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Scene 1
Alarm rings in darkened bedroom.
Mum: Lucy, hurry up your going to be late!
Lucy drags herself from bed.
Scene 2
Lucy receives text on her way to the door.
Hey Lucy
I'll wait for you at
the bus-stop!
Danielle x
Mum kisses Lucy on the cheek
Mum: Now Lucy darling, I won't be back till' about 10 tonight. You know how work is, there's a salad in the fridge and some of those nice fish fillets you like.
Mum, dressed in a suit for work, leaves via the front door.
Scene 3
Weather is dreary and grey
Lucy comes out of the house, into a typical English Close, and shuts the door behind her.
She continues walking down her street, she sees the sign for Chestnut Close but it changes into her own thoughts
'HOMEWORK!'
Lucy runs back to her house
Shows clock ticking 5 mins.
Scene 5
Out the door again, Lucy walks at a much swifter pace.
Arrives at street corner, there's a gang smoking and drinking. She looks at a beer bottle and the words change to her thoughts:
'EYES DOWN'
She follows her own instructions and passes by quickly.
Scene 6
Lucy approaches bus stop and her group of friends are waiting.
They hug each other.
Danielle: Hey did you get my text?
Lucy Nods
Danielle: Oh, have you got your homework?
Lucy: Yes, I had to run back!
Danielle brings out her work from her bag 'The War On Iraq'
Lucy leans to have a look and nods.
Lucy: I wish England would get out of there.
Indicates to picture of Iraq and Danielle nods slightly.
Scene 7
On the bus Lucy and Danielle make there was near the back, Lucy focuses on a boy on the back seat his designer brand hat switches to her thoughts 'I WISH'.
Girl: Sweets anyone, got coke as well!
People flock up to her clutching money.
Scene 8
Bell for school rings and Lucy and Danielle run off to registration.
Inside registration the teacher shouts for quiet and ticks of their names.
Teacher: Lauren?
Pupil: Miss, we reckon she's having her baby this week.
The class goes into frantic whispering at the gossip.
Scene 9
Various clips of Lucy's school day with popular music in the background, the Cafeteria and Lucy presenting her case against the war in Iraq.
Scene 10
The bell rings and Lucy gets onto the bus and waits whilst the driver does a seatbelt check.
She plugs in her iPod and sets it to a good song. The song plays as she looks out the window at the world around her.
Scene 11
Lucy gets off the bus and walks back to her house, the gang have gone but the bottles and trash remain. She walks on before reaching her house, she reaches under the mat for the key and unlocks the door. The house is silent when she gets in.
Lucy: Mum!
No reply
Lucy: Mum?
Again its silent, she notices the sign on the blackboard in the Kitchen 'Remember dinner's in the fridge'.
Lucy flops onto the sofa and begins to search for the remote.
The T.V turns on and words appear on the screen, 'Life In The UK'.