Cognac
This is a comedy about two young men, Dennis and Regi, who break into Harper's home and steal an expensive bottle of liquor, cognac. Harper does not give up trying to catch them. When Regi and Dennis learn the $10,000 bottle they may only resell for $1,000 the two decide to throw a party and share it with their friends where Harper crashes that party with her friends. They are all arrested and justice served.
This was my 21st completed.
I wrote this for my 1st semester at The Academy of Art University. We did not have to write the whole thing for me to do so anyways. I also was doing my best to learn formatting for screenplays. I got my Final Draft Software for writing screenplays near the end of that summer semester of 2023 to have done this with Microsoft Word.
I can think of lots more to add to it now. Like, every time Regi fantasizes the vacation Harper is in it.
Often Comedies are written with groups of people going in and writing jokes.
Story Structure
Cassandra Buittner
The Power of Story module through The Academy of Art university in San Fransico, CA summer 2023.
Module 2- 15 (Script, Cognac)
7th of July 2023 through 8th of August 2023
COGNAC
WRITTEN BY:
CASSANDRA ROSE BUITTNER
A VVVVIOLCAEOUS CREATION
Cognac
A woman was talking about 10k bottle of liquor she put into her decanter for some people to fallow her home, then break in and steal it. She hunts them down using camera footage and resources. In the end, they took a fake, but she doesn’t let people walk all over her.
PLOT:
A woman was talking about 10k bottle of liquor she put into her decanter for some people to fallow her home, then break in and steal it. She hunts them down using camera footage and resources. In the end, they took a fake, but she doesn’t let people walk all over her.
Why did I pick Cognac?
I just thought of it last night and it was fresh in my head to do the 1.3 assignment and feel it was meant to be. I personally faced a situation to lead to multiple psychological and mental episodes and breakdowns of a person going into my house and pissing on my bed. I am still convinced a co-worker at a past job took my keys and did it. I will never get over it, bought a new bed, but seriously want to break their nose, dislocate their shoulder, and have them sent away to be chemically castrated. But, this story will be more of a comedy, not my morbid crazy real-life self.
THEME:
Character vs Characters
SETTING:
(Modern day) Any city that has a Dave & Buster’s in modern day.
LOGLINE:
Harper lives her life just like any other. Working to pay the bills, good times with friends, and sharing love with her dog each night when at home. Out with a friend, she shares about coming into a valuable item. A Ten-thousand-dollar bottle of Cognac! Where two young guys overhear. They break into her home and steal it! Harper takes the pursuit of justice into her own hands. Doing what she can to not only get the liquor back, but not let others walk all over her. The young guys did not expect her to be so determined.
An expensive bottle of liquor is stolen from a woman's home by two young men. She takes the purist into claiming it back into her own hands. The two guys do their best to outwit her and, in the end, justice is served upright.
CHARACTERS:
Harper: 29, mixed European, entrepreneur,
Tyra: 24, Black, hospital worker,
Busboy: 17, any race, busboy
Dennis: 21, Caucasian,
Regi: 22, Black,
Friend 1,2,3
Police Officer
Cops
Judge
Harper’s friends 1,2,3
Store Employee
D&B Employee
Act 1
A woman meets up with her friend and they go out for lunch. They sit outside and people are walking by on the sidewalk. The friends order alcohol. The woman tells her friends she finally filled her D&B decanter with stuff. “A $10,000 bottle of Cognac!” Two young guys were passing by to stop frozen overhearing that and enter the restaurant to sit nearby.
Act 2
The young guys succeeded in breaking into the womans home and stealing her decanter. They have been running and fleeing because she has been chasing them. Even crashed her car into theirs. They manage to get away again and seek a friend's house to hideout. The guys all talk about what to do. The friend, “you stole a $10,000 bottle of booze and think you can sell it? If someone could afford it, don’t you think they would just buy it themselves.”
Act 3
The guys decided to throw a party and drink the Cognac. The woman crashes it, incognito, and faces the guys face-to-face. Beats the hell out of them both and a couple others who try to stop her. Cops arrive and she explains and shows her evidence and such. Tells the party it wasn’t the real stuff and a fake. “I am not a doormat and Stealing is wrong, for everyone to get their just desserts.”
SCENE OUTLINE 2ND DRAFT THORUGH THE ACADEMY OF ART, THE POWER OF STORY COURSE
ACT 1
Lunchtime
Harper and her friend, Tyra, are on patio of restaurant, ordering drinks. Two guys Dennis and Regi, overhear Harper speak of filling a decanter with a 10K Liquor, Cognac.
Guys overhear walking by to talk about it in an alley, away from prying eyes and ears.
Dennis and Regi go into the restaurant to sit near and eavesdrop on Harper and Tyra. Boring women, but odd woman to be Tom boy and different.
Dennis and Regi stalk Harper the rest of the day. (montage of scenes. Errands to home. Work to home.)
Next day
Dennis and Regi break into Harper’s home to steal the liquor and nothing else. In and out job. “Custom D&B decanter set in an easy carry case.”
Guys are adrenaline rushed and succeed to each take a shot. They feel more buzzed than usual to start talking with slight slurs of what to do with the bottle. Agree to sell it! Mucho Denero!
(I am having issues with being told my scenes are one, for experience I have in life and past adapting me to make sure my scenes are divided up. The break in would be one scene and them elsewhere another scene, location, and conversation.)
Scene 5
Harper comes home to see her tiny dog frightened. She searches the place to find a broken glass door to check her security cameras and is furious! She sees Dennis and Regi break and enter to steal her Cognac. She calls the police.
She watches the guys enter and sleuths more to notice they entered and exited fast. Her Cognac bottle is gone from her bar. She is angry and expresses it.
She reports to cops and shows the evidence. To be more upset when the law can’t do anything further.
Act 2
Scene 6
Dennis and Regi look at a real bottle in a liquor store, for an employee to talk of how that bottle has been in there for a long time. Guys are hyped over their plan.
Scene 7
Next day
Dennis and Regi go to Dave & Buster’s to see the decanter case, just like the Cognac they have (in car) is in within the prize room, They play it cool to eat, drink, play.
Guys ,questioning and upset over how Harper got enough tickets for the decanter. They hear a winner, and a crowd gathers, claps, etc.
Dennis and Regi see Harper just as she turns around to gaze and chase them.
Scene 8
Harper T-bones Dennis and Regi’s car in the parking lot in her newer SUV and their not old, but not new car.
Dennis and Regi manage to drive off. She tries to chase and loses them.
Harper texts their license plate, car make and model, with their descriptions to a friend and goes home.
Scene 9
Evening
The woman updated her police report. She was given information by a friend, to stalks their social media. They are exactly the types of assholes she hates and never wants to date and thinks society babies them.
Asked to relate the antagonists to protagonist.
Scene 10
Morning
Harper drives to Dennis and Regi’s around as soon as the sun came up in a car, near the neighborhoods of the one guy’s job listed on his social media. She found the car to stalk the place out.
Regi exits, smoking a vape pen with weed to look at his car’s damage, upset. Harper approaches with a Crowbar, taunting his electric cig to smoosh a real lit one, asking is he has ever been burned? out with a crowbar.
He runs back into the home Regi runs inside for Dennis the other guy to freak and yell. They both ran out the back door.
Harper hears the back door slam and a thud of the guys climbing the fence to run and see them and chase. They all hop a fence fences and pass through yards. She hops two to be in the same yard yelling at them. They yell vulgarity back and forth during the chase.
The guys hop two more fences to be on the next block. She nearly catches them as they run. She was right behind them still screaming and scared them more.
Scene 11
Dennis and Regi enter a (junkyard? Not around in my area no more so could just be a private warehouse or private property) having big mean dogs.
The guys run, case is droped the case, and by Dennis and Regi fearing the dogs to evade being bitten climbing on top of a shed.
Dog(s) destroying the outside of the case. Dennis and Regi try to leave and cower back on the shed.
Harper hops the fence for the dogs to turn to. She is not afraid, but cautious and holding her crowbar out.
Dennis and Regi jump down, one grabs the case, nearly missing a dog bite, she runs off with the group of dogs as they flee. Harper was pulled down by a dog biting her clothes, but managed to hop the fence and lose the guys.
Scene 12
Dennis and Regi run to enter a building. Harper saw in the distance to fallow.
Dennis and Regi reach the rooftop to think they are safe. Harper shows up to talk and Dennis and Regi gloat their liquor now she won’t get away with Murder. She says she will not kill them, but doesn’t let people take advantage of her, especially when they do wrong; break the law.
Harper swings her crowbar to prevent Dennis from exiting the rooftop. She grabs the case, for Reggi to try and grab her and pull away being attracted to her.
Regi then helps Dennis for the 3 to be in a tug-of-war. Harper manages to take the case for Dennis to take her crowbar.
Harper tosses the D&B decanter case with the alcohol over the edge of the rooftop and runs inside to an elevator.
Scene 13
Dennis pushed the elevator button a few floors down to hit the first couple floors buttons as the doors opened and ran out, with Regi holding the door open, to call the elevator up from the hall to close the elevator doors.
It worked to call the woman’s Harper’s elevator went up for Regi and Denni’s went down. elevator up to that floor. She Harper had to stop at another floor with an elderly lady talking to her, shaking, with a walker.
Harper reached the ground floor first, but morals made her help the old lady into her car waiting. before them, with their stops, and couldn’t help but help the old lady.
She was upset as they Dennis and Regi ran by, scared, and they found the case first to run off as she finished helping the old lady downstairs and into a car.
Scene 14
Afternoon
Dennis and Regi take a bus leaving and transfer many times to find themselves near a friend’s house (Drug Dealer, better fits non-pot friendly states)
They explain to their friend and his friends they have the money-making gold ever!
Dennis and Regi feel dumb when told their plan to sell it is dumb and no buyers. “you stole a $10,000 bottle of booze and think you can sell it? If someone could afford it, don’t you think they would just buy it themselves?”
Dennis and Regi research shows the bottle is much less in value now with consumption and not original bottle, but still a lot of money to them at a quarter of the $$$.
Dennis and Regi talk about Harper. the woman they stole it from and tell the friends of her chasing them to be mocked and told they are guna die, probably mafia, or rich boyfriend dude.
Guys decide to throw a party and share the Cognac. Share on social media. The women laughed and calls her friends.
42.1
The guys, Dennis and Regi decide to throw a party and consume the liquor and brag about it all gone to Harper, no evidence and she has to stop chasing them. Then, they get the idea to pour it into a fake bottle and still sell it later on, after the party.
Act 3
Scene 16
Montage of Harper rallying friends to crash the party and look young.
Next day, night
Harper shows up too the party with her friends., looking young and different (my high school emo/skater self-people hate I have clothes in my closest still today and dt me better now than then when fat) with her much older, still young looking, and crash the party.
Act 3
Stupid young people (Dennis and Regis’ Friends and guests) are out drank, smoked, and gamed to feel dumb and their substances and drinks are consumed fast by Harper and her friends, with one eating all the food in the place. (Montage)
Scene 17
Harper approaches Dennis and Regi to knock (Punch real hard, with friends and others recording) Regi out cold. Regi’s friends attack her, for her to beat the living daylights out of them all.
Dennis pleas and tries to defend, for Harper to dislocate his shoulder and make him kiss his friend's ass.
Regi wakes up to land a surprise punch and she breaks his nose, de-pants him, and is tossed play cuffs by her friend to secure them both.
Harper’s friends restrain her as Dennis and Regi argue with her yelling back and forth. A friend restrains her from killing them.
Scene 18
Cops show up for Regi to start screaming about Harper and her friends consuming all their stuff and beating them up. Dennis was crying already and the other demanded to call his father.
Cops call back up to stare down Harper. She explains her evidence and having a case number from the original theft and such.
The house is surrounded by police and other officials, for most to be given tickets and fines for being underage.
Dennis and Regi are arrested for how much underaged minor they gave substances to, and Harper goes willingly admitting she has broken the law.
Scene 19
Harper taunts and bullies both Dennis and Regi in the back of the patrol car. Back and forth they talk of Harper's age, life, and such to diminish Dennis and Regi verbally and ego wise.
Scene 20
Week(s) later
Could show guys in jail, unhappy and woman stressing over anticipation of the situation
At the courthouse for guys and woman and party peeps with witnesses and her footage such. She Harper shows her evidene and admits to certain things to be charged for, like, wreckless driving and some other petty society things in her pursuit of the guys and admits it with a smile. Dennis and Regi cannot evade her evidence on cameras, friends, and society with the party who is pleading to try and lessen their own charges. Breaking and entering, substances provided to a minor, etc. They are tried and sent to jail unable to pay the fines; especially the replacement of the 10k Cognac.
Scene 21
\Woman stops the guys on their way to/back to jail. Smiles and fiercely states, “I am not a doormat and Stealing is wrong, for everyone to get their just desserts.” She leans in a whispers, “you drank Crown Royal, mother fuckers!”
55.1
Harper stops Dennis and Regi on the way out of the courthouse, they are handcuffed with police escorts. She sternly tells them with confidence and attempts to put fear into them pointing at herself and them, “I am not a doormat! Stealing is wrong! And everyone gets their just desserts.” Dennis and Regi have smirks on their faces. Harper uses her finger to gesture them closer. She whispers into their ears, “you drank Crown Royal. Took my dummy container. Mother fuckers!” Dennis and Regi become violent and enraged to try and tackle her. The police drag them off as they shout and demand she lied in the court.
Act 1
ACT 1
SCENE 1
EXT. - RESTURANT PATIO – Brunchtime – Brunchlunch
Lunchtime a woman and her friend are sitting at a table on a patio of restaurant. Their menus are lying flat, ready to order.
-The one woman stops a busboy, who had just cleaned a table to move past.
HARPER
Hey!
The bus boy flinched. He was looking directly at harper’s tits.
HARPER
Sorry, don’t be intimidated. Just tell the bartender to make us some good brunch, lunch, hard midday drinks. Kay? Go on.
The busboy pushed his cart of dirty dishes to do as instructed. Harper continued to talk to her friend.
HARPER
Anyways, tell me how the new job is going? Must be different from a restaurant to a hospital. I know one of many reasons for me to hate the medical fields is their insane influence of the constantly changing schedule. Wouldn’t even call it schedule if it changes each week.
TYRA
Yeah, that has been taking getting used to. I am not a morning person. This isn’t even really my time to do this. New... I guess. I need that.
Harper
I know! I love it. Not to rain on your parade or anything, but we have hung out so much at night for you to not experience the daytime me. We have so many more hours to hang out today!
-The busboy brought them each drinks.
HARPER
Thank you! Take this. We can wait however long for that girl to take our orders.
-Harper hands the bus boy a $10 bill. He smiled to walk back inside and laugh seeing their waitress flirting with some old geezer in a suit.
The two friends continued to talk.
The restaurant was on the corner of the block.
Two young guys were walking, side-by-side, to have frowns of a miserable young person life personas.
Harper watched the crossing light change for the two guys cross as her friend ordered food. She handed her menu to chug her drink down and tell Tyra.
Harper
Oh! I know you're not a D&B person, cause of your brother, but ya’ know I go there often.
Tyra:
Yeah. Did you get a cool prize?
-Tyra sipped her drink.
HARPER
I have won a lot the last few times, but no! Members when I got that decanter in the custom foam case with a handle? Then, didn’t know what to put into it? A year later- boom!
Harper was loud and over ecstatic. The two boys were passing by to roll their eyes and look at one another passing by them.
HARPER
I put a bottle of Cognac in it. A ten-thousand dollar one!
The two guys stop, after passing by, to look at one another and pull out their phones to look up the liquor they had just heard of.
HARPER
You know I kept saying I was too much of an alcoholic to put anything in it, cause I would drink. Or too cheap ass to age anything I buy.
TYRA
What are you going to do with it?
Harper smiled to lean forth egging her friend on.
HARPER
Don’t you want to know how I got it?
TYRA
Maybe...
Harper watches her friend evade eye contact and smiles.
TYRA
I like how enthused you are over this. Your life is always exciting and interesting. Stories left and right, here and there, and make me wish I could too.
HARPER
You can! You will! I try, but also try to keep you not in my crazy.
The two guys had looked up from their phones gazing at one another blankly and ran into the nearby alley.
Act 1
SCENE 2
EXT. ALLEY – BRUNCHTIME – WHAT WE COULD DO
-The two guys stop and each grab one another’s shoulders looking directly into each other’s eyes catching their breaths within the alley.
DENNIS
Bro! Did you hear that!
REGI
Ten thousand Gees!
DENNIS
You know what we could do with that?
REGI
Take a day off more often here and there to spend with honeys!
DENNIS
Or even just get the ones who think they're top-notch and keep them at us. We’ll have money dawg!
DENNIS AND REGI
Take a vacation!
-The two guys pull apart from their bromance to make a pact.
DENNIS
Agreed?
REGI
Agreed! Wit ya. I got some cash to get us close. Let’s go.
Dennis and Regi hurry back to the sidewalk and approach the restaurant to request a patio table. The split and appetizer and eavesdrop on Harper and Tyra.
ACT 1
SCENE 3
EXT. RESTURANT PATIO- BRUNCHTIME – EVESDROPPING
The two guys are so bored and antsy over listing to Harper and Tyra talk for hours and watch them eat. They order another appetizer and cave to order one beer each. They whisper to each other across the table over how odd Harper is.
DENNIS
What woman who looks like that, eats like that?
REGI
Dawg, it was sexy. A real woman. Not those toothpicks you like. Mmmhm. That friend too... Oh yeah!
Dennis slouched back in his chair crossing his arms upset.
DENNIS
The friend ate normal. That chick ate- ate... like my dad or some pig.
REGI
It was hot!
DENNIS
No! It wasn’t...
ACT 1
SCENE 4
INT/EXT. MONTAGE
Montage of scenes.
Harper goes about her day after lunch with her friend to run basic errands, shopping, and an oil change in her car.
Dennis and Regi follow Harper with her friend, Tyra, all day, till Harper finally goes home. They park and scope out her place. A simple condo that was two-story with a back yard.
ACT 1
SCENE 5
INT/EXT. CAR/WATCING HARPER’S HOME – NIGHTTIME – STAKEOUT
Harper entered her home to greet her dog!
Dennis and Regi watched; having a phone docked on the dash of their car, zoomed in, to refer to later.
DENNIS
What is that?
REGI
A dog bro?
DENNIS
It’s tiny... like ah- rabbit.
REGI
Tiny dog, dawg.
DENNIS
My dog would eat that thing. If he was still alive.
REGI
Your dog wouldn’t eat shit. It was one pansy ass 100 pound do anything for a treat thing. I ain’t never seen it attack nothing. Just beg, take treats from your mom, and want its belly rubbed.
DENNIS
Well... Maybe I am saying we’re going to get a dog. But not some pussy shit like that thing that she has.
REGI
If our landlord allows it, go for it. You just pick up the shit. And! Pay for the food.
DENNIS
Shh! What is she doing? She can’t live here all by herself?
Harper had stopped to look and walk around aimlessly. She picked up her phone to answer a call. Regi and Dennis relaxed and displayed boredom over just her on the phone.
REGI
I bet some dude pays for it?
DENNIS
Want to take a bet? I say she is barely 21!
-Dennis holds his hand out for a shake. Regi looks at him to grip and shake back in agreement.
REGI
I say, under 20 with a fake ID and hook ups.
DENNIS
Loser is stuck on dog duty!
REGI
Fuck you! Alright!
-Regi and Dennis handshake hard and smile. They both continue to watch Harper in her home.
15 minutes pass and Dennis and Regi are anticipated over a car pulling up.
DENNIS
This guy is loaded! Is that a Lambo!
REGI
Aww. He’s Asian. Must be takeout. I am hungry.
DENNIS
Chinese sounds good right now. We should call.
REGI
Where’s the food? He’s just knocking on the door.
DENNIS
He seems happy. Why?
REGI
She’s letting him... They hugged?
Regi and Dennis look at one another confused. They stop the mounted recording to start a new.
DENNIS
Why are they- what the!
-Harper and the Asian man grab each other and kiss heavily.
REGI
Are they about to have hard core-
DENNIS
No way! Why would she be into a-
REGI
DAMN! Look at those abs!
DENNIS
What the! No...
-Harper stopped to close the curtains in her place. (Jaehyun abs! The Asian man! NCT 127 is in all my best stories!, (78) Jaehyun & Johnny NCT 127 showing their ABS - YouTube )
DENNIS
(Upset/Irritated)
Why would she be with some Asian guy? How did she know to close the curtains on us?
REGI
I wish I worked out to look like that.
-Regi flexes.
DENNIS
This is stupid. I say as soon as the place is empty, we go in.
REGI
Alright.
ACT 1
SCENE 6
EXT/INT. HARPER’S PLACE – MORNING – THEIFS
The sun came up and Regi woke up hearing a car door slam shut. He saw the Asian man starting his car to wake up Regi.
REGI
Dawg, look! Get up. Look.
DENNIS
Wha- It’s morning? We fell asleep?
REGI
No shit we fell asleep. The dude is leaving.
DENNIS
He stayed the night?
REGI
Why are you surprised.
DENNIS
Cause he’s like- Asian. Women like that don’t want dudes like that.
REGI
He’s rich, he’s buff, he was taller than her. Every chick wants dudes like that.
DENNIS
Fuck bithces like that.
REGI
Psh! Fuck you. You’re still crusty over hitting on Amber when she got that nice job and Hannah left you to get married to an older guy with a house.
DENNIS
Don’t talk about it.
REGI
Talking through stuff helps.
DENNIS
Why don’t we talk about how when we have that bottle and sell it, we will flaunt money and make women like this one- She's leaving!
-Dennis and Regi sit up watching. They put their hoods on and smoke to try and not be suspicious. Harper noticed them for a moment to close her eyes and slightly shake her head to turn and opener her car door smiling, in a mocking way, seeing the pot heads.
HARPER
(To herself)
I feel old. Wish I could call the cops on those kids.
-Harper drives off.
-Dennis and Regi get out of their car. They are nervous and looking out all around.
They go to the backyard and look at the back door.
REGI
Are we really doing this?
DENNIS
Don’t you want that 10 Gs? Let’s break the glass.
-The two pick up a metal patio chair and use it together and smash the sliding back door. It cracked. A few more bashes and they busted through.
The little dog was barking for Regi to try and pet; the dog ran away and hid.
Dennis and Regi search around. It didn’t take them long to find a Dave and Buster’s decanter set in a custom foam casing under a bar next to an empty Cognac bottle. Everything else around was Vodkas, sakes, and other non-dark liquors.
-They each grabbed random stuff to pour and toast smiling being best friends not having to state what the other was thinking. They clinked glasses and toasted.
-After a few shots they ran quickly back to the car and drove off.
ACT 1
SCENE 7
INT. THE GUY’S APARTMENT – MID MORNING – SUCCESS
Dennis and Regi hurried back to their rental home. Inside they ran to lock all the doors and close or cover all the windows. They ran into the bathroom and turned on the fan to talk to one another, setting the case on the sink and grabbing each other’s shoulders.
DENNIS
We did it! We’re rich!
REGI
Aw man! I never thought we’d do it. I want to kiss it!
-They open the case and look at it.
DENNIS
We should take another shot to celebrate this bro! See how good it is? Once in a lifetime opportunity.
REGI
Definitely!
-The two pull out a glass, 4 set in the case, and each poured themselves shot.
DENNIS
A toast! To changing our lives!
REGI
And better days!
-They clink glasses, to put them back inside the case.
Dennis and Regi start laughing and taking turns babying the case.
The rest of the day becomes a blur to them as they call in, drink other stuff, and hang around their home giddy and celebratory.
REGI
No wonder this stuff is so expensive!
DENNIS
Man I am fu...cked up! Bro!
REGI
I love ya!
DENNIS
Can’t wait for that beach.
REGI
Babes in bikinis all around!
DENNIS
Gett’n drunk and fucked up in a new town!
REGI AND DENNIS
Set for life!
ACT 1
SCENE 8
INT. HARPER’S HOME – NIGHTTIME - THEFT
-Harper walks into her home. Right away she shifts from happy to unhappy. Her dog is not greeting her. She hears whimpers from her room to find her tiny dog cowering under the bed. It ran to her as she called it confused. She cuddled and kissed her dog to proceed to the kitchen and see the broken back door. Her face of confusion and worry turned to anger.
-Harper called the non-emergency line for police and had cameras set up. Checking out the footage she made files and copies of the guys breaking into her home and taking her decanter box of the Cognac.
-Harper shows the evidence to the police and lets them look around.
POLICE OFFICER 1
We have done our sweep and found nothing to go with, other than the camera footage you provided. There is nothing more we can do.
HARPER
If that’s how it is, please leave me to wallow in peace.
The cop nods and hands her the carbon copy of the report. She waves goodbye to him and closes her front door.
-Harper ran to the kitchen and grabbed some lemons to stab a knife into and squeeze into a glass. She grunges as she does this.
HARPER
(Aggressively)
What the fuck! They break into my goddamn house, caught on camera, and they can’t just pos their ugly as faces on the news! ARRRGHG!
Harper continued to squeeze fruits into glasses and into a pitcher. Everything is done with slams and heavy actions of anger.
Act 2
ACT 2
SCENE 9
INT. STORE – BEFORE NOON - COGNAC
Dennis and Regi drive to a store that sells a bottle of Cognac. They look at it and take photos along with other liquors around and in the same case.
Dennis points to the Cognac in the case
REGI
Psh! She sprang for the cheap stuff. This is the cheapest shit in the case.
DENNIS
Oh, and you think she could afford these others. This one’s 50k. That’s more than we make in a year. How the fuck did she get a bottle of this?
A store employee walked over after watching them the entire time entering the store.
STORE EMPLOYEE
Is their something I can help you with. Not to be rude, but I think something more suited to you will be elsewhere.
DENNIS
Did some girl buy a bottle of this Cognac here?
STORE EMPLOYEE
I don’t get to open these cases very often. Girl. No. Gold diggers and spinsters, yes. But, not that stuff. Our last bottle of this was specially gift wrapped as a thank you from some guy in a suit. Now, if you aren’t going to buy anything please leave. I already cleaned these cases today and you filthy boys printed them up.
Dennis and Regi look at their hands and the glass to see their fingerpints all over and leave the store.
ACT 2
SCENE 10
INT/EXT. DAVE AND BUSTER’S - NOON - GAMETIME
Dennis and Regi go to Dave and Buster’s.
They look at the decanter case within the prize room.
DENNIS
Twelve-thousand tickets? I bet we could get that easy.
A D&B employee laughs.
D&B EMPLOYEE
Good luck with that. I only know of one person who walked out with that and still left tickets on their card. I never seen you guys in here and... I guess I will see you again years from now.
REGI
FUCK YOU!
DENNIS
Come on Regi. Let’s show them what’s up.
D&B EMPLOYEE
(Laughing)
I’ve laughed enough, but I could some more.
MONTAGE
This is a montage of Regi and Dennis playing games and being bad at them. They eat and drink thinking it will help them play better to spend a couple hundred dollars and only have 400 tickets.
Regi and Dennis are upset. They sit down to order more alcoholic beverages.
REGI
How the hell did she get one of those decanters. We barely have 400 tickets.
DENNIS
She must of got it from someone else. No way she won it herself.
REGI
Bro, I can’t spend anymore.
DENNIS
Me neither.
They both look hearing a game play winner music loudly with lights flashing and people clapping and gathering. They walk closer to freeze in place just as Harper turned around to see the guys.
-She point ans screams loudly for all to hear.
HARPER
You mother fuckers!
DENNIS
Oh shit!
REGI
Run man!
-Harper chases them, taking a quick stop at the bar to throw cash and take her purse.
HARPER
(Screaming)
You douchebags are going to regret stealing from me! Stop running and face me like men!
ACT 2
SCENE 11
EXT/INT. PARKING LOT AND INSIDE CARS – AFTERNOON – T-BONE!
-Dennis and Regi ran to their car frantically and scared.
DENNIS
Open, open, open, open, open, open!
REGI
I’m trying! Ugh. Lock, trunk, open!
Dennis slams the trunk shut as the car starts and both guys are having issues, shaking, buckling up.
Harper is looking around the parking lot as she pulled out to see them and drive to their row parked in.
HARPER
There you guys are. Hope you like steak!
-Harper ran to her own car to pull out of the parking spot fast. Enraged, she slams her foot on the gas as the two-guys back out. Crashing into them. Their car spins with hers, like a compass.
Regi drives off as her car stalled to die and has to be restarted. Harper tries to chase and loses them.
HARPER
God Damnit! ARGH!
She texted their license plate, car make and model, with their descriptions to a friend, and went home.
DENNIS
Get on the highway and get off at the next and circle a block!
REGI
What a fucking bitch! My car!
DENNIS
Your car? How about our fucking asses. She’s psycho!
REGI
God! I want to go smash her windows tonight.
DENNIS
Cool it. Can’t return to the scene of the crime. How did she recognize us?
REGI
She must have had cameras or a neighbor or something.
DENNIS
Why did we run? We probably could have played dumb and let her be all crazy.
REGI
It’s too late now. We’d should go home and get rid of the liquor as soon as possible and peace out.
DENNIS
You’re right. Go home.
ACT 2
SCENE 12
INT. HARPER’S HOME and DENNIS AND REGI’S PLACE – NIGHTTIME – EVIDENCE
Harper updated her police report. She was given information by a friend from the info she gave them, to stalk Dennis’ and Regi’s social medias. She is talking to herself and about what she is reading online in a cocky and angry way.
Dennis and Regi start posting about selling a 10k bottle of liquor on various sites and searching for a buyer. Desperate and determined.
ACT 2
SCENE 13
EXT. OUTSIDE/YARDS - MORNING – FOUND YOU
- Harper drove around as soon as the sun came up in a different car, finding Regi’s car, and scoping out the neighborhood.
She parks a few houses down from the rental Regi and Dennis live in and waits.
-Regi walks outside to smoke a cigarette and looks at the damages to his car.
-Harper grabs her crow bar from between her seat, put her ID and a credit card in her bra, shoves her purse and phone under the seat, and gets out, locking the car to clip the fob to her bra strap. She walks slowly on the sidewalk glaring at Regi.
-Regi slowly turns while smoking to see Harper.
HARPER
(Rasing the crowbar and pointing it)
Found you. Pieces of shit!
REGI
(Scared)
Oh god! No! Get away!
-Regi tossed his cigarette and ran inside. Yelling at Dennis who was eating a bowl of cereal.
Harper stops at the end of their sidewalk leading to their front door and stares.
REGI
The bitch is hear!
DENNIS
(Panicked)
What?
REGI
We gotta go! She’s out front, right now!
DENNIS
Fuck!
Dennis drops his bowl of cereal and opens the back door as Regi grabbed the decanter case and ran out through their back yard.
Harper hears them yelling, windows are open to their home, while looking inside and starts to run around to their back gate as they enter their backyard.
ACT 2
SCENE 14
EXT. VARIOUS YARDS – MORNING – CAT AND MOUSE
Regi hops their fence with Dennis right behind. Two more fences are hopped for them to be on the next block.
Harper jumped over a fence as they began to walk, right in front of them. Nearly catches them as they run the opposite direction.
HARPER
Stop being scared!
DENNIS
We ain’t scared.
HARPER
If you ain’t scared, why you runnin’ boys! Let’s talk this over.
DENNIS
(To Regi)
What do we do?
REGI
Just run! She’s got a crowbar and a woman filled with rage. My daddy says never try to talk to them when like that.
Regi and Dennis do their best to try and escape Harper. With no luck, they end up entering a...
- They enter a (junkyard? Not around in my area no more so could just be a private warehouse or private property) having big mean dogs.
Dennis and Regi are scared of the dogs to drop the case and climb a shed in fear. Each time they try to climb down, the dogs attempt to bite them.
REGI
No!
DENNIS
What the fuck! No! Stop it dogs! Go get on, scat!
Some of the dogs begin to tear and chew up the decanter case.
Harper enters the area. The dogs all look at her to growl.
-She points her crowbar at them and sternly speaks.
HARPER
Dogs! Sit! Get back!
Some listen and others she easily shoves away from her and they all stop growling. Dennis and Regi are staring confused.
-Dennis jumped down fast to grab the decanter, with one dog turning to nearly bi his forearm and takes off running. Regi fallows right away. The dogs chase them as does Harper. One dog grabs Harper’s clothes and tugs her back as she attempts to fallow. She used her free hand to bop him on the nose to release her and took off after the guys.
ACT 2
SCENE 15
INT/EXT. ROOFTTOP AND APARTMENT BUILDING – MORNING – FACE-TO-FACE
Harper sees the guys in the distance to run after them. They enter an apartment building. Scared and not thinking, the guys run to the rooftop and stop. Both are out of breath and having issues catching it.
DENNIS
She shouldn’t find us here.
REGI
Fuck! How did she hops those fences so easily. My girlfriend can’t even carry dog food.
DENNIS
That bitch is psycho crazy!
-The rooftop door is kicked open with Harper walking through.
-Regi gets down on his knees and starts to pray and beg.
REGI
Please don’t kill us. Please, we’re just poor and stupid.
DENNIS
(Kicking Regi)
Get the fuck up. She can’t kill us. She doesn’t even have the guts.
HARPER
I’m not going to kill you. Doesn't mean I don’t have it in me. I want justice here. I have been walked over too many times. Tell me! Why-the-fuck did you break into my home and steal that decanter?
-She points at the decanter case with the crowbar in hand.
DENNIS
Fuck you! Who owns a ten-thousand-dollar bottle of liquor?
HARPER
That’s none of your business. Who the fuck break and enters? I have you on camera. Let’s see... Breaking and entering, theft, dine and dash, fleeing the scene of an accident, whatever number of trespassing. You’d be smart to stand down right now.
REGI
You have most of that too!
HARPER
Yes. But, I admit it and will take my due for such.
DENNIS
Why would you do that Asian dude? You could get better.
HARPER
Better? So you’ve been peeping too. I don’t think my intimate life is any of your business. I weigh 172 lbs and need a man who likes to take the weight of me. I should snap you gangly skinny fucks in pieces.
REGI
We work too much to work out.
HARPER
I don’t care. Give me the case, right now.
DENNIS
Fuck you!
-Dennis spits toward her and it lands between them.
HARPER
Very well... Give me the case!
-Harper rushed forward to grab the case. She and Dennis enter a tug-of-war with it.
DENNIS
Help me bro!
REGI
Right!
-Regi ran behind Harper and reached around her toros and try to pull her away.
HARPER
Don’t touch me! In fact-
She pushed her butt out toward him and grinded him a bit. Regi backed off fast turning around away.
HARPER
That’s what I thought! Stupid boys!
DENNIS
Bro! What happened?
REGI
I- Uh- Fuck! She’s so fucking hot!
HARPER
Not going to butter me up. Give me the case!
DENNIS
No! We need it!
HARPER
Go and earn it yourselves!
-Regi ran next to Dennis and did his best to help Dennis tug the case. Dennis had a hold of it by the handle and Harper was nearly hugging it now by one half and Regi trying to grab it by the other. Regi ends up wrapping his armsa around Dennis’ torso.
HARPER
Fuck you!
Harper let go of the case. Dennis and Regi were happy. She ran close to grab Dennis’ shoulders and knee him in the crotch. He dropped the case falling to his knees grabbing himself. Harper picked up the case and backed up aiming her crowbar.
REGI
Cold! Bitch. You don’t knee a dude in the nuts.
HARPER
A woman defending herself. If you moved with me earlier I may of submitted.
REGI
(Confused)
What? Really? I mean we could always start over. My name’s Reg-
HARPER
Just kidding! Mind games! You guys are stupid.
-Harper tossed the decanter case over the edge of the roof.
HARPER
Fetch!
DENNIS AND REGI
Noooooo!
-Dennis and Regi ran to the edge to watch the decanter case fall and hit the ground.
-Harper ran inside.
DENNIS
It may still be intact. All the foam and stuff.
REGI
She’s gone! Let’s go!
ACT 2
SCENE 16
INT. APARTMENT BUILDING – MID MORNING – RACE
-Regi ran fast to tackle Harper as she waited for an elevator.
HARPER
What the fuck! Get off of me!
REGI
Why didn’t I do football like my dad said!
DENNIS
Who cares! Get in!
Dennis held the elevator door open and smashed the button to close it as Regi ran in.
Harper was very angry as she stood up calling the elevator by the button. The other opened for her to hit the next floor down. When the doors opened, she hit the 1st floor with a few before it and ran out to call the elevators up from the hall and ran back in as the doors shut to head down.
Regi and Dennis stopped a few floors down to be upset and denying others to get in and forcing the doors to close.
REGI
Sorry, no room.
DENNIS
What’s happening?
REGI
Feels like we’re going back up.
DENNIS
What the fuck! No!
-Dennis starts to smash the 1st floor button upset as the elevator stopped on the top floor they had left.
Harper smiled as her elevator door opened and she pressed the button to call the other and see it numbered above the door at the top floor proceeding down. She did that a couple more times to be halted when an old lady with a walker was ready to board the elevator. Harper held the door open and began to talk with the elderly woman.
Out of the kindness of her heart, Harper couldn’t help but assist the old lady to her ride waiting for her just outside the building. She was anxious and looked around to see the case and ready for the guys to come running out of the building.
Dennis and Regi came rushing out as Harper put the walker in the trunk of the car and waited for the lady to be fully in the back seat to close the door. She was too late for the guys to obtain the case.
REGI
FUCK YEAH!
DENNIS
We did it!
REGI
Let’s go!
DENNIS
Suck on this you crazy ass be-otch!
REGI
Don’t mess with us!
Dennis and Regi were boasting. As soon as the car door shut Harper looked to them with a face of much aggression.
The guys squealed and squeemed to run away. Harper started to chase them and stopped.
HARPER
(Yelling)
I’m not done! I know where you live! This isn’t over you fucking pansies! Go home and change your underwear, cause you asses are fucked!
ACT 2
SCENE 17
INT. FRIEND’S HOUSE – AFTERNOON – THE PLAN
Regi and Dennis run and get on a bus. They make multiple changes and get out in a neighborhood. They walk to a home and knock on the door to be let in.
Inside a group of people were hanging out in a living room and table playing games, smoking, and on their phones.
REGI
Thanks bro! We need to lay low for a bit.
FRIEND 1
You two couldn’t pull hair off my ass. What happened? Get caught making out at work or something?
DENNIS
Shut up! We pulled off a heist and will be rolling in cash soon. You’ll see.
FRIEND 2
Oh look, tweedle dee and tweedle dumb. I’m not bying that you got anything of value. You wasted money on that stupid D&B case.
DENNIS
That’s just it! What’s inside the case.
FRIEND 3
(Shouting from living room to kitchen)
Anything from Dave and Busters can be bought at the dollar stores. No way it’s worth shit.
REGI
We didn’t get this from Dave and Busters. We lifted this from this bitch’s is house.
DENNIS
What she put inside is worth some dough.
FRIEND 1
Are you going to show us or just keep talking?
-Dennis and Regi put the case on the table.
FRIEND 2
Have ya’ll been eating it? We got food and you two still look like twigs.
DENNIS
Piss off.
REGI
Look! It’s Cognac.
FRIEND 1
Cognac? Psh, no way.
DENNIS
Yes! 100% The bitch has been chasing us, and we finally got away. We heard her telling her friend about it, followed her, took it, and soon we will be sitting on a beach getting drunk as shit with some hot babes on us all night!
FRIEND 3
Who you going to sell it too?
Dennis and Regi look at each other.
REGI
Someone is bound to buy it. We’ll sell it for 9k and water it down.
DENNIS
I’d be happy with even 8 to get rid of it faster. I’ll just hey dude it or put it online. Maybe the flee market.
The friends start laughing.
DENNIS
What? I barely make 12k a year. This is easy money. That bitch doesn’t need it.
FRIEND 1
You stole a $10,000 bottle of opened booze and think you can sell it? If someone could afford it, don’t you think they would just buy it themselves?
FRIEND 2
Brand new!
FRIEND 3
According to market, after opening a bottle of liquor its value decreases by half and if content reduced it is worth even less. I’d say you're looking around 3k.
FRIEND 2
Who was the women you stole it from?
REGI
She’s a psycho bitch! Crashed her car right into mine! But, fine as hell though.
DENNIS
Eats like a disgusting pig. She’s just some basic girl who somehow got her hands on this to tell her friend about and have us take and deserve. If 3k then 3k. Can still sit on the beach for that.
FRIEND 3
How much to fix your car, Bro?
REGI
Fuck! I can’t drive it now, can I?
The friends laugh again.
FRIEND 1
You said she’s been chasing you?
REGI
Yesterday we ran into her and today she showed up at our house. We booked it and dogs, she tosses this right off an apartment building!
FRIEND 1
Why didn’t you call the cops when she showed up at your place?
REGI
Um...
DENNIS
Easier to when the evidence is gone.
FRIEND 3
Maybe she is one of the mobster mistresses or drug lords pieces of ass. They drink shit like that all the time.
FRIEND 2
I say you guys just wasted your time. I don’t think anyone will buy it.
DENNIS
You know what? Fine! Regi, how about we throw a bad-ass fucking party, invite everyone, but you guys, and make some stupid kid pay for shit in promise of a triple shot and just get drunk and have a good time!
REGI
My car...
DENNIS
You can still drive it. Fuck! Fuck this! Fuck you!
FRIEND 1
Hey, you did this. Don’t take it out on me.
REGI
I say we throw the party. Get rid of the evidence and that chick will leave us alone. Hopefully.
ACT 3
ACT 3
SCENE 18
INT. HARPER’S PLACE – NIGHTTIME - GOTCHA
Harper had been checking the guy’s social media all day. Both post about their party and she smiles to start calling and texting her friends to join her at a party.
Regi and Dennis plan their party to also be calling up people they know. At the same time, they buy a cheap bottle of liquor and replace the Cognac with that and bury the cognac in their backyard.
ACT 3
SCENE 19
INT. DENNIS AND REGI’S PLACE – NIGHTTIME - PARTY
-Harper readies herself. She is messaging her friends who are all ready and on their way to pick her up or meet her. She is dressing differently and doing her make-up heavy and emo/goth/skater/scene/punk.
-Dennis and Regi set up for a party.
-They greet people as they arrive and mingle with their people.
-Harper smiles and is hugged by a big fat dude and another friends looking similar to her. They look inside the window, curtains open so Dennis and Regi can brag about their stupid party. She nods her friends forth and they all walk up.
Not caring, Harper opens the door and walks in with confidence with her friends. Right away one of her friends starts to high five and set the mood of knowing people. The big fat guy heads to the kitchen and starts to eat all the food. Others take to winning beer pong, beating others at video games, and smoking all the weed before passing it to others.
Time goes buy. Harper is glaring at Dennis to be nudged by one of her friends and shrug it off and taker a drink from another guests hand and chug it. The person is upset.
HARPER
Aw bite me! Go get yourself another unless you wanna fight!
Harper smiles and high-fives her friend as the young person walked away intimidated.
Some time went buy for Harper to find herself causing suspicion to anyone, but Dennis and Harper. She became face-to-face with all and upset waiting her moment.
-Dennis and Regi silence all and grab their attention.
-Harper is ready and glaring as they speak.
DENNIS
Thank you all, thanks for coming!
REGI
Our friends and what we call family.
DENNIS AND REGI
Time to toast in a shot for all we got!
REGI
Go on! Everyone grab a cup.
DENNIS
Split them if you must.
All have plastic cups with less than a shot in them.
Harper smiles and gladly takes her shot smirking and looking at her friends about the room.
DENNIS
Let us drink the taste of Victory!
REGI
A shot of the above!
-All drink their shots.
ACT 3
SCENE 20
INT. DENIIS AND REGI’S PLACE – NIHGTIME – I WIN
DENNIS
Yeah!
REGI
Whooo!
DENNIS
No more bitch in our face!
REGI
Evidence gone! We have won!
-Harper walks up behind Dennis bro-mancing with Regi. She taps him on the shoulder. Dennis turns around for Harpe to deck him hard in the face.
Dennis hit the ground whimpering.
DENNIS
(Whiney)
What the fuck! Why did you do that!
REGI
Who are you? Why the fuck did you do that?
HARPER
Oh- I forgot you’re stupid. Let me help ya’ out.
-Harper removes her hood from her head to expose her face and removes her hair to be laid down.
DENNIS
What the fuck!
-Dennis stands up fast.
REGI
Why, you have a beautiful face. Let me introduce my-
DENNIS
FUCK HER! It's Harper!
-Dennis pointed to cower away grabbing his bleeding nose in pain.
REGI
Harper! Uh... Damn... I think I love you no matter what. All night-
DENNIS
I’m calling the cops! Fuck this shit! You barge into our house!
HARPER
And take over and wait for my moment to shine!
DENNIS
All the liq is gone! All the weed! All our food! Fuck! I have been watching you since you walked in.
HARPER
Aw, you find me pretty, too? It was easy. Been there done that in life. Young lifestyle and stupidity. My revenge has only begun. I know what happens next, and I am ready!
REGI
Naw. Don't tell me... ARGH! It was your guy who ruined my gamer score! I know that was a cheat. No, no, no...
HARPER
Fuck you both!
-Harper charges at them to be held back by one of her friends.
-She breaks free to tackle Dennis to the ground and make his face bleed more. She stands to kick Regi in the nuts and make him bend over, easy for her to uppercut his jaw. Dennis barely stood up facing away. Harper pulled his baggy jeans down to shove him over a nearby chair. She leaned over him, pressing his throat down, as he whimpered and cried of fear. She smiled and laughed to grab his ankle and wrist and roll him off to the floor. Turning around, Regi held his hands up to smile looking at her. Harper grabbed his shoulders to lean close to his neck and ear, he liked, and kneed him in the groin hard. He bent over and Harper shoved him by the face into furniture.
- Some of Dennis and Regi’s friends attempted to attack Harper.
-Harper easily defended herself. Her friends took bets on her knowing how to predict such and slightly aid her. Harper was so enraged when the sound of sirens of law enforcement was heard. Regi was standing ready to attack and Harper grabbed him by the neck and back to shove him close to Dennis, also gaining consciousness.
HARPER
Kiss h is ass!
REGI
No! I aint’ gay!
HARPER
Fuck you! Just do it!
DENNIS
Don't do it bra! ARGH!
-Dennis gained super strength to overpower Harper and cause her to fall back. He ran to hug Regi.
-Harper caught herself to turn around fast and face the two guys. She starts a back-and-forth drunk hard to hear argument between them. All are watching.
- The Police run in! (Mindset was Superbad theme genre of dark comedy I know needs more than this 1st draft to accomplish and more than me. Maybe the cops from that movie?)
DENNIS
Right there! Take her! Take her! Fuck that bitch!
HARPER
Fuck you! I have evidence!
DENNIS
You were not invited into our home! You and your friends have been drinking everything, and just ruining it all, fuck you! You old bitch! Get her out of here!
HARPER
You broke into my house! You probably can’t even afford to fix my door! MY dog is traumatized, you stole from me, watching my boyfriend and I taking photos and videos.
POLICE OFFICER
I’m sorry, mam. If you did not have permission to enter this residence and they are pressing charges, we are going to have to charge you and possibly arrest.
HARPER
Go ahead. I admit it. I wasn’t invited, but my friends and I had fun. Took hours before they realized. Honestly, my friends and I did nothing but, be adults, consume stuff and more skilled. We did not provide, share, or distribute anything here.
POLICE OFFICER 2
I’ll start seeing ID.
HARPER
Yeah. My friends should be allowed to go. I will admit my crimes. I also have here a case number and all the proof of these two mother fuckers breaking into my house and stealing from me that they shared with everyone here! As for that part, I have on my phone and not this flash drive. I will testify at the station.
DENNIS
You fucking bitch!
REGI
We’re fucked.
HARPER
Damn straight. Why don’t you boys take responsibility for your actions. There is not way out of this.
DENNIS
You’re going to be screwed too!
HARPER
Maybe... But- as I see it, I simply pursued criminals as a citizen arrest to win. We will let the court system decide.
REGI
Court?
DENNIS
Yeah right. We called the police! You broke in here!
POLICE OFFICER 3
We have 16 counts of underage drinking, 23 of underage cannabis consumption, and it is after curfew for us to determine how many are break curfew after speaking with their parents. We did find drugs about, not on person of anyone to be told of the hosts here. I let the 30-year-old go who stated being here with this woman and unaware of the situation nor proving the alcohol or drugs. Back up caught some who fled and most are staying put.
HARPER
Man, even your friends are stupid pansies.
DENNIS
Fuck you!
HARPER
I think you fucked yourselves!
DENNIS
We did nothing wrong! Arrest her!
-The cop places cuffs around Dennis and arrests him.
DENNIS
What the-!
POLICE OFFICER 2
Even 20 is not 21 to legally consume alcoholic beverage or cannabis products. As for the other drugs we found, that will be a 3rd account with multiple other we cannot overlook.
REGI
I-I did it. Just take me.
-Regi held his hands out when Dennis’ face was slammed down when he resisted arrest. Both glared when Harper held her wrists out and they gestured her to follow them. Cops finished handing out tickets to all the party goers.
ACT 3
SCENE 21
EXT. POLICE CAR – NIGHTIME – ARRESTED
Harper laughs when Dennis is tased when trying to break free of the police officer outside. Regi is put inside the car to be cringing his face watching Dennis twitch. Harper is brought to the door and he quickly smiles to be very happy when she sits in the center of the back seat next to him.
REGI
Well, hello miss sweet thang!
HARPER
I have a boyfriend. You know this.
-Dennis is placed into the back seat, passed out, and two police officers drive them away.
REGI
Oh, I know. But you ain’t married. I feel the best thing out of all of this is getting to sit right here with you and talk. Wish I did that the day I first saw those perfect lips.
HARPER
Oh, perfect lips you say? I know you’re young and not my type. Not being racist, but he is Korean and are you aware of Korean marriages?
REGI
Ummm... This is America so it doesn’t count.
-Dennis starts to wake up mumbling to see Harper and be pissed.
DENNIS
What the fuck! Fuck!
Police Officer 1
Calm down or we will stop and taser your ass again.
DENNIS
Fine.
HARPER
(Whispers into Dennis ear)
Do you know how old I am? You think I don’t know what I will pay for and guys are not ready for?
REGI
(Whispers)
I want to know what we are in for.
DENNIS
You’re our age. Stop taunting us.
HARPER
Oh no. I’m healthy. I am 31 years old!
-Dennis and Regi stare at her as she smiles staring forward.
HARPER
I have been walked over, mistreated, and bullied too many times and any time I sought justice I failed. But you guys... oh- you guys make me so happy to finally prevail! I don’t care if the assholes I went to high school care or not. I am happy with myself and accept everything leading up to now. Ready for what happens next. You two will become men because of me and I say, you are welcome!
DENNIS
Fuck you! I was a man at 10.
HARPER
Your first wet dream made you a teenager. Your life having something impact it to change it forever, like this... that makes you a man and they say a woman is always the cause.
DENNIS
Naw. I’m confident you will suffer. As soon as I can I am calling my dad. He’s rich as fuck and will get me out of this.
-Harper, and the two cops started to laugh.
HARPER
We’ll see who side daddy’s on. Such a kid to rely on Dad-dy.
-Dennis is upset and Harper just smiles as they are taken to the police station.
MONTAGE
-Harper shows her evidence to be let go, but given a court date. -Dennis and Regi are given many tickets and forced to spend time in jail till the court hearing. The guys are upset and unhappy. Harper is anticipating the court date.
ACT 3
SCENE 22
INT. COURTHOUSE – COURT
Weeks later...
Many of Dennis and Regi’s friends from the party are in the court room to make them happy. Till they realize they are their to testify agaisnt them and lessen their misdemeanors. Harper waves at them sitting in the pews with her boyfriend and dressed nicely. Denis and Regi are sat down with other jailbirds awaiting their court hearing.
JUDGE
Harper Gallows to the stand.
Miss Gallows, you are being charged with trespassing and assault. Wreckless driving, endangering others, abusing a minor, and animal abuse. How do you plea?
HARPER
Guilty your honor. With moments of insanity and thanks to the lord for watching over me and choosing this path for me.
JUDGE
I have accepted your plea and acknowledge your testify over insanity. I will charge you for half of the crimes and place you within a psychiatric ward for 30-90 day so such insanity will be corrected. Alright, next case! (Gavel slammed)
Dennis Dormin and Reginald Hue to the stands.
You boys are being tried for breaking and entering, 4 counts of trespassing, theft of a $10,000 liquor bottle to be consumed, dine and dash, fleeing the scene of an accident, assault, refusing to assist and old lady, driving with a taillight broken, harassment, 31 counts of Illegally giving substances to underage minors of alcohol, cannabis, and Hallucinogens, unpaid parking tickets, outdated tags, possession of illegal hallucinogens, weapons not registered properly, and false alarms called in to the police. How do you plea?
REGI and DENNIS
Uh...
-They look at one another.
JUDGE
I am waiting for a reply. If not- I will charge you-
DENNIS
(Screaming and pointing at Harper)
It was all that bitches fault! How dare you only charge her for-
JUDGE
How dare I? How dare you! Do you understand how rare it is for me to be faced with this many charges for such young men as yourselves! (Slams the gavel) Guilty! All accounts! Send them to the big pen! 3 years. Or 7 in jail. Your choice. Next case!
-Dennis and Regi are sad and speechless. They are escorted out of the court room. Harper followed her boyfriend to run up to them outside.
HARPER
Hey! Wait!
REGI
One last kiss goodbye?
DENNIS
What the fuck do you want.
HARPER
Well, listen. I feel bad about what happened. None of your friends showed up and your friends are all losers.
DENNIS
You already fucked our lives.
HARPER
I know. I just want to offer putting all, or most, of oyur stuff in storage for you.
REGI
I would love that. Like I love yo-
DENNIS
Fine. Whatever. You better visit us.
HARPER
Oh, I will. In fact. Come here.
-Harper gets them to lean in close and whispers.
HARPER
Ya’ll drank black velvet, I still have the conagc. Fuck you!
DENNIS AND REGI
FUCK YOU! Fuck! God damnit!
-Harper starts to laugh and are pulled back by her boyfriend. The boys are angry and hauled doff by police as they scream and try to request a new hearing. Harper walks off smiling and laughing. She goes home with her boyfriend to pull out a bottle with oils in her cabinet in the kitchen to pour shots of the real cognac and look at photos with a director who gave it to her. They clink and take the shots.
FIN
Credits
Cognac
Written by:
Cassandra Buittner
A VVVViolaceous Creation