Heathers Page #16

KURT finally cracks a smile.

VERONICA:

Two.

J.D. suddenly moves next to VERONICA holding a gun in his

right hand and the feminine shopping bag in his left.

J.D.

Three.

J.D. almost non-chalantly shoots RAM in the forehead. VERONICA

rips out her gun and swings it toward KURT. Using both hands,

she fires, but misses completely. KURT runs away onto the

path. VERONICA throws down her gun with a smile.

VERONICA:

Shucks.

J.D. races to VERONICA in a white sweat.

J.D.

Did you miss him completely?

VERONICA:

(giggling)

Yeah, but don't worry, it was worth

it just to see the look on....

J.D.

Don't move! I'll get him back!

VERONICA's laughter cuts off like a faucet. Suddenly trembling

and confused, she watches J.D. bolt into the woods.

THE PATH:

A panicked KURT runs on the path through the woods.

OFF THE PATH:

J.D., with a cold efficiency, weaves through trees and fog.

THE CLEARING:

VERONICA turns toward Ram's collapsed body.

THE PATH:

KURT sees the opening at the end of the woods. J.D. suddenly

moves into the opening and raises his gun. KURT runs back...

THE CLEARING:

VERONICA approaches Ram's body with increasing shivers. He

does not look bleeding and unconscious. He looks bleeding and

dead, dead, dead.

KURT barrels into the clearing as J.D. howls from the woods.

J.D.

Now!

In a burst of frightened, animal instinct, VERONICA whips

around and fires her gun right into KURT's chest.

INT. SQUAD CAR IN SCHOOL PARKING LOT--DAWN

Two cops, MILNER and McCORD, smoke marijuana in a squad car

already filled with smoke. After a coughing fit, MILNER

shouts.

MILNER:

I heard it that time!

McCORD

Wha?

MILNER:

Another gunshot! From the woods!

McCORD

Sh*t, let's roll.

The two officer explode out of the car.

EXT. THE CLEARING--DAWN

J.D. puts his gun in RAM's right hand while VERONICA

zombiesquely does the same with KURT and her gun.

VERONICA:

Kurt doesn't look too good.

J.D.

Remember he's left-handed.

A quivering VERONICA puts the gun in KURT's left hand.

MILNER (O.S.)

Keep going until you hit the clearing!

J.D.'s head snaps forward. He yanks up VERONICA. They both run

into the woods behind RAM's body as the two Cops charge into the

clearing, guns raised. Seeing the Jocks, they stop.

McCORD

Mother of Sh*t!

MILNER:

Call in!

MILNER looks toward where VERONICA and J.D. ran out.

MILNER:

I heard something out there. I'm

checking it out.

MILNER runs off as McCORD shouts into a walkie-talkie. He is

holding the pulse of KURT KELLY.

McCORD

This is Officer McCord and I've got

two dead bodies in the woods behind

Westerburg High. Oh my God, one of

them's Kurt Kelly, the quarterback.

EXT. IN THE WOODS--DAWN

VERONICA and J.D. flow through thick trees. An Owl hoos.

EXT. ANOTHER PART OF THE WOODS--DAWN

MILNER blindly barrels through the dense, foggy woods.

EXT. JUST OUTSIDE THE WOODS--DAWN

VERONICA and J.D. come out of the woods and race up a dew

drenched hill toward VERONICA's car which is parked on top.

J.D.

Faster!

EXT. IN THE WOODS--DAWN

MILNER is jolted by an OWL-HOO, then continues moving.

EXT. THE HILL--DAWN

VERONICA and J.D. reach the car, panting.

MILNER races out of the woods just as VERONICA and J.D. slam

the car doors closed behind them. MILNER huffs up the hill.

INT. THE SAWYER CAR--DAWN

VERONICA and J.D. somersault into the backseat and begin

taking off their clothes.

EXT. THE HILL--DAWN

MILNER continues to move up the hill.

INT. THE SAWYER CAR--DAWN

VERONICA and J.D., stripped down to their underwear, embrace.

EXT. OUTSIDE THE CAR--DAWN

MILNER approaches the car and peers in. His crackling walkie-

talkie startles him.

McCORD (O.S./walkie-talkie)

Milner, can you hear me? What's going down?

MILNER moves away from the car, then speaks into his walkie-

talkie.

MILNER:

Think what I heard was just a

stinking owl. All I got is two kids

making out in the backseat of a

car. Should I pry them apart?

McCORD (O.S./walkie-talkie)

Forget it. I got all the answers

back here, partner. Boy, kids today

sure start in early. Hey, are they naked?

MILNER sighs, and clicks off his walkie-talkie.

INT. THE SAWYER CAR--DAWN

Seeing the cop move away. VERONICA and J.D. stop kissing. They

catch their breath, smile, then continue passionately necking.

EXT. THE CLEARING--DAWN

MILNER runs back into the clearing.

MILNER:

What's the deal?

McCORD

Suicide. Double Suicide. They shot

each other.

MILNER:

That's Kurt Kelly!

McCORD

Yeah, and the linebacker, Ram Sweeney.

MILNER:

Oh my God, suicide? Why?

McCORD

Does this answer your question?

McCORD reaches in the feminine shopping bag and pulls out the

bottles of Perrier water.

MILNER:

Oh man, they were fags!

McCORD

Listen up, "We could never reveal our

forbidden love to an uncaring and

ununderstanding world."

MILNER:

Ah Jesus H. F***. Kurt was a Sherwood

Sunday Insert Honorable Mention...

MILNER shakes his head slowly then suddenly looks up.

MILNER:

Wait a second. How did they shoot

each other if we heard two separate

sets of gunshots?

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