Luke and Tim are best friends, but Tim wants to be more than best friends. He's head over heels in love with Luke, but he just can't muster the courage to tell him. Being young, gay and in love is not always easy, but some feelings are just too strong to be kept inside.
Dreaming
There is a big moon on the horizon, and we can see Tim jumping between poles sticking out of a lake. He stops and balances on top one leg atop a pole, then jumps to the next one. He is distracted by his friend Luke.
Luke
Tim! Hi!
Tim
Hi, Luke.
Luke comes rowing past him in a small boat.
Tim
(thinking)
...he's so cute...
As the though bubble bursts above Tim's head, and he looses his balance, and begins to fall. He keeps falling, seemingly not landing in the water. Then he wakes up.
Tim
(thinking)
Maybe I should tell him...
Morning
Tim puts on his clothes and goes to the kitchen, where his mum is making breakfast ready.
Mum
There's a card from your father on the table.
CARD
Dear Tim, Finally after sailing half the way around the world, I've arrived at Havenport. I would like it very much if you could come and meet me here. Love Dad.
Mum
I would prefer you didn't go.
Tim
I want to go.
Mum
You know your fater, one day he decides this and the next...you know. You'll be lucky if he shows up!
Tim
Mum...I'm going. It been over a year since I saw him.
Mum
But if he's drunk...like last time? Remember?
Tim
Then he'll be drunk!
Mum
And you'll be on your own in Havenport.
Tim
I'll manager mum. I'll just take the train back home or something. Anyway...he won't be drunk. I just know it.
Mum
I wouldn't be so sure of that...
Tim
Mum...you just don't like him! He is MY dad okay...and I want to meet him.
mum
Can't you at least take someone with you? I don't want you to be alone there.
Tim
MUM! I don't need a baby-sitter! I'm not a kid any more.
MUM
Invite Luke with you...or someone. I'll even pay for your tickets.
Tim thinks for a moment.
Tim
...maybe I'll do that.
Life and death in the park
Tim and Luke are relaxing in a park. Tim is busy drawing some patterns on Luke's arm.
Luke
You know, when I die...I want to be buried in Tibet.
Tim
You are not about to die yet.
LUKE
I konw...but when I do.
Do you know how they bury their dead? They cut them apart and feed them to the birds...even grind the bones. Then the brids fly away with the souls of the dead. I think it's beautiful.
Tim
I think it's disgusting.
Luke
I think it's cool. It's much more disgusting to get dug 6 feet under ground.
Tim
I think I don't want to die in the first place.
Luke
The Tibetans don't see death as something bad. They believe that you get reborn.
Tim
Yeah. If that's true! Call me in your next life.
Luke
Sure.
Tim
You're crazy.
Shopping sister
Tim is buying some candy at the local store.
tim
(thinking)
I've made a decision. I'm going to tell Luke I'm gay, and maybe later I'll tell him I'm in love with him.
Tim is so occupied with his own thoughts, that he does not notice a woman wanting to get past him.
Woman
Excuse me.
Tim let's her past, and the woman's kid sticks his tongue out at Tim.
Tim
(thinking)
And now I just need one more thing...just in case.
He grabs a packet of condoms from a nearby shelf, and distractedly goes to the teller, not noticing that Lisa, Luke's sister, is working there today.
Lisa
Hi Tim!
Tim
Lisa!
Lisa
(reading)
Ten Lubricated Condoms.
She looks at Tim with a mischievous smile.
LISA
Impressive.
She presses the button on the calling system, and her voice comes crackling through all the speakers in the store.
Lisa
Counter 5...I need the price for a packet of...uh....
Tim
NO,NO!!!
Lisa
...never mind.
Tim
NONONO!!!
Lisa lets go of the button.
Tim
(irrirtated and embarassed)
Can I have them back please.
LISA
Who are you going to use them with.
Tim
That's none of your business!
Lisa
I bet she's beautiful, blond like a princess.
Tim
I don't know yet.
Lisa
(teasingly)
You're not going to use them ALONE are you?
Tim
NO!
Lisa
Guys are such perverts.
Tim
Uh. You're not going to tell luke about this?
Lisa
I don't tell my brother everything, though maybe.
Tim
Please.
Lisa
Okay, since you're so sweet.
Tim
Thanks.
Lisa
...but only if you tell me who you are going to use them with.
Tim turns around to walk away, muttering from the corner of his mouth.
Tim
Luke!
Billboard improvement
It's late at night, and Tim and Luke are climbing up on to a roof where there is a big toothpaste billboard.
Tim
You stand watch while I sketch it up...okay.
LUke
Okay.
Tim starts spray painting on the billboard, while Luke sits at the edge of the roof.
Tim
(thinking)
Now!
TIM
Luke.
Luke
Yeah.
Tim
Uh...
Luke
What?
Tim
I...
Tim finish what he's trying to say, drops the can, and then rather flustered, changes the subject.
Tim
Could you help me paint.
Nightmare
We find our self in the French revolution where Tim has his head stuck in a guillotine. A menacing hooded executioner is shouting at him angrily.
Executioner
Why didn't you tell him?
Tim
I...I...
EXecutioner
Why didn't you tell him?
Tim
I was going to...I...
EXECUTIONER
WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL HIM?
Tim
It wasn't my fault...I...
The crowd is getting impatient, and has begun shouting at the stage.
Crowd
Kill him! Chicken! Cut off his head! WE WANT BLOOD!
Tim
I couldn't just...
The executioner grabs the handle of the guillotine.
Tim
No WAIT! You don't understand.
The executioner pulls the handle with a smile, and the sharp blade comes hurtling down towards Tim's neck.
Tim
AAAAAAAAA....
SFX
THUD!
Confession
Luke is sitting in Tim's room, drawing some rather bad looking characters.
LUKE
I wish I could draw as well as you.
He holds up the drawing he has just made.
Tim
Luke.
Luke
Yeah.
Tim
I think I'm gay.
Luke
That's ok...I guess.
Luke draws a squiggly line on a new piece of paper.
Luke
Why tell me?
Tim
Just because.
Luke
Because what?!?
Tim
Nothing.
Luke
NOTHING!!!
Luke jumps out of his seat and at Tim, pinning him to the bed.
Luke
You fancy me, don't you...?
(pause)
Dont you?
Tim
Luke I...I...think I love you.
Luke hesitates for a moment, then leans forwards and kisses Tim on the lips.
Luke
Tim, I'm straight. I love you as a friend, nothing more.
You'll just have to find somebody else.
Leaving for Havenport
Tim's mum is seeing the two boys of at the train station.
Mum
Take care.
Tim
Sure.
Mum
Call me, if there is...anything.
Tim
Yeah, maybe.
Mum
Bye.
TIM LUKE
Bye!
Tim and Luke settle down in their seats as the trains speed of.
Luke
Your mum is real worried about this.
TIM
She doesn't like my dad. She calls him a drunk and a bum.
Luke
And is he?
TIM
Sometimes.
Luke smiles.
Luke
Did you bring the cans like I asked you.
TIM
Yeah, why?
Luke digs out a folded together picture of a big corn silo from his pocket.
Luke
Take a look at this. Visible from all of Havenport. We just climb up the laddeer, paint and vanish.
TIM
You know I'm a little afraid of heights.
Luke
It'll be nothing. I'll hold your hand if you want to!
Irritated, Tim slaps the picture back in Luke's lap.
TIM
Ok...if dad doesn't show...we do it.
Luke
...or if he's drunk.
TIM
Yeah...or if he's drunk.
Havenport
The two boys are standing down by the docks, waiting for Tim's dad.
TIM
Fuck! He's not going show.
Luke
...you okay?
TIM
Yeah, never mind.
Suddenly a small sailboat arrives.
Dad
Hey...could you grab the ropes.
TIM
Dad!
On board the sailboat, Luke, Tim and his dad are chatting.
Caption
Later.
TIM
Where are we going?
Dad
Just to the marina...it's not very far.
Put your stuff in the bunker up front. There should be enough space for the two of you there.
Tim and Luke carry their luggage through the boat, making their way to the bow, where they find a small double bunker.
Luke
That's our bed?!?
Tim smiles coyly and looks at Luke.
Luke
Don't get any funny idaes! We'll just be sleeping there.
Tim climbs into bed, smiling.
TIM
Sleeping together.
LUKE
With the emphasis on sleeping.
TIM
Don't worry, I may fancy you, but I'm not about to rape you!
The SILO
Tim and Luke look up at the ladder up the side of the huge corn silo.
Luke
Ladies first.
TIM
I can't do it.
Luke
You're going to do it.
TIM
It's a very long fall.
Luke
Then don't fall...just climb.
TIM
I can't.
Luke
I'll make it worth your while.
TIM
Oh...what the hell.
Nervously Tim begins climbing the ladder. After a long climb they reach the top, with Tim lying flat on his stomach.
Luke
Here.
He throws Tim a paint can.
TIM
You're crazy.
We better get this over with.
Tim looks for a moment at the big blank wall, and then begins painting.
Luke
I liked your father.
TIM
Yeah...he drank a little too much though.
Luke
I liked his stories, the more he drank, the more fatnastic they became.
TIM
Like the last one...before he fell asleep.
Luke
I single handedly killed that shark with my bare teeth I tell you, bare teeth!
TIM
More like a goldfish if you ask me.
LUKE
Pitty he fell asleep. In his next story he would probably have been abducted by aliens or something.
TIM
Dad vs Moby Dick.
LUKE
Moby Dick?!? Zoundz like a queer pornstar.
Irritated, Tim throws a paint can at Luke, which he just manages to catch.
TIM
Give me a hand with this...will you.
Luke gets up to help Tim.
LUKE
Your dad doesn't know you're gay, does he?
TIM
No.
Suddenly a loud voice comes from below.
Police officer #1
THIS IS THE POLICE! Get down from there immediately.
Tim and Luke look at each other in shock, and somehow instinctively Luke takes the can he's holding and throws it down from the silo at the police officer, with Tim on his heals trying to stop him. The officer puts the hand held horn he was holding in the way, to block the can, but the can breaks open when it hits the horn, and covers the officer in paint.
TIM
Shit.
Luke
The door.
Police Officer #1
STAY WHERE YOU ARE!
(to himself)
They're dead!
Another officer begins climbing the ladder on the side of the silo.
The boys have found their way to a door at the top of the silo, that leads to a stairway in the building next to it. Outside the officer that got hit with the paint, is waiting, baton in hand.
They reach the bottom of the stairs, and open the door, only to find the officer outside charging at them angrily waving his baton. Luke instantly closes the door again.
TIM
Come.
They walk up the stairs one floor. Tim smashes a window at the back of the building, and Luke looks rather nervously down.
LUKE
I'm not jumping down there.
TIM
Neither am I...come.
Luke follows Tim as they sneak past the door, and continue to the basement. The officer outside is still angrily hitting the door with his baton.
Police officer #1
This is the police.
In the basement, Tim and Luke find some old lockers they can hide in.
TIM
Can you close it.
POLICE OFFICER #1
OPEN!
The officer that climbed the ladder, has finally reacher the front door, and nervously opens it from the inside.
POLICE OFFICER #1
Where are they?
Police officer #2
They jumped out a window at the back.
POLICE OFFICER #1
When I get my hands on those two....
In the dark and tight locker downstairs, Luke takes a hold of Tim's shoulder, turning him towards himself.
POLICE OFFICER #1
...I'm going to kill them!
Luke leans forward and kisses Tim gently on the lips.
LUKE
I hope this made it worth your while.
Back at the boat
Tim and Luke go back to the boat, where Tim's dad is sleeping on deck.
LUKE
Should we just leave him there?
Tim
He's used to sleeping on deck.
LUKE
Ok.
The boys go inside the boat, and get ready for bed.
TIM
Jesus...we could have gotten ourselves arrested.
LUKE
Arrested? We could have been killed.
TIM
Yeah...and I didn't even manage to finish the graffiti.
LUKE
That's all you worry about.
Luke takes of his sweater.
LUKE
I guess it's bed time for me.
TIM
That cop was totally red in the face.
LUKE
The paint was oragne, so it must have been anger.
TIM
Hehe....
Luke climbs into bed, wearing just his boxers. Tim is following him with his gaze. Then he climbs in next to him.
TIM
Make some space.
That cop could have caught us.
LUKE
I know but he didn't.
TIM
I don't know what I wuld have done had he hurt you.
LUKE
You'd probably have crapped your pants...hehe...
They smile, and look at each other.
LUKE
Forget about it.
They like there for a moment.
LUKE
Good night.
TIM
Good night.
Luke closes his eyes to go to sleep. Tim is still awake, looking at him, but eventually he too falls asleeps.
Luke's hand sneaks out from under his sheets and feels around on top of Tim's, feeling for his crotch. Tim awakens with a start.
TIM
What are you doing?
LUKE
(innocently)
I just wondered if you were hard from being in bed with me.
TIM
Fuck off!
Tim grabs a pillow and stuffs it in Lukes face. Luke retaliets by smacking him with the pillow, and then jumping on top of him again, pinning him to the bed.
LUKE
Give up?
TIM
Nope.
Luke's face goes from playful to serious for a moment.
LUKE
Tim.
He relaxes his grip and leans forward, kissing Tim. This time it's not playful or teasing.
LUKE
I am.
DREAMING in the rain
We find our self sometime in the 17th century again. It's raining heavily. Tim is wearing tattered clothing, but has a big umbrella to keep himself dry. Luke, is wearing high class clothing, but is standing barefoot in the rain. Tim reaches his hand towards him, and he takes it.
Under the big umbrella, they kiss in the rain.
-- THE END --