Love Games Season 1 – Ep. 1 – Neighbors

SCENE ONE – INT. RAYANA’S HOUSE. BASEMENT. EVENING

College buddies, Jailyn, Rayana, Bre, and Tori sit around a poker table in Rayana’s woman cave. The friend group is playing their weekly Spades game, which also serves as excuse for them to talk about women and other annoying things that occur throughout their week.

THE CAMERA PANS AROUND THE TABLE, FREEZING ON JAILYN, AGE 27, OUR NARRATOR FOR THE SERIES.

JAILYN IS A PLAYER TYPE AND A TRUE LADIES MAGNET. SHE IS MEDIUM BROWN SKINNED, AROUND 5’6, WITH AN ATHLETIC BUILD SHE ATTRIBUTES TO YEARS OF RUNNING TRACK AND PLAYING COLLEGE BASKETBALL. SHE ROCKS A UNIQUE HAIRSTYLE, SPORTING A FRESH HAIR CUT AND LINE UP ON ONE SIDE AND SHOULDER LENGTH LOCS ON THE OTHER.

SHE SLAPS THE FIRST CARD ONTO TO THE TABLE, ACE OF HEARTS. HER PARTNER TORI THROWS IN A LOWER HEART. RAYANA AND BRE, THEN RELUCTANTLY TOSS IN THEIR CARDS WHICH ARE LOW HEARTS. JAILYN SNATCHES THE BOOK.

JAILYN
Come on now! I came over here for a real game, not the same shit y’all be pulling every week, man.

BRE AND RAYANA BOTH SCOFF.

BRE
You need to relax! You always doing that. Gettin’ ahead of yourself, just for y’all to walk up out of here at the end of the night and claim that we cheated, like the sore losers y’all are!

RAYANA
Right, cuz that’s all they gon’ do. They can’t take a loss worth shit. Both of them gon’ cry in the car.

BRE AND RAYANA BURST INTO LAUGHTER. TORI AND JAILYN SHAKE THEIR HEADS IN DISGUST.

JAILYN (P.O.V.)
Well, I hope y’all aren’t too thrown off by our conversation. Believe it or not, these ladies have been my closest friends for what feels like forever. I wouldn’t trade them for nothing in the world.

THE CAMERA PANS AROUND THE TABLE AND FREEZES ON BRE, AGE 27. BRE IS ALSO A LADIES MAGNET. SHE IS CARAMEL SKINNED, AROUND 5’7, WITH AN ATHLETIC BUILD. SHE ROCKS A SHORT HAIR CUT, HIGH AND CURLY ON THE TOP, FADED LOW AROUND THE EDGES AND THE BACK.

JAILYN (P.O.V.)
I’ve known Bre the longest. See, me and Bre, we met in the 7th grade. We had a lot in common, one of those things being that we liked girls and had to keep that shit on the low. For us, it was better if we stuck together and we did just that. We attended the same high school, the same college, and we both majored in Graphic Arts. The only difference is, I went for a Marketing minor and she decided to minor in digital media. After college, I went straight into the workforce. Bre, on the other hand, chose a different route. She started out promoting, hosting, and filming parties, then turned that into a lucrative business. Two years in, she came up with the idea to blend artist development and management with all of her other services and Breeze Media was born. She’s what you call a ‘real, self-made boss.’

THE CAMERA PANS AROUND THE TABLE AGAIN AND THEN FREEZES ON TORI. AGE 27. TORI IS ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS, BOYISH, YET BEAUTIFUL AND HAS A SMILE THAT WOULD LIGHT UP ANY ROOM. SHE IS BROWN SKINNED, AROUND 5’10, WITH AN ATHLETIC BUILD. SHE ROCKS LONG CORNROWS PAST HER SHOULDERS, BOTH SIDES OF HER HAIR CUT, WITH A CRISP LINE UP.

JAILYN (P.O.V.)
Tori is one of my homegirls I met in college. We both played on the basketball team and everybody was sure she would go pro. Tori had Candace Parker, Angel Reese type skills and she showed out during every game. She was a superstar on campus, everybody loved her. During our junior year, she injured her knee and she never really recovered from her. Her dreams of going pro went down the drain and I hated to see it. She dealt with depression for a while but she kept going to school. She decided to turn her pain into passion and majored in Sports Medicine. After college, she became a personal trainer. Most of her clients are high school and college athletes. She spends most of her time helping them recover from what are supposed to be career ending injuries. Parents and college teams pay her a pretty good penny for what she does, so things didn’t turn out too bad for Tori. She’s definitely somebody to be admired.

JAILYN (P.O.V.)
Then there’s my homegirl, Rayana. We call her Ray.

The camera pans around the crew and freezes on Rayana, age 28. She’s the more mature member of the group. Rayana is caramel skinned, with a more stocky stature than the rest of the crew. She’s around 5’9, with gorgeous dark dreads down to the middle of her back, and a charismatic smile that matches both her attitude and her overall demeanor.

JAILYN (P.O.V.)
There’s always somebody in the crew that tries to mother everybody else, in other words, ruin all the damn fun. She was always on our backs about how we should be treating women and how we needed to get serious and stop playing games. I don’t think she realizes that everybody ain’t like her. See, Ray met the love of her life, Adrienne, during her senior year in college. They were a class ahead of the rest of us. One night, me, Bre, Tori and Ray went to a party on campus. We walked in, they locked eyes and the rest is history. Seems like they didn’t waste no time getting married either. By the time we graduated, they were sending us wedding invitations. I wasn’t convinced that it would work out but here we are 5 years later and they still going strong.

RAYANA
Alright, while me and Bre whooping ass and taking names, y’all might as well provide me with some entertainment. What’s up with y’all? What new thots y’all got stressing you out?

TORI
You know me. I’m still trying to work through shit with Brandi. I don’t see why she won’t just try a little harder to make this co-parenting thing work for the sake of Malcolm at least.

BRE SUCKS HER TEETH, CLEARLY AGITATED.

BRE
I don’t know how many times I gotta tell you, that girl ain’t fucking with you. And you know how these hoes get when it comes to their biological kids once they break up with somebody. It don’t matter if the kid still like you, it don’t matter if you still wanna do for them, she gon’ keep him from you out of spite.

TORI
The crazy thing is, the breakup was mutual. There wasn’t any bad blood, we just grew apart. Shit, she said she’d never keep him from me regardless of what we go through but she ain’t been keeping her word.

RAYANA
That’s crazy. I hate it because we all love lil’ man. Unfortunately, that’s her child…ain’t much you can do about it. I’m not saying it’s gon’ be easy, but this sounds like one of those situations where you need to just let it go and try your best to move on. Some women will make it real difficult for you, they start playing police games and all of a sudden, you locked up behind some bullshit.

TORI DROPS HER HEAD AND BEGINS STARING OFF INTO SPACE, SEEMINGLY IN DEEP THOUGHT.

JAILYN (P.O.V.)
Tori had been dating this girl named Angel for about three years. She had a two year old son when they met but Tori didn’t trip. She decided to take on the responsibility of being the second parent that he needed since his Daddy had never been around. Unfortunately, when you’re dealing with an immature woman, situations like hers don’t always play out in the best way. For some reason, the Mama thinks that since she’s moved on, the kid should move on, too, which ain’t really fair if you ask me. That type of stuff could do some real damage to everybody involved. All of us wished she would just go on with her life, but that’s easier said than done when you’re talking about somebody like Tori. She always did wear her heart on her sleeve.

BRE TAKES ANOTHER SIP OF HER DRINK.

BRE
I been trying to tell her. That girl trying to move on with her life and there ain’t no room for you.

RAYANA SMIRKS AND THEN TURNS HER ATTENTION TO BRE.

RAYANA
You seem to have a lot to say about Tori and her situation…what’s up with yours? How you and Aja doing?

JAILYN (P.O.V.)
Let me give y’all a quick back story on the Bre and Aja saga. See, their story is a bit complicated.

ENTER A QUICK, VISUAL MONTAGE OF AJA. AGE 29. SHE IS A FASHIONISTA, A REAL DIVA WITH AN ATTITUDE. SHE IS LIGHT SKINNED, AROUND 5’8, WITH A SLIM, THICK BUILD. SHE ROCKS A DARK, LOW CUT FADE WITH WAVES AND WEARS NOTHING BUT THE LATEST FASHIONS, ACCENTED BY LARGE HOOP EARRINGS, NOT SOME OF THE TIME, BUT ALL OF THE TIME.

JAILYN (P.O.V.)
Aja was the girl that nobody ever thought Bre would be capable of getting with. We’d known her since college and she had always been stuck up. She was one of those girls who thought she was better than everybody around her. Sometimes, being raised rich and spoiled will do that to you. She’s been the sole heiress to Aphrodite Hair Care products since she was 6 years old. All of her friends were just as rich and snobby as her. Even with all that being said, none of it swayed Bre from trying to get with her. I swear, she chased that girl for a year before she finally gave in and went out on a date with her. Everything was all good, until the honeymoon phase was over and Bre went back to her old ways. It didn’t matter how fine Aja was or how much they vibed, Bre just couldn’t resist having more than one option to choose from. Over the years, they’ve stayed in an on and off relationship. Aja’s always mad for a little while, Bre begs for her forgiveness and then the cycle repeats itself. I guess you can call it love, I just think it’s toxic. Bre claimed to be working on herself for the sake of her and Aja’s relationship. The stakes were higher now that they had moved in together. I’m not sure if I believe her, but whatever.

BRE
Me and Aja doing alright for your information. Everything been cool.

RAYANA ROLLS HER EYES.

RAYANA
Yeah, until another prospect with a fat ass comes switchin’ her way into your life.

JAILYN AND TORI LAUGH. BRE GLARES AT ALL OF THEM.

BRE
Y’all really don’t believe that I’ve been workin’ on myself, huh? I been doing what I need to do to make sure we stay happy.

JAILYN (jokingly)
Oh, you talked to ‘the lady,’ huh?

JAILYN, TORI AND RAY BURST INTO LAUGHTER. BRE MOCKS JAILYN.

BRE
Fuck y’all, man.

RAYANA
All jokes aside, I hope you really serious. Aja is straight up wifey material and you got too much money to be trickin’ it off on these dusty ass females. You need to focus on the prize.

BRE
I get that, but, what’s wrong a little piece on the side from time to time? I mean, what she don’t know won’t hurt her. It ain’t like I’m trying to wife anybody else, she knows if I’m gon’ settle down with anybody, it’s gon’ be her.

RAYANA
Look, we all human. You might see some fine shit, and things get to running through your mind, that don’t mean you need to act on them. Think about it this way, if you dip out and Aja finds out again, what are the consequences?

BRE SUCKS HER TEETH.

BRE
She basically she gon’ leave me and this time, she really ain’t coming back. I don’t know if I believe that, though. We go through what we go through and we always end up back right.

TORI
What if she really ain’t playing this time? I mean, we a little older now. At this age, these women are planning for their futures, they wanna get married, have kids, all of that. Do you really think she just gon’ keep playing with you?

JAILYN RELEASES AN EXASPERATED SIGH.

JAILYN
This is exactly why I don’t even deal with relationships, period. Y’all making all of this sound way too complicated. First of all, I’m grown. If I wanna fuck on this one, that one and the third, I should be able to do that. I’m young, I’m making money, I’m enjoying life. The last thing I wanna do is shut all of that fun down just to appease somebody else. I can be single and do whatever I want, when I want to.

RAYANA SUCKS HER TEETH, THEN SHAKES HER HEAD.

RAYANA
Yeah, but I feel like you just ain’t met anybody you liked that much yet. I’m sure if the right girl came along, you’d change your mind about that. Adrienne is the only woman I think about or even find remotely worthy of my time. I don’t even wanna be bothered with other women.

JAILYN
Everybody ain’t like you. Some of us just ain’t built for that life. All that conforming just ain’t my style.

TORI INTERJECTS.

TORI
But it was at one point, wasn’t it?

ALL OF THE AIR IS IMMEDIATELY SUCKED OUT OF THE ROOM BY TORI’S COMMENT. JAILYN GLARES AT HER. THERE ARE FEW MORE SECONDS OF SILENCE BEFORE RAYANA INTERVENES.

RAYANA
Alright, listen, I’ve got an idea.

BRE
And what’s that?

RAYANA
I want you and J to try a little experiment for a few months.

JAILYN SIGHS.

JAILYN
What kind of experiment?

RAYANA
Bre, as far as you go, I want you to try your best not to slip and fall into some new coochie. And you, J, let’s just say you happen to meet an interesting young lady. I want you to try and actually get to know her before you slip and fall, if you catch my drift.

TORI CHUCKLES.

TORI
I don’t know, Ray, man, I don’t think either one of them could do that.

RAYANA
I have my doubts but I want them to humor me for a little while.

BRE
That sounds like some bullshit.

JAILYN
Seriously. I personally like the idea of staying ‘FBF.’

RAYANA AND TORI’S FACES HOLD CONFUSED EXPRESSIONS.

BRE
Oh, she means, ‘Fuck Bitch Free.’

BRE AND JAILYN LAUGH. TORI AND RAYANA SHAKE THEIR HEADS IN DISAPPOINTMENT. BRE AND JAILYN BEGIN RAPPING THE REST OF GLORILLA’S ‘FNF’, WITH MODIFIED LYRICS.

RAYANA
How about I raise the stakes?

JAILYN AND BRE GIVE HER THEIR FULL ATTENTION.

RAYANA
Listen, give it three months, that’s 90 days. No random hookups. Bre, you go harder with this monogamy thing. And I mean, no matter what type of girl comes your way, just focus on Aja and see what happens. J, you might meet a few women in that time, don’t just bust ’em down, make an effort to get to know them. Something might stick with at least one of them. If you can do that, I’ll give y’all both $500.

TORI
Let’s make it an even $1000, I’ll put up $500 for both of y’all, too.

BRE AND JAILYN EXCHANGE LOOKS OF DISBELIEF.

JAILYN (P.O.V.)
Neither me or Bre were ever the type to turn down a bet. And $1000 wasn’t nothing to spit at. I guess if they were willing to put up those type of funds, the least we could do was oblige.

BRE
Alright, alright…I can do it for three months, hell, I already been working at it, so it ain’t gon’ be a problem for me.

JAILYN
If it will shut you up for a while and put a thousand dollars in my pocket, I’m all for it. I’m in.

TORI AND RAYANA SHARE A CELEBRATORY HANDSHAKE.

RAYANA
Three months. The clock starts tonight.

BRE AND JAILYN SIGH IN UNISON.

BRE
We goin’ to Passions tonight and you wanna start the clock tonight?

RAYANA (laughing)
I’m aware of that. This will be the first test. I can see J losing all that money tonight.

JAILYN
Well, you need to get your vision checked. I ain’t falling for none of that. I can still have a good time without bustin’ somethin’ down.

RAYANA, BRE, AND TORI LAUGH.

TORI
We shall see.

SCENE TWO – INT. PASSION’S NIGHTCLUB. NIGHT

The crew enters the club, dressed to impress. Bossman DLow is blasting through the speakers. The club is packed with a mixture of beautiful feminine and masculine women, all dressed to the nines, dancing, flirting, and enjoying drinks and food. The crew steps over to the bar to order their drinks.

RAYANA
Man it’s cracking in here, tonight, y’all!

BRE AND JAILYN LOOK UNENTHUSED.

TORI
It’s all good, y’all. Listen, we about to have a few drinks and turn this shit up. Let’s just celebrate life, tonight.

RAYANA
I hear that.

RAYANA RETRIEVES A TRAY OF MIXED DRINKS FROM THE BARTENDER AND EACH OF THEM PICK UP THEIR DRINK. TORI RAISES HER CUP IN THE AIR, THEN THE OTHERS FOLLOW SUIT.

TORI
Cheers to enjoying life, making money, and overall, just being happy human beings.

RAYANA, BRE, AND JAILYN
Cheers.

THEY ALL TOUCH GLASSES AND THEN BEGIN SURVEYING THE CLUB. BRE AND JAILYN STAND NEXT TO EACH OTHER.

JAILYN
I ain’t gon’ lie, I might end up taking off early tonight. Ain’t really no reason for me to be here.

BRE SUCKS HER TEETH.

BRE
Don’t even try it, don’t let them run you out of here.

JAILYN
Ain’t nobody runnin’ me out of nowhere, I just don’t see the point of being here if I can’t get down like I usually do.

BRE
Ain’t nobody said nothing about you not being able to do you. You just can’t smash.

JAILYN CHUCKLES.

JAILYN
Again, what’s the point? I’m supposed to just strike up a random conversation with these women, and then what? What’s the payoff?

BRE
Don’t worry about a payoff. Shit, you might just end up enjoying the company and the conversation. It’s a stack on the line for both of us, ain’t none of these hoes in here tonight worth sacrificing that.

JAILYN
That might be true. But why the hell are you so calm and positive about all of this shit? You’d be on one or two of them by now.

BRE CRACKS A DEVIOUS SMILE.

BRE
I may or may not have invited Aja to come out tonight, that’s all.

JAILYN SHAKES HER HEAD.

JAILYN
So, you requested back up tonight, huh? I knew something was up, you ain’t slick, not at all.

BRE LAUGHS.

BRE
Ain’t nothing wrong with having a little extra insurance. If I’m fixated on that fat ass tonight, I ain’t gon’ be looking for nothing else to jump on. See, you gotta come at this little scheme Ray and Tori concocted strategically. If they throw a curveball, we gotta be ready to knock that shit out the park regardless. You feel me?

JAILYN LAUGHS AND NODS.

JAILYN
I feel you. You think you some kind of evil genius, huh?

BRE
You better believe it.

AJA ENTERS THE CLUB AND APPROACHES BRE, GREETING HER WITH A SMILE.

AJA
Hey baby.

BRE SMILES AS SHE WRAPS AJA INTO HER ARMS.

BRE
What’s up, baby?

AJA LOOKS OVER AT JAILYN, THEN ROLLS HER EYES.

AJA (unenthusiastically)
Hey Jailyn.

JAILYN
What’s up.

AJA
You brought the whole crew out with you tonight or what?

BRE
Yeah, Ray and Tori somewhere lurking around here.

JAILYN (P.O.V.)
Aja always paid us dust. The only reason neither of us ever got into with her was because we knew Bre really loved her. They may have had their issues, but we all knew it was better for us to just be cordial with her and mind our damn business.

AJA RETRIEVES HER DRINK FROM THE BARTENDER AND THEN GRABS A HOLD OF BRE’S ARM.

AJA
Come on baby, let’s get out on this dance floor and show these dusty hoes how to do it.

AJA AND BRE HEAD OUT ONTO THE DANCE FLOOR JUST AS PRETTY RICKY’S TIPSY STARTS TO PLAY. AJA IMMEDIATELY BEGINS TO TWERK AND GRIND ON BRE, AS BRE SMILES AND LAUGHS LIKE A KID IN AN AMUSEMENT PARK. JAILYN LOOKS AROUND FOR TORI AND RAY, THEY’RE BOTH BUSY WATCHING A STRIPPER COME DOWN A POLE AND DOWNING DRINKS AS FAST AS THEY COULD WHILE ENGAGING IN THEIR OWN CONVERSATION.

JAILYN (P.O.V.)
I don’t know what it was about that night and the bet that we had made, but it already had me looking at the world differently. If smashing wasn’t on the table, I wasn’t sure if I wanted to be outside at all.

MID-THOUGHT, A YOUNG LADY ACCIDENTALLY RUNS INTO JAILYN AND SPILLS A LITTLE BIT OF HER DRINK ON HER.

RANDOM WOMAN
Oh my God, I’m so sorry.

JAILYN LOOKS DOWN AT HER SHIRT IN DISBELIEF. SHE IS ABOUT TO GO OFF UNTIL SHE GETS A GOOD LOOK AT HER.

JAILYN (calmly)
Nah…it’s cool, it’s a little crowded in here and shit happens.

RANDOM WOMAN
Let me get you some napkins or something.

THE YOUNG LADY LEANS OVER THE BAR AND GRABS A STACK OF NAPKINS. SHE NERVOUSLY HANDS THEM TO JAILYN.

RANDOM WOMAN
Again, I’m so sorry. It’s my first official night out in town, I might have had a little too much to drink thanks to my homegirl.

JAILYN BEGINS WIPING THE LIQUID OFF OF HER SHIRT BUT REMAINS FIXATED ON THE WOMAN’S FACE.

JAILYN
It’s all good, I’m not gon’ swing on you or nothing. It’s just a shirt.

THE YOUNG LADY LAUGHS AS THEY MAINTAIN EYE CONTACT.

RANDOM WOMAN
I’m Shantel. Sorry, we had to meet like this.

ENTER SHANTEL. SHANTEL IS 5’5, WITH MILK CHOCOLATE SKIN, SHOULDER LENGTH CURLY HAIR, AND DEEP BROWN EYES THAT COULD EASILY PIERCE RIGHT THROUGH SOMEONE’S SOUL. SHE IS WEARING A SEXY LITTLE BLACK DRESS THAT SHOWED OFF ALL OF HER CURVES.

JAILYN
I’m Jailyn. It’s nice to meet you, welcome to Atlanta.

SHANTEL
Thank you. Well, I guess I’m gonna grab a water instead of another drink and head back to my friends. Nice meeting you.

JAILYN
You, too.

SHANTEL APPROACHES THE BAR, JAILYN IS STILL FIXATED ON HER. SUDDENLY, TORI APPROACHES JAILYN FROM BEHIND.

TORI
So, how you feeling? You gon’ be ready to get up out of here soon or what?

JAILYN ROLLS HER EYES.

JAILYN
I’m good. I actually just had a little conversation with that girl over there at the bar.

TORI GETS A GOOD LOOK AT HER, THEN NODS IN APPROVAL.

TORI
I don’t think I’ve ever seen her in here before, I definitely would’ve remembered.

JAILYN
She says this is her first official night out in town so she ain’t from here.

TORI
You get her number?

JAILYN SUCKS HER TEETH.

JAILYN
Nah, like I said, we just struck up a little conversation. And you know me, I don’t typically deal with girls that ain’t from around here. They come with baggage, they all running from something.

TORI
Shit, dealing with the same girls over and over again ain’t gon’ help you make no kind of progress. You might need to try something new.

JAILYN
Look, leave it alone. I’ll probably never see that girl again after tonight. She here with her girls, just let her be.

TORI RELUCTANTLY GIVES IN.

TORI
Alright, I’ll leave it alone. What you can do, is stop standing here looking like you lost your best friend. Come help me and Ray finish off these drinks and get a look at some these fine ass strippers. Looks like they got the ones with special skills in the building tonight.

JAILYN
Well, shit, ain’t nothing else to talk about, let’s do it.

JAILYN AND TORI WALK OVER TO THE FRONT OF THE STAGE AND TAKE SEATS NEXT TO RAYANA, THEN PROCEED TO ENJOY THE SHOW.

SCENE THREE – INT. RIVERSIDE CONDOS – MORNING

JAILYN EXITS HER CONDO, ON THE WAY OUT FOR HER USUAL MORNING RUN.

JAILYN (P.O.V.)
Surprisingly, the night wasn’t a complete bust. Ray got about as drunk as a skunk, Tori ended up driving her home and explaining to her wife why and how she let her get that drunk. Bre and Aja dipped off on us, which wasn’t a surprise. And me, I got a nice buzz, took a Uber home, smoked a blunt, and got in a few good hours of sleep. It was looking like I could really get through the next few months without too many hiccups.

JAILYN LOCKS HER DOOR AND THEN TURNS TO WALK TOWARDS THE ELEVATORS. SUDDENLY, HER AND ANOTHER WOMAN BUMP INTO EACH OTHER. THE WOMAN IS CARRYING A BOX, HER FACE HIDDEN.

JAILYN
What the hell?

FAMILIAR VOICE
I am so sorry. This seems to be a running theme for me.

JAILYN PAUSES.

JAILYN
Shantel?

SHANTEL PUTS THE BOX DOWN ON THE FLOOR AND IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZES JAILYN.

SHANTEL
Jailyn? We met last night at the club, right?

JAILYN SMILES.

JAILYN
Yeah…I see you just clumsy by nature.

SHANTEL GIGGLES.

SHANTEL
Normally, not so much. I just think it’s anxiety, my nerves are just shot right now. All the stress from moving, you know?

JAILYN NODS.

JAILYN
Nah, I get it. Ummm…you need some help with anything or you think you got it?

SHANTEL
An extra pair of hands would be great.

JAILYN
At the very least, you can stop running into people before you get popped. Some of these folks around here ain’t got it all.

SHANTEL AND JAILYN LAUGH. THEN, JAILYN REACHES DOWN AND PICKS UP THE BOX.

JAILYN
Okay, just tell me where we headed.

SHANTEL
Actually, right here.

SHANTEL POINTS TO THE DOOR RIGHT ACROSS FROM JAILYN’S.

JAILYN
That’s funny, I live right across the hall from you.

SHANTEL’S EYES LIGHT UP.

SHANTEL
Really? Okay, so we neighbors…good to know.

JAILYN
Hmm. Why is that so good to know?

SHANTEL
Well, for one, I can put you to work for the next couple of days.

THEY SHARE YET ANOTHER LAUGH, THEN SHANTEL OPENS HER DOOR, AND STEPS OUT OF THE WAY FOR JAILYN TO ENTER.

SHANTEL
Come on in, neighbor.

JAILYN CHUCKLES AND THEN HEADS INSIDE, SHANTEL FOLLOWS BEHIND HER.

***STAY TUNED FOR EPISODE 2***

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