Where's Rose (2021) Movie Script
1
When will I see you again?
Okay.
Yeah,
I'm fine.
I don't want him to go.
Promise he won't leave me.
Promise.
He's leaving soon.
You are a mountain,
strong and brave.
You are the sea.
Calm and gentle. You are at
peace and the world is at peace
with you. You are prepared...
Rose! Come inside and
help me get ready for the party!
You are a hero.
You can do anything.
Rose!
- Hey. - They're here!
- Jessica's here!
- We'll go tell your mom.
- Jessica's here!
Oh, they're here? Well, maybe we
should let them in. Go, go, go.
Hello! Hi!
- We come with gifts. - Thank
you so much. Oh, in the kitchen.
How are you? Come in.
-Eric, get dressed
hon. - What's up dude?
-You know, just
doing it right. Pretty good.
- She doesn't talk to me.
You know that. I have no clue
what's going on with those two.
- Eric! Door. - Hey!
Congratulations! - Thank you.
Thanks for coming. Before we eat
I thought I'd say a few words.
As you all know,
Eric is heading off
to college at
the end of next week.
He got into his dream school,
UMW, which I
thought I'd point
out is my alma mater.
But what you might not
know is also just like me,
he'll be attending on a
full ride. - All right, Eric.
Going on a full academic and
sports scholarship. Now I know
you've all played a large part
in Eric's life.
That's why it's so special
that you're here with us.
I guess to wrap this up,
keep up the hard work and
don't let us down.
No pressure.
But really,
your mom and I are proud of you
and the man that you're
becoming.
- I guess there's nothing else
left to say except Go Lion.
- Thanks, dad.
Oh,
and if anyone wants to get a
hold of me and Mary tonight,
good luck.
- Nate! - Dad.
- 22 years ago today
she got lucky. - Gross.
- It's been an
amazing ride. I love you, babe.
- Love you,
too.
- Now, let's eat.
- Rose? - I'll go get her.
- Rose!
- Hey Rose,
where are you?
- Hey Rose.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- You all right?
- You remember
when I carved that?
A week before high school.
Remember
what I said to you?
I said everything's
gonna be okay. Wanna know why?
- Why? - Cause
I'm your big brother.
And I'm never gonna let
anything bad happen to you.
So, when I'm off at college,
all you have to do is pick up
the phone and call.
Okay?
- Is that okay? - Okay.
- All right. Here,
let's go back inside. - Okay.
- Thank you for coming. - Yes,
of course. - I love you so much.
- And Jessica, thank you so,
so much for watching Rose. We
will be back in the morning.
- Of course. She's like my
little sister. My little
annoying sister.
- And Eric you will be back
after whatever you're up to
tonight. - Yes, ma'am.
- I got to go grab my purse,
I'll be right back. - Be good. -
Yes, sir.
- Are you excited? We're gonna
have so much fun,
we can go outside. You ready to
go outside?
- I'm excited.
- I know, I've been excited,
too. We gotta go outside. I want
to go play tag. - I don't know
where my shoes are.
- You don't have shoes on?
- I don't wanna wear my shoes. -
Why not?
- Hey,
you want to play in the back?
- Rose, go in the back and play.
- Jessica,
you coming? - Hey.
Just wanted to ask you.
Is your
answer still the same?
- Do you think you'll ever
change your mind? - No. I'm
sorry, Eric.
- Okay.
See you after practice.
All right,
most of you know the rules.
All right. Let's go.
I got you.
- Oh,
damn. Ready for college?
- Six more days,
dude. - Yeah, man.
- It's
exciting. Thank you.
- Try not to miss us too
much. - Yeah, man. I'll try.
- Where the hell is Matty, man?
Look I just I want to say, bro.
Like it's just been crazy.
- Oh, what a dick man.
- I scared the s### out of you.
What the f###### hell,
man. Like are you
really gonna do that to me,
bro? Jesus Christ. - Hey, whoa,
now chill out now.
Don't say the
Lord's name in vain.
- Yo,
where you been?
Oh, bro, I just got
back from Rachel's brother's
house. Yeah, got some drink.
Yeah the drinks. Yeah the party.
Yeah.
I got you.
- I can not get
Sammy out of my oh...
- I cannot get her tits out
of my mind. Oh my God. - Same.
- Yeah. Why
don't you go for her?
- Who me? - Yeah. - No,
we have no
chance. - What?
- I ain't
got it like that.
No, no, I'll let you
in on a little secret, man.
- P####. - Yo, no, no,
no
- Seriously,
bro. Why not?
- I mean, I'm just not,
I'm not you. - What? What does
that mean?
- He's got a
little bit of a point.
I mean,
you're, you're like
Different with girls,
man. You got it.
- No, no dude. It's,
it's a game. All right,
you just learn to play it,
you can get any girl you want.
What? No,
guys, I'm serious.
- You playing the game bro?
Why have you not banged Jessica
yet, man. We've been waiting.
- She's fine.
- Don't talk
about Jessica like that.
- Like what?
- You know what?
- I am done for the night. - Oh,
come on,
bro. We were just joking.
- This shade of purple
looks great on you. - Thanks.
- What do you want to
read? - The girl who dreamed?
- Oh my gosh,
again. - Yes.
- But we always read it. Rose,
hold your hand still.
- Done. You just gotta
let it dry while we read, okay?
- Okay.
- You ready?
The girl who dreamed.
Chapter 1
A shadow drifted over
the land and colored it
evil with its hand.
A girl with a dream ran from
her family in the hopes
of one day making them proud.
The sand shifted and
the earth shook, but she
was not afraid.
'I love life too much to worry
about death' the girl with the
dream said.
Cities crumbled and
forest turned to ash, but still
she carried on.
One thousand years
went by but to her it
was just a fleeting moment,
a blink of an eye.
She traveled through
the fabric of time looking
searching for her dream.
People told her that she was
foolish and to give up,
but she refused.
'What was she looking for?'
they asked. What could be so
important?
'Love,' she replied.
- You sleepy?
Time for bed.
- Can you keep it
open? - Mm-hmm. Lights? - On.
- You got it. - I want to be
able to see my friend if he
comes.
- What? - My friend.
- Who are you talking about?
- He lives in the woods behind
my house.
He's nice.
Eric thinks he is imaginary
and I just made him up.
But he's real.
- You believe me,
right? - Of course.
- Night,
Rose
- See you tomorrow.
- Oh, really?
I'm not kidding. I'll bake
the bacon but I'm not gonna make
the bread. - Oh really, rock
paper
scissors. We're back!
- Eric! - They're
probably still asleep.
Eric! Rose!
Rose!
Eric!
- Where is Rose?
Where's your sister?
- I don't know.
Nate!
Get up.
- Rose! - Where is she?
- Rose? Where are you?
- Mary, what are you doing?
- I'm so sorry, Mrs. Waters.
- Jessica! Where's Jessica?
Please. Where is your daughter?
- Why are you hiding? Come out
here. - Please, let's just go.
- Tell me.
Where is my daughter?
- Where is Rose?
You're the last one that
saw her? Where is she?
- I don't know.
- I was.. - Mom,
mom. I know you're stressed, but
don't take it out on Jessica.
Okay, you know her. What are you
doing?
- Come on,
let's go home.
- That's
okay. Let's go home.
- I don't know where she is.
I'm so sorry. I don't know where
she is.
- It's okay. - I'm sorry.
- It's okay.
- I knew I shouldn't have
left the two of you last night.
- Hey, hey,
it's not your fault. It's fine.
- Answer it.
- Hello.
- Thank you.
- What did they say?
- They found her.
- Where?
- I'm sorry,
I will never leave again.
- Eric!
- I see you.
- Okay,
let's get ready
for breakfast. You can rest
up. Okay. Alright. Love you.
- Thanks.
- Eric! Rose! Breakfast!
- Hey,
how are you feeling? You, okay?
- All right.
- Thanks. - Of
course. Guess what mommy made?
Your favorite.
Hot off the grill.
Bacon and eggs.
Bacon and eggs,
okay.
Go ahead. You can eat,
sweetie.
- You okay?
- I'm sorry, I don't feel
good. Can I have something else?
- Of course you
can. How about waffles?
Cereal?
I love you so much. Let me
get this out of your way. Eric,
you okay? - Yeah, thank you.
On TV: News of fresh
meat travels quickly. - Hey
- How about a play
date with Anna tomorrow?
Who?
Anna.
Oh, yeah,
Anna. Sure.
Okay.
I'll go call Mrs. Adams.
- I don't know why.
- I'm sure sure she's okay.
- Don't push her.
- I won't. Stop. I just...
She didn't even know who her
best friend was. Nate, listen
to me. If you had
seen her eyes. I'm telling
you. She didn't
know Anna's name.
She needs to go to therapy.
I mean what happened in those
woods?
- I know. I'll be
right back. - I'm sorry.
- Eric. - Oh,
hey dad.
I'm just going
to bed. Love you.
Good night. Love you.
- Eric? - What was that?
- Eric,
are you okay?
- What's
going on? - There...
- What's going
on? - Nothing, baby.
Just, um, let's go
back to bed. Okay. Love you.
Morning!
Good morning.
Okay? Good.
- Come sit with me. - No.
Eric,
sit with your sister.
- So you had a
bad dream? - It's fine.
You are prepared for what
is to come.
You are focused and strong.
You are in complete
control of your destiny.
You can do anything.
This is your time to be
the hero of your own story.
Let your inner
confidence flow through you
like a calm
river. You will reach the
next level. You will be a
success,
because you can do anything.
- Hey.
- Man, you were
getting after it. - Yes, sir.
- I'm gonna miss you around
here. - Appreciate that sir. I'm
gonna miss you guys, too.
- Hey, look,
we, we just want
to say we're really happy Rose
is okay. I know that must have
been terrible.
- Thank you
for saying that.
I know your
mom was just upset.
But I really appreciate you
taking up for Jessica the other
day.
- Of course,
any time.
All right. Well
We're gonna get out of here.
Tell your folks we said hey. - I
will. Have a good day,
Mr. Waters.
- Eric, have you heard
from Jessica lately? - No.
- Tried her cell
phone. She hasn't picked up.
- I don't know.
Hello.
Hello.
This isn't f###### funny.
- Morning. - Morning.
- Where's Mom? - Oh, she just
went to the store. She'll be
back in an hour or two.
- Sit down.
- There you go.
- I'm not hungry. - Yeah,
you are. - I don't feel like
bacon today.
- Eat it.
- It's good,
huh?
- Hey,
where are you going? - Out.
- Why are you talking to me like
that? What is going on with you?
- Talking like what? I'm just
gonna go see Matty.
- Sounds good.
Say hi to Matty. - Will do.
- Be safe. - You
heard his tone. - I didn't
What? He was fine.
- Bro! Bro? Come back.
S###
Oh.
F###
Get out.
Come on.
No no,
no no f###.
Oh. What the f###.
What the f###
was that? What?
S###
- You okay,
son?
- Yeah. - What happened?
- The,
the car, it skidded out.
- Going too fast,
huh?
- Where you coming from?
- Work.
- Come a little closer.
- Where do you work?
- Have you
consumed any alcohol tonight?
- Sir, I I promise.. - Answer
the question. - It's not what
it looks like.
I swear. - Stay right there.
- Name?
- Eric Daniels. - Okay,
one second.
- Let's go,
Eric.
On TV: Yes, he does,
but he isn't here right now.
- What happened?
- Eric.
- I'm so
disappointed in you. - Mary.
- Go to sleep.
- One step at a time.
- Let's get you
ready for bedtime. - Okay.
- And we're gonna hop in
the shower. Okay. All right.
- I'm gonna go talk to
your dad. I'll be right back.
- I don't know what's happening
with him and he's gonna
lose,
he's gonna lose his life. He's
gonna lose that scholarship.
- We don't know that. - Yes, we
do. How could he be that stupid?
- You know,
he's gonna do all that stuff
in college. Okay,
he's growing up. You remember
when.. - You call that growing
up? You are not
listening to me. You saw him.
Something is wrong
with him. Please listen
to me. I am begging
you. Something is not right.
Okay. All right. Listen,
I'll talk
to him tomorrow. I'll call
Brandon at the station. I'm sure
we
can figure something out.
Don't worry.
I'll take care of it.
- Um,
hey.
Can I come in?
Yeah,
of course.
I just wanted
to say I'm sorry.
- For?
- Letting you down.
- Matty and I may have
drank a little.
- A little? - Mary.
Ever since
Ever since
Rose disappeared
I've felt so
guilty and I know
I should have
been there. I'm sorry.
I'm sorry,
I should've.
It's okay.
It's not your fault.
It's not your fault.
You did nothing wrong. Okay?
Go talk to Rose.
Yes,
sir.
Eric,
no more drinking, okay.
I know you're not her.
I know you're not Rose.
What are you?
You're not my
f###### sister.
You are a leader.
Fearless and
brave. You can
do anything.
Focus on the
prize and it will be
yours. You
control the narrative.
This is your
story to tell.
You can do anything.
Be the leader
you want and others
will follow.
This is your time.
No one else's.
You were born for this.
It's your god-given right.
Your destiny.
- Eric. What are you
doing? Get out of the rain.
- Hey.
- You want to go
to dinner tonight?
- Dad, I can't right
now. - We need to talk.
- Yeah.
- Thanks.
So
Remember when I used to take you
and Matty here after football
practice?
I know you've been
having a rough time lately.
- Are you okay? - Yeah.
Look I'm not here to get
anything out of you or push you.
I will say this. We've worked
too hard to mess things up now.
There's the
scholarship to think about.
But whatever it is.
You better get it
under control soon.
- I'll do better.
I promise. - I know you will.
- Listen,
when you get home... - Hey.
Hey Dan,
how's it going? Hey, Jessica.
We just got sent out
by Jan for some errands and
grabbing a bite to
eat before we head back.
-Well,
you want to sit with us?
- Well
- We don't want to intrude.
- Not at all. We just started.
Come on.
Scouts honor.
Appreciate it.
Lauren, can we get a
couple of waters over here?
Thanks.
So,
Eric.
Ready to get out of here?
- Yes, sir. - I bet you
are. Hell, I know we were.
- College chicks.
Have fun. - Just not too much.
- Hey, you enjoy
yourself? - Yeah, he will.
Can't believe the two
of you graduated high school.
I mean, it seems like
just yesterday you two were
chasing each other
around the front yard.
- I need to go.
- Jessica! Hey?
- Sorry guys.
- It's all right.
- Call you later.
- The hell was
that? - I don't know.
On TV: I'm gonna board up the
windows and the doors. You
understand?
Rose,
you out there?
Rose.
Where's Rose?
Where is Rose?
Anybody? Where's Rose?
Where's Rose?
Where's Rose?
Where is she?
You good?
- Sweetie,
your big brother is just under a
lot of stress right now.
- I'm worried about him.
- I know he didn't mean
to act that way towards you.
- We're at the end,
right? - Yes. Okay.
Scoot over,
get under the cover.
- You comfy?
- Yes. - Here we go.
That the girl who
dreamed was not afraid.
This was her time,
her moment without a
second thought she stepped
into the darkness because
there's
nothing to be afraid of
when you know the truth.
She sailed
through space eyes forward.
No regrets.
This was her
time. Her moment.
And she was not afraid.
'For all things
must come to an end.'
Said the girl who dreamed.
Because goodbyes
endings and
farewells mean you've lived.
And what a
beautiful thing life is.
The end.
Night,
mommy.
I love you so much. Good night,
sweetie.
You warm enough?
- Eric, hon, you in
there? - Yeah. Yeah one second.
- Sorry, is it okay
if mom enters? - Yeah.
Listen your dad and I
have to go out tomorrow and
I was gonna ask Jessica to watch
Rose, but I'm not really
comfortable after what happened.
- Yeah,
I'll watch her.
- You sure? - Yeah.
- You okay? - Yeah.
- Get some sleep,
okay.
- Mom? - Yeah?
I love you.
Good night.
Mr. Waters!
Mr. Waters,
open the door. Mr. Waters
Mr. Waters, open the
door. Open the door Mr. Waters.
Come on,
open the door. Where are you?
Open the door. Mr. Waters?
Mr. Waters,
Mr. Waters open the door,
please. Please open the door.
Please, Mr. Waters
open the door open the
door,
Mr. Waters. - Eric?
What is happening?
Eric?
Get out.
Get out of my
room! Get out of my room!
Get out of my
room! Get out of my room!
How's she doing?
Thanks.
She's still sleeping.
She seemed so happy.
Didn't she?
What?
Seem happy.
Oh,
yeah.
What does that mean?
I mean
Jessica and I were never
really friends. Mr. Waters.
- You used to be. - Yeah.
What happened?
I don't know,
I mean.
We just fell into different
friend groups and then grew
apart.
Meaning you
became popular.
Made a lot of
friends and she didn't.
I tried to stay close to her and
be friends with her Mr. Waters.
I really did.
I don't know
how to do it anymore.
I know you like her.
Sometimes things
just don't work out.
Thank God,
you saw her.
You saved her life.
Thanks for watching her.
Yeah.
I'll give you a ride home.
Hang on
One more thing.
Why were you
looking at our house?
Thought I heard
something outside.
Light caught my eye.
Come on.
Get out of here!
Help!
Stop.
Hi.
What are you doing?
- It's a get well
card for Jessica. - Oh.
Incredibly
thoughtful of you.
So listen, Daddy and I
are going out but we'll be
back around
9:00. Okay? - Okay.
Eric's gonna watch you.
I love you.
Hey, you sure
you're okay to watch Rose?
Yeah.
I know you're worried
about Jessica. We all are.
- I am proud
of you. - Thanks.
- Okay,
we'll be back at 9. - Okay.
What's for dinner?
You can stop right?
Stop what?
This. This game.
You're not f###### Rose.
So cut the s###.
Can I ask you a question?
What the f### are you?
- What's love? - What?
- The girl in the
story was searching for it.
It's interesting,
you all live for it.
It consumes you.
Some obsess over it.
Some are even
willing to kill for it.
- What do you
want? - Everyone dies.
We all do.
It's just nature.
But murder
That's not natural.
You want to kill me?
It's an itch and urge.
What are you waiting for?
We have company.
- Jessica, where the f###
are you going? Hey. - Stop it.
F###### look at me. What
the f### do you want? I'm right
here, creep. What do you
want from me? What's up? - Stop!
Let's go inside,
sweetie.
Your time is now,
this is your
moment. You
can do anything.
You are a warrior,
strong and brave.
You were born for this.
Born to win.
You are a hero.
You can do anything.
Everything in your life
has been leading
you to this point.
You were made to win.
You are a mountain.
Strong and brave.
You are the sea.
Calm and gentle.
You are at peace.
And the world is
at peace with you.
You are a hero.
You can do anything.
Rose,
open the door.
Rose,
open the door.
Rose,
open the goddamn door.
Rose,
open the f###### door.
Help!
I see you.
No!
Stop.
Where are you,
Rose?
Find what you
were looking for?
What are you doing here?
You know.
You don't know anything.
I was there.
Get the f### away from me.
I saw you.
Help! Help!
Somebody help me.
Somebody f###### help,
please.
Just f###### kill me already.
Just kill me. That's what you
wanted,
right? Since the moment that you
came home with us. Just f######
do it.
Night,
Rose.
See you tomorrow.
Don't fucking struggle.
You want this. Shut the f### up.
- Please. Eric,
stop. Please get off of me.
- You want this. Stop.
- Don't f######
struggle. - Get off of me.
Stop fighting.
Stop. Stop it!
It's not what you
think. Just don't move. Stop!
Dammit,
Rose. Stop.
Rose.
Rose,
stop. It wasn't what you think.
Yeah,
keep running you little s###. If
you tell anyone,
I'll kill you. You hear me?
See you.
All right,
now Rose, I want you to
listen. I'm gonna
tell you exactly what to
do and exactly
how to do it. I want
you to go home.
I want you to get in bed.
I want you to forget
everything that you just saw.
Do you understand?
- I said,
do you understand? - No.
Excuse me.
I said no.
Eric,
help. Please help me.
Eric. Help. Please.
- Please. - Stop,
stop, stop. - Please.
- Help.
Help. - Stop. Stop.
I didn't kill her,
I swear.
I swear I didn't kill her.
Swear to God,
please. I didn't kill her.
So,
everything's gonna be okay.
You wanna know why?
- Why? - Cause
I'm your big brother.
And I'm never gonna let
anything bad happen to you. So.
When I'm off at college,
all you have to do is pick up
the phone and call.
Okay?
- Is that okay? - Okay.
When will I see you again? Okay.
Promise you won't leave me.
Promise.
You f######
monster! She loved you.
He's right
here. He's right here!
- No. That's my son.
Get off of me. Eric. Eric!
When will I see you again?
Okay.
Yeah,
I'm fine.
I don't want him to go.
Promise he won't leave me.
Promise.
He's leaving soon.
You are a mountain,
strong and brave.
You are the sea.
Calm and gentle. You are at
peace and the world is at peace
with you. You are prepared...
Rose! Come inside and
help me get ready for the party!
You are a hero.
You can do anything.
Rose!
- Hey. - They're here!
- Jessica's here!
- We'll go tell your mom.
- Jessica's here!
Oh, they're here? Well, maybe we
should let them in. Go, go, go.
Hello! Hi!
- We come with gifts. - Thank
you so much. Oh, in the kitchen.
How are you? Come in.
-Eric, get dressed
hon. - What's up dude?
-You know, just
doing it right. Pretty good.
- She doesn't talk to me.
You know that. I have no clue
what's going on with those two.
- Eric! Door. - Hey!
Congratulations! - Thank you.
Thanks for coming. Before we eat
I thought I'd say a few words.
As you all know,
Eric is heading off
to college at
the end of next week.
He got into his dream school,
UMW, which I
thought I'd point
out is my alma mater.
But what you might not
know is also just like me,
he'll be attending on a
full ride. - All right, Eric.
Going on a full academic and
sports scholarship. Now I know
you've all played a large part
in Eric's life.
That's why it's so special
that you're here with us.
I guess to wrap this up,
keep up the hard work and
don't let us down.
No pressure.
But really,
your mom and I are proud of you
and the man that you're
becoming.
- I guess there's nothing else
left to say except Go Lion.
- Thanks, dad.
Oh,
and if anyone wants to get a
hold of me and Mary tonight,
good luck.
- Nate! - Dad.
- 22 years ago today
she got lucky. - Gross.
- It's been an
amazing ride. I love you, babe.
- Love you,
too.
- Now, let's eat.
- Rose? - I'll go get her.
- Rose!
- Hey Rose,
where are you?
- Hey Rose.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- You all right?
- You remember
when I carved that?
A week before high school.
Remember
what I said to you?
I said everything's
gonna be okay. Wanna know why?
- Why? - Cause
I'm your big brother.
And I'm never gonna let
anything bad happen to you.
So, when I'm off at college,
all you have to do is pick up
the phone and call.
Okay?
- Is that okay? - Okay.
- All right. Here,
let's go back inside. - Okay.
- Thank you for coming. - Yes,
of course. - I love you so much.
- And Jessica, thank you so,
so much for watching Rose. We
will be back in the morning.
- Of course. She's like my
little sister. My little
annoying sister.
- And Eric you will be back
after whatever you're up to
tonight. - Yes, ma'am.
- I got to go grab my purse,
I'll be right back. - Be good. -
Yes, sir.
- Are you excited? We're gonna
have so much fun,
we can go outside. You ready to
go outside?
- I'm excited.
- I know, I've been excited,
too. We gotta go outside. I want
to go play tag. - I don't know
where my shoes are.
- You don't have shoes on?
- I don't wanna wear my shoes. -
Why not?
- Hey,
you want to play in the back?
- Rose, go in the back and play.
- Jessica,
you coming? - Hey.
Just wanted to ask you.
Is your
answer still the same?
- Do you think you'll ever
change your mind? - No. I'm
sorry, Eric.
- Okay.
See you after practice.
All right,
most of you know the rules.
All right. Let's go.
I got you.
- Oh,
damn. Ready for college?
- Six more days,
dude. - Yeah, man.
- It's
exciting. Thank you.
- Try not to miss us too
much. - Yeah, man. I'll try.
- Where the hell is Matty, man?
Look I just I want to say, bro.
Like it's just been crazy.
- Oh, what a dick man.
- I scared the s### out of you.
What the f###### hell,
man. Like are you
really gonna do that to me,
bro? Jesus Christ. - Hey, whoa,
now chill out now.
Don't say the
Lord's name in vain.
- Yo,
where you been?
Oh, bro, I just got
back from Rachel's brother's
house. Yeah, got some drink.
Yeah the drinks. Yeah the party.
Yeah.
I got you.
- I can not get
Sammy out of my oh...
- I cannot get her tits out
of my mind. Oh my God. - Same.
- Yeah. Why
don't you go for her?
- Who me? - Yeah. - No,
we have no
chance. - What?
- I ain't
got it like that.
No, no, I'll let you
in on a little secret, man.
- P####. - Yo, no, no,
no
- Seriously,
bro. Why not?
- I mean, I'm just not,
I'm not you. - What? What does
that mean?
- He's got a
little bit of a point.
I mean,
you're, you're like
Different with girls,
man. You got it.
- No, no dude. It's,
it's a game. All right,
you just learn to play it,
you can get any girl you want.
What? No,
guys, I'm serious.
- You playing the game bro?
Why have you not banged Jessica
yet, man. We've been waiting.
- She's fine.
- Don't talk
about Jessica like that.
- Like what?
- You know what?
- I am done for the night. - Oh,
come on,
bro. We were just joking.
- This shade of purple
looks great on you. - Thanks.
- What do you want to
read? - The girl who dreamed?
- Oh my gosh,
again. - Yes.
- But we always read it. Rose,
hold your hand still.
- Done. You just gotta
let it dry while we read, okay?
- Okay.
- You ready?
The girl who dreamed.
Chapter 1
A shadow drifted over
the land and colored it
evil with its hand.
A girl with a dream ran from
her family in the hopes
of one day making them proud.
The sand shifted and
the earth shook, but she
was not afraid.
'I love life too much to worry
about death' the girl with the
dream said.
Cities crumbled and
forest turned to ash, but still
she carried on.
One thousand years
went by but to her it
was just a fleeting moment,
a blink of an eye.
She traveled through
the fabric of time looking
searching for her dream.
People told her that she was
foolish and to give up,
but she refused.
'What was she looking for?'
they asked. What could be so
important?
'Love,' she replied.
- You sleepy?
Time for bed.
- Can you keep it
open? - Mm-hmm. Lights? - On.
- You got it. - I want to be
able to see my friend if he
comes.
- What? - My friend.
- Who are you talking about?
- He lives in the woods behind
my house.
He's nice.
Eric thinks he is imaginary
and I just made him up.
But he's real.
- You believe me,
right? - Of course.
- Night,
Rose
- See you tomorrow.
- Oh, really?
I'm not kidding. I'll bake
the bacon but I'm not gonna make
the bread. - Oh really, rock
paper
scissors. We're back!
- Eric! - They're
probably still asleep.
Eric! Rose!
Rose!
Eric!
- Where is Rose?
Where's your sister?
- I don't know.
Nate!
Get up.
- Rose! - Where is she?
- Rose? Where are you?
- Mary, what are you doing?
- I'm so sorry, Mrs. Waters.
- Jessica! Where's Jessica?
Please. Where is your daughter?
- Why are you hiding? Come out
here. - Please, let's just go.
- Tell me.
Where is my daughter?
- Where is Rose?
You're the last one that
saw her? Where is she?
- I don't know.
- I was.. - Mom,
mom. I know you're stressed, but
don't take it out on Jessica.
Okay, you know her. What are you
doing?
- Come on,
let's go home.
- That's
okay. Let's go home.
- I don't know where she is.
I'm so sorry. I don't know where
she is.
- It's okay. - I'm sorry.
- It's okay.
- I knew I shouldn't have
left the two of you last night.
- Hey, hey,
it's not your fault. It's fine.
- Answer it.
- Hello.
- Thank you.
- What did they say?
- They found her.
- Where?
- I'm sorry,
I will never leave again.
- Eric!
- I see you.
- Okay,
let's get ready
for breakfast. You can rest
up. Okay. Alright. Love you.
- Thanks.
- Eric! Rose! Breakfast!
- Hey,
how are you feeling? You, okay?
- All right.
- Thanks. - Of
course. Guess what mommy made?
Your favorite.
Hot off the grill.
Bacon and eggs.
Bacon and eggs,
okay.
Go ahead. You can eat,
sweetie.
- You okay?
- I'm sorry, I don't feel
good. Can I have something else?
- Of course you
can. How about waffles?
Cereal?
I love you so much. Let me
get this out of your way. Eric,
you okay? - Yeah, thank you.
On TV: News of fresh
meat travels quickly. - Hey
- How about a play
date with Anna tomorrow?
Who?
Anna.
Oh, yeah,
Anna. Sure.
Okay.
I'll go call Mrs. Adams.
- I don't know why.
- I'm sure sure she's okay.
- Don't push her.
- I won't. Stop. I just...
She didn't even know who her
best friend was. Nate, listen
to me. If you had
seen her eyes. I'm telling
you. She didn't
know Anna's name.
She needs to go to therapy.
I mean what happened in those
woods?
- I know. I'll be
right back. - I'm sorry.
- Eric. - Oh,
hey dad.
I'm just going
to bed. Love you.
Good night. Love you.
- Eric? - What was that?
- Eric,
are you okay?
- What's
going on? - There...
- What's going
on? - Nothing, baby.
Just, um, let's go
back to bed. Okay. Love you.
Morning!
Good morning.
Okay? Good.
- Come sit with me. - No.
Eric,
sit with your sister.
- So you had a
bad dream? - It's fine.
You are prepared for what
is to come.
You are focused and strong.
You are in complete
control of your destiny.
You can do anything.
This is your time to be
the hero of your own story.
Let your inner
confidence flow through you
like a calm
river. You will reach the
next level. You will be a
success,
because you can do anything.
- Hey.
- Man, you were
getting after it. - Yes, sir.
- I'm gonna miss you around
here. - Appreciate that sir. I'm
gonna miss you guys, too.
- Hey, look,
we, we just want
to say we're really happy Rose
is okay. I know that must have
been terrible.
- Thank you
for saying that.
I know your
mom was just upset.
But I really appreciate you
taking up for Jessica the other
day.
- Of course,
any time.
All right. Well
We're gonna get out of here.
Tell your folks we said hey. - I
will. Have a good day,
Mr. Waters.
- Eric, have you heard
from Jessica lately? - No.
- Tried her cell
phone. She hasn't picked up.
- I don't know.
Hello.
Hello.
This isn't f###### funny.
- Morning. - Morning.
- Where's Mom? - Oh, she just
went to the store. She'll be
back in an hour or two.
- Sit down.
- There you go.
- I'm not hungry. - Yeah,
you are. - I don't feel like
bacon today.
- Eat it.
- It's good,
huh?
- Hey,
where are you going? - Out.
- Why are you talking to me like
that? What is going on with you?
- Talking like what? I'm just
gonna go see Matty.
- Sounds good.
Say hi to Matty. - Will do.
- Be safe. - You
heard his tone. - I didn't
What? He was fine.
- Bro! Bro? Come back.
S###
Oh.
F###
Get out.
Come on.
No no,
no no f###.
Oh. What the f###.
What the f###
was that? What?
S###
- You okay,
son?
- Yeah. - What happened?
- The,
the car, it skidded out.
- Going too fast,
huh?
- Where you coming from?
- Work.
- Come a little closer.
- Where do you work?
- Have you
consumed any alcohol tonight?
- Sir, I I promise.. - Answer
the question. - It's not what
it looks like.
I swear. - Stay right there.
- Name?
- Eric Daniels. - Okay,
one second.
- Let's go,
Eric.
On TV: Yes, he does,
but he isn't here right now.
- What happened?
- Eric.
- I'm so
disappointed in you. - Mary.
- Go to sleep.
- One step at a time.
- Let's get you
ready for bedtime. - Okay.
- And we're gonna hop in
the shower. Okay. All right.
- I'm gonna go talk to
your dad. I'll be right back.
- I don't know what's happening
with him and he's gonna
lose,
he's gonna lose his life. He's
gonna lose that scholarship.
- We don't know that. - Yes, we
do. How could he be that stupid?
- You know,
he's gonna do all that stuff
in college. Okay,
he's growing up. You remember
when.. - You call that growing
up? You are not
listening to me. You saw him.
Something is wrong
with him. Please listen
to me. I am begging
you. Something is not right.
Okay. All right. Listen,
I'll talk
to him tomorrow. I'll call
Brandon at the station. I'm sure
we
can figure something out.
Don't worry.
I'll take care of it.
- Um,
hey.
Can I come in?
Yeah,
of course.
I just wanted
to say I'm sorry.
- For?
- Letting you down.
- Matty and I may have
drank a little.
- A little? - Mary.
Ever since
Ever since
Rose disappeared
I've felt so
guilty and I know
I should have
been there. I'm sorry.
I'm sorry,
I should've.
It's okay.
It's not your fault.
It's not your fault.
You did nothing wrong. Okay?
Go talk to Rose.
Yes,
sir.
Eric,
no more drinking, okay.
I know you're not her.
I know you're not Rose.
What are you?
You're not my
f###### sister.
You are a leader.
Fearless and
brave. You can
do anything.
Focus on the
prize and it will be
yours. You
control the narrative.
This is your
story to tell.
You can do anything.
Be the leader
you want and others
will follow.
This is your time.
No one else's.
You were born for this.
It's your god-given right.
Your destiny.
- Eric. What are you
doing? Get out of the rain.
- Hey.
- You want to go
to dinner tonight?
- Dad, I can't right
now. - We need to talk.
- Yeah.
- Thanks.
So
Remember when I used to take you
and Matty here after football
practice?
I know you've been
having a rough time lately.
- Are you okay? - Yeah.
Look I'm not here to get
anything out of you or push you.
I will say this. We've worked
too hard to mess things up now.
There's the
scholarship to think about.
But whatever it is.
You better get it
under control soon.
- I'll do better.
I promise. - I know you will.
- Listen,
when you get home... - Hey.
Hey Dan,
how's it going? Hey, Jessica.
We just got sent out
by Jan for some errands and
grabbing a bite to
eat before we head back.
-Well,
you want to sit with us?
- Well
- We don't want to intrude.
- Not at all. We just started.
Come on.
Scouts honor.
Appreciate it.
Lauren, can we get a
couple of waters over here?
Thanks.
So,
Eric.
Ready to get out of here?
- Yes, sir. - I bet you
are. Hell, I know we were.
- College chicks.
Have fun. - Just not too much.
- Hey, you enjoy
yourself? - Yeah, he will.
Can't believe the two
of you graduated high school.
I mean, it seems like
just yesterday you two were
chasing each other
around the front yard.
- I need to go.
- Jessica! Hey?
- Sorry guys.
- It's all right.
- Call you later.
- The hell was
that? - I don't know.
On TV: I'm gonna board up the
windows and the doors. You
understand?
Rose,
you out there?
Rose.
Where's Rose?
Where is Rose?
Anybody? Where's Rose?
Where's Rose?
Where's Rose?
Where is she?
You good?
- Sweetie,
your big brother is just under a
lot of stress right now.
- I'm worried about him.
- I know he didn't mean
to act that way towards you.
- We're at the end,
right? - Yes. Okay.
Scoot over,
get under the cover.
- You comfy?
- Yes. - Here we go.
That the girl who
dreamed was not afraid.
This was her time,
her moment without a
second thought she stepped
into the darkness because
there's
nothing to be afraid of
when you know the truth.
She sailed
through space eyes forward.
No regrets.
This was her
time. Her moment.
And she was not afraid.
'For all things
must come to an end.'
Said the girl who dreamed.
Because goodbyes
endings and
farewells mean you've lived.
And what a
beautiful thing life is.
The end.
Night,
mommy.
I love you so much. Good night,
sweetie.
You warm enough?
- Eric, hon, you in
there? - Yeah. Yeah one second.
- Sorry, is it okay
if mom enters? - Yeah.
Listen your dad and I
have to go out tomorrow and
I was gonna ask Jessica to watch
Rose, but I'm not really
comfortable after what happened.
- Yeah,
I'll watch her.
- You sure? - Yeah.
- You okay? - Yeah.
- Get some sleep,
okay.
- Mom? - Yeah?
I love you.
Good night.
Mr. Waters!
Mr. Waters,
open the door. Mr. Waters
Mr. Waters, open the
door. Open the door Mr. Waters.
Come on,
open the door. Where are you?
Open the door. Mr. Waters?
Mr. Waters,
Mr. Waters open the door,
please. Please open the door.
Please, Mr. Waters
open the door open the
door,
Mr. Waters. - Eric?
What is happening?
Eric?
Get out.
Get out of my
room! Get out of my room!
Get out of my
room! Get out of my room!
How's she doing?
Thanks.
She's still sleeping.
She seemed so happy.
Didn't she?
What?
Seem happy.
Oh,
yeah.
What does that mean?
I mean
Jessica and I were never
really friends. Mr. Waters.
- You used to be. - Yeah.
What happened?
I don't know,
I mean.
We just fell into different
friend groups and then grew
apart.
Meaning you
became popular.
Made a lot of
friends and she didn't.
I tried to stay close to her and
be friends with her Mr. Waters.
I really did.
I don't know
how to do it anymore.
I know you like her.
Sometimes things
just don't work out.
Thank God,
you saw her.
You saved her life.
Thanks for watching her.
Yeah.
I'll give you a ride home.
Hang on
One more thing.
Why were you
looking at our house?
Thought I heard
something outside.
Light caught my eye.
Come on.
Get out of here!
Help!
Stop.
Hi.
What are you doing?
- It's a get well
card for Jessica. - Oh.
Incredibly
thoughtful of you.
So listen, Daddy and I
are going out but we'll be
back around
9:00. Okay? - Okay.
Eric's gonna watch you.
I love you.
Hey, you sure
you're okay to watch Rose?
Yeah.
I know you're worried
about Jessica. We all are.
- I am proud
of you. - Thanks.
- Okay,
we'll be back at 9. - Okay.
What's for dinner?
You can stop right?
Stop what?
This. This game.
You're not f###### Rose.
So cut the s###.
Can I ask you a question?
What the f### are you?
- What's love? - What?
- The girl in the
story was searching for it.
It's interesting,
you all live for it.
It consumes you.
Some obsess over it.
Some are even
willing to kill for it.
- What do you
want? - Everyone dies.
We all do.
It's just nature.
But murder
That's not natural.
You want to kill me?
It's an itch and urge.
What are you waiting for?
We have company.
- Jessica, where the f###
are you going? Hey. - Stop it.
F###### look at me. What
the f### do you want? I'm right
here, creep. What do you
want from me? What's up? - Stop!
Let's go inside,
sweetie.
Your time is now,
this is your
moment. You
can do anything.
You are a warrior,
strong and brave.
You were born for this.
Born to win.
You are a hero.
You can do anything.
Everything in your life
has been leading
you to this point.
You were made to win.
You are a mountain.
Strong and brave.
You are the sea.
Calm and gentle.
You are at peace.
And the world is
at peace with you.
You are a hero.
You can do anything.
Rose,
open the door.
Rose,
open the door.
Rose,
open the goddamn door.
Rose,
open the f###### door.
Help!
I see you.
No!
Stop.
Where are you,
Rose?
Find what you
were looking for?
What are you doing here?
You know.
You don't know anything.
I was there.
Get the f### away from me.
I saw you.
Help! Help!
Somebody help me.
Somebody f###### help,
please.
Just f###### kill me already.
Just kill me. That's what you
wanted,
right? Since the moment that you
came home with us. Just f######
do it.
Night,
Rose.
See you tomorrow.
Don't fucking struggle.
You want this. Shut the f### up.
- Please. Eric,
stop. Please get off of me.
- You want this. Stop.
- Don't f######
struggle. - Get off of me.
Stop fighting.
Stop. Stop it!
It's not what you
think. Just don't move. Stop!
Dammit,
Rose. Stop.
Rose.
Rose,
stop. It wasn't what you think.
Yeah,
keep running you little s###. If
you tell anyone,
I'll kill you. You hear me?
See you.
All right,
now Rose, I want you to
listen. I'm gonna
tell you exactly what to
do and exactly
how to do it. I want
you to go home.
I want you to get in bed.
I want you to forget
everything that you just saw.
Do you understand?
- I said,
do you understand? - No.
Excuse me.
I said no.
Eric,
help. Please help me.
Eric. Help. Please.
- Please. - Stop,
stop, stop. - Please.
- Help.
Help. - Stop. Stop.
I didn't kill her,
I swear.
I swear I didn't kill her.
Swear to God,
please. I didn't kill her.
So,
everything's gonna be okay.
You wanna know why?
- Why? - Cause
I'm your big brother.
And I'm never gonna let
anything bad happen to you. So.
When I'm off at college,
all you have to do is pick up
the phone and call.
Okay?
- Is that okay? - Okay.
When will I see you again? Okay.
Promise you won't leave me.
Promise.
You f######
monster! She loved you.
He's right
here. He's right here!
- No. That's my son.
Get off of me. Eric. Eric!