Our Girl Page #3

JAMES:

Go.

MOLLY:

But you might gonna need a medic.

JAMES:

We might gonna already got one!

MOLLY:

Well she ain't me.

JAMES:

Dawes.

They share a moment. Neither of them wants to leave the other

but they can't say it.

MOLLY:

I can't go.

JAMES:

Go. That's an order. I need that bloody

coffee.

Molly turns and sees Smurf running towards the helicopter. After

a moment she follows him.

The boys are all cheering them on. Molly gets in next to Smurf

who looks overjoyed. James watches, clearly not wanting her to

leave.

The helicopter takes off and he watches it go.

10:
13:23 EXT. MOUNTAIN PASS. C.P. AFGHANISTAN.

Dawn breaking over the mountains. The young ANA soldier, Rolex

Boy, takes a puff on a joint, happy with the world.

We see a gun arrive at his temple. As the screen goes to blackout

we hear a gun shot.

10:
13:29 INT. MILITARY AIRCRAFT. DAY 11. 22:30

Molly jerks awake from a fitful sleep simultaneous with the

imagined gunshot. Smurf sitting next to her, stares.

SMURF:

You alright?

Molly rubs her face with her hands.

MOLLY:

I dunno.

SMURF:

You what?

MOLLY:

(mutters)

Too many people are dying.

SMURF:

What you talking about?

MOLLY:

Nothing. I just can't get this morning

out of my nut.

SMURF:

We'll be home soon.

(beat)

Can't wait to meet your family.

MOLLY:

Well that's never gonna bleeding

happen.

SMURF:

Don't fight it.

MOLLY:

What exactly am I fighting?

SMURF:

Your feelings for me.

MOLLY:

Just for clarity... if you were the last

bloke on the entire globe and you had

a face and personality transplant...

I'd still rather go without.

SMURF:

You say that, but you wouldn't be able

to resist.

(posing and showing his

biceps)

Feed them swans baby!

Molly looks at him in disbelief.

SMURF (CONT'D)

I'll get my mum to give you a lift.

MOLLY:

You're alright.

SMURF:

I know I am.

She shuts her eyes.

SMURF (CONT'D)

Anyway, it's time you met my family.

MOLLY:

You deluded big earred Welsh prannit.

SMURF:

I'm a f***ing war hero. What's a

prannit?

MOLLY:

(shrugging)

Dunno. I'll ask my nan.

Smurf laughs. He looks at her with her eyes shut and gently moves

some hair away from her face and behind her ear... with love.

MOLLY (CONT'D)

(keeping her eyes shut)

Touch me again and I'll break your arm.

He winces. She sleeps.

SMURF:

Maybe if we weren't in the same

platoon...

MOLLY:

Zip it.

She sleeps.

10:
15:04 INT/EXT. BRIZE NORTON. DAY 12. 08:30

Soldiers are through customs and being greeted by their families.

Molly lags a little behind Smurf but watches him being greeted

by his mother Candy, 40, who clings on to him and sobs

uncontrollably.

SMURF:

(a bit embarrassed)

Hi mum.

Candy kisses him on the cheek. An incredible emotional moment,

heightened cos Molly is very much on her own with no family greeting.

10:
15:35 INT. POLO. DAY 12. 09:15

Candy is driving. Smurf in the front next to her asleep. Molly

in the back, looking out of the window at 'normal' life carrying

on... such a contrast to the life she's been used to in Afghanistan.

As she looks into the rear view mirror at Candy she sees she is

crying.

MOLLY:

(leaning forward, gently)

You okay?

They talk in whispers so as not to wake Smurf.

CANDY:

I never thought I'd see him again,

Molly. You know we lost his brother out

there?

MOLLY:

Yeah, yeah I do.

CANDY:

When his brother died, they knocked on

my door and said there'd been an

incident. They said they'd got him back

to Camp Bastion Hospital. They said he

was stable but serious. And then they

came back later and said he'd died of

his injuries.

MOLLY:

I'm sorry.

Molly puts her hand on Candy's shoulder.

CANDY:

(through increasing sobs)

With Smurf they knocked on my door and

said there'd been an incident. They got

him back to Camp Bastion hospital and

they said he was stable. And then they

never came back and knocked on my door.

MOLLY:

That's sh*t. I'm sorry.

CANDY:

Couldn't wait to see him. Had to hold

him. Did I make a prize tit of myself

at the airfield?

MOLLY:

(with a friendly laugh)

You made a prize tit out of him!

CANDY:

He's all I've got in the world, Molly...

They both laugh. Smurf jerks awake and looks at them, puzzled.

SMURF:

What?

Molly and Candy laugh even more.

10:
17:25 EXT. SERVICE STATION. SWINDON/INT. POLO. DAY 12. 09:20

Candy is finishing filling up the car with petrol. Smurf is awake

but exhausted. Molly starts to get out of the car.

SMURF:

Where you going, Moll?

MOLLY:

I'm just gonna jump out here.

SMURF:

Why? We can just drop you at the station.

MOLLY:

It's only a two minute walk... to be

honest I could proper do with

stretching my legs.

CANDY:

Are you sure?

MOLLY:

Yeah, yeah. It's what I want. I promise.

The station's only round there. I

recognise it. I've been sitting on me

arse now for twenty hours.

Smurf gets out the car and helps get Molly's kit out.

SMURF:

I'll text you, yeah.

MOLLY:

I'll be in the Earl of Wakefield having

Jagerbombs and you'll still be

schlepping to Newport.

SMURF:

D'you even know where Newport is?

MOLLY:

I don't know, don't care.

Smurf gives her a little hug and holds on to her for a bit too

long.

MOLLY (CONT'D)

Let go of me then you spam.

Molly smiles. Candy gives her a little hug too.

MOLLY (CONT'D)

Thank you, Mrs Smurf.

CANDY:

Take care, love.

MOLLY:

See you later.

SMURF:

See you later.

Molly heads on her way and disappears around a corner. Smurf watches

her go.

CANDY:

She's lovely. She your girlfriend?

SMURF:

Don't get f***ing involved mother.

CANDY:

How am I getting involved?

(heading towards shop)

D'you want a drink?

SMURF:

(getting back into car)

Yeah, go on.

CANDY:

What do you want?

SMURF:

Anything.

CANDY:

Well what?

SMURF:

Anything!

Smurf slams the car door shut.

CANDY:

Well coke or fanta or...

SMURF:

(opening the car door and

yells with sudden

frightening ferocity)

Anything! F***ing anything! Anything!

Smurf gets back into the car. Candy is clearly a little taken

aback and heads into the shop

Molly is hiding round the corner watching them. She is waiting

for them to go. She sinks down onto her hunches and hugs her kit.

Discombobulated. She takes out her mobile phone and dials 118.

MOLLY:

(into phone)

Hi, can I have the number for a cab

company please. I'm...

(looking around)

...I don't have a clue where I am.

10:
19:30 INT. CAB. DAY 12. 10:00

Molly sits in the back. Every time she shuts her eyes she gets

flash/cuts of the agonised face of the young ANA.

10:
19:40 - Flashback of Rolex Boy taking a drag of spliff. His

bullet ridden body. His bloodied wrist with the Rolex still on

it. More shots of his bloodied body. A gun his pointed at his

head and a gun shot goes off.

She jerks awake suddenly.

Driving along Katherine Road Molly looks out at the 100% Muslim

populace going about their business.

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