A.D.D.

By: Dante Garnes

EXT HOUSE:
The outside of a house. BIRDS are chirping. The setting is very tranquil.

INT HOUSE:
Inside, everything is neat and organized. A teenage girl is laying on the floor and Funny Honey
from Chicago

Girl 1:
(very faintly) Help me.. Help me .. Help me.

GIRL 1 is fatally injured and there is a large gash across her forehead. There is blood all over
her. She rolls onto her side and begins to crawl, making her way to the door. She stops.
OMINOUS WHISPERING is heard from afar and FOOTSTEPS.

Girl 1:
Please! Someone.

The footsteps get louder as GIRL 1 approaches the door

Girl 1:
(almost inaudible) Almost there.

The footsteps get louder as Girl 1 struggles. When Boy 1 gets to the door, footsteps stop.

Girl 1:
(In pain and barely able to talk) Hel.. Help.. Help

As she makes it to the door she is dragged back into the house and the door slams the door slams

FADE TO BLACK

INT: CLASSROOM:
An average high school classroom. The words Creative Writing Class are written on the
whiteboard. The mood is dark and murky. Tanner is sleeping on a desk. Girl 1 is behind Tanner
at a different desk, still talking to her friends. Sitting next to Tanner is his best friend STASI, a
rakish, devil-may-care girl.

Girl 1:
Did you finish Mr. Marshs homework last night? I heard his class is killer.

Stasi:
Tanner! Wake up Ms. Petrellis is almost here.

Tanner:
Im up! ... Im up, geez.

Stasi:
Are you ok?

Tanner reaches for a notebook titled Dream Journal and starts writing.

Tanner:
Yea, just had a bad dream, that's all.

Stasi:
I dont get how youre even passing this class. Youre always sleeping.

Tanner puts the journal sneakily on his lap.

Tanner:
Just luck I guess. (He awkwardly laughs.) So what did I miss?

Stasi looks for something in her backpack.

Stasi:
Nothing much, Ms. Petrilli is late again, I swear she doesnt give a crap about teaching us any
retainable information. Oh!...And Andrew and Mikayla are dating. I swear everyone in our grade
is hooking up with each other, its like they all have cabin fever or something. Love is in the air,
I guess.

The word love is heard in an ECHO. The sounds of the classroom become distorted as Tanners
dream begins.

INT: CAR DAY

Tanner is sitting in the passenger side of a moving car on a highway. The top is down and he is
visibly smiling at the GIRL IN THE DRIVERS SEAT. Her hair is fluttering in the wind but her
face is not revealed as Tanner goes to hold her hand, he is interrupted by a huge popping sound
and snapped back into reality.

INT: CLASSROOM

Stasi:
What about you? Anyone special in your life?

Tanner is looking off into space.

Stasi:
Oh look who Im talking to: the human brick wall. What are you staring at-- Ohh. Lexi Anders.

Tanner:
What? No!

Stasi:
Oh come on, even I think shes hot.

Tanner:
I mean yeah, just look at her... Hey! Lay off, I had a long night!

Stasi:
So did I, Im still hung up on that horror movie narrative we had to write. Its so confusing.
MS. PETRELLI enters the room and writes Shakespeare on the whiteboard.

Ms. Petrelli:
Sorry I'm late, but let's get to it, can anyone continue the discussion from yesterday?

TINA, writing furiously, raises her hand.

Ms. Petrelli:
Ah, Tina!

Tina:
We learned about the first performances of Shakespearean plays in 1599

Ms. Petrelli:
Good, now can anyone tell me what was so peculiar about those performances?

Tina raises her hand in excitement.

Ms. Petrelli:
Okay Tina, go for it.

Tina:
Back then, women weren't allowed to perform, so they change all the roles to male parts.

Ms. Petrelli:
Not quite, but good guess!

Tina stand up abruptly.

Tina:
(talking through gritted teeth) I. Dont. Guess.

Tina realizes how crazy she looks and sit back down and smiles as if nothing happened.

Tina:
I dont get what this has to do with creative writing, anyway.
 Ms. Petrelli:
Because to understand how to truly be a creative writer, you have to study one of the best of all
time. What was so special about performing Shakespeare back in the 1590s was that because
women were not allowed on stage, the men would have to dress up in drag as women.

A boy at the back of the classroom, GUY 1, interrupts.

Guy 1:
You couldn't pay me enough for that shit.

The class starts to chuckle, while Tanner is looking off into space again.

Stasi:
What an ass.

Ms. Petrelli:
Okay class, settle down. To really get an understanding of the subject today we are going to be
learning about the Merry Wives of Windsor.

The word wives ECHOES as the sound of the classroom distorts as Tanners next dream
begins.

Narrator: (v.o.)
Previously, on The Real Housewives of Rhode Island..

INT: SPANISH VILLA

NIKKI LACROY, a middle aged, upper class blonde woman enters through the door.

Nikki:
Hello! Who ordered the party! Just kidding, its my party.

The camera cuts to a backdrop on a reality TV show set.

INT: CONFESSIONALS SET

 Nikki:
My Names Nikki Lacroy, I am 37 years young, and I am from Woonsocket, Rhode Island, and
my husband is the CEO of Thunda-Mist free health care company... It was actually my idea
when my good girlfriend Tara had the clap a couple years back, and she couldn't afford the piss
test. God rest her soul. She didnt die form the clap though. She choked to death trying to beat
some P.C. freshman at beer pong... Haven't watched a Friars game since.

INT: SPANISH VILLA

MARISSA, a tall, thin woman enters, waving a bottle of wine.

Marissa:
I brought wine!

INT: CONFESSIONALS SET

Marissa:
Hello Im Marissa Ferrente. My husband is the CFO for Dels Lemonade, Im a free spirit! I like,
you know, reading the bible,

INT: NIGHTCLUB
Marissa is dancing in a club.
Marissa:
Taking care of my family,

INT: HOUSE
Marissa is holding her baby in one arm and a bottle in the other.

Marissa:
And being an all around good person!

INT: HOUSE
Marissa throws drinks in multiple peoples faces.

Marissa:
And that's just me.
Marissa smiles at the camera.

INT: SPANISH VILLA

CHARTREUSE, a shy woman in a fur coat, enters the house. She puts a holy cross into her
purse and moves quickly out of the frame.

INT: CONFESSIONALS SET

Chartreuse coughs and smiles.

PRODUCER: (o.s.)
Do you have anything you want to say?

Chartreuse pulls out a book and her reading glasses

PRODUCER: (o.s.)
Shes a mute, move on!

INT: SPANISH VILLA

ANGELA, wild with messy black hair, enters through the doorway, getting up close to the
camera.
Angela:
Whats good everybody!

INT: CONFESSIONALS

Angela:
What up, my name is Angela, but you can call me Miss Thing with four Zs! And Im reppin
Prov City and yes you already know I buss it open! You ever heard of Brown University? My
hubby is a chairman or something there, hes like 112 years old and cant walk but he got money!

EXT: KARENS CAR

KAREN is in a car sitting in traffic. She leans on the horn.

Karen:
 Come on, fuckin move! Fuck! Fuckface!

INT: CONFESSIONALS SET

Karen:
Hello, Im Karen Davanzo, and Im from Johnston, RI, and Im always fucking late!

The title card for The Real Housewives of Rhode Island plays.

Marissa:
Im not a slut but I know my way around a cannoli!

Angela:
How do I sleep at night? Ask your husband!
Karen:
I may not be the best cookie in the jar, but I taste good!

Charchuse
I have crippling anxiety.

Nikki:
Some people think Im a whore, but I'm also an alcoholic!

INT: DINING ROOM

All the girls are sitting at the kitchen table with glasses of wine.

Nikki:
Id like to thank you all for coming to my birthday party. It means so much to me.

Marissa:
No problem at all. I think we all can agree that it is honor to be invited to your party.

INT: CONFESSIONALS SET

Marissa:
 (Smoking a cigarette)
Fuck that bitch.

INT: DINING ROOM

Angela:
I love ya place, who is ya designa?

Nikki:
The big blue bug.

Chartreuse spits up her drink in shock.

The DOORBELL RINGS. Karen enters with with a Starbucks cup.

Karen:
Hello everyone! Sorry Im late, but the party is here!

INT: CONFESSIONALS SET

Angela:
Oh. Shit.

INT: CONFESSIONALS SET

Marissa:
Awkward...

INT: DINING ROOM

All the girls are looking around awkwardly not making eye contact.

Karen:
 What? Is there something on my face?

INT: CONFESSIONALS SET

Nikki:
What. The. Fuck.

INT: DINING ROOM

Karen:
Is there an issue?

INT: CONFESSIONALS SET

Chartreuse says nothing, but makes a shocked expression.

INT: CONFESSIONALS SET

Angela:
Starbucks bought out Nikkis husband's company last year. (whispers) Shes penniless.

INT: CONFESSIONALS SET

Marissa:
This isnt good. You should have seen what Nikki did to the last housewife that crossed her.

INT: KITCHEN
Cutscene to Nikki stirring a pot of boiling water with a wig in it.

INT: DINING ROOM

Nikki:
 Karen... what is that in your hand?

INT: CONFESSIONALS SET

Karen:
What?! How am I supposed to know the bitch was broke?

INT: DINING ROOM

Karen:
Its... Starbucks?

Chartreuse looks directly into the camera. Seconds later, Nikki does a swan dive over the table to
Karen and all the girls get up in a screaming frenzy.

Nikki:
(screaming) You fucking scumbag!

Karen:
Yeah, come at me, you fucking mook!

Marissa:
Everyone, calm down!

Karen throws a drink at Nikki.

Marissa:
STOP.

Marissa goes around and grabs all the bottles.

Angela pulls out her phone.

Angela:
 World Star!

Angela laughs in the camera.

INT: CLASSROOM - DAY

LUIS, an obnoxious teenage boy, is laughing loudly.

Luis:
Thats the sound she made

Ms. Petrelli:
Turn to page 464 and open up to the section on connecting literary elements and answer
questions one through eight.

Stasis pencil runs out of lead. She clicks it.

Stasi (whispering):
Tanner Tanner!

Tanner is writing in his journal.

Stasi:
stop writing in your diary and give me a pencil.

Tanner:
Its not... Ugh.

Tanner reaches into his backpack and passes Stasi a pencil.

wTanner:
Stasi... Do you realise how annoying you are?

Tanner gets up.

 Stasi:
Where are you going? There are at least-
one, two, three, four, five six, seven EIGHT more questions Im going to need to copy off of
you.

Tanner:
I have to use the bathroom.

Tanner exits the classroom.

Ms. Petrilli:
If you need any help, let me know. Shakespeare is a hard nut to crack.

Stasi looks over and sees that Tanner has left his dream journal out on his desk. She looks
around, slowly grabs it, and begins to read the page.

INT: MOVING CAR

Tanner is back in the car, sitting in the passenger seat, driving down the highway. This time, it is
revealed that the girl driving is Stasi.

INT: CLASSROOM
Stasi quickly puts the journal back in its place, blushing and smiling to learn that Tanner had a
dream about her. Tanner walks back into the classroom and smiles at her, no idea that she read
the journal. He sits next to her and lays his head on her lap.

STASI:
Tanner..?

TANNER:
Yeah?

STASI:
What goes on in the big head of yours?
 TANNER:
Trust me, you wouldn't believe me if I told you.

They both smile as the screen FADES TO BLACK.