Episode 48, "Turning Point"
TAYLOR AND AMBER'S APARTMENT
Ross looks at Alex intently, and suddenly, in a moment of eagerness and passion, he takes firm hold of Alex's shoulders and kisses him. For a moment, Alex kisses back, confused and shocked.
Then the horror kicks in. Terrified and humiliated, Alex jerks away and violently throws Ross away from him. "What the hell are you doing?!"
"I...I'm..."
Alex is furious. "What do you take me for...some sort of...of FAGGOT?!"
A moment of bizarre silence. Even Alex is stunned by the severity and hatred of his own words. He didn't mean it. The second he had said it he regretted it. The look of hurt and disgust on Ross' face is heart-breaking.
"What did you just call me?"
Before Alex can apologize or explain himself, Ross lunges at him hysterically. The two fall together roughly to the floor, and Ross rips into Alex, attacking him relentlessly with his fists. Immediately, the baby starts to cry, but Alex is too busy defending himself to notice, and the cries fade into the background.
"Ross, calm down and get off of me!" Alex wails, as he musters up his energy and delivers one swift blow to Ross' face, throwing him backwards and onto his back. Alex stands up defensive and in pain, panting heavily. "Listen, Ross...I'm sorry, I didn't mean it, I just--"
"You have no idea how it feels!" Ross interjects, "To carry this secret your whole life...to be gay! And I go for you and you just dismiss me like that. I thought we had something special, Alex, but obviously you're just a jerk like the rest of them!"
"Look Ross...I didn't know, OK? I have a girlfriend, things are going good for me right now and I am sorry, but I am not gay." Frustrated, Alex turns away and starts to walk towards the baby.
Without warning, Ross jumps up and attacks Alex again, throwing him up against the wall, and holding him there in a sexual manner, holding Alex's arm behind him. The baby cries even louder now. Alex winces in pain as Ross pants heavily into his ear, jerking his arm violently behind him. "You're telling me you felt nothing for me?"
Alex groans in pain, "Ross let me go! I'm sorry!"
The phone starts ringing incessantly.
Ross smiles, still holding Alex against the wall. "Sorry is NOT enough."
STREET CORNER - LOS ANGELES
Night has swept over the streets of Los Angeles quickly. Candice stands against a lamppost, cold and frightened. She has never felt so alone in her entire life, with only her cheap coat to protect her. The sacrifice she is about to make to save her mother disgusts her. For a moment, she thinks of walking away. Of ignoring her troubles and her mother and the money, and walking away. It's not worth it.
But she can't. She looks around. The other girls are dressed in trashy mini-skirts, and most of them are jaded and tired. What kind of a life is this? Candice turns away and closes her eyes for a moment, trying to erase them from her thoughts. She opens them and peers down at her watch.
11:15pm. "What do I do? How do I go through with this?"
One of the other prostitutes viciously slaps Candice's butt. "Whose this bitch tryin' to get up on our turf? Hey girlie, get out of here...You wanna die?" She yells.
Candice pushes the girl away and takes a few steps away, frustrated, ignoring her.
The girl just laughs, and taunts Candice. "We got a newbie girls! You won't last 5 minutes you little bitch." She turns away and takes a drag from her cigarette.
A few minutes pass and a black Mercedes pulls up infront of Candice. Scared, surprised, and not knowing what to do, Candice just stares at the man inside the car as the passenger seat window rolls down.
"How much?"
Candice chokes. She's never done this before, and she hadn't thought this far ahead. The thought of going through with this is surreal. What does she do?
"100 bucks for an hour." Candice blurts. The man chuckles at her. His teeth are crooked and green. Candice wants to vomit.
"So you're one of them high priced hookers, eh?" The man laughs again. He looks her up and down, then reaches over and opens the front door. "Lucky you, you're a hot little thing."
Candice reluctantly sits in the car and closes the door as the strange man roars off.
DEVIN'S DORM ROOM
Devin sighs as he picks up his checkbook. "Poor Candice." He thinks. He knows that she is too ashamed to ask Alex for money, and that she is in a tight budge having just lost her job. "It's the least I can do."
He starts to write the check. Suddenly the phone rings.
"Hello?"
OUTSIDE OF THE MOVIE THEATRES
Taylor and Amber are standing outside in the cold, just outside of the movie theatre. They both look horribly concerned. "Hey Devin, it's Taylor. Listen, the movie got out a little later than expected. We tried calling home but Alex didn't answer! Is he over there with you? Do you know where the baby is?"
Taylor frowns and looks at Amber. "What? What is it?" She asks.
Taylor hangs up. "Devin doesn't know where Alex is. Let's get home, OK?"
TAYLOR AND AMBER'S APARTMENT
Ross smiles and sadistically licks Alex's hear, still holding him up against the wall. "C'mon Alex, you know you want this."
Alex panics and starts to struggle, but Ross fights the resistance and shoves Alex back into the wall. Alex groans, the baby still crying...the cries become more and more deafening by the second. "What are you doing Ross?"
Ross releases Alex's arm and kicks him violently in the back. In complete pain, Alex crumbles to the floor, coughing and gasping for air. Ross straddles Alex on the floor and, taking advantage of his weak state, tears his shirt off. "I'm giving you what you know you want."
"Ross, NO! Please get off of me, dude! I don't know what you're doing but this is not what I want, OK? What are you gonna do? Are you gonna rape me? Cmon don't be ridiculous, please get off me." Alex pleads, crushed by Ross' weight.
Ross ignores him and reaches into his coat. He pulls out a gun. Alex's eyes go wide in disbelief. This can't be happening. Not to him. Not now. His body stops resisting now and freezes in terror as Ross lowers the gun to Alex's temple.
"God please..." Alex says as he squeezes his eyes shut. Ross looks at him curiously.
"God can't help you now."
Ross starts to undo Alex's belt buckle. He licks his lips as he takes down the zipper and goes for the kill.
ROLL CLOSING CREDITS
