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The Troubled Adult Life of the Free Willy Kid

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a baseball field near a body of water

Jesse hits a homerun. 
JESSE: Yeah!!!
Willy jumps over Jesse from out of nowhere.
JESSE: Willy? What are you doing here? I thought you were freed.
WILLY: I was, but I missed you, and I saw you pump your fist in the air and say yeah. I thought you wanted me to jump over you. 
JESSE: Oh, well okay. 
WILLY: can you help get me back to water?

Jesse’s wedding on a beach, fifteen years later
PRIEST: I now pronounce you husband and wife.
WIFE: this is the happiest day of my life.
JESSE: yeah!!!
Jesse pumps his fist in the air. Willy jumps over Jesse, landing on his wife, crushing her.
JESSE: No. No. No. NO! Why did you do this?
WILLY: I thought you wanted me to jump…
JESSE: My wife is dead! I never even got to kiss her! Why! Why! 
Jesse starts crying and ripping his clothes off.

prison, ten years later
Jesse smokes a cigarette.
WARDEN: face it punk, you’re never getting out of here. So why don’t you start co-operating?
JESSE: heh. Let’s just say warden that I got a plan to get out of here. 
WARDEN: oh yeah?
Jesse scoffs and throws his cigarette to the ground.
JESSE: YEAH.
Jesse pumps his fist in the air. Willy jumps over him, crushing through the ceiling of the prison, killing the warden.
JESSE: Thanks, friend. 
WILLY: It’s the least I could do. Now go-be free. 
Jesse walks out of his prison cell towards freedom. 
JESSE: Willy-come with me. I’ve been thinking-I don’t want to live without you.
WILLY: Yeah?
JESSE: YEAH.

based on a discussion with Brad Einstein

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