Katherine and Stefan meet up at Spoon Island.
K: “You know you’ve solved one of the big mysteries of my life….”
S: “I dont understand” (nervous)
K: “Don’t look so serious, its a good thing. You I never really got birthdays…you’re supposed to wake up and somehow feel different because it’s a special day? But I never felt special. SO what is it? How have I suddenly become important?
S: You always were Katherine.
K: Don’t look so sad, its not allowed
S: I’m not sad, I am… frustrated. I’d just like to take you away and show you the world.
K: You can do that tommorrow…right now I just want to be in this lovely garden with you beside me
S: Theres something I need to tell you
K: Something good?
S: Something true…
S: I thought I could make this one day perfect for you, but I realized I don’t have the power
K: Yes you do…tell me something true.
S: The truth I want to tell you is in the form of a story…it’s a parable from the gospel of Matthew. I heard it first as a child from a governess who was fond of bible stories and would embellish them with her own colorful touches. I always remembered her story of the merchant who sees a pearl of astonishing beauty and longs to possess it. He knows that in order to buy it he will have to sell everything he owns. But he realizes that the world and all it has to offer mean nothing to him if he can’t have the one thing his soul craves. He sells his possessions and is left a poor man. But the pearl and happiness are his.
K: That’s a beautiful story, but I think you’re telling me something I don’t understand
S: You’re right
K: Whatever it is, say it
S: I can’t say it, I have to show you…
(Stefan hands Katherine a small jewelry box)
S: Its for you Katherine, please take it..are you afraid to open it (she is hesitating)
K: Its beautiful
(Theres a ring inside the box–Katherine isn’t sure what Stefan means/Stefan apologizes when he realizes she thinks this was a proposal)
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