TWENTY-YEAR-OLD ALICE
(Alice is sitting on a bed and she looks up at a picture on the wall. It's of her
father standing next to her and her horse, Pluto. We hear the door opening and Alice looks up to see her roommate, Holli)
HOLLI
Ooh, me have date!
(Drops her bag and go into the bathroom,
applying eye shadow and mascara)
ALICE
(Sarcastically)
Didn't see that coming.
(Rolls her eyes)
HOLLI
His name is Mac.
ALICE
So it's a guy this time?
HOLLI
There happens to be a lack of lesbian or bisexual females
on this campus.
ALICE
Right.
(Looks down at her magazine)
HOLLI
Oh, but he's extremely cute.
ALICE
For some reason, Mac makes me think of a Big Mac, and I
find it slightly unattractive.
HOLLI
Oh, but he's not big at all.
(Turns and smiles at Alice)
Well, his biceps are.
ALICE
So, you're not going to be here again?
HOLLI
I'm afraid so. You'll be missing my wonderful company.
Sorry that you're gonna be alone again.
ALICE
That's okay. I'll find something to do.
(Scene goes to a dim place. There's about a dozen people milling around, talking.
Loud rock music is playing in the background as we see someone, just their mouth, downing a small pill with a bottle of beer. The camera moves up to show that it's
Alice. She laughs)
SOME GUY
Dude, today, some scrawny little freckled kid comes up to
me and like's, 'I hear you go some weed or something, can I
try some?' And I'm like, are you shittin' me, here? People these days, I mean, they think they can just come up to people and get somethin'. They think they don't have to
earn nothin' to get there.
(The guy takes a needle from someone, then injects it into his arm. He presents it to
Alice)
ALICE
(Shakes her head)
I dunno..."
SOME GUY
Come on, Al. All's you been takin' is that damn ecstasy.
Don't you think it time for the next step up?
ALICE
(After some hesitation, smiles and accepts the
needle)
Do I...
SOME GUY
Find a vein and just stick it in there. Make sure you tap
it or there's bubbles in your blood.
(Alice winces, then taps the needle. She takes a breath, then closes her eyes and
sticks it into her arm)
