Script draft 2 - bus stop

1. Bus Stop
By
Megan Windmill
C2016 meganwindmill@gmail.com

2. 1 EXT. BUS STOP - EVENING 1
A quiet bus stop on a narrow road opposite a dark woods.
KATE - late teens, messy hair, natural makeup, casual
clothing - is leaning against the bus stop. Her phone
buzzes.
POV down on phone face.
Message:
"Meet me at the bench"
NEW ANGLE Kate sighs.
POV down on phone face as Kate types her repsonse.
Message:
"I can’t"
NEW ANGLE Kate’s phone buzzes again.
POV down on phone face.
Message:
"Meet me at the bench if you still want this"
NEW ANGLE Kate frowns.
POV down on phone face as Kate types agains.
Message:
"I can’t I am with my sister"
NEW ANGLE Kate’s breathing increases as she reads the next
message.
POV down on phone face.
Message:
"Your choice"
NEW ANGLE Kate’s face screws up and reddens, and her eyes
become watery, she starts to huff and puff.
Lilly - young, girly clothing, loose bunches, a comforter
- shuffling next to Kate, runs her hands through the
comforter and quietly glances up innocently at Kate.
Kate angrily starts stomping her foot on the floor and
then starts pacing back and forth.
Lilly raises her hand and gently taps on Kate’s arm.
(CONTINUED)

3. CONTINUED: 2.
Kate stops in her tracks.
Kate shoots a deadly glare at Lilly. Kate walks back over
to lean against the bus stop staring at her phone in deep
thought.
Lilly walks over and cuddles up to the Kate’s arm.
Kate jumps up from leaning and grunts as she moves Lilly
and places her in the bus stop.
KATE
Don’t move.
Kate then turns and walks away from the bus stop and down
the road.
Lilly waits at the bus stop as she awkwardly watches Kate
walk away, her breathing becomes unsteady and her fingers
twitch as her legs shake.
Lilly pulls out a little flip phone from her pocket and
presses some buttons and the phone starts to ring.
LILLY
Come back... I don’t like it.
KATE(V.O.)
No Lilly stay there.
The phone cuts off and Lilly looks around to see the last
glimps of Kate and with a shot of fear in her eyes she
quickly scurries after Kate.
2 EXT. ROAD SIDE - EVENING 2
It’s starting to get dark and there are cars zooming past,
with their lights shining brightly, and a MAN with a dog
pounding down the road.
Kate paces down the road and glances over her shoulder to
check she is not being followed.
Lilly follows Kate with a worried expression on her face.
Katie approaches a dark mysterious wood and walks straight
in.
Lilly sees Kate for a split second before her figure
disappears into the woods. Lilly desperately runs down the
road and into the woods after Kate.

4. 3.
3 EXT. WOODS - EVENING 3
The woods are dark and overgrown, the tress are gloomy as
the shadows are projected by the bright moon in the night
sky.
Lilly pulls out her small phone and dials.
LILLY
Where are you?
KATE (V.O.)
Stay there!
There is interference on the phone.
LILLY
I’m scared.
The phone cuts off.
Kate continures to hurry through the woods at a pace Lilly
cannot match, causing Lilly to fall further and further
away only to see small glimpses of Kate through the trees
until Lilly can see no sign of Kate.
Lilly looks around in circles, her breathing increasing.
Her fast walking pace turns into a run.
Lilly’s run becomes unsteady as she staggers along. She
trips on a root and falls to the floor.
Lilly opens the phone clutched in her small hand and calls
Kate.
LILLY
Kate where are you?
I hurt my foot...
The interferrence stops any reply from reaching Lilly and
then the call is cut.
She stares up at the night sky peering through the
treetops, and starts to cry and curls herself into a ball
on the floor.
4 EXT. WOODS - EVENING 4
In another section of the woods Kate approaches the bench
and takes a seat looking around. A worried expression on
her face and she starts inaudiblely muttering.
The concern in Kate’s face grows until an expression of
panic rests on her face. She looks down at her phone but
there is no signal. Her actions demonstrate conflict as
she goes to leave before turning back to take the seat
whilst her eyes search the woods.
(CONTINUED)

5. CONTINUED: 4.
Kate takes a deep breath and gets up and starts to pace
which builds up into a sprint back into the direction she
came from. The sweat starts to appear on her forehead and
tears form in her eyes.
Kate stops as the tears start to pour, she repeats the
same mutters under her breath and she holds her head in
her hands. She screams into the night before beginning to
sprint again.
5 EXT. WOODS - EVENING 5
Kate still running spots the Lilly on the floor and runs
up and tightly hugs her.
Lilly clings onto Kate.
Kate picks Lilly up and she starts to walk home. Kate
rests her head against Lilly’s.
KATE
I am sorry