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Vol. 3, No. 1

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Cassandra Flook
THE ROBBERY
A Short Screenplay


FADE IN:

 

EXT. CONVIENCE MARKET-NIGHT

 

A single recent model car parked in front.

 

A second, beat-up car pulls up.

 

INT. CAR-NIGHT

 

SCOTTY, 20s, behind the wheel, leaves the engine running. Beside him is JOEY, 20s.

 

SCOTTY

You ready?

 

JOEY

Oh yeah…

 

Scotty reaches in front of Joey to open the glove compartment.

 

SCOTTY

There it is.

Joey reaches in and takes out a small pistol.  

 

INT. CONVIENCE MARKET-NIGHT

 

Pulling on ski masks over their heads, they rush inside and straight up to the cash register.

 

Joey points the gun directly at the clerk's head.

 

JOEY

This is a robbery! Give me everything you got in that cash register!

 

                        SCOTTY

Yea! In the safe too, and make it snappy!

 

The CLERK, male, starts piling the money from the cash register in the bag.

 

A WOMAN in the aisle looks up shocked.

 

WOMAN

Joey?! Scotty?! What in the hell do you think you boys are doing?

 

JOEY

Ma?! What are you doing here?

 

WOMAN

Answer my question … just what the hell do you boys think you're doing here? Scotty tell your brother to put that gun down. I can't believe you two … is that my gun?

 

SCOTTY

           Awww, come on ma! You’re undermining our command on the situation here!

 

WOMAN

Boy, you better watch yourself! You two are coming home with me right this instant.

 

Joey grabs the bag of money off the counter.

 

WOMAN

You give that man his money back right now. Don't you think for a second that I didn't see that.

 

JOEY

Awww, ma!

 

The woman goes to the door and holds it open for Joey. She points to the car.

 

WOMAN

Get in the car! Both of you!

 

 

INT. CAR-NIGHT

 

Joey and woman sit in the front seat. Scotty sits in back.

 

There is a Virgin Mary figurine on the dashboard and a cross hanging from the rear view mirror.

 

WOMAN

What the hell, you two?

 

JOEY

Aww ma, we just wanted to feel the rush, be badass.

 

WOMAN

Badass? You both live with your mother and you're unemployed. Psh…badass!

 

SCOTTY

Brilliant idea Joey!

 

             JOEY

How was I supposed to know ma would be in there?

 

             SCOTTY

I don’t know we should’ve robbed Mickey C’s strip club or something. She wouldn’t have been in there.

 

             WOMAN

Well you got that right!

 

Woman gestures the sign of the cross.

 

FADE OUT