Post by Movie Lord Productions on Mar 10, 2008 20:57:49 GMT -5
Happiness Close
Episode #1: "Pilot"
Scott Godfrey – Greg Miller
Pele Hearne – Jason Bie’Rel
Lacey Stuart – Lena Harrison
Alicia Dickson – Kitty Dolce
Gary Nightingale – David Jack
Lillie Mayes – Elizabeth Way
Liz Stead – Kayley Collins
Miss Fitzpatrick – Maggie Kirkpatrick
Jen Diamond – Leigh Templar
Joe Azapadi – Nick Beckham
Cassandra Goth – Kay White
Don Lothario – John Haines
Nina Reeves – Beatrice Smith
Chris Cooper –Jock Bennett
Louise Godfrey – Lucy Goodman
Aerial Hearne – River Megson
Simon Smith – James Gordon
The episode opens with a young 23 year old girl sits in a chair in a barely decorated kitchen talking about whether or not to have a band at the wedding. He partner is roughly the same age, they are both smiling but are both very forceful in their arguments
Cassandra; Oh but Don come on! It’s our wedding, we need a band!
Don; Cassandra? A band? Do you know how much they cost?
Cassandra; Yeah but Don, it’s so romantic it’s better than any old DJ.
Don; Cassie come on a DJ will be able to play any song we want, the band wont they’ll only be able to play certain songs. And the band you’re talking about are big band which only do jazz!
Cassandra; I don’t care; we need to have a big band! Anyway I want the song I’ve Got You Under My Skin played, so I’m sure they’ll be able to do that.
Don; Cassie, Cassie.
Cassandra looks at him playfully
Cassandra (Seductively); We’ll deal with this later.
Don; Sleeping with me won’t bring me around Cassandra.
Cassandra looks at him seductively yet again
Don; YES IT WILL!
He chases her up the stairs into the bedroom
Happiness Close
With the title credits closing, we see a shot of Pele Hearne leaving his house; he is rushing around frantically trying to find his school bag. He trips over a toy and curses
Pele; Bloody kids put your toys away!
Pele is 16 years old and he lives with his mother, her boyfriend and his five siblings. He is about 5’11 with black hair and glasses, he is a handsome looking guy but his clown-like reputation and attitude has the girls see him in anything but a romantic light. He rushes into the kitchen and picks up some money for lunch and as he leaves the kitchen, he is interrupted by his little sister Aerial who is tiny with a sweet face and blonde curly hair, she is only three
Aerial (Sweetly); Where you going Pele?
Pele (Annoyed, Mockingly); Where do you think I’m going Aerial? SCHOOL!
She looks up at Pele with a blank expression and tottles off singing
Nikki (From her bedroom); Pel am I picking you up tonight?
Pele; Nah, I’m going to the cinema with Scott and Gary.
Nikki (From her bedroom); Alright, well ring me after school and then I can tell you when I want you home.
Pele shouts goodbye and walks out of the front door, he shuts it firmly and walks down his garden path, as he is walking he sees two of the “in-girls” from his school, and he has a crush on one of them who is called Venus Blowers. As Pele walks out of his garden gate he tries to keep his cool, but he needn’t really as he and Venus are friends anyway, she still however makes him feel all hot and nervous when around her
Pele; Alright Venus, alright Amy.
Venus; Alright Pele, how are you?
Pele; Yeah I’m alright.
Amy; Where you going now?
Pele; I’m going to knock for Scott.
Amy; Oh Ok, we’re going to knock for Alex.
Pele (Playfully, flirtingly) Tell her I said hi. Bye ladies.
Pele walks off in a different direction from Amy and Venus and he has a content look on his face. He walks down a rather short, quiet and middle-class street. Scott’s big yellow house stands out. His house was originally a two story three bedroom house and compared to other houses on the street stood out because of how small it looked compared to the large houses. However after numerous extensions, the house now looks as if it totally belongs in the street.
Scott is walking into the kitchen and his mother Louise is sitting at the table, she is about 40 however she does not look her age and would pass as mid-30s. He walks over to the table and picks up a cup of tea which he had left at the table to go and get ready, he quickly drinks it.
Louise; after the film tonight who is picking you up?
Scott; I dunno, we’ll probably get the bus.
Louise; Well what time does it finish?
Scott; Probably about 5, 6ish.
Louise; Alright then, could you try and be home for 7 though because don’t forget that me and Sara are going Bingo tonight.
Scott (Laughing); Alright you ol’ gambling addict, I’ll be home for about 7.
Scott gives Louise a kiss goodbye and walks out into the hallway, he opens the door as the bell has just rung. Of course it is Pele. Scott is about 6’1 and has blonde hair with blue eyes, he is cute-looking but doesn’t have good looks or sexy features, he has some handsome features but there are features of his face that he isn’t happy with. Scott is tall and thin. Scott and Pele walk down the road and as they come to the end of the road, they stop off at a house in which they knock. A girl of the same age Lacey opens the door, she is blonde also but she is shorter and she wears glasses. Her most striking features are her eyes, which are an emerald green.
Lacey (Annoyed); that bitch says I can’t go tonight!
Scott; Why?
Lacey; Oh apparently Miss Vina called again and said that I have been messing around with Jen in class.
Pele; Oh couldn’t you get out of it?
Lacey; Nope, she said that I was grounded until Saturday.
Pele; Well can’t you tell her you have a after school class or something?
Scott; What two hours after school?
Lacey; No, that’s a good idea. Anyway can we get away from this shit-hole?
We see a shot of them walking off down the road to school.
We are now taken to the living room of Martha and David Tabram. David and Martha are about the same age, both bordering the age of 70 and both are small and have sharp features. Naturally because of their age they are both grey
Martha; David?!
David who is walking into the room shudders and turns away as her screech is so cutting that it can make you want to cry. He walks back into the kitchen and of course by ignoring her, he is only encouraging her to shout again
Martha; DAVID!
David; Oh What?!
Martha; so what do you fancy having for lunch later then?
David; I dunno Martha.
Martha; How about a nice bit of roast beef?
David; Nup.
Martha; Alright, how about a pub lunch?
David; No Martha.
Martha; A bit of Thai?
David; No Thai.
Martha; A bit of Chinese?
David; No oriental food.
Martha; Indian?
David; Of course not.
Martha; Curry?
David; Nothing exotic Martha.
Martha is starting to get annoyed here and it shows in her face and her voice
Martha; Let me see, not exotic, not exotic. Ooooh how about a turkey sandwich I know you like that!
David; I like a real lunch Martha not a snack.
Martha; Ooh David you are pressing my patience, how about a nice burger from-
David; Martha I said a real lunch!
Martha; Spaghetti Bolognese?! Fish and Chips?! A Bacon Sandwich?!
David; No, no and no!
Martha; WELL WHAT THE BLOODY HELL DO YOU WANT DAVID?
!!!!!
David; I think I’ll have a slice of toast.
We now see a shot of Scott and Lacey arriving into registration class. Their form tutor Mr Akpoza is a small, bald black man and he has a strong accent
Mr Akpoza; Scott and Lacey why are you late?
Lacey; Because we saw a dead rat in the road.
Mr Akpoza; That is a bad lie.
Scott; It’s true!
He gives them a dismissive look and they scurry to their seats. They sit down and Jen and Lillie are sitting by their desk
Lillie (In a mocking cockney accent); Ello!
Scott; Hello booberella.
Lillie is about 5’4 and has dark brown hair which has been dyed because you can see her light blonde roots; she has large breasts that are her most noticeable features. Scott has a crush on Lillie and this is obvious from the way he looks at her and speaks to her. Jennifer on the other hand is about 5’7 and has dark brown hair; she is a pretty girl who has very noticeable hazel eyes
Lillie (Jokingly); Shut up!
Jen; Did you really see a dead rat in the road?
Lacey; Yeah! It was really horrible, Pele poked it with a stick.
Lillie; Ha ha. That reminds me of when we saw our cat dead out of our window.
Scott; That’s really sad!
They all laugh. Jen notices her boyfriend Joe loitering around the corridors and she looks at him angrily as she realises he has cut his hair
Jen; Oh for Christ’s sake he has cut his hair again! He’s practically bald! I hate it when it is like that!
Lillie; Well he’s not really bald. I mean its-
Jen; Lillie he is practically bald compared to what it was before!
Scott; Well it isn’t really Jen.
Jen; I don’t care. I just don’t like it!
The bell goes and they all stand up and push their chairs in. After walking out of the classroom door Jen runs over to Joe, he tries to kiss her but instead she starts to shout at him. Scott, Lacey and Lillie decide to leave Jen and walk off down the stairs
Lillie; What have you got first Lace?
Lacey; Business. You’ve got music ain’t ya?
Scott; Yup.
Scott suddenly notices Cassandra Goth and looks on in fear
Scott; Shit! Quickly I have to stay away from her.
Lacey; Why?
Scott; Because I was meant to give Miss Goth my History Coursework last Monday!
Lillie; Ha, she’s more than likely to try and murder you.
Scott; Yeah I think she is a schizophrenic manic depressive. So it’s probably best I stay away from ol’ slashy wrists.
Scott and Lillie walk purposefully down the corridor trying to avoid Cassandra
Pele and Nina are walking out of registration together
Nina; Oh I don’t know Pele.
Pele; Oh go on Nina just go to him and ask.
Nina; But Pele he’ll be really angry!
Pele; Oh Nina all you have to do is-
Nina; Pele I am not walking up to Mr Hufford, head teacher of this school and asking him if he wears a wig! I’ll be excluded!
Pele (Playfully); Fine! I knew you wouldn’t have the guts.
Nina; Shut up Mr I’m afraid to put a drop of vodka in my mouth!
Pele; You were going to take advantage of me Nina Reeves!
They both fall about laughing and suddenly Nina sees her abusive, possessive boyfriend Chris bounding up behind her, she pushes Pele
Nina; Pele just go, you know what Chris’ll do to you if he sees you with me.
Pele runs off and Chris comes bounding up to Nina. She is afraid but gives him a nice friendly smile and kisses him
Pele enters the Music Block, he walks up to his table where Scott and Becca are sitting
Scott (Mockingly, Jokingly); Where have you been child?
Pele; Oh I was with Nina we were having a right laugh until Chris came and ruined it all.
Becca; Pele can you play this on the piano for me?
Pele picks up the sheet music and looks at it. He however ignores Becca’s request and goes on to moan about Chris and Nina
Pele; I mean come on, Nina deserves better than Chris he has hit her so many times in the past, stopped her seeing so many of her friends and yet she still stays with him.
Becca; She’s probably afraid you know, she’s probably afraid of what he’ll do if she leaves him.
Scott; Yeah, but let’s not let that ruin our lesson, we have to get this song rehearsed for Friday. Mr Wilkinson can you play this for us?
Scott starts to sing while Becca and Pele accompany him on Keyboard and guitar. Lillie, Jen, Josh and Daisy sit at the back. Lillie is eating a sandwich
Jen (As if finishing her sentence); Well Joe was saying to me that Miss Goth is going to get married to that guy we saw at the fete!
Daisy; Well when did he say this?
Jen; This morning after form.
Lillie; I thought you were pissed off at Joe?
Jen (Dizzily and Confused); Was I?
Josh; I think its all bull anyway. How could Miss Goth manage to get a boyfriend for god’s sake?
Lillie; Oh leave her alone, I think she is pretty.
Josh; Yeah, if you think that Sarah Jessica Parker’s pretty.
Jen; I do actually Josh.
They all sit in silence for a second
Jen; I’m going round to Joe’s tonight. His parents are going away for the weekend.
Josh (Loudly, Playfully); Jen’s gonna get screwed!
Jen (On the surface playfully and dizzily); Oh shut up Josh. (She suddenly goes serious) But you never know what might happen.
Liz and Sandeep are walking to the Nurses’ office
Sandeep; Are you gonna be long Liz?
Liz; No, I only need to go to the toilet.
Liz knocks on the Nurses’ office door. She is told to come in, as she enters she notices a very tall butch looking woman of about 60 with black hair and very scary looking. She sees the current Nurse who is of about 65 at the desk packing stuff into a box
Liz; Oh are you leaving miss?
Nurse; Well Liz I am 65 it’s time for me to retire.
Liz; Who’s taking over.
Suddenly the scary looking woman steps forward
New Nurse (In a scary voice which she uses all the time); That would be me young lady. Your name would be?
Liz; Elizabeth.
New Nurse; Elizabeth what?
Liz; Stead.
New Nurse; Well Elizabeth, I hope not to see you down here too often. Because you see Stead, I don’t like trouble makers and time wasters. Oh, my name is Miss Fitzpatrick
Liz looks at Miss Fitzpatrick for a second, bemused but also slightly scared
Liz (Addressing the old nurse); Could I please have a key to the toilet please miss?
Old Nurse; Of Course Liz, don’t be long.
Liz takes the key and scuttles off
Miss Fitzpatrick; You know Mrs Hurley, that is why you get trouble makers and time wasters, because you are far too soft. Well you know that if I was you I would-
Suddenly Scott and Pele enter the open door
Scott; Miss is it Ok if we take back a painkiller for Mr Wilkinson. He sent us down to get some for him as he has a headache.
Old Nurse; Do you have a note.
Pele; Yup.
Pele walks up to the old nurse and shows her the note. Scott notices Miss Fitzpatrick giving Pele “The Eye”. He tries to hold in his amusement but he can’t and simply chuckles
Miss Fitzpatrick; Something funny young man?
Scott (Suddenly quite chilled by her voice); No miss.
Miss Fitzpatrick; No Miss Fitzpatrick.
Scott; No Miss Fitzpatrick.
Miss Fitzpatrick; And you would be?
Scott; Scott Godfrey miss.
Miss Fitzpatrick (Addressing Pele); And you?
Pele; Pele Hearne Miss Fitzpatrick.
Scott and Pele look at the old nurse and then to Miss Fitzpatrick, they then both scurry out of the room with the painkillers
Miss Fitzpatrick; Do you see? Those two boys could have been using those drugs for themselves!
Old Nurse; Miss Fitzpatrick, I think that they were genuine, considering that they had a note.
Miss Fitzpatrick; Easily forged. Well I can tell you, when I am in charge of this office, things will be very different.
At this moment Liz re-enters with the toilet key
Scott and Pele are walking down the corridor well out of earshot of the Nurses’ office. They are both laughing
Scott; My god! Did you see that thing?!
Pele; Shut up she was hideous!
Scott; Yeah and I think she had a thing for you. (He breaks into hysterical laughter)
It is break time. Scott, Pele, Gary and Alicia all sit at a table in the canteen hall. They are accompanied by two girls; Liz and Tasha. They are all laughing as Scott and Pele tell them about the new nurse
Pele; And then she asks us our name as if we’re in prison! She’s just like the Freak from Prisoner.
Liz; When she asked my name earlier she called me Stead. The bitch.
They all laugh some more
Scott; I’m kinda disappointed that the nurse is leaving. I mean I know that everyone said she was a bitch, but compared to what we have now, she is a kitten.
Alicia; Seeing as she asked all of your names, did she have the courtesy to tell you here name?
Scott; Yeah Miss Fitzpatrick.
Gary; Is she fit.
Pele; Gary....she is hideous.
Scott (Not able to hold in laughter); SHE FANCIES PELE HAHAHA!
They all fall about laughing as Pele tells them all to shut up
Gary; What film are we going to see after school tonight?
Pele; Well I really wanna see 10,000 BC.
Alicia; Is that the historical one?
Scott (Laughing); Oh I don’t know, what do you think?
Alicia laughs
Alicia; Shut up!
Pele; Well what does Lillie wanna see?
Scott; I think she wants to see that one.
Pele; Gary? Scott? Alicia? Liz?
They all nod
Scott; What about Lacey?
Pele; Outvoted. (He laughs)
The Bell goes and they all stand up to leave
Scott; Pele we have Sociology with bas-
Scott is cut off by Miss Fitzpatrick
Miss Fitzpatrick; Ah, I’d watch my language Godfrey if I were you.
Scott; Sorry Miss Fitzpatrick.
All of them stand there, looking at Miss Fitzpatrick, all of them however receiving a terrifying and cold filthy look
Miss Fitzpatrick; As your little friends have probably told you, I am Miss Fitzpatrick, the new school nurse. But just to warn you I do not take any mess. If you are ill then come to me. But if you simply need the toilet or you have a headache it’s not my problem. (She looks Pele up and down) Report to me Period 3 tomorrow Hearne.
She menacingly glares at the group before walking off. Pele looks on in terror as the group try not to laugh
Scott (Sympathetically); Come on Pele we’d better get going.
Gary and Alicia walk to Drama
Alicia; So how about that new nurse then?
Gary; She really is a freak.
Alicia; Gary, I err need to talk to you.
Gary; What about?
She looks around making sure that no-one is around and drags him into the corner. They are on the outside of the building now as the drama block is outside. The atmosphere is uncomfortable but Alicia looks into Gary’s eyes
Alicia (Nervously); Gary, I umm, I still like you and I know what happened before was uncomfortable and it didn’t really end well.
Gary; No but that’s-
Alicia; Basically what I’m saying is let’s not let what happened with Jacob affect how we like each other.
Gary; So are you saying that-
Alicia; Let’s just take it day by day and see what comes from that.
Gary hugs her and smiles
Gary; I’m sorry.
Alicia; For what?
Gary; Not supporting you when you needed it!
Alicia; No, it was my fault for pushing you out. I-
Gary puts his hand over Alicia’s mouth and they walk off hand in hand to Drama
It is after school and Jen and Joe are walking out of the side gates. She is looking at him lovingly
Jen; And you’re sure your mum and dad won’t be at home?
Joe; Jen, they’re gonna be away for the weekend!
Jen; Alright, it’s just that I want everything to be perfect tonight!
Joe; It will be. (He stops at the side of the pavement just to hold her) Just think a Chinese takeaway, me and you on the sofa and then afterwards we can do it when we feel the need to.
Jen; Yeah I suppose so.
She looks at him and kisses him. Meanwhile Gary, Alicia, Scott, Pele, Liz, Lacey and Lillie are walking out of the side gates also. They are arguing over what time to see the film
Pele; Yeah but Scott needs to be home by 7 don’t ya?
Scott; Nah my mum text me saying that my Grandma is coming round to watch Kyle.
Pele; Oh right OK. When do Dale and your dad get back from France?
Scott; Sunday. So are we gonna see the six o’clock one?
Lacey; Yeah that sounds better for us, then we can go and get the meal up the high street beforehand.
Alicia; Yeah can we do that?
Lillie; I can’t make the meal, I have to go home and get money off of Simon. Can you come and knock for me after the meal?
Scott; Yeah we can do that.
Liz; But won’t we miss the bus if we knock for Lillie?!
Alicia (Playfully sarcastic); Well seeing as Lillie lives up the high street I don’t think it’ll be that hard!
Liz laughs and sighs in stupidity. They walk up towards the high street
Lillie arrives home and walks into the front room. Her step-dad Simon is sitting down in the armchair. Lillie approaches him
Lillie; You alright Simon.
Simon; Yeah how was school?
Lillie; It was good.
Simon; What time you going out tonight?
Lillie; They’re knocking for me about 5.
Simon; Well the money’s on the side. Me and Alice won’t be back until late and we’re going in a minute. So eat whatever you want from the fridge.
Lillie; Ok coolios. Thank you!
Jen and Joe enter his house. As they enter the front room, he has decorated it with flowers and roses. Jen gasps
Jen; Oh Joe it’s beautiful.
They kiss. And he puts his hands up her skirt
Joe; Can we just skip the takeaway?
Jen (Lovingly and looking at him admiringly); I think we’ve waited long enough don’t you?
They start to passionately kiss and he carries her into the bedroom
The group walk up to Lillie’s front door and knock on it. They are waiting outside for a few minutes
Pele; Maybe she’s gone.
Lacey; Why would she have gone? She knows we’re knocking for her!
Gary; Maybe she’s in the shower.
Lillie is in fact getting out of the shower and she hears the doorbell go. She runs to go and get the door, yet trips on a shoe that has been left out, she tumbles down the stairs and when she hits the floor, knocks her head on a radiator cap. Blood streams out of a cut on her head and out of her ears. The group outside continue to knock
Pele; Look she’s obviously not coming, so we might as well go.
Lacey; No, it doesn’t seem like Lillie to stand us up like that.
Alicia; Well guys, hate to tell you, but our bus has just arrived!
The group run for the bus and eventually catch it. We see Lillie, inside lying unconscious and in a bad way.
Nina and Chris are sat in the park
Chris; I saw you talking to Pele today.
Nina; Yeah, he is my mate.
Chris suddenly flips out
Chris; You bitch! I’ve told you, you don’t speak to anyone without my permission.
Nina; Chris, I’m allowed to have my-
As she is speaking, he cuts her off by smacking her round the face. She falls to the floor in pain
Chris; Remember Nina, I own you. Got that.
He looks at her menacingly and then walks off quickly. Nina lies on the floor crying
Gary, Pele, Scott, Liz, Alicia and Lacey walk out of the cinema. Scott and Pele are laughing and talking about the movie, whilst Alicia is applying makeup and Liz and Lacey are talking things in general. Gary walks over to Scott and Pele and speaks as if he is under a spell
Gary (majestically); Guys, that film made me realise; god is the creator of the world. We all were made by him.
Scott; Right Gary and this phase will last how long?
Gary; It’s not a phase; I’ve found a new purpose in life. To become a priest and if not a priest a preacher or aid worker.
Pele; I can’t tell when you’re joking anymore Gary.
Lacey; Shall we ring Lillie and see if she is Ok?
Alicia; Nah, let her come up with an excuse for tomorrow.
They wait at a bus stop and all sit down on the bench
We see a shot of Lillie, lying on the hallway floor, bleeding from the head and ears and still unconscious
Episode #1: "Pilot"
Scott Godfrey – Greg Miller
Pele Hearne – Jason Bie’Rel
Lacey Stuart – Lena Harrison
Alicia Dickson – Kitty Dolce
Gary Nightingale – David Jack
Lillie Mayes – Elizabeth Way
Liz Stead – Kayley Collins
Miss Fitzpatrick – Maggie Kirkpatrick
Jen Diamond – Leigh Templar
Joe Azapadi – Nick Beckham
Cassandra Goth – Kay White
Don Lothario – John Haines
Nina Reeves – Beatrice Smith
Chris Cooper –Jock Bennett
Louise Godfrey – Lucy Goodman
Aerial Hearne – River Megson
Simon Smith – James Gordon
The episode opens with a young 23 year old girl sits in a chair in a barely decorated kitchen talking about whether or not to have a band at the wedding. He partner is roughly the same age, they are both smiling but are both very forceful in their arguments
Cassandra; Oh but Don come on! It’s our wedding, we need a band!
Don; Cassandra? A band? Do you know how much they cost?
Cassandra; Yeah but Don, it’s so romantic it’s better than any old DJ.
Don; Cassie come on a DJ will be able to play any song we want, the band wont they’ll only be able to play certain songs. And the band you’re talking about are big band which only do jazz!
Cassandra; I don’t care; we need to have a big band! Anyway I want the song I’ve Got You Under My Skin played, so I’m sure they’ll be able to do that.
Don; Cassie, Cassie.
Cassandra looks at him playfully
Cassandra (Seductively); We’ll deal with this later.
Don; Sleeping with me won’t bring me around Cassandra.
Cassandra looks at him seductively yet again
Don; YES IT WILL!
He chases her up the stairs into the bedroom
Happiness Close
With the title credits closing, we see a shot of Pele Hearne leaving his house; he is rushing around frantically trying to find his school bag. He trips over a toy and curses
Pele; Bloody kids put your toys away!
Pele is 16 years old and he lives with his mother, her boyfriend and his five siblings. He is about 5’11 with black hair and glasses, he is a handsome looking guy but his clown-like reputation and attitude has the girls see him in anything but a romantic light. He rushes into the kitchen and picks up some money for lunch and as he leaves the kitchen, he is interrupted by his little sister Aerial who is tiny with a sweet face and blonde curly hair, she is only three
Aerial (Sweetly); Where you going Pele?
Pele (Annoyed, Mockingly); Where do you think I’m going Aerial? SCHOOL!
She looks up at Pele with a blank expression and tottles off singing
Nikki (From her bedroom); Pel am I picking you up tonight?
Pele; Nah, I’m going to the cinema with Scott and Gary.
Nikki (From her bedroom); Alright, well ring me after school and then I can tell you when I want you home.
Pele shouts goodbye and walks out of the front door, he shuts it firmly and walks down his garden path, as he is walking he sees two of the “in-girls” from his school, and he has a crush on one of them who is called Venus Blowers. As Pele walks out of his garden gate he tries to keep his cool, but he needn’t really as he and Venus are friends anyway, she still however makes him feel all hot and nervous when around her
Pele; Alright Venus, alright Amy.
Venus; Alright Pele, how are you?
Pele; Yeah I’m alright.
Amy; Where you going now?
Pele; I’m going to knock for Scott.
Amy; Oh Ok, we’re going to knock for Alex.
Pele (Playfully, flirtingly) Tell her I said hi. Bye ladies.
Pele walks off in a different direction from Amy and Venus and he has a content look on his face. He walks down a rather short, quiet and middle-class street. Scott’s big yellow house stands out. His house was originally a two story three bedroom house and compared to other houses on the street stood out because of how small it looked compared to the large houses. However after numerous extensions, the house now looks as if it totally belongs in the street.
Scott is walking into the kitchen and his mother Louise is sitting at the table, she is about 40 however she does not look her age and would pass as mid-30s. He walks over to the table and picks up a cup of tea which he had left at the table to go and get ready, he quickly drinks it.
Louise; after the film tonight who is picking you up?
Scott; I dunno, we’ll probably get the bus.
Louise; Well what time does it finish?
Scott; Probably about 5, 6ish.
Louise; Alright then, could you try and be home for 7 though because don’t forget that me and Sara are going Bingo tonight.
Scott (Laughing); Alright you ol’ gambling addict, I’ll be home for about 7.
Scott gives Louise a kiss goodbye and walks out into the hallway, he opens the door as the bell has just rung. Of course it is Pele. Scott is about 6’1 and has blonde hair with blue eyes, he is cute-looking but doesn’t have good looks or sexy features, he has some handsome features but there are features of his face that he isn’t happy with. Scott is tall and thin. Scott and Pele walk down the road and as they come to the end of the road, they stop off at a house in which they knock. A girl of the same age Lacey opens the door, she is blonde also but she is shorter and she wears glasses. Her most striking features are her eyes, which are an emerald green.
Lacey (Annoyed); that bitch says I can’t go tonight!
Scott; Why?
Lacey; Oh apparently Miss Vina called again and said that I have been messing around with Jen in class.
Pele; Oh couldn’t you get out of it?
Lacey; Nope, she said that I was grounded until Saturday.
Pele; Well can’t you tell her you have a after school class or something?
Scott; What two hours after school?
Lacey; No, that’s a good idea. Anyway can we get away from this shit-hole?
We see a shot of them walking off down the road to school.
We are now taken to the living room of Martha and David Tabram. David and Martha are about the same age, both bordering the age of 70 and both are small and have sharp features. Naturally because of their age they are both grey
Martha; David?!
David who is walking into the room shudders and turns away as her screech is so cutting that it can make you want to cry. He walks back into the kitchen and of course by ignoring her, he is only encouraging her to shout again
Martha; DAVID!
David; Oh What?!
Martha; so what do you fancy having for lunch later then?
David; I dunno Martha.
Martha; How about a nice bit of roast beef?
David; Nup.
Martha; Alright, how about a pub lunch?
David; No Martha.
Martha; A bit of Thai?
David; No Thai.
Martha; A bit of Chinese?
David; No oriental food.
Martha; Indian?
David; Of course not.
Martha; Curry?
David; Nothing exotic Martha.
Martha is starting to get annoyed here and it shows in her face and her voice
Martha; Let me see, not exotic, not exotic. Ooooh how about a turkey sandwich I know you like that!
David; I like a real lunch Martha not a snack.
Martha; Ooh David you are pressing my patience, how about a nice burger from-
David; Martha I said a real lunch!
Martha; Spaghetti Bolognese?! Fish and Chips?! A Bacon Sandwich?!
David; No, no and no!
Martha; WELL WHAT THE BLOODY HELL DO YOU WANT DAVID?
!!!!!David; I think I’ll have a slice of toast.
We now see a shot of Scott and Lacey arriving into registration class. Their form tutor Mr Akpoza is a small, bald black man and he has a strong accent
Mr Akpoza; Scott and Lacey why are you late?
Lacey; Because we saw a dead rat in the road.
Mr Akpoza; That is a bad lie.
Scott; It’s true!
He gives them a dismissive look and they scurry to their seats. They sit down and Jen and Lillie are sitting by their desk
Lillie (In a mocking cockney accent); Ello!
Scott; Hello booberella.
Lillie is about 5’4 and has dark brown hair which has been dyed because you can see her light blonde roots; she has large breasts that are her most noticeable features. Scott has a crush on Lillie and this is obvious from the way he looks at her and speaks to her. Jennifer on the other hand is about 5’7 and has dark brown hair; she is a pretty girl who has very noticeable hazel eyes
Lillie (Jokingly); Shut up!
Jen; Did you really see a dead rat in the road?
Lacey; Yeah! It was really horrible, Pele poked it with a stick.
Lillie; Ha ha. That reminds me of when we saw our cat dead out of our window.
Scott; That’s really sad!
They all laugh. Jen notices her boyfriend Joe loitering around the corridors and she looks at him angrily as she realises he has cut his hair
Jen; Oh for Christ’s sake he has cut his hair again! He’s practically bald! I hate it when it is like that!
Lillie; Well he’s not really bald. I mean its-
Jen; Lillie he is practically bald compared to what it was before!
Scott; Well it isn’t really Jen.
Jen; I don’t care. I just don’t like it!
The bell goes and they all stand up and push their chairs in. After walking out of the classroom door Jen runs over to Joe, he tries to kiss her but instead she starts to shout at him. Scott, Lacey and Lillie decide to leave Jen and walk off down the stairs
Lillie; What have you got first Lace?
Lacey; Business. You’ve got music ain’t ya?
Scott; Yup.
Scott suddenly notices Cassandra Goth and looks on in fear
Scott; Shit! Quickly I have to stay away from her.
Lacey; Why?
Scott; Because I was meant to give Miss Goth my History Coursework last Monday!
Lillie; Ha, she’s more than likely to try and murder you.
Scott; Yeah I think she is a schizophrenic manic depressive. So it’s probably best I stay away from ol’ slashy wrists.
Scott and Lillie walk purposefully down the corridor trying to avoid Cassandra
Pele and Nina are walking out of registration together
Nina; Oh I don’t know Pele.
Pele; Oh go on Nina just go to him and ask.
Nina; But Pele he’ll be really angry!
Pele; Oh Nina all you have to do is-
Nina; Pele I am not walking up to Mr Hufford, head teacher of this school and asking him if he wears a wig! I’ll be excluded!
Pele (Playfully); Fine! I knew you wouldn’t have the guts.
Nina; Shut up Mr I’m afraid to put a drop of vodka in my mouth!
Pele; You were going to take advantage of me Nina Reeves!
They both fall about laughing and suddenly Nina sees her abusive, possessive boyfriend Chris bounding up behind her, she pushes Pele
Nina; Pele just go, you know what Chris’ll do to you if he sees you with me.
Pele runs off and Chris comes bounding up to Nina. She is afraid but gives him a nice friendly smile and kisses him
Pele enters the Music Block, he walks up to his table where Scott and Becca are sitting
Scott (Mockingly, Jokingly); Where have you been child?
Pele; Oh I was with Nina we were having a right laugh until Chris came and ruined it all.
Becca; Pele can you play this on the piano for me?
Pele picks up the sheet music and looks at it. He however ignores Becca’s request and goes on to moan about Chris and Nina
Pele; I mean come on, Nina deserves better than Chris he has hit her so many times in the past, stopped her seeing so many of her friends and yet she still stays with him.
Becca; She’s probably afraid you know, she’s probably afraid of what he’ll do if she leaves him.
Scott; Yeah, but let’s not let that ruin our lesson, we have to get this song rehearsed for Friday. Mr Wilkinson can you play this for us?
Scott starts to sing while Becca and Pele accompany him on Keyboard and guitar. Lillie, Jen, Josh and Daisy sit at the back. Lillie is eating a sandwich
Jen (As if finishing her sentence); Well Joe was saying to me that Miss Goth is going to get married to that guy we saw at the fete!
Daisy; Well when did he say this?
Jen; This morning after form.
Lillie; I thought you were pissed off at Joe?
Jen (Dizzily and Confused); Was I?
Josh; I think its all bull anyway. How could Miss Goth manage to get a boyfriend for god’s sake?
Lillie; Oh leave her alone, I think she is pretty.
Josh; Yeah, if you think that Sarah Jessica Parker’s pretty.
Jen; I do actually Josh.
They all sit in silence for a second
Jen; I’m going round to Joe’s tonight. His parents are going away for the weekend.
Josh (Loudly, Playfully); Jen’s gonna get screwed!
Jen (On the surface playfully and dizzily); Oh shut up Josh. (She suddenly goes serious) But you never know what might happen.
Liz and Sandeep are walking to the Nurses’ office
Sandeep; Are you gonna be long Liz?
Liz; No, I only need to go to the toilet.
Liz knocks on the Nurses’ office door. She is told to come in, as she enters she notices a very tall butch looking woman of about 60 with black hair and very scary looking. She sees the current Nurse who is of about 65 at the desk packing stuff into a box
Liz; Oh are you leaving miss?
Nurse; Well Liz I am 65 it’s time for me to retire.
Liz; Who’s taking over.
Suddenly the scary looking woman steps forward
New Nurse (In a scary voice which she uses all the time); That would be me young lady. Your name would be?
Liz; Elizabeth.
New Nurse; Elizabeth what?
Liz; Stead.
New Nurse; Well Elizabeth, I hope not to see you down here too often. Because you see Stead, I don’t like trouble makers and time wasters. Oh, my name is Miss Fitzpatrick
Liz looks at Miss Fitzpatrick for a second, bemused but also slightly scared
Liz (Addressing the old nurse); Could I please have a key to the toilet please miss?
Old Nurse; Of Course Liz, don’t be long.
Liz takes the key and scuttles off
Miss Fitzpatrick; You know Mrs Hurley, that is why you get trouble makers and time wasters, because you are far too soft. Well you know that if I was you I would-
Suddenly Scott and Pele enter the open door
Scott; Miss is it Ok if we take back a painkiller for Mr Wilkinson. He sent us down to get some for him as he has a headache.
Old Nurse; Do you have a note.
Pele; Yup.
Pele walks up to the old nurse and shows her the note. Scott notices Miss Fitzpatrick giving Pele “The Eye”. He tries to hold in his amusement but he can’t and simply chuckles
Miss Fitzpatrick; Something funny young man?
Scott (Suddenly quite chilled by her voice); No miss.
Miss Fitzpatrick; No Miss Fitzpatrick.
Scott; No Miss Fitzpatrick.
Miss Fitzpatrick; And you would be?
Scott; Scott Godfrey miss.
Miss Fitzpatrick (Addressing Pele); And you?
Pele; Pele Hearne Miss Fitzpatrick.
Scott and Pele look at the old nurse and then to Miss Fitzpatrick, they then both scurry out of the room with the painkillers
Miss Fitzpatrick; Do you see? Those two boys could have been using those drugs for themselves!
Old Nurse; Miss Fitzpatrick, I think that they were genuine, considering that they had a note.
Miss Fitzpatrick; Easily forged. Well I can tell you, when I am in charge of this office, things will be very different.
At this moment Liz re-enters with the toilet key
Scott and Pele are walking down the corridor well out of earshot of the Nurses’ office. They are both laughing
Scott; My god! Did you see that thing?!
Pele; Shut up she was hideous!
Scott; Yeah and I think she had a thing for you. (He breaks into hysterical laughter)
It is break time. Scott, Pele, Gary and Alicia all sit at a table in the canteen hall. They are accompanied by two girls; Liz and Tasha. They are all laughing as Scott and Pele tell them about the new nurse
Pele; And then she asks us our name as if we’re in prison! She’s just like the Freak from Prisoner.
Liz; When she asked my name earlier she called me Stead. The bitch.
They all laugh some more
Scott; I’m kinda disappointed that the nurse is leaving. I mean I know that everyone said she was a bitch, but compared to what we have now, she is a kitten.
Alicia; Seeing as she asked all of your names, did she have the courtesy to tell you here name?
Scott; Yeah Miss Fitzpatrick.
Gary; Is she fit.
Pele; Gary....she is hideous.
Scott (Not able to hold in laughter); SHE FANCIES PELE HAHAHA!
They all fall about laughing as Pele tells them all to shut up
Gary; What film are we going to see after school tonight?
Pele; Well I really wanna see 10,000 BC.
Alicia; Is that the historical one?
Scott (Laughing); Oh I don’t know, what do you think?
Alicia laughs
Alicia; Shut up!
Pele; Well what does Lillie wanna see?
Scott; I think she wants to see that one.
Pele; Gary? Scott? Alicia? Liz?
They all nod
Scott; What about Lacey?
Pele; Outvoted. (He laughs)
The Bell goes and they all stand up to leave
Scott; Pele we have Sociology with bas-
Scott is cut off by Miss Fitzpatrick
Miss Fitzpatrick; Ah, I’d watch my language Godfrey if I were you.
Scott; Sorry Miss Fitzpatrick.
All of them stand there, looking at Miss Fitzpatrick, all of them however receiving a terrifying and cold filthy look
Miss Fitzpatrick; As your little friends have probably told you, I am Miss Fitzpatrick, the new school nurse. But just to warn you I do not take any mess. If you are ill then come to me. But if you simply need the toilet or you have a headache it’s not my problem. (She looks Pele up and down) Report to me Period 3 tomorrow Hearne.
She menacingly glares at the group before walking off. Pele looks on in terror as the group try not to laugh
Scott (Sympathetically); Come on Pele we’d better get going.
Gary and Alicia walk to Drama
Alicia; So how about that new nurse then?
Gary; She really is a freak.
Alicia; Gary, I err need to talk to you.
Gary; What about?
She looks around making sure that no-one is around and drags him into the corner. They are on the outside of the building now as the drama block is outside. The atmosphere is uncomfortable but Alicia looks into Gary’s eyes
Alicia (Nervously); Gary, I umm, I still like you and I know what happened before was uncomfortable and it didn’t really end well.
Gary; No but that’s-
Alicia; Basically what I’m saying is let’s not let what happened with Jacob affect how we like each other.
Gary; So are you saying that-
Alicia; Let’s just take it day by day and see what comes from that.
Gary hugs her and smiles
Gary; I’m sorry.
Alicia; For what?
Gary; Not supporting you when you needed it!
Alicia; No, it was my fault for pushing you out. I-
Gary puts his hand over Alicia’s mouth and they walk off hand in hand to Drama
It is after school and Jen and Joe are walking out of the side gates. She is looking at him lovingly
Jen; And you’re sure your mum and dad won’t be at home?
Joe; Jen, they’re gonna be away for the weekend!
Jen; Alright, it’s just that I want everything to be perfect tonight!
Joe; It will be. (He stops at the side of the pavement just to hold her) Just think a Chinese takeaway, me and you on the sofa and then afterwards we can do it when we feel the need to.
Jen; Yeah I suppose so.
She looks at him and kisses him. Meanwhile Gary, Alicia, Scott, Pele, Liz, Lacey and Lillie are walking out of the side gates also. They are arguing over what time to see the film
Pele; Yeah but Scott needs to be home by 7 don’t ya?
Scott; Nah my mum text me saying that my Grandma is coming round to watch Kyle.
Pele; Oh right OK. When do Dale and your dad get back from France?
Scott; Sunday. So are we gonna see the six o’clock one?
Lacey; Yeah that sounds better for us, then we can go and get the meal up the high street beforehand.
Alicia; Yeah can we do that?
Lillie; I can’t make the meal, I have to go home and get money off of Simon. Can you come and knock for me after the meal?
Scott; Yeah we can do that.
Liz; But won’t we miss the bus if we knock for Lillie?!
Alicia (Playfully sarcastic); Well seeing as Lillie lives up the high street I don’t think it’ll be that hard!
Liz laughs and sighs in stupidity. They walk up towards the high street
Lillie arrives home and walks into the front room. Her step-dad Simon is sitting down in the armchair. Lillie approaches him
Lillie; You alright Simon.
Simon; Yeah how was school?
Lillie; It was good.
Simon; What time you going out tonight?
Lillie; They’re knocking for me about 5.
Simon; Well the money’s on the side. Me and Alice won’t be back until late and we’re going in a minute. So eat whatever you want from the fridge.
Lillie; Ok coolios. Thank you!
Jen and Joe enter his house. As they enter the front room, he has decorated it with flowers and roses. Jen gasps
Jen; Oh Joe it’s beautiful.
They kiss. And he puts his hands up her skirt
Joe; Can we just skip the takeaway?
Jen (Lovingly and looking at him admiringly); I think we’ve waited long enough don’t you?
They start to passionately kiss and he carries her into the bedroom
The group walk up to Lillie’s front door and knock on it. They are waiting outside for a few minutes
Pele; Maybe she’s gone.
Lacey; Why would she have gone? She knows we’re knocking for her!
Gary; Maybe she’s in the shower.
Lillie is in fact getting out of the shower and she hears the doorbell go. She runs to go and get the door, yet trips on a shoe that has been left out, she tumbles down the stairs and when she hits the floor, knocks her head on a radiator cap. Blood streams out of a cut on her head and out of her ears. The group outside continue to knock
Pele; Look she’s obviously not coming, so we might as well go.
Lacey; No, it doesn’t seem like Lillie to stand us up like that.
Alicia; Well guys, hate to tell you, but our bus has just arrived!
The group run for the bus and eventually catch it. We see Lillie, inside lying unconscious and in a bad way.
Nina and Chris are sat in the park
Chris; I saw you talking to Pele today.
Nina; Yeah, he is my mate.
Chris suddenly flips out
Chris; You bitch! I’ve told you, you don’t speak to anyone without my permission.
Nina; Chris, I’m allowed to have my-
As she is speaking, he cuts her off by smacking her round the face. She falls to the floor in pain
Chris; Remember Nina, I own you. Got that.
He looks at her menacingly and then walks off quickly. Nina lies on the floor crying
Gary, Pele, Scott, Liz, Alicia and Lacey walk out of the cinema. Scott and Pele are laughing and talking about the movie, whilst Alicia is applying makeup and Liz and Lacey are talking things in general. Gary walks over to Scott and Pele and speaks as if he is under a spell
Gary (majestically); Guys, that film made me realise; god is the creator of the world. We all were made by him.
Scott; Right Gary and this phase will last how long?
Gary; It’s not a phase; I’ve found a new purpose in life. To become a priest and if not a priest a preacher or aid worker.
Pele; I can’t tell when you’re joking anymore Gary.
Lacey; Shall we ring Lillie and see if she is Ok?
Alicia; Nah, let her come up with an excuse for tomorrow.
They wait at a bus stop and all sit down on the bench
We see a shot of Lillie, lying on the hallway floor, bleeding from the head and ears and still unconscious
