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JAMIE
You used to.

ASHLEE
There are lots of things i used to do.

JAMIE
I used to play guitar. Never got one of my own though. Had to borrow a mates' if I wanted
to practise. He had a Fender, a red one, and it made noises you'd never even heard
before...

ASHLEE
Were you playing it right?

She kicks off her strappy sandals, curls herself up on the sofa. She appears to be
remembering too.

ASHLEE (CONT'D)
I never had musical talent or anything like that. Mom wanted me to take ballet classes.

JAMIE
You, a ballerina?

ASHLEE
What's wrong with that?

Jamie tries, unsuccessfully, to hold back a LAUGH. Ashlee looks at him angrily.

ASHLEE (CONT'D)

You keep making fun of me ! Why do you-
She is cut off in mid sentence by a DULL THUD from downstairs, like a door being banged
back on its' hinges. Her hand searches blindly for his. The noise does not scare either of
them, they hear lots of strange noises in these flats. Jamie shrugs his jacket off and hangs it
over the sofa. He is slightly annoyed that a noise has made her jump, thinks she is being
childish, and pulls his hand away. He frowns, wondering what could be sounding at this
time in the morning (the digital clock on the wall shows 2.00.)

JAMIE

Probably just a cat.