ALICE AND HOLLI AT BAR, NIGHT
HOLLI
Scott's looking at you again.
ALICE
Uh.
HOLLI
Uh? Alice, he's hot and British. What more can you ask
for?
ALICE
(Fake cheerily)
Okay, let's double date. You can have his friend, Jake.
HOLLI
Ew.
ALICE
Got you at your own game, honey.
HOLLI
Shut up.
ALICE
Now that's impossible.
HOLLI
Did you just insult yourself?
ALICE
Oops.
HOLLI
Man, that guy has focus. How can he stare at one thing for
so long?
ALICE
Unlike, you, Holli, he doesn't have Attention Deficit
Disorder.
HOLLI
I do not!
ALICE
Right. You know, sometimes I wonder about guys. I mean,
they can be complete jerks, like Scott, and some can be
really nice like, well, I can't think of anyone right now,
but...
(Stops in mid-sentence as she turns and realizes
that Holli isn't there)
Holli!
(Looks over crowd)
What a weirdo. To think that I blew off my plans with
Annabelle to hang out with HER.
(Goes into bathroom)
Hello, Holli?
(Hears a gagging and her eyes widen)
HOLLI!!
(Bangs against the closed stall door)
Holli, open the door!
(Yanks Holli up from the ground and pulls her
out of the stall)
I thought you said you were doing great! Don't do this
again! There's a reason why you're going to that center!
(The door suddenly caves in and Alice falls into Holli)
Holli, WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING!?
(Yanks Holli up from the ground and pulls her
out of the stall)
I thought you said you were doing great! Don't do this
again! There's a reason why you're going to that center!
HOLLI
Yeah, Alice, there is! At the center, we WORK on it. It's
a step by step process! You can't expect me to be over it
in two weeks!
ALICE
Well, your first step can be NOT BARFING AFTER EVERY
MEAL!
HOLLI
Alice! Do you hear yourself!? No wonder I'm doing this!
ALICE
Oh, so you're blaming me now!? What the fuck did I do!?
HOLLI
You're always down my throat, Alice! I have all this
pressure because my best friend wants me to be perfect.
ALICE
That's not it!
HOLLI
Yes it is, Alice, this is all your fault!
ALICE
Like what happened to me isn't your fault.
HOLLI
Alice, what are you talking about?
ALICE
It was college when you were my roommate that I started
hanging out with THEM. Every night, it was, "Oh, sorry,
Alice, I have a date, bla bla bla."
HOLLI
Alice, you chose to hang out with them! You chose to take
drugs!
ALICE
Just like you're choosing to throw your guts up after
eating.
HOLLI
Oh, that's it!
(Slaps Alice)
ALICE
(Eyes widen as she puts her hand to her face)
Oh...
(Yanks Holli's hair)
HOLLI
(Shoves Alice out the bathroom door)
ALICE
(Lands against a table and tips the wine glasses
over, breaking them as the crowd goes silent.
Holli stands over her and smiles. Alice leaps
up from the ground with a cry and yanks Holli's
hair violently, pulling her to the ground)
(Okay, this is where the catfight is. It's not like I can give a play by play of it,
but basically, there's hair pulling, slapping, and shoving)
HOLLI
(Lands on the floor when Alice slaps then pushes
her)
(The manager starts stalking towards them and Alice and Holli give each other a look
of anger)
(We see the outside of the bar as the women are shoved out on the sidewalk. The door
slams)
HOLLI
(Folds her arms in front of her and walks
silently in front of Alice)
ALICE
(Follows farther behind, looking down at the
ground. She looks up at Holli and suddenly
bursts into a fit of laughter)
HOLLI
(Looks back at her with a confused look, but at
the sight of Alice collapsing to the ground in
laughter, she starts laughing also)
ALICE
(Wiping the tears from her eyes from laughing so
hard)
Now that was like a movie!
HOLLI
(Laughing so hard she can only nod)
ALICE
I have a feeling we won't be going there for a while!
(Suddenly, three police cars zoom past them and around the corner, their sirens
blaring. This is followed by an ambulance)
HOLLI
(Looks at Alice and they both get up, running
after them to see what's going on)
(They get around the corner to see a black car and a bunch of police cars surrounding
it. They run up to the sight)
HOLLI
(Slips stealthily past the police officers to
the car. She looks down what the ambulance
workers are leaning over and gasps, putting her
hands over her mouth)
ALICE
Right behind her, but can't see what's going on)Holli- what...
HOLLI
(Turns around to face Alice, tears running down
her face)
Alice, you don't want to see it...
ALICE
Holli, what? What is it?
(Starts pushing past Holli)
HOLLI
Alice, you don't want to see her!!
(Grabs Alice's arm to try to stop her from going
further)
ALICE
(Yanks out from Holli's grip, her eyes widen as
she looks down)
(This is when the camera pans down to see a body
of a young woman- Annabelle)
Belle...
(Alice heads starts bending down, but a police
officer grabs her arm)
OFFICER
You have to stay away. This is a crime scene.
ALICE
(Struggling to escape his grasp)
No! She's my sister!
(Escapes and starts rushing towards Annabelle
again
(Two other officers grab her)
ALICE
NO! ANNABELLE, PLEASE!
(Tears running down her face)
No...
(Falls down)
(Scene pans out from aerial view spinning)