"STU," Sidney calls as she runs to him tearing up more and more. Stu jumps up and Sidney runs into him. Stu holds her as Sidney cries hysterically, her face buried in her chest.
"She literally pulled me out the door," Hallie tried to catch her breath as she rubbed Sidney's back. Stu hesitantly wraps his arms around Sidney and whispers 'it's okay' repeatedly.
A chunky male doctor with grey hair approaches them. Stu gently pushes Sidney away and turns her to face the doctor.
"I'm doctor Mott. Are you Randy's family?" The doctor asks professionally. Sidney controls her sobs.
"What's going on?" Sidney asks with a scratchy voice.
"The attacker stabbed him 4 times, once just barely missing the heart. The amount of blood loss is imperil, but as long as we can get enough blood back into his system he should be fine."
"Can you?" Stu asked impatiently.
"We're working on it," the doctor nodded.
"Can we see him?" Sidney asked anxiously. The doctor nodded again and led the way to Randy's room. In the bed, Randy slept quietly on his back. His hospital gown was bloody in some areas and his eyes are swollen.
"Why is his face like that?" Hallie asked grossed out.
"Do I look like the doctor?" Stu replied frustrated. Hallie got quiet. A knock came at the door and 2 police officers walked in.
"Hello," the head officer smiled a little. "I'm officer Mehoff, this is my partner officer Killard."
"He's asleep," Stu said immediately and defensively. He remembered when he was in the hospital for his stab wounds. He had a different police officer with different questions coming in his room every day. He couldn't remember much, so they hounded him and hounded him. He told them how annoying it was and how he just wanted to rest, but they just nodded and continued with the questions not giving a rats ass about his wishes.
"Do you guys have any clue who would have done this to Randy?" Officer Mehoff asked, taking out his note pad and a blue pen. "Does he have any enemies? Owe anybody money?"
"Yeah," Stu chuckled. "That's why we haven't already mentioned their names, huh." It wasn't a secret that Stu hated police. His exact words were 'they're just a buncha dopey dipshits (the most hated people in the town, mind you) who got their asses kicked every day of their useless childhood and finally found a way to get back at the community.' As long as he could speak his mind and not get arrested, he intended to do so.
"Stu," Sidney tried to calm him down but she stopped when she realized it was no use.
"Young man I'm going to have to ask you to be calm. It's basic procedure we ask you these questions," officer Killard said. "Jack..." He urged the other guy to continue. Stu started laughing and both officers looked shocked.
"Wait a minute..." Stu said still laughing. "You're name is Jack?"
Officer Mehoff nodded, wondering what was so funny about it.
"So..." he stopped to catch his breath between laughs. "You're Jack Mehoff?" At hearing this out loud, Stu's laughter got louder. He bent over at the sudden pain in his stomach and could feel the tears in his eyes. It's been forever since he laughed this hard.
Sidney smiled a little, and Hallie joined in Stu's hysterical laughter. Officer Mehoff cleared his throat and stared at Stu threateningly. Stu stood back up and saw the look in the cop's eyes. His laughter slowed then finally died off, but Stu chuckled every now and then.
"The killer intentionally missed the heart," officer Mehoff changed the subject, his face growing red with embarrassment. "It's not hard to hit the heart, so we believe that the original plan was to stab him until he was bleeding actively then leave him to bleed to death. They wanted him to suffer," they explained their prediction to the kids.
Every word made Sidney feel even more miserable. It wasn't any help that they threw in gruesome details to go along with the un-necessary imagery.
"Oh please, please more details," Stu pleaded sarcastically. "Better yet, why don't you paint us a picture?" he noticed Sidney's face looking more and more depressed.
Later that night Sidney, asleep but aware of her surroundings, tossed and turned in her bed.
: Sid's dream :
Sidney walks into Randy's hospital room to see Randy watching TV.
"Hey baby," Randy smiles, clicks the TV off, and sits up in his bed. Sidney smiles and leans in to kiss her boyfriend. The two share a conversation about what Randy could remember.
"I want you to know," Sidney begins to avoid eye contact. "If you don't make it through this, I won't be able to... I won't want to!" She was beginning to cry. Randy looks her in the eyes.
"All I need to make it," he says in all seriousness, "is a kiss from my girl. Then I'll have the strength I need to make it through this and the next killing spree."
Sidney smiles and leans in. The two kiss passionately with a lot of tongue. Finally, Sidney pulls away with her eyes still shut.
"Your mouth tastes like blood," she says. When Randy doesn't reply, she opens her eyes. What comes to sight makes her scream loudly. There, in Randy's bed, is a very alive Billy Loomis. He smiles at her. Sidney looks up to the ceiling and sees Randy hanging from a the ceiling, his insides on the outside. His lifeless eyes peering down at her with glassy eyes as if he were crying at the very moment of his death. : End dream :
Sidney sits up in her bed, screaming. Hallie, who is sitting by Sidney's bed trying to wake her up, jumps startled. Sidney looks at Hallie with eyes as wide as could be.
"What?" Hallie asks holding her hand over her heart.
Afternoon Stu and CeCe walk next to each other laughing and holding hands.
"What's so funny?" Sidney asks as the two approach her.
"Stu's a smart ass," CeCe looks at her boyfriend, who quickly kisses her and smiles.
"What's going on?" Stu asks, looking out on the large crowd that has over-taken the front lawn of the campus.
"It's a reporter stampede," Mickey jumps up on the brick wall that guards the walk way.
"Obviously," CeCe replies.
The chief of police points to one of the reporters in the first row.
"Hi, Gale Weathers, author of "The Woodsboro Murders." Do you think that the killer will strike again?" A voice that is all too familiar to Stu and Sidney asks. Sidney squints in the sun and spots Gale Weathers writing down the officer's reply.
"Look Stu! It's Gale Weathers!" She points to the reporter. Stu puts a piece of gum into his mouth.
"Star of the Gale Weathers press conference. Author of the press conference starring Gale Weathers. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Gale Weathers." Stu says, obviously not surprised at Gale's presence. Stu stops staring and looks like he's thinking hard about something.
"Hey, Sidney, I may have over looked one teensy detail," he said. "Gale just got back into town, and since Billy wanted me to kill Gale before Randy, then..."
"What?" Sidney asks.
"Either the killer is going to back-track, kill Gale, then move on to the best friend or skip right ahead to Tatum since Gale wasn't part of the original plan. She just kinda... Was there... "
Everybody looks at Hallie.
"What?" Hallie asks, not understanding what's going on. Stu looks back at Gale.
"Check the calf implants," Stu points. CeCe hits him in the chest. "Let's get closer," Stu pulls CeCe away and Sidney, Mickey, and Hallie follow.
Gale puts the notepad away and walks away from the crowd.
"Excuse me, miss Weathers?" A skinny woman with short hair hurries up to Gale. "Hi, Debbie Solt. Could I have a word with you?"
"No," Gale answers coldly.
"Please it'll just take a second," the annoying woman begs. Gale rolls her eyes and throws her hands up. "Great. I'm a writer myself, well, just for the local paper, The Post Telegraph. I took your seminar last year in Chicago. I was the one in the front asking all of the questions."
"Oh yeah. I thought you looked familiar," Gale hoped she'd get the message that she was annoying her.
"Yeah, well I can't wait to see the movie. You must be getting a lot of flack about that. Right?"
"No comment," Gale stopped at her news van. Debbie scratches her head uncomfortably.
"Please Miss Weathers, it would be such an honor if I could get a quote from you for my story."
"Alright. Begin quote. Your flattering remarks are both desperate and obvious. End quote."
Debbie gets what Gale is trying to say and smiles heartlessly before walking away.
Gale opens the van door and puts her stuff away.
"Miss Weathers? Hi, I'm Joel, you're new cameraman." the African American guy offers his hand to Gale.
"Do you have experience?" Gale asks not shaking his hand. Joel slowly puts his hand at his side.
"Uh yeah, I shot the bingo finals. Heck, I won an award for that," he was proud of himself. Gale rolls her eyes.
"Great. Ok Joel, this is how it works. I point, you shoot. You stay focused and fast and on your toes, and we'll get along fine. Think you can handle that?" Gale turns around and almost bumps right into Stu.
"A little too close," CeCe says, causing Stu to laugh.
"Stu?" Gale backs up. Sidney walks out from behind Mickey and steps in front of Stu.
"Hello Sidney," Gale says uncomfortably.
"Hi... What are you doing here?"
"Well, I was hoping I could get a few words from you with..."
Gale lifts her arm in the air and snaps her fingers. The drivers door of her news van opens and a tall man steps out.
"Cotton..." Sidney says shocked.
"Hey Sidney." Cotton shook her hand. Gale smiled, taking pride in her scheme.
"Camera..." Gale turns to Joel, who turns the camera on and points it at her.
"Here we are at Windsor College where Sidney Prescott has just been reunited with Cotton Weary for the first time since she wrongfully accused him of her murdering her mother," Gale stood in front of both Sidney and Cotton talking into the microphone. Joel moves in for a close up of Sidney. Stu shoves the camera out away from Sidney's face.
"What the hell are you doing?" Stu asks Gale. "Did Sidney know about this?"
"We want to know what you think.." Gale says to Sidney.
Cotton steps closer to Sidney. "Sidney, I'd just like to say that I forgive and forget, and like you, I'd like to move on with my life."
"You bitch!" Sidney pushes Gale into Joel and walks away.
"Did you get that on film?" Hallie asks as Joel catches Gale.
"Yes I got that on film," Joel mimics her tone of voice.
Cotton is obviously taken by surprise.
"Gale, what's going on? You mean she didn't know?"
Gale watches Sidney walk away, followed by her group of friends. Gale is pissed and looks according to.
"Oh man, that was cold," Joel puts the camera on the ground.
"Hey, you need to check your conscience at the door sweetie! We're not here to be loved!" Gale snaps and walks away from the 2 men.
Standing a few feet behind her, Dewey witnesses the entire encounter with Gale and Sidney. Gale slowly walks towards him, but Dewey walks off after Sidney.
"Sidney!" Dewey calls after her. Sidney turns around.
"Dewey?" Sidney walks to him. The two hugged, seeing as how Dewey was like the brother Sidney never had.
"Deputy Dewey! Woodsboro's finest! How ya doin," Stu shook hands with Dewey.
"Hey Stu," Dewey felt the same old feeling he always got around Stu. He didn't feel right around his little sisters last love.