Evening in a house.
A young teenage girl is sat next to a boy (around the age of nine) on a living room sofa which is in the window of their house. The boy is in his own little world as the girl is constantly turning around to look out of the window and up the road. She looks at the clock which reads 6.30pm. The grumpy boy looks at his sister and says, “I’ve almost completed the level now!” She simply tuts and ignores his insinuation of playing Playstation. She is obviously focused on other things.
Their mother comes into the living room carrying some washing. The mothers face is never seen as she is shot from the shoulders down. She places the washing bowl on the table and rummages through some important letters on a desk. The children watch. Before leaving the room, the mother looks at the boy and points at his shoe laces which are undone.
The boy bends down to do them up, however is unsuccessful because he does not know how to tie the knot. The girl childishly rolls her eyes and kneels down in front of him to do them for him. She slowly ties one of them. As she goes towards the laces on the other shoe, his hands beat her to it, as he begins to tie them himself. She looks up at him concentrating and gives a small smile. As he struggles she helps. With both of them done up she takes a seat back next to him.
Time has moved on once more...
Fade Out.
Fade In.
The two children are sitting together at the window looking extremely bored and saddened. The girl looks out of the window and then back into the living room. The clock reads 8.30pm.
Their Mother, who is in the hall way, is trying to stay calm while arguing down the phone... “Sorry doesn’t really cut it! They’ve been waiting for you for an hour and a half. They haven’t seen you in weeks! Just don’t say you will if you won’t!”
The girl looks at the boy for long moment before warmly smiling and friendlily taking his hand. She cheekily asks, ‘Do you fancy a game of Playstation?’
He smiles back as the two get up and leave the room.
The End.
