INT. LIVING ROOM - AFTERNOON

A nicely decorated living room: modest furniture, plastic

flowers, a stand ard-definitio n telev ision. A car pulls up

outside. An analog clock tics the seconds away. We see

pictures of a happy cou ple: at the zoo , at dinner, e tc. The

front doo r opens. In walks DANNY, 3 0, a short, th in man with

mop-top hair and a frown. He’s tired. Behind him is ASTRID,

28, also short and thin. Her hair , pulled back in a pony

tail. She has a baby bump, about 7 months old. Her eyes are

red like fire, her cheeks f ull of tears. DANNY le ts her in

and close s the door. She wad dles to the couc h, DANNY right

behind her, helping her sit.

DANNY

Are you thirsty? You want some

water?

ASTRID

Sure.

ASTRID pulls out the tissue she had tucked away in the sleeve

of her zip-sweater. She cl eans he r tears but t hey sta rt

again. DANNY wa lks to the kitch en and stares o ut the window

over the sink. He rubs the back of his head, g rabs a glass

and pours some wat er. DANNY wal ks over to ASTR ID and gives

it to her.

ASTRID

Thanks.