TROUBLE IN TAMMY

Written by

Ray Ortiz

rayortiz313@gmail.com
INT. APARTMENT- NIGHT.

Nothing unusual, except:

Handsome GUY, left-eye bruised, blackened. He wears a hideous

Hawaiian shirt. He is handcuffed to a chair in front of a
table where sits a cake with one candle, decorated Tammy.

Behind him, TAMMY paces and massages her red-knuckled hand.

Tammy is pretty, but with a touch of wild around her eyes.
She wears a PRETTY DRESS, as if this were a special occasion.

GUY
Please, lets just talk about what
happened.

TAMMY
What happened between us is not
important.

GUY
Thats what Im trying to say.
Tammy, Im nobody to you.

TAMMY
Oh, youre somebody alright.

Guy shakes his head.

GUY
Im not.

TAMMY
You are. I mean, youre here,
right?
GUY
Please...let me go.

She puts a BOXCUTTER to his throat.

TAMMY
Do me a favor.

GUY
Anything. Just let me go.

TAMMY
Sing happy birthday.

GUY
I cant. Im...too scared.
 2.

TAMMY
Thats OK. Go ahead, do it.

He hangs his head down.

GUY
(singing)
Happy...birth...day...

TAMMY
Stop.

He does.

TAMMY (CONTD)
Terrible. The shirts appropriately
festive, but... Whatever, its not
technically my birthday. Lemme ask
you a question.

Hes trembling.

GUY
What...what is it.

TAMMY
Why would you let a new sex partner
put handcuffs on you? You barely
know me. And what kind of crazy
shit did you think we were gonna do
with a cake?

GUY
I dunno, I trusted you. You seemed
alright.
TAMMY
Alright? Wow. I am far from
alright, mister. Awful judge of
character you are. Lemme ask you
another question.

GUY
Tammy. Please-

TAMMY
You find me attractive, right?

GUY
Yes. Of course. Thats why...

TAMMY
That why youre here. You think Im
super hot. Like...a stunner.
 3.

GUY
Yes.

TAMMY
Well, maybe not a stunner. Be
honest. Im cute enough to sleep
with, but not hot enough to date
with any serious intent.

GUY
No, of course not. I never thought
anything like that. Im sorry I
didnt call. It was shitty.

TAMMY
Shitty, yes. Although Im not
really too mad about it.

GUY
Why are you doing this then?

TAMMY
Simple explanations. People love
em. Look, I have reasons. Scorn
isnt one of them. What happened
between us isnt important to me.
You could be almost anybody.

She runs the knife gently across his neck.

GUY
Wait-wait-wait thats what Im
saying. Listen to me please.

Tammy pulls the knife away. Crosses her arms.

TAMMY
Alright, calm down. Im listening.

GUY
OK, look- we had one date. I didnt
call you again. It was a shitty
thing to do but people do it. That
doesnt make it right, but it
doesnt mean youre unattractive,
or a bad person. I mean I showed up
here when you called, right? To
spend time with you. There has to
be someone who did something worse
than not calling you after sex. Do
this to them, not me. Just let me
go and Ill never tell anyone about
this. We can just go our separate
ways.
 4.

TAMMY
Separate ways? Thats not possible
now. You and I are linked forever.
Youre my first.

GUY
Im sorry. I didnt know you were a
virgin. I might have been more-

She puts the knife to his throat.

TAMMY
Thats not what I meant.

He rocks the chair. It drops to the ground with him, landing

sideways.

GUY
HEEEEELLPP!

TAMMY
Stop yelling noone can hear you.
Now, lemme think- you were a psych
major in college, right?

GUY
Yes.

TAMMY
Heres a theory. Im doing this
because of my father. When I was
kid, he thought I was cute enough
too.

GUY
Im sorry that happened to you,
Tammy.

TAMMY
You believe that story? Its so
straightforward.

Guy is strangely calm.

GUY
It sounds plausable.

She lights the candle on the cake, shaking her head.

TAMMY
Unreal.

She kneels beside him, the knife to his neck.

 5.

TAMMY (CONTD)
Look, this is gonna get me in real
hot water. Ive never done anything
like this. Dont be self-centered;
youre not the only one afraid. Now
you got any final words, loverboy?

Tears are streamed down his face.

GUY
Why me.

TAMMY
Does it matter?

GUY
Yes.

TAMMY
Why? I mean, its not gonna help
you. For a last request its pretty
pointless. Ill give you one more.

GUY
Please... make it fast.

Tammy looks genuinely apologetic.

TAMMY
Sorry. I was kinda planning on
watching you bleed out. Lets try
one more.

GUY
Fuck you, crazy bitch.
Tammy shakes her head.

TAMMY
Simple explanations. People love
em.

She slices his neck. BLOOD SPRAYS THE GROUND.

CUT TO BLACK.

BANG.