Scream 2 Page #9

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ON SCREEN:

A young girl, looking a lot like Tori Spelling, runs down a school corridor. She runs smack

into a young, handsome boy. He could very well be Johnny Depp.

TORI:

(in movie) Oh, God, Billy, you scared me. What are you doing here?

JOHNNY:

(in movie) They let me go, Sid, I didn't do it. I'm innocent.

IN THE THEATRE:

Sid and Randy sit in the small cineplex mall type theatre. Behind them sit Sid's trusting

police guards. Sidney shifts in her seat.

RANDY:

You okay, Sid?

SIDNEY:

Yeah.

ON SCREEN:

Tori Spelling and Johnny Depp continue their dramatic discussion.

JOHNNY:

(in movie) When my mom left my dad, I accepted it. That's just the way the cookie crumbles.

Moms leave.

TORI:

Yeah, but your mom left town. She's not dead. My mom's dead. Do you hear me?

She's dead. Dead. And she's never coming back. Ever, Ever.

IN THE THEATRE:

Sidney grows increasingly uneasy.

CUT TO:

INT. STUDENT CAFETERIA - LATER

Mickey, Joel, and Derek are crowded around a table in the Student Union Cafeteria.

DEREK:

My documentary is due on Tuesday.

MICKEY:

What's your subject?

DEREK:

I WAS A SORORITY SLUT.

JOEL:

You should of done it on Sidney. That would have been a cool.

DEREK:

She wouldn't let me.

MICKEY:

Not with Primetime Live and 20/20 coming at her. I'd save my sh*t too.

Hallie comes waltzing up.

DEREK:

Where's Sid?

HALLIE:

Damned if I know. She ditched me.

DEREK:

You weren't supposed to leave her alone.

HALLIE:

I didn't say she was alone. That guy-- from her home town showed up. They went off together.

Hallie plops down, giving Mickey a big kiss.

MICKEY:

I've been waiting for you, baby.

JOEL:

Is that cool? Just to leave her like that?

HALLIE:

She's got guards with her.

DEREK:

What guy?

HALLIE:

Randy somebody.

JOEL:

Randy Meeks. He was with Sid that night in Woodsboro.

MICKEY:

Her old boyfriend?

JOEL:

No, she killed her boyfriend. Randy was a friend.

MICKEY:

Watch out, Derek.

HALLIE:

He tried to kill her first.

MICKEY:

Is Sid in therapy?

JOEL:

She was for a while. Gave it up.

DEREK:

How do you know so much about her?

JOEL:

I read the book.

MICKEY:

I could use some therapy.

DEREK:

Should we be worried about this guy? Isn't it kinda weird he just showed up and now

people are dying?

HALLIE:

He seemed harmless.

DEREK:

Aren't most serial killers seemingly harmless?

JOEL:

And white.

MICKEY:

Easy black boy.

JOEL:

It's documented.

Most serial killers are attractive--slightly off white males in their twenties.

HALLIE:

That's you, honey.

Hallie kisses Mickey again.

MICKEY:

I got a surprise for you.

HALLIE:

What?

Suddenly, he leaps up on the cafeteria table and begins to sing at the top of his lungs.

MICKEY:

"If I should stay. I would only be in your way. So I'll go. And yet, I know, I'll think

of you each step of the way...

HALLIE:

Don't do this.

MICKEY:

"And IIIIIIIIIYEIIIII will always love you OOOOOOWUOOOOOOOO will always love you."

Everyone has taken notice. They begin to cheer and sing with him.

JOEL (to Derek)

Whitney?

DEREK:

I think he's doing Dolly.

MICKEY:

"And I hope life treats you kind and I hope you have all you dreamed of offffff.

I wish you JOYYY."

DEREK:

Definitely Whitney.

Hallie can't help but be touched. He finishes up, ending on a last, final note. As he does,

he pulls a necklace from around his neck. His Greek letters dangle from it. He places them

around her neck, kissing her.

JOEL:

Isn't that a big no-no?

DEREK:

I think so.

Hallie breaks away. She swats him.

HALLIE:

You're going to get it. You know what happens.

MICKEY:

But I love you. And I want the whole world to know it.

Hallie smiles, her eyes misty. Derek and Joel eye each other.

CUT TO:

INT. CINEPLEX MOVIE THEATRE - LITTLE LATER

Sid and Randy continue watching the movie. The guards behind them are way engrossed.

ON SCREEN:

It's the end of the movie. Tori Spelling is running for her life from two killers -

Johnny Depp and his sidekick. She finds herself trapped in the kitchen. Johnny Depp holds

the knife up to Tori's face.

TORI:

Why did you kill my mother?

JOHNNY:

Because she was sleeping with my dad. She's the reason my mom left.

She was a whore just like you.

IN THE THEATRE:

These words sting Sid. Randy notices her flinching.

ON SCREEN:

TORI:

My mom was no whore. Don't you say that.

JOHHNY:

Whore! Whore! Whore! Whore!

Tori starts to cry.

IN THE THEATRE:

Tears find their way down Sidney's cheeks.

ON SCREEN:

Johnny Depp and his murderous sidekick start stabbing each other.

JOHNNY (cont'd)

It's the perfect alibi, Sidney.

SIDEKICK:

Just like in the movies.

IN THE THEATRE:

Sidney can't take it anymore. She gets up and races out of the theatre.

INT. LOBBY - A SECOND LATER

Sid emerges from the theatre and into the lobby. She moves into a curtained section where

the water fountain is. She looks up and sees Randy flying out of the theatre. He exits

outside looking for her. The cops are right behind him.

VOICE:

Hello Sidney.

Sidney spins around. Cotton Weary stands before her. shoulders slumped, his face pained.

SIDNEY:

Cotton.

COTTON:

Can we talk?

SIDNEY:

I don't think that's a good idea.

COTTON:

Look, yesterday wasn't my idea. That was all Gale and dollar signs and ratings.

SIDNEY:

What do you want from me, Cotton?

COTTON:

You could start with an apology.

SIDNEY:

I did that.

COTTON:

You wrote me a letter. Very cordial. Very appropriate.

SIDNEY:

How? What could I say that would make a difference? I took away a year of your

life--how do I apologize for that?

COTTON:

I wish it was just a year. I lost everything because of you. I have nothing now.

Look at me, this is what I've become. A long silence. Sidney is hanging on by threads.

SIDNEY:

Cotton, there isn't one day, one hour, one minute when I'm not reminded of what I've done.

I have not had one second of reprieve and no therapy or religion or spiritual plane can

ever erase what I feel in every vein of my being. And I wish I had in me what you need to

hear but I don't think the words exist.

More silence.

COTTON:

I just thought if I saw you face to face, maybe it would help.

SIDNEY:

Did it?

COTTON:

It helped me realize one thing.

SIDNEY:

What?

COTTON:

You're a self-obsessed little c*nt like your mother.

And with that, Cotton flips on a dime. His face turns evil. Sidney races by him as he

throws out his arm, stopping her just as...

THE TWO POLICE GUARDS

appear, grabbing him from behind. They throw him against the wall, retaining him. Randy

appears at Sid's side.

RANDY:

You okay?

Sid nods as she watches the officers arrest him. They do a body search, pulling from his

coat a large revolver. Cotton just smiles.

CUT TO:

EXT. CAMPUS LIBRARY - LATER

Sid and Randy walk up the steps to the school library. The ever helping guards behind them.

SIDNEY:

I don't know. I don't think Cotton did it. It's too predictable.

RANDY:

If he's innocent he'll have an alibi.

SIDNEY:

I guess Gale's going to be pissed she missed her exclusive.

RANDY:

I'll relay it. You sure you don't wanna go home?

SIDNEY:

I have this button I press. See? It insulates me.

She mimes an air lock valve.

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