This 3 sentence summary provides the key details and events from the short story "Brown Sugar": The story follows Aster as she goes from an innocent teenage girl attending a house party with her friends, to developing a drug addiction after meeting Billy and being introduced to heroin. Over the course of a year, Aster and Billy's drug use escalates as they isolate themselves from friends and family, until the tragic ending where Billy wakes up after a heroin binge to find that Aster has overdosed and died on the couch next to him.

1. “BROWN SUGAR”
By
Phoebe-Annelies Jones
Street Address
City, ST ZIP Code
01425
jonesp@ringwood.hants.sch.uk

2. 2
FADE IN:
RACHEL’S HOUSE
ENT
Introduced to a group of girls laughing and giggling with
Music in the background. They’re trying on different
outfits. Drinking pink drinks from wine glasses. The room
has a pink hue to it. Making the atmosphere girly and warm
for the audience.
MEL
Are you looking forward to seeing Stan?
(To Rachel, slightly teasing)
RACHEL
Shut up Mel! (Laughing) He invited all of
us round. Not just me!
ASTER
Yeah right Rach, (laughing) he invited us
so he could see you!
MEL
Yeah let’s be real we won’t see you all
night.
RACHEL
Shut up! (smiling)
EXT
The girls finish getting ready and then leave the house all
piling into a car waiting outside.
Party Scene
EXT
The girls show up to a really big house in the forest. The
lights are on but no music can be heard.

3. 3
MEL
Doesn’t seem like a party’s happening.
ASTER
You sure this is his house?
RACHEL
Yeah… I’m sure.
The girls walk up to the front door and ring the doorbell.
(Doorbell sound heard)
A Blonde Boy (Stan) answers the door.
STAN
You alright? Come in. Were just through
there. (Points to his right)
ENT
Mel and Aster walk through Stan and Rachel following close
behind, talking indistinctively. They walk into a room
where 2 other guys are hanging out.
STAN
Make yourself at home guys
MEL
James! (Mel runs over to James and sits
next to him)
ASTER
(stood by herself, gripping her rose wine)
Where’s the kitchen? (lifting up the
bottle) Glass (smiles awkwardly)
STAN
Just down the hall.
Aster stands behind the counter in the kitchen looking out
into the dark garden pouring a glass of wine.

4. 4
Billy
(Stood in the Doorway) Not the massive
Party you were expecting huh?
Aster
No not really (one sided smile)
Billy
(Walks down the steps. Pulls a box
out of his top pocket) You smoke?
Aster
Um… Sure
EXT
Billy and Aster walk out the patio doors and stand to the
left of the room where everyone is. You can see Rachel and
Stan flirting and Mel and James laughing.
Billy
(Lights his cig and smiles at Aster)
Aster
(looks down smiling)
Time jump- “1 year later” will come on the bottom of the
screen.
Spliff
Aster and Billy are seen lying on the ground. Smoking a
spliff.
Billy
(Passes spliff to Aster)
Aster
(Takes a toke)
We hear a phone Ring

5. 5
Billy
(Pics up phone answers it)
You alright Stan? Yeah… sure.
Yeah mate be there in about 30 mins.
Pub scene
EXT
Stan, Billy, James, Cam, Aster, Mel are all at the pub
drinking pints.
James
I want coke
Billy
Yeah right
James
Wanna go halves?
Stan
I’ve already got some mate
(Laughing)
Billy
How much?
Stan
(Laughing) enough!
BILLY
Is there enough for…?
(Tilting his head towards Aster)
While all this is happening Aster and Mel are just chatting
indistinctively between them.
Billy
Aster some with us.

6. 6
Aster
(Follows the boys into a toilet)
ENT
Time laps of Billy and Aster doing drugs with their mates.
In Party situations. In quieter situations. Including
Asters 19th and Billie’s 22nd. Slowly one by one mates just
start disappearing around the circle. Until the last shot
of the laps is just aster and Billy snorting lines off of a
coffee table in a quiet apartment.
Ext
Billy coming out of his work. He then bumps into his
dealer.
Ben
You alright Bill?
Billy
Yeah mate you alright?
Ben
Yeah Yeah… Look I’ve got
Something in that you’ve got to try.
Billy
(With slight excitement)
Oh right. What’s that?
Ben
You free now?
Billy
Yeah
Ben
Come with me.
We see the two walk up to an abandoned barn three other
guys sat on sleeping sacks and bags. Water bottles
scattered about. Each of them looking ill and slow.

7. 7
Ben
That’s Harry (pointing to his left)
Jack (pointing behind)
David (pointing to a dark corner)
Billy
(Nods slightly)]
Billy and Ben sit on a sleeping sac Billy Slightly above
Ben.
Ben
(Bringing out a spoon and needle.
A small baggy on his knee)
ENT
We hear a door slam and thudding up stairs. We see Billy
rushing into the bedroom.
Billy
(Shouting)Aster
Aster
(Walking out of the bedroom door tired
Wiping the sleep from her eyes)
Billy
Come here (takes her arm and leads her
To the kitchen. Lifts her up onto the
Kitchen side)
Alt-J Starts Playing in the background.

8. 8
Aster
You haven’t been home
Billy
I know. (Kisses her on the cheek)
But I’ve got something for you to try.
We see a detailed display of Billy cooking the heroin in a
bent spoon. Lighting it with a zippo. He finally brings up
the liquid in a hypodermic needle.
Billy
Do your Trust Me?
Aster
(Nodding her head) yes
Billy
(Slowly puts the needle in Aster’s Arm.
And then into his. Pushing the liquid deep
Into their veins. He then Kisses Aster on
Her forehead)
Aster and Billy gradually walk to the lounge where they
pass out on the sofas.
Death
Billy
(Wakes up. Slowly crawls over to
Aster)
We see Aster lying still on the sofa beside him. White on
her lips and her eyes wide and empty.

9. 9
Billy
Aster. (Shaking her gently)
Aster? (Shakes more viscously)
Aster!
FADE OUT:
THE END