Boys Like That

By

Sophie Proops

Charlie Lahyani

c/o hampstead fine arts

INT. SCREENFLOW. NIGHT

We see a computer screen with a chat room.

MADDIE (VOICEOVER)

Every girl is destined to find her

Romeo.

BUBBLEGUM_GIRL

You sound too good to be true :).

MADDIE (VOICEOVER)

You should be comfortable with

yourself and be willing to tackle

any obstacles that come in your

way.

FOOTBALL_BOY

I wish I cud act like this infront

of my friends I feel so natural

when I’m tlkin 2 u. I wana meet u

:)

MADDIE (VOICEOVER)

But it’s easier to sit behind the

comfort of your own laptop.

BUBBLEGUM_GIRL

I don’t know.

FOOTBALL_BOY

y?

MADDIE (VOICEOVER)

When people can’t see you they

can’t judge you.

BUBBLEGUM_GIRL

I’m not your typical girl.

FOOTBALL_BOY

And thats wat i like bout u :)

MADDIE (VOICEOVER)

But beggars can’t be choosers.

BUBBLEGUM_GIRL

Well I guess we could..

FOOTBALL_BOY

I’ll meet u at the park off (road)

2moro at 5?

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 2.

MADDIE (VOICEOVER)

And I’m begging.

BUBBLEGUM_GIRL

Can’t wait :D

EXT. COURTYARD AT SCHOOL. DAY

The screen is black.

MADDIE (VOICEOVER)

Come to think of it, I could wait a

bit longer.

We see Maddie walking through the school gates holding her

books. She looks smart, relaxed, geeky and a bit oblivious.

She looks at her phone and we see her background is her dog.

She’s still walking and just entering the courtyard.

"Popular" girls laugh at her.

MADDIE (VOICEOVER)

But atleast I’m not a stuck up

bitch.

Turns, looks and awkwardly smiles at one of the "popular"

girls.

MADDIE (VOICEOVER)

Everyone at school just follows the

crowd, but online you can be true

to yourself, as Steve Jobs would

say it’s better to be a pirate than

to join the navy.

Aden walks straight into her and she drops all her books.

He’s good looking, dressed cool and is surrounded by his

friend. He has a guilty look in his face when he knocks her

down and they make eye contact in which we see his guilt.She

picks up her books.

MADDIE

Charming.

She carries on walking and goes inside.

3.

INT. CLASSROOM. DAY

She sits down and we see time pass through a montage of

quick editing (shot of her writing, shot of her eating, shot

of her writing, shot of her answering a question, writing

more, school bell rings). We hear a bell sound and time goes

back to normal speed.

MADDIE

Here goes.

EXT. COURTYARD AT SCHOOL. DAY

She gets up and leaves we follow her out the gate.

MADDIE (VOICEOVER)

I just hope he’s not a murderer.

EXT. OUTSIDE MEETING POINT. DAY

She looks at road sign, looks at her phone background and at

the picture of her dog.

MADDIE

Wish me luck.

EXT. MEETING POINT. DAY

Aden sitting on bench waiting. He’s looking nervous, keep

looking at his watch, around him and is fidgeting.

EXT. OUTSIDE MEETING POINT. DAY

Maddie takes a breath and walks around the corner to see

Aden sitting there. She whips back around the corner and

slams herself onto the wall. She breathes and walks past.

MADDIE:

Oh my god oh my god my god.

As she walks past we see Adens anticipation because he

thinks it’s going to be the girl from his chatroom. When the

mystery girl (Maddie) keeps on walking he sighs.

4.

INT. MADDIE’S ROOM. NIGHT

Maddie storms into her room. We see her dog sitting on her

bed waiting for her which shows how close they are. Her room

is quirky and geeky.

MADDIE

You wont believe what just happened

ruby! You know I went to meet him

and turned out it was that idiot

Aden from school.

We hear a pop up on her computer.

FOOTBALL_BOY

Where wer u 2day? Was that you?

MADDIE

What should I do!?

FOOTBALL_BOY

U sed that ud meet me..

BUBBLEGUM_GIRL

Sorry I got held up.

FOOTBALL_BOY

I could of really done with seeing

u, I had the worst day.. My friends

pressured me in2 tripping up this

girl at my skl. It’s not fair cos

i’ve heard shes rly nice but she

jst looks a bit weird.. I wish i

was big enough 2 say sorry

We see Maddies face looks shocked.

MADDIE

Ruby! What should I do?

Ruby runs and sits on Maddies magazine on a make over

section. Maddie looks and smiles cunningly.

MADDIE

Ruby your a genius.

She leans over and kisses her.

BUBBLEGUM_GIRL

Sorry I got held up, same time same

place tomorrow.

Looks at herself in the mirror with a prepared expression.

Looks at her watch.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 5.

MADDIE

Shit.

She runs out her room and then we see her run back in

holding a full boots bag. She puts it down and we see there

is make up inside.

INT. MADDIE’S ROOM. DAY.

Alarm clock goes off Maddie smacks it off. Make over

sequence. We see her put contact lenses in, pierces her

nose, fake tans, straightens her hair (badly), puts fake

eyelashes on, make up and change of clothes and puts on high

heels. We don’t see her whole body for the whole sequence.

EXT. MEETING POINT. DAY

We see Aden sitting there waiting again, Maddie’s body comes

into frame. Aden stands up and they start walking towards

each other.

MADDIE (VOICEOVER)

Oh my

ADEN (VOICEOVER)

God

MADDIE (VOICEOVER)

I can’t believe

They get close and stop infront of each other.

ADEN

It’s you.

We see her beautiful new self. She looks at him and

awkwardly smiles.

MADDIE

Surprise.

ADEN

Maddie, you look so wow.. your

hair’s so wow.. and your clothes

are so wow.

MADDIE

Lets go for a walk and you can find

some more adjectives.

They walk off.

6.

INT. MADDIE’S ROOM NIGHT

Maddie runs into her rooms really happily. She lies down on

her bed and takes a huge breath with a massive grin on her

face. We hear her get a text message. She looks at her

phone.

ADEN (TEXT MESSAGE)

Hey I had a really great day today

lets hang out again soon.

MONTAGE SEQUENCE.

We see there relationship grow by dating in different

places. We see them in coffee shops, restaurants, bedrooms,

cinema, and park. From the park the montage stops and goes

to normal time.

EXT. PARK. DAY.

We see them lying in the grass holding hands.

MADDIE

Your so different to how I always

thought you were.

Aden looks at her and smiles and gives her a kiss. He’s

lying on his side and we see his friends in the distance,

they see him but don’t see Maddie.

FRIEND 1

(shouts)

Oi Aden you wana come play

football?

Aden sits up quickly.

ADEN

Shit hide.

MADDIE

What?

ADEN

Hide!

MADDIE

Why, are you embarrased of me?

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 7.

ADEN

No it’s just that..

MADDIE

You know what I take that back you

haven’t changed at all.

She gets up and leaves in a mood, at first she’s angry but

it turns to sadness.

FRIEND 2

Who was that?

Aden sighs and walks off in other direction. Friends look

confused.

EXT. STREET. DAY.

Maddie’s running home looking really upset.

MADDIE (VOICEOVER)

What was I thinking, I always knew

he was an arsehole. Boys like that

never go for girls like me.

INT. MADDIE’S ROOM. DAY.

Jumps onto her bed crying, goes to her mirror and takes

makeup off.

EXT. COURTYARD AT SCHOOL. DAY

2 weeks later. We see Maddie walking through the school

gates holding her books (exactly like the beginning). People

are staring at her.

MADDIE (VOICEOVER)

Back to square one. Everyone still

stares at me but not because I’m

the weird girl who’s best friends

with her dog, but because I broke

the heart of the most popular boy

in school.

She walks past his friends, they stare at each other but

don’t trip her up.

MADDIE (VOICEOVER)

At least one things changed.

8.

INT. MADDIE’S ROOM. NIGHT.

She’s on her computer. Her doorbell rings and she runs

downstairs opens the door and sees a no one there, just a

packet of bubblegum on the floor with a post it note on top

of it saying "still rememeber your favourite flavour". She

picks it up goes back upstairs and sits at her computer.

FOOTBALL_BOY

I rly miss u Maddie.

She ignores it.

FOOTBALL_BOY

I’m an idiot any boy wud b lucky 2

have u :(

She takes a deep breath, looks at ruby who encourages her,

looks back at the computer.

BUBBLEGUM_GIRL

Same time same place. But don’t

think I’ve forgiven you, we need to

talk.

EXT. MEETING POINT. DAY.

Aden’s sitting there quietly, looks sad. We see Maddie

dressed as her old self walking up to him she sits down next

to him.

ADEN

I’m sorry Maddie, I was an idiot,

all this time I’ve been trying to

be some one I’m not and I lost the

best thing I ever had as a result.

MADDIE

What was that?

ADEN

You..

MADDIE

Well how can I trust you Aden, you

embarrassed me.

ADEN

I’ll make it up to you.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 9.

MADDIE

Prove it.

Aden puts out his hand for her to hold it.

EXT. COURTYARD AT SCHOOL. DAY

We see them walking through the gates of school hand in

hand. Fade to black.