Cherry Falls Page #15

The nerds and the homely girls are in the corner playing the computer

game, ALL SCARED TO MAKE a move. People around them are shushing them as

they blow up monster. One guy finally has had it. H gets up, grabs the

laptop and tosses it out the window. NERD 2 IS PISSED OFF.

NERD 2

Hey! That was a 3k machine.

NERD 1

Told you to hide it.

Homely girl 2 starts to laugh. It was kind of funny. Then they all start

to laugh, even NERD 2. There's nothing left to do but laugh. Except kiss.

And that they do.

INT. BEDROOM

Cindy and Ben are naked under a blanket in the corner.

BEN:

One more time.

CINDY:

(negotiating)

I get the imports.

BEN:

Ok!

He's all over her. She's into it too.

INT. BEDROOM

Sharon turns up the heat on Kenny, running her hands across his bare

chest. Kenny breaks off the kiss, not really into it.

SHARON:

You ok?

KENNY:

Just thinking about something.

SHARON:

What?

KENNY:

There's going to be very few

virgins left in school on Monday.

It could be really dangerous for them

if the killer isn't caught.

SHARON:

I guess so. Luckily we won't have

that problem.

She kisses him again. He stops her again, buttons his shirt.

SHARON:

What are you doing?

KENNY:

I got to go.

SHARON:

What?

KENNY:

I'm worried about someone.

He puts his clothes on.

SHARON:

You can't just leave me here.

BOY'S VOICE

Stay put Sharon. I'll hop on over

when I'm done here.

GIRL'S VOICE

You will not!

Others laugh. Kenny looks around.

KENNY:

Jody was right, this party IS sick.

Kenny buttons his shirt and heads out. Sharon is pissed.

CUT TO:

INT. BASEMENT

As Jody comes to, she finds herself gagged, tied to a chair in the dark

basement. She can't see much but she can hear the sounds of water dripping

and a rat scurrying around. She tips her chair over and falls onto the

cold floor. She tries to removes her gag by rubbing her head against the

ground.

EXT. LEONARD'S HOUSE

Leonard goes to his station wagon and opens the back.

INT. CAR

A body is hidden under a blanket. Leonard picks it up. It's too heavy.

INT. BASEMENT

Jody can't undo her gag but she notices a piece of glass under a dresser.

She turns herself around to grab for it.

She squeezes her hand under the dresser, reaching for the shard.

The door at the top of the stairs opens.

Leonard appears in silhouette carrying the body wrapped in a blanket. He

throws it down the stairs and turns the lights on.

The basement is almost an exact replication of the basement in his

mother's house. A cot in the same spot. The dresser as well. The Lisa

Sherman costume is neatly hung from big metal hooks.

Leonard sits Jody back up.

A little blood drips from Jody's closed hands. She has the shard.

Leonard ties the other body to a chair facing Jody. He starts singing SLY

AND THE FAMILY STONE.

LEONARD:

(singing)

'It's a family affair,

It's a family affair.'

He undoes the blanket revealing the battered but still breathing body of

Jody's dad. Brent's bleeding from the forehead, nose, and mouth. He's

badly beaten up.

Jody gags on her gag. Her dad looks her in the eye.

LEONARD:

Well, we may be family

One in four chance.

Leonard picks up his razor and starts towards Jody.

LEONARD:

Sheriff Brent, you will be the

second of the four horsemen of

the apocalypse to die. But first you

will watch as I slice up your little

girl.

Brent starts frantically shaking no, trying to escape as Leonard kneels in

front of Jody and runs his hands up under her dress, exposing her shaved,

nubile leg. The 'V' is still fresh in her calf.

Leonard starts to cut an 'I' next to it.

Jody's face grimaces in pain. Blood drips to the ground. Her leg starts to

shake.

LEONARD:

You're shaking too much.

If you don't stop shaking Jody,

I'll have to kill before I carve.

We wouldn't want that.

Jody concentrates on trying to show no pain, not to flinch. It's tough.

Her father watches,

horrified.

Cut to:

EXT. STREET

Kenny runs down the street, heading toward Jody's house. He stops to catch

his breath for a second.

He notices something.

EXT. LEONARD'S

Jody's bicycle is still leaning against Leonard's porch.

EXT. STREET

Kenny crosses the street to Leonard's house and inspects the bicycle. It's

hers.

INT. BASEMENT

Leonard continues to work on Jody's bare leg, starting the 'R'. Jody and

her father stare at each other, helplessly.

LEONARD:

My mother said, after you and your

three droogs raped her Brent, that people

in town refused to let her use their bathrooms.

Is that true? Did people really call her a slut

and tell her 'you can't sh*t here'? She used to

snarl that at me. That's all she really did, at least

in my direction, was snarl. When she looked at me,

she saw only you.

Jody gags in pain. Brent looks away.

LEONARD:

Open your eyes Brent. Watch. Or

will I cause her much more pain.

Brent opens his eyes. More blood drips. Jody starts to lose consciousness,

barely able to stand it

anymore. The doorbell rings. Leonard looks up, concerned.

EXT. HOUSE

Kenny rings it again. No one answers.

He walks over to the window and looks through a crack underneath the

curtains.

INT. HOUSE

Kenny's POV - Jody's coat and purse are still on the couch.

EXT. HOUSE

Kenny senses that something is really off. He rings again but no one

answers. Worried, he pops the screen. It's breaking and entering time.

INT. LIVING ROOM

Kenny climbs into the living room and looks around.

KENNY:

Hello? Jody?

INT. BASEMENT

Leonard hears Kenny. He can't ignore him any longer.

LEONARD:

Who the f*** is breaking into my house?

Leonard checks Jody's and Brent's ropes are tight, then heads up the

stairs. As soon as he disappears, Jody wriggles toward her father and

starts cutting his ropes with the shard of glass.

INT. HOUSE

Leonard comes out of the basement and peers into the living room.

INT. LIVING ROOM

Leonard sees Kenny opening Jody's purse, checking it out.

Leonard keeps the razor hidden behind his back.

LEONARD:

My wallet's on the mantle

when you've finished your rifling,

Kenny.

Kenny looks up, startled.

KENNY:

(nervously)

Oh, hey Mr. Marliston. W-What's Jody's

bike doing on your front porch?

LEONARD:

That all depends Kenny. Depends on why

the F*** you've broken into your history

teacher's house?

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