Second draft

Script (Second Draft)

Dan’s funeral is taking place. In the front row, 3 boys can be seen (Olly, Liam and Cal), each dressed in black suits with a white shirt, one of the boys, slightly shorter than the other two (Liam) isn’t wearing a tie and has his shirt unbuttoned at the top, along with what look like hand-me-down shoes, he looks rather scruffy, next to him is Olly and Cal, both dressed smarter than him. Next to the boys is a girl with bright ginger hair dressed all in black (Mel), wiping her tears from her eyes, 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

 Miss Green (he taps Dan’s mother on the shoulder)

MISS GREEN

 Yes? (she gives him a cold look)

Liam and Cal exchange glances.

OLLY

 Erm, we just wanted to see how you’re doing?

MISS GREEN

 How I’m doing? My son’s mutilated body has just been found and the police have no idea why, how do you think I’m doing?

Mel puts her arm round Miss Green.

MEL

 Emma, why don’t you go talk to Father Thomas?

Miss Green smiles at her and walks away.

MEL

Look, 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 nod in agreement and Cal squeezes her hand and smiles at her.

Mel

 I’ll meet you at the warehouse after okay?

OLLY

 Sure

The three of them leave and the scene changes, showing an establishing shot of an abandoned ware house 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. Olly opens a shabby fridge in the corner of the room and pulls out 3 beers, passing 2 of them to Liam and Cal before joining them on one of the sofas.

Liam places his head in his hands and sighs

LIAM

 Why the fuck has this happened to us?

OLLY

 I don’t know man, I just wish it hadn’t.

LIAM

 He was my best mate, he was our-

CAL

 Well there’s nothing we can do now is there eh?

Olly looks at him in shock

LIAM

 We can find the bastard that did this to him

CAL

 C’mon, us? A bunch of fuck ups? (sniggers) How do you expect us to find out who killed him? We just need to 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.

CAL

 He was always getting himself into trouble, had it coming to him if you ask me.

LIAM

How can you say that? He was your mate too! Just fucking dare you to say something like that again.

Cal scoughs.

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 a smile at the three boys.

MEL

 Alright?

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.

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

 Yeah, what’s that about?

MEL

 Emma, I mean Dan’s Mum, after the funeral, she told me that the police were looking at you as suspects, that since you were the last to see him –

LIAM

 What? That we cut him up and dumped him in the woods? Why do they think we have something 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.