The Death Call!

George receives the call from Death-center (A special department from Government that tells you that you will die today – Not giving you details though) a little after midnight on February 15, 2016. Just one day after his Birthday. At first, George wants to spend the day away in his bedroom, where loneliness may protect him from the undesirable and painful death to come, but because it is his last day alive, he pushes himself to try and make the most of his final 24 hours. He downloads the app MyLastFriend, which pairs “Dying” with other people—either Dying or non- Dying —who are looking for companionship on their Final Day. Through MyLastFriend, George meets Santiago, another Dying who got the call from Death-center while he was in the middle of beating up Charlie Stevenson, the current boyfriend of Santiago’s ex-girlfriend, Stacy. After the assault on Charlie, Santiago is on the run from the police and cannot spend his Final Day with his best friends, Spier Simon and Max Torres. George and Santiago make plans to meet. George insists that Santiago pick him up at his apartment.

At 4:30 a.m., Santiago arrives at George’s apartment. They begin their day with a visit to George’s father in the hospital. After they see George’s best friend, Jessica Suarez, they visit a Make-A-Memory virtual reality station to go scuba diving. Finally, they visit George’s mother in Middleton Cemetery. George sees that, alongside his mother’s grave, there is another grave being dug for George (him). George kneels beside his mother’s tombstone and tells her that he will be joining her soon. The more time George and Santiago spends together, the bolder George becomes and the deeper their friendship grows—there is an intense connection forming between them. Before leaving the cemetery, George and Santiago chat about the afterlife while sitting inside George’s freshly dug grave.

At 13:22 p.m., it is about halfway through George and Santiago’s End Day. George wants to visit the World Desire Location Reality, which is a fake trip-to-wherever-you-want-to-go-in the-world attraction; on the way there, they stop at a pier along the Colorado River, where Santiago contemplates the deaths of his parents and little brother. George hops on the back of Santiago’s bike, and together they ride to a nearby park. George and Santiago meet up with Jessica again at the World Desire Location Reality, where the group selects the virtual reality experience to tour the world in 90 minutes. They travel to Australia, Iraq, Colombia, Egypt, China, and Chile, George’s family’s country of origin. Afterward, Santiago and Jessica head to Momentum, a club for Dying. Santiago posts a picture from the bar. Charlie, who wants revenge after Santiago assaulted him, sees the picture and heads to Momentum with a loaded gun.

At 6:14 p.m., George and Santiago perform a karaoke version of “Tomorrow” by James Hersey at Momentum, and everyone in the audience is moved by their performance. When the song ends, George works up the courage to kiss Santiago.

Spier Simon and Max Torres arrive at Momentum to say their final goodbyes to Santiago when Charlie and his gang show up. Charlie goes to shoot Santiago, but commotion ensues, and George and Santiago manage to flee the club. George and Santiago retreat to George’s apartment, where they lie in bed and profess their love for one another—both wish they had met each other sooner. They fall asleep on George’s bed, and George wakes up from the nap before Santiago to make tea. When he goes to ignite the gas burner on the stove, the apartment erupts into flames. George is killed instantly, and Santiago wakes up moments later, dazed in the smoke. Santiago is devastated by George’s death. After Santiago says his goodbyes to George’s corpse. Then, Santiago noticed a voice mail from George, where he thanks him for being his last friend and love. However, Santiago did not see the car coming when crossing the street as he listened to George’s voice.

Santiago now sees George. Where? Where it feels nice to be loved for the first time. Next to someone special...