Scream-The Alternate Version
Chapter Thirteen: Billy And Sidney Make Up
It's getting late and some kids leave through the front door, muttering, parents and curfew", etc. The door hangs open wide. Sid moves to close it when...Billy appears in a classic fake scare.
"Billy? Jesus, you scared me." Sidney said to him. Stu appears.
"Dude, what are you doing here?" Stu asked with a wink to Billy.
"I was hoping Sid and I could talk." Billy said to her.
"If Tatum sees you she'll draw blood." Sidney joked.
"You two can go up to my parents' room? You can talk…whatever." Stu said smirking. He knew what Billy and Sidney might do in that room.
"Subtlety Stu, you should look it up." Billy said to him staring at Sidney. He missed his girlfriend.
"It's ok. We need to talk." Sidney said taking Billy's hand leading him up the stair case. Randy appears from the kitchen just in time to see Sid and Billy disappear.
"What's leather face doing here?" Randy asks.
"He came to make up." Stu said.
"There goes my chance with Sid. Damn." Randy said angered.
"As if." Stu said to him.
"Really Alicia? As if?" Randy asked him. Stu walked away from him throwing up a peace sign. "As if. Asshole." Randy said walking back into the kitchen.
Kenny picks up a compact video camera the size of his fist. He checks its battery pack. He smacks the control panel around hoping to get a clear picture. He smacks it once more before a clear picture of the living room in Stu Macher's house becomes clear. Kenny fidgets at the control board. He hits a couple a buttons, bangs the side of the monitor and a picture emerges...the living room. The camera is positioned just above the television...
ON SCREEN
The party is in full swing. Several TEENS sit right in front of the television. Because of the camera's position they appear to be staring right into the lens. Suddenly, the van's side door slides open and Gale pops in.
"Got a picture. Perfect placement. We can see everything." Kenny said. Gale is ecstatic.
"Nice job with the camera." Kenny congratulates.
"Thanks. It's perfect to." Gale said of her handy work.
"The control board's glitched. You know, we can't carry a live picture at its actual time." Kenny said to her.
"What's the delay?" Gale asked.
"About 30 seconds." Kenny said to her.
"Keep recording. As long as we get good picture its fine." Gale told him. "Tell me Kenneth, has a cheesy tabloid journalist every won the Pulitzer?"
"There's a first time for everything." Kenny responds.
"You damn right." Gale said to him.
Sidney and Billy are in a large, master bedroom with wooden doors. Sidney is sitting Indian style on the bed while Billy takes his jacket off and moves to sit next to her on the bed. Both stare at each other awkwardly. Billy smiles at her and Sidney smirks back. She remembers what his father told her about his dream. She wondered if it were true. Did Billy have dreams about her? About the two of them?
"So…" Sidney said to break the ice.
"So…I'm sorry. I've been a selfish prick." Billy said to her.
"No, I'm the one who's been selfish and self-absorbed with all my post traumatic stress." Sidney said.
"You lost your mom…."
"I know but you're right. Enough is enough. I can't wallow in the grief process forever and I can't keep lying to myself about who my mother was." Sidney said. Billy bows his head quietly knowingly. "I'm scared that I'm gonna turn out just like her. You know like the bad seed or something." Sidney said.
"You're not your mother Sid." Billy said to her. He takes her hand in his. "You are one of the most pure, innocent, smart, sexy, beautiful and caring people I know." Billy said as she smiled. "I'm so glad you're my girlfriend."
"Thanks. I'm glad you're my boyfriend to." Sidney said as Billy kisses her hand. "Every time I get close to you I see my mom. I know it doesn't make sense."
"Sure it does. It's like Jodie Foster in Silence Of the lambs when she kept having flashbacks of her dead father." Billy said to her.
"But this is real life. This isn't a movie." Sidney said to him.
"Sure it is, Sid. It's all one big movie. Only you can't pick your genre." Billy said to her. She gives him a half smile. Billy moves closer to her. They embrace tenderly.
"I wanna let go. I do…." Sidney said her face buried in his neck.
"Ssssshhhh….everything's gonna be ok. I promise. I'll protect you." Billy said pulling away from her for a moment. "You believe me when I say I love you right?"
"Yes." Sid smiled.
"You love me?" Billy asked her tenderly.
"Yes. I love you to." Sidney said to him. Billy smiles pulling her back to him again.
Sidney takes the initiative, acting on impulse, kissing him long and hard. She breaks away passionately, out of breath.
"Why can't I be a Meg Ryan movie?" Sidney asked. Billy nibbles on her neck.
"Sshh…it's ok." Billy said to her. He kisses her neck softly. Sidney moans liking that.
"Or even a good porno." Sidney said to him.
"What?" Billy asked shocked. She stares him, her eyes sexually charged.
"You heard me." Sidney said to her.
"Are you sure?" Billy asked her.
"Yeah…. I think so." Sidney said surprising her self. They smile at each other before kissing again. Both lean back on the bed.
To Be Continued!