Our Girl Page #5

MOLLY:

My nan was just telling me that you've

become a part of the furniture round

here.

SHAZZA:

I'm your mum's friend and when a friend

asks for guidance...

MOLLY:

What, like her becoming a teacher...

that's never gonna happen.

SHAZZA:

Teaching assistant and yeah, it can

happen. Quite easily.

MOLLY:

Not when she's got a baby.

SHAZZA:

She's also got a husband who can lend

a hand, surely.

MOLLY:

What's that gotta do with you?

SHAZZA:

All I'm saying Molly is why can't she

have something that she can be proud

of in her life? You've got your army.

MOLLY:

Oh, it's my army?

SHAZZA:

Well you joined.

MOLLY:

Have you got a problem with that?

Nan watches this interaction with a smile on her face. Shazza

turns and starts to walk away.

MOLLY (CONT'D)

Thanks to us there hasn't been another

7/7.

SHAZZA:

There wasn't one before 7/7.

Belinda puts her arm on Shazza's arm to defuse the situation and

leads her away. Molly glares after them as Nan links her arm.

NAN:

I say, it's the first time we've ever

agreed with your dad on anything.

MOLLY:

Eh?

NAN:

(nodding back to Shazza)

She needs being rolled in a carpet and

lobbed off a bridge onto the M25.

Molly goes and sits next to Dave.

MOLLY:

You had any of her soup?

Dave looks at her and raises an eyebrow.

MOLLY (CONT'D)

What d'you think about mum going to

work?

DAVE:

I think she needs a check up from the

neck up.

Nan comes over.

NAN:

You don't think she's started batting

for the other side, do you? Not that

there's anything wrong with that... I

wouldn't say no if that Princess Grace

of Monaco took a shine to me.

Dave and Molly are staring open mouthed at Nan.

NAN (CONT'D)

In her prime of course. Not now. She's

dead, isn't she?

10:
27:04 INT. SMURF'S BEDROOM. NEWPORT. DAY 12. 14:33

Smurf sees his phone buzzing. He sees it is Molly. He sits up

on the bed and answers, looking happy that she has rung.

SMURF:

(into phone)

Alright Moll.

10:
27:09 INT. MOLLY'S HOUSE. BATHROOM. DAY 12. 14:33

Molly is sitting on the loo trying to find a bit of privacy as

she talks on her mobile. We can hear the party getting more

boisterous downstairs.

MOLLY:

(into phone)

My mother's a lesbian.

10:
27:11 INT. SMURF'S BEDROOM. NEWPORT. DAY 12. 14:33

Smurf with the phone to his ear laughs and lies down on the bed.

SMURF:

(into phone)

Come to Newport.

10:
27:15 INT. MOLLY'S HOUSE. BATHROOM. DAY 12. 14:33

MOLLY:

Is it on the tube?

SMURF (O.S.)

Newport? Bloody English!

MOLLY:

If it's past Barnet then I ain't coming.

SMURF:

Come over..

10:
27:24 INT. SMURF'S BEDROOM. DAY 12. 14:33

SMURF:

I'm just sat in my room... might as well

be in Afghan to be honest.

10:
27:29 INT. MOLLY'S HOUSE. BATHROOM. DAY 12. 14:33

MOLLY:

But I'm supposed to be getting some rest

and recuperation from the likes of you.

10:
27:35 INT. SMURF'S BEDROOM. DAY 12. 14:33

SMURF:

(quietly serious)

Molls, no one else understands.

10:
27:40 INT. MOLLY'S HOUSE. BATHROOM. DAY 12. 14:34

Molly looks at herself in the mirror, the phone still at her ear.

As she looks at herself in the reflection in her party gear...

it slowly changes to one of her being in full uniform, looking

dapper.

MOLLY:

Okay I'll come.

10:
27:53 EXT. NEWPORT STATION. DAY 12. 17:06

Smurf is scouring the passengers who alight. He can't see Molly.

He is getting increasingly anxious. He is holding a bunch of

flowers.

MOLLY:

Ditch the flowers, you noofter.

Molly appears behind him.

SMURF:

There you are. You don't like them?

MOLLY:

Bin. Now.

SMURF:

You joking?

She shakes her head and he can tell she is deadly serious. Smurf

laughs walks over to the bin and drops them in.

MOLLY:

What is this? A Tampax advert or

something?

SMURF:

Beer?

MOLLY:

You pisshead Taffs. Go on then.

They laugh and head off. Smurf dumps the flowers in the bin.

10:
28:29 INT. PUB. NEWPORT. DAY 12. 17:15

The place is rammed with Smurf's mates. Some round Smurf and some

round Molly.

JASON:

(to Molly)

So how many people you killed then?

MOLLY:

Loads mate. And I'll add you to the list

if you carry on staring at my tits.

Smurf hears this and is embarassed of his mates.

SMURF:

You alright?

Molly follows Smurf.

MOLLY:

Yeah. You?

SMURF:

Sort of. Don't feel...

MOLLY:

Normal?

SMURF:

How long until everything gets back to

normal.

MOLLY:

It can't, can it. I think we just put

Afghan in a little box and shove it under

the stairs.

SMURF:

Eh?

MOLLY:

Out of our minds. And don't go near that

f***ing box, that's when you get proper

fragged.

SMURF:

How do you think they're all doing?

MOLLY:

I don't like it that they're there

without us. We all need to be together.

SMURF:

Let's hope they've caught old scar face

Sohail.

MOLLY:

Dunno if he pulled the trigger but he

definitely had something to do with

what happened at the mountain pass.

SMURF:

I knew from the off that he was Taliban.

MOLLY:

He could have already pulled another

little stunt... It don't bear thinking

about. This R & R is unbearable.

SMURF:

We've got each other.

He gives Molly a hug - she thinks he's just being friendly but

to Smurf it clearly means much more. Another mate calls over and

forces him to break his embrace.

JASON:

You better get over here Smurf, it's

£89.20.

Smurf takes out a big roll of notes, playing the big I am to cheers

and hands a hundred quid to the landlord to more cheers and back

slapping.

SMURF:

Right then you shitheads!

(to bar tender)

Here you go boss.

Smurf knocks back a short as everyone cheers him on. Molly watches

him knowing that now he's in the army he's no longer 'one of them'

with his old mates. He knows it too.

Smurf watches Molly head outside.

10:
30:08 EXT. PUB. NEWPORT. DAY 12. 17:16

Molly is outside getting some fresh air as Smurf comes out to

join her.

SMURF:

What's up?

MOLLY:

No one can ever know, not really.

SMURF:

What?

MOLLY:

It's impossible to explain, innit.

There we go, we gotta look after each

other.

SMURF:

Well I'm looking after you.

MOLLY:

I know that.

SMURF:

(taken aback)

You agree with me?

MOLLY:

You're my mate.

SMURF:

I'm glad you came down to see me.

MOLLY:

I'm glad I come too. Although I have

to be honest Smurf, Newport is a bit

of a sh*t hole.

SMURF:

Don't push your luck.

(comes up with an idea)

I'm gonna show you the most beautiful

sight in the world.

Smurf sees a mini-cab and heads towards it.

MOLLY:

Well where are we going? It's not the

countryside is it? I hate the

countryside. Trees give me the

willies.

Molly heads off after Smurf.

10:
31:00 EXT.ON THE FORESHORE OF THE TAF.LAUGHARNE.DAY 12.18:30

Smurf and Molly are standing looking across the water to Dylan

Thomas' boathouse. To Smurf it is the most beautiful and important

place on earth. Silence.

SMURF:

I love a bit of Laugharne, me. Not too

shabby eh?

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