AREA SOUTH

by

George Dobrev
EXT. CHICAGO - DAY

14 October 2003

We hear the baseball game commentator speaking as we SLIDE

down to the streets of Chicago.

COMMENTATOR
Surely, some day the Chicago Cubs
are going to be in the world
series, and maybe sooner than we
think.

As we FLY slowly through a street, on eye level, we see

three teenagers walking towards us. Their behaviour is
cocky, like they are going to a baseball game, sure of
themselves they would win.

One kid has a glove on his left hand and plays with a ball
in his right. The second one holds a baseball bat that's
resting on his shoulder. The third kid, the tallest one,
simply wears a jersey and a baseball cap with the Chicago
Cubs logo on it.

There's also adults walking around and most of them also

wear baseball caps with the Cubs' logo.

COMMENTATOR
Flies out of the left center and
goes with a hop into the wall!
Bryant scores and it's a double for
Russel! That's a triple double here
in the bottom half of the first. He
got that ball in the air with
authority.

As we pass by the teenagers we PAN around to reveal their

backs. We can see the jersey says 27 RUSSELL on the back.

CUT TO:

INT. A SMALL BREAKFAST RESTAURANT

We SLIDE backwards through the restaurant we see a bunch of

people gathered on the bar and others sitting at the tables.
Everyone has their eyes stuck on the TV mounted above the
bar. They watch the baseball game while eating and drinking
coffee.

COMMENTATOR
This is a big moment for the Cubs!
As we all know they've won every
game by now. If they keep their
streak and annihilate the Florida
Marlins as they did with all of
their previous opponents, we're
going to see them in the World
Series!! Take a seat people, this
is a big moment of Cubs' history!
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CUT TO:

INT. POLICE DEPARTMENT

We see a group of police officers gathered in what looks

like a lunchroom to watch the game as well. We GLIDE around
them and PAN towards JACK and BARRY.

JACK
You think they gonna win, Barry?

He gives him a critical look.

BARRY
Fuck yeah they will! They're
perfect this season.

Barry responds without taking his eyes off the screen.

JACK
I hope so.

Jack turns ahead again and sticks his eyes to the TV.

BARRY
What are you? Some Marlins' fan?

He turns his head towards Jack and gives him a suspicious

look.

JACK
Hell no! I... I just don't know.
I've got this feeling that
something bad is going to happen.

BARRY
Oh come on! Shut up and watch the
game.

Both simultaneously look ahead to the TV again and drink

from their beers.

CUT TO:

INT. FIRE DEPARTMENT

We see a group of firefighters gathered in front of a small

TV. Just as the police officers, they drink beer and have
their eyes stuck to the game.

COMMENTATOR
The last time the Cubs had been to
the World Series was in 1908. The
final countdown has begun people.
Five more outs and the team would
be in its full glory going to the
World Series.
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PAN and FLY through a window on the side. We FLY through the
streets of Chicago, increasing the speed of movement every
second.

FLY towards the Roseland Community near Eggleston.

CUT TO:

EXT. SANDRA'S HOUSE

TRUCK with SANDRA walking towards her house. She's hugging a

grocery bag with one hand and holds a phone to her ear with
the other hand.

SANDRA
Hey, sweetie! You won't believe
what happened!

KELLY
(on the phone)
What Sandra?

SANDRA
Remember when I told you about this
handsome guy I dated in high
school?

KELLY
Ugh... Which one exactly?

SANDRA
Come on! The blonde guy, Allen!

KELLY
Oh, yeah! So, what about him.

SANDRA
He's in town.

KELLY
No way! And...?

SANDRA
And I met him at Jewel's Store and
I gave him my number. He's with
another handsome from school -
Keith. They'll call me later
tonight and we can hang out.

By that time Sandra has reached the porch and is about to

unlock her main door.

KELLY
What do they want to do?
SANDRA
Hold on for a moment. Gotta get my
keys.
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Sandra puts her phone in her other hand and takes out her
keys. She unlocks the door and takes the phone back up to
her ear.

SANDRA
Okay,so, they want to do what we
do, Kelly, and you know how we do
it.

KELLY
Get high and party.

INT. SANDRA'S HOUSE

Sandra walks to the kitchen and leaves the grocery bag on

the table, then walks back to the main door to pick her keys
and close it.

SANDRA
Exactly.

KELLY
They got some money?

SANDRA
Yeah, Allen said they just got
paid.

KELLY
What kind of work they do?

Sandra walks back to the kitchen and starts picking out the
groceries from the bag and put them in the refrigerator.

SANDRA
I didn't go into all of that in the
middle of the store, girl! Stop
asking so many damn questions...
You can ask him yourself later
tonight. You down, or what, Kelly?!

KELLY
I just want to make one thing clear
before they get us high. I will
suck his dick, but if they wanna
fuck they gotta pay me.

SANDRA
I'm with you on that.

KELLY
Okay, see you later then.

SANDRA
Bye honey.

Sandra leaves the phone on the table and gets the last
product into the fridge. NATHAN, her little brother walks
into the room. He's sick and pale.
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SANDRA
Hey, little man! How are you?

NATHAN
I'm hungry sis.

SANDRA
Sit down, I'll make you a sandwich.

CROSSFADE:

INT. SANDRA'S HOUSE-LIVING ROOM

Sandra sits on the couch next to her brother. Both play

Super Mario on a Nintendo console.

Sarah's phone rings from the other side of the room a couple
of times before she pauses the game and gets up from the
couch.

NATHAN
Oh, come on!

SANDRA
Sorry, buddy, gotta pick up.

As she says that she walks towards the phone. She takes a
look at the screen and we see it in a CLOSE SHOT. It
displays a number instead of a name.

SANDRA
(whispers to herself)
Unknown number... Interesting.

She picks up.

SANDRA
Yeah?

ALLEN
Are you and your friend ready to
party?

Sandra glances back to her brother, who has restarted the

game and now plays alone, too busy to hear what she speaks.

SANDRA
Allen! Damn right we are!

ALLEN
(on the phone)
Perfect! Where do I pick you ladies
up?
SANDRA
Mm.. How about the gas station at
107th and Halsted?
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ALLEN
At what time?

SANDRA
Will be there in forty-five
minutes.

ALLEN
Okay. We'll be there.

Sandra hangs up and leaves the phone on the table again. She
turns to her brother.

SANDRA
Nathan, I'm going out!

Nathan just lifts a thumb and keeps on playing.

TRUCK to Sandra who goes out of the living room and upstairs
to her bedroom. She starts picking different clothes from
the wardrobe and puts them on the bed.

CUT TO:

EXT. ON THE STREET

Sandra walks down the road, smoking a cigarette.

EXT. THE GAS STATION

PAN to the side revealing Sandra standing there, lighting

another cigarette.A 1995 white Lexus LX 450 pulling into the
gas station.

CLOSE SHOT on the car.

Allen pulls down the side window and smiles to Sandra. As

the car moves forward we see Keith pulling down the window
on the back door.

Sandra steps towards the car.

KEITH
What happened to your girlfriend?

SANDRA
She is waiting for us at the liquor
store near 111th and Halsted.

Allen smiles at Sandra as she goes around the car and opens
the front passenger door.

ALLEN
I get it. You ladies want something
to drink to help get the party
started.

Sandra takes her seat.

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SANDRA
That's a nice car you've got Allen.

ALLEN
Yeah and sorry but no smoking
inside.

SANDRA
Ugh... Fine.

She throws the cigarette on the ground and steps on it

before closing the door.

PAN following the car.

CUT TO:

EXT. ON THE STREET

We see the Lexus driving fast on the streets.

EXT. THE LIQUOR STORE

We see the Lexus pulling into the liquor store parking.

INT. THE LEXUS

Sandra points to the liquor store.

SANDRA
That's Kelly.

EXT. THE LIQUOR STORE

We see Kelly taking her walk towards the car. As she gets
close Keith opens the back door.
KEITH
Hi! You should be Kelly. I'm Keith.

KELLY
Hey!

Allen gets out of the car.

ALLEN
Ladies, what would you like to
drink?

KELLY
I want some Hennessy. We call it
'Hen' because it makes me want to
sin! What about you Sandra?
SANDRA
Yeah, I like Hen too.
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They both giggle.

SANDRA
Hey, Allen! Don't forget to get
some ice and four cups.

Allen gives her a wink and walks towards the store.

Sandra turns around to Keith.

SANDRA
So, you don't remember me from high
school?

Keith takes a moment to examine her facial structure

closely.

KEITH
You look great. I never would have
recognized you after all these
years. You look better now than you
did back in high school.

Kelly bends over the window and takes a look at Keith.

KELLY
So, what is it you guys do for a
living?

Keith gives her a smile.

KEITH
A little bit of this and a little
bit of that.
Sandra and Kelly look at each other and smile. They
simultaneously speak.

KELLY
I feel you.

SANDRA
I feel you.

INT. THE LIQUOR STORE

We see Allen standing in line impatiently. The line moves

very slowly. As Allen gets closer to the cashier we can see
why the line moves so slow.

The cashier and all of the customers stare at the TV most of

the time, watching the baseball game. We hear the
commentator from the TV again.
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COMMENTATOR
The Cubs are now down by five runs
with only one inning left to play!

CUT TO:

EXT. THE LIQUOR STORE

We see Allen getting out of the shop and going back to the
car. Everyone has gotten out of the vehicle and speak
something. As he reaches them, Allen passes the grocery bag
to Kelly and she puts it on the back seat.

KELLY
(to Allen)
Where are we going to get high?

ALLEN
I don't know, you girls know this
town better.

KELLY
Well, Sandra and I like to go to a
place we call 'The Den'.

Kelly makes a bemused look.

KELLY
What motel are you guys taking us
if we're not going there?

ALLEN
Listen, ladies. I just spent
forty-five dollars on a bottle of
Hennessy and fifty on some rocks,
leaving me with only a few dollars
for the both of you. I tell you
what; the next time we get
together, I promise we will go to a
motel, okay?

KELLY
Sure. However, let me warn you that
there might be some people already
there getting high.

Keith lifts his shirt a little bit to reveal a .45 Glock on

his belt.

KEITH
I'll get rid of them fools. I
promise you they won't come back
there tonight.
Kelly gets in the back of the car and Sandra goes around to
the front. Keith and Allen enter as well.
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The Lexus' engine starts and the car drives off the parking
lot.

CUT TO:

EXT. THE DEN

The Lexus arrives in front of The Den and everyone gets out
of the car. Keith rushes towards the entrance of the old
house where a group of junkies just came out.

KEITH
Hey!

TREVOR
What's up bro?!

KEITH
We with the girl are going to have
a private party here tonight. We
don't want to be interrupted.

TREVOR
Oh, yeah? Private party on public
property?

Keith lifts up his shirt a little bit as he speaks.

KEITH
Exactly.

Trevor notices the gun and gets scared.

TREVOR
Alright, man. Don't worry we will
stay away, man.
KEITH
That's what I thought.

The group of junkies leaves as Allen, Kelly and Sandra

approach the house.

Everyone climb the stairs and enter the house.

INT. THE DEN

PAN around the main room. The light is very dim and we can
hardly recognize what is lying on the floor.

Allen opens the front door and the light from outside
reveals that the house has empty bottles, used condoms, used
syringes and a lot of trash.
As everyone enters, Sandra and Kelly take the lead through
the hallway and they go to what used to be the living room
of the house.
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ALLEN
It's too dark in here. I can't see
a damn thing. Hold on a minute,
I've got a gas lamp in my trunk.

TRUCK to Allen who goes out, gets the gas lamp from the
trunk of the Lexus and as he goes back inside he lights it.

It has enough light to dimly light the room.

In the middle of the room there is a large spool turned on

its side that serves as a table. Everyone takes a seat
around it on the plastic milk crates that are turned upside
down.

Allen breaks out the cups.

ALLEN
Would you like one or two cubes of
ice, ladies?

Sandra and Kelly again speak simultaneously.

SANDRA
Two cubes, please.

KELLY
Two cubes, please.

Allen places the cups in front of every one and puts the
couples of cubes into Sandra and Kelly's cups. He then
proceeds to pour the Hennessy until each cup is half-full.

KELLY
Who got the rocks?

KEITH
I do.

KELLY
Well, let's get this party started.

As Allen finishes pouring the Hennessy, Keith takes out the

crack and spreads it to smaller pieces. Allen then takes two
pipes out of his pocket and hands one to Kelly.

KELLY
Who got the fire?

Keith gives her a big grin and pulls out a kitchen lighter
out of the inside pocket of his jacket. Keith passes the
lighter and a rock to Kelly.

She drops the rock in the pipe and heats it up. Keith leans
forward with curiosity. Kelly waits until the pipe is filled
with smoke and takes a deep pull. Watching the pipe fill in
again she takes another toke, this time deeper.
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Her eyes flip back and she starts to swing back and forth as
she holds the smoke in her lungs, leaving the lighter on the
table.

Meanwhile, Keith hands the other pipe to Sandra dropping a

rock inside for her. He then grabs the lighter and heats the
pipe for Sandra. She takes a deep toke, just like Kelly did,
while watching Keith straight into his eyes. As her eyes
begin to close she tokes even deeper until the pipe is clear
of smoke.

Sandra exhales as her eyes flip to the top of her head.

Kelly takes a sip from her cup and then exhales the smoke.

Sandra glances at her and does the same, drinking

bottoms-up.

KELLY
Oh... That was good!

SANDRA
Fuck yeah it was!

Allen and Keith look at each other. Allen first takes a

small toke from the pipe and hands the lighter to Keith. He
does the same and leaves the pipe and the lighter on the
table.

CUT TO:

INT. THE DEN - A BIT LATER

Kelly reaches for his pipe and the lighter. Keith quickly
drops another piece into the pipe. Kelly lights it up and
takes a toke, this time even deeper.
Sandra follows and does the same with Allen's pipe. As she
smokes, Allen refills her cup.

Once she's done with the pipe she takes a sip from the Hen
and Allen reaches her and grabs her between the legs.

Sandra doesn't resist and after a few seconds she gets down
on her knees. Allen stands up and she unzips his jeans,
taking out his penis and starting to suck it. Slowly at
first, then faster bobbling up and down.

Keith watches her performance in awe. Soon Sandra makes

Allen close to orgasm.

Kelly also gets down on her knees and starts blowing Keith.

Both guys look at each other with their mouths wide open in
amazement.

It doesn't take long before both girls stop the oral sex and
giggle while looking at each other and sipping from the
Hennessy.
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ALLEN
Wow! You're amazing!

KEITH
Fuck yeah! Are there any bedrooms
in this old place?

KELLY
Sure there are but if you want to
fuck it will cost you fifty
bucks... Each.

ALLEN
I tell you what. We will give each
of you twenty-five and two rocks
after we fuck.

KELLY
No deal. You pay us up front or
there will be no fun boys!

SANDRA
Pay us now!

KEITH
Okay, ladies. How about we give you
twenty-five dollars now and the
rocks after we finish?

Sandra and Kelly look at each other for a moment.

KELLY
Deal.

Allen takes out his wallet and pulls out fifty dollars,
giving twenty-five to each one of the girls. He then grabs
the lamp and they all head upstairs.
CUT TO:

INT. THE DEN - UPSTAIRS

As they go upstairs and take a look at the bedrooms they see

nasty mattresses lying on the floor. He leaves the lamp in
the middle of the hallway, so it can light up two of the
bedrooms opposite to each other.

ALLEN
Geese! It smells like piss up here.

KELLY
Ah, we're used to it. Come on!

Kelly pulls Keith to one of the bedrooms.

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ALLEN
Man I'm not going to fuck in this
misery. I think I've got some
newspapers in the car. I'll be
right back.

Allen quickly goes to the car and Sandra starts taking her
clothes off.

Allen gets back and puts newspapers on the mattress. They

start kissing and quickly go to having sex.

FADE TO BLACK

FADE IN:

INT. THE DEN - UPSTAIRS

Allen reaches orgasm and so does Sandra. As he stands up

from the mattress we hear some shouting from the other
bedroom.

KELLY
Fuck you!

TRUCK to Allen and Sandra quickly go there to see what's

going on.

We see Kelly sitting on the mattress completely naked and

smoking from the crack pipe. Keith is next to her, bleeding
from his forehead.

ALLEN
(yelling)
What the fuck happened?
KEITH
This crazy bitch thought I was
asleep and took one hundred dollars
out of my pants' pocket and is now
refusing to give it back to me. She
then hit me in the head with that
damn pipe!

KELLY
Just where am I supposed to be
hiding one hundred dollars? Up my
ass? You've already been there and
we didn't even talk about this
being included. He knows there is
nothing up there.
Kelly turns her head, pulling hard from the pipe. Keith
grabs his Glock and hits her in the back of her head with a
tremendous force.
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Kelly's eyes flip to the top of her head as she falls

face-down on the floor.

Sandra's eyes open wide and she tries to run but Allen grabs
her by the back of her hair, dropping her on the ground.

He then sits on top of her with his hands around her throat.

FADE TO BLACK