ACT IV
EXT. CEMETERY - DAY
Liv, Maya and Jordy walk through the graveyard.
They're dressed in their Sunday best.
JORDY
Looks really different in daylight.
LIV
I don't like it.
MAYA
What? Not creepy or life threatening
enough for you?
LIV
No. I don't like this.
Liv gestures offscreen.
LIV
It's just-
ANGLE ON: GRAVE SITE
Xander and Lucy stand together holding hands, also
dressed nicely. Faith stands a little apart from
them, dressed in a black... leather. Lucy kisses
Xander on the cheek and walks toward the Odd
Squad.
LIV
(OS)-weird.
LUCY
Hey kids. C'mon. I'll take you home.
LIV
Mom... I don't get it. I mean... the kid
almost had them killed and they're...
well they're not acting like I expected
them too.
Lucy puts her arm around her daughter and kisses
her forehead.
LUCY
Someday, you might understand.
Liv rolls her eyes.
LIV
Somehow I sense we're about to do a lot
of Mother-Daughter bonding activities.
JORDY
Cool.
Lucy, Liv and Maya give Jordy a weird look.
JORDY
It's been three months since I had a
good excuse to see Steel Magnolias.
LUCY
You're a pretty strange kid, you know
that, right?
MAYA
Is Xander going to be okay?
Lucy puts her arm around Maya and gives her a
little hug as they walk off.
LUCY
Yeah... he'll be all right.
MAYA
Somehow I sense we're about to do a lot
of mother-surrogate daughter bonding
activities.
JORDY
Does this mean we can rent Fried Green
Tomatoes too?
Lucy laughs as the group walks off together.
EXT. KELLY'S GRAVESITE
Xander and Faith stand at the grave looking at the
tombstone.
XANDER
How you doing?
FAITH
Five by freaked.
XANDER
Yeah.
Faith wipes a tear from her face.
XANDER
You okay?
FAITH
No. It's not everyday you find out you
have a genetically brewed daughter
programmed to betray you to the highest
bidder.
XANDER
So why the tears?
FAITH
You ever think about it?
XANDER
About what?
FAITH
What would have happened if I took your
offer?
XANDER
You mean when I... ?
FAITH
Yeah.
XANDER
Honestly? No.
Faith looks at him.
XANDER
That train of thought usually derails
when I remember...
Xander unconsciously rubs his throat. Faith looks
away guiltily.
FAITH
Yeah. I guess it would.
They stand in silence for a moment.
FAITH
I do.
Xander gives her a curious look.
FAITH
I think about it all the time. I think
about all of the chances I had. The
Christmas I spent with B. You reaching
out. Fang and his endless speeches. I
think about what would have happened if
I took one of those chances before...
More tears run down Faith's face as she moves the
dirt around the grave with her foot.
FAITH
Now I've got one more possibility to
think about.
Xander gingerly put his arm around her shoulder.
FAITH
Maybe... there's a world where I did
take your offer. Where maybe you and I
did have that kid.
Xander smiles grimly.
XANDER
World without shrimp.
Faith laughs cynically through her tears.
FAITH
I'm mean sure... the kid was bad. She's
had me in her blood. No matter what kind
of genetical programming she had... she
would have still been bad. But she's got a
bit of you Harris. So she couldn't have
been all bad. Right?
XANDER
Faith...
Faith stops Xander with a look.
FAITH
She and I? We had a connection. And
maybe in that shrimp world... well... we
would have still hated each other's guts
but... the least I can do is give her a
good cry.
Faith begins to sob. Xander gently turns her
toward himself and they move into a loose embrace
with Faith crying on his shoulder.
XANDER
It may be too late now Faith... but if
you need a friend. I'm here. I may not
have shown it, but I always have been.
Faith gently pulls herself away and wipes the
tears from her eyes.
FAITH
God. When did I turn into a wuss?
XANDER
Nothing to be ashamed about.
FAITH
(appreciative)
Thanks. Listen... I... uh...
XANDER
Yeah. I know. Gotta motor, right?
Faith gives Xander a look filled with regret and
sorrow. She gives him a quick kiss on the cheek
and then thumbs away some of her lipstick. She
gives him a sad smile.
FAITH
Later Harris.
Faith walks away. Xander stands and looks at the
grave.
ANGLE ON: HEADSTONE
Kelly Harris
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Another time...
Another place...
FADE TO BLACK
END ACT IV.
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