EXT. FRONT OF COLLEGE BUILDING – DAY
Charlotte sits on a bench
Sound: (charlotte’s thoughts) ‘I’ve never been pretty
enough. Even bro knows it, though he’d never say it. Why would anyone be
interested in me? I thought. Until everything changed.
Nina comes on to get charlotte
Nina
Hey! What are you doing there all by yourself? Come with me.
Charlotte timidly gets up and looks worried. Nina takes her
to meet people
INT. MAIN LOUNGE OF HOUSE
Nina and Charlotte enter, where Jason, Heather and Tom are.
Nina
Everyone! Meet
the new girl, Charlotte
Everyone
in unison
Hey charlotte!
Jason
So, newbie,
where’d ya come from?
Charlotte
Oh…um just some
stuck-up part of town near DC, totally didn’t fit in
Jason
(LAUGHS) Huh, well, now you do
Jason smiles at Charlotte, gives her a kiss on the cheek and
wonders off to get a drink.
Sound: (Charlotte’s thoughts) – ‘has a guy actually just
taken an interest in me?’
INT. TOM’S BEDROOM - DAY
We see Charlotte, Nina, Jason, Tom and Heather chatting in
mime, showing the progression of their relationships…
INT. MAIN LOUNGE
- NIGHT
Everyone but Charlotte is dressed in their pyjamas and has a
cup of some sort of brew. Charlotte enters.
Heather
Have some of this babe, it takes the pounds off sharpish! We
have it all the time
Hesitantly Charlotte takes the cup and sips.
Charlotte
Mmm
it’s good!
Nina
Oh my god! Let’s have a makeover!
Charlotte
Uh?…um…
Nina grabs charlotte and pulls her in front of the mirror
Nina
Tonight’s your lucky night, I’ve got some spare dye!
Charlotte
Oh…umm…okay
Nina gets her hair dye and begins dying Charlotte’s hair, then wraps it up in a bun. Nina does Charlotte a face pack while Charlotte’s hair is
dying and then Charlotte walks off stage to wash her hair out.
Heather
I’m gonna find her
something to wear!
PAUSE
INT. BATHROOM
Heather follows Charlotte into the bathroom. Charlotte is
washing off the face pack that is horrifically burning her skin.
Charlotte
It really hurts!!
Heather
It’s supposed to silly
Heather walks back into the main lounge, followed by
Charlotte.
Charlotte has her hair dyed a
deep brown and it is curled, she’s smiling. Her face pack has been taken off and
makeup is done. They turn to each other and chat and while Charlotte stands and
thinks to herself.
Sound: (Charlotte’s thoughts) – ‘How can my acne just
disappear like that? I look…good. I can hardly recognise myself right now. Wow.
INT. CHARLOTTE’S BEDROOM - DAY/NIGHT
A passing off time as Charlotte continues to drink the brew
in her bedroom and losing more and more weight.
EXT. COLLEGE GROUNDS - DAY
Charlotte has just finished class and is walking home. Jason
appears and runs up to her
Jason
Hey Scarlett, wait up!
Charlotte turns around, confused
Charlotte
Um, my name’s Charlotte...
Jason
Oh. Right. Yeah, sorry. Been a long day, you alright?
Charlotte
I’m fine. Gotta get home. I’ll seeya later.
INT. MAIN LOUNGE OF HOUSE
Charlotte gets home and Nina is laying on the couch, reading
Charlotte
Hey, Nina…you’know…Jason was really weird earlier.
Nina sits up
Nina
How?
Charlotte
Well, he sorta got my name wrong, said this other girl’s
name…as if he was convinced it was me. I mean, he’s known me for a while now…I
think it was Scarlet or something, aand I know they sound similar but-
Nina
- Charlotte
Charlotte
Yeah?
PAUSE
Nina
Well…there was this girl that lived here before called
Scarlett. She left before you moved in…
Charlotte
What? Where did she
go?
Nina
Well, you could say she
went a bit crazy…
Charlotte
How?
Nina
I don’t know, like
she became obsessed with herself. Never thought she was ‘pretty’ enough, always
going on…she was stunning. Like unrealistically stunning. And didn’t we all
know it. And so did she.
Charlotte
And she left
because?...
Nina
I’m sorry to say, well, she’s not exactly here anymore…
Charlotte
You mean?...
Nina
Yeah…but most people think she’s just taking a year out, so
I probably wouldn’t go around talking about it.
Charlotte
No, of course. But
why didn’t you tell me? I’ve got her room…I feel sick – I need go to
INT. CHARLOTTE EXITS THE MAIN LOUNGE
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