Tamara Drewe Page #14

110 INT. DAY. EWEDOWN - JODY’S BEDROOM. 110 *

Jody is weeping into her mobile phone.

JODY:

I’ll never see Ben again... And it’s

all MY FAULT.

Jody’s mum comes into the room.

MUM:

What’s all your fault?

JODY:

(putting the phone down)

None of your business.

MUM:

I’m bloody sick of you looking like a

wet weekend. Who’s Ben?

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JODY:

No one.

MUM:

What’ve you done?

JODY:

Nothing.

MUM:

Are you in trouble?

JODY:

NO!... Leave me alone.

MUM:

You take care with boys, Jody. You

know what can happen.

JODY:

What can happen? What can ever,

ever happen in a place like this?

She throws herself on her duvet, inconsolable.

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111 EXT. DAY. STONEFIELD - THE GROUNDS (MARVELL’S FARM). 111

Beth is with Lucetta, another writer, crossing a field.

Lucetta raises her binoculars passes them to Beth.

POV SHOT AT MARVELL’S FARM.

LUCETTA:

Are they crows or jackdaws? It’s sonice to get these little detailsright.

BETH:

They’re rooks.

LUCETTA:

I’ve got an unhappy wife and a

newly qualified vet discovering aforbidden world of physical love ina bird hide.

BETH:

(through binoculars)

There’s Nicholas...

Nicholas's red scarf makes him visible from afar.

112 EXT. DAY. THE FIELD AND COPSE. (LARKHAMS) 112

Nicholas sees Tamara. He waits while she emerges from the

copse.

TAMARA:

I’m looking for Andy.

NICHOLAS:

He’s not up at Stonefield.

Tamara is about to turn back. *

NICHOLAS:

So what about this shag I’ve been

reading about?

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TAMARA:

Oh f*** off.

NICHOLAS:

I liked your email. Very succint. *

TAMARA:

Well I didn’t send it. And I wouldn’t

shag you if you were the last manleft after a nuclear winter.

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NICHOLAS:

I’ll come round tomorrow then. About

three?

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TAMARA:

Drop dead you smug prick.

Nicholas watches her storm back up the copse.

113 EXT. DAY. EWEDOWN. THE VILLAGE PUB. 113

Tamara’s car pulls up. Jody and Casey wheel around closer ontheir bikes. Tamara tries the door. The pub is shut. Shelooks in through the glass and sees Zoe up on the bar,

clinging to Andy in a long embrace. Tamara is frozen. Andykisses Zoe, long and tender.

Tamara turns.

She gets back in her car, trying to hide her distress - whichhas taken her completely by surprise. Jody and Casey staremutely as she drives away.

114 INT. DAY. EWEDOWN. THE VILLAGE PUB. 114

Andy and Zoe finish their kiss.

ZOE:

Still time to change your mind. Blueskies. Fun in the sun.

ANDY:

Just not a traveller, Zoe.

ZOE:

(gently)

I know... you’re like a big old

tree. Stuck here.

115 EXT. NEXT DAY. A SECLUDED LANE. 115

Nicholas parks his 4X4. As he gets out, he is on the phone.

NICHOLAS:

I’ll probably stay on at the library

for another hour or two. Yes... justchecking some law reports.

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116 INT. DAY. WINNARDS FARM - THE KITCHEN / HALL. 116

Tamara is playing with the ill-fitting ring that Ben gaveher. She puts it a jar and closes the lid. There’s a knock onthe front door. She startles, her face falling. She answersit. Nicholas is on the threshold.

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NICHOLAS:

Hello.

TAMARA:

So. Nicholas.

She lets the door fall open. She backs into the hall.

Nicholas walks in. He closes the door. They look at eachother. Neither of them moves.

NICHOLAS:

You can tell me to leave.

Tamara says nothing. *

NICHOLAS:

You can throw me right out.

Nicholas slowly takes his red scarf and coat off. He hangsthem on a coat hook, bringing himself closer to her.

NICHOLAS:

Just say and I’ll go.

She still can’t speak. Nicholas takes her in his arms. He isbig and fatherly and comforting.

*

Tamara feels a sense of relief, of not being alone. Her armsgo around him. When he kisses her, he’s surprisingly real,

vulnerable even, as if he’s left his lordly persona at the

door. Tamara closes her eyes.

*

Their kisses become more urgent.

117 INT. DUSK. WINNARDS FARM - TAMARA’S BEDROOM. 117

Tamara is lying in Nicholas’ arms in the growing darkness. Helooks blissfully post-coital. Tamara is gazing ahead. A tearrolls down her cheek. It lands on Nicholas’ chest.

NICHOLAS:

Are you crying?

TAMARA:

No.

Nicholas is taken aback. He instinctively holds her.

NICHOLAS:

Don’t cry. Am I really that bad?

Tamara shakes her head, glad of him.

TAMARA:

I’m just not myself. *

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NICHOLAS:

Yes you are.

She looks up at him.

NICHOLAS (CONT'D)

You’re relentlessly, rudely,

uncompromisingly yourself.

A smile appears on Tamara’s face.

TAMARA:

I used to watch you out of my window

helping your daughter learn to

skateboard up the lane. Bit of an

obvious crush, wasn’t it.

NICHOLAS:

Is that why you’re crying?

TAMARA:

No.

NICHOLAS:

Am I here as revenge on your ex?

TAMARA:

I don’t know why you’re here. Why are

you here, Nicholas?

NICHOLAS:

Because... since you climbed over

that stile in the summer I haven’t

thought about very much else.

She doesn’t believe him.

TAMARA:

You can use me in one of your books.

118 INT. NIGHT. WINNARDS FARM - THE HALL.

Nicholas is putting his coat on. Tamara is uneasy.

NICHOLAS:

When can we do this again?

TAMARA:

What about Beth?

NICHOLAS:

Look, Beth and I have this kind of

open

TAMARA:

Bullshit.

76.

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NICHOLAS:

Thursday?

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TAMARA:

Isn’t life complicated enough?

Nicholas shakes his head. He kisses her.

119 INT. NIGHT. STONEFIELD - THE KITCHEN. 119

Nicholas strolls in. He’s ecstatically happy. Beth is getting

something out of the Aga.

BETH:

Oh poor you - was it awful?

NICHOLAS:

Bloody terrible. Didn’t move till

well past Chiswick. But look, I

nipped into Fortnums...

He hands her a package.

BETH:

All my favourite teas - Oh!

He embraces her. He is affectionate, magnanimous in his

bliss. Beth is taken aback by his warmth.

BETH:

My goodness. You feel like my buzzy

toothbrush just after I’ve charged it

up. You should go up to London more

often.

NICHOLAS:

Maybe I will...

Nicholas goes to the table. The writers greet him as he sits.

NICHOLAS:

Sorry everybody; traffic was a pig.

Do carry on...

LUCETTA:

I’m trying this magic realist bit

at the end of chapter three, where

the characters slowly turn into

birds -

NICHOLAS:

That sounds very innovative...

LUCETTA:

Do you think so? It’s sort of the

key to the structure, which I’m

thinking of as a nest shape...

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Nicholas listens benevolently as Lucetta shares. His good

humour is so out of his recent character that Beth watches

him with increasing unease. There is something in her eyes

akin to suspicion.

121 SPRING. POSY DRAWING. 121

122 EXT. DAY. HADDITON - THE STATION / BETH’S CAR. 122

Beth is putting Glen’s luggage into the boot.

GLEN:

So after two years of radio silence

I contact my editor. And she loves -

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