Scream Page #14

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Riley shakes his head "no".

EXT. SCHOOL STREET - LATER

Once again, REPORTERS line the street attacking students as

they make their way to school, asking questions, hungry for

that teenage insight.

Dewey's patrol jeep cruises by. Sidney watches from the

passenger's window.

INT. PATROL CAR

Dewey pulls up in front of the school. Tatum hops out while

Sid lingers, suddenly unsure. Dewey takes notice.

DEWEY:

Hey, it's school. You'll be safe

here.

Sidney forces herself out of the jeep as a microphone is

shoved in her face...

REPORTER:

How does it feel to almost be brutally

murdered?

Dewey leaps from the car, intercepting the reporter.

DEWEY:

Leave the girl alone, will ya? She

wants to go to school.

Sidney eyes the newsvan that's pulled up behind her. The

side door slides open and Gale Weathers steps out.

TATUM:

Come on, Sid.

SIDNEY:

Just a sec... I need to talk to

someone.

She heads over to Gale.

EXT. NEWSVAN - STREET

Sidney, puts her head down, hiding her face... avoiding other

reporters as she makes her way to...

Gale who sits in the open door, checking her face in a mirror.

Makeup tries hard to hide Sid's handwork -- a swollen black

and blue right cheek.

Gale spots Sidney immediately and leaps to her feet.

GALE:

Stop right there.

Sidney throws her hands up in surrender.

SIDNEY:

I'm not here to fight.

GALE:

Just stay back.

SIDNEY:

I want to talk to you.

GALE:

(calling into the van)

Kenny. Camera. Now.

Kenny's head darts out from the van.

SIDNEY:

Off the record. No cameras.

GALE:

Forget it.

Sidney contains herself.

SIDNEY:

Please. You owe me.

GALE:

I owe you sh*t.

Gale moves inside the van. But Sidney is relentless.

SIDNEY:

You owe my mother.

GALE:

Your mother's murder was last year's

hottest court case. Somebody was

gonna write a book about it.

SIDNEY:

And it had to be you with all your

lies and bullshit theories.

GALE:

What is your problem? You got what

you wanted. Cotton Weary is in jail.

They're gonna gas him. A book is not

gonna change that.

SIDNEY:

Do you still think he's innocent?

Gale's interest is peaked. She eyes Sidney suspiciously.

GALE:

He was convicted in a court of law.

Your testimony put him away. It

doesn't matter what I think.

SIDNEY:

During the trial, you did all those

stories about me. You called me a

liar.

GALE:

I think you falsely identified him.

Yes.

SIDNEY:

Have you talked to Cotton?

GALE:

Many times.

SIDNEY:

Has his story changed?

GALE:

Not one word. He admits to having

sex with your mother but that's all.

SIDNEY:

He's lying. She wouldn't have touched

him. He raped her, then butchered

her. Her blood was all over his coat.

GALE:

He was drunk that night. He left his

coat at your house, after your mother

seduced him...

SIDNEY:

I saw him leaving wearing it.

GALE:

But couldn't it have been someone

else you saw wearing that coat? The

same person who planted it in Cotton's

car, framing him? The same person

who really killed your mother?

A long beat. Sidney considers this for the millionth time.

SIDNEY:

No, Cotton murdered my mother.

But there's doubt in her voice. Gale's face lights up.

GALE:

You're not so sure anymore, are you?

Sidney clams up.

SIDNEY:

No, it was Cotton.

Tatum comes waltzing up.

TATUM:

(to GALE)

Nice welt.

Gale ignores her, zeroing in on Sidney, half realizing.

GALE:

The killer is still on the loose,

isn't he? These murders are related.

TATUM:

Yo -- let's rock.

Sidney starts to fidget.

SIDNEY:

I'm sorry I mangled your face.

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