HELLOOOOO!!!!
CSI: DuCaine is back, baby!!! Have I got some scenes for all you DuCaine fans!!
Here is a scenario inspired by the French film, 'Amelie', starring Audrey Tautou from 'The Da Vinci Code'. Watch the movie, and you might recognise the scenario.
Okay, here's the synopsis: Valera sees Horatio and Calleigh as a couple, so she brings them together, just like Cupid!!
There is a certain part which could be a bit much for the board, so I will PM that part to everyone on my PM list if that's okay.
Here it is! Enjoy!!
Fade into:
[INT. - LAB - MORNING]
Cut to:
(Wide shot of the break-room.
Camera pans to Valera sitting on the sofa,
writing a report.)
Cut to:
(Door of the break-room as Alexx and Ryan
enter,already in conversation.)
RYAN: ... and you're sure that'll work?
ALEXX: Trust me, honey. No woman can
resista man in a good suit with a bouquet
of roses!
(She pats his shoulder.)
ALEXX: You sure know a lot about love.
ALEXX: Mmhmm, if there is a book on
love, I've read it back to front.
Cut to:
(Side shot of the sofa as they sit down
opposite Valera.)
Cut to:
(The door as Calleigh walks in, giving
a wave to the others.
She moves to the coffee-maker.)
RYAN: Call me old-fashioned, but I think
true love exists in some shape or form.
You just have to find it...
Cut to:
(Valera smiling wistfully.)
Cut to:
(Door as Horatio walks in, moving to the
opposite end of the room, standing by the
window.
ALEXX: True love exists, I know, and I
know for a fact it's pretty powerful when
you have the right people. I'll even give
you the recipe...
Cut to:
(Close-up of Valera's blinking.)
ALEXX: (leaning forward, speaking low) Take
two good friends, stir them together and let
them stew. Works everytime...
(Ryan crosses his arms, disbelieving.
Valera is alert.
She puts down her pen and paper.)
Cut to:
(Close-up of her face as she looks to
her right.)
Cut to:
(Shot of Horatio at the window.
Camera quickly pans across the room to
Calleigh sipping her coffee.)
Cut back to:
(Valera smiling.)
Cut to:
(Calleigh walking out the door.)
Cut to:
(Shot of Valera walking over to Horatio,
holding her report just as he's leaving.)
VALERA: I have the report on the Willis
girl's DNA. It was a match to the skin
under our vic's fingernails.
HORATIO: Thank you, Valera.
(She nods.)
VALERA: Sir? Can I ask you something?
HORATIO: Yes, of course.
VALERA: Do you sometimes feel the need
to say something to someone, but you
can't find the words? Like you have to
express it some other way?
(Horatio pauses, averting his eyes
slightly.)
HORATIO: Sometimes... why do you ask? Are
you trying to...
(Valera smoothly interrupts, shaking her
head.)
VALERA: No, not me. I mean Calleigh.
HORATIO: Calleigh?
VALERA: Yeah, she's been trying to catch
your eye all morning.
(Horatio looks surprised.)
HORATIO: Really? Umm, I uhh, haven't
noticed...
(Valera raises an eyebrow.)
VALERA: You'd have to blind sir, not to
notice the lengths she goes to to get your
attention.
(She motions to the ballistics lab.)
Cut to:
(Calleigh picking up a massive shotgun,
and firing at the target.)
Cut back to:
(Horaito's eyes widening.
Valera gives him a knowing look.)
Fade into:
[INT. - LAB - EVENING]
Cut to:
(Corridor outside break-room.)
Cut to:
(Ryan stepping out of the lab.
He meets Calleigh and Valera leaving as
well.)
RYAN: I'm off! See ya!
CALLEIGH: Bye!
Cut to:
(Valera walking up to Calleigh.)
VALERA: Hey, Cal? Question: do you believe
in Fate?
Cut to:
(Calleigh looking at her in surprise.)
CALLEIGH: Sure, I believe that everything
has a reason and an answer.
(Valera smiles at the answer she wanted.)
VALERA: Okay... so have you noticed that
Horatio always stands in the same place
in the break-room?
(Calleigh nods.)
CALLEIGH: Yeah, so?
(Valera takes her hand.)
VALERA: Come on...
Cut to:
(Corner of the break-room next to the
window, and the two girls standing
there.)
VALERA: Alright, turn this way.
(She faces Calleigh towards the door.)
CALLEIGH: What's this, Maxine?
VALERA: Tell me waht you see.
(Calleigh looks straight ahead.)
CALLEIGH: That my lab.
VALERA: And what's missing?
(Calleigh frowns.)
Cut to:
(Shot of the ballistics lab.)
Cut back to:
(Calleigh still looking.)
CALLEIGH: Nothing.
(Valera looks at her.)
VALERA: Think about it, Cal... night!
(Valera leaves.
Calleigh stands still, her hadns on
her hips, tapping her fingers.)
Cut to:
(Shot of downtown Miami.)
Fade out to:
[INT. - LAB - MORNING]
Cut to:
(Valera in the break-room drinking tea
by the door.)
Cut to:
(Calleigh sitting down on the sofa.)
Cut to:
(Horatio standing opposite.)
Cut to:
(Calleigh looking over at Horatio.
She presses her lips together before
looking away.)
Cut to:
(Horatio shifting left to right, looking
over at Calleigh.
He averts his eyes quickly.)
Cut to:
(Wide shot as they both look up at the
same time, before looking away again.)
Cut to:
(Valera smiling over the rim of her
cup.)
Cut to:
(Calleigh getting up and moving to the
coffee-maker.)
Cut to:
(Horatio watching her.
He licks his lips slowly, before he walks
over to her.)
Cut to:
(Valera's eyes moving as watches him.)
Cut to:
(Horatio reaching Calleigh.)
HORATIO: Hey.
Cut to:
(Calleigh turning and seeing him.)
CALLEIGH: Hi.
(A beat.)
HORATIO: Uhh... how are thigs with you?
CALLEIGH: Fine, thanks. And you?
HORATIO: Good, really good. Been busy.
CALLEIGH: Yeah, me too. Overloaded in
fact, a lot of overtime, especially
this week.
HORATIO: (with a smile) You work too
hard...
CALLEIGH: What can I say? I'm a workaholic.
HORATIO: I know... your work ethic puts
me to shame...
CALLEIGH: Oh, really?
(They share a laugh.)
Cut to:
(Valera looking over at them discreetly.)
Cut to:
(Wide shot of Calleigh and Horatio
talking.)
CALLEIGH:... and I still can't believe I
fell asleep! That was embarassing!
HORATIO: (smiling) You're a morning
person, no worries.
(A beat.
Horatio looks down slightly.)
Cut to:
(Wide shot as he moves slightly closer.)
HORATIO: Umm... do you still take sugar?
(He meets her eyes again.
Calleigh smiles, albeit shyly.)
CALLEIGH: (soft) You know it.
(They smile.)
HORATIO: It's been a long while, hasn't
it?
CALLEIGH: Yeah... too long.
Cut to:
(Valrea leaving the break-room, biting
her lip and smiling.)
Cut to:
(Horatio and Calleigh standing together.
Horatio's pager goes off.)
HORATIO: I, uhh... I'd better go, it's
urgent.
(Calleigh nods.)
CALLEIGH: Okay.
(She smiles.
Horatio leaves, glancing back over his
shoulder at Calleigh.)
Cut to:
(Front shot as Calleigh looks back at
Horatio.)
Cut to:
(Wide shot panning backwards from
Calleigh as she turns back to her coffee,
a smile still on her face.
Camera continues to pan backwards for a
moment, finally reaching Valera standing
by the lab door, her eyes bright.)
Fade out to:
[EXT. - LAB - MORNING]
Cut to:
(Valera stepping out from her car,
waving to Faye Collins, another lab
tech.)
FAYE: Hey, Maxine! What's up?
VALERA: Not much, Faye, how about you?
FAYE: I'm up to my eyes in DNA backlogged
over the last week. I have a lot of work
to do today.
(They stop to talk on the steps of the PD.)
FAYE: No rest for the wicked, huh?
VALERA: Mmhmm...
(Faye looks behind Valera.)
FAYE: Hey, is he still free and single?
Cut to:
(Horatio stepping out of the Hummer, removing
his sunglasses and walking past them, nodding
to them in greeting.
Faye watches him walk through the doors.)
VALERA: No, he's seeing someone now...
FAYE: Really? Anyone I know?
(Valera feigns interest.)
VALERA: Hmm... great weather we've been
having...
FAYE: Is it someone from the lab?
(Valera shrugs.)
FAYE: It's not Yelina Sales, is it?
(Valera gives a shake of her head.)
FAYE: Right... umm... is it Nataliea.
(Valera gives no answer, prestening to look
at her watch.)
FAYE: Umm...
(Her eyes widen, and her mouth drops open.)
FAYE: No...
VALERA: Yes... have a good day.
Cut to:
(Valera walking past the stunned Faye into
the PD.)
Cut to:
(Faye's shocked expression.)
FAYE: Oh, wow...
Fade out to:
[INT. - LAB - AFTERNOON]
Cut to:
(Break-room.
Valera watches Horatio and Calleigh talking,
her back turned from them slightly.)
HORATIO: I've always believed that the best
defense in an honest life...
CALLEIGH: That is very true. Those are
words to live by.
HORATIO: Hmm... I just wished more people
believed that...
(They both go quiet.
Horatio passes Calleigh her coffee cup,
inadvertently brushing her fingers.)
Cut to:
(Calleigh starting a little.
She puts down the cup jerkily, putting her
hand on the counter-top to steady herself.)
Cut to:
(Horatio looking closely at her.)
Cut to:
(His hand moving to cover hers.)
Cut to:
(Wide shot as their eyes meet.)
HORATIO: You look gorgeaus when you blush,
Calleigh.
(He leans closer.)
HORATIO: (whispering) Like a red rose.
Cut to:
(Calleigh taking a breath, her eyes still
on him.)
CALLEIGH: It's just... warm in here.
Cut to:
(Horatio smiling, his eyes soft.
There is a moment of silence that is
broken when Alexx, Ryan and Eric walk
in.
Calleigh and Horatio immediately spring
apart.
Horatio shifts left to right.
Calleigh puts her hair behind her ears.)
HORATIO: Umm... will you excuse me?
(He leaves.
Calleigh watches him go, before lowering
her eyes again.)
Cut to:
(Front shot of Horatio walking down the
corridor to the locker-room.)
Cut to:
(Interior of locker-room as Horatio enters,
going to sit down on the bench.)
Cut to:
(Front shot of Horatio.
He runs a hand through his hair, before
he sits still and stares straight ahead,
chest heaving slightly.)
Cut to:
(Valera at the coffee-maker.)
Cut to:
(Sho of her coffee mug.
Camera pans up as she walks past Calleigh,
talking to Ryan at the same time.)
VALERA: So I'll have the results of the
Bennett murder for you by the end of
the...
(She trips, spilling her coffee over
Calleigh.)
CALLEIGH: Oh sweet Lord! For the love
of God, I'm scalded!!
(Valera starts apologising, but Calleigh
is out the door.)
Cut to:
(Shot from above as Calleigh storms down
the corridor.)
CALLEIGH: Bulls-eye!! Simply perfect!!!
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Cut to:
[INT. - LAB - NIGHT]
Cut to:
Valera leaving the lab, her purse in her
hand.
She stops on hearing a nose, and looks
up.)
Cut to:
(Horatio's office door opening.
Calleigh steps out, Horatio close behind
her.)
Cut back to:
(Valera stepping back a little, her eyes
on the pair.)
Cut to:
(Horatio and Calleigh exchanging quiet
words.)
Cut to:
(Horatio's hand holding Calleigh's)
Cut to:
(Side shot as Calleigh smiles, leaning
up on tip-toes to kiss Horatio.)
Cut to:
(Valera averting her eyes, biting her
lip, trying to stay quiet.)
Cut back to:
(Calleigh pulling away from Horatio,
mouthing 'Goodnight'.)
Cut to:
(Wide shot as Calleigh makes to move away
from Horatio.
He keeps hold of her hand, and pulls her
back to him, kissing her hard.
Calleigh responds, her arms around his
neck.)
Cut to:
(Valera turning her head back towards the
stairs again.
She sees them kissing, giving a
surprised exclamation.
She covers her mouth with her hand.
She takes a step to her right.)
VALERA: (whispering) I'll slip away while
they're busy... great job, Cupid...
(She gives a knowing chuckle, and leaves,
giving a small backward glance to Calleigh
and Horatio still kissing on the stairs.)
Cut to:
(Front shot as she smiles widely.)
(FADE TO BLACK.)
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