Untimely:Graduation Pending By James Craig Lynham III

James Lynham lynhamjc@gmail.com

INT. DORM ROOM The scene opens to a poorly lit dorm room at State University in New Jersey at night with a young man sitting at a desk, physics textbooks, notebooks and sketches lie next to him. The light of a laptop illuminating his face. This young man is MAX BLAZE BECKETT, a white male in his 20s of average height, with short hair and stern but handsome demeanor. Dressed in gym shorts and a school emblazoned t-shirt, sporting the typical college uniform. Max, an engineering senior in college is serious when necessary, smart, lazy and stubborn all rolled into one. He pretends to be a loner, but is often brought out of his shell by the presence of others. MAX (on the phone) I know. Im looking. Things are just bleak right now. DAD This is what happens when you dont take action. You let your dreams fall behind because you lost your motivation. Youre lazy, your mother and I blame ourselves for the behavior. But...you cant turn back time, so now we, now you have to play catchup fast. MAX Im trying. DAD This is a warning to act. Its coming from a good place, but I will not let you waist your potential. There is a long pause followed by a choked-up throat clearing. MAX Ill, Ill figure something out. Max hangs up the phone, his face ridden with despair holding back tears. He slowly closes his laptop. The only light in the room has vanished. FADE to black.

2. INT. CLASSROOM Laptop opens. Light reveals Maxs face in a college lecture hall during the day. He is sitting in the middle of the room with about 20 other students, wearing the same thing as last night. At the front of the class is Physics Professor Werner Bohrman, a white middle-aged man with streaks of grey in his hair. He is a mentor to most students and respected by those in his field. PROFESSOR Id like to delve into a recent accomplishment by own our own university. With the discovery of the Higgs Boson or God particle years ago, our researchers here at the university have made some pretty fantastic advances in the understanding of our universe. a recent collective effort has produced the Transmodulated Operational Recreator of Chaos Hybrid device or T.O.R.C.H., for short. This device is capable of producing a wormhole and possibly even... GREG (Interrupting) Actually professor, its still under development according to your last report and I believe it hasnt yet been tested as Dr. Klytus has gracefully made his way into Greyston Asylum. But go on... Whispers and snickers are heard from the seats of the students. MAX (whispering) Thank you Einstein. Professor Brown shows a look of discontent on his face and begins a slow pace at the front of the class. PROFESSOR Dr. Klytus is on extended leave while dealing with some personal issues, and I would like to mention that while this is a class that promotes student participation. Professor Brown stares directly at Smartass. (CONTINUED)

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PROFESSOR Keep it to yourselves today. Looking around the classroom, Max notices the lack of attention from his fellow classmates. One young man begins to lean back and fall asleep and the jerking motion reawakens and startles him. A young girl in the row in front of him is texting the girl immediately next to her. The phone screen reads "OMG Boring". Across the row a young man on his laptop is updating his status,"#YourObscureLifeObliterated". Two rows ahead of him, Max sees another young man with laptop on, headphones plugged into his ears. The screen is covered in pornography, with the young man nonchalantly responding to the images. Maxs face reads of utter disdain. He looks back up to the front of the class at Professor Brown. PROFESSOR With the new research being done on the T.O.R.C.H, our hypothesis is that the with this device we may be able to bend space and time to our will with the recreation and manipulation of black holes. MAX So essentially with a device like this you could travel through time? The faces of the room light up. Students momentarily stop their various activities to listen. PROFESSOR In theory, perhaps, but the devices functions have not been verified. GREG Is that Dr. Klytuss expert opinion? The professor looks at his watch. PROFESSOR Okay thats enough for today, read Michio Kakus "Physics of the Impossible" and think about, (Pauses) possibility. Students together their books and backpacks and hustle towards the exit of the classroom.

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EXT. COLLEGE HALL Outside of the lecture hall at a New Jersey University, Max is greeted by JIMI LINDHAM, another college senior, 20 years old, with longish hair, equipped in an oversized jacket, self made sweatshorts, high top sneakers and an intoxicating smile. Hes been Maxs best friend for years; an aspiring actor, who always finds the silly in serious, even when its unwarranted. JIMI Hows the eternal job search going? MAX Ill let you know when it ends. JIMI Its rough out there. JIMI Hey...buddy. Ready to get cray cray crazy tonight? MAX Please dont talk like that. JIMI Ease up. Your girl Rachel is going to be there. MAX I guess tonight would be a good opportunity for an escalation of our relationship. JIMI Try not to barf your heart out. MAX Ill be fine with my words. Im more worried about you. you tell people strange things, like how you want a vasectomy, things that should remain private. Max rustles around with his backpack, fixing the position of his laptop. He pulls out his phone, checking the time and for text messages. Screen reads "One message from Rachel: Come to the party with Jimi tonight :)". MAX For someone who says theyre a writer, you sure do now how to (MORE) (CONTINUED)

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MAX (contd) leave a room unpleasantly speechless. JIMI Give me an example. MAX Last week when there was that sad girl at a party. I told you to say "Youre too pretty to be sad". JIMI Yea ok. So? MAX And what did you say? JIMI I might have said... "you look ugly when youre upset." MAX I could go on all day with this, but I have my lab in 20 minutes. Max and Jimi come upon Jimis mini-jeep, a small battery powered car resembling a jeep, which is Jimis primary mode of transportation. Under the windshield wiper of Jimis mini jeep is a parking ticket. JIMI (Looking around) Alright, whos the wise guy? Jimi removes the parking ticket, crumbling it up and throwing it away. JIMI But youre not so suave yourself. What was it that your friend Steve said about you? MAX That I, uh, I, make great first impressions, but horrible lasting ones. JIMI And on that note, I gotta go to acting class. Ill text you tonight.

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As Jimi is driving away from Max, swerving back and forth up the scaling sidewalk path, his mini-jeep runs over the foot of a passerby but he keeps going. The passerby is not amused. PASSERBY (GREG) Hey! Try walking, you hipster! JIMI (Driving away) Im not a hipster, Im just weird! Max looks onto the sun, his eyes reflecting the bustling college-life passing him by. EXT. JIMIS HOUSE Max is standing infront of the door of a Jimis house. Its 9:00 pm, the street lights unveil the surrounding front steps and glimmer of street-lights. The exterior of the house is littered with broken beer bottles and sounds of loud music emanate from the surrounding houses. This is your typcial rinkydink college neighborhood. Max knocks on the door. JIMI (From inside) Come in! Max enters the house and into the kitchen, comign upon the kitchen table and the sounds of footsteps from the other room. Jimi walks up the table with a bottle of tequila and two shot glasses. MAX Wheres the roommate? JIMI I think he went back to Japan, or to North Jersey. Not necessarily sure with that guy, I cant really understand what he says. MAX Probably escaping the pressures of being a math and physics major. With physics, I cant imagine having any more life left in my brain for even more math. But I guess thats what it takes to get a job in an office with benefits these days.

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JIMI I;m not ready for a job, I just got a blowjob from what I believe to be a lesbian whose idea of pleasure was using all of her 32 teeth to cheeze grate my erect penis. MAX How are we getting to this party? JIMI We can take my ride. MAX The jeep. Isnt it faster to walk? JIMI It might be, but its definitely not as cool. MAX Ill be DD, I need a clear head for when I talk to Rachel. Jimi sits down at the table and motions Max to sit down. He opens the bottle of tequila and pours a shot. MAX So my professor today was talking about time travel. The university has actually developed a device, called the TORCH, that they think will actually be able to manipulate black holes and travel through time. Jimi takes the shot of tequila. He coughs, then wipes his mouth. JIMI Id like to go back in time. Check out Abe Lincoln being headstrong, stop me from sliding on the pole in 5th grade and cutting my penis. Jimi refills the shot glass with tequila. JIMI I need to start taking beter care of my penis.

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MAX The future is for me. See what people of our age will never live towards, accomplish things beyonfd our parentss wildest hope and dreams, and maybe even possibilities that do not even exist today. JIMI I dont know, Id still like to go back in time, maybe give pubescent me on the brink of heavy alcohol consumption some tips, mainly on what dumb things to avoid. MAX This where we disagree. Youre trying to go to the past, recapture something that may have been lost, change time. Im searching for an escape. Jimi takes another shot. JIMI I guess the butterfly effect has its downfalls. I dont want to end up the father of Adolf Hitler or worse, my self in some twisted sexcapade with my young, hot mother. Max stares at Jimi. then pours a tiny shot of tequila and immediately downs it. JIMI But if I get that vasectomy, I should be alright. MAX (Coughing) Trust me. Youd be much happier getting away from your mistakes... Max stops coughing and wipes a tear from his eye. MAX Then trying to fix them. Not to mention its alot easier.

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CONTINUED: JIMI On that note, lets ride. EXT. TOWN

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Jimi and Max are seen riding the mini jeep at a slow and steady pace. Max is behind the wheel while riding shotgun Jimi is drinking a beer and looking up at the street lights and stars. Electronic music accompanies their drive as the light shines past them. EXT. HOUSE PARTY Jimi and Max, driving in Jimis mini-jeep arrive at the House Party. A large house for college students, there are yougn girls on the balcony spilling beer on upcoming guests. the lawn is riddled with empty beer cans and broken glass. A young man smiles and waves at our pair as he openly pees on a parked car. Parked in hte bushes, they leave the toy car, Jimi presses a button on his keychain which makes a door-locking sound. Jimi throws Max a beer, which they procced chug, then discard the cans. MAX Thats why last drink. I need to be sober and collected tonight. JIMI Just be cool. MAX I always am. Jimi stares at Max. Max lets out a large burp. MAX I can be. Jimi stares at Max. MAX Ill try. Jim knocks on the door. CHUCK, a tall, handsome 21 year old college student and owner of the house opens the door to greet them. CHUCK Boner! He embraces Jimi with a handshake and a hug.

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MAX Who? Chuck turns his head back to the interior realm of the party. CHUCK Boners here! Chuck closes the door behind the pair as they enter the house. in the lobby area, party guests are drinking, playing drinking games on cards on the table. A line for the bathroom goes around the corner with groups of girls filing in and out. MAX Why did he call you a boner? JIMI Its a nickname. One that evolved. Started at Jim, then Jimi,Jimbo, then Jimboner and finally just Boner. MAX Sometimes, I truly envy you. Jimi signals Max towards the entrance of the basement. BASEMENT The basement is an out of control college party. Every hand is filled with a red cup, people are getting tipsy and enjoy themselves. People are coupled off grinding to loud dubstep music. Off the corner, other party guests are seen engaging in beer drinking games with pong balls flying into cups, and others partake in flipping their cups in another game. Max sees RACHEL, a 21 year old brunette beauty, whose eye pierce the soul and whose smile ignites a passion in everyone from across the room. She is Maxs future. He makes his way over to her. MAX Can we talk? RACHEL Sure. Everything alright? The two make their way to a more secluded corner of the basement.

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MAX Youve always been my friend. Deep down these feelings have always existed but the time just feels right. Youre the girl next door to save me from myself. I believe that I can be a better person with you. Rachel stares at their feet and then her eyes slowly make their way up and onto Max. RACHEL I dont know. I.. Max moves in and attempts a kiss. He is immediately pushed away by Rachel. RACHEL No. MAX But why? Wed be perfect together. RACHEL I just cant. MAX So youre still in love with the asshole or assholes. RACHEL What? No I just dont look at you like that. Youve grown to be a great friend. MAX (Mumbling) Cunt. RACHEL No. You know that? The fact that youve invented this love out of delusions of grandeur doesnt mean they exist in reality. Im not the answer to all of your problems. Im not a life boat to pick you up out of the river of shit youve created for yourself. Your cynicism and selfishness wont be cured by your infantile and idealistic approach to love and human emotion. While you may believe part of your immaturity is offset by your sense (MORE) (CONTINUED)

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RACHEL (contd) of intellect, it isnt. Youre a lost child, a man whose obsessed with What ifs? and never turns thought to substance. MAX I...I...I swear I can be good to you. Max reaches out for Rachel. She pushes his hands away. RACHEL Stop. Its pathetic. Rachel fervently makes her way up the stairs. MAX (Screaming) Rachel! Max stands in silence. A few party guests gaze towards him. Jimi runs over, about to speak, Max puts a finger on his mouth. Max then looks down to his cup. He chugs his beer, lets out a burp and goes onward to look for more alcohol. JIMI Alrighty then. Im going to go back and try to seal the deal with that girl I was talking to. Jimi attempts to high five Max to no avail. He walks away, looking back on his friend while he crosses the room. INT. PARTY ROOM Jimi decides to peruse the rest of the party, he comes across a table of his female and male friends, in their 20s like himself. MICK, the cynical yet spirited black jet haired friend, whose wit and sarcasm fuel his appeal sits on the left. Beans, the comedian of the bunch whose name arises from a fondness for his diet rather than his weight, is seated to the right of Mick. SARAH, a pretty blond with maturity that surpasses Jimi and the other guys sits to the right. JULIE, the bubbly brunette girl whose innocence disappears when she drinks sits on the left. These girls are in no way romantically involved with Jimi, as they appear to be smart enough not to. JIMI Wassup? Wassup?

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JULIE (Passionately) Hey Jimi! SARAH Long time, no see. PHAT GREG Hey buddy. MICK ((Passively)) Great. JIMI How about a refill ladies? Jimi gets up from the table with pitcher in hand, dancing away as he heads for the basement. As he leaves the girls and guys congregate closer to each other. SARAH His act is becoming pathetic. you cant be a grown child forever. JULIE Ill agree the rolling blackouts seem to leave damage in their wake, but for the most part he means well. Hes nice to me. MICK He brought a friend with him. hopefully that doesnt feed the flames. BEANS Time for some hazing. MICK Youre not in a frat. BEANS He doesnt know that. INT. BASEMENT Jimi walks down the basement and up to a keg. He begins to fill the pitcher as his eyes fall upon COURTNEY, a short, petite blond who is standing by herself with an empty cup in hand. She looks lonely.

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JIMI Can I freshen your drink madam? COURTNEY Thank you, Id actually appreciate that. Jimi fills courntey cup and he throws her a smile. JIMI Whats got you down? Crazy ex, crazy friends, that time of the month? COURTNEY Dying sister actually. Both stand in silence as Jimi takes a sip out of the pitcher as Courntey takes a sip from her cup. JIMI Hold onto that thought, I have to take this pitcher back up to a couple of friends, but Ill be right back. INT. PARTY ROOM Jimi returns as the group becomes silent. He hands the pitcher around in a circle. JULIE My mom recently suggested I join an online dating site. Im considering it. JIMI Online dating? BEANS Ive got a girl already, nothing serious though. MICK I do alright. JIMI I dont really date per say. SARAH Youre doing to world a public service, thank you. (CONTINUED)

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Everyone laughs. Jimi laughs at himself. JIMI Are we at that point now? Because I am still lamenting for the days of crazy, drunken one night stands. The ability to be forgotten is very important to me. JULIE Life is about creating memories in time, not for random sexcapades. Marriage, children, these things are not so distant to our futures. SARAH While I understand your intent,Ben Franklin would probably say, "Why not both?" JULIE (Whispering to Sarah) Dont feed into his immaturity. JULIE Preparing for marriage is the stage were entering now, its the time of our life. JIMI Time is relative. Marriage is fickle. SARAH Do us all a favor and go ahead with that vasectomy you keep talking about getting. SARAH Youre still an actor/writer right? JIMI You could say that. JULIE What do you mean? JIMI She could say that. Jimi takes a sip from his beer then slowly places the cup back on the table.

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CONTINUED: JIMI But it wouldnt be true as I have nothing to show for it. But I like hearing it said about me, its good reinforcement. Similar to the time I hooked up with that 16 year old deaf girl and didnt make a big deal about it because I was wasted from a game of jungle juice flip cup. I couldnt even hear her saying "I love you Jimi" in that weird deaf person voice. Silence. The surrounding group looks at each other in awkward silence. SARAH (Texting on her phone) Bathroom? JIMI Good idea.

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Jimi hops up from his seat and begins to make his way to the basement. The group however breaks their silence too soon. JULIE He really is pathetic. Jimi smiles through his teeth as he heads down to the basement. JIMI (V.O.) Relax. Its early, theres so much time to do so many more stupid things by the end of the night. INT. BASEMENT Max makes his way to the keg. A stack of red solo cups lie to next it. He begins to reach for a cup when suddenly a hand from behind grabs him. PARTY JERK/MAGS, a large lacross player comes from behind Max to face him. PARTY JERK/MAGS Woah buddy. What do you think youre doing? MAX Im grabbing a beer. Mags eyes up Max. (CONTINUED)

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PARTY JERK/MAGS Ten bucks. MAX Are you kidding me? I already paid the guy at the door 5. MAGS 10 bucks or beat it. Max looks around for someone to back him up. His face begins to get red from his frustration. MAX Ill be back. Max looks at Mags with discontent, then runs up the stairs. PARTY JERK/MAGS (shouting) I better not see you with a cup for my keg without giving me money first. Another young man, PONG STEVE walks up to the keg. PONG STEVE Hey man we lost a pong ball? Do you have any more? PARTY JERK/MAGS What? I dont live here. Mags takes a sip from his cup and stays perched next to the keg looking away from Steve. PARTY JERK/MAGS Now beat it. As Steve walks away,BROC, a friend of Mags walks up to his side. PARTY JERKS FRIEND/BROC What was that about? PARTY JERK/MAGS I dont know.

18. INT. BASEMENT HOUSE PARTY Jimi makes his way past the games and keg, walking back up to Courtney, who is clearly annoyed by the time lapse. JIMI So what were we talking about again, Courtney? COURTNEY My sister. JIMI O yea. The dancer. COURTNEY No, she has cancer. Jimi moves closer to Counrtey to whisper in her ear. JIMI Wanna know a secret? My dick can cure cancer. Jimi leans back drunkily with a smile on his face. Courtney eyes up Jimi ferociously. Then with a wind up, land a swift punch to his face. While Jimi revels in his pain, Courtney hastily makes her way out of the party in disgust. JIMI Ah, shi, Fu, God, Damn, eh. Jimi tilts his head up to catch any stray blood. He wipes his hand by the his nose and examines it. Dry, no blood. CLAIRE, a chubby red head, standing slighlt above 5 feet walks up to Jimi. CLAIRE O my god! Are you okay? I saw that whole thing. Jimis head arches down and he looks at Claire. JIMI Aw, thank you. I dont know what happened. I was talking about my sisters dying wishes and how I want to travel to the future to find a cure. She accused that as an act against God and then whoop, right in moneymaker. Calire pats Jimis back and tries to observe his nose.

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CLAIRE Some people can be so insensitive these days. Did you say time travel? JIMI Yes I did. Its not purely science fictin anymore, Im working with the unviersity on a device capable of traveling through time. Claire giggles. JIMI (Playfully jabbing Claire) Dont laugh. JIMI (hugging Claire) Stop it. Come on. Claire stops her laughter as the pairs eyes meet. JIMI Im Max. CLAIRE Im Claire. JIMI Would like to go to make out in the upstairs bathroom? CLAIRE Id thought youd never ask. Jimi grabs Claires hand and whisks her up the stairs. INT. PARTY ROOM Max looks around the room for something with alochol. He sees a counter with an array of bottles lined up. Chuck is attempting to open an old pastic ice cream container. He stops Max before he can grab one of the many bottles. CHUCK Yo man. Smell this. Max looks at the container. Its filled with a dark red substance inside, he smells the liquid.

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Max nods. Chuck grabs a cup and fills it with the random liquid. CHUCK Drink it. Max looks around. He realizes that this is his only easy option for alchohol and proceeds to take a long sip. MAX Its pretty good. CHUCK Good. I was too afraid to try it. I think it might be poison, or spiked with rufies. It says Johns Juice on the side but I live here and havent come across a John all night. MAX (V.O.) Jimi wants me to act more like him, well then let Jimi mode commence. Max takes a longer sip this time. Then refills his cup and chugs it. CHUCK Slow your roll there, big guy. Max pauses, looks down then back up at Chuck. MAX Eat your own dick dude. He looks at Chuck, who stares back perplexed and then run downs the stairs. CHUCK I gotta stop letting anyone in with 5 bucks to spare. INT. UPSTAIRS Jimi and Claire make their way up the stairs outside of the bathroom. A small line, 3 JERSEY girls and one tall skinny male, CAMPBELL distances them from the door. Jimi looks back and delivers a peck onto Claires lips.

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JERSEY GIRL #1 Im from South Jersey. JERSEY GIRL#2 I;m North. JERSEY GIRL #3 Id like to think Im Central, even though people say it doesn;t exist. JERSEY GIRL #1 You know what, I think I;m actually West Jersey. CAMPBELL (In a British accent) Im from Old Jersey. And I need to take a piss. The bathroom door flies open as a LARGE SWEATY MAN exits. Jimi grabs Claire by the hand, whizs past the line into the bathroom and locks the door. INT. BATHROOM Jimi grabs Claire and two embrace. They begin to kiss aggressively, making their way onto the bathroom floor. Jimi is now on top of Claire and she forces her face up to this, slamming into his nose. He recoils. JIMI Watch the face. Jimi thens proceeds to lower his face slowly back to calires smiling. As the two continue to kiss, blood starts to drip from Jimis nose onto Claires face. Jimis eye open and he sees Claires face covered in his blood. He slowly bcks his face away. Claire still lays on the ground, with her eyes closed and tongue sticking out. Jimi screams, leaps into the air and runs out the door. EXT. BATHROOM Jimi exists the bathroom, his face and shirt are covered in his own blood. A group of bystanders has collected in front of the bathroom door, awaiting their departure. A young man makes the initial sighting of Jimis mess. CAMPBELL (Loudly) YOOOOO! (CONTINUED)

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The other bystanders recoil in disgust. Jimi attempts to stop the blood flow with his hands to no avail. He begins to run down the stairs. Claire slowly makes her way out of the bathroom. She is covered in Jimis blood. CLAIRE Why did he run away? CAMPBELL (Looking at Claire) YOOOOOO! The girls scream in horror. Jimi meanwhile runs down the stairs. INT. BASEMENT Max makes his way over to a loud group of party guests engaging in a game of flip cup. the table has 5 people on each side, an assortment of girls and guys, each with a cup full of beer in front of them. Greg, a 20 year old, brooding party guest heads the table, across from Max. He is the smartass from Maxs class. GREG I guess its me and you, big guy. PARTY GIRL Okay well start down here... Party girl points to herself. PARTY GIRL And end with you boys. She points toward the end of the table where Greg and Max are located. PARTY GIRL Okay. Everyone know their spot? Ready, 3..2..1..Drink, Drink, Drink! Cups fly from the table, as down the line each new player begins their inevitable chug and flip. It starts to come down to Max and Greg. They connect eyes. GREG Im an engineer. I cannot loose. Greg and Max begin their chugging, as beer seeps out of the sides of their cups. With their cups empty, each player (CONTINUED)

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attempts to flip their cups. Max flips,and misses, his cup landing on the ground. Max bends down to grab his cup, reaching under the table. As his head arises, he sees Greg has flipped his cup successfully. GREG I won. Im the man. Times up bro. Max is sunk. He grabs a stray pitcher and takes a chug. Party girl motions at the table to get quiet. PARTY GIRL Okay, I think thats enough for now. Dance anyone? MAX Lets get fucked up or get...fucked...up! The crowd shifts onto the dance floor. A dance off begins between Max and BeeBop Bitch. Back and forth, the two exchange dance moves as the crowd begins to clap to the music. Max goes to do a showstopping slide and falls into BeeBop Bitch knocking her over as he also falls to ground. The music stops. The crowd turns to Max, burning him with their collective retinas. A small group comforts BeeBop Bitch. MAX Aw come on. It was a mistake. If i could do it again, I wouldnt do it..again. PARTY JERK/MAGS (From the crowd imitating Max in a high pitched voice) Aw come on. Come on guys. Chuck grabs Max by the arm. CHUCK You should leave. Shouts echo from the crowd. PARTY JERKS FRIEND/BROC Beat it. Beans throws a cup at Max. BEANS Jocks Rule! Mick looks towards Greg unimpressed. (CONTINUED)

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MICK You dont play sports. Youre the laziest person I know. BEANS He doesnt know that. They dont know that. Max is pushed by multiple party guests until he runs up the stairs. The crowd cheers. The music resumes playing and the party guests go back to dancing. INT. PARTY ROOM Jimi makes his way back onto the main floor. He spots his friends Sarah and Julie. SARAH Is that Jimi? JULIE Oh my god! Jimi places his hands over his face and exits out the front door. EXT. HOUSE PARTY Jimi comes upon Max, who is sitting, sulking at the end of the curb under a street light. Max looks up and sees Jimis face covered in blood. MAX What happened to you? JIMI Its just that time of the month. Max smirks then looks out to the surrouding houses. The noise from the party still eminates in the background. Party guests drunkenly stumble away past the two. MAX I need to escape from this. Jimi attempts to dry up the blood on his face with his t-shirt. JIMI It was like I had a man period, a meriod, I pulled out the (MORE) (CONTINUED)

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JIMI (contd) metaphorical tampon and literally released all over her. MAX I get it. She looked like Carrie. JIMI I probably should have gotten an actual tampon for my nose. I manstruated all over her. It was one small bloodied face for man, one giant leap for womans rights. Equal circumstances, no tables turned. MAX Im done with the jokes, just listen and dont respond for once for fucks sake. JIMI Ill shut up. Max stands up. MAX Its not you Im truly pissed at, even though you do need to shut up once in awhile, its all of this. No seriously, Im done with it all. Im going to steal that fucking TORCH device, and travel to the future, get away from all of this horseshit. JIMI I dont think that thing works. MAX It works. Its all Ive been thinking about, reading about for weeks. Im working on equations and developing ideas, solutions. I swear to you, it works. They keep it at the Applied Testing lab. If I could get access to work on it, I could take it. I could be, we could be the first people to travel through time. (Pauses) Its our ticket out of this hell hole.

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JIMI Things arent that bad and youre really drunk. Max stares at Jimis bloody face and t-shirt. He gets up and starts to walk into the street, lit up by the surrounding street lights and warm spring air. Jimi runs over to the mini-jeep, picks it up and begins to run after Max. JIMI Aw, come on. Wait for me. They walk off into the distance under the light of the night sky. INT. LAB HALLWAY Jimi is seen sneaking into the physics department laboratory. He is wearing glasses, shirt and tie along with a backpack. As he walks by students, professors and researchers he nods and smiles pretending to be another researcher himself JIMI Science, right guys? The stff walk by unnerved. Jimi enters the room labeled Applied Testing. INT. LAB He sleuths, touching different quipment and knocking papers off of desks and counters until coming upon a glowing object, whose eminating green light catches his eye. He recognizes this as the TORCH device. Picking it up, he slowly places it into his backpack and colects the surrouding files, whisking them away and also in his pack. Backpack zipped, he heads for the door and onto the hallway. INT. LAB HALLWAY Jimi is shoved violently against the wall. A man, in his 30s with unkempt hair and and a dirty beard is now face to face with Jimi. STRANGE SCIENTIST What are you doing here?

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CONTINUED: JIMI Im here to see a professor. STRANGE SCIENTIST Do you know whats in there. He signals to the Applied Testing lab. STRANGE SCIENTIST Theyre doing things in there. Strange things. JIMI (Nervously) Sexual things? STRANGE SCIENTIST NO! Listen! Listen to me, just listen. Time was not meant to be rewritten. We as a species are not prepared. JIMI So youre saying it works? The Strange Scientists eyes glimmer. STRANGE SCIENTIST Aha, you know what it is. Youre one of them arent you? Down the hall Dr. Brown sees the Strange Scientist confronting Jimi. SCIENTIST Dr. Klytus? What are you doing here? Youre supposed to be at the hospital!

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Dr. Brown and two TEACHING ASSISTANTS rush down the hallway. Dr. Klytus moves closer to Jimis ear. STRANGE SCIENTIST "I know - for the question had been discussed among us long before the Time Machine was made - thought but cheerlessly of the Advancement of Mankind, and saw in the growing pile of civilization only a foolish heaping that must inevitably fall back upon and destroy its makers in the end." H.G. Wells. Jimi stares at Dr. Klytus. (CONTINUED)

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JIMI You breathe. It smells, like shit, human shit. Seriously man when is the last time you brushed orbathed? Dr. Brown grabs Dr. Klytus, pulling him off of Jimi while the Teaching Assistants help to restrain him. DR. KLYTUS (Being pulled away) It works! It works! Youre a man like me, haunted by those two most terrible words: What if? INT. JIMIS KITCHEN Jimi slams his backpack onto the table. MAX Whats in the bag? JIMI I might have stolen the T.O.R.C.H., and I may or may not completely regret it now. Jimi unzips his backpac dumping its contents onto the table. ontop of an array of papers is the T.O.R.C.H. device. MAX Thats not good. This isnt good. I could fail my class for this, you could go to jail. JIMI Neither of those things will happen. I saw Dr. Klytus, the crazy guy. MAX And? JIMI He said it works. You were right. MAX I was drunk. I said things I didnt mean to... JIMI You were right. Now are you going to do anything about it or am I (MORE) (CONTINUED)

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JIMI (contd) going to be forcibly raped in a prison shower by a large black man named Bubba? MAX Put it back in the bag. Well go to the Mechanics Testing Department, its next to the Physic Lab. They let students work on solar powered remote controlled race cars in there. EXT. TOWN The sun shines brightly onto Jimi and Max as they make their way to the Mechanics testing Department. Jimi is driving the mini-jeep as Max walks by its side. JIMI I guess time travel could suit us. The good thing is were both white. So if history has taught me anything, well... be... alright. That rhymed. MAX Just dont underestimate the severity of this whole endeavor. JIMI Stop. Jimi forcibly sotp Max in his tracks. JIMI I need to know that you can take mer seriously too. I may make jokes her and there, but Im not someone to be laughed off. MAX Yure my best friend, I take you seriously. JIMI Good because, when I take this whole thing seriously, it makes me doubt it. But I still think this whole idea while enticing and mostly my fault, is also ridiculous, so Im stumped. Its (MORE) (CONTINUED)

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JIMI (contd) weird, even too weird for me to agree to. There I said it. MAX I have no future. No job, no money, no horizon. I am at this point a parasite to my family. By this time next month I will be a social pariah, receding into my own misfortune until I no longer exist. Can you understand why this sounds like a good idea to me? JIMI You could always do porn. (Pauses) Hear me out. Theres a market out there for guys who are willing to... MAX IM NOT DOING PORN! JIMI Thats what half of the people who end up in the business say. MAX You wanna be serious? Youre a disgrace. Every time you drink or talk you make another mistake that gets edged into history. JIMI I happen to remember you making a scene yourself last night buddy ol pal. Max grabs Jimi by the arm, now stopping him on the street. MAX You have nothing. Just...like...me. Jimis face shows a look of disappointment and anger. Hes more angry at the truth of Maxs words than anything else. MAX So are you in or are you out? JIMI (With head down) You sure do make it hard to be best friends with you. But I guess, I (MORE) (CONTINUED)

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JIMI (contd) dont make it any easier. I stole it with the slight chance that this would work, hoping it wouldnt. But, and I hate to say this, youre right. Lets motherfucking time travel. MAX (Chuckling) Good, because honestly, I dont think I could do it without you. The two stare at each other. JIMI Are we going to kiss? Because I didnt sign up for that. Max walks away quickly and Jimi chases after. They approach the Mechanics Department. INT. GARAGE Cue a montage of workshop clips displaying Jimis mini-jeep being made into a Time Machine. JIMI So explain this to me again. Why are we going to drive this thing into oncoming traffic? MAX This thing doesnt have enough power. And we wont. If the research is correct, the device needs something to catapult it, its essentail to create chaos for this thing orbit. With the constant flow of kinetic and static energy that builds up so much momentum at our moment of perpetual impact, the device will activate thus activating a black hole. We will enter the hole, harnessing the energy and chaos from the surrounding vehicle acitvity, thus propelling us through time. Were simply finding the energy lacking from your "mini-jeep".

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JIMI Unless theres an easier way to explain that, Im just going to believe it. Jimi starts packing a backpack with a two snadwich baggies, a raincoat, a bottle of pills, a gun that Jimi cocks, a bottle of tequila, and some condoms. MAX Whats in the bag this time? Jimi holds up two sandwiches in baggies. Max looks dissatisfied. MAX This is what youve been doing while Ive been busting my ass on this thing? JIMI When we get to the future and all of their food comes in pill form, youll be begging me for this PB&J. MAX What else is in there? JIMI Some sandwiches, a gun, some condoms, some money, some booze. MAX Condoms? What happened to getting a vasectomy? JIMI I dont know about it now. I kind of like my balls the way they are. They have character. But I do want to ensure I dont get future AIDS or end up killing Abraham Lincoln. MAX I dont understand what condoms have to do with the second part of that and hopefully I never need to learn about the first. Max moves back from the mini-jeep. He grabs a battery pack off the table.

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MAX Plug it in. Lets get this baby on the road. JIMI Im totally getting a chubby right now. Max sighs. MAX And for some reason, I thought acting like you was a good idea. JIMI It was. You just couldnt handle it, you couldnt keep it up. Youre not a real acteur. Max hops into the jeep and turns it on. An earthquaking sound emits from the vehicle. MAX Where were going, hopefully theres roads, or were in for some serious shit. The garage doors opens and Jimi hops into the mini jeep. The two drive off into the darkness. EXT. PARK Its nighttime at Memorial Park. The sounds of trafic are the only thing fighting the silence of nature. Professor Brown, Rachel and Greg each individual make their way to the park entrance, and as walking towards the start of a declinging hill see each other and stop. PROFESSOR Ill assume you received the same text as me. GREG Is this some sort of sex thing? RACHEL Max said it was urgent. Im worried he might be doing something dangerous.

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Jimi and Max are seated in the mini jeep twenty yards from the group. As Professor and Rachel begin to move closer, Jimi pulls out a gun from his backpack. The two stop short, and begin to look panicky. JIMI Now, now thats close enough. PROFESSOR What do you want from us? JIMI Weve invited you all here to be witness to history. Max and me, me and Max... Max and myself are about to travel... to... the future! GREG And how do you suppose to do that? JIMI Weve recently acquired this Torch Device thingy and it, uh, it opens up a big black hole and shoves us in there real fast, and uh.. Greg and Rachel look on confused. Professor stares at the mini-jeep recognizing his misplaced device which is now attached to the mini jeep. MAX (Whispering) Get to the point. JIMI It will allow us to travel through time is the jist of it all. Jimi looks back at Max smiling. PROFESSOR You stole the Transmodulated Operational Recreator of Chaos Hybrid device, but why? Dr. Klytus went insane trying to prove that it worked. It doesnt work boys. It kills me the most to say it. Youre simply operating a kids toy thats set to radioactive. Youll die at the intersection. Think about your friends, your family.

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JIMI O it works Professor, it just needed a little love. Max here seems to be your greatest student after all. GREG Can someone explain to me why Im here? MAX (To himself) Well see whose so cool now. JIMI (whispering to Max) Seriously, why is he here? MAX (Whispering to Jimi) You said we each got to invite someone plus Professor. I didnt think you were going to ask Scary Clairey, and Im probably the only friend you have, sorry. So I thought why not leave a lasting impression on someone with a big enough mouth to spread it. JIMI We needed witnesses of this event. I want you to go forth and tell the people of the world what youre about to witness. Our friends and families will have to live without us for now, but they will have our historical conquest to remember us by. Jimi turns to smirk at Max, then turns his head back to onlooking group. Max pushes Jimi back into his seat and rises, he makes eye contact with Rachel, who still looks sad and confused. MAX Rachel! Rachel steps forward, her eyes teary, choking up. RACHEL Max, why are you doing this?

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MAX Its difficult to say, so, I wont. RACHEL What? I dont understand. MAX Please. Just listen to this instead. (Pauses) I dont love you. You were right, and I realize that. Youre a great friend and youll always have a place in my heart. Rachel smiles as a tear runs down her face. Jimi jerks Max back down into his seat. JIMI Its time. Max activates the T.O.R.C.H. device. It starts to emanate green light. Jimi slams his foot on the pedal. The mini jeep heads straight down the hill towards the incoming traffic. The faces of the crowd look onward, trembling. A scream echos. FADE OUT.