SCENE 1 EXT. KINGSTON. PARK. DAY. SFX: Birds chirping and cars passing by.

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1 SCENE 1 EXT. KINGSTON. PARK. DAY. SFX: Birds chirping and cars passing by. Mi don't normally meet up wid people if they don't send mi their picture first yuh know. Yuh look young. How old is you? Mi legal...so where wi can go? Yuh have a place? Not my place. It not convenient. My place not convenient neither. Wait, mi have an idea 'bout where wi can go. SFX: Footsteps, bushes being parted and heavy breathing. Where yuh taking mi sah? Wi soon reach. As long as yuh don't kidnap mi. Dis building look really old and abandoned. SCENE 2 INT. ABANDONED HOUSE. DAY. SFX: A creeky door is opened Dat is good? Wi have privacy to do what wi want to do.

2 It don't look really comfortable though. Is jus' a little sex, dat's all. A what type of comfort yuh need so? Anyway, yuh is a top or bottom? Top Dat is a problem. Yuh is a top too? Yeah, so my yute, why you don't try it out? It not hard to be a bottom yuh know. If it not hard why yuh don't try it out then? Allright, forget it! Wi jus' have to do someting else. Come, go down... Pant's zipper being pulled down. There, take it... So we not kissing a little first? Jus' shut up and give mi pleasure. Pant's zipper being pulled up. So yuh like it? Yeah, yuh were good. Mi have to go now. An' what about me?

3 What about yuh? Yuh not going to reciprocate? Reci what? MARLON You not going to do the same for me as well? Mi don't have time for dat. Maybe next time. Mi have to run now. Footsteps running away SCENE 3 EXT. TIGER'S TRAINING FIELD. DAY SFX: Coach blows whistle COACH: Kevin! Yeah Coach? COACH: Come here a sec... SFX: Footsteps of a runner approaching What's up Coach? COACH: Meet yuh new training partner. Him name Marlon. Hey man, nice to meet yuh. COACH: So Marlon is one of di new recruits to Tiger's. Him is a sprinter jus' like you. Mi want yuh to take him unda yuh

4 wing, show him di ropes an' all. Sure Coach. COACH: Good, now get back to training. (LOW) What yuh doing here? (LOW) Is a small world. Nice to see yuh again too sah. (LOW) Look my yute, me is not a battyman like yuh, zeen? (LOW) Mi get yuh loud and clear sah. (LOW) Good SCENE 4 INT. LOCKER ROOM. EVENING. SFX: A locker room door is slammed shut So, Kevin, what yuh tink about yuh new training partner? Who Marlon? Why yuh ask? To tell yuh di truth Kev. Him seem like a raas claat battyman! SFX: Fit of male laughter MARK: Mi did tink is only me one did notice it. Yuh betta watch yuhself round him mi general. No man, Marlon cool. Him is not a fish, him is straight. Which straight man yuh know shave dem eyebrow so neat

5 breddren? SFX: Another fit of male laughter Wi just saying, him don't seem too straight at all. SCENE 5 INT. GYM. DAY. Yow Marlon, can yuh spot mi? Let's go! SFX: A few seconds of grunting and heavy breathing C'mon man! Yuh can do it! One more! SFX: A huge groan followed by a barbell being placed back on it's weight rack. Phew! T'anks man! Anytime. Dat was exhausting. All mi want to do now is to go home and sleep. Mi feel di same way... so what yuh doing after trainining? Yuh have any plans? Maybe after yuh rest and ting wi could hit di town and ting...hang out together yuh know? Mmmm, not dis evening. Mi kind of getting di feeling like yuh avoiding mi.

6 Di guys been talking...dem tink yuh not straight. They tink yuh gay. Why? Because mi dress nice an' take care of myself? Look, mi just asking yuh to tone it down if wi going to hang out together outside training. It don't look good wid mi going around wid someone who look like a battyman. Suit yuhself man, see you around. SCENE 6 INT. BAR. NIGHT Loud dancehall music playing I was thinking yuh would bring yuh new boyfriend? Kevin is not mi boyfriend and him couldn't make it. How come? Yuh first encounter wid him was so romantic right? Yuh can stop wid di sarcasm now Shontelle. Is like a plot from one of di soap opera. Di same guy yuh hook up wid at the park turn out to be yuh training partner. Yuh enjoying dis, don't? Me not the one who is making bad choices. Where else will me find people like myself? Jamaica is not paradise for people like me yuh know?

7 Mi just think yuh should focus on yuh running instead of all the one night stands yuh having all around di place. C'mon now, yuh exaggerating. Mi is not dat promiscuous. Di last guy mi met was six months ago. Is been a long time since mi did anyting wid another guy. If yuh say so. MARLON; National Trials coming up, mi jus hoping that mi can make di team for di Olympics dis year. As long as yuh stay focus yuh will make di team. It going to be hard seeing Kevin everyday. Forget about him. If only it was dat easy. A relationship wid him will never work. Mi don't want to see yuh get hurt. Yuh won't have to worry about dat. Di likelihood of a relationship between me and Kevin have practically no chance to happen whatsoever. Yuh a go find di right man one day, yuh just have to wait. It don't make sense to rush tings. T'anks. SCENE 7 INT. STAIRWELL. NIGHT

8 SFX: Footsteps walking up a stairwell Kevin? What yuh doing here? Why yuh sitting on di floor in di dark? Mi was waiting for yuh. For me? Why? What kind of question is dat? Yuh going to make mi stand out here forever? Yuh not inviting mi in? SFX: Key unlocking door SCENE 8 INT. HOUSE. NIGHT. Mi just wasn't expecting yuh, dat's all. Come on in! SFX: Lights switched on Who are these people in dis photo? (OFF) Mi uncle, him wife and their kids. Me living wid dem till mi get mi own place. Kitchen cabinet being opened (OFF) Yuh want some tea? Please and t'anks. So what bring yuh here? You're di last person mi expect to see.

9 Mi was feeling bored so mi just decided to visit yuh... What took yuh so long? I was waiting a long time. Mi was out wid a friend... Hold on a sec, mi tink di pot boiling now. Which friend is dat? (OFF) Yuh don't know her. She name Shontelle, mi friend from high school. And high school is how long ago for yuh? Las' year. How old yuh are breddren? Mi turning 19 dis year. Yuh really young my yute SFX: Tea is being carried in on a tray. Here yuh go. T'anks. An' how old is you? SFX: Kevin gasps Careful... it hot. Yuh ok?

10 Mi good...anyway, someting mi want to ask yuh. It kind of personal. What is it? When did yuh discover that yuh was gay? About 12 or 13, when di other boys in my class used to go crazy over girls and ting mi just could never understand it. Instead mi fantasize about other boys in mi class or guys mi see on t.v. An' yuh parents know that yuh is gay? Yeah man, dem know. An' what do they say? Dem never took di news easy to tell yuh di truth. Mi mother cried so much and mi father nearly hit me. It was really awful. Sorry to hear dat. Now tings are a bit better. Dem not happy about it but dem accept it...and what about yuh? What yuh mean? How yuh discover yuh were gay? I told yuh before. Me is not gay. Yuh ever did someting wid another guy before? Apart from me?

11 Dat was just a way to release sexual tension. Mi see, so yuh have a girlfriend or what? Mi have a couple girls on the side yeah, but yuh know how it is. Mi not into di relationship ting. Besides, track and field takes up all my time, and yuh should know how dat go. Yuh right, it not easy at all. Dis year mi really want to make it big yuh know? First wi have to qualify for di Olympics. Mi just hoping mi can keep myself healthy and injury free. Yeah, dat is really important. Mi would like to be like Usain Bolt famous, yuh know what mi mean? Doesn't everyone? Anyway, mi really should be making my way back home yuh know? Yeah, wi have training again tomorrow so make sure yuh get some sleep allright? Sure ting, tanks for di tea. SFX: Key unlocking door Yuh welcome, see yuh at training tomorrow.

12 Yeah Bye Bye Someting wrong? Nutting..is jus'... What 'appen sah? Can I...? Can yuh what? Can I kiss yuh? Kiss me? Yeah OK SFX: Few seconds of silence and heavy breathing So yuh like it? Kevin...Wait! SFX: Footsteps running away down the stairs SCENE 9 INT. LOCKER ROOM. DAY. SFX: Keys opening locker door

13 Yow Kev, wi going clubbing tonight. Yuh in? No man, mi tired. Mi just want to rest. Today is Friday general, di last day of training for di week. Yuh have di whole weekend to rest. MARK: Rope in man, yuh know how many hot girls in di club on a Friday afternoon? Allright, allright! So wi coming round your place by around 8. Make sure yuh ready yuh know breddren! SCENE 10 INT. FURNACE NIGHTCLUB. NIGHT SFX: Dancehall music blaring My yute, yu not glad wi decided to come? Look how many sexy women in di club tonight. MARK: It shot for real. Make wi check out di bar. SFX: Kevin hits bar table Tree Red Stripe beer, please and tanks! BARTENDER: Coming up mi boss! SFX: Three bottles are opened

14 Look dawg, di girl over there checking yuh out, yuh don't see it? Which girl is dat? Di one in di blue dress...and she look so good. MARK: Yuh should buy her a drink dawg. Bartender! Send over another drink! Allright, here mi go...what's up baby? Mi good. Yuh know yuh look nice and ting. Tanks. So what's yuh name babes? Andrea. Me name Kevin. Nice to meet yuh Kevin. Yuh drink? Dis is for you. Tanks. Yuh want to dance. Sure

15 SCENE 11 EXT. FURNACE NIGHTCLUB. NIGHT. SFX: Cars driving by occasionally So yuh had fun? Yeah, mi had a good time. Yu want mi to call a taxi for yuh? Dat would be good. Ok...hold on. SFX: Dialing of a cell phone Hello? May I have a taxi from Furnace Night Club to... Park Lane....to Park Lane...how many minutes? Five minutes? T'anks. So, what yuh do for a living? Me is a sprinter. Really? Yeah, mi run for Tigers Track Club I've heard about dat club. KEVIN Mi preparing for di Olympic trials. Mi hopin' to make it big

16 dis year. Best of luck. Mi used to run as well back in high school. So what happen? Mi guess mi just never good enough like you. So what yuh do now? Mi work in a bank. It not much fun like your job ofcourse. Yuh should visit mi one day to see mi run. Maybe, mi will do just dat. Mi hope to see you there. So why yuh don't come wid mi to my place tonight? Is dat an invitation? Sure, or yuh 'ave someting more interesting fi do tonight? SFX: Car driving up TAXI DRIVER: Taxi? SFX: Car door opens and they get in and close the door. SCENE 12 EXT. APARTMENT. NIGHT So, dis is mi humble abode.

17 SFX: Key opening a door and the door being locked back SCENE 13 INT. APARTMENT. NIGHT Make yuh self at home. Dis sofa really comfy. Yuh want some wine? Please and tanks. SFX: Wine glasses being placed on a table. A wine bottle is opened and wine is poured into each glass.