Seeing is Believing part 2

Scene 3

(Stage right goes black. Stage left lights up)

Michael: Hey babe, just thought I'd give you a bell before I head to work but obviously you're busy... give me a call back when you can okay... Love you!

Scene 4

(Sarah's sitting in the corner of the room, scantily clad with just a blanket covering her. She seems worried, biting her nails. Luke is asleep in a bed. He awakes suddenly, coughing)

Sarah: Luke? Luke are you okay? Want me to call a Doctor?

Luke: No, I just need a glass of water. Something's not right!

Sarah: I agree.

Luke: Anyone else and I could understand...

Sarah: I'm sorry.

Luke: I didn't think this would happen ever again.

Sarah: No, me neither.

Luke: I mean, Michael, MICHAEL!

Sarah: I know. Tonight should have never happend.

Luke: Absolutely. Get your clothes on now!

Sarah: Alright, alright, I'm going. I'll stay out of your way from now on. I promise.

Luke: Hell no, we're going to see Michael, right now!

Sarah: What! You can't tell him, it will destroy him!

Luke: He needs to know!

Sarah: You're going to walk in there and tell him that you and I slept together and expect that to not break his heart! Smart one! I won't let you!

(She holds herself against the door. Luke grabs her arms and holds them to her chest)

Luke: You stupid girl! Right now I have more important things to worry about than what happened between us. I'm not going to tell him. You see that ambulance following that police van...

(Sirens ring in the background. Sarah nods, crying)

I'm almost certain that they are heading towards Tesco to see to your boyfriend! Something has gone wrong at his work and you need to trust me.

Sarah: How do you know?

Luke: Trust me.

Sarah: How though!? You set this up didn't you? Sleep with me and then hurt Mike! You monster!

Luke: You're being delirious! I had a dream.

Sarah: Who are you? Martin Fucking Luther!

Luke: I'm Luke. Now for once in your life trust someone. Trust me! I'm nothing special, but I have these dreams. 90% of the time, they're true. Can we go now! We really need to see if your BOYFRIEND is safe!

Sarah: (She handcuffs him to the bed) I don't need, or WANT to know why you have these. But I do want to know what the fuck is going on!

Tell. Me. Everything. I will not be lead on a wild goose chase! Sit down and tell me why I should beleive a word you say!

Luke: Because it happened before! I lost my girlfriend! Because I sat at home, not doing anything about the dream. We need to go. Mike is in DANGER!

Sarah: Tell me more!

Luke: FINE! All started when I was dating a girl called Lauren. She was a beautiful girl, a dancer. So talented, she was going to make it big! One night we had a row. She drove off and I went to sleep. I had a dream. It was a horrible dream, it woke me up straight away. But I didn't think anything of it. The dream was that she'd been killed in an accident.

Sarah: Oh my God! How nice of you. Fall out with your girl, leave her to die. You're a fucking Psycho!

Luke: It wasn't like that, I loved her. I didn't mean for it. I just didn't help her. Seeing her there, in my dreams, lying there - lifeless. It was so so scary. So I got up, went to my cupboard and started necking vodka. I thought it would help me forget. But the images were still there. Engraved forever in the back of my mind.

(Sarah hesitates, she can sense the honesty in Lukes voice. She sits next to him)

Then the paramedics rang. They said that Lauren had been in an accident and she was asking for me. She'd been paralised from the hips down. Laying there for two hours before an ambulance was called. All that whilst I was necking vodka, she was wishing for me.

Sarah: What happened?

Luke: I never saw her again. I couldn't bring myself to see that gorgeous face in pain. That beautiful girl whose life I had ruined.

Sarah: Come on. I'll drive, we need to get to mike!

(She undoes the handcuffs)