A Night to Remember

Written by Jessilee Pollet

FADE IN:

EXT. CITY APARTMENT SIDEWALK - NIGHT

The empty street and sidewalk are lit by street lights. ROBYN (20) is a young woman with long hair. She wears a flannel and combat boots. She carries a paper bag of food while she quickly paces down the path.

INT. SANDI/ROBYN’S APARTMENT LIVING ROOM - NIGHT

The small apartment is covered in a dark shadow except for a soft desk lamp that shines on a desk from an open bedroom door.

INT. SANDI’S BEDROOM - NIGHT

It is almost silent except for a pencil that scratches against a piece of lined paper. SANDI (21) a young woman with short hair, wears a hoodie with the hood over her head. She hunches over her desk as she writes away on the paper.

A rotary phone sits beside her small desk lamp. The rotary phone barely has the chance to ring once before Sandi picks up the call. Sandi takes the phone with both hands and raises the phone to her ear quickly.

SANDI

Please tell me it worked?

We can’t hear who responds on the other side of the call. Sandi sighs and drops one hand from the phone.

Sandi turns toward her open bedroom door to look in the hallway. Her eyes are wide as she continues to speak.

SANDI (CONT’D)

She didn’t see you right?

EXT. CITY APARTMENT SIDEWALK - NIGHT

Robyn clutches the bag of food and she turns her head to look behind her. She speeds up her pace down the sidewalk and takes a sharp turn into an apartment building entrance.

INT. SANDI'S BEDROOM - NIGHT

Sandi turns away from the hallway as she hears the doorknob click open.

SANDI

Good. Don’t screw this up like you did last year.

Sandi slams the phone down to end the call.

INT. SANDI/ROBYN'S APARTMENT - NIGHT

The front door opens and Robyn walks through the door. She relaxes her hand from clutching the bag of food.

ROBYN

Sandi? I got dinner!

Robyn hears no reply from Sandi as the apartment is still completely dark.

INT. SANDI'S BEDROOM - NIGHT

Sandi rips the phone off of her desk and the desk lamp falls onto the floor. She opens her dresser drawer and shoves the rotary phone inside.

She puts her hood down and walks out of her bedroom.

INT. SANDI/ROBYN'S APARTMENT - NIGHT

Sandi smooths her hair down with her hand while she leans against the door frame. Sandi gives Robyn a forced smile.

ROBYN

I got the best outfit for tomorrow night.

Robyn walks into the connecting kitchen. She takes the food out of the bag as she talks. Sandi turns around to look back at her desk and stares at where the rotary phone hides away.

INT. SANDI/ROBYN'S APARTMENT - DAY

The sun shines brightly through the living room. Robyn looks into a small mirror while she puts makeup on her face.

Sandi walks out of her bedroom with a black trash bag that drags behind her. She leaves the trash bag next to the couch as she walks back to her bedroom door to pull the door shut.

Robyn turns around and sets down her makeup brush as stares at the trash bag. A long strand of tinsel hangs out of the bag on the floor.

Robyn stands up and walks up to the trash bag. She reaches for the tinsel to stuff it back into the bag. Sandi runs over and smacks Robyn’s hand.

SANDI

DON’T TOUCH THAT!

Sandi grabs Robyn’s hand and steps back from her and the trash bag.

ROBYN

OW! What are you freaking out about? I was just trying to help.

SANDI

I don’t need help. I can do this myself.

Sandi stuffs the tinsel back into the trash bag and rushes out the door. Silence overcomes the room. Robyn stares at the door while rubbing her smacked hand.

A muffled phone RING fills in the silence of the apartment. The sound is coming from Sandi’s room. Robyn turns toward Sandi’s bedroom door and frowns.

Robyn looks back at the front door one last time and rushes into Sandi’s room.

INT. SANDI’S BEDROOM - DAY

Robyn turns to look at Sandi’s bed and then the desk once she hears the phone RING become louder.

Robyn walks over to the desk and presses her hands against the table. She kneels down and slides her hands down the drawers. She opens them one by one.

Two of the drawers have miscellaneous items inside until Robyn opens the bottom drawer. The rotary phone still RINGS as she pulls it out onto the top of the desk.

Robyn hovers her hand over the phone to hear it RING once more. Then, she answers it without a word.

UNKNOWN VOICE (V.O.)

Sandi? Where are you? Did Robyn leave yet?

Robyn lets out a quiet gasp. She grips the phone tighter in her hand.

UNKNOWN VOICE (V.O)

She must be nearby so I’ll keep it quick. Bring Robyn to the house at 6 o’clock. This will be easy to pull off like you said. She’ll be scared to death.

The phone cuts out. Robyn shakes as she keeps the phone to her ear with a continuous BEEP that blares out the speaker.

ROBYN

This has to be a sick prank.

Robyn stares at the desk when she sees a paper with a list of items: duct tape, tinsel, scissors, masks, gloves, trash bags and a lighter.

ROBYN (CONT’D)

She does want to kill me!

A notification sound DINGS from Robyn’s phone. As she still holds the rotary phone in one hand, she pulls her cell phone out and reads the text from Sandi.

TEXT MESSAGE FROM SANDI:

Here’s the address for tonight.

Robyn drops the rotary phone that continues to BEEP on the desk. She runs out of the bedroom.

INT. SANDI/ROBYN'S APARTMENT - DAY

Robyn runs into the kitchen and grabs a knife from the drawer and grips it tightly.

EXT. UNKNOWN HOUSE - DUSK

Robyn stands alone outside of a house with leaves scattered all over the ground.

Robyn slowly walks up the walkway to the front door. She takes a deep breath in and lets it out slowly. Her free hand raises to the door to knock three times as she pulls the knife out from her purse.

The door opens by itself on the third knock. Robyn raises the knife in front of her and walks into the house.

INT. UNKNOWN HOUSE LIVING ROOM - DUSK

Robyn’s combat boots creek on the wood floor. No lights are on inside. The minimal light that casts from the open door makes it almost pitch black.

Shadows of people are moving around as the lights turn on. Robyn screams as she holds the knife out.

CROWD

SURPRISE AHHHHHHH!

A small group of people stand frozen in the room. There are balloons and other party decorations set up around the room.

Robyn loosens her grip on the knife and her eyes make her way to Sandi, who has her mouth wide open.

SANDI

What the fuck was that!?

ROBYN

I thought you were trying to kill me!

UNKNOWN

She wasn’t. But I am.

Sandi and Robyn stare at the unknown killer at the front door and scream.

FADE OUT.