Scene V: A Strange Caller
An awkward silence passes between them.
Jack: (sighs nervously) do you want to watch TV?
Ashley: (shrugs) if you want to.
Jack: Okay.
Instead of grabbing the remote, Jack just sits there. He glances nervously at Ashley, opening his mouth as though to say something, but changes his mind, and closes his mouth again. Ashley sits there, her elbow on the arm of the couch, her head on her closed fist, staring at the floor. Jack sits back and sighs heavily.
Jack: Well, you want to just…talk?
Ashley looks back at him, a half-smile across her face.
Ashley: What did you have in mind to talk about?
Jack: …You know…stuff people…talk about…like…puppi es, and…food…. Stuff like that…
Ashley leans back, so she is relaxed completely on the couch. She looks at Jack for a moment, and then busts out laughing. Jack looks at her, and cannot help but to smile. He even laughs a little. Then, at this point feeling rather confused, he has nothing to say except-
Jack: What?
Ashley (still laughing): Puppies. We had a great convo going there, and then after one silence, the best you can come up with is puppies. What the Hell?
Ashley starts laughing again.
Jack: …It’s a hot topic!
She laughs even harder. Jack has nothing to say, so he laughs too, but not as hard as she was laughing. In the midst of their laughter, the phone rings. Ashley stops laughing, but continues to smile as she stands up to answer the phone.
Ashley: Hello? …Hello? …Fuck.
She hangs up the phone. Jack looks at her, one eyebrow raised as she sat back down.
Jack: Who was that?
Ashley: No one answered.
The phone rang again, so Ashley got up to answer it again.
Ashley: Mother fucker…
She picks up the phone.
Ashley (somewhat agitated): Hello?
This time, you can hear a man’s heavy breathing on the phone. Ashley’s expression becomes a little frightened.
Ashley: Hello? …Hey asshole, say something…. All right, you fucking jackass, I’m hanging up.
Ashley hung up the phone. This time, she did not return to her seat next to Jack. She laid the phone on the table and moved her hands behind her head. Jack sat there for a moment, then got up and stood beside her.
Jack: Who was it?
Ashley: Some pervert calling during his orgasm.
The phone rang again. Jack beat her shaking hand to the phone. He hit the talk button.
Jack: Hello?
Again, heavy breathing. Jack’s face adorned the same expression as Ashley’s.
Jack: Oi, fuck-tard, say something…. Hey!
Jack hung up the phone, with a very concerned expression on his face. Then, he picked up the phone and dialed #69. He put the phone to his ear, listening for the phone operator to say the phone number of the last call. He did a little stupid dance while listening for the number. When it said the number, he said it aloud.
Jack: 548-4845.
He hung up the phone, and then dialed the number. He put it on speaker. It didn’t ring.
Phone Operator: The number you have dialed has been disconnected.
Jack hung up the phone, even more concerned. He held it in his hand, and then looked at Ashley, mouth slightly open. The phone rang again. Jack answered the phone, and said nothing. The deep breathing continued. He put it on speaker so Ashley could hear it for a second, and then hung up again.
Jack: That what you heard?
Ashley: Exactly.
Jack: there are some creepy sons of bitches out there, eh?
Ashley: Yeah…
A small moment of silence passes between them. The phone ringing again cuts the silence.
Jack: Persistent assholes… (Hits the talk button) Hello?
The breathing continues on the phone. Jack snarls and sighs angrily.
Jack: Hey asshole, are you gonna say something or just be a prick?
Instead of the breathing continuing, the man laughs eerily.
Jack: Hey ass fuck, say something!
The man just laughs again. Jack hangs up. He hits the talk button again and calls 9-1-1.
9-1-1 Operator: Hello, 9-1-1, what’s your emergency?
Jack: There has been some freak-ass mother fucker calling my friend and I and we need some help.
9-1-1 Operator: Okay here’s what you need to-
The line goes dead…
Blog Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities
Current mood: silly
Added on: 02/10/2007 16:19:33
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