INT. MOTEL ROOM -- LATER-- NIGHT
Smoke wafts in thick curls around the room. Chuck and Spencer sit on one bed doing bong hits.
Wally cleans his camera at the table. Graham reclines on the other bed sipping a beer and Joaquin is at the foot watching an old TV.
Joaquin goes over to the window and looks out. Dead Head walk by and give him the peace sign. He waves.
WALLY
Hey Joaquin, grab me a beer will ya?
JOAQUIN
Sure. Can I have one Graham?
GRAHAM
That's what they're there for.
Joaquin goes to the chest where the TV sits. Below is a cooler. He gets two beers.
Joaquin hands a beer to Wally and cracks his. He takes a sip.
Three hard bangs on the door startle them all. Chuck rushes to hide the bong. Joaquin looks around frantically and puts the beer on the cooler. Spencer jumps up and looks through the peephole.
Spencer, relaxed, turns around rolling his eyes and shaking his head.
SPENCER
It's only Jesse, Kimber and Raquel.
GRAHAM
Almost forgot they were showing up.
Spencer opens the door and three pretty girls, all preppie-hippie chic, come in with glowing faces.
Jesse, 17, striking, long straight black hair, Helen of Troy beautiful leads the way. Behind her Kimber, 17 but looks 25, with deep eyes with a soft but sexy pouting face. Then Raquel, 18, coy, almost exotic, the most cosmopolitan of the three, saunters in and nothing seemingly impresses her.
The girls have on similar Preppie Hippie shorts and floral tops like most of the suburban girls at the shows but their accessories show their wealth. They are clearly intoxicated.
Joaquin turns away, blushing, for a second. He has dreamt about these girls since puberty began.
He slides over to the table as the girls take seats on the beds. Jesse bounces on the corner of the bed nearest to the table.
Chuck pulls out the bong and offers it to the girls. Raquel takes the pipe.
Chuck reclines, lifts his arm and points at Joaquin.
CHUCK
Ladies, ladies, if you didn't know already, that is Hunter's brother Joaquin.
Joaquin looks at the girls one at a time and timidly waves.
Raquel waves while blowing out her bong hit. Kimber stands up and begin making her way towards Joaquin. Jesse hops off the corner of the bed and as she lands she gives Joaquin a kiss on the cheek.
JESSE
Cheers darling. Where is Hunter?
JOAQUIN
Back in Fairfield dealing with his move to NYC.
JESSE
That's right NYU this fall.
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Long Strange Trip
General FictionA screenplay based on my adventures going on Grateful Dead tour as a 16 year old. Based on true events but none of it is real. Format is a bit odd since the system doesn't accept the proper screenplay layout. Reads more like an epic free verse poem...
