After the Storm

THE SIREN (Completed)
INT. BAHAY KUBO - DAYTIME

The rain has let up. Dark clouds outside are still looming
but there seems to be an eery kind of silence all around.

Janna was the first to wake up. She looks around, then...

JANNA
OH MY GOSH! OH MY GOSH!

LIZ
ANO BA? What’s wrong with you, sis?
Ang aga-aga....

This brought Paco and Tinay up.

PACO
What’s the big fuzz...??? Putik
naman o....

JANNA
ENZO GISING! ANO BA?!!! GISING!!!

PACO
Hayaan mo na, natutulog yung tao eh!

JANNA
I SAID WAKE UP!!! ENZO!!!

TINAY
Iningles pa! Kuya, WAKE UP daw!

Lena wakes up.

Enzo moved but he was determined to sleep it
off, but Janna was practically pile driving him.

ENZO
Ano ba?!!!

JANNA
Anong nangyari kagabi? Ha?!!!

ENZO
Kagabi? Bakit anong meron?

JANNA
Nalasing ako, hindi ko na naaalala
ang mga nangyari!!!

ENZO
So?

JANNA
Alam kong may nangyari!!! Liz, Paco?!!!

LIZ
Ano bang pinaghihimutok mo diyan, sis?

JANNA
BA’T NIYA SUOT ANG T-SHIRT MO?

Everyone was looking LENA. She has on Enzo’s t-shirt from
the night before. Paco, Tinay and Liz then shifted back at
Enzo, looking for some explanation.

LENA
Ah, Heto ba? Nabasa kasi ng tulo sa
bubong yung t-shirt ko. Pinahiram
niya ako.

ENZO
Naku, eto namang sweetie ko, ang
aga-aga nagseselos na. Yun lang
yun. Pinahiram ko lang siya ng t-shirt.

JANNA
Kainis ka! Ano pang nangyari kagabi?
Pagkatapos kong nakatulog...

Paco and Liz looked at each other, remembering Enzo and
Lena’s kiss.

PACO
Wala na, Janna. Natulog na rin
kami pagkatapos.

JANNA
Totoo ba iyan, Liz. Etong si Paco,
minsan pinagtatakpan nito ang mga
kalokohan ni Enzo!!!

PACO
Hey, wala akong pakialam kung ano
mang meron kayo.

ENZO
Janna, stop it. You’re being
unreasonable. Walang nangyari,
okay?!!!

LIZ
Totoo yun sis, walang nangyari.
Lahat tayo lasing kagabi,
nagkasiyahan lang tayo.

LENA
Huwag ka nang magalit Janna...

Janna begins to wail like a child causing Enzo to shake his
head in disgust.

ENZO
Ano ba Janna, para kang bata. Grow
up!!!

JANNA
Grow up!!! Hindi ako tanga, Enzo.
Huwag mo akong gawing tanga!

ENZO
Ano ba? I’m getting tired of this.

JANNA
Kala mo hindi ko nararamdaman? May
nararamdaman akong may masamang
nangyari kagabi, Enzo.

ENZO
Kung ano man iyon, mali ang iniisip
mo, Janna. Ano ang gusto mong gawin
ko? Hayaan na lang iyong taong mabasa
at magkasakit?

JANNA
Hindi! Pero gusto ko hubadin niya
yang t-shirt mo! Ngayon din!

LENA
Sus, yun lang pala ang kinagagalit
mo...

Lena stands up and goes to the makeshift washroom to change.

PACO
I can’t believe you, Janna. Para
t-shirt lang eh.

ENZO
Eto talagang sweetie ko, masyadong
selosa.

Enzo hugs Janna, which seems to calm her down.

JANNA
Basta, ayokong may ibang nagsusuot
ng t-shirt mo. Ako lang...

ENZO
Okay, okay. Enough na...

JANNA
Basta Enzo. Mag-promise ka!!!

ENZO
Promise! Wala na ibang susuot ng tshirt
ko kundi ikaw.

PACO
Tampurorot ever!!!

JANNA
Tse!

The group’s joyous mood seemed to have ensued after that.

EXT. SEA SHORE - SEVERAL HOURS LATER

The sixsome are at the shore waiting for some signs of
activity on the vast ocean. They were scattered in pairs.
Enzo and Paco, Janna and Liz, and Tinay and Lena. Camera
shifts from one pair to the other.

ENZO
Pare, salamat.

PACO
Saan?

ENZO
For saving my this morning.

PACO
Ako pa? You know my loyalty is with
you, pare. Kahit gaano pa ka grabe ang
ginawa mo, pagtatakpan pa rin kita.

ENZO
Thanks.

PACO
I am just curious...

ENZO
Ano yun?

PACO
How did it feel pare? Yung halik?

ENZO
I don’t think I’ve ever been
anybody’s first kiss before...

PACO
And how was it, my friend?

ENZO
You know that you can tell a lot from a
kiss? If you can make a connection
sa isang tao...

PACO
Huwag ka nang magpaligoy-ligoy pa.
I knew it! It was "that" good, hindi ba?

ENZO
One for the books, pare!

CUT TO:

Camera shifts to Liz and Janna. They are seated on the sand,
with Janna once in a while, throwing venomous looks at Lena.

JANNA
Pasensya ka na, Lizzie...

LIZ
Saan?

JANNA
Sa little outburst ko kanina...

LIZ
Little? Understatement naman yan...

JANNA
Promise, alam mo yung feeling na
may mali. Call it women’s instinct,
pero yun talaga ang na-feel ko kanina.

LIZ
Na ano? May nangyari kina Lena at
Enzo. Malabo naman iyang iniisip mo,
Janna!

JANNA
Feeling ko kasi these last few days
iba ang atensyong binibigay ni Enzo
sa Lenang iyan.

LIZ
Hindi kaya overactive lang iyang
imagination mo. Besides, di ba si
Lena at si... sino ba yung kaibigan
ni Enzo?

JANNA
Rafael...

LIZ
Oo, di ba sila ni Rafael?

JANNA
Basta Lizzie, I just don’t trust
that girl.

CUT TO:

Lena and Tinay are seated under the same tree they sat on
yesterday. Lena was fidgeting.

TINAY
O, ba’t parang di ka mapakali diyan?

LENA
Wala lang...

TINAY
Alam ko na, may iniisip ka.

Lena just smiles back.

TINAY (CONTINUOUSLY)
Sabi ko na nga ba. Naalala mo yung
nangyari kagabi, ano?

LENA
Hoy, huwag kang maingay!

TINAY
Hala ka, hindi na yang lips mo.

LENA
Loka-loka...

TINAY
Masarap bang humalik si Kuya?

LENA
Ewan ko...di ko alam.

TINAY
Uuuuyy, deny to death ka pa. Alam
mo ikaw na ang pinaka-swerteng
babae sa buong mundo. Akalain mo,
ang first kiss mo ay si Lorenzo
Alvarez! Pangarap ko din yun...

LENA
Alam mo, naapektuhan na ng alak iyang utak mo.

TINAY
Malambot ba ang mga labi niya?
Ipinasok niya ba yung dila niya?

LENA
Ano ka ba? Sinisira mo ang
magandang memory ko!

TINAY
Joke lang, ito naman. Ginu-goodtime
lang kita, eh.

LENA
Pero alam mo, parang it was
everything that I’ve ever imagined
it would be.

TINAY
Ganun? Expert talaga si Kuya!

LENA
Huwag kang masyadong madada,
tingnan mo iyang si Bru, panay ang
tingin-tingin dito sa atin.

TINAY
Hayaan mo na yang bruhang yan, sa ilalim na nang
ilong niya, nalusotan pa rin siya.

LENA
Dapat nga talaga siyang magalit sa akin.

TINAY
Buti nga sa kanya. O pano,
magiging kayo ba ni Kuya?

LENA
Yun lang yun Tinay. Wala nang
kasunod yun. Pansamantalang nawala
lang tayong lahat sa katinuan.

TINAY
Ewan ko sa iyo, basta may feeling ako.

LENA
Ano yun?

TINAY
Love is in the air!!!!

LENA
Tinay, ano ba? Tumahimik ka nga!!!

While Tinay and Lena are play-fighting, suddenly from a
distance, Paco is heard shouting.

PACO
May bangkang paparating! We’re
saved!!! We're saved!!!

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