Screenplay

FADE IN: Lydia and Leighton are walking in the dark across a field of gray dirt
LYDIA: "We're screwed."
LEIGHTON: "Don't be so negative. We still have a little time before the solar winds begin to blow again."
LYDIA: "We may not be able to find a safe place where we can hide until they are over. We both know that if you walk far enough north, you will eventually slide off the earth. It's the same for south, and to the east and west there are sheer cliffs that have no bottom. Last year was hard. I don't think we will be able to survive the winds this year. If we don't find  a hiding place before they start we will be blown off the earth! And it's not my fault that we are going to die this year, it's just the truth."
LEIGHTON: "Last year was a bad year, I'll admit it. But we've been holding on. We can make it."
LYDIA: "For as long as you have been my friend I don't think I have ever heard you say one negative thought."
LEIGHTON: "I don't think I have heard you say anything positive. Be happy!"
LYDIA: "I'll be happy when I'm dead."
LEIGHTON: "Uh, we're not going to die this year."
LYDIA: "I still don't believe it."
LEIGHTON: "Be a believer!"
LYDIA: (rolls eyes) "I still can't believe that we are friends, we're totally opposite."
LEIGHTON: "I can. I just wish that you could start thinking more positive thoughts. Could you smile for me, just once?"
LYDIA: "I don't smile."
LEIGHTON: "You'd like it if you tried it."
LYDIA: "Just give up. I won't smile."
LEIGHTON: "What if I did this?" (pokes Lydia in the side)
LYDIA (holding back smile) "That trick doesn't work anymore."
LEIGHTON: "I think that it does." (pokes Lydia again)
LYDIA: (smiling) "Stop! I hate smiling!"
LEIGHTON: "You're smiling right now."
LYDIA: "So? Let's get back to the village. We're just old enough that our parents would get mad at us if we weren't home to help search for a safe haven from the winds."
PAN OUT
END OF SCENE 1
PAN IN: Lydia and Aspen sitting cross-legged next to The Axis
LYDIA: "Do you think that The Axis would be a safe place for us?"
ASPEN: "I have no idea. I mean, it's the thing that suspends our entire world in the air. It should be sturdy."
LYDIA: "Come to think of it, The Axis spins when the solar winds blow. And it's too thick to hold onto."
ASPEN: "I guess you have a point. But it's the most sturdy thing on this world."
LYDIA: "I'd bet a lot of people have thought that."
Enter LEIGHTON 
LEIGHTON: "What's going on with you two?"
LYDIA: "We're arguing."
LEIGHTON: "Again? Is that all you do?"
ASPEN: "We're sisters. What do you expect? Come have a seat."
LEIGHTON sits.
LEIGHTON: "It's nice to be as far away from my home as I can get."
LYDIA: "Okay… Why do you say that?"
LEIGHTON: "Because I am sick of my family."
LYDIA (to ASPEN): "This doesn't sound like something Leighton would say. Do you think everything is okay?"
ASPEN: "I don't know. But if there was something wrong I don't think that I want to be around him when he breaks. I'm gonna leave you alone with him. He's your friend. You figure out what's wrong."
ASPEN exits.
LYDIA: "I always thought that your family was very tolerable."
LEIGHTON: "I don't." (Storms off)
LYDIA: (Going after him) "Leighton! Wait! What's wrong?" 
LEIGHTON: "Nothing." (keeps walking)
LYDIA: (Grabbing his arm) "Leighton! Stop! I know something's wrong."
LEIGHTON: "If I did tell you, you'd spit some depressing thought back at me"
LYDIA: "Leighton! TELL ME!"
LEIGHTON: (Spinning back around to face LYDIA) "Ever since last night, when you wouldn't shut up about how we were going to die in the solar winds, it really opened my eyes. I stayed up all night thinking, 'what if we really don't make it?' And it's been taking over my mind! You may be used to it because you have been thinking about death since birth! But I, on the other hand, was raised telling myself that it's not okay to talk about death when you are still alive. I think I am going to be sick!"
LYDIA: "What are you trying to tell me? That I destroyed your morale? Because if my words did that, then it's your own fault. I just said the words. you perceived them that way."
LEIGHTON: "See? That's exactly what I mean! You make everything seem seem like its not your fault! All those depressing things that you say, and how you say, 'It's the truth!' after you say the most sickening thoughts makes me furious! Because it is your fault that you are saying these things that make you so depressed. If you just didn't say them then everything would go a lot better for you. Even though you don't say it, I know that you are really depressed."
LYDIA: "I am not!" 
LEIGHTON: "Ugh. Please. I can see thorough your lies like they were made of glass. I know that you're depressed."
LYDIA: "You're mistaking depression with proclamations of the truth."
LEIGHTON: "You're doing it AGAIN! You can get others to believe that you're just telling the truth, and maybe you're even fooling yourself,  but I am not buying it. You can get help from me, but first you have to believe that you are depressed. If you can't accept it then there is no changing it."
LYDIA walks of in anger.
LEIGHTON: (To himself) "She'll figure it out eventually."
LEIGHTON exits.
END OF SCENE TWO
FADE IN: Lydia and Aspen sitting on the ground
LYDIA: (crying) "Leighton was right. I am depressed."
ASPEN: "I still can't believe that you didn't tell anybody that you were. I'm your family member, and I think that I could have helped you more than Leighton could have. We had the right to know, and you just kept mum about it." 
LYDIA: "Honestly, Aspen, I didn't even know that I was depressed. So leave me alone about it."
ASPEN: "I'm on Leighton's side. I'm not going to leave you alone about it. You need to tell our parents."
LYDIA: "I don't want them to know! Don't even think about telling them."
ASPEN: "Fine. I'll just have Leighton do it for me."
LYDIA: "You are the worst sister on the face of this earth."
ASPEN: "I think I am the best, simply because I actually care about your well-being. But rather than dwell on this topic, I just want to point out something. Leighton seemed like he was concerned more than a friend would be. Do you think he likes you?"
LYDIA: (wiping tears from her eyes) "No! Of course he doesn't. He and I are just friends and we will always be friends."
ASPEN: "If I were depressed like you are then he would have just shrugged it off and told me to get better. But he made it clear that he cared about you."
LYDIA: "I still don't believe you."
ASPEN: "You can be so hard to deal with sometimes."
LYDIA: "I just have a hard time seeing us as anything more than friends."
ASPEN: "Think about it. I think that you guys would be cute together."
LYDIA: (rolls eyes) "If you say so." 
ASPEN: "I'll go get him now."
LYDIA: "NO! I don't want to talk to him!" 
ASPEN exits.
LEIGHTON enters
LEIGHTON: "Having a rough day?"
LYDIA: "Yeah." 
LEIGHTON: "Me too."
LYDIA: "I'm still worried about the Solar Winds."
LEIGHTON: (sitting down next to Lydia) "I don't blame you."
LYDIA: "What if we don't make it, Leighton?! I don't want to die!"
LEIGHTON: "Neither do I, but I still have faith that we will make it."
LYDIA: "What if something happens to you?"
LEIGHTON: "Nothing's going to happen to me, I swear I will be fine."
LYDIA: "What if you're wrong?"
LEIGHTON: "If that does happen, then I guess I lied. Um, there's something that I think you should know if the worst happens."
LYDIA: (wipes eyes again) "What?"
LEIGHTON: "I've- always thought that you were beautiful."
LYDIA: "You have? Since when?"
LEIGHTON: (puts arm around Lydia) "Since always."
LYDIA: (rests head on Leighton's shoulder) "Me too." (Blinding lights turn on) "They're starting."
Solar winds start up, the whole world begins to blow off. Screaming, both Leighton and Lydia are violently blown off the earth. Zoom out to a small cardboard model of the solar system, dust blowing off the top of it. Mr. Ferree, a science teacher, is turning on his lights and air conditioning after the summer break.
MR. FERREE: "It's nice to be back at school. The room is dusty, but a little cleaning shouldn't hurt."
FADE TO BLACK