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Ashlee just looks at him. He stares back then walks to the other side of the sofa. He's too
worked up to sit down; doesn't know what he's done wrong.

JAMIE
So I drove back while over the limit. It's not like I broke the law or anything.

ASHLEE
You really want me to respond to that?

JAMIE

Okay, so it wasn't the perfect night out but-

She can't help but LAUGH at that. Covers her mouth with her free hand and takes a gulp of
water to calm herself.

ASHLEE
Perfect night out ? A perfect night out wouldn't even have ended by now. A pretty good
night out wouldn't have finished with us rowing in the middle of the pub - where, I might
add, most of our friends spend their Friday nights. Even an average night out wouldn't have

seen both my credit cards turned down.

JAMIE
We forgot to ask why.

ASHLEE
(confused)
Why? Why what?

JAMIE

Why they were turned down.

ASHLEE
Like that even matters now.

Jamie moves to touch her hair, then pulls away, unsure. Reaches out again, stops. He stares
at the front door and to the recent movie posters taped to it and the walls around it. Some
of them have ragged tears at the edges, others are curling up at the corners. The display is a
mish mash of bright colours but red and gold seem to dominate. It contrasts starkly to the

rest of the wall, pale grey - he hasn't got round to decorating - dotted here and there by
another pop-culture poster.
All the furniture in the front room is quite old and beaten up; mostly what they could