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March 2,2020
FADE IN ON:
A SUBURBAN HOUSE
At night. Crickets chirp. Northern California. Fall. We hear electronic TEXT WOOSHES on the soundtrack...
INT. CARPENTER HOME - KITCHEN - NIGHT
Wood floors, stone counters, a built-in pizza oven no one who lives here uses. An eight burner stove on a kitchen island.
TARA CARPENTER (18) stands at said island, making ramen in a pot. Texting with her girlfriend AMBER. We see her name at the top of the text chain on Tara's cell. Amber texts:
You should come over.
Tara smiles. Texts back:
Oh really? And do what?
Amber's reply:
Fun... stuff. :)
Tara grins. Stirring the pasta. Types:
My Mom said I can't leave. YOU should come over HERE.
She pauses. Then adds:
And do the aforementioned stuff.
A beat. The three circles, moving. Then, the response: Convince me?
On the wall, the LANDLINE RINGS. Blocked caller. Tara frowns. Ignores it. It's a landline, after all. Texts:
No parents. Free dinner. Many binge watch options.
Amber's response comes:
Gotta do better.
Tara takes the phone, puts it under her shirt, snaps a pic. On the wall, the LANDLINE stops ringing. The response text:
SOLD!
The LANDLINE RINGS AGAIN. Tara frowns. Before she can get a response from Amber, Tara writes:
Fucking landline won't stop ringing. Robocalls.
The three dots stop moving. Then move again. The response:
I hate how they clone numbers that are close to yours to make you pick up.
Tara writes back:
This one is a blocked number.
A beat. The response:
Robocalls don't use blocked numbers anymore. Probs someone calling for your mom.
Tara exhales. That means she should answer it. She walks over to the landline ands picks it up.
TARA Hello?
A kind (but familiar) voice on the other end.
VOICE (O.S.)
Hello. Is Susan there?
TARA
Sorry, she's not available. May I take a message?
VOICE (O.S.) Is this her daughter?
TARA
May I take a message?
VOICE (O.S.) Sorry, yeah, I'm a friend from her... shit.
TARA From her shit?
VOICE (O.S.)
Um, just tell her I'm from group. I'm Charlie. She has my number.
TARA
She goes to a group?
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