Bad Boyfriend

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In Chapter 23 of FRANKENSTEIN IN LOVE, reanimated cheerleader Shayla Petrie wanders off into a park where she meets a young blind boy, and takes a rather bloodthirsty interest in him. Meanwhile, CDC agent Beck Driver and local cop Chet Beverage put the missing pieces together about the ungodly love triangle ...


EXT. CITY PARK - DAY
A lush expanse of foliage and trees
surrounds a small grassy area
with a small lake.

Birds chirp in the trees.
Bright sunlight shimmers off the water.
It’s like out of a dream.

Shayla CLOMP CLOMPS
over to the entrance to the park.
Looks around at all the beauty.

SHAYLA
Pretty --

A JOGGER runs by.
Sees her.

Does a double-take.
Looks horrified.

RUNS AWAY.
Shayla watches him go.

SHAYLA
So -- fast.

She stumbles over to a park bench
near the water. Sits.
Looks at the pond.

SHAYLA
Water --

Screws her face up.
Thinking.

SHAYLA
Picnic -- with WILLIS.

MALE VOICE (O.C.)
Excuse me.
Do you mind if I sit here?

She slowly turns her head,
looks, sees --
a YOUNG BOY (10) wearing sunglasses.
Holding a white cane.

SHAYLA
Hello.

YOUNG BOY
(sits next to her)
Thanks.
Hope I didn’t startle you --
(smiles)
Don’t worry.
I won’t hit on you.

SHAYLA
Hit -- on me?

YOUNG BOY
Well, I’m blind.
I mean, hello.

SHAYLA
Can’t -- see?

YOUNG BOY
Yeah.
Not much fun,
but you get used to it.
(beat)
I’m Willis.

Shayla reacts like she’s been
zapped with electricity.

SHAYLA
WILLIS?

WILLIS
I know, it’s a stupid name.
But what are you gonna do?
Stupid parents.
My brother’s name is FRANCIS.
How lame is THAT?

SHAYLA
Shayla --

WILLIS
Shayla.
Now that’s a pretty name.
Bet you’re really pretty.

SHAYLA
You -- BOYFRIEND.

WILLIS
Whoah, slow down there, little lady.
I don’t move that fast.
And besides, you sound
a little old for me.

Shayla CLAMPS a hand on his thigh.
HARD. Leans in for a kiss.

WILLIS
OW.

SHAYLA
Want -- kiss.

WILLIS
(puts his hand on hers)
Stop.
You’re hurting me.

SHAYLA
Want KISS.

WILLIS
(tries to get up)
NO.
Get OFF ME.

She WHIRLS AROUND, facing him.
GRABS his head in her hands
and KISSES HIM forcefully.

He tries to SCREAM.

Shayla’s teeth CRUNCH
into his mouth.
Blood goes FLYING.

His body starts THRASHING.
She RIPS OUT his lips.

Smiles, her face a rictus of blood
as she chews on them. Swallows.

An ungodly HOWL
erupts from his ruined mouth.

She looks at him. Confused.
GRABS his head harder.

SNAPS his neck with a CRACK.
SHOVES his lifeless body
onto the ground.

SHAYLA
BAD boyfriend.

FRANKIE (O.C.)
SHAYLA.
THERE you are --

Frankie RACES over to the bench.
Sees the dead boy on the ground.
The blood on Shayla’s face. Horrified.

FRANKIE
Shayla, what have you DONE?

She looks at him.
Eyes liquid-bright with tears.

SHAYLA
We -- broke up.

INT. POLICE SQUAD CAR - DAY
Chet sits behind the wheel
talking on his cell phone.
Beck checks her email on hers.

CHET
That’s right, chief.
Frankie Stein --
(listens)
Of course.
I’ll keep you posted.
Over.
(hangs up, to Beck)
I can’t believe it.
It’s like something
out of a horror movie.
(thinks)
Wonder why she snitched on him
like that.

BECK
She’s in love.
(off his look)
Spurned lover.
If Vita can’t have him,
he can’t have Shayla.

CHET
You mean --

BECK
A love triangle.
But one of em's dead.