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NIGHTWAVES

Written by David Irons

First Draft March 18,2017

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INT. ROOF OF ABANDONED HOTEL – SUNSET

Kirsten and Simone sit on a pair of old foldaway chairs over looking the sea, sharing a cigarette as Mickey and Geena walked around the concrete perimeter side by side the other end.

Geena chews some Chupa Chup gum, she stopps and spits it out over the roofs edge, down towards the ground below hitting Simone’s V.W bonnet with a low quick pang.

GEENABullseye!

GEENA (CONT’D)I didn’t think you were going to get involved in this.

MICKEYWhy not?

GEENABecause I don’t even want to be here, but I don’t have a

choice really.

MICKEYI don’t know…I just want to help…

GEENAHow come you know how to use the gun?

MICKEYMy old man used to take me hunting.

GEENAYou killed things?

MICKEYNo…I always missed.

GEENAOn purpose?

MICKEYYeah.

GEENAGood boy.

She strokes his shoulder.

GEENA (CONT’D)You’re a good boy Mick, Mick.

She pops in some more gum.2

GEENAHow old are you Mickey?

MICKEYWhat?

GEENAHow old are you?

MICKEY(looking awkward) 15.

Geena stops dead in her tracks.

GEENAWhat? You’re 15? But you’ve got a car?

MICKEYIt doesn’t mean I have a license.

GEENAWhy the fuck do you do our gardening for money?

MICKEYI don’t, she hasn’t even paid me yet.

GEENAOh… Yeah but why do you do it? You come there during the

week? What about school?

MICKEYGot kicked out.

GEENAFor what?

MICKEYFor not going.

GEENAOh.

MICKEYI got expelled the last year for truancy, so my dad said I

have to earn some money in between.

GEENAI hated school, I went to one of those private school’s it

was just all about fitting in. Getting a jobs not much better.

MICKEYYou have a job?

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GEENANo… I got sacked.

MICKEYFor what?

GEENAFor not going.

Mickey smiles and Geena having another excuse to touch the boy pushed his shoulder playfully.

GEENAAin’t we a pair!

A silence draws between them.

GEENAWhy aren’t you happy? I can tell you’re not really?

MICKEYI don’t even know the answer to that.

GEENASimone makes you happy.

He becomes awkward.

GEENADon’t worry its obvious mate, It’s true through innit. Have

you ever been laid before?

He freezes, unable to respond.

GEENADon’t be so uptight about it. Everyone does it. Look, you made me happy, you got that gun. I told them to call the cops and they didn’t. You’re here helping us and you don’t

have to be. When are you 16?

MICKEYTwo months. Why?

GEENAI like you Mickey, how about… lets say if you look after us tonight. Make sure we’re all safe and use that gun if we need it. In two months, I’ll give you a birthday present?

…Do you fancy me like Simone?

He stays awkwardly silent again.

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GEENAI’ll take that as a yes, how about on your birthday instead of giving you a present I take something away from you?

He looks confused, then realizes the implication of GEENA’ statement. Speechless he stopped walking.

GEENAYeah I thought that would make you happy.

She reached over and squeezed his hand, pulling it away from him and towards her body, rubbing it against her warm midsection under her sweatshirt. Whispering in his ear.

GEENAThat’s our secret.

She turns running back to the other girls, sprinting like a blonde pixie across the roofs cracked concrete.

MICKEY smiles and throws his own chewing gum back over the roof, landing on Simone’s V.W Bonnet with another metallic pang.

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