THE THIRD DIMENSION ©

by Jim Caswell

FADE IN EXT. A DRAGON'S CAVE DWELLING
WIDE SHOT
Partial corpses and bones are strewn about outside the cave and the racket of battle emanates from within.

CUT TO INT. OF THE CAVE - SAME TIME
ANGLE ON THE DRAGON
Close in on the dragon -- REGENT -- as he lets loose a burst of flame in a fiery roar.

WIDER ANGLE
Three characters -- a Wizard (SIBYL), a Barbarian (RANDOR) and an Archer (YASURU) -- are battling Regent. Sibyl, with her hands glowing red, conjures a spell to cause the ground to mound up in front of her to protect her from the flames while Yasuru and Randor huddle behind the barbarian's shield. The dragon is perched on a mound of gold and jewels; the treasure it's fighting so hard to protect. Regent has a half dozen arrows protruding from his body, as well as miscellaneous other wounds from the other characters.

RANDOR
We've come all this way and Regent's going to chew us up
and add our skulls to his collection.

YASURU
We can't give up yet, Randor! Come on! Think! Think of something!
I'm down to my last arrow.

ANGLE ON YASURU
Yasuru notches his last arrow to his bow and prepares to fire. Just before he's about to let loose, Sibyl grabs his shoulder.

SIBYL
Stay your hand, Yasuru. Even our combined power may not be enough to defeat Regent,
but our only chance is to use all of our resources.
Randor. Can you distract the beast for a moment?

RANDOR
I don't know if I can distract him, but I'll bet I can really piss him off.

MOVING SHOT OF RANDOR
Randor lunges at Regent with his weapons flashing and his teeth bared.

CUT TO TWO SHOT OF YASURU AND SIBYL

YASURU
One of these days that bullheaded moron is going to get killed pulling a stunt like that.

Sibyl grabs Yasuru's last arrow away from him.

Hey! What do you think you're doing?

ZOOM ON SIBYL'S HANDS
Both Sibyl's hands and the arrow are bathed in a red glow.

SIBYL
I'm enchanting this arrow so it might just do some damage this time.

PAN OUT TO TWO SHOT
She hands him back the arrow.

There. Now make this shot count or Randor will have gotten killed buying us
time for nothing.

ANGLE ON RANDOR
Randor finds himself weapon-less and resigns himself to wrapping his arms around Regent's neck and holding on for dear life.

RANDOR
Would you mind hurrying up over there? I've had wilder rides than this in my life,
but all they cost me was dinner and a flask of wine.

ANGLE ON SIBYL

SIBYL (To Yasuru)
As much as I'd like to see Casanova BECOME dinner for that remark,
its time to finish this.

ANGLE ON A DETERMINED YASURU

YASURU (muttering to himself)
Oh yeah. No pressure.

Yasuru closes his eyes and lets the arrow fly right into the dragon's exposed throat as Randor wrenches the beast's head back with his bare hands.

ANGLE ON REGENT
The dragon rears up as if to let loose another burst of flame and suddenly crumples to the ground.

ANGLE ON RANDOR
Randor crawls out from under Regent's limp corpse and tentatively pushes the slain dragon's head with his foot to reassure himself that the beast is indeed dead.

RANDOR
Nice shot Robin Hood. You just proved you can get it in as long as Sibyl rubs it first.

CUT TO TWO SHOT OF YASURU AND SIBYL
MOVING TOWARDS RANDOR

SIBYL
And you just proved you are as big of an asshole as I always thought you were.
Don't listen to him, Yasuru. I don't think anyone else could have made a shot like that one.

YASURU
Thanks, Sibyl, but Randor's right.
Without your spell my arrow would have just bounced off like all the others.

RANDOR
If you two are done with the mutual admiration crap, let's divvy up the loot.
I've got a trig mid-term in four hours I still need to study for.

At this point, the live action image slowly transforms into a less-than-perfect computer-generated likeness of the scene.  Particular emphasis should be placed on the poor quality of the computer illustration.

FADE TO INT. JOSH'S DORM ROOM - SAME TIME
ZOOM OUT TO TIGHT SHOT OF COMPUTER SCREEN
The computer animation is still in play above a scrolling chat room menu.  We see a reflected image of JOSH, the player controlling Yasuru, in the computer screen. Josh is speaking Yasuru's dialogue as well as typing it.  The last four lines of dialogue are seen typed out on the screen, labeled with each character's name beside their line.

JOSH
Let's just save the game here then, and divide up the treasure later.
It's over now anyhow. What difference does it make if we take the gold or not?

RANDOR (seen only as type)
But that's the fun part.

SIBYL (seen only in type)
Quit your whining already. Go study before you wind up on probation again.

JOSH
Later folks. See you here same time tomorrow.

The screen goes through a brief shutdown sequence as the reflection of Josh reaches forward and shuts off the computer.

PAN OUT TO WIDE SHOT
We see Josh in the real world for the first time. The room he shares with an often-absent roommate -- BEN -- has textbooks (belonging to Josh) strewn across the bunk bed, desk and floor alongside heaps of dirty laundry (belonging to Ben).  Posters of fantasy artwork, ranging from a Boris Valejo painting to the Meat Loaf "Bat Out of Hell II" album cover, and video games adorn the walls. Between the bunk beds and a twin set of desks and dressers, the bed is the only place to sit except for the floor and the other desk chair. The TV and VCR are on Josh's dresser, while a makeshift bar is on Ben's.

ANGLE ON JOSH LOOKING AT HIS ALARM CLOCK
The clock reads 4:30 AM. Josh sighs heavily and puts the alarm clock back down, flops into the bottom bunk, picks up Hamlet and opens to the introduction.

Well at least its not War and Peace .... yet.

FADE OUT

FADE IN INT. JOSH'S DORM ROOM - A FEW HOURS LATER
ANGLE ON THE ALARM CLOCK
The alarm clock switches from 8:54 to 8:55 and begins blaring out the college radio station.

CUT TO JOSH SNAPPING AWAKE

JOSH
Why do I keep doing this to myself?

PAN OUT TO TWO SHOT
Ben is wide awake and smoking a cigarette.

BEN
I personally think you have a discipline problem.

JOSH
You should talk. When did you get home?

Ben stretches over and silences the wailing alarm, pausing momentarily to check the time.

BEN
About fifteen minutes ago.

Josh scrambles to get ready for class, gathering his notebooks and folders as he hops on one leg to get his shoe on. He grabs a light winter coat off the back of the door and slips it on without zipping it up. The only thing he's forgetting is the copy of Hamlet he was reading.

JOSH
I guess that means you won't be in Historical Literature again.

BEN
My boy, I've been studying the most important subject of our college careers. Life.

PAN TO JOSH AS HE OPENS THE DOOR TO LEAVE
Josh turns to Ben and eyes him with disgust.

JOSH
The works of Jack Daniels and Johnny Walker aren't exactly classics, Ben.

Josh leaves, closing the door behind him.

ANGLE ON BEN
Ben coolly takes another drag from his cigarette. He picks up the discarded work of William Shakespeare and opens to the middle.

BEN
You see your kind of spirits, and I'll see mine.

CUT TO INT. CLASSROOM - FOURTY-FIVE MINUTES LATER
ANGLE ON THE INSTRUCTOR
The Instructor -- MR. STEIN -- is in the middle of his lecture on the play Hamlet. He is very passionate about his subject and very happy about teaching it.

MR. STEIN
Once Hamlet was finally convinced that his father's murderer was, in fact,
his uncle and mother's new husband, he was at a loss as to what to do next.
After all, how do you bring arms against the new king with the only eye-witness
being a ghost? And so, like all good Shakespearian heroes, he started going slightly mad.

PAN TO WIDE SHOT OF JOSH SLEEPING IN CLASS
Students are taking notes all around Josh. LORI sits behind Josh, glancing between him and her paper. Her affection for him is clear. Josh is breathing lightly with his head leaning downward and eyes closed.

MR. STEIN
While Hamlet had shown signs of bravery, eager to charge into situations headfirst
in previous situations such as the confrontation with the ghost, he instead decides to
stay his hand and find a more subtle way of confrontation against the king.
Ms. Davis, what means of attack did Hamlet choose to use against his step-father?

A fellow student sitting the next row over from Josh -- AMANDA -- looks up from her notes to answer the question.

AMANDA
He wrote a play.

MR. STEIN
Come now, Ms. Davis. You know I expect more detail than that.

AMANDA (shyly)
In the play "The Mouse Trap," Hamlet recreates the murder of his father and seduction of
his mother in order to pressure the King into confessing his crimes.

MR. STEIN
Correct.

CUT TO MEDIUM ONE SHOT
Mr. Stein turns to the blackboard and writes "THE MOUSE TRAP" across it. He then returns to facing the class, looking directly at Josh.

MR. STEIN
Perhaps Mr. Courier can reflect on some of the meaning behind this method for us.

CUT TO MEDIUM SHOT OF JOSH
Josh continues to sleep as most of the eyes of the class turn upon him.

MR. STEIN (droning)
Courier.

CUT TO MEDIUM ONE SHOT
Mr. Stein now has a look of boredom on his face.

MR. STEIN
Courier.

CUT TO TIGHT SHOT ON LORI'S FOOT
Lori kicks Josh's chair.

MR. STEIN
Courier.

PAN TO JOSH SNAPPING AWAKE

MR. STEIN
Mr. Courier?

Josh slightly shakes the cobwebs from his mind and takes a quick look around.

JOSH
Umm. The Mouse Trap could be taken as an example of fiction mimicking and
interacting with reality, and therefore having a direct effect on the reality itself?

Josh pauses briefly.

Or at least the view of reality the people within the play have.
It can also be viewed as the first example of dramatic reenactment.

Josh gives off a small smile.

CUT TO WIDE ONE SHOT
Mr. Stein's sense of humor has returned and he seems pleased again.

MR. STEIN
Very good, Mr. Courier. You may go back to sleep now .... in your dorm room.
Next class we will discuss The Mouse Trap further as well as debate whether or not
Hamlet's obsession is based on a son's anger or a deep-rooted Oedipus Complex.
Class dismissed.

PAN TO WIDE CLASSROOM SHOT
The students begin bundling up their supplies and coats and leaving the room. Lori leaves before Josh, but waits for him at the door. As Josh begins to leave, Mr. Stein looks at him and motions him over.

JOSH
I'm sorry about that, Mr. Stein. I was up late last night.

MR. STEIN
Very well, Mr. Courier. Just don't let it happen again.

JOSH
Not a problem. And thanks for understanding.

CUT TO MOVING WIDE SHOT
INT. BEARBROOK UNIVERSITY HALLWAY - SECONDS LATER
Josh and Lori start down the hallway amongst the hustle and bustle of the other students.

JOSH
Thanks for covering my back.

LORI
Not a problem. If you hadn't been dozing, he probably would have called on me.

JOSH
You could have handled it.

LORI
Doubtful. I haven't even read that far yet.

JOSH
That makes two of us.

CUT TO MOVING MEDIUM SHOT
INT. STAIRWAY - SAME TIME
Going through a pair of double doors, the duo files into a staircase with other students.

LORI
Then how did you know what the answer was? Or, for that matter, the question?

JOSH (smiling)
I guessed.

Lori stops in mid step briefly, but quickly proceeds again when bumped into from behind.

CUT TO MOVING MEDIUM SHOT
EXT. BEARBROOK UNIVERSITY LEARNING CENTER - SAME TIME
The stairway exits into a entrance to the building, which several students, including Josh and Lori, use to leave. The weather outside is a typical Midwestern March; in the mid 30's with snow on the ground. It hasn't snowed in several days, however, and the sidewalks are all clear. Lori stops Josh at the entryway.

LORI
Well, if you're so all knowing, then I suppose you wouldn't be interested in
getting together and renting the movie tonight.

JOSH
Sounds good, but I have some place I have to be at eleven.

LORI
Hot date, huh?

JOSH
Not exactly. You pick up the tape and pizza will be on me. Deal?

LORI
OK. Which version should I get?

JOSH
Any one you can get your hands on.
Remember, there are twenty students in just this class.

Josh turns to leave.

See you tonight around seven.

Josh takes off across the campus for his next class, leaving Lori standing at the doorway.

LORI
Finally.

CUT TO INT. BEARBROOK CAFETERIA - NOON
WIDE SHOT OF CAFETERIA
Josh emerges from the lunch line carrying his tray of food; consisting of a small salad, a slice of pizza a side of fries and a drink. He searches the cafeteria looking for a place to sit in the crowded room. Over the commotion of the crowd, he hears KEITH, a person who lives in Josh's dorm, yells out to him.

KEITH
Yo, Josh. Over here man.

PAN AND ZOOM TO TABLE - MEDIUM SHOT
Josh maneuvers his way over to the table consisting of KELLY, Ben, MIKE, Keith, PAUL and AL, all of the guys live in the same dorm with Kelly being Paul's girlfriend. Two tables over, JAIME sits with a couple of other girls, eavesdropping on the guys' conversation. Other conversations buzz in the background.

JOSH
Hey guys, what's up?

AL
Not much.

BEN
What did I miss in Lit this morning?

JOSH
Not real sure. I ended up dozing through most of it.

BEN (nonchalantly)
Let he who is without sin ....

JOSH
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Anyway, Lori and I are renting the movie tonight.
Wanna stay in and catch it with us?

All eyes turn to focus on Josh.

MIKE
What do you think you're doing?

JOSH
What?

MIKE
You got a Hotty coming over, and you invite your roommate to stick around.
Are you nuts?

JOSH
Its not like that. We both need to see the movie, so we're doing pizza and a video.

KEITH
Is she female?

JOSH
Yeah.

JACK
And who's idea was this?

JOSH
Hers.

AL
She wants ya, dude.

KELLY (snickering)
Hey, girl here.

PAUL (laughing)
What, its how you and I hooked up.

KELLY (joking)
Hey!

Kelly hits Paul in the arm.

AL
Told ya. She wants ya.

JOSH (laughing)
Yeah, right.

DAVID approaches from behind Josh.

DAVID
Who wants into Robin Hood's tights?

KEITH
Lori.

DAVID
No shit.

BEN
And the dummy doesn't even realize it. He thinks tonight is just a study date.

JOSH
Hey Dave. How was the Trig Test?

DAVID
Don't change the subject. Tonight, huh.
I guess that means we won't be seeing you in the cave then.

JOSH
Nah. I'll be there.

DAVID
Like hell you will. If you turn down a piece of ass to hop on the computer,
I'll kick the shit out of you.

KELLY
Girl still here.

BEN
And I'll help.

JOSH
It's not like that. We're just friends.

AL
And that's all you'll ever be if you continue with that attitude.

JOSH
Whatever.

MIKE
We're dealing ya straight here. Take what you can get.

KELLY
Sometimes you guys can be such pigs.

All of the guys start oinking, grunting and laughing; except for Josh.

PAUL
Yeah, and you willingly hang around.

KELLY
What can I say.I'm a glutton for punishment.

JOSH
Kelly, give me the woman's point of view.

KELLY
It's hard for me to say. I don't really know her that well.
And different people are motivated by different things.

KEITH
Well, what drew you to Paul?

KELLY
His geekiness. I got a weakness.

AL
Well, what are you doing tomorrow night?

PAUL
Hey!

Paul throws a bread roll and bops Al in the head with it.

KELLY
Come on. Even I've got my limits.

The guys react in favor at Kelly's burn. Josh reaches down and picks up the slice of pizza to take a bite. As he raises it to his mouth, Jack snatches it out of his hand.

PAUL
If you're having pizza tonight, you shouldn't have it now.

JOSH
Give me that.

Paul takes a giant bite of the pizza.

PAUL (with mouth full)
Gotta watch those carbs, dude.

All of the guys are joking and laughing now, including Josh.

KELLY
Like you should talk.

More oohs and ahhs come from the guys.

KEITH
Paul's right. You got a woman to impress now. You gotta eat healthier.
Maybe work out some and spend less time in front of the computer screen.

KELLY
Tell that to Paul.

PAUL
Ok, ok, I give.

Paul drops the rest of the pizza and scoots the plate towards Al.

Here, you eat it. You don't got anyone to nag ... err, I mean impress.

JOSH
Let it go. I'm a college student. I could eat pizza three days a week.

MIKE
And aim for that Freshman twenty.

BEN
Look at what you have here.

Al extenuates each point by pointing at the food.

A salad's a good start, but Pizza and French Fries? Dude.
You'll keel over with a heart attack by the time you're thirty.

JOSH
Just let it go, will ya.

Al crams the last of the pizza in his mouth.

AL
We're just looking out for ya.

KEITH
Speaking of which, you set with protection?

JOSH
Oh, come on!

AL
Its the age of safe sex man.

DAVID
Are you a Trojan Man?

KELLY
Girl still here.

JOSH
OK. OK. That's enough.

BEN
What's the matter? Lori not good enough for you?

JOSH
Its not that.

DAVID
You aren't holding out for Sibyl, are you?
God, we haven't even met her yet.
For all we know, she may be a guy.

The laughing increases in volume, from all save Josh. He maintains his smile, but it is somewhat taxed.

BEN
Josh has the hots for a guy!

JOSH
OK, that's it. No, I'm not interested in Sibyl.
Lori and I are just friends. But ....

MIKE
But what?

JOSH
Well, I'll keep an open mind, OK?

DAVID (scruffing Josh's hair)
That's me'boy!

CUT TO INT. BEARBROOK LIBRARY - THAT AFTERNOON
MEDIUM TWO SHOT
Jaime and Lori sit at a table deep in the recesses of the library. A few students are scattered behind them, all of whom are studying various school subjects. Jaime and Lori, however, are leafing through fashion magazines.

LORI
So what you're telling me is that if anything's going to happen tonight,
I'm going to have to be the one that starts it.

JAIME
Basically. I still don't understand this infatuation you have with Josh.
I mean, he's not ugly or anything, but I can think of at least
a dozen better I could hook you up with.

Jaime holds up a picture of a designer dress from the magazine. Lori wrinkles her nose and shakes her head no.

I know this guy. He plays on the baseball team.

LORI
Baseball is out of season.

JAIME
But what is it?

LORI
One word. Money.

JAIME
What? How do you know?

LORI
I work in admissions, remember?
When he came in to take care of some paperwork, I saw his account.
It was paid up for at least a year. His folks are loaded.

JAIME
If he's rich, then what's he doing at a tiny,
out of the way school like Bearbrook?
He could be at Princeton or Yale or some other place like that.

LORI
I'm not sure. But I aim to find out.

Lori holds up an evening gown photo for Jaime to see. Jaime's eyes light up and shakes her head in approval.

JAIME
So what if he's rich. It doesn't mean you'll see any of it.

LORI
Look at it this way. Short term, I can probably get a couple of
decent dates and maybe a couple of expensive gifts.
In the long run .... who knows.

JAIME
So you're setting out to single-handedly set back
the woman's movement forty years.

LORI
Nope. Just using the gifts given to me to get ahead.
Now, what can you tell me about this Sibyl gal?
Do I have some competition?

JAIME
Doubtful. She's some netsurfer that Josh and David know from
their stupid game. They haven't even met her face to face yet.
Cry'n out loud, she's probably not even allowed outside without
her flea collar.

LORI
How do you know all this?

JAIME
I dated David for about two weeks last semester, remember?
He'd hop on the Internet while he thought I was sleeping.
Those guys are really addicted to that silly game of theirs.

LORI
We'll see what we can do about changing that.

JAIME
And what makes you think he's going to go along with this plan?

LORI
First of all, he's really shy.
As such, he's easy pickings for an outgoing girl like myself.
Second ...

Lori stands and does a turn.

... like they said, I'm a Hotty.

Lori gathers up her coat and things to leave.

I gotta get going. I've got a movie to rent.

CUT TO INT. JOSH'S DORM - 6:30 PM
TIGHT SHOT ON CLOCK
The time is clearly displayed on the clock. Dusk is visible through the window with it getting darker as the scene progresses. The door to the room opens.

PAN TO ENTRANCE AND ZOOM OUT
Josh walks through the door and throws his books at the bed. The coat quickly follows. He moves through the path to the computer, which he turns on. He spins back around to look at the room.

JOSH (mumbling to himself)
This place is a pigsty.

CUTTING TO VARIOUS SEGMENTS
Josh begins straightening up, putting books on bookshelves and clothes in closets. He is much more careful with Ben's stuff than his own, and reluctantly moves a pair of his socks with a pencil. He makes his own bed carefully, while flinging the covers up on Ben's. He makes a quick trip to the trash bin with various items of garbage, most notably of which includes multiple empty bottles of alcohol. After a whirlwind clean-up job the room looks somewhat better.

CUT TO MEDIUM SHOT OF COMPUTER AREA
Josh plants himself in front of the computer. He reaches over the CD shelf and pulls out MEATLOAF: WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD CD and puts it into the drive. Setting the sound for a low setting, the CD starts playing in the background. He clicks onto the webbrowser and logs onto the e-mail service. A half dozen e-mails come up, one of which is labeled SHADOW DEFENDERS. This is the one that draws his attention and he opens it.

ZOOM TO COMPUTER SCREEN
The e-mail is from SHADOW LORD. It states that Josh has been chosen to try a new online game. This new game provides a "realistic" view of American crime set in a dungeons and dragons point of view. At the end of the e-mail is a web site address link. The mouse arrow moves down to the link and clicks. The screen fills with a barrage of colors and images which eventually form into the SHADOW LORD INTERACTIVE WEBSITE. The screen has multiple options including a entrance to the web site. Just as the mouse starts moving towards the entrance, their is a knock at the door.

CUT TO TIGHT SHOT ON CLOCK
The time is 7 PM.

JOSH (quietly)
Precision timing.

CUT TO ENTRANCE
Come on in. Its unlocked.

Lori opens the door and walks in, removing her coat and hanging on the edge of the bunk bed. She holds a couple of video tapes in her hand.

CUT TO MEDIUM SHOT OF DORM ROOM
Lori notices that Josh is in front of the computer.

LORI
Am I early?

Josh turns back to the computer and bookmarks the web site.

JOSH
No. You're right on time. I'm just finishing up here.
Have a seat and make yourself comfortable.

Lori slips off her shoes and walks around the bed, taking a seat and sliding back against the wall, tucking her legs up under her.

LORI
What is that you have playing?

Once the site is bookmarked, Josh exits out of the browser and shuts down the CD player, but leaves the computer on to go into a fireplace screensaver.

JOSH
Meat Loaf. Welcome to the Neighborhood.

He points to the poster on the wall.

It came out after Bat II, and isn't quite as good.
Haven't you ever heard it before?

LORI
Oh, yeah. It's just been a while.

JOSH
Yeah. I hear he's gonna make another comeback pretty soon.

LORI
Wow, that's great.

While she tries to sound enthused, her expression says that she's not real sure what it is that they are talking about. As an alternative, she holds up the video tapes.

Got the movie.
Had to go to three video stores to find it, though.

JOSH
Told ya it might be difficult.
So do you want to order the pizza now or wait a little bit?

LORI
Well, I'm not real hungry right now, but I don't know if
we want to interrupt the movie to make the call either.

JOSH
Good point. I figure we'll have enough trouble following the plot
without interruptions. What do you usually eat on pizza?

LORI
Anything's fine; except nothing that lives in the sea or grows on a tree.

Josh reaches up and lifts the cordless phone off the cradle and hits an autodial button.

JOSH
A supreme ok then?

LORI
Sure.

After a brief pause, Josh begins talking to the pizza place.

JOSH
Yeah, hi. I'd like to order a pizza for delivery.

Another pause.

A large?

Josh looks to Lori for her approval, which she halfheartedly gives.

A large supreme pizza.

Another pause. Josh looks again to Lori to get her input.

Hand-tossed, pan or stuffed?

Lori responds with a shrug and points to Josh to make the decision.

Let's make it hand-tossed.

Another pause.

Bearbrook University, Quinn Hall, Room 112. Thanks.

Josh hits the disconnect button on the phone, but carries it with him.

The pizza will be here in about a half hour.

LORI
Sounds good. Do you want to go ahead and start in on the movie?

ZOOM OUT TO WIDE SHOT OF DORM ROOM
Josh gets up from his seat and moves toward the bed.

JOSH
Sure.

Josh picks up the tapes off of the bed next to Lori, which are very close to her side. He then spins around and opens the first tape and places it in the VCR. He then begins scanning the room for the remote control.

Have you seen the remote lying around?

Lori scans her immediate area to no avail.

LORI
Nope.

Josh continues to scan the area with his eyes coming to rest on a bulge on Ben's bunk. He steps forward and up onto the edge of his bed, slightly startling Lori. His hand dives under the cover and exits holding the remote.

JOSH
Got it.

Josh spins at the waist and clicks on the TV. The FBI warning is visible, but it proceeds on to the film.

LORI
Wouldn't it have been easier to just turn it on
when you were standing in front of it?

Josh drops down and moves back towards his seat.

JOSH
I guess.

LORI
Boys and their toys.

Josh sits back down in his chair after spinning it around to face the room.

LORI
Why are you sitting over there?

JOSH
What do you mean?

LORI
I mean, wouldn't you have a better view over here?

JOSH
I suppose so.

LORI
Then come on over. I won't bite.

Josh rises to his feet once again and moves back over to the bed.

ZOOM TO TIGHT TWO-SHOT
Josh sits down on the bed next to Lori and places the phone and remote down next to him. He seems a little uneasy, but adapts as the opening music begins to play on the movie.

LORI
Relax. Enjoy the movie.

PAN TO TV SCREEN
The movie plays on.

CUT TO INT. JOSH'S DORM - SEVERAL HOURS LATER
TIGHT SHOT ON TV SCREEN
The movie's credits begin playing.

PAN TO TIGHT TWO-SHOT
Josh is sitting in the same spot as before, but appears to be much more relaxed. The half-eaten pizza lays off to his side with the phone and remote. His arm is draped around Lori as she sleeps soundly in the crook of his arm. Josh picks up the remote and hits the mute, stop and rewind buttons. The image - off-screen - switches to David Letterman. Josh then gently eases Lori up, scoots out from underneath her and lays her down on the bed, narrowly missing the pizza box. He picks up the box and lays it on the bar.

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