313 Ridin Solo

[ Hearing the doorbell,
Markis leaves from a
closed off room in his
basement & shuts the
door behind him ]

[ Running upstairs he
opens the door to
Tiesun standing on
the other side ]

‘Hey, you hear from
Airynn today?’

MARKIS: Nope, sorry
to disappoint. . .is
that all you wanted?
TIESUN: Oh. . .I’m
sorry, am I inter-
rupting something?
MARKIS: Yup, you are

So. . .see ya

[ He starts to close
the door. . . ]

TIESUN: Hey, you don’t
have to hide it. . .I
know all about what’s
going on in there

MARKIS: What?

TIESUN: Don’t worry,
I’m not a snitch. . .
I’ll let you get back
to your work though

Bye

[ She turns around,
walking away ]

MARKIS: Wait, you could
stay if you wanted to
I mean, I could use
some help. . .


[ Landyn is laying down
in his living room dial-
ing his cell. . . ]

‘You’ve reached Weis
if I don’t pick up it’s
probably cuz I’m drow-
ning in class work.
Leave a message and
as soon as I get a sec
to breath I’ll get back
with you. . .’

LANDYN: Yeah, hey bud
It’s me. . .I know
you’re busy, but it is
your 17th birthday this
Saturday and I thought
maybe I could take
you out to dinner

Well, call me when
you can. . .Love ya

[ He sighs, throwing his
phone on the floor ]


[ Back inside Markis’
basement. . . ]

‘Wow, I can smell the
jail time in here’

MARKIS: No, that’s the
smell of opportunities
. . .Big ones!

Anyway, I have a
question for you
TIESUN: What’s up?

MARKIS: Speaking of
opportunity. . .

What is a smart girl
like you doing with
an idiot like Airynn?

TIESUN: Hey, he’s
not an idiot

I did get him to
finally dump Marisa
He’s made some
improvements

MARKIS: I guess, but
why settle for imi-
tation. . .when you
can have the real
thing

[ Her phone starts
ringing. . . ]

‘Hey, where you
been?’

MARKIS: It’s Airynn,
isn’t it?

[ Tiesun motions for
him to be quiet. . . ]

AIRYNN: What the hell
are you doing there?
TIESUN: I was just see-
ing if he’s heard from
you, that’s all
AIRYNN: Yeah ok
You must think I’m
really slow

But that’s cool. . .
We’ll see whose
the dumb one now

[ He hangs up ]

‘What was that about?’

TIESUN: I should pro-
bably get going. . .


[ Meanwhile, it’s after-
noon at Aisle 6n9. . . ]

‘I can’t believe
you’re still talking
about that. . .’

MONICA: You mean
my movie theater
make out with Kyle?
KRISTYN: Yeah, that
was so months ago
And you haven’t
been out with him
since

MONICA: So true
I’m on my way
to settle that
right now actually

[ Back in the break-
room ]

‘So, how is the
Salon going?’

ACE: Still no name,
still no furniture
budget and
It’s all on me

KYLE: Sounds like
good business
practice
ACE: Yup, just like
the kind you used
with Monica

Seducing a grown
woman you work
with. . .when you
have no intentions
of getting serious

[ Suddenly the door
opens & Monica
comes in. . . ]

ACE: Hey. . .

[ He quickly leaves ]

KYLE: Monica, hi
MONICA: You don’t
have to explain
anything really

KYLE: I didn’t
think you were
taking me seriously
MONICA: So this was
all your version of
some sick game
The movies. . .the
constant flirting

Real mature, Kyle


[ Markis is taking a
break & his phone
rings. . . ]

‘Who is this?’

JIM: Markis, it’s Jim
the regional manger
MARKIS: Hey. . .
what’s going on?

JIM: There’s an invest-
igation going on
of a security tape
we found of you
doing some. . .
Well, illegal acti
-vity at the store
MARKIS: What are
you talking about?

JIM: Let’s not play
games here
The bag. . .the
money exchange

MARKIS: Did you
call the cops?

JIM: Me and Mark
didn’t feel it was
necessary to get
them involved

But if you ever
show up around
a TA again
We’ll have no choice
but to turn you in

[ He hangs up on
him ]


[ Landyn is sitting
at his laptop, closing
the lid. . .he looks at
the clock and realizes
he’s been waiting all
day for Weis to call
him back. . . ]

[ Sighing. . .he goes
over to his nightstand
and pulls out an open
plastic bag and an
old credit card from
his top drawer ]


[ Tiesun’s talking
to Airynn on the
phone as she
parks her car. . . ]

‘Don’t you think
your taking this
way too far?’

AIRYNN: You’re one
to talk
TIESUN: Excuse me!
You just got some-
one fired for no
reason
AIRYNN: He started
a war. . .All I did
was end it
TIESUN: Well guess
what soldier
That’s not the only
thing that’s ending

[ He doesn't say
anything ]

TIESUN: Let me be a
bit more clear. . .

It’s over, Airynn