Cherry Falls Page #8

SANDY:

Oh my god. ARE YOU OK?

Jody breaks into tears. They hug.

JODY:

Someone tried to kill me.

SANDY:

The phone just went dead.

I called the police and ran

right over as fast as I could.

Sandy is really terrified too.

Dissolve to:

EXT. CHERRY FALLS

Another morning in CHERRY FALLS. The town may look peaceful but it isn't.

INT. SANDY'S BATHROOM

Sandy is getting dressed in her usual manner but he hand is shaking. She's

still terrified. She looks at herself in the mirror and decides to make a

change.

Lipstick goes on. mascara and eyeliner follow.

Sandy examines herself in the mirror. She's all made-up. SHE USUALLY wears

a tenth as much.

INT. SANDY'S BEDROOM

Sandy slides into a slightly provocative dress. She looks much hotter than

she did when we first met her.

INT. STAIRCASE

Sandy starts down the stairs. She stops to check out where her mother is.

INT. KITCHEN

SANDY'S MOTHER is making breakfast.

INT. STAIRCASE

Sandy hurries downstairs, grabs her coat and heads out the door, hoping

her mom won't notice how she's dressed.

Her mom hears her and catches a glimpse of her new outfit.

MOTHER:

You're wearing a skirt?

Sandy doesn't want to get into it. She charges right out the door.

SANDY:

Bye mom.

EXT. SANDY'S HOUSE

Sandy goes tearing up the street as her mother opens the door after her.

MOTHER:

SANDY?!

No way is Sandy turning around.

EXT. SCHOOL

The kids arrive at School. Everyone is freaked. The word spreads fast

about Jody's attack. Many of the kids, like Sandy, have worn a little

extra make-up or a little tighter jeans. There's a sexual electricity

everywhere mixed in with a lot of fear.

The normal tribes are disbanding. What are forming in their place are

sexual tribes. Today, at the high school, sexual history bands kids

together. Not aesthetics, popularity, or wealth. Punkers chat with nerds,

cheerleaders with potheads.

In the parking lot, we see that Aunt Lisa's IMPERIAL is parked. The killer

is close by.

EXT. FRONT OF SCHOOL

Sandy arrives at school. She looks around.

She spots Mark talking with Cindy and BEN. She gathers her confidence up,

unbuttons her top button to reveal what cleavage she has, and starts

towards them.

Cindy is laughing at Ben.

CINDY:

I'm not f***ing you.

Not for all your CDS.

BEN:

You want me to die? I thought

you and I were tight.

CINDY:

ARE YOU THE KILLER BEN?

BEN:

WOULD that impress you?

IS that what it takes to

impress the empress?

CINDY:

Your mind is just twisted enough.

I believe you'd do all this just to

get a dip or two.

Sandy walks up.

SANDY:

Hi Mark, Cindy, Ben.

MARK:

Hi Sandy.

They all stare at her for a second, noticing the change in her appearance.

BEN:

Did you want something?

Sandy freezes. She doesn't known what to say.

SANDY:

(almost frozen)

Yes.(beat) I was just curious

Mark, if you brought a Twinkie

today?

Ben and Cindy crack up. That was a really lame, stupid question.

BEN:

(sarcastically)

You wonder about that everyday Sandy?

MARK:

Shut up Ben.

(to sandy)

Actually, my mom always

packs two.

SANDY:

You got a great mom.

I'm lucky to get a zucchini

stick.

MARK:

Did you want one?

SANDY:

(trying to cover)

Yeah I was talking about Twinkies

the other day and I realized I hadn't had one

in years. Then I remembered seeing you with

one.

MARK:

They're tasty.

He gets out the Twinkie and gives it to her. She unwraps it and takes a

bite. Ben and Cindy watch, amazed and entertained.

SANDY:

Thanks.

Sandy gets a little cream on her cheek and licks it away with her tongue,

a little embarrassed. The sight of her tongue turns Mark on.

MARK:

You can have both if you want.

SANDY:

No, you keep one.

Cindy laughs. The pairing up has started.

CUT TO:

INT. POLICE STATION

Jody is sitting in the police station working with a SKETCH ARTIST.

JODY:

A little larger nose.

The artist makes a change.

ARTIST:

How's that?

Jody re-examines the picture. She's spooked.

JODY:

That's her.

The artist picks up the phone and dials.

ARTIST:

Brent, we got a sketch.

Brent comes into the room and picks up the sketch,

FOR THE FIRST TIME we see a picture of the killer. She looks about

eighteen years old and has her hair done in an old fashioned wave. She

looks like your average small town girl from the late sixties.

Brent's face goes white when he sees who it is.

Jody notices this.

JODY:

You know her?

BRENT:

It can't be.

JODY:

Who is she Daddy?

BRENT:

Never mind darling.

You go back to school.

I don't want you missing

anymore classes today.

He picks up the picture and heads quickly into his own office. Jody

watches through his window, sensing he's very, very upset.

INT. OFFICE

Brent picks up the phone and quickly dials a number.

INT. MAIN ROOM

Jody has never seen her dad like this. She quietly picks up the phone and

listens in.

Her dad is talking to the principal, Tom Sisler.

BRENT:

IT'S LISA SHERMAN. But she still

looks like we're eighteen.

TOM:

(on phone)

That's impossible.

BRENT:

(growing frantic)

I swear to God. It's her.

She told Jody she was Kenny's

'AUNT LISA'. I'm getting this

sickly feeling...

TOM:

Calm down Brent.

INT. OFFICE

Brent looks out and sees that JODY is on the phone, eavesdropping.

BRENT:

I'll call you right back.

INT. MAIN ROOM

Jody, busted, hangs up.

Brent comes storming out. HER FATHER is livid. SHE'S NEVER SEEN HIM SO

ANGRY AND UPTIGHT.

BRENT:

You were eavesdropping.

JODY:

(a little scared)

No I wasn't.

BRENT:

What did you hear?

JODY:

Nothing. I just picked up the phone

to say goodbye to you. You didn't say

goodbye.

BRENT:

Ok. Goodbye. Now get back to school.

She nods and heads out, freaked. Her father's never treated her this

harshly before.

EXT. HIGH SCHOOL

As Jody approaches the high school, she's still on the edge, given the

attack of the night before as well as he dad's reaction to the picture.

She hears a moan coming from behind some bushes. She stops and notices a

Girl's shoe sticking out from under the bush. Worried it might be someone

badly hurt, she cautiously starts toward it. Suddenly a couple of more

feet pop out. Jody jumps back, frightened, but then realizes that it's

just a couple of her classmates having sex in the bushes.

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