FADE IN:

INT. APARTMENT - BEDROOM - DAY
Lying in the bedroom of his one-bedroom apartment, JOSH twitches in his sleep, rolls over, groans, and then rubs his eyes. The bedside clock reads 11:45. There's a THUMPING from above and Josh groans again. He goes to the bathroom and relieves himself before stepping into the living room. The new projector is still on, projecting a television news station against the wall of the living room. Sleeping on the futon is JORDAN. On the floor is two pizza boxes and countless empty beer bottles.

Another THUMP and ROLLING from above and Josh looks up at the ceiling.

JOSH
... fucking neighbors ...

INT. APARTMENT - DAY
Josh goes to the kitchen and grabs a bottle of juice from the fridge. Scrawled on the dry-erase board is the message "MERRY DEVILMAS, FUCKER" and an arrow pointing up. Sitting on top of the fridge are two action figures molesting each other sexually. Josh grins, grabs his juice, and goes back to the living room.

Josh sits down and turns the volume on the television. The sound blasts out the news - something about an infection that's sweeping the nation at an alarming pace - and Jordan groans and rolls over. Josh flips through the channels, hitting the same news on each one. He shuffles through some of the DVDs at his feet and picks one out, putting it on. NIGHT OF THE EVIL LIVING UNDEAD PEOPLE OF THE NIGHT - PART 2 comes on. Jordan sits up, putting on his glasses.

JOSH (CONT'D)
Morning, bro.

JORDAN
What time is it?

JOSH
Like twelve or something.

Jordan stares at him.

JORDAN
Hardly morning.

JOSH
Yeah ... close enough.

Josh takes a swig of his juice. Jordan stares at the screen.

JORDAN
Did you just put this in?

JOSH
Yeah.

JORDAN
What is it?

JOSH
Zombie flick.

JORDAN
Weren't you just watching a zombie movie? Something about an deadly infection sweeping the nation ...

JOSH
Nah, that was just the news.

Jordan stares at Josh. Josh slowly meets his gaze. Suddenly, realization dawns and he clicks back to the TV news. They watch in wonder as scenes of the zombie invasion play out over broadcast news. A frenzy of mass hysteria is shown ...

THE DEAD WALK.

JORDAN
Dude ...

JOSH
Yeah, I know.

JORDAN
Look at the quality of that picture.


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