Scream Page #8

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TATUM:

Or a man's mentality.

SIDNEY:

(quiet, almost to

herself)

How do you gut someone?

All eyes turn to Sidney. A serious silence. And then:

STU:

You take a knife and slit from the

groin to the sternum.

Sidney shivers down to her soul. The whole table rolls their

eyes at Stu.

STU:

What? She asked.

BILLY:

It's called tact, you fuckrag.

STU:

Sorry.

RANDY:

Remember in JAWS when they caught

the wrong shark at first and Richard

Dreyfuss cut it open to look for

body parts and all they found was a

licence plate and all this white

milky goo.

Stu leans over and socks Randy in the arm.

STU:

You heard Billy -- shut the f*** up.

SIDNEY:

Hey, Stu? Didn't you use to date

Casey?

Stu's taken back, a little off guard.

STU:

For about two seconds.

RANDY:

Before she dumped him for Steve.

Tatum turns to Stu, surprised.

TATUM:

I thought you dumped her for me.

STU:

I did. He's full of sh*t.

RANDY:

And are the police aware you dated

the victim?

STU:

(offended)

What are you saying? That I killed

her or something?

RANDY:

It would certainly improve your high

school Q.

TATUM:

Stu was with me last night.

RANDY:

Oooooh... before or after he sliced

and diced.

TATUM:

F*** you, nut case. Where were you

last night?

RANDY:

Working, thank you.

TATUM:

I thought Blockbuster fired you.

RANDY:

Twice.

STU:

I didn't kill anybody.

BILLY:

No one's saying you did.

RANDY:

Besides --

(perfect Stu mimic)

"Takes a man to do something like

that."

STU:

I'm gonna gut your ass in a second.

RANDY:

(to Stu)

Did you really put her liver in the

mailbox? I hear they found her liver

in the mailbox.

TATUM:

(eyeing Sidney)

Randy, you goon-f***, I'm eating

here.

Stu nibbles at Tatum's neck.

STU:

Yeah, Randy, she's getting mad. I

think you better liver alone.

Stu cracks up at his own joke. The others just MOAN. Sidney

is about to crawl out of her skin, trying hard to ignore it

all.

EXT. SIDNEY'S HOUSE - LATER

A huge two story country home with a spacious lawn.

A yellow school bus stops in front of the house and Sidney

steps off.

The house looks big and lonely as Sidney moves up the walk

to the front door.

INT. BEDROOM - LATER

Sidney is on the telephone.

SIDNEY:

(into phone)

You sure I can stay over? My dad

won't be back til Sunday.

TATUM:

(through phone)

No prob. I'll pick you up after

practice.

SIDNEY:

Tell your mom I said thanks.

TATUM:

Yeah, yeah... are you okay?

SIDNEY:

Uh-huh, it's just... you know, the

police and reporters... it brings it

all back.

TATUM:

I'll be there by seven. I promise

SIDNEY:

Thanks, Tatum.

TATUM:

Later.

Sidney hangs up. She takes a seat at her computer and boots

it up. She sits in front of it staring at the blue screen...

her own reflection staring back.

INT. LIVING ROOM - LATER

Sidney comes down the stairs, her arms carrying a change of

clothes, toothbrush, make-up...

She opens the hall closet and pulls a small overnight bag

from the top shelf. Moving into the living room she loads it

up, plopping down on the sofa, hitting the TV remote.

CLOSE ON THE SCREEN

A news reporter fades in.

REPORTER #1

(on TV)

The entire nation was shocked today

by the teen murders in North

Carolina...

Sidney switches channels.

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