INT. VAN
Ashley turns the volume down again. She takes the cig
out of his hand and takes a few puffs.
Gerry reaches below the seat and pulls out a bottle of
wine, popping it open.
GERRY
Party time.
He guzzles it, then passes it to Ashley. She sips it.
Gerry takes back his cigarette, takes a drag, then
flicks it - at the rolled up window - and doesn’t see it
til it plummets back onto his lap.
GERRY
Fuck me! FUCK ME!
Gerry jumps around, rolls down the window, looks for
the cigarette, finds it, and throws it out.
Ashley laughs at what just happened. Gerry glowers at
her, but his glare starts to transform into a smile.
He leans over and kisses her passionately, then pulls
back. She stares at him, bewildered.
Gerry runs his eyes all over her.
GERRY
What?
ASHLEY
Nobody has ever kissed me the way
you did.
GERRY
Nobody?
ASHLEY
Nobody.
GERRY
Not one? Not even by all the guys
you’ve been kissed by?
ASHLEY
How many guys do you think there’ve
been?
GERRY
What am I, a psychic?
ASHLEY
You’re the best.
She overlaps him and they make out like crazy.
Gerry reaches around her –
– PLUGS THE KEYS IN THE IGNITION, STARTS ENGINE.
ASHLEY
(in between
kissing)
What… are…you doing?
Gerry puts it in reverse, then takes off.
GERRY
Blowing this popsicle stand, sugar
pop.
EXT. KINDERGARDEN BUILDING
They watch him drive off, chaotically swerving back and
forth.
LARRY
Where the fuck’s he going?
INT. BED ROOM - NIGHT
The door is kicked open and Gerry carries Ashley in and
flops her down on the bed. He gazes at her for a few
seconds.
GERRY
You know you get me harder than
Chinese arithmetic.
She begins to unbutton her shirt sensuously, grinning a
little.
ASHLEY
Come and get it.
Gerry hurtles himself onto her. They roll around kissing
each other. She caresses his entire body.
Gerry kicks off his pants. She stimulates him with her
hand, kissing him tenderly. As he starts to moan, she
goes to straddle him and brings him inside her.
They make love. As he’s about to come, he clinches her
close to him. She embraces back.
ASHLEY
I love you.
GERRY
(quietly)
You fucking better.
INT. BED ROOM - LATER
Ashley’s naked, shapely body lay next to Gerry, cuddled
closely. He’s sitting upright, banging a line of coke
off an index card.
ASHLEY
(annoyed)
Why do you do that?
GERRY
(wiping nose)
Do what?
ASHLEY
You know what I mean.
GERRY
This?
ASHLEY
Yeah. It’s dumb.
GERRY
I guess that makes me dumb.
ASHLEY
You know – I had a cousin and I
have another cousin that used to
do coke. One got into a program
called Cocaine Anonymous and the
other was shot dead over a nickel
bag of smack. Shot thirteen times.
In the head.
GERRY
That shit only fucking happens to
dead-beat niggers.
ASHLEY
Well, it happened to my cousin,
so it can happen to anybody. I
got the brochures for the place.
GERRY
What place?
ASHLEY
Cocaine Anonymous.
GERRY
Man, fuck a Cocaine Anonymous!
Ain’t going to that place - I’m
not a goddamn junkie.
ASHLEY
You just need to hit rock bottom
first before you realize that is
a place you need to go to.
GERRY
Life is laying the smackdown on
me everyday. I’m fine. You ought
to get dressed for Beaumont’s.
ASHLEY
Isn’t he a cotton shooter?
GERRY
He’s also called King Kong – so
don’t be sitting anywhere on his
couches unless you wanna get poked
in the ass by a hypodermic needle.
ASHLEY
You don’t gotta worry about me.
GERRY
I stay worrying, I’m in constant
discomfort.
INT. BEAUMONT’S HOUSE - PARTY - NIGHT
It’s a big bash: everybody talking loudly, bonging beers,
and having a good time.
Larry & Slim sit on a couch drinking brew, watching a TV
movie. It’s FRIDAY THE 13TH PART II.
Joe Holiday walks into the room and stops half-way in
front of the TV. Seconds later, he notices them.
JOE
Hey fellas, what are you doing?
LARRY
(mock serious)
Look who it is, your friend and mine,
King Turd of Shit Mountain. Don’t
you mind what we’re doing - just get
the fuck out of the way.
Joe comes over and sits next to Larry. He sees what
they are watching.
JOE
Jason, huh? He’s a beast.
LARRY
Yeah, snapped that dude in half in
FREDDY VS JASON.
JOE
That ain’t nothin, in JASON LIVES,
he ripped a heart out.
LARRY
I know. He’s a nut. Imagine havin
him after you, though? I could never
live right again. I’d be afraid to
sleep.
JOE
I’d grab a taxi, tell him take me
where ever. Bill me what ever.
LARRY
I’d fly off to the west coast. Give
it like a month then keep flying
from east to west every month.
JOE
(laughing)
He can teleport. Remember JASON TAKES
MANHATTAN?
LARRY
Never saw that.
(ill at ease)
But thanks for ruining my Jason
escape plan, asshole.
Larry turns to watch the rest of the movie, completely
stone-faced. Joe shifts his weight, uncomfortable now,
and watches too.
MEGAN (18) walks into the room. She’s a gangsta in every
sense of the word, the way she dresses, the way she talks,
her mannerisms, everything.
MEGAN
Slim, can I talk to you?
SLIM
What?
MEGAN
Outside.
SLIM
I’m watching a movie here.
MEGAN
Move your fat mother fucking ass,
Slim. Outside. Now.
Slim gets up, marching past her.
SLIM (OS)
(under breath;
partially heard)
Calling me fat, I’ll fucking kill
ya.
Larry glances at them for a second, then returns his eyes
to the TV.
JOE
What’s that all about?
LARRY
Shut up.
