1. seven (1/2)

time period: flashbacks from sarah's childhood

date: 11-16-1972

time of day: nighttime-bedtime

situation: before leaving his family for good, lewis connor finds time to put his princess (sarah) into bed

lewis (tucking sarah into bed): goodnight, princess

sarah (holding a baby doll close to her chest): goodnight, daddy

(a little emotional, lewis hugs and kisses sarah goodnight. the sound of meredith and lewis fighting gives sarah gives nightmares. by the time sarah prepares to go to school the next morning, lewis is gone.)

date: 11-17-1972

situation: sarah discovers jayne is dead

(seven year old sarah connor returns home from school. sarah discovers her mother, meredith connor sitting in a chair crying. meredith's crying traumatizes sarah for life)

seven year old sarah (frightened): mommy, why are you crying?

meredith (sobbing): jayne is gone

sarah (shocked): how? when?

meredith (points to the window): a car hit jayne while she was riding her bike around the neighborhood

sarah (crying, she runs out of the house): jayne!

meredith (listening to the ambulance sirens): those sirens are music to my ears

(once outside, sarah sees ambulance workers carrying a lifeless jayne into the ambulance. blood covers jayne's bike by which lays in ruins on the cold hard concrete. no encouraging word can heal sarah's

oken heart so she just cries)

time period: a flashback

date: 8-5-2009

scenario: sarah's depression and saving grace

action: sarah awakes to find kyle's side of the bed to empty. she assumes he is with kacey again. this revelation grieves her spirit. derek walks on sarah cutting herself in the bathroom.

sarah (emotional, she cuts her wrists): bleeding

ings forth peace

derek (grabbing hold of the razor): i don't understand

sarah (snatches the razor from derek): i am cutting myself

derek (fighting back tears): why?!

sarah (choked up): i have lost hope

derek: i wish i could help you

sarah (puts the razor back in the drawer): save yourself

derek (kisses sarah): i love you

sarah (pushes derek away from her): my heart belongs to kyle. i am having his baby.

derek: kyle doesn't appreciate you like i do

sarah (em

acing derek): thanks for being here for me when he couldn't

derek: no problem

action: sarah finds a silver necklace in her jewelry box. sarah wears her wedding ring around her neck instead of her finger. this action shocks derek, but he doesn't say anything.

sarah (walking out of the bathroom): i will make pancakes

derek (follows sarah downstairs into the kitchen): why do you only make pancakes when things are perfect?

sarah (getting out the pancake mix): that's how i roll

kyle (storms into the kitchen and notices sarah is not wearing her wedding ring): where is your wedding ring?

sarah (pulls out her necklace): i am wearing it around my neck

kyle: the ring belongs on your finger

sarah (choked up): our union is

oken

kyle: forgiveness requires mercy

derek: sarah and i kissed

sarah (slaps derek): shut up

derek: i apologize for your misfortune

sarah: i was wrong to think that i could trust you

(rage builds up inside kyle. kyle places his wedding ring on the counter and then leaves the house. kyle's silence hurts sarah more than his actual words. sarah decides not to cook

eakfast. sarah seeks comfort through purging, cutting herself. inconsolable, derek remains besides himself.)