Script V3

INSIDE HOUSE - WHERE'S DANNY 

Snap Cut to fridge door opening seen from inside fridge. SAM drops into frame and reaches into the fridge and retrieves two drinks. She comes out of the fridge (Music Starts)  and talks with a friend who she gives the drink to. Eventually this conversation comes to an end and she asks the friend...

SAM: Have you seen Danny anywhere?

FRIEND: No not for a while...

SAM: Unbelievable... It's his eighteenth birthday and he isn't trying to enjoy himself. I'm going to go find him OK?

Non-committal Shrug from friend allows SAM to leave conversation. She walks through the door of the kitchen into the living. The camera follows behind her as she makes her way through the party. Snippets of dialogue between SAM and the other party goers can be overheard. Music plays throughout and there is a underlying diegetic soundtrack of people talking for example...

SAM: Hey you alright 

SAM: You seen Danny?

SAM: Not in here!

INSIDE HOUSE - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Sam reaches a set of sofas arranged around a coffee table. All of them are empty except one on which Danny is sitting. SAM sees him and goes and sits opposite him on another sofa. 

SAM: Hey!

DANNY: Hey...

SAM: Happy Birthday!

DANNY: (with a small smile) Thanks.

SAM: (excitement) So... How does it feel to be Eighteen!

DANNY: Exactly the same...

SAM: Right. 

Camera cuts to other shots of the party showing it from the perspective of the pair sitting on the sofa. The soundtrack increases in volume and then suddenly drops back down as the camera cuts back to the two of them sitting in awkward silence. 

Sam: (sarcastic) Well... This has been riveting.

Sam goes to leave but just as she reaches the edge of the sofa DANNY speaks.

DANNY: Do you know what our life expectancy is?

SAM: What?

DANNY: I said do you know (what our life expectancy is)

Sam turns around as she says this. 

SAM: Yeah I heard you the first time I was just wandering what...

DANNY: Anyway. It's eighty one.

SAM:Right...And this has something to do with your eighteenth birthday because? (looking for an answer) 

DANNY: Well we're eighteen right?

SAM: Yeah...

DANNY: So do the maths. (pause)  That means we've already lived a quarter of our lives 

SAM: Shit.

DANNY: Exactly. 

SAM: But I'm still confused about what... 

DANNY: (Interrupting) I guess I thought that when you turned eighteen you were supposed to become an adult and spend your nights discussing politics and wine. And now we're here and nothing's really change. 

SAM: Listen. We are not adults we're kids with valid ID. I mean look at how we spend out nights.

INSIDE HOUSE - THE WIDER PARTY

Camera turns around to show wider party in full swing people acting like idiots at a party. Suddenly a couple run into shot from the party and stop suddenly seeing that the sofa is occupied by SAM and DANNY.

GUY: Hey man! Sorry, didn't realise that the sofa's were occupied. I was just wondering if there was somewhere we could go?

DANNY: Not here.

GUY: OK...Didn't mean to offend 

DANNY: Sorry ... Ummm upstairs should be free

GUY: Cheers man.

Couple leave and the door is heard closing. A pause then both SAM and DANNY break into laughter.

Danny: I see your point.

INSIDE HOUSE - THE ARGUMENT 

They continue laughing but this quickly fades back into the earlier awkwardness.

SAM: SO... you haven't told anybody. 

DANNY: About what.

SAM: Cut the crap! About us you idiot. 

DANNY: No... I thought you would have. 

SAM: I thought you'd be excited about the prospect.

DANNY: Oh god don't start! 

SAM: (fake confusion) Start what?

DANNY: You know what don't start acting like you're hurt by this 

SAM: Oh I'm not acting 

DANNY: So then why did you bring it up now?

Sam can't answer this question

DANNY: Did you ever think about how this would effect me

SAM: What's that got to do with it

DANNY: Oh I don't know maybe it'd show you've got a bit of heart

SAM: Well maybe I would have if you hadn't gone and fucking broken mine. 

DANNY: Oh please you were happy that we broke up 

SAM: Really so the last few weeks have just been a dream have they. Just accept it. you broke my heart. 

Pause 

DANNY: You know what. I don't have to listen to this

Danny storms out and slams the door behind him. The camera shows the party frozen in shock at this exit.

SAM: Oh piss off (slumps back down into her chair)

OUTSIDE - LOOK TO THE FUTURE 

DANNY sits on the wall outside the house looking towards the house. SAM exits out of the front door and slowly approaches DANNY.

SAM: Hey...

Danny doesn't respond 

SAM: Listen. I wanted to say... I wanted to say I'm sorry. I'm sorry for not talking with you and I'm sorry I said we were ok because we obviously not and I miss you but not as a boyfriend just as a friend. 

What I'm trying to say is there's no point of living in the past when the futures got so much in store. I know your scared about it, trust me we all are, everyone back in that party has absolutely no clue what they're going to do so just forget about. Ok?

At some point SAM has sat down next DANNY but there is still distance. At the end of this speech DANNY puts an arm around SAM and they both look out but not at each other

Danny: Ok.

Snap Cut to Black

Title: What Comes Next?