Evening in a house.
A young teenage girl is sat next to a boy (around nine) on a living room sofa which is in the window of their house. The girl is constantly turning around to look out of the window and up the road. The boy turns on the television and the Platstation, looks at his sister and says, “Can we play?” She tuts and then ignores him as she is obviously focused on other things. As he starts the game, the boy continues trying to attract the girls’ attention, constantly annoying her more and more. As he distracts her from the window once more, she pushes him away and turns her back. She tries to remain annoyed with him but is actually slightly worried that she has hurt his feelings.
Their mothers’ voice is heard as she enters the room. “Are you ready you two?” She comes into the living room carrying some washing. Shown from the neck down, she places the washing bowl on the table and rummages through some letters on a desk. The girl still does not react to any goings on in the room. The boy sees his mother and begins to save his game in a strop. Before leaving the room, she looks in the boy’s direction and softly says “Joe, your shoe laces.”
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 begins to tie one of them. As she goes towards the laces on the other shoe, his hands beat her to it, as he attempts to cleverly tie them himself. He pulls the first not however not tight enough, so she tugs it tighter. He then loops the next stage by himself as she looks up at him concentrating and gives a small smile. As he struggles to do the final not, she steps in again and gives the lace a final tug. With both of them done up she takes a seat back next to him.
Time has moved on once more...
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.
Their mother, who is in the hall way, is trying to quietly stay calm while arguing down the phone. The children can hear parts of her conversation. “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.
