The air was cold, he walked along the sidewalk with such a light walk as he held onto piles of coffee cups. Each labeled differently as he let his hand slip just enough to open the gate. He let out a shaky breath as he walked slowly, his eyes widening when he smacked right into someone.

The coffee burned his skin making him cry out slightly as it collided with the floor. "Shit! Sorry Corey, I keep forgetting to watch where I'm walking, did you need help with that?".

Corey forced a smile as he wiped the coffee slightly off his shirt. "No I got it Jennifer, you can head on home, I'll see you later for your next scene".

The woman smiled at him as she walked past him, he sighed deeply as he kneeled down. "Hey don't worry about that, I'll make someone clean it up". Corey grinned as he looked upwards "you secretly enjoy me working, don't act like it's not true".

The man laughed as he helped Corey pick the cups off the ground. "You run around getting peoples coffee orders, It's pretty spontaneous, only when you do it though. The last guy who did it, kept giving me the wrong order".

Corey chuckled "that's what you say, but I think you did it so I could be more closer to you. I mean I was fine working from home, helping you edit your scripts and organizing your meetings".

"You still do that, you're the only person I trust enough to read my drafts, what can I say you're my muse Corey Becker".

Corey sighed "as much as I would love to chat, I gotta change before this coffee stains my clothes and then I gotta grab more coffee". He threw the last cup into the trash can "screw the coffee, everyone can get there own today. I need your help with something else. Follow me".

Corey follows after the man entering into the small office. The door is shut and Corey unbuttons his shirt sighing deeply as he grabs a new one from the small pile beside the desk.

"I feel like you know when I'll spill the coffee, you always have one of my shirts waiting for me. You know as much as I love Jennifer, she's always just making my life miserable".

Corey sits down in the chair "relax, I'm sure she'll learn to avoid you when I threaten her role. I mean Gale Weathers can be replaced, she's a side character! Now I was working on a little draft, but I need your insight, seeing you have experience".

Corey grabbed the manuscript from Romans hands his eyes looking it over slowly.

INT. SIDNEY PRESCOTTS ROOM - PAST

We see SIDNEY (17) smiling as she talks on the phone with COREY (18).

COREY (V. O)
Sid. I was thinking....

"Wait, what does this have anything to do with Stab III? My character- I'm not even in the movie and me and Sidney never talked when she lived in woodsboro, at least not like this"

"A lot of people are wanting your character back, and a lot of them want your past story with Sidney, so what was that like? You two are close". Corey smiled sadly "apparently not anymore, we haven't talked in like two years, I mean it doesn't really bother me, she's happy and I'm happy".

The phone starts ringing and Corey grins "that's my cue to get coffee for everyone. I bet that's Sarah she's gonna complain about me again, try getting me fired... I don't get why she hates me".

Roman smirked "because she knows she doesn't have a chance with me, not as long as you're here. I mean if she's bothering you I can get rid of her". Corey shock his head "no it's fine, she's a bitch but I can handle it. Perks of living with a sister you tend to get used to ignoring people whenever they start arguing about stupid things... Casey would've loved watching me suffer with coffee orders".

Corey stood up walking towards the door "hey I'll scrap this" Roman holds up the manuscript and smiles "won't be mentioned again". Corey grins "you can keep my character in, it gives me an excuse to be in here with you".

Corey walks out of the office "Dewey? What are you doing here? You're not meant to be here today". Dewey looked at Corey with a sad expression "did you hear what happened?".

The boy frowned "no, what's wrong?" they started walking down the set "Cotton was murdered last night" Corey grew silent as Dewey looked at him.

"We don't know if it has anything to do with... well you know what I mean. I mean Cotton had people who didn't like him, this could all be a big misunderstanding".

"I mean you could be right, but what if this is all about Sidney, look I'm not telling you to worry, I'm just here to tell you to be careful. I already told Tatum to watch out just in case. I mean she's happy in Arizona but still I thought she'd wanna know".

Corey sighed "you tell Randy too? He probably already knows about it. A lot of fans are pissed they killed him in stab II, which wasn't even true".

Dewey smiled weakly "Randy wanted it that way, so he could stay hidden from peoples eyes. Wanted to focus on school with no crazed fans! And yes he knows already, he called me last night actually".

Corey leaned into the wall for support for a moment his vision blurry and his breathing heavy. "It's just a big misunderstanding... it's not gonna happen again, this has nothing to do with my life".

"Corey" the boy glared at Dewey "don't fucking say it! Because if you say it, then my entire life is ruined all over again. I'm finally happy, I'm not being ambushed by fans anymore, I'm me! I'm finally just Corey Becker, a normal kid from woodsboro, who's doing his job and that's it".

He walks away sighing deeply he can see Roman on the set talking with other people of the production company. "Corey Becker?" he turns around "yeah that's me? What can I do for you?".

The man smiles weakly "I'm detective Mark Kincaid, I have a few questions for you regarding Cotton Weary". Corey pressed his hands together "oh okay, I'm not really sure why you would ask me anything, me and Cotton didn't really speak to each other, only when I asked for his coffee order".

"Hey Corey!" he turned and smiled weakly at Roman "these detectives are questioning me about Cotton just give me a second".

Roman looked pissed "Corey can you tell us the last time you saw Cotton?". The boy sighed "yesterday morning, I went around doing my normal routine, asking coffee orders, but he wasn't really happy with me going into his trailer".

"And why was that?" Corey pushed his hands behind his back "he sorta hates me, or hated me... I mean I respected the guy, did my job without being an asshole about it, but then he just latches out on me when I walk into his trailer, freaks out on me.. starts threatening my career, said he'd get me fired and then he kicked me out of his trailer... and well that's about it, aside from a bruised shoulder and bruised ego, that's all can give you detective".

The detective smiled "thank you for your help, I'll be back with any other following questions I have regarding this case". The man walked off and Corey sighed deeply as he looked at Roman.

"So much for my normal life, gosh I need a drink" he walks off groaning in annoyance as he smacked his head against a pole "I hate my life!".

"Hey relax, I'm sure this will all pass over eventually, I mean it could just be a random accident, it doesn't have anything to do with your past. I'm sure you're safe".

Corey looked at Roman "who cares if I'm safe, if there's an asshole trying to ruin my life again, then you're a target on the list!".

Roman laughed lightly "you think some creep in a mask is gonna try killing me? You must think I'm weak or something. I can defend myself".

Corey smiled sadly "I know you can Rome, but that's not what I'm worried about..". The moment fades when Sarah Darling walks towards Corey, she looks pissed "this is your fault! I should've known you were psycho! You probably killed Cotton! You gonna kill me next? Huh? You freak!".

Corey hisses when she smacks him she lets out an annoyed breath "stay the fuck away from me!"  she walks off and Corey sighs "that's what I'm worried about". Unknown to him, Roman was watching Sarah walk away, he was pissed.

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authors notes:
Corey's in his iconic Bisexual era! Also notice how the people who are dying are all tragically assholes to Corey before they die. Talk about protective boyfriend! I'm excited to keep writing for this act, it's gonna get more interesting as it goes forward!