Second Chances

			a short short
			by huzyrdadi



               A shot rings out.

               A splatter and a thud. 

                                   JACK
                         Oh god.  What have I done?

               A ragged breath.

                                                               FADE IN:



               INT. BATHROOM - AFTERNOON

               A middle aged man, JACK, stares at the reflection of himself
               holding a gun.  The mirror is covered in blood.

                                   JACK
                         Oh Daddy.  Daddy I'm sorry.  I want
                         to take it back.

               He starts to cry.

                                   JACK (cont'd)
                         Oh god.  What have I done?   Daddy
                         I'm so sorry.  I want to take it
                         back!  I want to take it back! 
                         Please god let me take it back!

                                                              FADE OUT.

                                   DEMON
                         Not too happy with that last
                         decision then?

                                   JACK
                         Where the hell am I?

                                                               FADE IN:



               INT. SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN - MOMENTS LATER

               The room is an empty white space.  There is no decoration,
               furniture, or discernible boundaries.  Jack and a dark haired
               bearded man dressed in a white suit occupy the room.

                                   DEMON
                         Not quite.  More like purgatory. 
                         The place where people come for
                         second chances.

               Jack stares at the demon.  He does not remember.  The demon
               points and Jack looks at his hands.  They are covered in
               blood, dripping onto the floor.

               Jack remembers.

                                   JACK
                         Second chances?  I can do it over?

                                   DEMON
                         If that's what you want.

               The demon waves a hand.

                                                              FADE OUT.

                                                               FADE IN:



               INT. DINING ROOM - EVENING

               A family of four sits at a dining room table eating dinner. 
               FATHER and MOTHER are at the ends of the table.  LITTLE
               SISTER and OLDER BROTHER, who appear to be around ages 8 and
               6 sit at the long ends.

               LITTLE BROTHER, who is JACK, sits blinking, staring at the
               situation around him.

               Beat.

               Beat.

               Beat.

                                   JACK
                         Oh you have GOT to be fucking
                         kidding me!

               All motion at the table stops.  Father and Mother look from
               each other to JACK and back again.

                                   FATHER
                         Young man, what did you just say?

                                                              FADE OUT.

					END