LO1: Script

EXT . DEVONSHIRE GREEN . 16:00

Instrumental music playing in the background.

Cut between : People skating , conversations happening , people smoking , people laughing.

CUT TO :

All the characters sat on Devonshire Green smoking on a hill near a skatepark. KIT sat with his arms behind his back holding himself up with ARDEN laying on his chest. EXT.

EVAN 

YO , WHAT TIME ARE WE MEETING FRIDAY ?

IVY 

WHY WHAT'S HAPPENING FRIDAY ?

KIT 

DUDE , THAT GIG'S ON

IVY THEN LOOKS AWAY AND NODS TO HER SELF LAUGHING.

EVAN 

WE HAVE HAD THIS PLANNED FOR AGES IVY?

ARDEN

YEAH , BUT YOU KNOW WHAT SHE'S LIKE

BEE

 ARDEN WHERE DID YOU DISAPPEAR THE OTHER DAY?

ARDEN LOOKS AWAY FROM BEE WITH A GUILTY LOOK ON HER FACE AND SAYS NOTHING . BEE THEN STARES AT ARDEN WITH A CURIOUS EXPRESSION. A FOOTBALL THEN GETS THROWN AT THE GROUP AS IT DOES KIT STANDS UP TO CONFRONT THE PEOPLE IN THE DIRECTION AT THE BALL CAME.EXT.

KIT

OI MATE WATCH IT

DAN ( GUY WHO THROW THE BALL)

AHH, SORRY PAL

KIT

SOUND

THE GROUP THEN START LAUGHING AND THE SCENE ENDS.

CUT TO : 

IVY , KIT AND ARDEN ARE SAT IN ARDENS BEDROOM TALKING ABOUT A LEVEL RESULTS, ALCOHOL IS PRESENT.INT.

IVY 

I DON'T KNOW WHY EVERYONE IS GETTING ALL LIKE STRESSED ? RESULTS DON'T MATTER ANYWAYS

KIT

IVY ARE YOU BEING SERIOUS? ARE YOU NOT BOTHERED ABOUT GETTING INTO UNI

CAMERA TURNS ON TO IVY 

IVY

I DONT WANNA GO TO UNI , I WANNA  BE A BEAUTICIAN ! YOU KNOW HOW MUCH MY MAKEUP MEANS TO ME , ITS MY PASSION ITS ALL IM INTERESTED IN YOU GUYS KNOW THIS
 IVY TAKES A DRINK OF HER CAN AND SMILES THEN KIT AND ARDEN GIGGLE AND KIT ROLES HIS EYES TO ARDEN

IVY 

ANYWAY IM GUNNO GET MY NAILS DONE SO ILL CATCH YOU GUYS IN A BIT

ARDEN

ALRIGHT , TEXT ME WHEN YOU'RE HOME

IVY

YEAH , YEAH


IVY THEN EXITS THE ROOM AND ARDEN AND KIT ARE IN ARDENS BEDROOM LISTENING TO MUSIC. THE MUSIC THEN FADES AWAY AND THE DIALOGUE STARTS BETWEEN KIT AND ARDEN HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP. 


KIT

SO DO YOU WANT ME TO PICK YOU UP BEFORE THE GIG TONIGHT SO WE CAN GRAB SOME FOOD ? I MEAN I JUST GOT PAID AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN OUT FOR A WHILE , I MISS BEING AROUND YOU

ARDEN

SOMETHING'S COME UP

KIT 

ARE YOU GUNNO TELL ME WHAT'S WRONG ? YOU'VE BEEN DISTANT FROM ME FOR THE PAST WEEK , HOW DO YOU EXPECT A RELATIONSHIP TO WORK IF YOU ACT LIKE THIS

KIT'S PHONE STARTS RINGING AND HE TURNS TO ARDEN TO EXPLAIN 

KIT 

SORRY BABE LET ME JUST ANSWER THIS

KIT THEN EXITS THE ROOM AS HE DOES ARDEN DECIDES TO LEAVE WITHOUT HIM KNOWING THEREFORE SHE MAKES AN ATTEMPT TO SNEAK OUT OF HER HOUSE TO AVOID CONFRONTATION WITH KIT. KIT THEN ENTERS THE ROOM TO SEE ARDEN IS NO LONGER PRESENT HIS EXPRESSION THEN CHANGES TO SEEM ANGRY AS HE TRIES TO RING HER BUT FAILS AS HE IS SENT TO VOICEMAIL , HE THROWS HIS PHONE ON THE BED AND LIGHTS A CIGARETTE. 

THE GROUP ARE SHOWN (ARDEN, EVAN, KIT AND IVY) BEHIND THE TRAIN STATION AT THE AMPHITHEATRE. ALCOHOL IS PRESENT.EXT.

CUT TO :

KIT

THEY BETTER SING INDIGO PUFF TONIGHT 

ARDEN 

IVE HEARD ITS NOT ON THE SET

KIT

WHERE DID YOU HEAR THAT ?

ARDEN

EVAN TOLD ME

KIT

WHEN WAS YOU WITH EVAN 

EVAN 

YO ANYONE WANT SOME VODKA 

ARDEN 

YEAH PASS IT ME


EVAN THEN REACHES OUT TO ARDEN PASSING HER THE BEVERAGE. WHILST MOVING BACK TO SIT WHERE HE WAS SAT BEFORE HE PASSED IT ARDEN HE GETS A GLANCE OF KIT STARING INTO HIS DIRECTION WITH A BLANK EXPRESSION.EXT.

IVY 

YOU WANNA GO BUY SOME MORE WINE? I DON'T WANNA BE SOBER

EVAN 

IVY YOU'RE NOT SOBER , YOU'RE WAVED

IVY 

NOT IM NOT 

IVY PICKS UP A PHONE THAT SHE HAD BEEN SAT ON AND TURNS TO THE REST OF THE GROUP. 

IVY

WHOS PHONE IS THIS?

ARDEN

IVY THATS YOUR PHONE , THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU WASN'T WAVED

EVAN

I WANNA BE ON IVYS LEVEL , PASS ME THE WINE

THE GROUP ARE SHOWN WALKING TO THE GIG INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC IS PLAYED IN THE BACKGROUND. THE GROUP ARE HAPPY AND LAUGHING WHILST WALKING TO THE GIG EXCPET KIT. KIT THEN GRABS ARDENS ARM GENTLY TO CONFRONT HER ABOUT THE CONVERSATION EARLIER.EXT.

KIT

IVY , WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT EARLIER? YOU DIDN'T TELL ME YOU'D SEEN EVAN TODAY AND YOU DIDN'T SAY BYE TO ME EITHER YOU JUST GOT UP A LEFT?

THE SCENE THEN FLASHBACKS TO WHEN KIT WENT TO ANSWER THE PHONE AND VIEWERS ARE SHOWN WHERE ARDEN WENT. SHE IS SHOWN TO BE FAST WALKING DOWN HER STREET AND THE CAMERA IS SHOWN TO BE IVY'S POV AND THIS SHOWS HER RINGNG EVAN.EXT.

ARDEN

DID YOU RING HIM , I MANAGED TO GET OUT? 

THE SCENE THEN SHOWS THE PRESENT TIME AND GOES BACK TO ARDENS AND KITS CONVERSATION

ARDEN 

I.... (STUTTERS) I ASKED HIM WHEN WE WERE ALL TOGETHERS EARLIER THAT'S ALL?

ARDEN HAS A GUILTY LOOK ON HER FACE.

KIT 

YEAH , WHATEVER

ARDEN THEN WALKS AWAY FROM KIT , KIT IS LEFT WALKING ON HIS OWN

CUTS TO : 
THE GROUP ARE INSIDE OF MULBERRY TAVEN WAITING FOR THE BAND TO COME ON.  THE GROUP ARE THEN SHOWN DANCING INSIDE IN THE GIG , HOWEVER ARDEN LEAVES THE GROUP TO GO TO THE BAR SHE HAS A MORBID LOOK ON HER FACE. INT.

CUTS TO :
THE GROUP COME OUT OF THE GIG LAUGHING AND JOKING , POSITIVE EMOTIONS ON THEIR FACES.

IVY
THAT WAS SO MUCH BETTER THAN WHAT I THOUGHT

KIT
YEAH WHAT A LAUGH

ARDEN THEN LIGHTS A CIGARETTE AND THE GROUP BEGIN TO WALK TOWARDS THE TRAIN STATION.

 IVY
ASIF WE SAW SAM IN THERE, HAVEN'T SEEN HIM IN AGES!

KIT
YEAH, WHAT DID HE SAY TO YOU?

IVY
HE WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT SEEING ARDEN AND EVAN AT SPOONS THE OTHER DAY, CANT REMEMBER WHAT ELSE HE SAID

KIT TURNS TO ARDEN

KIT
I DIDNT KNOW YOU WAS WITH EVAN THE OTHER DAY, YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME AND I WOULD HAVE JOINED

ARDEN
YEAH, THATS WHEN HE TOLD ME ABOUT THE SET LIST

KIT
ALRIGHT, I DIDN'T REALISE YOU COULD HAVE TOLD ME EARLIER WHEN I ASKED

ARDEN
HE MET ME AFTER WORK, AND I WAS ALREADY IN TOWN, OKAY?(ARDEN ANSWERS IN AN AGGRESSIVE TONE)

KIT
ALRIGHT, I WAS ONLY ASKING

ARDEN WALKS TO JOIN IVY AND GET AWAY FROM THE SITUATION, AS EVAN TURNS TO KIT

EVAN
BET YOUR GLAD THEY SANG INDIGO PUFF

KIT
AW YEAH... 

EVAN
YOU ALRIGHT KIT? YOU WERE GOING MENTAL WHEN THAT CAME ON

KIT
YEAH MAN IM FINE

EVAN
ALRIGHT MATE, IM HERE IF YOU NEED ME 

KIT
YEAH THANKS, IM CHIPPING NOW

KIT LIGHTS ANOTHER CIGARETTE AND WALKS OFF, WITHOUT SAYING BYE 

THE SCENE SHOWS KIT WALKING OFF AND TURNS HIS HEAD BACK TO THE GROUP 

IVY
ARDEN ARE WE GOING NOW, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE SLEEPING AT MINE ?

ARDEN
AW YEAH, ILL MEET YOU BACK AT THE HOUSE

IVY
OKAY, RING ME WHEN YOU'RE COMING, SEE YOU LATER

ARDEN
OKAY BYE 

IVY
OI KIT, WAIT FOR ME 

THE SCENE ENDS WITH EVAN AND ARDEN WALKING OFF TOGETHER AND THE SCENE CUTS TO KIT AND IVY 

KIT
WHY ARENT YOU WITH ARDEN, I THOUGHT SHE WAS CRASHING AT YOURS TONIGHT?

IVY
YEAH, SHE WENT OFF WITH EVAN SHE SAID SHE'D MEET ME LATER

KIT
AW RIGHT, WHY ARE THEY ALWAYS TOGETHER NOW? THEY WEREN'T EVEN THAT CLOSE BEFORE

IVY
YEAH THATS WHAT I WAS THINKING, LIKE WHEN SAM SAID HE SAW THEM TOGETHER IN SPOONS 

KIT 
YEAH ITS CONFUSING, LIKE FAIR ENOUGH WE ARE ALL FRIENDS AND THEY ARE FRIENDS WITH EACHOTHER BUT IT WAS ALWAYS ME AND EVAN TOGETHER AND NOW THEY HAVE SUDDENELY BECOME CLOSER

IVY
IM SURE ITS NOTHING, THEY ONLY MET EACH- OTHER BECAUSE THEY WERE BOTH IN TOWN 

KIT
YEAH, GUESS I'D DO THAT WITH YOU. I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY SHES GONE OFF WITH HIM NOW INSTEAD OF YOU

IVY
ME NEITHER, BUT THATS ARDEN FOR YOU

THE SCENE ENDS WITH THE CAMERA ON KIT AND CUTS TO ARDEN RINGING IVY - TIME IS 2300

ARDEN

IVY IM NEARLY HERE, COME AND LET ME IN

IVY
YEAH, I'LL BE A SEC, JUST LET YOURSELF IN

ARDEN HANGS UP THE PHONE AND WALKS INTO IVYS HOUSE

IVY
I HAD THE WORSE TACO BELL EARLIER , THE CHEESE WASN'T EVEN MELTED , HOW HARD CAN IT BE I PAID FOR THAT

ARDEN
WHY WHAT DID YOU HAVE 

IVY
THE CHEESE NACHOS

ARDEN 
WHY DID YOU HAVE THE NACHOS ? THEY ARE SH*T , THEY ARE THE WORSE THING YOU COULD BUY FROM THERE . THE CHEESE ISN'T EVEN REAL CHEESE ITS A SAUCE

IVY
NO BUT I HAD THE GRATED CHEESE NOT THE SAUCE

ARDEN 
YEAH BUT THATS STILL HORRIBLE , WHY DON'T YOU GET NACHOS FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE 

IVY
MY MUM WANTED TO EAT THERE

ARDEN
FAIR ENOUGH

IVY 
WHAT ARE YOU DOING TOMORROW ? IM MEETING ISSAC ON FRIDAY AND I NEED TO BUY AN OUTFIT I HAVE NOTHING TO WEAR 

IVY THEN SEARCHES THROUGH HER WARDROBE WHILST ARDEN IS GETTING INTO BED

ARDEN
WHO'S ISSAC?

IVY
IVE TOLD YOU ABOUT HIM A LOT? HE'S FROM LIVERPOOL?

ARDEN
OH YEAH 

IVY
ARDEN ARE YOU ALRIGHT? IM WORRIED ABOUT YOU

ARDEN 
YEAH WHY WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

IVY 
YOUVE BEEN OFF FOR A WHILE NOW, YOU DONT SPEAK TO ME AS MUCH ANYMORE AND WE NEVER DO ANYTHING TOGETHER BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS BAIL ON ME. 

IVY THEN SITS ON THE BED NEXT TO ARDEN TO TALK TO HER

ARDEN
LOOK IM SORRY,  IM JUST REALLY BUSY AT THE MINUTE AND IVE GOT A LOT ON 

IVY
WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU HAVE A LOT ON? SPEAK TO ME ARDEN 

ARDEN 

ITS NOTHING! IM FINE, THANKS FOR ASKING BUT YOU DONT NEED TO WORRY 

IVY
ALRIGHT BUT I KNOW WHEN YOURE NOT BEING YOURSELF, YOU USED TO BE A LAUGH AND I COULD ACTUALLY SPEAK TO YOU AND I FEEL LIKE I CANT NOW

ARDEN 
SORRY

IVY
WHATEVER

iVY THEN TURNS OVER IN BED AND FACES THE WALL WITH HER BACK TO ARDEN

IVY AND ARDEN THEN WAKE UP AND THE TIME IS 1000 , ARDEN IS GETTING READY TO LEAVE IVY'S HOUSE . SHE LOOKS OVER AT IVY TO SEE SHE IS STILL ASLEEP SO THEREFORE SHE GETS HER SHOES ON AND LETS HERSELF OUT OF IVY'S HOUSE THEN LOCKS THE DOOR BEHIND HER AND POSTS THE KEYS

THE SCENE THEN CUTS TO ARDEN AND EVAN , HE GREETS HER BY HUGGING HER THEY ARE THEN SHOWN TOGETHER WALKING TOGETHER AROUND SHEFFIELD BEHIND THE TRAIN STATION. THEY SIT DOWN ON A STEP.

EVAN

ARDEN , KIT TEXT ME LAST NIGHT ASKING WHY I WAS WITH YOU AND IF THERE WAS SOMETHING I NEEDED TO TELL HIM ... I THINK HE KNOWS ABOUT US BUT I CANT LEAVE YOU AND HE CANT KNOW THE REASON THAT WERE CLOSE

A ' 4 MONTHS EARLIER' SIGN COMES ONTO THE SCREEN AND SHOWS EVAN AND ARDEN AT A PARTY TOGETHER TALKING TO A GIRL NAMED 'BILLIE' . 

ARDEN 
WHAT ARE YOU DRINKING BILLIE?

BILLIE
OH NO IM NOT DRINKING IVE ONLY GOT LEMONADE , IM NOT A BIG DRINKER

ARDEN
TRY SOME OF THIS , YOU'LL FEEL IT SOON AND THANK ME LATER

ADREN IS SHOWN TO BE POURING A LIQUID INTO BILLIES DRINK WHILST SMILING AS EVAN WATCHES. THE CAMERA FOLLOWS BILLIE AROUND THE HOUSE STUMBLING AROUND AND THIS SHOWS THAT THE LIQUID HAS HAD AN EFFECT ON HER. THE CAMERA THEN TURNS TO ARDEN. 

ARDEN THEN WAKES UP IN BED WITH EVAN NAKED. ARDEN THEN THROWS ON A BAGGY TSHIRT AND GOES DOWN STAIRS TO GET A DRINK AND SEE'S BILLIE ASLEEP ON THE FLOOR.

ARDEN
BILLIE? ILL ORDER YOU A TAXI

ARDEN DOES NOT GET A RESPONSE FROM BILLIE AND STARTS TO SHAKE HER TO TRY AND WAKE HER UP HOWEVER SHE DOES NOT WAKE UP. ARDEN THEN GOES TO FIND EVAN WHO IS ASLEEP.

ARDEN
EVAN , BILLIE WONT WAKE UP

EVAN
SHE'S PROBABLY JUST PASSED OUT , SHE'LL BE FINE . COME ON LETS GO , YOU ORDERED A TAXI

ARDEN
YEAH , YOU SURE WE SHOULD JUST LEAVE HER?

EVAN
HONESTLY SHE'S JUST DRUNK , SHE'LL BE FINE

ARDEN AND EVAN THEN LEFT THE HOUSE AND DECIDE TO LEAVE BILLIE IN THE HOUSE. THE GROUP ARE THEN SHOWN TO BE SAT IN A BAR. ARDEN , EVAN , IVY ARE ALL SAT AT A TABLE WHEN KIT COMES RUSHING WITH HIS PHONE IN HIS HAND AND SHOWING THE GROUP A FACEBOOK MESSAGE ABOUT THE DEATH OF BILLIE.

IVY
HOW WAS THE PARTY? I WISH I COULD OF COME IT LOOKED GOOD ON SNAPCHAT

ARDEN
YEAH IT WAS GOOD BUT I DON'T REALLY REMEMBER MUCH

EVAN THEN STARTS TO NERVOUS LAUGH

EVAN 
HA , YEAH SAME TBH . APPARENTLY JOE AND BEE GOT TOGETHER 

IVY
THAT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME , SHES ALWAYS HAD A THING FOR HIM

ARDEN
YEAH THATS TRUE


KIT
HAVE ANY OF YOU SEEN THIS? I CANT BELIEVE , SHE WAS ALWAYS THE SOBER ONE AT PARTIES

IVY
THAT CANT BE TRUE , WHO POSTED IT

KIT  
BILLIES MUM...

IVY WALKED OF CRYING AS SHE IS UPSET. ARDEN AND EVAN LOOK AT EACH OTHER WITH WORRIED LOOKS ON THEIR FACES.

KIT
ITS FUCKING AWFUL , ANYWAY IVE GOTTA RUSH IVE GOT PRACTICE

EVAN
YOU DON'T THINK THIS HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH WHAT WE GAVE BILLIE DO YOU?

ARDEN
NO IT CANT BE , SHE DIDN'T HAVE THAT MUCH... DID SHE?

EVAN
LOOK LETS JUST FORGET IT OK? DON'T MENTION TO ANYONE THAT WE GAVE HER ANYTHING THOUGH

ARDEN
NAH , I WONT 
        
EVAN THEN GRABS ADRENS ARM TIGHTLY 

EVAN 
GOOD BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU DID  

EVAN WALKS OFF AND LEAVES ARDEN IN THE CAFE. SCENE ENDS.
 EVAN AND KIT ARE THEN LATER SHOWN AT KITS HOUSE AT 1900.

KIT
EVAN , YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT BILLIE DYING?

EVAN
WHAT'D YOU MEAN?

KIT
WELL THEY FOUND ECSTASY IN HER AUTOPSY , ISN'T THAT WHAT ARDEN TOOK TO THE PARTY

EVAN THEN GETS DEFENSIVE 

EVAN
WHY YOU ASKING ME

KIT
IM ONLY ASKING , SHALL I TALK TO HER ABOUT IT I THINK SHES HIDING SOMETHING FROM ME ? MAYBE I SHOULD TELL THE POLICE , ITS THE BEST THING TO DO

EVAN
NO DON'T , SHES UNDER ENOUGH STRESS AS IT IS , JUST LEAVE IT

EVAN THEN WALKS OFF FROM KIT AND LEAVES HIS HOUSE

EVAN IS SHOWN ON THE PHONE TO ARDEN THE SCREEN SHOWS HIM RINGING HER AS HE WALKS OUT OF KITS HOUSE

EVAN
ARDEN I THINK KIT KNOWS WHAT YOU GAVE BILLIE , I TRIED TO TELL HIM YOU HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT BUT I DON'T THINK HE BELIEVED HE SAID HE'S GOING TO GO TO THE POLICE . I CANT GO DOWN FOR THIS

EVAN THEN PAUSES AS WHILE ON THE PHONE

EVAN
ARE YOU SURE? IF IT MEANS KEEPING YOU SAFE THEN ILL DO ANYTHING YOU KNOW THAT

THE SCENE ENDS. ARDEN AND EVAN ARE SHOWN IN ARDENS BEDROOM SAT VERY CLOSELY.

EVAN
YOU SURE YOU WANNA DO THIS ?

ARDEN THEN LOOKS OVER TO EVAN AND SIGHS AND NODS. SHE THEN STARTS TO MIX TWO LIQUIDS TOGETHER AND THEN PUTS THE LIQUID INTO SYRINGE AND  PUTS THE LIQUID FROM THE SYRINGE INTO A BOTTLED DRINK THEN PLACES IT IN HER BAG.

THE GROUP ARE SHOWN AT A HOUSE SAT TOGETHER WHILST MUSIC IS PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND. 

ARDEN
KIT , YOU WANT A DRINK?

KIT
YEAH , ILL GO GET ONE

ARDEN
ITS FINE IM UP ANYWAY ILL GET IT

ARDEN THEN WALKS UP STAIRS AND INTO HER ROOM AND THEN REACHES INTO HER BAG TO GET THE DRINK THAT SHE POURED EARLIER FOR KIT. SHE WALKS BACK DOWN STAIRS AND HANDS THE DRINK TO KIT.

ARDEN
HERE

KIT DOESN'T REPLY BUT HE DRINKS FROM THE BOTTLE. THE SCREEN GOES BLACK AND A SIREN IS PLAYED THEN A SCENE IS ENDED BY EVAN AND ARDEN HOLDING HANDS AND WALKING AWAY FROM THE HOUSE.