Resident Assistant

Episode 5: Laundry Day

INT. Front Desk

Mia, Ryan and Aiden sit in a circle, terrified. In the middle of the circle are two giant cockroaches. One moves towards Ryan and he jumps up on the couch.

MIA: Don't break the circle!

RYAN: It was coming at me dude!

AIDEN: If you don't get back in the circle we could lose them. What's worse- two cockroaches or two cockroaches with unknown locations?

Ryan eases his way back into the circle. 

MIA: This is ridiculous. Aiden you're on desk duty, you should have to deal with this.

AIDEN: Why me? Ryan's the one with experience here.

RYAN: An experience that continues to haunt my dreams.

Kylie enters.

KYLIE: That's a really intense game of duck duck goose.

AIDEN: There is not one, but two cockroaches.

KYLIE: So? Just kill them.

MIA: You cannot just kill a cockroach.

Aiden jumps up.

AIDEN: I am inciting our pact! You kill the cockroaches. 

MIA: Aiden its getting out!

One scurries away towards the desk and disappears.

KYLIE: This is ridiculous.

She takes off her shoes and goes for the one cockroach left. Ryan and Mia jump back. Kylie swings and misses. It goes underneath a chair.

KYLIE: Huh. Out of sight out of mind, I guess.

RYAN: No, no no, you have to kill it and you have to kill it now.

KYLIE: Alright move the chair.

Ryan moves the chair and cringes.

KYLIE: There's nothing there. Aren't you a nursing major?

RYAN: Yea, so.

KYLIE: You realize one day you may have to take care of someone else's doo-doo?

RYAN: That's not a highlight of the job but yea.

KYLIE: Right now you're grossed out over a bug.

RYAN: You know what, poop doesn't move.

KYLIE: Well, you can breathe now. It's gone.

AIDEN: They don't like light anyway. 

MIA: Really?

AIDEN: Cockroaches are nocturnal. They prefer the dark.

Mia takes a breath then walks back to the desk. There is a crunching noise. She cringes and lifts up her shoe. 

MIA: Ew, ew, ew.

RYAN: I'm out.

AIDEN: See ya.

KYLIE: I've got class.

Mia goes to sit at the desk.

MIA: Ew. Ew. Ew...

The elevator door opens but Ryan runs back.

RYAN: Forgot my soda.

He goes back in the elevator, then nods towards Mia Gatsby style and takes a sip. The doors begin to close. He makes a face and spits out the soda. The elevator dings and we can hear Ryan behind its doors.