scene 1: suicide, three years prior

This is the first scene of my movie. As a warning to anyone who is planning on reading this... it has some language, so, if that bothers you, don't...
The formatting is wrong because I had to paste it straight from Final Draft. But it's all there. I think.

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IN BLACK:

As the credits roll, we can just barely distinguish the sound of a police siren over banging, shouting and loud sobbing. At first it is barely audible, but becomes loud very quickly, and we can distinguish separate voices. A MALE POLICE OFFICER and his FEMALE PARTNER are attempting to reason with DEVIN, who is in hysterics and refuses to open the door.

MALE POLICE OFFICER (V.O.)
Ma’am! MA’AM! You need to open the door right now!

There is a loud banging and a crash sounds from behind the locked door.

DEVIN (V.O.)
Wake up, you bastard! WAKE UP!

There is another crash.

DEVIN (V.O.)
Get the fuck up!

FEMALE POLICE OFFICER (V.O.)
Calm down, ma’am. We need you to open the door.
There is a pause and then a loud thump. Sobbing erupts from behind the door.

DEVIN (V.O.)
Oh, god… Oh god, oh god, OH GOD!
(beat) …BREATHE, GODDAMNIT!

FEMALE POLICE OFFICER (V.O.)
(to partner)
Prepare to force entry.
(to Devin)
We’re entering the house.

DEVIN (V.O.)
(sobbing violently)
Wait! It’s my boyfriend…

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FEMALE POLICE OFFICER (V.O.)
(to partner)
On three.

DEVIN (V.O.)
He’s not breathing. Eric… oh god! Wake up!

FEMALE POLICE OFFICER (V.O.)
One.

DEVIN (V.O.)
Why won’t you just wake up?

FEMALE POLICE OFFICER (V.O.)
Two.

There is the sound of breaking glass from inside the apartment.

FEMALE POLICE OFFICER (V.O.)
Three.

There is a loud bang and the creak of busting wood as the door gives way and the two police officers force their way into the apartment.

MALE POLICE OFFICER (V.O.)
Police! Ma’am, are you hurt?

DEVIN
(Sobs quietly throughout the interaction between officers)

FEMALE POLICE OFFICER (V.O.)
Oh god.
(on radio)
Officer Brown requesting two paramedic units to 104 College Street. A male and female, both around age 20, male is unconscious… looks like a suicide attempt...

MALE POLICE OFFICER (V.O.)
(quietly, to partner)
There’s no pulse. He’s probably been dead for hours.

FEMALE POLICE OFFICER (V.O.)
(to partner)
What about her?

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DEVIN (V.O.)
(coughing, sobbing… quietly)
It’s my boyfriend. I don’t think…

MALE POLICE OFFICER (V.O.)
Calm down, ma’am. You’re going to be alright.

The RADIO sputters and on the other end a female dispatcher confirms that paramedic units are on their way.

FEMALE POLICE OFFICER (V.O.)
(to partner)
The paramedics will be here soon. Can you try and stop that bleeding?

DEVIN (V.O.)
He won’t wake up…

The audio gradually begins to fade out here as the police officers continue their conversation with Devin.

MALE POLICE OFFICER (V.O.)
Calm down. Relax. Can you tell me what happened to your boyfriend?

DEVIN (V.O.)
I think... (she trails off)

FEMALE POLICE OFFICER (V.O.)
You need to tell us what happened.

FADE IN:

INT. APARTMENT- EARLY MORNING, THREE YEARS LATER

DEVIN lies awake in her bed, staring straight up at the ceiling. You can still hear the audio from the previous scene. She mouths the words as it fades out completely and is replaced by the sounds of the morning commute taking place in the city outside her window.

DEVIN
I think my boyfriend’s dead.

There is a long pause as the audio picks up. Devin lies there, motionless and expressionless. Soon, the alarm clock goes off, signaling 5:45 AM. She listens to it for several seconds before finally rolling over to turn it off.