(2 teen girls talking on the FaceTime )
Girl 1: Hey girl what's up?
Girl 2: nothing much, just taking out Coco,
I'm sitting on the porch while she walks around.
Girl 1: you still have her? Damn, she's gotta be old now, I remember playing her when we were little.
Girl 2: (laughs) yeah, remember when we used to dress her up with her and your mom used yell at us to stop using our doll skirts on her because they were crazy expensive?
Girl 1: heh, those were definitely the days, anyways, how's she doing?
Girl 2: well she's...ya know not getting any younger. She limps and is blind in one eye. My dad wants to put her down but I won't let him.
Girl 1: So sorry to hear that, maybe I can come and see her. I'm not that far from your house you know.
Girl 2: yeah that'll be no problem, you know you're welcome anytime. Always.
(dog whines can be heard)
Girl 1: god she sounds like she's in pain, I can see why your dad wants to put her down.
Girl 2: heh don't be on his side about all this now. Anyways...OOO!!! Let me show you these beautiful flowers my mom planted in the garden
(Girl 2 gets up from the porch she was sitting on and pans the camera from her face to to the flower garden turning her back on coco)
(coco speedily limps curiously into the woods close behind the house, sniffing happily along the forest floor, she goes deeper into the woods, a growl comes from the woods and eventually a yelp)
Girl 2: - and I just love that she put lavender in here- (she turns to check on coco and notices coco isn't behind her. She stays still and her eyes move around rapidly trying to find her)
Girl 1: You still there?
Girl 2: (yells out) Coco?? (Pause) Coco where are you?? Oh god..
Her voice trails off
Girl 1: what happened?
Girl 2: (shakily) Coco! It's coco..s-she was just her I thought she wouldn't walk away too far and I took my eyes off her for a second and I-
Girl 1: woah woah woah, take a deep breath and collect yourself, I'm sure she's around somewhere. She couldn't have gotten far.
Girl 2: yeah...yeah you're right. Let me just calm down and look. (still calls out yelling around her house) coco?? Coco come here girl!
(15 minutes goes by, girl 2 is still searching, she finds coco behind a tree a little ways into the woods, but something feels...off. But girl 2 doesn't care and picks up coco and takes her inside. As soon as they get inside she sets down coco and girl 2 walks to her room. Strangely, coco doesn't limp, she walks in the room and lays on her bed)
Girl 2: thank god I found coco I was scared she'd get lost or eaten by something heh.
(without her looking, coco looks up at girl 2. Not blinking and...panting? As if she trying to imitate a dog pant but is very odd and rehearsed)
Girl 1: Glad you found her. I'll come in the morning to see her. But did you hear what happened to Lizzy's boyfriend?
Girl 2: yeah, that guy has issues
Girl 1: definitely, he needs to learn to control his self
Girl 2: oh most definitely, you know what I think? Lizzy just needs to break up with him because he's just not the right- shit
(pause)
Girl 1: you still there?
Girl 2: (trembling voice) it's...it's coco, she's..giving me this look. She's looks scary as hell, she's not blinking and she's...what the fuck? She's smiling at me and panting.
Girl 1: she smiling at you?
Girl 2: I don't know she- yeah she's just sitting here smiling at me! licking her lips every few seconds. I knew there was something off when I found her but I don't know what it is but it's creeping me the fuck out right now.
Girl 1: maybe it's a thing dogs do I'm not sure (scratching from her front door) hold on girl, something's scratching at my door, must be a stray.
(she opens the door)
Girl 1: hey isn't coco inside your room with you?
Girl 2: yeah..I-I'm looking at her right now...why?
Girl 1: well how could I be looking at her now?
Girl 2: (heart drops) what?
Girl 1: yeah she's just here at my door
(coco limps inside girl 1's house)
Girl 2: are you sure it's her?
Girl 1: I think so, she has a blind eye and she's limping.
(coco walks up to girl 2's bed, slowly, without limping)
Girl 1: Hey? You still there?
(girl 1 she hears bones cracking, growls and snarls from the phone and eventually a girl scream. Shivers trail down her spine and her blood curdles)
Girl 1: Hello?? What's happening I heard a scream is everything ok?
Girl 2: (with little to no emotion) sorry I was watching a horror movie on loud volume.
Girl 1: oh thank god, I thought you had something awful happen to you. Maybe that's a just a stray that looks just like coco. It's a common breed in this area. But I'll be sure to bring coco tomorrow morning.
Girl 2: (devoid of all emotion) okay, can't wait to see you
Girl 1: Great! (pause) hey...how do I know that this is you?
The phone hangs up.