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BLACK: A BOY’S HAND reaches down, through a crack of light, and pulls a 35 mm CAMERA out through it. CHAD (V.O.) Everyone gets around to asking if I wish I could here...haven’t heard anything good, yet. It’s what I see...that tires me enough. I don’t need to hear it, too. THE CHEST’S DOOR falls shut. A thumb sweeps over “Rachel Heinz” sketched into the back of the camera. It has 10 EXPOSURES left. A HEARING AID hugs CHAD HEINZ’s (16) right ear. CAMERA SLOWLY SWINGS AROUND THE BACK OF THE HEAD and we soon see a camera held pointed at Chad. A WHITE BUTTON-UP SHIRT is pulled off its hanger in a closet. A song by Sum 41 blasts in the background. MARIE HEINZ (16) stands in front of a mirror in her room. CHAD (CONT’D) The other day I saw this little bird make a nest in the middle of a dirt road...for one egg. Probably the only egg she’ll ever have, and the thing’s gonna get run over laying there. And what can I do? I can’t move it. She’ll straight up abandon, and there’s the egg, just sitting there, all dirty with my finger prints. IN ONE SHOT Marie checks her watch, double times it to the bathroom. After messing with her top shirt she runs back into her room and changes into a similar white shirt. CAMERA MOVES AROUND CHAD’S HEAD UNTIL IT FACES CHAD who stares off screen. CHAD I’m looking around and everyone’s boring. Angry, pissed off girls, and these sheltered, scared boy scouts. Chad stares into the CAMERA. CHAD (CONT’D) This sucks. We got all this social retardation and I keep holding on to the hope that there’s something. Anything to unite us. (pauses) Well, I say screw individuality. I’m gonna be myself. The shutter of the camera SHUTS and OPENS behind the lens. A picture of Chad with sunken eyes QUICKLY DISSOLVES IN, then QUICKLY FADES OUT to white. TWO LEGS hang over the foot of a bed. Sum 41 faintly comes through from some other room. CAMERA MOVES UP to reveal RACHEL HEINZ (34). She wears a huge grin. A weary DANIEL HEINZ (37) walks in and sits next to her. She sits up and smiles his face off. DANIEL I’m worrying too much, huh? Rachel smiles at Daniel and rests on his shoulder. DANIEL (CONT’D) It’s this faint glimpse that the summer’s gonna be hard, real hard. THE KITCHEN DOOR swings opens as Chad jumps in with the camera around his neck. He meets Marie bustling down the hall. MAIRE (ASL) This look good? Chad waves her off and calmly walks to the front door. He turns around to see her disappear back down the hall. TWO HEARING AIDS fly onto Marie’s bed. The music gets turned off in the background. TWO SILVER EARRINGS rest on a dresser. Rachel’s hand carefully picks one up and puts it in her ear. Behind her Daniel lays on the bed. He rolls over onto his stomach. Rachel crawls onto the bed and massages Daniel’s shoulders. RACHEL You tired, Danny? DANIEL Not yet. RACHEL Well, I’m going to church. DANIEL As in Christian? Rachel SNORTS. RACHEL Yeah. Rachel lays on Daniel’s back. DANIEL I ain’t going. RACHEL -Why not? DANIEL I’ve got budgets the look over...when’d you start going? RACHEL Tonight. Rachel hops up on her knees. RACHEL(CONT’D) So getty up, boy. DANIEL I thought church was on Sundays? RACHEL They have a Saturday night special, thingy. DANIEL Special? RACHEL You’ve wanted to go on a date haven’t you? Well, here’s our date. Daniel flips over to face Rachel. DANIEL I’m bowling with Clark and the guys tonight. Rachel slumps back. RACHEL Bowling? DANIEL We’ve been trying to do this for weeks. Rachel jumps off the bed. RACHEL Daniel, what’s with all this “let’s go on a date”? I wanna know when. Because it seems your either at the store or hanging out with Clark and Janet. Rachel storms out the door. DANIEL The store? We gotta get paid. Rachel darts out of the bathroom holding a toothbrush and a tube of toothpaste. Daniel walks down the hall. RACHEL We haven’t even made love since two Saturday’s ago, and that was short. Which means you’re either stressed out or beating it, again. Rachel looks at Daniel. RACHEL You better not be beating it. Pause. Daniel stares back. DANIEL What’s gotten into you? Rachel disappears into the bathroom and runs the water. Daniel heads closer and walks in on Rachel furiously brushing her teeth. DANIEL (CONT’D) You’re always hanging out at Cindy’s house. What’s wrong with Clark and Janet, now? You want something new? Something not so heathen and dirty? (pauses) I’m working every day for you. You could try and show some appreciation instead of leeching off me. Rachel spits. RACHEL Leeching? I’m your wife. You want me to get a job? I can get a job. DANIEL I don’t want you to work. I just don’t know what’s going on with you. RACHEL Ask me, then. It’s not hard. DANIEL What’s going on with you? RACHEL I don’t know. DANIEL Well, what the hell? You tell me to ask and then...I tried. Daniel walks back to the room. Rachel stares in the mirror. CHAD AND MARIE sit together on a black leather couch in a completely silent room. A ROOM FULL OF KIDS bounces with excitement. The only sound is the muffled bass THUMPING on the song. CAMERA MOVES THROUGH THE CROWD to Chad and Marie in the corner of the room. Marie looks around as Chad stares down at his camera. SHELLY (17) pulls Marie off the couch and dances her down a dark hallway. Family photos cover the walls. Shelly stops and turns around, waving her long hair in the air like a waterfall. Marie smiles and nods. Shelly smiles back and pulls her farther. A GROUP OF TEENS sing their hearts out to an R. Kelly song beginning to FADE IN over the THUMPING bass. The room comes alive with the sounds of people chatting and singing. Chad stands outside the people. He makes his way though the crowd. As he approaches a speaker the THUMPING grows louder. He stands close enough to feel the bass. He waits for the sub to vibrate and then takes a picture. A TEENAGE GIRL smiles with embarrassment as PATRICK (mid 20's) aggressively flirts with her. Chad edges his way over to take a picture. PATRICK So, what’s your name? KATY Why? PATRICK You graduated...didn’t you graduate a year behind me? Katy gives an embarrassing laugh. PATRICK Yeah, cause...your name’s Naomi, right? Chad pulls his camera up. KATY Katy. PATRICK Oh, so what year did you graduate? KATY I didn’t. I mean, I haven’t. I’m, like, still a senior. PATRICK At... KATY Jefferson. Chad takes too much time trying to get a good angle on the two. Katy’s attention falls on Chad. PATRICK (O.S.) Yeah, that’s where I graduated. I took you as older than that. KATY (to Chad) Don’t take a picture of me. Chad hesitates. PATRICK You heard her. Get out of here, kid. Chad snaps a picture, grins and walks away. PATRICK Weird –- I got some fruity stuff. It’s pretty good. KATY Sure. Like what? A DOOR OPENS to a group of kids sitting on the bed and floor smoking pot. A black light illuminates the room. The walls are covered with the posters of TUPAC, R. KELLY, EMINEM. Shelly dances into the room. CAMERA MOVES IN on Marie. SHELLY (O.S.) (always speaks with a childish pitch) Grow up, Marie. You’re not passing it up again. The door shuts behind Marie as she accepts a pipe. Shelly lights it for her and she inhales. THE CAMERA MOVES IN ON CHAD looking around the room. STEPHEN (17) pulls him to a group of kids; TARA (17), a black girl with some good dance moves, WINO (17), a big ol’ football player, and JESSE (16) who wears a matching ADIDAS jogging outfit. STEPHEN So, shoot a pic, dude. Chad hops back to take a picture. The whole group of kids bust a pose and Chad snaps a shot. AN EMPTY CROSS hangs high above. People randomly sit in the two columns of pews. The worship leader, PETE (45), stands behind a keyboard in the front. PASTOR MATT (50) walks up and says something to Pete. Rachel sits a little bit more to the back. PETE If we could all find our seats...that’d be great. People take their precious time sitting down. Pete begins rocking an out dated church song. Rachel mimics others around her and stands up. She intently listens to the words and tries to sing along. CINDY (40) runs up to Rachel. CINDY Rachel, you made it? RACHEL I tried to get Dan, but he went bowling with some guys. CINDY Instead of church. Mmmm, we’ll work on that boy. RACHEL Well, he’s got a lot on his mind, with the whole grand opening and all. CINDY I guess so. Cindy begins singing. Rachel watches her with a hurt face then turns and sings. A BOWLING BALL spins down a lane ultimately landing in the gutter and disappearing behind the pins. A balding CLARK (40's) stands, sticking his big belly out and blows air on his face. He spins around and heads to THOMAS (mid 30's), LANCE (mid 30's), and Daniel. CLARK Straight up gyped. The lane’s tilted. Clark grabs a beer off a table already cluttered with empty beer bottles. CLARK (CONT’D) I swear this place is owned by Koreans. He plops down next to a Lance who is definitely in shape. CLARK (CONT’D) You’re up, Lance. Lance makes his way and selects his ball from the rack. LANCE Clark, you watching? Clark raises his beer bottle in acknowledge. Lance turns around and with perfect form throws the ball down with finesse. Clark laughs his head off. CLARK (to Thomas) I just can’t get over the leg thing he does. I’m sorry. The ball sails down and five pins standing. Thomas laughs while Daniel stares off somewhere. THOMAS Amazing. Lance waits for his ball. Clark sits quietly sipping his beer. He looks around. LANCE Hey, I just need a spare. On the other side of the room Patrick walks in with Katy. They’re a little more friendly than at the party. CLARK Tom, you see that? The two that just came in? Thomas stretches to see. THOMAS The hot chick? CLARK Sure. How old do you think he is? Lance steps up to the lane. THOMAS I don’t know, mid twenties. (joking) What he go to Jefferson? CLARK He did a decade ago, but now he sticks around and dates girls five years younger than him. DANIEL That guy’s always coming into my store buying beer. I knew he was a cradle robber. Lance knocks the last five pins down. LANCE That’s game, boys. Clark pay up. THOMAS What about him? CLARK What do you mean what about him? The guy should be out of college and he’s over there with some high schooler. That isn’t disturbing to you? Patrick reaches his arms around Katy and hugs her from behind. THOMAS He wants some fresh tail. I’d bang her, even now. Patrick reaches from behind and wraps his arms around her. THOMAS (O.S.) You seriously wouldn’t drill that if you had the chance? CLARK What? That’s like having sex with your daughter. THOMAS My daughter’s three. Those two are probably five years apart, at most. If they were older we wouldn’t even be having this conversation. Lance listens for a second and then picks his ball up from the machine. He checks the score. CLARK And there not, and that’s why it’s different. A girl changes a lot more from fifteen to twenty-five than twenty-five to thirty-five. True? Thomas shrugs. DANIEL But what about me and Rachel? ‘Cause I started dating her my second year of college, and She would’ve been a senior if she was in school. CLARK Yeah, but that’s three years. Plus, you guys are different. I can handle your situation. This guy’s a lounge lizard...forget it. It bothers me, that’s all. LANCE Clark, double or nothing? Clark snaps back to the game. CLARK Huh? D’you win? LANCE Yeah, but I’m saying double or nothing. If I strike. CLARK Ok...sure. THOMAS Wait, a lounge lizard? LANCE Tom, hold it. This is for cash. Everyone watches as Lance pulls up to the lane and throws the ball. Daniel looks back at Patrick and Katy. The pins STRIKE. Lance jumps in the air but continues to watch. One pin shakes but stays standing. LANCE You gotta be kidding. Clark calmly stands up and raises his hands. Thomas gives him a high five and pats Lance on the back. Daniel looks back from Patrick to Clark’s celebration. Patrick and Katy take the next lane over. Lance fumbles through his wallet and finds money. CLARK What’s that? Forty bucks, farmer. You gonna pay in cash crops? Lance hands Clark a wad of cash. Patrick hangs over Katy helping her throw the bowling ball correctly. Clark notices the two and loses his happiness. A CATERPILLAR mopes across a counter between a register on one side and an assortment of beef jerky jars on the other. Mixed with the beef jerky tubs sits a jar with some coins for homeless kids. Chad towers over it as he watches from behind the counter. He still wears the camera around his neck but doesn’t wear his hearing aid. He carefully picks up the caterpillar. CHAD chucks the caterpillar into the bushes on the side of the store. Above him, on the front of the store, a sign reads “HEINZ CONVENIENT STORE”. Chad swings open the front door making a CHIME. Seconds later the door CHIMES open again and Chad pops out with determination. He pulls the camera up and walks to wear he threw the caterpillar. He finds it slowly moping across some trash on the edge of a patch of grass. In the background a car pulls up to the store. With much struggle Chad attempts to get a good shot. RACHEL (O.S.) Where’d you get that camera? Chad notices Rachel’s shadow. He quickly spins around and stands up. RACHEL (ASL) I haven’t seen that for awhile. CHAD (ASL) You used it lately? RACHEL (ASL) No. Rachel kneels down next to the caterpillar. RACHEL (ASL) A guy once called me a caterpillar as a pick-up line. I see where he was going but it didn’t work for me. The two laugh. Chad leans down to take a picture of the caterpillar. Rachel taps him on the shoulder. RACHEL (ASL) You remember the rule of threes? Chad roles his eyes and nods. RACHEL Just trying to help. Daniel hustles around the corner. DANIEL Chad, I need you in the store. Chad kneels down to get a close-up of the caterpillar. He snaps a shot. DANIEL Chad. CHAD (to Rachel) My hand shook. RACHEL Dad’s talking to you. CHAD Oh, what? DANIEL There’s a customer. I need you at the register. CHAD Ok, I got side tracked. DANIEL Well, we need to make money, and I can’t do the register right now. Chad storms into the store. RACHEL Is business good? DANIEL What do you think? Even the regulars aren’t coming in. This Eversav thing is gonna kill us. RACHEL Well, whatever. I’m going wash some clothes at Cindy’s house, and I’m thinking about making a nice big meal tonight. When you coming home? DANIEL Is our washing machine broken? RACHEL Yeah, last week. DANIEL I can’t get a break. RACHEL Dan, don’t. Why is money all of a sudden a concern? DANIEL It’s always a concern. RACHEL If you make it. DANIEL Don’t bring your church here. RACHEL I’m gonna go. (pauses) Ok, I’ll see ya later. DANIEL Yeah. A HAMPER OF CLEAN CLOTHES sits in a living room. RACHEL WASHES A BOWL IN THE SINK while Chad and Marie clear the table of dinner dishes. Marie brings bowls, with the remains of beans and rice, and sets them next to the sink. Chad puts some salsa in the refrigerator. He turns and FLASHES his camera at Rachel and Marie washing the dishes. MARIE (ASL) Enough with the pictures. It’s getting annoying. CHAD Sorry. RACHEL Chad, you know you don’t need the flash. Just put up the shutter speed. Chad mopes off while Rachel and Marie continue to dry the dishes after Rachel washes them. RACHEL You’ve been a little snotty lately. Something going on? MARIE (ASL) He’s bugging me, always flashing me in the eyes. RACHEL How’s your biology class? MARIE (ASL) It’s cool. The teacher’s way weird, like nerdy punk, but it’s fun. This week we’re learning about Echo Cloning. It’s, like, how DNA fragments move from a hosting vector to something else. RACHEL Sounds fun. I don’t think I learned that in school. Marie puts a stack of dishes away. Rachel pours more soap into the sink and continues to scrub the dishes. MARIE (ASL) It’s new. RACHEL Can you put the leftovers into some tubberware for dad later? MARIE Huh? Rachel grabs a towel and dries her hands. RACHEL (ASL) Where’s your hearing aids? I never see you wearing them? MARIE I can’t find them. The doorbell rings, signaling a light above the door to BLINK. Chad opens it to find Shelly standing outside. A car full of teenagers is parked behind her. Shelly turns around to the car. SHELLY Shut up, you fuckers! Chad leans into the kitchen. Marie puts some bowls down on the counter. RACHEL Who’s knocking on our door at eight thirty? Chad points at Marie. She looks out to the door and sees Shelly fix her bra. MAIRE (ASL) Can I hang out with some girls from school tonight? RACHEL (ASL) Now? You haven’t finished the dishes. MARIE (ASL) Can I do them later? I promise. RACHEL (ASL) Who are these girls? MARIE (ASL) One goes to church with you. Shelly. RACHEL I like her. (ASL) She did the cutest dance last Sunday. MARIE So... RACHEL (ASL) Is your homework done? MARIE Yep. RACHEL (ASL) She ever talk about that dance she did at church? Marie shakes her head. RACHEL (ASL) You should ask her...yeah, go. SHELLY waits at the door. SHELLY Hey, what’s your name? Chad looks at her. He walks up. SHELLY Is Marie here? Chad lifts the camera. CHAD Can I? SHELLY Of me? This for your own amusement later? CHAD Hardly. SHELLY Sure. Marie runs to the door, still putting on a nifty little NEWSBOY hat. Chad takes a picture. SHELLY Wow, bright –- Cute hat, Marie. You got everything? Marie nods. Rachel stops Marie before she leaves. RACHEL (ASL) How late you plan to be out? MARIE I don’t know. We’re gonna watch some movie at Shelly’s. Nothing bad, mom. RACHEL (ASL) I have a right to know. I don’t want you coming home late and sleeping in ‘til noon. Marie runs out. Rachel notices Marie’s bare ears. RACHEL (to self) I don’t get it. Rachel stands there as the car ROARS away. Chad also leaves, wearing the camera. RACHEL (CONT’D) And where you going? Chad looks back at Rachel. RACHEL (ASL) Where are you going? CHAD I’m just getting a sandwich. RACHEL See you wear it. Why doesn’t Marie wear her hearing aids? CHAD She’s cool, now, I guess. RACHEL I gotta have a talk with that girl –- Chad, watch out for your sister, please. I don’t want her walking the wrong way. Chad bites his lip then pulls the camera up to his eye and shoots a shot. RACHEL Ok, that is annoying. CHAD This is an important moment. I shoot things I want to remember. TWO ELDERLY WOMEN slowly walk down a residential street. A 70s Mustang approaches the two from behind. One OLD WOMAN stops. OLD WOMAN Ok, now I am definitely lost. These new kinds of neighborhoods all look the same to me. KATY (O.S.) YOU’RE OLD! YOU’RE ALMOST DEAD! The Mustang flies by with Katy’s head hanging out the front passenger window. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BACKSEAT Marie sits crammed between Shelly and TARA (17). Everyone’s laughing their heads off. A POW WOW song plays. THE CAMERA PANS OVER to Patrick driving. PATRICK Oh, my God. (to Katy) This is the funniest thing. Who’d you get this from? TARA You know Stephen? Out the window Katy watches a couple ahead holding hands and walking down the street. PATRICK No. TARA Well, it was him –- Why are we listening to this music, again? PATRICK It’ll culture you. Tara holds her laugh. Marie tries to reads the girls’ lips in the dark. She darts back and forth as different people talk. As the car draws near to the couple Katy sticks her head out the window. TARA It sounds like a dying dog. The car reaches the people. Katy swings her upper body out the window. KATY YOU’RE HOLDING HANDS!!! The couple watches the Mustang zoom by. The car erupts into laughter. SHELLY The guy jumped. She’s embarrassed for him. PATRICK (to Tara) I’m surprised someone of your...environment would say such an ignorant statement. Shelly looks out the her window then back in excitement. TARA You definitely lost some respect there. SHELLY -Anyone remember Justine? TARA (to Stephen) ...but I’m gonna let it go. SHELLY Tara, you remember Justine. TARA Should I? SHELLY Her parents are, like, psycho strict. Like, wouldn’t let her go to dances or rated R movies. TARA That would suck, so much. PATRICK You talking about Justine Helmer? The authentic girl? SHELLY Authentic? Patrick watches Marie adjusts her hat in the rearview mirror. TARA (O.S.) The one we called Laney Boggs. SHELLY (O.S.) Yeah, I forgot about that. Patrick stops at a red light. Katy leans out the window. Two people stand on the corner. KATY STANDING ON A CORNER! YOU’RE STANDING ON A CORNER! Patrick grabs Katy back into the car. PATRICK Shut up. What are you doing? That’s a cop. The cop turns around and the car gets quiet. Katy clips her seatbelt in and sits quietly back, facing forward. Shelly clips her seatbelt in and so does Tara. PATRICK Stupid... KATY I know, all right. The cop stares at the car. Patrick notices Marie looking at him. PATRICK (to Katy) Katy, talk to me or something. Do it. It’ll look less guilty. Katy hesitates. Patrick stares forward. PATRICK (CONT’D) Talk... KATY About what? I can’t just...just drive off, Pat. PATRICK ...turn green. A STOPLIGHT changes from red to green. A red Volkswagen JETTA speeds through the intersection. It passes a group of FRESHMAN GIRLS on a downtown sidewalk. BOY’S VOICE WHY YOU THROWING DAGGERS AT ME!?! As they drive away one of the Girls flips off the car. A camera flash comes back at her. BLIMPIE’S PARKING LOT is packed with cars. It’s equally busy inside. JUSTINE HELMER (18) walks out with some food. The Jetta swings into a parking spot next to her. Justine props up against her car. JUSTINE Hold on. Five boys fall out of the car. The group is Jesse, RED (16), Wino, Stephen and Chad. Stephen watches Justine get in the car. She drives off. STEPHEN That was Justine Helmer. Where she been? CHESTER hustles in a tired rage behind the Blimpie’s counter wearing a Blimpie’s outfit with a SIMPSONS ONE HUNDREDTH EPISODE hat. CHESTER Onions? LUCY (17), a pissy teen, talks on her cell phone. LUCY Hold on... (to Chester) What? CHESTER You want onions? LUCY No...yes. Just a little. And everything else except hot peppers. CHESTER On both? LUCY Yes. I said both sandwiches are the same. Chester grabs some onions and sprinkles them on. LUCY (on phone) ...you’re working out with him? That’s just foreplay, Megs...yeah, he’s hot for you...I’d say you will. Just don’t eat any nasty food - Oh, shit. (to Chester) Wait, is it too late to change the onions? CHESTER Make up your mind, Lucy. I got customers. LUCY Okay, no onions. Thanks, hon. The gang of boys walks through the door. Stephen and Chad walk up to Lucy. LUCY (on phone) I’ll talk to you later. Have fun...no, make him use the protection. STEPHEN You skipped class on Friday. LUCY (on phone) Bye, Megs. (to Stephen) Oh, really? I skipped class. Good eye. CHESTER Pickles, peppers... LUCY No peppers. I already said that. Chester secretly grabs a few big onions and puts them on the two sandwiches. STEPHEN (to Lucy) You seen Shelly or Tara? LUCY They left with Patrick. CHESTER Salt, pepper, vinegar, oils? LUCY Chester, you put that shit on and I’ll squeeze your little Adam’s apple ‘til it bursts. CHESTER (sarcastically) So, no? LUCY Yeah, no. STEPHEN You two still dating? LUCY I couldn’t compete with his little Queen Armadillo. CHESTER Queen Amidala, plus it’s better than your Feringi face. LUCY What? Chad takes a picture of Chester. CHESTER No flash photography, please. Chad laughs. STEPHEN (to Lucy) So, they seriously went with old man Patrick? Why? LUCY I don’t know. Cause they were hanging out with Katy, and the two are going out. Lucy moves down to the register. CHAD How old’s this guy? Forty? PATRICK No, he’s only twenty something. But we’re waiting for him to leave us. LUCY When he gets a life. CHESTER That’ll be five eighty five. LUCY You take Visa? Chester takes the card. Lucy starts putting chapstick on. CHESTER Can I see some i.d.? LUCY Cute. Are you serious? You prick. Lucy takes her i.d. out. STEPHEN Anything going on tonight? LUCY I dunno. I’m going to Danny’s to watch a movie. STEPHEN You guys still banging? LUCY You’re a sick little dick, you know that Stephen. And like I’d ever give you any reason to associate me and sex in your big or little head. Lucy signs for the credit card. STEPHEN Well, what am I supposed to do tonight - Chad, what do we do? Oh, Lucy. This is Chad. Chad, Lucy. Chad smiles. LUCY Have you guys yelled at people, yet? STEPHEN We already did that for an hour. LUCY You’re so dumb. Lucy grabs her two sandwiches and heads for the door. LUCY Well, whatever you do, don’t kill anybody. CHESTER Thank you, come again. LUCY Nice hat, dork. Lucy leaves. Chester adjust his hat and goes to the next customer. Stephen’s face brightens. STEPHEN (to Chad) Moon patrol. THE MUSTANG pulls into a apartment’s parking lot. Katy gets out before the car fully stops. Patrick turns the car off and jumps out. PATRICK What’s your problem, Katy? KATY Can I have the keys? I need to go to the bathroom. Patrick leads Katy away. Behind them the three girls take their time getting out. SHELLY This car makes me laugh. TARA Why’d you bring up Justine? SHELLY I used to hang out with her, and we past her house back by Marie’s. –- Where we going? TARA He lives in number twelve. A PORCH LIGHT hangs over a door with the number “12". Tara leads the two girls to the door. TARA Didn’t she run away a while ago? SHELLY Yeah, but I hear she’s back. But get this. IN ONE SHOT Tara pushes open the door to a poorly lit and dirty living room. Shelly walks up and throws some clothes off a couch along with a video game controller and sits down. SHELLY (CONT’D) She ran away ‘cause her parents, mostly her mom, they’re crazy. Now the dad ran away with some way younger girl. That’s messed up. He was, like, a board member, too. Tara turns a light on while Marie sits in an isolated seat in the corner of the room. TARA Is that good, the board thing? SHELLY That means he’s supposed to be one of the best Christians at my church. Debra, the wife, is all screwed up now. TARA I’d be pissed. SHELLY If my husband did that to me I’d so cut his balls off. Then frickin’ eat them in front of him. Marie giggles. Shelly and Tara look at her surprised, then at each other. ON THE FRONT OF A MONSTROUS SUPERSTORE hangs an illuminating “EVERSAV”. Under the sign another temporary sign reads “GRAND OPENING”. AN EVERSAV WORKER shelves bags of cookies. Stephen and Wino walk up. STEPHEN Excuse me. Where’s the frozen pizzas? The worker pulls out a map. WORKER One sec. I still don’t have this place all figured out. Here we go. Aisle forty. STEPHEN, WINO Forty? The worker begins to walk fairly fast, making it hard for Stephen and Wino to stay up. A COOLER FULL OF 20oz POP BOTTLES opens and a hand grabs one out. It slowly shuts. Another hand opens it up and grabs another bottle. JESSE AND CHAD stand with their bottles. JESSE So, you shooting for anything in partic? CHAD In particular? JESSE Yeah. Like what? CHAD I just found this the other day. JESSE It’s a nice cam. You ever shoot peeps from, like, the top of a building? Like a sniper. Chad shakes his head. JESSE I think being a snipe would be co’. It’s all about accuracy. I’m not really a fighting kind of G –- you deaf, huh? CHAD Uh, huh. JESSE That’s cool. Can you see better than us? CHAD I don’t think so. JESSE I heard blind people can hear better. Always wondered if it worked like that with deaf people. CHAD Maybe. DUSTIN That’s cool. THE WORKER rounds the corner into Aisle forty. Stephen and Wino follow a ways back. WORKER Bingo. Right there. STEPHEN Thanks. WORKER No Prob. The worker leaves. Stephen grabs out a pizza. He knocks over a couple other pizzas on his way out. WINO Why are we buying pizzas? Stephen picks up the fallen pizzas and loosely throws them back in. He quickly shuts the glass door which ultimately holds the pizzas in. STEPHEN Cause if we buy just eggs that’ll look a little obvious. A week ago I came here, on their grand opening, and they wouldn’t let me buy just eggs. RED casually puts a beer in his pocket. THE FRESHMAN GIRLS walk back with grocery bags on the downtown street. They chat about dumb stuff. An egg nails the side of the girl’s face that earlier flipped them off. The group stops to see the Jetta fly by. She flips them off with both hands. A camera flash shines out the Jetta’s window. STEPHEN has trouble driving he’s laughing so hard. RED Those were totally the girls we yelled at earlier. We gotta go back. STEPHEN No way. WINO Come on, Stephen. That’d be funny. JESSE For real. We gonna egg her. Stephen pulls a U-turn and heads back for the girls. Chad prepares to take a picture. Red grabs an egg from the carton and hands it to Wino in the backseat. The Girls watch as the car returns. FLIP OFF GIRL LEAVE US ALONE! Wino works his way out the window and chucks an egg as hard as he can over the car. ...an oncoming Porche intercepts the egg and takes it in the driver’s window... ...a flash comes from the Jetta. Wino quickly slides back in the car... ...the Porche slams to a halt. Wino sits down and puts his seatbelt on. WINO I hit it. I pelted that car. The boys watch as the Porche makes a U-turn. RED, JESSE, CHAD Go! Move! It’s coming back. STEPHEN I know. Shutup. I’m going! Stephen speeds off. The Porch stays tight on his tail. Chad quietly sits in the back seat clutching the camera. The Jetta heads for a red light... ...Stephen quickly looks both ways... A car JETS across the intersection. The Jetta runs the red light and barely passes behind it. CHAD What are you doing? STEPHEN Shut up. CHAD You’re going to kill us. Just pull over. RED (to Chad) Are you stupid –- don’t stop. The Porche blows the red light and stays with them. POV of the Porche; Chad stares out the rear window of the Jetta. It weaves threw the traffic and makes a quick right. The Jetta comes to a DEAD END sign on a quiet residential street. CHAD Dead end? DUSTIN That guy’s coming. Stephen backs up... ...he hits over a garbage can... ...the Jetta goes forward and jumps the curb. It peels out with two wheels on the sidewalk. The Porche drives up and tries to box the Jetta in, but the Jetta gets around it. RED Shoot that Chad. Two CRACKS echo in the air. WINO Is some one lighting fireworks? JESSE I bet that stupid guy just backfired. Chad grabs his arm. He pulls his hand up with blood on it. CHAD I’m shot. WINO He probably burned his car out. JESSE Yeah, you smoked him clean. Straight up. CHAD I’M SHOT! PATRICK lays back on his couch. Shelly and Tara sit on the other couch together while Marie sits by herself in the corner chair. TARA She mad? PATRICK You tell me. TARA She’s probably embarrassed she totally yelled at a cop. Did you get on her for it? PATRICK -I couldn’t believe that. Yeah, I got on her. She was stupid. TARA Maybe that did it. You’re probably the kind of guy that makes fun of people’s most sensitive areas. PATRICK You can leave, Tara. I know you came with Katy. Shelly walks out in a bikini. SHELLY Well, are we swimming or what? PATRICK Or you can stay. You guys all got stuff? TARA You swimming? SHELLY Yeah. TARA I got one. SHELLY You got a bikini? MARIE Oh...yeah. Marie grabs her bag and stands up. PATRICK I guess you guys can change in my room. A TYRA BANKS POSTER hangs on the back of a bedroom door. Tara walks in with Marie. The door pushes some clothes out of the way. TARA Look at this place. Guy’s never have clean rooms. Tara pulls a bikini top out of her bag. Marie shuts the door. TARA (CONT’D) I just got the cutest bikini. I can’t believe I found it on sale for fifty bucks. Tara notices the poster. Marie slowly opens her bag. TARA That makes sense. Why do guys have those? I bet he’s got porn. Tara begins snooping around the room. Marie changes into her one piece swimsuit. Tara checks under the bed, then under the pillow and finally in the top drawer of the dresser. TARA I knew it. Oh, classy. Penthouse. She opens the magazine and turns to see Marie wearing her one piece. MARIE Do you think this is fine? TARA It’s kinda kiddy. MARIE I haven’t bought a suit this year, yet. TARA Year? More like decade. I bet Katy has one in her bag...if she left it here. It might be a little small, though. (joking) You ready to be a woman, Marie? Marie slowly nods with a hard face. RACHEL AND DANIEL SPOON on the couch watching a movie in the dark. The telephone rings. DANIEL Can you pause it? He gets up and slums over to the blinking phone. DANIEL (answering) Hello...is he all right?... (to Rachel) You wanna go pick Chad up at the hospital? RACHEL Why? DANIEL He was shot in the arm. RACHEL What? A CLERK sits behind the front desk at the hospital. Daniel and Maire run up. DANIEL I’m looking for Chad Heinz. He came in tonight with a gun shot wound. CLERK Is he your son? DANIEL My adopted son. RACHEL He’s my son. A NURSE walks out of a hospital room. CAMERA MOVES IN and we see Chad laying on a bed with an IV in his arm. Rachel walks in ahead of Daniel. When she sees Chad she slows down and kisses him on the forehead. RACHEL You all right? CHAD I can feel. RACHEL Have you had anything to eat? Here, I’ll get something for you. What do you want? Fruit? I’ll get you fruit. Rachel leaves. DANIEL Fun night. Chad’s silent. Daniel moves closer. DANIEL (CONT’D) It hurt? CHAD The IV did. DANIEL This is when you should have your camera. CHAD You don’t have to say anything. DANIEL You know who shot you? Chad turns away. DANIEL (CONT’D) You got plate numbers? Car description...what happened? CHAD Stephen just raced over here after I was shot. DANIEL So, you were egging and a guy shot you? CHAD Yeah, I was there. DANIEL How am I supposed to react in this situation? Chad SIGHS. DANIEL (CONT’D) Hey, I’m gonna lecture, alright. ‘Cause this better not happen again. I can’t afford to have you getting shot. CHAD It’s not gonna happen again. A nurse walks in. NURSE Chad, here’s your Tylenol. DANIEL (taking it from him) I’ll take it. The nurse leaves. DANIEL You doing good in school? What about the class you had the F in. CHAD I’m doing all right. DANIEL You still have an F? CHAD Why you asking me that? Daniel sits down next to Chad. DANIEL What does you getting shot mean? CHAD It means I picked stupid friends and they screwed me over. DANIEL Chad, what do you like? You do nothing. You go to school, come home... CHAD I got stuff. School’s hard, okay? It takes me longer than Marie to do things. DANIEL I’m about to lose the store. The store my grandfather built, and I’m losing it. I can’t get this out of my head. At sixteen I could’ve done anything. You can do anything. Just do it. The only thing holding you back is laziness. Chad lays, staring at the wall. DANIEL Yeah? CHAD Yeah...yeah, I guess. Daniel sits down. DANIEL I only want to see you do what you want. I don’t want you to inherit a descent life. I want you to get a awesome one. Might as well. CHAD Dad, The stores not gone yet. Rachel walks in with a banana and a protein bar. RACHEL Eat this banana.