Act 1, 2, 3 draft 3

1. “EXCLUSIVELY UN-ESTABLISHED”
By
Eleanor Cheetham
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2. 2
FADE IN:
ACT 1 SCENE 1:
INT. BATHROOM – DAY
ABBIE an 18-year-old girl. She is a tomboy, wear little
make and never dresses up or does her hair.
ANNA, and over-dramatic, eccentric, hair-enthusiast, is
trying to restyle ABBIE’S hair for her own coursework.
They are in the bathroom.
ABBIE
Ow, Ow, Ow, OWW!
ANNA
Will you please?
ABBIE
I know my hair is knotty but I feel like
my scalp is about to burst into flames.
ANNA
ABBIE goes to move away.
No… Why don’t you ever brush it?
ANNA gets out the scissors.
ABBIE
I swear to…
She cuts a bit of ABBIE’s hair.
ABBIE (CONT’D)
Gff, why am I your friend?!
ANNA (JOKINGLY)
I hate it when people are so small minded.
ABBIE (OFFENDED)
I am not small minded! I just quite like
having hair on the top of my head.

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ANNA
I need to make you look like I’ve done
something to your hair though. Oh my, no,
I know, I know exactly what I’m going to
do.
Taking a sip out of ABBIE’s glass
ABBIE
No, that’s mine…
ANNA (SMILING)
Oh, wow! Elderflower that was a sneaky
surprise.
FADE OUT:
FADE IN:
ACT 1 SCENE 1(B):
INT. ABBIE’S ROOM – DAY
ANNA has put ABBIE’S hair in wrapped towel. ABBIE and ANNA
look in the mirror. ANNA removes the towel. ABBIE’s hair
has gone from straight to curly.
ANNA
Now…
ABBIE
Right.
ANNA
I know you might…
ABBIE
I don’t hate it.
ANNA
You don’t want go back to normal?
ABBIE (PLEASANTLY SURPRISED)
Umm… I don’t know.

4. 4
ANNA
Well, I KNOW what we can do in the
meantime.
(SHOUTING JOKINGLY)
MAKEOVER.
She picks up some make up brushes.
MAKEOVER MONTAGE:
ANNA turns to her phone and play a song.
Music is playing through the sound FX not the phone.
ABBIE and ANNA are sat on the floor ANNA is doing ABBIE’S
makeup. We see the makeup and pallets and we some basic
make up being put on ABBIE.
ABBIE is sat with her makeup done. ANNA is by the wardrobe.
ABBIE looking disinterested, whilst ANNA starts picking out
clothes from the wardrobe.
ANNA holds in her hands lots of clothes and hangers.
ABBIE stands in front of the mirror and tries on four
different outfits.
Close up on ABBIE’S face as she tries on her fifth
penultimate outfit, which is a crazy costume. She is not
impressed.
Close up on ANNA looking disappointed.
ABBIE in the crazy costume, ANNA is also in the same
costume, they turn to the ‘music, dances and sings to it.
The music stops as she did not sound good.
Pause.
The music continues.
They continue dancing.
ANNA finishing off the last of ABBIE’S hair and makeup, it
is a close up of ANNA’S face. We do not see ABBIE.
END OF MONTAGE.

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When the music stops, there is a blackout.
FADE OUT:
FADE IN:
ACT 1 SCENE 2:
INT. LOCKERS - DAY
ABBIE and ANNA have entered school, they are talking at the
lockers. ALISSA and SOFIYA, come up to them.
ANNA
Oh my GOD!! Everyone is looking at you.
ABBIE
I know, I don’t know if I’m a huge fan.
ANNA
You’re not a huge fan of attention? I bask
in the light of the thing.
ABBIE
Yeah.
ANNA
OK… Don’t stare but ALISSA and SOFIYA are
looking at me!
ABBIE
Don’t look them directly in the eye
they’ll suck out your soul.
ANNA
Too late, they’re walking over.
ANNA, jokingly, gets prepared to be ‘beaten up’.
ANNA (CONT’D)
Hello, ladies.

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Looking in her bag for something to give them.
I don’t have any cash on me, do you take
Apple Pay?
Ignoring ANNA, talking to ABBIE.
ALLISSA
Hi, are you new?
ABBIE (LOOKING DOWN)
I’ve been at this school for six years. I
am in your class.
ALISSA looks annoyed because of ABBIE’s comment
Mouthing and shaking her head at ABBIE.
ANNA
Don’t.
ABBIE (LOOKS TO ANNA)
Just kidding, I moved here the other week.
ANNA, trying not to laugh, fiddles with her locker.
ALISSA
Oh, HAHA. Right.
SOFIYA (LOOKING DIRECTLY AT
ABBIE)
We were wandering if you wanted to go into
town with us today, for lunch?
ANNA
We’d love to!
ALISSA and SOFIYA walk off.
ANNA (CONT’D)
I think they just meant you…
ABBIE
Yeah, I know. I won’t go.

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Getting a folder of her locker.
ANNA
ABBIE, you can go if…
ABBIE
Brill, thanks.
ANNA
OK, bye.
Both part ways and go to class.
FADE OUT:
FADE IN:
ACT 1 SCENE 3:
EXT. OUTSIDE THE CONFERENCE CENTER – FEW DAYS LATER - DAY
ABBIE and ANNA are walking into school, a few days have
passes. ABBIE is telling ANNA about what they’ve got up to.
ABBIE (FULL ENTHUSIASM)
And then ALISSA was like, ‘nope’ and we
just walked. Oh no, but no after, someone
start a scrap… I’m not even kidding.
ANNA (TRYING TO BE INTERESTED)
Yeah, no, no I see.
ANNA stops to do her laces, continuing to talk to ABBIE.
ANNA (CONT’D)
So last night I, actually ended up staying
at this thing that I had only…
ABBIE see’s ALISSA
ANNA (CONT’D) (O.S)
I really wanted to stay until, around
4:30…
ABBIE
I’ll see you in a minute

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ANNA (NOT HEARING)
Which was unfortunate…
Looking up to see that ABBIE had gone.
Not embarrassed, carrying on to no one.
ANNA
Which was unfortunate because I had loads
of work to do. The good news is I have no
one to hang out with. So…
ANNA walks into the building.
FADE OUT:
FADE IN:
ACT 1 SCENE 4:
INT. LOCKERS/SPLIT SCENE WITH THE STUDY - DAY
LOCKER MONTAGE:
There are several scenes where we see ABBIE and ANNA not
hanging out with each other.
WE see ABBIE with ALISSA and SOFIYA a lot.
We see that ANNA reactions are upsetting.
END OF MONTAGE.
Then there is a split scene of ANNA texting from the
lockers and ABBIE hanging around with ALISSA and SOFIYA in
the study.
ANNA is on her phone, she is texting ABBIE.
INT. LOCKERS- DAY
ANNA
(TEXTING)Hi, I am at the lockers, are you going to be in
the common room at lunch?
INT. STUDY - DAY

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ABBIE is texting from the study, she is working.
ABBIE
(TEXTING) No sorry I’m staying in the study to do work.
ALISSA and SOFIYA turn up are start talking to ABBIE.
INTERCUT:
ANNA, sees the message, she starts walking to the study.
She passes the study window and sees ABBIE talking and
laughing with ALISSA and SOFIYA. She walks the other way.
INTERCUT:
ABBIE is looking at her phone, seeing if ANNA had replied
form her last text.
SOFIYA (SEEING HER PHONE)
You’re not still friends with her?
ABBIE
Friends with Anna? Yeah.
ALISSA
No that’s that fine.
SOFIYA
It’s just Charlie told me that Ben told
him that Libby had said that Ellie
overheard Anna talking to Gina about you.
ABBIE
What did she say to Gina?
ALISSA
She said that ever since you have been
with us that you’ve turned into a bit of
a…
ABBIE
A what?

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ALISSA shows on her face what she means.
ABBIE realizes the situation. ALISSA and SOFIYA
look at each other.
FADE OUT:
FADE IN:
ACT 1 SCENE 5:
INT. SCHOOL TOILETS – DAY
ANNA walks into the toilet, not knowing that ALISSA and
SOFIYA are following her. ANNA goes into a cubicle and
ALISSA and SOFIYA enter. They are both waiting outside the
cubicle.
ANNA walks out and is taken back.
ANNA (IN SHOCK)
Whoa!
ALISSA
Hi.
SOFIYA
Hi.
ALISSA
Shut it Sofiya.
Silence.
ANNA
What’s happening?
ALISSA (VERY UNBOTHERED)
Basically, we overheard some stuff about
you…
SOFIYA
That we trailed back to the source.

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ANNA
Who’s the source?
SOFIYA
Abbie Marren?
ALISSA
Damn it Sofiya! I was supposed…
ANNA (CERTAIN)
I know who Abbie is, she wouldn’t gossip
about me. How would you know?
SOFIYA
Charlie told me that Ben…
ALISSA shakes her head at SOFIYA as if to stop her.
SOFIYA (CONT’D)
We heard from Charlie, Ben, Libby and
Ellie.
ANNA
What are their second names?
SOFIYA (LOOKS AT ALISSA FOR
GUIDANCE)
Charlie Hud…
ANNA walks out, they’re are wasting her time, ALISSA brings
her back.
ALISSA
Anna, wait, seriously Abbie really
couldn’t care less about you.
ANNA walks off.
ABBIE and ANNA then pass each other in the corridor. They
catch eye contact and don’t smile.
FADE OUT:
FADE IN:

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ACT 1 SCENE 6:
INT. CLASSROOM – DAY
ABBIE is in her English class. She has been held behind to
be talked to by her teacher. Her grades aren’t great and
the teacher says that she is going to phone home.
ALISSA and SOFIYA leave the classroom, ABBIE stays there.
ALISSA and SOFIYA are waiting outside, the door is shut
they can only see ABBIE and not hear the conversation.
ABBIE walks out the class and walks off with ALISSA and
SOFIYA towards the common room.
SOFIYA
What’s the damage?
ABBIE
They’re going to phone my mum.
ALISSA
Did you not do the work?
ABBIE
No, how could I? We were out so late last
night.
ALISSA
We got it done though.
ABBIE
None of my work has been good recently.
They all walk off.
FADE OUT:
FADE IN:
ACT 2 SCENE 1:
INT. ABBIE’S HOUSE – NIGHT
ABBIE gets in, it’s around 9 o’clock. She runs up the
stairs to go to her room, her mum asks her to come back
down stairs. She does.

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MUM
Abbie.
ABBIE
Yes.
MUM
So, I got a call today.
ABBIE
Yeah?
MUM (WELL-RECITED)
It was the school, they said that you
haven’t been handing work in on time, and
your work effort has been less than
adequate, so you have been given a number,
of detentions. Care to explain?
ABBIE
I have fallen a bit behind recently.
MUM
Abbie, tell me if there’s a problem, don’t
just let it affect your school work.
ABBIE
I don’t have to tell you everything.
MUM
Not everything. I just…
ABBIE
No mum, you don’t understand.
MUM
Understand what? You don’t tell me
anything. All I know about you is you come
home at stupid o’clock and that you’re
failing all your subjects.

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ABBIE
I’m not failing.
MUM
I’m really disappointed.
ABBIE goes upstairs into her room.
FADE OUT:
FADE IN:
ACT 2 SCENE 2:
INT. COMMON ROOM - DAY
ABBIE is sitting alone in the common room, ALISSA goes up
to her and they start talking. She tries to convince ABBIE
to spread a rumor about ANNA.
ALISSA
Right, I know that you’re obviously no
longer friends with Anna, but I thought
you’d find this interesting. Apparently
people are spreading this rumor. I don’t
know. That Anna…
(WHISPERS)
What are your thoughts?
ABBIE
That’s not true.
She looks over and sees ANNA laughing with her friend, they
are looking at ABBIE as if they are talking about her.
ABBIE (CONT’D)
Do you know what is true though?
(WHISPERS)
Anna…
ABBIE tells ALISSA about a secret that only ABBIE knew
about.
ALISSA gets up and leaves, she goes and spreads this rumor.

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FADE OUT:
FADE IN:
ACT 2 SCENE 3:
INT. CORIDOOR – LATER THAT DAY
ABBIE walks past ANNA she is really upset. The rumor has
spread. ABBIE stops her and asks her what’s wrong, she
explains.
ABBIE
What’s happened?
ANNA
That rumor you spread? Everyone knows!
ABBIE
What? I didn’t say anything to anyone.
ANNA
Well, how come everyone knows?
ABBIE (PAUSE)
Alissa must have said.
ANNA (SARCASTICALLY)
How does ALISSA know?
ABBIE
I am so sorry, I didn’t think she cared.
ANNA walks off, ABBIE is stood alone.
FADE OUT:
FADE IN:
ACT 3 SCENE 1:
EXT. STREET – LATE AFTERNOON.
ABBIE is walking home alone and thinks about everything
that’s happened. She gets in goes upstairs and goes to the
bathroom. She takes of all her makeup and takes down/puts
up her hair. She looks in the mirror.

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FADE OUT:
FADE IN:
ACT 3 SCENE 2:
INT. SIXTH FORM BLOCK – NEXT DAY
ABBIE walks into school, looking very different. She walks
up to ANNA. She is by the lockers. ANNA looks at her.
ANNA (JOKINGLY)
Gor, sometimes I really, really HATE YOU!
ABBIE
I know.
They walk off together. ALISSA and SOFIYA pass them. ABBIE
and ANNA walk past taking no notice of them. When they are
out of sight, ANNA throws her hand as if to ‘air-punch’ in
celebration.
FADE OUT:
THE END.