don't open your eyes, okay? this is the difference between sick and saved. the walls are pearled, and i am one shade of white, wearing scarves made of washcloth and paper. my eyelids are tiny butterflies, quick, pale, and new. i see things that evaporate as soon as i recognise them: jaguars prowling from the depths of the water, climbing from the drain with dripping pelts. their spines ripple, shoulderblades sinking and rising like gentle breath, like sad sunsets. when they look to me, i become one of them, i breathe in as they do, taking in a breath

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Lab Rat

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The Purple Girls-Scene 4

EXT. NARROW TOWN HOUSE, FREEPORT AT SUNSET An old lemon pulls into the the driveway of a rundown townhouse, number 420. It is sunset and there is loud music playing in the background. There are people outside, down the street, doing something sketchy. The people eye the car and continue what they are doing. CAM is inside the car, listening to the end of Baba O'Riley while smoking out the window. She has the logo of a video game store on her tee-shirt, which is beneath a heavy jacket. She's squinting at the sun every so often and finally pulling out the key when the song ends. INT. LIVING ROOM & KITCHEN The living room is very dark, all cu

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The Purple Girls-Scene 3

TRANSITION: EXT. FREEPORT HIGH SCHOOL-NOON INT. HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOM A man is at the front of the classroom, writing a Physics formula on the board. Most students seem to be paying attention and scribbling down notes as he lectures them, but NICOLE and CAM are not. CAM is sitting in the back of the room, center row, with a hood covering her sleeping face. NICOLE is doodling on a piece of paper to the right of FLORA, who is sitting in front of CAM, writing notes rapidly. NICOLE folds the paper and passes it to FLORA. FLORA finishes the sentence she is writing and opens the note. FLORA giggles as she reads it, but nervously. She doesn't n

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The Purple Girls-Scene 2

FADE TO: FLORA, now a teenager, has her face cupped in her hands and is staring out into space. It is dark but different color lights are flashing every which way and the dance music with a heavy bass is playing. FLORA has light brown, almost blonde hair styled nicely and is wearing a RED dress. There is a RED flower on her table. NICOLE is calling her name repeatedly, and FLORA looks up at the girl sitting across the booth as she wakes up from her daydream. NICOLE rolls her eyes. NICOLE Flora, are you even, like, paying attention? That guy was totally checking you out! NICOLE points to a pair of guys who are looking over at FLORA and NIC

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