I said NO

by Goodadvicechan

SETTING: A private room in a memory care hospital. A female patient, aged about 63, is lying on a bed. Two vases of roses are on the side tables; one is full of red roses, the other yellow. A man is standing next to the patient bed.

FADE IN: INT. PATIENT'S ROOM IN THE HOSPITAL

GEORGE
Do you like the flowers?

ROSE
No.

GEORGE
Don't you like red roses?

ROSE
No.

GEORGE
I bought you yellow roses too. Do you like them?

ROSE
No.

GEORGE
OK. I'll bring you pink roses tomorrow?

ROSE
No.

GEORGE
Ok. No pink. I'll bring multi-colors. Do you know who I am?

ROSE
No.

GEORGE
I am your lover.

ROSE
Hey... Lover.

GEORGE ( smiling)
I'm glad you called me lover. So you do know me.

ROSE
No. You said you are my lover; I called you lover.

GEORGE
Do you know my name?

ROSE
Rose.

GEORGE
No. Rose is your name.

ROSE
No, no. My name is George.

GEORGE
No, no. I am George and you are Rose.

ROSE
NO. No, no, no.
(Rose started to cry. George held her. She pushed him away.)

GEORGE
OK. I am Rose...Do you remember the first time you made love? It was with me.

ROSE
No. He was a handsome young man.

FADE OUT:
( end of scene 1)

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2021

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