Episode 26: A Cold and Rainy Night
This script might be the most difficult to film.
I know. This is a convoluted scenario that makes me roll my eyes and say this could never happen. But this is also a fantasy — and just about one of the first fantasies I remember having. I've had to find ways to update it to keep up with technology.
We see an attractive woman in her mid-20s driving on a wet road late at night in the country and dressed in a professional business attire - blouse, skirt just above the knees, & heels. The road is not lit except by her headlights. Several warning lights including the engine light suddenly come on. She swears as the car loses power, slows, & stops as she drives it to the shoulder. It won't restart and her phone has no signal.
She examines her surroundings. The only lights are from a 2-story house across a large field. No cars are coming. She decides to hike to the house to have them call for a tow and maybe beg for a place to sleep. The field is muddy and slick. She falls several times. She takes off the shoes but she's still slipping. By the time she reaches the front porch, she and her clothes are soaked with mud. She rings the bell.
A light turns on upstairs. Our camera shifts. A young woman around 20 or 21 walks down the stairs, barefoot and carries a flashlight. She's in a short, transparent silk robe with bikini panties underneath. There's no furniture in the house. She looks out the peephole & sees it's just a woman, so she cracks open the door and calls through the screen. "Can I help you?"
The woman is close to crying. "Please help me. My name is Chelsea. My car died & my cell phone isn't working. Can I use your phone to get help and dry off?"
"Um, let me think. I'm Katya. I just inherited this house. I'm fixing it up to sell." She shakes her head looking at Chelsea covered with mud. "I just put in new carpet in here. You can't come in like that."
Chelsea's trying not to cry. "Please help me, I'm begging you. I kept slipping in the field & I'm cold & wet & tired. You've got to help me. Can you phone someone to come get me?"
Katya opens the door but not the screen. "There's no phone hooked up yet and you saw there's no cell phone service either. I've got an idea, but you might not like it. Before you answer, let me explain that I'm the only 1 here. There are no men here." She lets that sink in. "There's a hose there at the end of the porch. You could take off your muddy clothes and I'll get you some soap and I think I still have a towel in the house. You see, I don't live here yet, I'm just staying overnight while I work on the house. I just loaded my work clothes in the washer, & I can wrap your muddy clothes in the towel after you use it. I'll wash your clothes too. After you're clean, you can come in. Is that okay?"
Chelsea considers the offer. "Yes, I just want to come in out of the dark and the rain."
"Okay, take off those dirty clothes. I'll get the soap & see if there's a dry towel.
Katya goes inside and Chelsea takes off her business suit. Even her bra and panties are all muddy. She stands there waiting for Katya to return.
