Paytan Douglas

Three pages, two characters, one twist.

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TAGLINE: TWO FRIENDS ARGUE OVER WOMEN LIKING SOCIABLE MEN ON THEIR WAY TO GET ICE CREAM.

INT. TRUCK — DAY

HYDE (wind-swept hair, rumpled clothing, young) drives a truck with JEKYLL (glasses, clean-shaven, young) sitting in the passenger seat. Atmosphere is tense. They are arguing.

HYDE
(angrily)
Just drop it, Jay.

jekyll
All I'm saying is you would get laid more often if you smiled every now and then.

HYDE
And all I'm saying is it's none of your business. Carew likes me for who I am.
(mumbles)
Anti-social or not.

jekyll
I'm sure. But, just consider it, man.

HYDE
(sarcastic)
Sure. Bare my teeth to project happiness. Got it.

A silence falls. Taking in the scenery, JEYKLL straightens.

jekyll
Hey.
(ignored)
Hey!

HYDE
(snappy)
What?

jekyll
Wasn't that the turn?

HYDE
Uh, no? Do you even know where we're going?

jekyll
(considering)
I guess not, if I thought that was the turn.

HYDE
(sighs)
We're meeting Carew, remember?

jekyll
Oh, right! I remember!
(JEKYLL faces HYDE)
You have a screwing session at the ice cream stand, right-?

HYDE
Jesus, Jay, no. We're grabbing food!

jekyll
Dessert, you mean-

HYDE
Why am I friends with you?

jekyll
(shrugs, unapologetic)
Because one of us has to be the handsome one.

HYDE parks near an ice cream stand, considering JEKYLL.

HYDE
Are you going to wait in the car?

jekyll
Do I have a choice?

HYDE
Fair point.

EXT. PARKING LOT — DAY

HYDE exits the truck alone. He approaches the stand to find a young woman in a dress (CAREW, beautiful).

CAREW
Hi, Hyde.

HYDE
Hey, Carew! Were you here long?

CAREW
No, I just got here. How was the drive?

HYDE
Loud.

CAREW
I'm sorry.

HYDE
It's okay, Jay just got a little more rowdy than usual today.
(HYDE points at the truck)
He's just going to wait for us to finish.

CAREW looks over HYDE'S shoulder to find the truck vacant.

CAREW
Hyde?
(pauses. Cont'd: eerily, slowly)
No one's there.

HYDE turns to the truck. On the floorboards of the backseat, a mangled body (JEKYLL) is seen with a knife in his back, lifeless eyes still open behind broken glasses.