Dickboy (4) sexual contact. I don’t remember what it was called. But it would make my nose bleed. I remember that. Now I know what it is though. These Goddamn drugs. (To Elijah) Do you think I’m an addict ? (Pause) ELIJAH Were all addicts for something. But I think you just have a lot on your mind right now. Your so deep. Dickboy. What are you an addict for Paco ? PACO (Pause) Cock. But not Cock with intimacy... just Cock. I just like Cock. And Cock likes me. I’ve loved Cock since I was thirteen. THERE IS A PAUSE AND THEN LAUGHTER. ELIJAH Okay... So I’m an addict for the attention of men. LAWSON’S strung out on drugs and Paco just want’s Cock. What a needy bunch we are... now we just need the perfect man to try all of this wicked shit on... we’ll have him in shifts but I’ll need him the most. I’m really needy. PACO And I just want his Cock. So what is the boyfriend story around here anyway? Who’s sucking Richie’s cock ? LAWSON I would think Mrs. Richie is sucking Mr. Richies Cock. He’s totally straight. PACO Straight to bed. There’s no such thing as A straight man in Baltimore. Come on, look around. It’s 1986 boy’s, The world is our oyster. I only go for the straight one’s. They’re the only one’s that pose any type of challenge any more. I just love straight men. Especially Blackmen. ELIJAH They’ll be no Schlepping the boss. LAWSON’S PAGER GOES OFF. Just do a big fat line or two and don’t worry about that headache. Did you ever notice how Dickboys pager goes off ten times more than ours? LAWSON GOES OVER TO THE PAY PHONES AND CALLS IN. THE SOUND NOW: MUSIC: ORIGINAL. INT: / EXT: MORNING. TOWN CAR. BALTIMORE B.G. LAWSON BEING CHAUFFEURED. UNTIL: EXT. MORNING. THE TOWN CAR IS HIT T- BONE AT AN INTERSECTION. DRIVER’S SIDE. IT’S BAD. REAL BAD. AND NOW ALL WE HEAR IS THE HORN. SFX. FLASH BACK-- INT: NIGHT. LAWSON ABOUT 10 YEARS OLD. HIS FATHER YELLS AND PUNCHES HIM IN THE HEAD. BACK TO PRESENT--- INT: MORNING. THE WRECKED TOWN CAR. AS LAWSON COMES TO NOW. HE PANICS AND BEGINS TO EAT ALL OF THE DRUGS. WHAT HE CAN’T EAT HE STUFFS IN THE MOUTH OF THE DRIVER WHO IS UNCONSCIOUS. WHEN THIS PROVES HOPELESS HE TRIES TO GET OUT BUT THE DOOR IS STUCK. HE CLIMBS OUT THROUGH THE WINDOW AND RUNS OVER TO THE CURB DUMPING THE REMAINING DRUGS INTO THE STREET DRAIN. THERE HE GOES BLACK. THE SOUND NOW: SIRENS. SFX. EXT: BALTIMORE STREETS. SUN RISE. ACCIDENT SCENE. OVER HEAD SHOT. CRANE. LAWSON HAVING A SEIZURE ON THE CURB. FOR OBVIOUS PURPOSES SOME EMERGENCY ROOM SCENES SHOULD BE FILMED BUT FOR THIS DRAFT I DECIDED NOT TO WRITE THEM IN. INT: NIGHT. HOSPITAL ROOM. LAWSON IN BED. RICHIE AT HIS SIDE. RICHIE Wake up sleeping beauty... I know what you did. You didn’t have to do that. You could have died. They say your systems all fucked up now. Too much shit. What I don’t understand is how all of those drugs ended up in a dead mans mouth. Understand the drugs you swallowed but Danny? Nice try... and thanks. You got some friends out here want to talk to you. I’m gonna’ send them in and let you get some rest. I’ll send a car for you Friday. They say you can go home Friday. Again, thanks. Don’t tell them shit. RICHIE EXITS THE ROOM. ELIJAH AND PACO ENTER. LAWSON IS IN AND OUT. ELIJAH I always cry in hospital rooms... PACO They say you ate enough drugs to get the intire lower half of Baltimore stoned for a week. HE PUTS FLOWERS ON THE TABLE I told them they must be mistaken... because you’re our lead a choir boy. ELIJAH KISSES LAWSON ON THE HEAD. So, how’s the food? LAWSON What happened? ELIJAH Drunk driver. You’ve been here for four days. All of your customers are asking after you. That Stavros guy is really cute. I’m surprised he hasn’t come by yet. PACO Not to worry about him though... I’ll keep him occupied for you. LAWSON I can’t remember anything. ELIJAH Well that’s to be expected honey. It was a fucked up crash. And then you took all of those drugs on top of it. You know, Danny Died. Not to bring you down or anything. The cops are fucking with Richie... I didn’t know you were only seventeen. I always thought you were older than that. The way you always just take care of everything. I guess age is just a number. But I’d have said you were thirty if someone had asked me. PACO Hell, I’m older than you Dickboy. Imagine that. LAWSON I’m thirsty. ELIJAH You want some water ? ELIJAH STARTS TO CRY. They say you might have seizures for the rest of your life now... because of this. And black outs. And you shattered your poor hip. C.U. LAWSON AS TEARS WELL UP IN HIS EYES. BUT HE WONT SHED THEM. ELIJAH What are you gonna’ do ? LAWSON Don’t cry for me. I knew what I was doing. I always knew something like this was going to happen to me. When I was ten, I saw my life... like a movie. And that’s when I decided to live it. I’ve been doin’ this for too long. I’m tired. I just want some rest now. I’m OK with this... don’t cry. ELIJAH JOINS LAWSON IN THE BED NOW HOLDING HIM TIGHT. LAWSON WILL LET HIS TEARS FALL NOW. PACO B.G. STARES OUT THE WINDOW. ELIJAH I’m going to be here for you. And I won’t leave you. Your my best friend. Hell, your my only friend. A LONG PAUSE LAWSON V.O. No strangers wing shielded me. No souls protected me. I stand as a witness to the common lot a survivor of that time, that place. Everyone gets used up. So, I drank to my ruined house and to the doler of my life and to lying lips that have betrayed me. And I drink to dead cold pitiless eyes. I drink to the hard realities that the world is brutal and course. And that God in fact, had not saved me. INT: DAY. HOSPITAL ROOM. LAWSON SITS IN A CHAIR LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW. ENTER ELIJAH WITH A BACK PACK AND A PLANT. THOUGH SUBTLE IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT LAWSON HAS SUFFERED A MINOR STROKE WHILE IN THE CARE OF THIS HOSPITAL. ELIJAH Sorry I’m late today. Long night. I heard you had a rough morning. LAWSON It wasn’t a rough morning. I just had three fucking seizures back to back. I want to go home. Before they kill me. Did they tell you about the Stroke?... ELIJAH They mentioned it. Said you’d be fine now. It was little. If they don’t say yes for this weekend I really am going to kidnap you. I promise. LAWSON You keep saying that and it’s been three fucking weeks ! A PAUSE ELIJAH Well... maybe I’ll surprise you one day sunshine. ELIJAH LOCKS THE DOOR. HE PULLS OUT A BOTTLE OF WILD TURKEY. HE GIVES IT TO LAWSON. A PAUSE LAWSON Now I feel like shit for snapping at you. You always know how to brighten my day. LAWSON TAKES A SWIG AND PASSES IT TO ELIJAH. Did you talk to Richie ? ELIJAH He said you should just take it easy for a while. It’s the seizures. He’s worried about them. Plus, you had that little stroke. He’s just worried about you. LAWSON Fuck him. One day I’m Dickboy and the next day I’m a Fucking paraplegic in his eyes. What is he worried I’m going to have a fit while sucking somebody’s Dick and bite it off ?! It should be his! ELIJAH Ooch ! LAWSON Thanks for the plant. ELIJAH It’s called a weeping willow. LAWSON Are you trying to tell me something? ELIJAH Nah... you just want to go home and get back to work. I can understand that. LAWSON TAKES ANOTHER SWIG LAWSON I gotta’ get out of here. Your probably turning tricks in my bed on the side. Plus, I think their trying to kill me. There’s this nurse. She keeps trying to put a tube in my penis. The thing is, I pee just fine. I wouldn’t let her. So she tried to shoot me up full of this blue stuff. I’m not even sure if she really works here. She keeps showing up at the oddest hours. ELIJAH TOSSES LAWSONS CLOTHES ONTO THE BED. ELIJAH Surprise... I can’t take it any more. Get dressed. Were breaking out. LAWSON I love ya’. Let’s do it before they figure the bill. LAWSON PUTS ON THE CLOTHES. COMPLETE WITH SUNGLASSES. EXT. HOSPITAL. DAY. ELIJAH PULLS UP IN FRONT OF THE WAITING AREA. IN A CHRYSLER K CAR . LAWSON JUMPS IN AND THEY’RE OFF. THE SOUND NOW: MUSIC: JUKEBOX. “SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME” THE DRIFTERS Version 2/re-release. INT: NIGHT. HUSTLERS BAR. LAWSON AT THE BAR HAVING A DRINK. LAWSON I feel free for the first time in months. And that’s saying a lot being in this dump. Mike, let me do it again... a double. INT: / EXT: NIGHT. TOWN CAR. ELIJAH BEING CHAUFFEURED. INT: NIGHT HUSTLER BAR. LAWSON HAVING A SEIZURE AT THE BAR. EXT: HUSTLER BAR. TOWN CAR PULLS UP OUTSIDE. ELIJAH AND DRIVER GET OUT. INT: NIGHT. HUSTLER BAR. ELIJAH AND THE DRIVER HELPING LAWSON INTO THE CAR. MUSIC CONTINUES. INT: NIGHT. TOWN CAR. LAWSON LAYS DOWN ON ELIJAH’S LAP. THE LONG RIDE HOME. BALTIMORE B.G. ELIJAH It’s okay... you’re going home now. LAWSON LOOKS DAZED AND CONFUSED BUT SOMEHOW COMFORTED BY ELIJAH. EXT: NIGHT. LAWSON’S APARTMENT. THE TOWN CAR PULLS UP. ELIJAH HELPS LAWSON OUT OF THE CAR. LAWSON I’m okay now. I’m not your ward ya’ know. ELIJAH Let’s go inside. LAWSON I just want to sit here for a second. LAWSON SITS ON THE GRASS. I did it didn’t I ? I had a fit in the bar... I can never go back in there, that’s that. ELIJAH SITS IN THE GRASS NOW AS WELL. ELIJAH It’s not a fit. It’s a seizure. LAWSON Seizure by your definition, a fit if your standing by watching it. PAUSE ELIJAH’S PAGER GOES OFF. Go. I’m okay now... I’m two feet from the door. What’s the worst that could happen ? Don’t answer that. Go already. I’m fine. PAUSE ELIJAH STANDS TO EXIT. Thanks for coming to get me. ELIJAH KISSES HIM ON THE TOP OF THE HEAD AND EXITS INTO THE TOWN CAR. IT PULLS AWAY. CRANE SHOT: LAWSON FALLS BACK ON THE GRASS NOW AND LOOKS OUT TO THE STARS. THE MUSIC ENDS. INT. DAY. LAWSON’S APARTMENT. THE TV ON. A GAME SHOW. LAWSON ON THE SOFA. THE COFFEE TABLE IS LITTERED WITH PILL BOTTLES AND BEER AND BOOZE BOTTLES. ELIJAH FRESH OUT OF THE SHOWER AND STILL WEARING A TOWEL TAKES A SEAT BESIDE HIM. ELIJAH Just checking to make sure your still breathing. PLAYING WITH HIS PILLS. LAWSON I have a system. If I take just enough of these red ones and just enough of these blue one’s and only two of these white ones... I can function. But if I’m going to be drinking and when am I not?.. I have to take six of these black one’s to counter the white one’s. Of course then I have to take a yellow one too. Normally the yellow one’s would make me sleepy but I find that taking them with the black one’s seem to have an opposite effect. It’s funny really. ELIJAH I think it’s sad to tell you the truth. LAWSON Of course you do. You think I’m pathetic. But the truth is I’m just trying to control the fits so I can go out and get a date. ELIJAH What for... look at you. You’d scare them away before it even got around to price or where to go. LAWSON Well, we can’t all be as vibrant and lovely as you my dear, can we ?... or maybe we can. LAWSON POPS ANOTHER PILL. ELIJAH TAKES THE BOTTLE OF PILLS FROM LAWSON. AND THEN HE TAKES THEM ALL UP FROM THE TABLE. ELIJAH Don’t kill yourself in front of me Okay. LAWSON Kill myself?... who the hell want’s to die? Not me. I just want a date. Do you realize that I haven’t been laid in six months? ELIJAH Sorry, I don’t do charity. LAWSON I don’t suppose you do. That’s Okay... you were never my type anyway. I hate pretty people. It’s a fact. I like manly men... A PAUSE ELIJAH You were pretty. You were pretty just a couple of months ago. And I always had a huge crush on you. A PAUSE. LAWSON STARTS TO CRY. ELIJAH CLEARS AWAY THE EMPTY BOTTLES. FADEOUT: EXT: NIGHT. LAWSON OUT ON THE STRIP. HE’S TRYING TO HUSTLE BUT HE’S WAY TOO FUCKED UP TO REALLY GET A DATE. A CAR FINALLY PULLS UP BESIDE HIM. MID THIRTIES GLASSES. INT. NIGHT. IN THE CAR. LAWSON GIVES THE GUY A HAND JOB. INT: NIGHT. LAWSONS APARTMENT. LAWSON ON THE SOFA. ELIJAH ENTERS THE APARTMENT WITH DINNER. RESTAURANT FOOD. AND BEER. HE LAYS IT ALL OUT FOR LAWSON. TAKES A SEAT BESIDE HIM. A PAUSE. LAWSON You’ll never guess what I did today. ELIJAH Should I stop eating first? Is it a poop story?... LAWSON Nahh... I had a date. Well, sort of. But I came. And so did he! ELIJAH Very good Lawson, and next week we’ll work on your name. (A little hurt) LAWSON Well it was a big deal to me. HE GOES TO THE KITCHEN A PAUSE. ELIJAH DOES FEEL BAD NOW. HE FOLLOWS HIM INTO THE KITCHEN NOW. A PAUSE. LAWSON I’m trying so hard to just function here. And what may not seem like shit you, is a whole lot of shit to me. A PAUSE. ELIJAH HUGS HIM FROM BEHIND. ELIJAH I’m sorry. LAWSON I guess your the new Dickboy around here. A PAUSE ELIJAH Not me... that’s still your title. You’ll always hold that one. You’re a legend. Ten guys in one night. Three thousand four hundred bucks. Richie still measures us by your work. LAWSON When you leave me I’m going to be all alone. And Theres no glory in that. I’m a has been. ELIJAH I’m not going anywhere. I just said that to you the other day because... I hate seeing you like this. I feel like it’s just not you. Between the seizures and the Memory lapses. And then that little stroke that they say that you had. It just scares me. And you won’t take better care of yourself. And now, what... your out trying to be Dickboy again. You’ll always be Dickboy! But that’s all done now Lawson. If you need somebody in the middle of the night, let it be me. It should be me by all rights! I’m the one who puts up with all of your crap... LAWSON I thought you didn’t do charity ? ELIJAH I don’t. But I love you. LAWSON IN TEARS LAWSON I love you too. ELIJAH I know you do Dickboy. Now come on, let’s eat. I stopped at Wingsan’s. LAWSON KISSES ELIJAH. LAWSON You are my best friend. ELIJAH You are my best friend. THE SOUND NOW: MUSIC: JUKEBOX: “MY EVERYTHING” BARRY WHITE. 1999 BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. SUMMER. INT: AFTERNOON. BASEMENT BAR. ELIJAH AT THE BAR. LAWSON AT A TABLE BEING INTERVIEWED BY THE COLLEGE DOCUMENTARY CREW. HE LOOKS VISIBLY DIFFERENT. OLDER. LESS IN CONTROL THAN BEFORE. ELIJAH JUST LOOKS A LITTLE OLDER. LAWSON Would you like to meet Elijah?... he’s not shy. DOUG Is he here? LAWSON Yeah, he’s here. DOUG So through it all he stayed with you ? LAWSON He’s my best friend. DOUG Unbelievable. When I started this interview I just wanted to meet this legendary Dickboy who slept with all of these guys in one night and like, made all of this money. But in fairness I think you’re much more than just Dickboy. LAWSON Well thanks. ELIJAH COMES OVER NOW. ELIJAH You ready to go? LAWSON I enjoyed talking with you. It’s always nice when young people take the time out for anybody other than themselves. LAWSON STANDS TO EXIT NOW. DOUG Just one more question... LAWSON No, no, no... Not all at once now. I’m still alive. I need to keep some things to myself. DOUG But what about your Fifty dollars? LAWSON That I’ll take. Thank you. LAWSON GRABS THE FIFTY DOLLARS. AND WITH THAT LAWSON AND ELIJAH EXIT. LAWSON V.O. Youth can never afford you the bigger pictures in life. The truth is, I’m not sure if it should. Something’s are just better left unknown or unsaid. In a players world, perhaps youth and vanity should be the only things that matter and everything else be damned. When I was Sixteen the world was my oyster. One giant apple for me to take a big bite out of... Look at me world, look at me ! Nice firm ass, good teeth, nice Cock, low hanging balls. Hell, I was the Cock of the walk. Vanity in this business is definitely a turn on. LAWSON LAUGHS. THE WORDS NOW: ON SCREEN. LAWSON W. ADAMERE DIED ON JUNE 10, 2001 FROM COMPLICATIONS DUE TO A MASSIVE STROKE. HE WAS 32 YEARS OLD. ON HIS GRAVE STONE THE FOLLOWING WAS INSCRIBED: “ I tell you solemnly, tax collectors and Prostitutes are making their way into the kingdom of God before you “. -Matthew 21:31 ELIJAH STILLS LIVES IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. HE HAS SINCE RETIRED FROM THE SEX INDUSTRY. THE SOUND NOW: MUSIC: ORIGINAL SCORE. WORDS ON SCREEN NOW: THIS FILM WAS WRITTEN BECAUSE SOMEONE ONCE TOLD ME THE STORY OF HEART. AND IN THAT STORY I MET COURAGE. AND IT BENEFITS NO ONE IF THE TWO NEVER MEET TO SHARE THE STORY. -Deron Turner IT FADES TO: CLOSING CREDITS . THE END.
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