the phone at his bed.
Fuck! Fuck! Mother fucker!
He hits his punching bag.
Stupid, fucking, god damned, touchy, feely, shit!
He punches the bag as hard as he can and starts pacing back and forth across the room.
Fucking women! So, he killed himself. It’s not like breaking up will bring him back! Damn it, damn it, damn it!
He moves to his bed and picks up the phone. He dials quickly and waits until the answering machine picks up.
Nikita, please answer the phone. Nikita… I’m sorry, that you think we should break up, I don’t, so I’m not going to let this get to me. When you’re ready again, if you want to, you can call me, bye.
He hangs up the phone and tosses it aside, he sits on the bed and runs his hands through his hair.
Ah, fuck it.
INT. Nikita’s Bedroom - Night
The Musilicks are blasting on the radio. The song, The Best Reason To Kill Yourself, is playing. Nikita cries against her pillow, lying half off the bed with a knife in her hand.
NIKITA
(Crying.)
Why did you do this Felix?!
She stares at the knife.
No! I won’t be weak!
She throws the knife across the floor. She stands up and starts pacing while she looks at the ceiling.
NIKITA (Cont’d.)
Felix, I’ll be strong!
She turns off the light and lies down.
I’ll try to be. I’m sorry I wasn’t there for you.
INT. Small Room - Night
Dark and hazy, dream. Felix and Nikita stand hugging each other.
NIKITA
I’m so glad you’re back!
FELIX
I love you Nikki.
NIKITA
I love you too.
They kiss passionately and start tearing off each other’s clothes.
I want you right now.
Felix stops and holds her arms.
FELIX
But I thought you loved Graham.
NIKITA
I don’t have to.
Nikita kisses him again, but he pulls away and holds her back.
FELIX
No stop, you sorry bitch.
He starts to dissipate while he walks away.
NIKITA
But you love me!
FELIX
You only act like you want me because I’m dead, and it’s all your fault.
He disappears. Nikita curls up on the ground and starts to masturbate.
NIKITA
Please don’t go, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry…
INT. Nikita’s Bedroom - Night
NIKITA
(Crying.)
Oh Felix! I’m sorry!
EXT. High School - Day
Nikita, Mitch, Graham, and Seth walk up to each other on the steps in front of their school.
SETH
So how was the funeral?
NIKITA
Why didn’t you go yourself?
MITCH
Nikita relax, this whole Felix thing is fucking with us all really hard.
GRAHAM
But it’ll be okay, right? I mean, we’ll get through it.
MITCH
Yeah, just not together, we all need to deal with this in our own way.
SETH
So that’s it? We say bye and it’s done?
GRAHAM
Are you sure that’s the best thing we can do? Isn’t there anything else?
NIKITA
Maybe, maybe not, right now I don’t really care. I think Mitch is right, so I’ll see you around.
She hugs Mitch and whispers in his ear.
I’m sorry he’s gone.
As she walks away subtitles appear below her: Nikita developed a bad case of insomnia and is currently attending UCLA.
GRAHAM
Fucking Felix, fucking women, well I guess this is good bye. I’ll check you guys later.
He walks away, subtitles appear: Graham found a girlfriend right away, who killed herself 3 months later, Graham is now working 2 full time jobs to pay for college.
SETH
So how did Felix’s dad kill himself?
MITCH
He stole his neighbor’s 44 mag and shot himself in the head after he found out what Felix did.
SETH
While the cops were there?
MITCH
Yeah, crazy, no?
SETH
So you weren’t serious back there, were you? About not hanging together after this?
MITCH
Yeah I was, after this, that’s it. It’s too painful. Do you got a sack on you?
SETH
Nah, I smoked the last one this morning, plus I think I’m gonna quit.
MITCH
More power to you, later.
SETH
Later.
He walks away subtitles appear: Seth didn’t manage to quit and instead fell further into the drug ring, he is now dead after a month long acid binge.
MITCH
Shit.
He stares at the sky and walks toward the school. Subtitles appear: Mitch entered a stage of serious depression, dropped out of school, and started smoking a lot of marijuana, he still lives at home, but is trying to get a job.
EXT. Cemetery - Night
Homeless Bob stands staring at Felix’s grave. He lights a cigarette.
HOMELESS BOB
You know, I used to have thoughts of killing myself. During those downers you get after the psychedelic drugs wear off. You feel too crazy to live, so you want to kill yourself before you do something too drastic. You’re afraid to go up in high places, not because you’re afraid of heights, but because you’re afraid you’ll jump. You can’t talk to anyone about how you want to beat them to death for singing stupid a song out of tune in public, just before they come up and pay you a compliment.
He takes a long drag off his cigarette, then sits down on the grave.
Oh well Felix, everybody’s gone. The funeral is over, and everyone is starting to move on. You seemed like a good guy, and I’m sorry I didn’t get to know you better. I’m sorry you ended your life so soon, but most of all I’m sorry that in a couple of weeks, nobody’ll even care.
He takes another long drag off his cigarette, then puts it out and lies down.
Fuck it. Good night Felix, it’s been real.
THE END