Script
(Final Draft)
EXT. CHURCH – DAY
Church
bells can be heard as well as the sound of rain, besides that it is silent,
there are no cars driving past despite the church being in the middle of town,
rain is shown coming down heavily.
An
elderly man can be seen amongst many people, drinking their morning coffee and
eating their breakfast, he is reading ‘The Sun’ newspaper, however looking
disinterested, as he turns the page the front cover can be seen, ‘MISSING TEEN
FOUND IN WOODS’. The picture shown on the front is a 17 year old boy (Dan),
next to his photo is a photo of the police in the woods with crime scene tape
around the area.
A
priest is shown reading from the bible. Dan’s funeral is taking place. Amongst
the crowd, there are many people sobbing, all looking upset. In the front row,
three boys can be seen (Olly, Liam and Cal), each dressed in black suits with a
white shirt and black tie, one of the boys, slightly shorter than the other two
(Liam) isn’t wearing a tie and has his shirt unbuttoned at the top, he has
messy dark blonde hair and pale skin, along with what look like hand-me-down
shoes, he looks rather scruffy, next to him is Olly and Cal, both dressed much
smarter than him, Olly has dark skin and a short neatly cut afro, Cal has
tanned skin and dark brown hair which is styled neatly into a quiff. Next to
the three of the boys is a girl with bright ginger hair tied back in a neat
bun, dressed in a black dress to her knees (Mel), wiping her tears from her
eyes – the four of them are 17 and 18 years old however Olly looks much older,
along with a woman who appears to be in her forties and a man much younger than
her who is her husband (Dan’s Mum and step Dad), both also dressed in black. As
the service ends and people begin to leave the church, Liam, Olly and Cal
approach Dan’s Mother, step father and Mel.
Liam
taps Dan’s Mother on the shoulder anxiously. As she turns around he gives her a
small smile.
LIAM
Alright? Erm (Stutters) Miss
Green?
Olly
and Cal whisper amongst each other
‘Alright?’
OLLY(grins)
Shut
up
(whispers to Liam) It’s ‘Mrs’
you dick
Mrs
Green gives Liam a cold stare before replying.
(She
snaps at him)Yes!
Liam
and Cal exchange glances
OLLY
(Sympathetically)
Erm, we just wanted to see
how
you’re doing?
(Sobbing as she snaps angrily at him) How I’m doing?
My son has just been found murdered. And you’re asking ‘how I’m doing’. (Raises
her voice) How do you think I’m doing?
The
three of them pause, unsure how to respond. Mel puts her arm round Mrs Green.
LIAM
(Whispering to Cal
Emma, why don’t you go
talk
to Father Thomas?
Mrs
Green smiles at Mel and nods her head before going to speak to Father Thomas, a
kind looking priest.
Look, I know you’s are
just
trynna be nice and
that but…
Dan’s Mums been
through a lot,
you know how she felt
about you
lot so I don’t reckon
now’s the
best time to chat with
her.
Liam,
Olly and Cal Cal
I’ll meet you at the
warehouse
after, okay?
She
gives an apologetic smile to the three of them.
OLLY
Sure (he nods at Mel)
Slow
music is played (piano) which sets the feeling as sad as the three of them are
shown leaving the church.
The
three of them stop as they leave the church and exchange looks with each other,
the music quietens.
OLLY
Warehouse?
(simultaneously)
Warehouse.
EXT.
ABANDONED WAREHOUSE – DAY
The
music becomes more upbeat then showing an establishing shot of an abandoned
warehouse, surrounded by several other abandoned smaller buildings and a large
field, the entrance is surrounded by a metal fence with a hole ripped through
it, with a padlock over the door, as they reach the entrance, Olly pulls a key
out of his pocket and before unlocking it he checks to see if anyone can see
them.
As
the three of them walk in, they walk up a staircase before reaching a room,
they walk in and two old sofas and a lot of empty beer cans and food wrappers
can be seen cluttered in a corner on the floor. Liam grabs a surprisingly new
looking electric guitar from behind the sofa and sits down as Cal
OLLY
So… You reckon United
are
gonna win on Saturday?
Liam
rolls his eyes and takes a swig of beer.
Against City? No chance
mate,
got money on that match
anyway
me.
OLLY
You joking!? City don’t
stand a
chance man, I’m telling
you, you
ain’t winning shit off
that game.
You’re mad you, Liam!
What do
you reckon, City or
United?
Liam
places his head in his hands and sighs.
LIAM
(Muffled as his hands
are covering
his face) Why the fuck
has this
, happened to us?
OLLY
I don’t know man, I
just wish
It hadn’t.
Olly
puts his arm around Liam.
LIAM
He was my best mate, he
was our-
Well there’s nothing we
can do now
Is there, eh?
Olly
looks at Cal in shock.
LIAM
We can find the bastard
that did
this to him.
C’mon, us? A bunch of fuck ups? (sniggers)
How do you expect us to out who killed
him? We just need leave it and move on, that’s what he’d want.
LIAM
No. He’d want
us to find out who did it, get them locked up, we need to, we could of stopped
this, if we’d of just listened to him.
He was always
getting himself into trouble, had it coming to him if you ask me.
LIAM
How can you say that? (Raises his voice) He
was your mate too! Just fucking dare you to say something like that again.
OLLY
Right, calm
down. Arguing ain’t gonna solve anything, I mean maybe Cal’s right, if anyone
can find out who did this, it ain’t gonna be us, but Cal man, stop being such a
dick.
Mel
walks in, she still has tears rolling down her face but she manages to crack a
small smile at the three boys. She exhales and wipes her eyes, managing not to
smudge the black makeup around her eyes.
MEL
Trying to sound cheerful)Alright?
Olly
glances at Cal and Liam, both looking angry with one another.
LIAM
Actually –
Cal
interrupts him
CAL
Everything’s fine.
MEL
People think- (pauses) they
think you lot have got somet to do with this you know.
Olly,
Liam and Cal all look at each other, with a mix of shock and anger in their
faces, for a while no one speaks, Mel doesn’t look at them, keeping her head
down as a tear can be seen rolling down her face, however her dark eye makeup
is still kept perfect. Olly appears as though he is thinking, unlike Cal and
Liam he seems to be remaining calm.
LIAM
Is that a
joke? (anger in his voice) people seriously think we’d kill our best mate!?
OLLY
What do you
mean ‘something to do with it’?
Cal
looks Mel in the eye before speaking to her.
CAL
Yeah, what’s
that about?
Still
trying to avoid eye contact Mel looks down at her feet as she speaks to the
three of them.
MEL
Emma- I mean
Dan’s Mum, after the funeral- after you left, she said something about the
police, about Dan and she said that-
CAL
Spit it out then. (snaps at
her)
OLLY
Cal, shut up man. What did
she tell
you Mel?
MEL
She told me
that- that the police were thinking of you as suspects, that since you were the
last to see him, that maybe you, erm –
Liam
stands up, his facial expression is angry.
LIAM
What? That
maybe we cut him up and dumped him in the woods? Why do they think we have
somethin’ to do with it?!
MEL
Look I didn’t
really ask, okay. She were pretty torn up, her sons just been murdered you
know.
CAL
Yeah but, we
didn’t do anything you know that… right?
MEL
I’m not
stupid, of course I don’t think you had anything to do with it, but they aren’t
so sure. Look maybe I shouldn’t of told you.
OLLY
Shouldn’t of
told us? What and just let us think everything was fine. Listen, we have
nothing to worry about. None of us did anything wrong, our mates gone and
that’s it. All we can do is try figure out who did this to him, and hope the
bastard gets locked up for a long time.
CAL
No, we should stay out of it, let the police
do their job.
LIAM
Are you
kidding me? Do nothing? How can we stay out of it.
MEL
He’s right,
it’s better for you if you stay out of the way.
Liam
is pacing around the room, he trips over a beer can and Cal sniggers at him.
Mel is twiddling her thumbs and still staring at the ground, she sits down on
the sofa opposite Cal and Olly. Cal reaches into his pocket for a packet of
Lambert and Butler cigarettes before lighting it with an engraved lighter. As
he holds it between his thumb and index finger, Mel looks at it.
MEL
That was-
OLLY
Dan’s? Cheeky
git was all nabbing mine, thought id do the same.
He
smiles at Mel, allowing her to know he was joking, she manages a smile back at
him before taking a deep breath.
LIAM
We aren’t just going to do
‘nothing’ How can we? If you ask me, no one knows, or knew… No one knew Dan
better than us, so if not us then who else can figure out what happened to him?
We need to get to the bottom of it, I dunno, find his phone, search his room or
I dunno. We just have to do something.
MEL
No. He was my
boyfriend. We aren’t going to do anything.
LIAM
and he was
our friend. If you don’t give a shit what happened to him then you can piss
off, we’ll do it on our own. Right Ol’?
OLLY
Man, don’t…
Olly,
Liam and Cal all look at an angry Mel.
MEL
Don’t give a shit? You know
how long they kept me in that police station after you left (she looks up at
Liam, an angry look in her eyes), you know how many questions they asked? I had
to see his fucking body in pieces, I had to-
Mel
starts crying as Cal puts his arm around her in attempt to comfort her, as he
gives Liam a cold look. Liam takes a big swig of his beer before throwing the
empty can to the pile of empty bottles and cans in the corner of the room.
LIAM
Maybe I should just go…
CAL
Yeah, maybe you should mate.
Mel
wipes her eyes and stares angrily at Liam.
MEL
No need, I’ll
go. Leave you lot to your shitty party, or whatever you call this. (She gives a
sarcastic smile to Liam) See you at college.
As
Mel storms out of the room, Cal and Olly look at Liam shaking their heads
before each opening up a second can of fosters. Liam looks needily at Olly and
chews his bottom lip as he sits down with his arms crossed. Cal and Olly still
looking at him. Liam loosens the collar even more on his shirt and rolls up the
sleeves of his blazer.
LIAM
I should
probably go after her shouldn’t I?
OLLY
(Nodding his
head) Yeah… probably a good idea.
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