4. Readjustment (1/2)

date: 4-4-1990

scene: nighttime-new york city-the connors' apartment

situation: a masked intruder enters the apartment while twenty four year old sarah and six year old john connor are sleeping. sarah shares the apartment with her friends, jayne and ginger who are away running errands at the moment.

scene: sarah's room

rapist(approaching a sleeping sarah): hello, sleeping beauty

sarah(startled): hey, who are you?

rapist(getting on top of sarah's body): snow white, i am your prince charming.

sarah(pushing the man off her body): i don't belong to you

rapist(standing in the middle of sarah and the doorway): you are going nowhere

sarah(pointing a gun at the man): you will die if you touch me

rapist(grabbing hold of sarah's gun): you won't need this thing after i am done with you

sarah(pushing the man aside): you will never kill me

rapist(throwing sarah back onto the bed, he begins undressing her): i will never let you go

sarah(hysterical, she screams and kicks the man): get off of me! get off of me!

rapist(feeling up on sarah's body, he makes his descent into her panties): i love you, you are my soul mate. we belong together forever.

sarah(giving into her pain, she screams): aha..aha..aha..aha

rapist(slapping sarah): shut up, bitch!

sarah(losing consciousness): you may

eak my bones, but you will never kill my spirit

date: 4-5-1990

scene: the apartment-bathroom

situation: feeling unwell, sarah takes a pregnancy test

jayne(having the urge to urinate, she yells from outside the bathroom): please hurry up, sarah, i need to urinate

sarah(yelling from within the bathroom): please shut up and be patient

jayne: i am afraid that i might not be able to hold it

ginger(to jayne): may be i should take you to the doctor

jayne(in denial, she yells at ginger): i am fine

sarah (she exits the bathroom clutching a positive pregnancy tests in her hands): the test results are inconclusive. i assume that must mean negative. i had the flu all along.

ginger(hugging sarah): thank goodness

jayne(running into the bathroom): sarah, i am happy for you and yet very worried.

sarah (leaving the room to tend to john): john needs me

date: 4-14-1990

scene: the doctor's office-check up

situation: sarah discovers she is pregnant

sarah: lately, i have been feeling nauseous. i blame it on the flu or my job.

doctor: have you ever considered that you might be pregnant?

sarah(choked up): i can't have any more children due to complications that occurred during my son's birth. my son, john is now six years old.

doctor(reading sarah's test results): according to your test results, you are pregnant.

sarah(shocked):what?!

doctor: nnor, your test results are one hundred percent accurate.

sarah(emotional, she walks out of the doctor's office): i thank you for your help

scene 2: the waiting room

(crying, sarah approaches john who is sitting in a chair drawing in a notebook)

sarah(em

acing john): i love you, my little buddy

john(worried): mommy, why are you crying?

sarah(sobbing): i am carrying your little

other or sister

john(excited): wow, thats cool

sarah(stroking john's hair): you will be such a good big

other. do you promise me this?

john(smiling): yes

date: 4-16-1990

scene: planned parenthood

ginger (parking the car in the parking lot):

ooke, we are now here at planned parenthood. are you sure you want to have an abortion?

sarah (solemn): yes

ginger (em

aces sarah): i support your decision

sarah (emotional, she gets out the car):i just want the pain to go away

ginger (following

ooke into the building): so let it be

scene: the waiting room

(patiently, sarah waits to be seen by the doctor while ginger remains quiet)

nurse: sarah, the doctor may see you now

sarah (to ginger: i will be right back

scene: doctor's office-before the operation

action:sarah lays down on a table wearing a gown.

doctor: are you sure to want to have the abortion?

sarah: definitely

nurse: do you want to see your baby one more last time?

sarah: ok

(the nurse performs an ultrasound test and sarah's attitude changes. sarah falls back in love with the baby.

she decides to not have the abortion after all. ginger and sarah return back home to jayne and john)

date: 5-24-1990

place: a bedroomsituation: jayne discovers sarah strung out on drugssarah (intoxicated, she stumbles toward jasper): welcome homejayne (resists sarah's touch): i trusted you and you let me downsarah (hysterical, she throws a lamp at jayne): i have been violated. where were you when i needed you the most?jayne (yelling): you have chosen drugs over me. you shut down whenever i tried talking to you.sarah(drinking and swallowing random pills): i don't need you or this babyjayne (snatches the bottle and pill container from sarah): you are pregnant for christ's sakesarah (walking toward the bathroom): i am going to take a bathginger (stands in sarah's way): you are not killing yourself on my watchsarah (hopeless, she collapses on the bed): i want to die

john (crying, he jumps on top of sarah): mommy, please don't diejayne (shows sarah the baby's sonogram): i thought this picture might help you. you are carrying a life. you do have a purpose after all.sarah (doubtful): i long for so

ietyginger: we will take you to rehab then

date: 6/16/1990

place: the house