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SCENE 1
A large pond in a forest surrounding. the water and area in
general is calm.
A dirt track through a forest. Once again it is calm and
tranquil.
Cut to: Int. Party or social gathering.
(While music plays loudly, JAMIE is leading his friends
telling jokes and bantering sharply between each other.
Several stand-alone shots of immature pranks such as
competition to see who can blow up a condom the quickest,
downing drinks, friends being thrown in the shower etc. SAM
seems to come off worst out of all of this.)
(JAMIE walks into the bathroom and locks the door, the noise
from the party dropping substantially. Looking in the
mirror, he fills the sink with water and splashes some on
his face).
CUTAWAY: The Lost pond. Jamie is staring into the rippling
water.
SCENE 2
Jamie and sam are walking along the long dirt track through
the forest.
(JAMIE stops at the opening through which the pond is
visible. He stares for a time before SAM shouts for him to
keep up).
CUT-IN: The peaceful Pond.
Cut to: EXT. Sam and jamie arrive back at their housing
estate.
(SAM waves goodbye to JAMIE who ignores him, walking
straight into his house.)
SCENE 3
INT. Jamie's Bedroom.
(Jamie is laying on his bed staring up at the ceiling. Loud
music can be heard from the next room)
JAMIE
Kelly!
(There is a long pause)
JAMIE
Kelly, for fuck's sake!
(JAMIE gets up abruptly and storms to KELLY's bedroom, where
she is painting her nails.)
KELLY
Fuckin' ell Jay, I could have been
naked!
JAMIE
Turn it down
KELLY
I could have been 'avin a shag!
JAMIE
Turn it down
KELLY
Where you bin?
JAMIE
With the boys.
KELLY
Do you want to get a takeaway with
me?
JAMIE
Just turn it down. (Leaves)
KELLY
Oh you moody shit!
(JAMIE returns to his room and sits on the bed once more.
KELLY's music can be heard now playing louder than before.
JAMIE pulls a small brown parcel out from under his bed and
opens it. He takes a Patrick Wolf CD out of it, goes to the
CD player and starts to play it with the volume loud enough
to match KELLY's. He lays back to down on the bed.)
(After a while, KELLY enters and switches JAMIE's music
off.)
KELLY
What the fuck is this?
JAMIE
Oh for gods sake Kell, just piss
off
KELLY
Patrick Wolf!
JAMIE
I've borrowed it from someone
KELLY
Why you listening to this?
JAMIE
Kell, please just fuck off /
KELLY
No!
JAMIE
I just wanna go to bed /
KELLY
I wanna know why you're so moody
all the bloody time
JAMIE
I swear if you don't leave me alone
I'll fucking /
KELLY
What?!...You'll what? Jesus, Jamie!
(KELLY storms out of the room and immediately turns her
music up loud again. JAMIE goes to the CD player and removes
the disc, snaps into two and throws it against the door.)
SCENE 4
EXt: Daytime. Jamie's House.
(A knock at the door is heard as KELLY goes to answer it. It
is SAM who is swiftly invited in to meet JAMIE).
Cut to: JAMIE's room.
(JAMIE is putting gel in his hair in a small mirror. The
broken CD is still evident on the bedroom floor. He is
wearing a rather over-dressed style of blazer/t-shirt and
smart jeans. KELLY and SAM enter.)
JAMIE
Knock!
KELLY
Who's there?
SAM
Sorry Jay
KELLY
Fuckin' ell Jamie, where you going?
JAMIE
Out
SAM
You look good mate
JAMIE
What do you mean?
SAM
Well, you look nice
JAMIE
What are you saying?
SAM
Nothing!
KELLY
Oh Christ, sort him out Sam
(KELLY exits in a hurry)
JAMIE
Is it too much?
(Pause)
SAM
We're just going to meet the boys
aren't we?
JAMIE
Yeah
SAM
Yeah.
JAMIE
Right. It's too much.
SAM
What is all this then mate?
JAMIE
What do you mean?
SAM
Who are you trying to impress?
JAMIE
Why do I have to be impressing
someone?
SAM
I'm just/
JAMIE
Why don't you take a closer look at
yourself before you come here
criticising me/
SAM
/honestly mate, I didn't...
JAMIE
You know even my sister hasn't
looked twice at you, no matter how
much you fucking want her to. And
that's my sister...i mean look at
her.
(Long pause).
SAM
Are you ready?
SCENE 5
SAM AND JAMIE WALK ALONG THE TRACK IN SILENCE. THEY PAS
CUT-IN: The pond.
INt: House. Lively atmosphere.
(The boys are drinking, playing music and computer games.
The atmosphere is rowdy and charged but JAMIE is seemingly
distant and withdrawn. This has not gone unnoticed.)
Cut to: EXT. JAmie drinking beer alone.
(SAM joins JAMIE outside. There is silence)
SAM
You're not yourself.
JAMIE
What a stupid thing to say.
SAM
Well, you're not.
JAMIE
No.
SAM
What's wrong?
JAMIE
Nothing.
SAM
I just want you to be you.
JAMIE
Do you?
SAM
If you can't talk to me, who can
you talk to?
JAMIE
Oh right, of course because it's so
unlikely that I'd have anyone else
in my life other than you Sam.
SAM
Ok. Why are you so harsh to people
now?
JAMIE
Haven't I always been. That's what
you guys love isn't it? The ability
to say what everyone else is
thinking.
SAM
Right. What am I thinking then?
JAMIE
...
SAM
I'm your friend Jamie.
JAMIE
Yeah.
SAM
Your friend.
JAMIE
OK.
SAM
Fucking hell, what is wrong with
you? I'm trying here!
(SAM finishes his beer, drops the bottle on the floor and
walks away. JAMIE follows)
CUTAWAY: The pond.
EXT: THE CALM TRACK THROUGH THE FOREST, ADJACENT TO THE
(SAM is ahead of JAMIE despite JAMIE's attempts to get him
to stop.)
JAMIE
Sam! Sam! Just stop will ya?
SAM
Why?
JAMIE
So we can talk.
(SAM stops. Still facing away from JAMIE)
SAM
What?
CUTAWAY: The pond.
JAMIE
Turn around.
SAM
No.
JAMIE
Why?
SAM
I don't want to.
JAMIE
I want to apologise.
(SAM turns and approaches JAMIE)
SAM
You've never apologised to anyone
in your life/
JAMIE
Sam/
SAM
Because you know that if you
apologised for just one thing/
JAMIE
Sam
SAM
You'd end up apologising for
everything. Every little thing you
end up doing, saying or being. Not
because you need to but just
because you think you should.
CUTAWAY: The pond.
JAMIE
You don't know me
SAM
You know that I do...and you know
what, I'm the only one that does
and that eats away at you doesnt
it.
(JAMIE rushes over and pushes SAM hard in the chest,
knocking him backwards. A small scuffle of pushes ensues
during which JAMIE is pushed and ends up facing the pond. He
is transfixed.)
CLOSE UP: Jamie. Transfixed by the pond.
SAM
Jamie. Are you ok mate? Jamie?
JAMIE
...
SAM
Well I can say it. I can't say
everything I want to but I can. I
can say. I'm sorry. Jay?
(SAM slowly turns and walks away towards home).
(JAMIE begins to walk towards the pond. He explores the
surrounding areas and the eventually leans over to see his
face reflected in the water. Exploring further up the hill
he spots a bench overlooking the pond and sits serenely down
and stares out across the forest.)
SCENE 6
EXT: A busy high street
(JAMIE gets off of a bus and makes his way into a shop. We
see him appear to browse generally around the store before
hovering around the section containing make-up. He spots the
guard staring warily at him, and pretends to browse some
nearby items. As the security guard is distracted by another
customer, he picks up an eyeliner pencil and makes his way
hurriedly to the self-service till.)
(JAMIE nervously checks who is around before scanning the
item through the self-service machine and placing it into
the "bagging area". As the machine repeatedly asks for the
item to be placed into the bagging area JAMIE more and more
desperately tries to get the pencil to register on the
machine.)
ASSISTANT
You OK love?
JAMIE
Yeah
ASSISTANT
Let me...
(She shuffles past JAMIE and picks up the pencil).
ASSISTANT
Is it this?
JAMIE
Errr yeah
(The ASSISTANT looks JAMIE up and down and fixes the
machine.)
JAMIE
Thanks.
(JAMIE hurriedly pays and leaves the shop)
CUT To: Jamie's bathroom
(JAMIE uses the mirror to help him apply the
eyeliner...rather unsuccessfuly)
SCENE 7
Ext: Pond.
(JAMIE is staring into the water once more. He makes his way
to the bench armed with a bottle of vodka and a camera. He
carefully places the bottle of vodka on the ground, takes
out his phone and switches it off.)
(Time passes).
(SAM is seen walking past the pond along the track towards
the boys' house. JAMIE watches him intently before drinking
his vodka.)
Cut to: INT. Boys' house.
(Once more, the boys are in social mode playing music and
games and drinking. This is only broken by a loud knock at
the door. DAN goes to answer the door)
DAN
Jamie!
(JAMIE stands at the door with vodka in his hand sporting
thick eyeliner. He calmly walks past DAN and enters the
house.)
DAN
Are you wearing make-up?
(JAMIE enters the living room and sits down. He is greeted
with shocked silence followed by tentative mocking)
DAN
Are you alright mate?
JAMIE
...
FRANKIE
Fucking hell, it's Amy Winehouse!
SAM
Jay?
DAN
How pissed are you?
SAM
Where have you been mate?
FRANKIE
This is priceless
DAN
That actually is make-up isn't it!
FRANKIE
Jesus!
SAM
Are you alright?
(Long pause)
JAMIE
Are we playing Fifa?
FRANKIE
How am i supposed to concentrate on
the game when fucking My Chemical
Romance is sat opposite me!
SAM
Fuck off Frankie
FRANKIE
Why the hell are you wearing it
Jay?
DAN
Nothing wrong with it mate, but
it's a bit weird.
JAMIE
So, no Fifa.
(There is a long and awkward silence. JAMIE finishes the
rest of his vodka, clearly upset and calmly leaves the house
and the visibly confused DAN, FRANKIE and SAM.)
Ext: The pond. Cut-in: Jamie rushing along the track, past
the pond and up to the bench.
(Time passes. Eventually we see SAM reach the pond and spot
JAMIE at the top of the hill. He slowly makes his way
towards him before joining him on the bench. There is a long
silence.)
SAM
They're worried about you.
JAMIE
...
SAM
I'm worried about you.
JAMIE
...
SAM
What is this about?
JAMIE
It's not about anything.
SAM
OK. Let me start small. Are you
wearing make-up?
(JAMIE just turns to look at SAM showing his clearly made-up
face in a sarcastic fashion).
SAM
Ok. Well it's cool.
JAMIE
Is it?
SAM
Yeah...no.
JAMIE
Oh great
SAM
Come on Jay
JAMIE
You followed me here to carry on
taking the piss did you?
SAM
You know I didnt. It's nice here.
JAMIE
Yeah.
SAM
You come here much?
JAMIE
No.
SAM
Right. I'm worried about you.
JAMIE
No you're not.
SAM
I am
JAMIE
You know me more than anyone else
remember. So if you know
everything, you shouldn't be
worried.
SAM
What are on about?
JAMIE
Why don't you just back off and let
me be me?
SAM
And what is "you?"
JAMIE
...
SAM
An emo?
JAMIE
Don't be ridiculous
SAM
A drag queen?
JAMIE
Oh just fuck off now.
SAM
Jamie, I'm worried about you.
JAMIE
Will you stop saying that.
SAM
But I am.
JAMIE
Because I'm not fucking about doing
ridiculous things to get a cheap
laugh?
SAM
Well this...
JAMIE
Don't Sam.
SAM
I'm joking.
JAMIE
Well don't. I don't want to joke
for a while. I just wanna...I just
wanna, I don't know...I just want
to be.
SAM
You can...be.
JAMIE
I know. But can you?
(Long pause)
SAM
It's nice here.
JAMIE
Yeah.
SAM
I think we'd all be happy if you
just relaxed.
JAMIE
Oh heaven forbid
SAM
Jay...
JAMIE
I'm sick of living like I'm someone
else
SAM
You don't have to/
JAMIE
SomeTHING else.
SAM
Just be.../
JAMIE
...and I'm not the only one either.
I can't be who you all want me to
be.
SAM
Jamie.
JAMIE
...
SAM
Jamie.
JAMIE
...
(They pause and sit for a while. SAM slowly looks at JAMIE
who is staring dead ahead towards the pond. After a time,
SAM gently leans in and kisses JAMIE softly on the cheek.
SAM returns to looking straight ahead.)
EXTREME WIDE SHOT: The bench
PAN: The pond down the hill.
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