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FADE IN

INT - THE BULL PUB - EVENING
The Bull is a pleasant family pub. A YOUNG FAMILY are sharing a meal at a table. They are
LAUGHING and CHATTING together. A BARTENDER is rushing around and collecting glasses.
TWO YOUNG GIRLS, barely legal to drink, are GIGGLING over their alco-pops. AN OLD MAN

is sitting alone at the bar, staring at the glass of whisky before him. A COUPLE in their late
20s are sitting in stony SILENCE at a table, with half empty glasses in front of them. It is
obvious that they have just had a row. Music is PLAYING softly from the stereo system.

ASHLEE
You know, I don't like all this arguing any more than you.

JAMIE
Then why do we keep doing it?

ASHLEE
(shrugs)
Don't know.
(beat)
Maybe it's just how we're meant to be.

A CHILD from the family runs past them both. The kid stops and stares at JAMIE for a
moment, then runs on. His MOTHER runs after him, not even acknowledging them.

MOTHER
Billy, come back here ! I'm not running after you.

But she does chase him. The child LAUGHS.
ASHLEE and Jamie return to staring their drinks out.
Jamie is the guy a nun would take her wimple off for. Everything about him screams ex­
military; even his hair is shaved to within an inch of it's life.
Ashlee is laid-back and looks as if she prefers the world of her dreams. She wears a cheap
cubic zirconium engagement ring and fiddles with it endlessly.