Scared Stiff

SCENE 1:

Late afternoon, at TA.

[ Mark is preparing to leave

when there’s a knock on his

door. ]

“It’s open.”

JENNI: Hey Mark.

[ He turns around. ]

MARK: You’re back. 

JENNI: Yeah, I just got off

the plane an hour ago.

Came straight here.

MARK: Nice.  Me and Ski

will be gone tonight but

Chais can’t wait to see

you.  I know.

JENNI: So do you think

you can work me back

into the schedule?

MARK: Sure.  That shouldn’t

be a problem. 

JENNI: Cool.  Thanks a lot.

[ Meanwhile, at Mark’s. ]

CHAIS: Jenni’s gonna be

here in a couple hours.  We

need to hurry up.

BILLY: Yeah, yeah.  Did you

get ahold of any of her girl

friends?

CHAIS: Dude. I basically invited

the whole school.

SCENE 2:

Outside of TA.

[ Amber is taking a break

when she notices Karie

standing in front of the

Salon. ]

AMBER: Hey girl, how’s

your day going?

KARIE: Pretty good. How’s

your home life? 

AMBER: It’s good. Why do

you ask?

[ She gives Karie a look. ]

KARIE: Isn’t it weird having

a male roommate?  I can’t

imagine the conversations.

AMBER: Not at all.  I mean

we talk about his dates.

KARIE: Oh really?  That’s

Interesting.

AMBER: Yeah.  He was just

telling me about this girl

who wouldn’t shut up the

entire time.

[ Karie laughs. ]

AMBER: Well, I gotta go.

Call me later.

SCENE 3:

That night, at Mark’s.

[ Chais is leading Jenni through

the dark hallway and into the

living room.

Suddenly the lights come on

and she sees the room is full

of her friends & classmates. ]

CHAIS: Surprised?

[ She smiles, kissing Chais.

Later on, everyone is

talking around the couch. ]

JAI: We should scare Bill

when he comes in.

JENNI: Guys.  Leave him alone.

[ They ignore her. ]

KIILYN: Good idea.  But how?

JAI: I don’t know yet.  I’ll think

of something good though.

Hey, where you going?

KIILYN: I think I see some senior

girls over there.  Be right back.

JAI: Good luck, man.

[ Jai smirks at Kiilyn as he

walks away. ]

SCENE 4:

At Amber’s

[ She joins Dyminic who

Is sitting on the couch,

flipping through the

channels. ]

DYMINIC: Hey, long day?

AMBER: Yeah, something like

that.  What are you doing

tonight?

DYMINIC: Just gonna stay in

and pass out candy.

AMBER: Sounds good.

[ She lays across the couch

with Dyminic sitting on the

other end. ]

AMBER: What?

[ Amber notices his stare

as Dyminic returns his

sight quickly to the TV. ]

DYMINIC: Nothing.  Let’s find

a good movie to watch.

AMBER: Alright.  Not too scary

though. Okay?

DYMINIC: Don’t worry.  As long

as I’m right here, you’ll be

protected anyway.

SCENE 5:

Outside the Simon’s.

[ Billy arrives & attempts to

open the door but it is locked. ]

“What the heck?”

[ He goes to look into the

window when a face slams

into the glass.  Screaming,

Billy runs off the porch.

Bending over, he catches

his breath as Jai, Kiilyn, &

Chais come out. ]

JAI: Got ya.

BILLY: Yeah, that wasn’t

funny dude.

KIILYN: Oh, yes it was.

[ Jenni comes outside. ]

JENNI: Hey, you okay?

[ She rustles his hair. ]

BILLY: Yeah thanks.

JENNI: I missed you guys a

lot.  It’s so good to be home.

Well let’s get back to the

party.

SCENE 6:

The next morning.

[ Amber wakes up, noticing

It is daylight out.

Rolling over in her bed,

she sees Dyminic laying

at the other end. ]

“Not again.”