INT. NIGHT TIME. MELISSA’S APARTMENT.
MELISSA and SELENA watch the video someone put on the internet of SELENA saying “LOVE” on MELISSA’s laptop. MELISSA’s phone rings.
REP’S VOICE
Saw that video. Really excited
about what I saw there. I’m calling
with great interest in representing
Selena.
MELISSA passes SELENA the phone.
SELENA
Hello? This is me?
SELENA leaves MELISSA’s apartment. MELISSA watches SELENA pace outside through the window. She twirls her long, black hair in her fingers. SELENA returns, jumps on MELISSA’s bed, squealing.
SELENA
They want me to go on tour!
MELISSA tries to hide her jealousy.
MELISSA
A tour? Wow. Amazing. Could I come?
SELENA puts her hands on MELISSA’s shoulders.
SELENA
Of course you can come.
You are my best friend.
MELISSA’s phone rings again. An unknown number.
ABRAHAM QUINTANILLA
Put my daughter on the phone NOW!
MELISSA knows who it is. She hands the phone back to SELENA. It’s her whole family. They are crying loudly on the other end. MELISSA is losing SELENA before SELENA knows to be gone. She brushes her hands through her hair. Strands, thick as spaghetti, come out in her hands.
It started to happen
after all of that
but maybe it had been
here the whole time.
She thought it skipped her—hearing sadness
in the wind, but then
she realizes that she is
the wind, or the lady
with the large cheeks
at the end of the world
blowing until she passes out.
She is overwhelmed.
She leaves to go for a walk
around her neighborhood,
clear her head.
It’s very dramatic.
When she comes back Selena is gone