By Misti Lake newlywednutso@hotmail.com
Date: 4 March 2001
Scene 49 of "Peeled"
INT.-Apartment-Day.
Aries and Shelli are sitting on the floor in the den of their
new apartment in West Hollywood eating Chinese takeout.
Shelli: We should buy some stuff today.
Aries: What kind of stuff?
Shelli: A bed. A dresser. A couch. Dishes. Posters. A plunger for
the toilet. We should've rented a U-Haul and brought all my stuff.
I just wasn't thinking. I was so ready to get out of town.
Aries: You brought the essentials. Yourself, your stereo and CDs,
your books, your toothbrush...your camo panties.
Shelli: I can't believe you're so crazy about those panties. Most guys
drool over silk and lace and thongs.
Aries: Cliche.
The doorbell rings.
Shelli: Who the fuck could that be?
Aries: Maybe it's Axl Rose, welcoming us to the jungle.
Shelli: Shit.
Gets up and looks through the peephole.
Shelli: Nope. It's Barbie and Ken. And they brought brownies, bless
their hearts.
Shelli opens the door. A perky 20ish blonde chick wearing lots of
makeup and a tall 20ish blonde guy wearing a huge toothy smile are
standing on the doorstep. The girl is holding a paper plate heaped with
walnut brownies.
Girl: Hi! I'm Freesia and this is my fraternal twin brother, Vanilla.
We live next door.
Vanilla: God, you're really gorgeous. Where'd you and your brother
move here from?
Freesia: The license plates say Texas.
Shelli: They don't lie. I'm Shelli, and Aries isn't my brother. He's my
love slave.
Aries walks up behind Shelli and wraps his arms around her.
Vanilla: Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know. We're roommates but we don't have
sex or anything like that.
Freesia: No, no, no. Incest isn't best. You know who you look like?
James Dean.
Aries: No one's ever told me that before.
Freesia: Do you have an agent?
Aries: Uh, no. We just got here. How would I get one?
Freesia: I could give you our agent's number. She's really cool.
She's a lesbian and she has a life partner and a little girl, so she
isn't at all cutthroat or bitchy.
Vanilla: Yeah, we were in a Sprite commercial a couple of months ago.
Marta would love you. Both of you, actually.
Aries: Really?
Freesia: Oh, yeah. She'll put you to work.
Aries: Cool.
Freesia: So...here are some walnut brownies. I baked them myself.
Vanilla: I licked the bowl.
Shelli: Well, that's just awesome. Thanks.
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