Our Girl Page #8

(reading from the lists)

How the hell did Mansfield Mike slice

his forehead?

JACKIE:

Apparently he was shaveing gangsta

nicks into his eyebrows when someone

burst a balloon behind him and made him

jump.

Molly bursts out laughing.

MOLLY:

I beth the boss weren't too happy?

JAMES:

(bursting in)

Mainly because gangsta nicks are

banned in the military.

James looks at her coldly. Dangle Berries sticks his head in.

DANGLE BERRIES:

(to Jackie)

You ready?

Jackie nods, picks up her bags and heads out.

JACKIE:

Yeah

(to Molly)

See you later Molls.

MOLLY:

Thanks Jackie.

Molly starts to follow but stops and looks at James. The following

exchange they are looking long and hard into each others eyes

making everything very charged.

MOLLY (CONT'D)

You okay?

JAMES:

Yeah. Why wouldn't I be?

MOLLY:

I'm glad to be back. Felt weird. I

couldn't get my head back into

'normal'.

JAMES:

What, so you're glad to be back to

'abnormal'?

MOLLY:

I see your boots are wearing in alright?

JAMES:

What?

MOLLY:

I can see in here you haven't had your

blisters checked by the medic.

James laughs.

JAMES:

Well maybe you can give them the once

over later.

MOLLY:

See these are the medical emergencies

that I've missed Sir. Out here in

Afghan, I'm at the cutting edge of this

conflict... with your blisters.

James laughs again. He is being friendly again. Glad to have Molly

back.

JAMES:

Are you really glad to be back?

MOLLY:

I wanted to come back.

Beat. A moment between them.

KINDERS (O.S.)

Oi Molly, you went to bloody Newport

and you weren't a hostage?

Molly laughs.

JAMES:

(quietly)

You went to Newport?

Kinders comes in. James quickly busies himself.

KINDERS:

Old Smurf is a silver tongued

cavalier... sorry Sir, didn't see you

here.

James smirks disapprovingly, turns and heads out. Molly looks

gutted.

KINDERS (CONT'D)

So, how big a sh*t hole is it then?

NUDE-NUT & BAZ VEGAS(O.S.)

(singing)

Dawesy and Smurf-oid sitting in a

tree...

(coming in)

K.I.S.S.I.N.G.

Molly storms out.

10:
46:04 EXT. COMPOUND BASE. OUTSIDE MED CENTRE. DAY 15.

CONTINUOUS:

MOLLY:

It's like being back at school!

NUDE-NUT

Someone's tired.

Baz Vegas laughs.

10:
46:10 INT. COOKHOUSE. COMPOUND BASE. DAY 15. 12:15

Smurf is opening a box with a knife. Molly storms over to him,

angrily.

MOLLY:

What have you said?

SMURF:

I just said that we hung together. You

know what the piss taking bastards are

like.

MOLLY:

They're doing my nut in.

SMURF:

Ignore them.

MOLLY:

You haven't said anything happened

other than what actually happened,

have you?

SMURF:

I haven't said anything. We just

chilled in Newport and London. Wasn't

a secret was it?

MOLLY:

No it wasn't a secret.

SMURF:

Drink some water.

MOLLY:

Why?

SMURF:

The journey. Heat and that. You might

be a little...

He hands her a bottle.

MOLLY:

I'm quite capable of knowing when to

drink water, thanks.

SMURF:

Molls... I'm not stupid. I told you I

know you don't want to go out with anyone

in the platoon...

MOLLY:

No, Smurf, no. I don't wanna go out with

you. You're my mate, that is it! Why

can't you just be my mate?

SMURF:

Because I love you.

She stops and looks at him. She looks sad. He looks gutted. She

walks off and he turns back to what he was doing, heartbroken.

10:
47:12 EXT. COMPOUND BASE. DAY 15. 12:16

Molly is sat by herself. James comes out a tent and starts heading

towards his quarters. He passes Molly, purposefully ignoring her.

MOLLY:

(quietly)

We just hung out. It was nothing.

JAMES:

(without breaking step)

What you telling me for?

MOLLY:

When are we off to Bastion, sir?

JAMES:

0600 Tomorrow. You should probably

pack.

MOLLY:

What, so this is the end, yeah?

He turns back to look at her but doesn't answer. Molly watches

him disappear.

10:
47:39 INT. DORM TENT. COMPOUND BASE. NIGHT 15. 22:30

Molly enters the tent. The boys have packed up all their kit neatly

waiting for transfer. Molly sits down on her bed, alone.

10:
48:04 INT. SANGA/EXT. COMPOUND BASE. NIGHT 15. CONTINUOUS

We see Molly's head poking out of her quarters, watching James

who is in the sanga looking around his kingdom that hold so many

memories for him.

10:
48:32 INT. JAMES' QUARTERS. NIGHT 15. 22:31

James enters his tent. He looks down and sees something on his

pillow. It's the coffee capsules from Molly, tied up in a red

bow. He picks them up and has a small smile.

10:
48:52 EXT. COMPOUND BASE. DAY 16. 05:30

The flags are hoisted down.

Molly heads out her tent towards the mastiffs which are fully

loaded and everything packed up from the camp and put onto lorries.

The platoon have gathered. Molly turns back to look around the

place and take in the memories. James heads towards her. She looks

at him hopefully. A moment between them. With his head he indicates

for her to get on the truck.

Slowly he gets on the truck too.

10:
49:43 EXT. COMPOUND BASE. AFGHANISTAN.

The front gates are opened and the mastiff drives out.

10:
50:00 INT. MASTIFF ARMORED VEHICLE/EXT. VILLAGE. DAY 16. 06:00

In one vehicle are Kinders, Nude-Nut, Baz Vegas, Mansfield, Qaseem

with James and Molly sitting by the back doors each with a window.

Molly looks at James but he is looking away. She looks out the

window.

10:
50:18 EXT. VILLAGE. DAY

In the village people are starting to go about their business

for the day.

We see the two mastiffs slowly moving down the road.

Smurf is on the gun turret.

SMURF:

(shouting down)

The kids are going to school. Try not

to run the little bleeders over or it'll

all have been a bit of a waste of time!

10:
50:45 INT. MASTIFF ARMORED VEHICLE/EXT. VILLAGE. DAY

CONTINUOUS:

The boys all laugh.

JAMES:

Our work here is done.

They all clap.

FINGERS:

So, are we at Camp Bastion till draw

down Sir?

JAMES:

Until we are told other.

FINGERS:

Sweet.

They all laugh. Molly not really listening, she's looking at the

children out of her back window.

MOLLY:

(studying the children going

in to school)

Sir, there's only boys! There's only

boys going to school, Sir.

She turns and looks at James.

JAMES:

We've been called back to Bastion

Dawes. The ANA are in control of the

area. It has nothing to do with us.

10:
51:12 EXT. DUSTY ROAD OUT OF VILLAGE. AFGHANISTAN.DAY 16.06:01

The mastiff is driving through a dusty road out of the village.

MANSFIELD MIKE (O.S.)

Are we nearly there yet or what?!

The others laugh.

10:
51:18 EXT. DIRT TRACK. DAY 16. 06:02

They are now all singing a raucous rendition of 'The wheels on

the bus.'

BOYS:

(singing)

The wheels on the bus go round and round,

round and round, round and round. The

wheels on the bus go round and round.

All day long..

10:
51:30 INT. MASTIFF ARMORED VEHICLE.

BAZ VEGAS:

(singing)

The guns on the bus goes bang band bang..

The others join in.

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