The Rulin's house - Thursday 20 Feb 2000
[Living room]
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"C'mon kids, you're going to be late." says Heather Rulin with a soft and kind voice. She's wearing a black coloured woman-business suit, and she has a little box in her hands. "Hey my baby boy, that's for you." She gives the little box to Shawn with a tender smile, the latter looks what's in the blue box, "Aww, thanks mom!" he says before kissing his mother on the cheek. Maria takes a look in the box and a smile appears on her face, "Chocolate cookies, huh?" Heather gives her a oh c'mon look, "Maria, Shawn loves the cookies of your mother, just like you love me to brush your hair." And they start to laugh a bit. They never really had major problems, even after Heather's husband left them for another woman. It was several years ago.

Shawn is wearing a white short sleeved shirt which is not tucked in his black jeans, he is also wearing his other stuff whereas Maria is wearing a brown top with blue jeans. They get out of the house, all the three, Heather goes towards her car after kissing good bye her two children, she then goes to her work place. Shawn was going to meet his dear boyfriend but Maria stopped him. "Shawn, wait a minute, we've got to talk." she says as she comes infront of her brother.

"What do you want to talk about?" asks Shawn with surprised eyes. "It's about...your situation." Shawn is now even more surprised, "Do..Do you mean.. my..taste situation?" Maria looks down for a moment, then gives out a sigh, "Yeah..but don't get me wrong, I don't mean I'm against it but... I want to know when you're going to tell mom about it. At school, almost everybody knows, so, it will not be long till mom knows it too." Shawn looks at his left, turning his head from this reality. But, Maria gets closer to him and hugs him, "Hey...I'll be there with you if you want. I know it's going to be really difficult to tell her but you have to. It's much better if she learns it from you rather from some guy or woman at her work place or at the market." Shawn looks at her in the eyes, "Maria... is she going to forgive me?" Maria gives out a little smile, "Shawn...she's our mother, of course she will...but...wait, she doesn't have to forgive you. You didn't do anything wrong...she..she just have to understand and I'm sure she will." Shawn replies with a little shy smile, "Maria...thanks." The latter looks at him with loving and caring eyes, "Hey, I'm your sister!"

The Runnels' house
[Teri's room]
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Teri is shaking on her bed, she's having a nightmare. She's running in a black corridor, surrouned only by darkness and screams coming from everywhere. She yells for help but nothing happens. She then sees a light infront of her and using her power, she boosts herself to it.

She lands on a familiar corridor, one of the school's corridor. Near the lockers, near her locker. It seems to be the night with only the moonlight to help her see...there's...there's a shape. A shape near her locker, the shape opens it and puts something in it. She tries to approach the shape but...in vain. She yells, nothing. Then, she uses her power...nothing.

But then, suddenly, a bright light...the sunlight enlightens the corridor, at first, all is blur for Teri...but then...she sees the shape...her eyes widens in amazement...in surprise.

She wakes up, sweat on her face. She puts her hands on her face as support as she looks downwards. Then, she turns her head towards the opened window.

"Oh...lord!" she whispers to herself after realizing what she just saw in her dream.

Sunrise High
[Cafeteria]
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Kristine is wearing a black and red top, black jeans and black shoes. She is sitting at a table, waiting for someone. She takes a sip of her cup of black coffee. She looks around her, glancing at the couples, remembering the time when she and Taylor were together...before Shawn broke it all. "That miserable little fag..." she whispers softly to herself.

"Hi there!" says Christopher as he sits infront of Kristine. He's wearing a white sweat, blue jeans and white shoes. He gives out a little smile, "Everything has been arranged. You sure you want to do this?" Kristine gives him a cold stare as a reply, "You think he'll get out of all this that easily?? No way!!! He's gonna pay for what he did to me!"

Christopher remains silent for a moment, Kristine seems so sad and angry. Shawn took what she had which was the most precious to her, so, it's normal for her to be that angry but...to come to that point...she must be really mad. "And please, Chris, don't tell anyone about this, am I clear?" asks Kristine before getting up. "No, I'm gonna post an ad in the school's journal!" replies Christopher sarcastically just to make the girl smile but it didn't work. "All right then." she says before going away.

Sunrise High
[Near the lockers]
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"Hey there!" says Shawn softly to his dear boyfriend, Taylor. The latter is wearing a black t-shirt, dark blue jeans and black shoes, he smiles at Shawn, "Hey!" And they kiss with passion and love. "Why didn't you wait for me?" asks Shawn, he waited at the usual meeting place but Taylor didn't show up. "I'm sorry, but my caring mother wanted to drive me here, just in case I would feel sick again. I'm so sorry my love." replies Taylor before kissing Shawn, then, he notices the little blue box in the latter's hands, "Hey, what's in that box?" Shawn smiles and hand the box to Taylor, "Take a look."

"Cookies? Those cookies??" asks Taylor in amazement and with a smile after opening the little box. He used to eat tons of these cookies when he was a kid, he loved them, just like Shawn. He takes one of the 10 cookies and eats a large bit of it, "Miam! It's still excellent!!" he says with a smile. Shawn smiles with him too. Taylor hands back the box to Shawn and finishes his cookie, "Spare some for me, ok?" says Taylor with a smile before giving a little kiss on Shawn's nose. "Hey!!!" yells Shawn surprising Taylor, "What?" But Shawn doesn't reply, he takes Taylor by the hand and drags him towards someone. Kevin.

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"Hey Kevin!" says Shawn with a happy tone, Kevin turns around and smiles, "Hey Shawn!" He's wearing a grey t-shirt, black jeans and black shoes. Shawn makes a step aside so that Kevin can see Taylor, "Kevin, let me introduce you to my boyfriend." says Shawn with his lovely smile, "Taylor, that's Kevin, my gay friend, and Kevin that's Taylor, my boyfriend." There's a moment of silence, which surprises Shawn. Kevin and Taylor stare at each other, it's like if, they're shocked...

"K..Kevin? Taylor?" says finally Shawn trying to break the silence. Taylor looks at Shawn, "Uh...I gotta go, there's something I need to do before going in class, see you later!" - "Bu.." Too late, Taylor was already gone. Shawn looks back at Kevin, "Can..." - "I'm sorry, I forgot something, see ya!" And he goes away quickly too. Shawn turns his head to his right where Taylor was standing, then to the left where Kevin was standing, "What...what happened?"

Sunrise Valley
[SunrisBank]
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Heather Rulin works as a manager at the SunrisBank, and she's quite good in her job. She walks around, checking some things, she goes in her office. She makes a few phone calls, sign some papers, talk to her colleagues about an affair with an another bank. She meets some business men who want to take a huge loan, $45 million. Ok, it might not be that huge but anywayz.

Then, after two hours or so, two of her colleagues, Joan and Hank, who're husband and wife, enter her office. They want to take some holidays coz' their daughter is having some problems back in their hometown, the Kansas. But Heather has to go meet someone else for an important matter first, so she asks her two colleagues to wait a moment.

After a few minutes, Heather approaches the door of her office when suddenly, she hears Joan and Hank talk about something. "What are you talking about?" asks Hank in a surprised tone. "Sara told me, Shawn Rulin, the son of Heather is gay! He is going out with the son of Michelle and Timothy Hill, Taylor. In the school, everybody knows that." explains Joan. "Oh my goodness, this is horrible, does Heather know that?" asks Hank now really surprised. "Of course she does, if we do, my, if I was her, I would take my son to a psy and try to cure this sickness." replies Joan, disgusted.

"Excuse-me, I took longer time than I thought. Um, concerning your request, it's all right. I hope your daughter will solve her problems." says Heather as she enter the office, she's kinda shocked too. "Thanks Mrs. Rulin." says the couple in unison before leaving the office and closing the door.

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"Shawn...is...gay?" asks Heather to herself as she stares at a picture of her baby boy on her desk. She takes it in her hands and hold it tight, as if she's hugging him. "My baby boy!!!..." she sobs as she starts to cry. Suddenly, she remembers all the little things, all the little clues. Shawn has no girlfriend and he spend all his free time with his best-friend Taylor. "Shawn...Shawn...Shawn..." she whispers softly as tears continue to run on her cheeks. Her eyes are red, her heart is aching. "What went wrong? What went wrong?" she asks to herself, did she miss something? Is it because there was no masculine presence in the house? Is it because he always spend his time with Taylor? All these questions are flowing in her mind. "My little baby boy..." she whispers again before giving some kisses on the picture of her son. And she closes her eyes, trying to kill the pain...but it's not working, not a bit. Learning that her son is gay is quite a shock, and what hurts her more is that he hid it from her. In the school everybody knows, Joan and Hank knows, but not her, his own mother. But for now, that wasn't that important, she dries her tears and goes in the toilets to refresh herself. "Tonight, my baby boy and I are going to have a little discussion." she says to herself. And she goes back to work...but...she's not really in the mood. So, she leaves her office and returns home.

Sunrise High
[Cafeteria]
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It's lunch time.
Kristine is standing in the open-space, drinking a glass of chilled soda. She is thinking about some things, about Taylor, about Monica, about Jessica's sister. Things are not going really well, and to top it all, it's just the beginning of the year. What will happen in one month? A girl has disappeared, a fag made a boy become gay, another girl is accused of taking drugs. It's like if it's a nightmare or something...but, she's not going to remain still. She already planned a little vengence against the fag.

"Hello Kristine!" says a voice behind her. The latter turns around and a little smile appears on her face, "Hello." The other person smiles too, "How are you doing today?" Kristine's eyes go down and she sighs, "Oh not really well, my boyfriend has been stolen by a...fag. And my friend, Monica has disappeared mysteriously. And...yes...and the sister of my friend, Jessica, is accused of taking drugs." The other person starts to laugh, "Is that all?" That makes Kristine laugh a bit too, "Yeah, that's all." Kristine then finishes her glass of soda and she was going to go away but she remembered something, "Please...be very rude and crual, ok?" The other person smiles, "Yeah I will!" And then Kristine goes away with a smile, she is going to get her little revenge.

Sunrise High
[Garden]
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"Kevin, Kevin!!" yells Shawn as he run towards his friend. The latter turns around, he gives out a sigh as if he didn't want to talk to Shawn. "Kevin..(breathe hard)..wh..what happened..(breathe hard)..why did you runaway..(breathe less harder)..earlier?" asks Shawn as he takes out his handkerchief to wipe out the sweat on his forehead. He ran around all the school, searching for Taylor but he didn't find him. "I told you, I had forgotten something and I went to get it." replies Kevin with no emotion on his face. "But...Taylor also ranaway...and you..." - "Stop it!! Ok?? I've got to go, I'll see..." Suddenly Kevin see the hurt in the eyes of his friend, "Oh... Shawn, I'm sorry. I...It's a long story...all right?" And he hugs his friend with care. Shawn looks back at him and tries to smile, "O..Ok." He doesn't understand what happened...what is happpening but he's not going to ask.

"Listen, I've to go. I'll see you later, all right?" says Kevin with his heart-melting smile. "All right." replies Shawn, smiling too. They hug one last time and Kevin goes away. Shawn looks around him, trying to find his boyfriend...there he is!! Near a tree, he's standing! Shawn runs to him, "Taylor!!" The latter turns around and...sighs. Shawn noticed it and he slows his pace. Taylor starts to walk to him.

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"Taylor...tell me..." starts Shawn but Taylor interrupts him by giving him the longest and the most tender kiss ever. "Wo..Woah..what was that for?" asks Shawn with a smile. But Taylor remains silent...tears come to his eyes and..he gets closer to Shawn and...now...he's hugging him, "I love you!!! I love you so much!!!" whispers Taylor softly to Shawn's ear. The latter starts to worry, why was he acting like that? "Taylor...what's wrong?" asks Shawn but Taylor remains silent, still in the hug pose. They remain like that for a moment before Shawn breaks it, "Taylor, tell me!! What's wrong??" The latter wipes out his tears and gives Shawn a little kiss on the lips, "I love you." And he starts to walk away. Shawn is way too surprised and amazed to stop him, "W..What the hell is going on?" he asks to himself.

Sunrise Valley
[Near the Rulin's house]
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School day's over, Shawn wanted to talk to Taylor but when the bell rang, the latter walked out so quickly that it was obvious that he didn't want to talk so Shawn just let him go. But, he's now wondering what's going on, Kevin and Taylor...do they have a history together? It can only be that. Or is there something else? Why did Taylor do what he did in the Garden during the lunch? Why did Kevin get angry? No answer could be found now, so, he'll just have to wait.

"Hey!" yells a voice from behind him, it's Maria, his lovely sister. "Shawn, where's Taylor?" she asks in surprise. Shawn looks back at her with a sad sigh, and the latter immediately knew something wasn't right, "Did something happen today?" Shawn sighs and then, he tells her everything. From the way Kevin and Taylor runaway to their strange attitude in the Garden. "Well, if you want my opinion, just wait for them to tell you. You'll just worry yourself if you keep on wondering what happened, you won't get any answer on your own, so just wait, okay?" replies Maria with a smile. "All right." says Shawn, smiling back. "Hey, looks like mom returned home earlier today." says Maria as she noticed her mom's car in the driveway.

They enter the house, Heather Rulin is sitting on the couch, her eyes are red, the window curtains are all closed. Maria and Shawn are both quite... under the shock. "Mom...is everything all right?" asks Maria approaching her mother, "Maria, go in your room." replies the latter which immediately stop the girl, "What? Why?" asks Maria, surprised. Heather doesn't look back at her daughter, "Maria, I said, go in your room. NOW!" After a moment of silence, Maria obeys her mother and before going upstairs she gives her brother the what's going on look. Shawn was also going to go in his room but, "Shawn, you stay here, we need to talk." says Heather in a soft and emotionless voice. Maria, who's at the top of the stairs, looks at Shawn and the latter looks at her, both are wondering what's going on. After a moment, Maria goes in her room and Shawn approaches his mother.

"Sit down!" says Heather, Shawn puts his black bag on the other sofa and sits right next to his mother on the couch. Heather turns around, now, both Shawn and his mother are looking at each other in the eyes. "Mom... what's goi..." - PAC!!!

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Heather Rulin just slapped her son, the latter has tears coming to his eyes. "Now, YOU GO IN YOUR ROOM AND YOU STAY THERE!" says Heather, really angry. Shawn doesn't wait longer, he runs in his room, slamming the door. There, the latter see his room in a mess, as if a thief entered and searched for something. He walks towards one of his shoe box, the black and red one, he opens it. Tears are running on his redened cheeks, his diary has disappeared. The diary in which he wrote everything that happened to him...