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prosperity Written by Mark O'Halloran
stacey's story
SHOOTING SCRIPT
Directed by Lenny Abrahamson Produced by Element Pictures
© RTE 2007
STACEY'S STORY Shooting Script.
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INT. STACEY’S BEDROOM. B+B - 0745
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The bedroom of a B+B in the North Inner City of Dublin. The bedroom is shabby and basic. A small bed, a window, a sink for washing in. There is also a child’s cot. Still sleeping in the bed is STACEY. Stacey is 17. There is the sound of the house waking up. We hear people on the stairs and sounds of children crying. Gradually Stacey wakes. She sits up. She stares for a time at the child’s cot. Stacey has a reserved, quiet persona, almost cold or damaged. Eventually she rises and stands beside the cot. Inside is her three month old daughter LORNA. The child is still sleeping soundly. Stacey watches her a moment. STACEY (softly) Baba, baba, baba. She tucks the child in, gently. She moves to the window. There is a ‘no smoking’ sign on the window. She opens the window and then lights a cigarette. She sits on the window sill and smokes and watches the world go by. We see that she is in the centre of the city. Occasionally she looks back into the room to check on Lorna. CUT TO: 2
INT. HALLWAY. B+B -
0804
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Stacey is coming out of the communal bathroom. She has showered. There are others milling about. A rough looking woman called LINDA is having an argument with another woman. There is a four year old boy watching. LINDA What the fuck are you saying? WOMAN I’m not saying anything Linda. LINDA Better not be. Why?
WOMAN
LINDA Cause I’ll sort you. You will? I will.
WOMAN LINDA
WOMAN (to her four year old kid) Go on into the room Darren.
(CONTINUED)
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Stacey avoids engaging with people and returns to her room. CUT TO: 3
INT. STACEY’S BEDROOM. B+B - 0820
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Stacey picks up her phone from the bedside locker. She presses some of the buttons. The phone is dead. Jesus.
STACEY
Stacey goes and sits at the cheap dressing table in her room. She looks at herself in the mirror. She begins to put on her jewellery, large earrings, necklaces and sovereign rings etc. She ties up her hair. Lorna is still sleeping. She looks in at the sleeping baby. STACEY (cont’d) (softly) Sleepy. Stacey sits on the edge of her bed and watches the sleeping infant. There is still noise outside. Eventually there is a knock on the door and a voice from outside. It is VERONICA, the landlady of the B+B. Stacey? Yeah?
VERONICA O/S STACEY
VERONICA O/S You’ve ten minutes love. I know.
STACEY
VERONICA O/S Ten minutes. The landlady leaves. Stacey still sits and watches Lorna sleeping. STACEY (softly) Baby. CUT TO: 4
EXT. STAIRWAY. B+B - 0823
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Stacey is coming down the stairs. In the hallway below is Veronica. Veronica?
STACEY
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What?
VERONICA
STACEY Lorna’s not even awake yet. So?
VERONICA
STACEY So I was wondering if I could stay on a bit longer. Let her sleep a bit longer. VERONICA Sake Stacey. I have to do out all them rooms. I know. So?
STACEY VERONICA
STACEY It’s only she’s sleeping. Beat. STACEY (cont’d) Don’t even have her bottles done yet. VERONICA Well you should have her bottles done. I know.
STACEY
VERONICA I’ll give you fifteen minutes. Thanks.
STACEY
VERONICA But you have to be gone then. Yeah.
STACEY
Stacey goes back up the stairs. CUT TO:
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INT. STACEY’S BEDROOM. B+B - 0842
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Stacey is in the bedroom. She boils the small kettle and makes up some bottles of formula. She puts them in the baby bag she has and packs it onto the buggy. She looks into the cot. Lorna is still sleeping. Eventually she leans over and picks up the baby. The baby cries gently. Sleepy.
STACEY
Beat. She holds the baby to her. STACEY (cont’d) Now, now. Baby. Hah? Shh. She lays the baby on the bed. STACEY (cont’d) Are you dirty? Are you a dirty, dirty, dirty? Are you? She sets about changing the baby. STACEY (cont’d) Only pissy. Stacey fills the small hand basin in the room with water. She takes Lorna’s clothes off and gently sits her in the water. STACEY (cont’d) It’s not too hot. Isn’t it? Isn’t it nice? Isn’t it? Yeah. Stacey sits back down on the corner of the bed. She has Lorna wrapped in a towel. She dries her and dresses her. STACEY (cont’d) (softly) All nice. Stacey has all of Lorna’s clothes her outdoor layers and places her her in. Stacey goes to the window window sill, opens the window and knock comes on the door.
on now. She next puts on in the buggy. She straps again. She sits on the smokes again. Eventually a
LANDLADY O/S You’re taking the piss now Stacey. STACEY No. I know. Stacey readies herself. CUT TO:
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INT. ENTRANCE HALL. B+B - 0851
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With difficulty Stacey gets the buggy down the stairs. She is carrying the infant while doing this. At the bottom of the stairs she straps Lorna into the buggy. Veronica is by the door talking to Linda. LINDA I was down there yesterday and nothing. And I’m after being down there now and nothing. VERONICA To the post office? LINDA Yeah to the poxy post office. VERONICA Well why don’t you go down to the labour? LINDA Because I’m not fucken walking around all day. Alright Stacey? Yeah. She awake. Yeah.
STACEY VERONICA STACEY
LINDA She’s getting big. STACEY Do you have a Nokia charger Veronica? VERONICA I don’t think so. STACEY I lost me charger. VERONICA I don’t think I’m Nokia. LINDA I’m Motorola Stacey love. You’re Motorola as well Veronica are you? VERONICA I don’t know, I think.
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Show it.
LINDA
Veronica hands Linda her phone. LINDA (cont’d) That’s a Sony Veronica. You’re a Sony. VERONICA Yeah Sony I meant. Thanks.
STACEY
Stacey moves off. VERONICA Stacey, you can come back in the afternoon. STACEY Yeah. Thanks. VERONICA About three or that. Four. Yeah.
STACEY
Stacey leaves. CUT TO: 7
EXT. STREET. CITY CENTRE - 0905
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Stacey is walking down a city street. She has her baby bag in the bottom of the buggy. It falls out and spills. Stacey stops and picks up the items. A man approaches. He is in his fifties. He is unkempt and uncared for looking. He is a street drinker. He stands and looks at Stacey. She ignores him. He drinks from a can as he watches her. Stacey becomes uneasy. She finishes collecting the items and replaces the bag on the buggy. She stands and looks at the man. What? Nothing.
STACEY HOMELESS MAN
STACEY Why you looking at me then? HOMELESS MAN Free country. Sake.
STACEY
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Stacey takes off the brakes on the buggy and moves off. The man follows. HOMELESS MAN Whose baby is that? What?
STACEY
HOMELESS MAN That your baby is it? Why?
STACEY
HOMELESS MAN Cause you’re too young. Beat. HOMELESS MAN (cont’d) What do you feed it? Stacey ignores him. HOMELESS MAN (cont’d) What do you feed it? STACEY What do think I feed it? HOMELESS MAN I don’t know. STACEY A fucken bottle. Stacey tries move away from the man. He continues to follow. HOMELESS MAN Use your own milk? Fuck off.
STACEY
HOMELESS MAN I’m only asking. STACEY None of your business. Healthy.
HOMELESS MAN
STACEY Disgusting. Beat.
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HOMELESS MAN What age are you? STACEY I’m not talking to you. Why. Because.
HOMELESS MAN STACEY
HOMELESS MAN You’re a young thing. She tries to ignore him. What? 16? 17.
HOMELESS MAN (cont’d) STACEY
HOMELESS MAN You on your own? No.
STACEY
HOMELESS MAN No fella there? STACEY I’m not answering you. HOMELESS MAN Gone is he. STACEY No he’s not. HOMELESS MAN Ran a mile I’d say. STACEY No he didn’t. What then?
HOMELESS MAN
Beat. HOMELESS MAN (cont’d) Where you staying then? Nowhere.
STACEY
HOMELESS MAN In a hostel? (CONTINUED)
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STACEY I’m not talking to you. HOMELESS MAN Where then? She looks at him. STACEY My boyfriend and me have a flat. The homeless man laughs. HOMELESS MAN Well why walking round this early for? Just. Just what?
STACEY HOMELESS MAN
STACEY Cause I want to. HOMELESS MAN Cause you want to. Fuck off.
STACEY
The homeless man laughs more. Stacey has finished tying Lorna in. She moves off. The homeless man shouts after. Liar. Fuck off.
HOMELESS MAN STACEY
She leaves. CUT TO: 8
EXT. STREET. CITY CENTRE - 0925
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Stacey and the baby are in the city centre. CUT TO: 9
INT. MODERN SHOPPING CENTRE. CITY CENTRE - 0940
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Stacey is in a modern shopping centre. She passes the shops. She looks in the windows. CUT TO:
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INT. MODERN SHOPPING CENTRE. CITY CENTRE - 0952
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Stacey is sitting on a bench in the shopping centre. It is still early. There are not that many people around. She sits passively and watches the world pass. Lorna cries. Stacey picks her up. She jiggles her on her leg. STACEY Baba, Baba,Baba. Baba, Baba, Baba. Lorna settles. Lorna.
STACEY (cont’d) CUT TO:
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INT. MODERN SHOPPING CENTRE. CITY CENTRE - 1010
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Stacey is carrying Lorna and pushing the pram. She reaches the entrance to the baby changing facility by the toilets. Stacey pushes the door. It is locked. She looks around. She waits. She eventually knocks. Hello?
STACEY
She waits. She walks away a little as if to see if there is anyone around. Eventually she sees KENNY walking towards her. Kenny is a security guard. He is in his mid to late fifties. He reaches the door. KENNY You beat me here this morning. What?
STACEY
KENNY I’m usually here before you. Beat. Kenny opens the door. He goes inside. He holds the door for her. KENNY (cont’d) I have to go in first. For my job. I’m like Hawaii 5 O here. You can stay there by the door there. Stacey follows in. She stands by the door. KENNY (cont’d) I have to check the place when I opens it in the morning. He looks about the room.
(CONTINUED)
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KENNY (cont’d) No one anyways. Yeah.
STACEY
KENNY Yeah. Junkies get in the skylight a bit and then they’re stuck then. The fucken edjits. Stacey watches him. KENNY (cont’d) Yeah. There was a dead one there one day there. Dead. The poor fucker. Trying to steal things. Kenny checks each of the cubicles. KENNY (cont’d) They’d try steal anything. He checks the last cubicle. KENNY (cont’d) Honest to God they’d rob your shite wouldn’t they? Yeah. Yeah.
STACEY KENNY
Beat. Kenny watches. Stacey starts to tend to the baby. Kenny nods at her. The baby. Yeah.
KENNY (cont’d) STACEY
KENNY A good baby yeah? Yeah. Good.
STACEY KENNY
Beat. STACEY She does hardly cry she does. Good.
KENNY
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Kenny watches the baby. KENNY (cont’d) Right. I better get back before they be looking for me. Yeah. No rest. No.
STACEY KENNY STACEY
KENNY They’ll all be up there now, the lads, saying where’s the fuck has Kenny got now to and all. All. You know. Beat. KENNY (cont’d) Or whatever it is they say in Polish. You know. Kenny is leaving. KENNY (cont’d) I’m Kenny by the way. In case you’re wondering who the mad edjit is. Kenny. Yeah.
STACEY
KENNY No. I do sees you in here most days and all. Just, whatever. Yeah.
STACEY
KENNY And the Baba. Beat. KENNY (cont’d) Is it a boy or a girl? STACEY It’s a her. KENNY Course. You said. Yeah.
STACEY
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KENNY I’m thick as a plank as well. What she called? Lorna.
STACEY
KENNY Lorna. That’s nice. And yourself? Stacey.
STACEY
KENNY Stacey. Right Stacey. Talk to you later Stacey. And don’t mind me and anyways. I’m half cracked. Fully cracked. He leaves. Stacey continues with her prep of Lorna. STACEY (softly) Lorna. She tends to the child. CUT TO: 12
INT. MODERN SHOPPING CENTRE. CITY CENTRE - 1037
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Stacey enters a phone shop in the shopping centre. She looks at the new phones. She approaches the ASSISTANT. STACEY Have you Nokia chargers? ASSISTANT What phone have you? Stacey shows her. ASSISTANT (cont’d) That’s the old charger. Yeah.
STACEY
ASSISTANT Over there. Where?
STACEY
ASSISTANT On the rack. STACEY I only want to plug it in. (CONTINUED)
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ASSISTANT You can’t just plug it in. STACEY I lost my one. ASSISTANT Well you can buy one for 15 euros. Beat. Fuck you.
STACEY
Stacey leaves the shop. CUT TO: 13
INT. MODERN SHOPPING CENTRE. CITY CENTRE - 1038
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Stacey sits and watches the people pass. CUT TO: 14
INT. PAYPHONE. MODERN SHOPPING CENTRE. CITY CENTRE -1042
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Stacey is on a pay phone. She dials the number. She gets through to the answering machine. STACEY Hello? Sake. Dean you never answer your phone. It’s me. I lost me charger. Will you be there? I’ll be there. Half two. She hangs up. END OF PART ONE 15
EXT. STREET. CITY CENTRE - 1050
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Stacey is walking down the street. CUT TO: 16
EXT. HSE OFFICES. CITY CENTRE - 1055
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Stacey is about to enter the HSE offices. She meets a woman on the way out. This is KATHLEEN. Kathleen is in her early thirties. She is hard looking. Stacey passes her by. Kathleen calls her. We see PALA (from PALA’s STORY) enter the HSE office. This is not noticed by Stacey or Kathleen. KATHLEEN Alright Stacey.
(CONTINUED)
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Kathleen.
STACEY
KATHLEEN You in getting your money? Yeah.
STACEY
KATHLEEN I’m the same. Busy?
STACEY
KATHLEEN It’s not too bad. Is that your baba now? Yeah.
STACEY
KATHLEEN Big thing. She’s lovely. Hello. Quiet.
STACEY
KATHLEEN Like her Ma. Beat. KATHLEEN (cont’d) I has to go. I’m seeing Donna later probably. Will I tell her I seen you? STACEY I don’t know. KATHLEEN Things still bad? A bit.
STACEY
KATHLEEN She’s your sister Stacey. Yeah.
STACEY
KATHLEEN Right. See you anyways. Bye.
STACEY
(CONTINUED)
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Stacey enters the building. CUT TO: 17
INT. HSE OFFICES. CITY CENTRE - 1058
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The waiting room of the HSE offices. Stacey is waiting to see her Community Welfare Officer. PALA (from PALA’s story) is sitting opposite her. There are a lot of others waiting also. Mostly WOMEN WITH CHILDREN. There is some tension in the air. Stacey sits. Lorna is in her buggy, happily lying there. Pala.
FRANCIS (O.S.)
Pala rises. CUT TO: 18
INT. HSE OFFICES. CITY CENTRE - 1115
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Stacey is at the top of the queue. The community welfare officer appears. He is in his late thirties. His name is FRANCIS. FRANCIS Stacey Connolly? Yeah.
STACEY
FRANCIS This way Stacey. CUT TO: 19
INT. HSE OFFICES. CITY CENTRE - 1116
19
Stacey is siting at a desk across from Francis. She has Lorna in the buggy beside. Stacey is a little nervous. Francis looks through his notes. FRANCIS Lorna seems to be doing well. Yeah.
STACEY
FRANCIS Your public health nurse is very happy with her. Yeah.
STACEY
FRANCIS Happy with her progress. (CONTINUED)
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Yeah.
STACEY
FRANCIS No problems? No. Good.
STACEY FRANCIS
Stacey hands Francis a form. Francis hands her an envelope and gets her to sign a form. FRANCIS (cont’d) From next week you’ll be able to collect it direct from your local post office. OK? Yeah.
STACEY
FRANCIS Save you coming in all the time. Thanks.
STACEY
Beat. FRANCIS Is there anything else you need at the moment? Dunno.
STACEY
FRANCIS You happy in the B+B? I hate it. Why?
STACEY FRANCIS
STACEY Dunno. Poxy walking around all day. FRANCIS Well there aren’t that many alternatives Stacey. I know.
STACEY
FRANCIS In the short term there’s just the Hostel. (CONTINUED)
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STACEY I’m not staying in the poxy hostel either. Right.
FRANCIS
STACEY I want a flat. FRANCIS Did you sign on with the corporation housing list? Yeah.
STACEY
FRANCIS Well you’ll have to wait then. How long?
STACEY
FRANCIS We don’t administer the housing list Stacey. STACEY But you’d know. FRANCIS It won’t be soon. Beat. STACEY I want a flat. I know.
FRANCIS
Beat. FRANCIS (cont’d) Do you think that Lorna’s Dad might want to get a place with you? STACEY Yeah maybe. FRANCIS Well I think your best bet would be to try for private rented accommodation, the three of you together. Yeah?
STACEY
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FRANCIS And we’d be able to pay your rent allowance while you still needed it. Yeah.
STACEY
FRANCIS Would that be a possibility? Yeah.
STACEY
FRANCIS I think that’s your only chance at the moment Stacey. I don’t think you’d be able to secure rented accommodation on your own and with the housing list you’re talking years. Yeah.
STACEY
Beat. FRANCIS You alright Stacey? Yeah. Ok. Bye.
STACEY FRANCIS STACEY
Stacey leaves. CUT TO: 20
INT. BANK. CITY CENTRE - 1135
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Stacey is in a queue for the cashier in the bank. She looks out of place. Some of the other customers glance at her. She eventually reaches the top of the line. She hands over the cheque and some ID to the teller. STACEY Cash that please. The tellers gets the money. Stacey looks around. Eventually she gets her money. Thanks.
STACEY (cont’d)
(CONTINUED)
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Stacey exits. CUT TO: 21
INT. MODERN SHOPPING CENTRE. CITY CENTRE - 1143
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Stacey is shopping for essentials. She is buying nappies, cream and formula. She weighs different produce against each other to get the cheapest ones. She sees some coloured hair scrunchies. She takes her hair down and then ties it up with the new scrunchie. She takes her time watching herself in the small mirror. She chooses which scrunchie she wants and then makes her way to the checkout. She waits in line and then has her items checked through. CUT TO: 22
INT. MODERN SHOPPING CENTRE. CITY CENTRE - 1154
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Stacey is back on the bench. She is tying her hair up. She then arranges her shopping on the bottom of the buggy. She takes out a sandwich. She is about to unwrap it. Kenny approaches. KENNY You’re having your sandwich? Yeah.
STACEY
KENNY That’s nice. Yeah. Yeah.
STACEY
Beat. Kenny is watching something. KENNY I have me eye on two edjits over here. Beat. We see GAVIN and CONOR (from GAVIN’S STORY) on the far side of the shopping centre. KENNY (cont’d) Watching them. Beat. STACEY You didn’t find a charger in here yesterday Kenny? KENNY Don’t know. Don’t think so. That’s more the cleaning department now.
(CONTINUED)
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Right.
STACEY
KENNY What phone is it. I have one of the old nokia chargers above. STACEY That’s the one I want. Me phone is dead. KENNY Well let me sort these two first. I take you up to the room then. Kenny moves off. CUT TO: 23
INT. OFFICE. MODERN SHOPPING CENTRE. CITY CENTRE - 1200
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Stacey is sitting at the table. She has the charger that Kenny has given her. She is plugging in her phone. KENNY The luck of God I have the old Nokia now. Beat. STACEY Where will I plug it in? KENNY Here. I’ll do that. Kenny plugs in the phone. She watches her phone to see it is charging. She turns her phone on. Kenny watches her. She then stands there awkwardly. KENNY (cont’d) Sit down. There does be no one in here at lunch times. The other lads do go out and smoke. Thanks.
STACEY
KENNY Have your sandwich there now. Thanks.
STACEY
KENNY Better than just sitting out there anyways. That’s what I think anyways.
(CONTINUED)
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Beat. KENNY (cont’d) Your not that long coming in here are you? I dunno.
STACEY
KENNY A couple of weeks? STACEY Three weeks. KENNY Yeah. Cause I do have to be watching like. I do have to watch all the people. All coming and going and all. Just. Yeah.
STACEY
KENNY Nosey fucker like. Yeah.
STACEY
KENNY Yeah. I love it now I do. Beat. KENNY (cont’d) You have tea? Beat. KENNY (cont’d) Go on have tea. Wet your sandwich for you. Alright. Yeah.
STACEY KENNY
Kenny goes about his tea making. KENNY (cont’d) Cause I’m only three months in this, doing this, myself. Yeah. In the security game. Right.
STACEY
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KENNY Yeah. I like it. Good auld crack with the eastern european lads anyways. Yeah.
STACEY
KENNY All six foot fucken whatever. I don’t know what they feed them over there. Big bastards now. Here. He hands her the tea. Thanks.
STACEY
KENNY Put the Irish lads to shame they would. Yeah.
STACEY
KENNY Your sugar and milk and all is there. On the table there. Yeah. Big bastards now. And love working they do too. Yeah?
STACEY
KENNY All the hours God sends them and all. Working. Beat. KENNY (cont’d) I’m not like that myself now. No?
STACEY
KENNY No. Lazy bastard. Before this like I done, well, I done nothing like. So I like this now. It’s different. Nice.
STACEY
KENNY Yeah it is nice. Like I was planning on early retirement from the dole. But then I seen this was going. So I thought fuck it you know. I applied like. (CONTINUED)
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Stacey eats her sandwich. KENNY (cont’d) And I always loved looking at people anyways. Yeah.
STACEY
KENNY Only I get paid for it now. Beat. KENNY (cont’d) Are you not at home no more? No.
STACEY
KENNY Yeah. Right. Beat. KENNY (cont’d) Cause of the little one there? STACEY No. Not really. Yeah.
KENNY
STACEY Kinda. Me ma and me was killing each other. KENNY I know, yeah. Beat. KENNY (cont’d) Where are you so? A B+B.
STACEY
KENNY It’s alright? Yeah.
STACEY
KENNY Some of them can be nice. Yeah.
STACEY
(CONTINUED)
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Beat. STACEY (cont’d) I’m going to get a flat with me boyfriend. KENNY He still around? Yeah.
STACEY
KENNY And he’s good to you? Yeah.
STACEY
KENNY Good on him. Yeah. Good man.
STACEY KENNY
Beat. KENNY (cont’d) Did anyone ever tell you you look like someone? No.
STACEY
KENNY No? Well you do. You’re the head of someone now. Yeah?
STACEY
KENNY Honest to God. That’s the reason I seen you in the first place. Right.
STACEY
KENNY Otherwise I’d never have seen you. Yeah.
STACEY
KENNY You and the baby. Beat. (CONTINUED)
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KENNY (cont’d) Just seen you. And you’re the absolute spit now. When I look at you there. Who?
STACEY
KENNY The spit of me daughter Geena. Stacey’s phone rings. She leaps to answer it. Kenny watches her. STACEY (into phone) - Hello. - Fuck it. - What? - No, I thought you were Dean. - Me phone was dead. - I know. Are you coming in? The park? Yeah. - On your own? - Why? - Lazy bitch. - Yeah. Yeah. OK. - Yeah. See you. She finishes the call. Beat. STACEY (cont’d) I have to go meet my friend. KENNY Yeah, no, go on. Don’t mind me. Only saying I was. Yeah.
STACEY
KENNY The spit of her. Beat.
(CONTINUED)
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STACEY I think it’s charged enough anyways. Yeah. Thanks.
KENNY STACEY
KENNY Thanks, yeah. Stacey goes to the door. CUT TO: 24
INT. NEWSAGENT. MODERN SHOPPING CENTRE.CITY CENTRE- 1220
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Stacey is at the counter. STACEY Five euro 086. She is handed the receipt. CUT TO: 25
INT. MODERN SHOPPING CENTRE. CITY CENTRE - 1222
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Stacey is on the phone. STACEY (into phone) - Hello. Answer your phone. It’s me again. I don’t know if you’re going to be there or not. - I got me phone charged. She hangs up. CUT TO: 26
INT. CITY PARK - 1300
26
Stacey and Jenny are sitting on a bench in the park. JENNY Boring here isn’t it? Yeah.
STACEY
Beat.
(CONTINUED)
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JENNY I like your scrunchie. STACEY Got it today. Did you? Yeah.
JENNY STACEY
JENNY It’s nice. Purple is nice. STACEY Yeah. Why didn’t Natasha come in with you? Just. Why?
JENNY STACEY
JENNY On bebo all day she is. Right.
STACEY
JENNY I think Lauren is coming in though. STACEY Why is she coming in? JENNY Getting something. Buying something. STACEY You hanging around with her now? Sometimes.
JENNY
Jenny looks at the baby. JENNY (cont’d) Lorna, Lorna, Lorna. Lorna,Lorna, Lorna. STACEY Don’t have her hyper. JENNY I’m not. She lovely. You should see Sandra Lundy’s baby.
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Why?
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STACEY
JENNY Her baby looks like a pig. STACEY You can’t say that. JENNY I swear to God. I can barely look at it Stacey. Stacey and Jenny laugh. JENNY (cont’d) Not like Lorna. She looks at Lorna again. She claps her hands for the baby. JENNY (cont’d) Clap, clap, clap. Clap, clap, clap. Beat. STACEY You seen Dean around? JENNY Not much. Not really. STACEY What do you mean? JENNY He was around the weekend. Yeah?
STACEY
JENNY I seen him there with Leanne Grimes. Beat. Stacey is not happy. JENNY (cont’d) He wasn’t doing nothing or nothing. I only seen him with her. When?
STACEY
JENNY Thursday night. Or Friday night maybe. One of them. STACEY She’s a fucken slag.
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She is.
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JENNY
Beat. STACEY Me and Dean are going to get a flat. When? Dunno.
JENNY STACEY
Beat. JENNY I seen your Ma the other day as well. So?
STACEY
JENNY Out of it she was. Beat. STACEY I’m going to head away now Jenny. JENNY You not going to wait for Lauren? No. Why not?
STACEY JENNY
STACEY I have to meet Dean anyways. JENNY I’ll call you. Yeah.
STACEY
Stacey leaves. CUT TO: 27
EXT. STREET CORNER. CITY CENTRE - 1450
27
Stacey is waiting. DEAN (from GEORGIE’S STORY) pulls up in his van. He calls out to her.
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DEAN Are you selling? She is happy to see him. Shut up.
STACEY CUT TO:
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INT. CAFE. CITY CENTRE - 1500
28
Dean and Stacey are in the corner of a city centre cafe. Dean has a plate of chips. Stacey has a coke. DEAN Fucken jumped me the bastard. Who? Mondie.
STACEY DEAN
STACEY Who’s Mondie? DEAN Little small prick. Mondie. STACEY I don’t know Mondie. DEAN Well you won’t recognize him anymore anyways. Punched the head off him I did. STACEY Why’d he jump you? DEAN Don’t know. Beat. Dean eats. DEAN (cont’d) I’m starving. You want a chip? No.
STACEY
DEAN Good. Don’t want you getting fat. STACEY Fuck off. I’m not fat.
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DEAN I never said you were. Beat. STACEY Why were you late? DEAN Had to do a run for Mr. Forbes. Collect some foam. STACEY I didn’t know whether you were coming. DEAN I said I would. STACEY That was last Thursday. Beat. STACEY (cont’d) Why didn’t you call? DEAN I did call. When?
STACEY
DEAN When your battery thing. STACEY That was only yesterday. DEAN But I fucken called. I know.
STACEY
DEAN What are you eating me for then? I’m not.
STACEY
Beat. DEAN Wish we had some where to go I do. Yeah.
STACEY
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DEAN Why can’t I go into the B+B with you? STACEY They don’t allow it. Why?
DEAN
STACEY They don’t. DEAN I’m not going to be staying there. Sleeping there. I know. Stupid.
STACEY DEAN
Beat. STACEY Hate it there. Yeah? Yeah.
DEAN STACEY
Beat. STACEY (cont’d) Poxy it is. DEAN Better then your Ma’s but. Beat. STACEY I wish I had a flat. DEAN You’re on the list. The waiting list. STACEY We could get a place. DEAN A council place? STACEY No. I don’t know.
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DEAN I’m not wasting all me money on a flat. STACEY We’d get rent allowance. DEAN I don’t want to. Not yet. Beat. DEAN (cont’d) What’s the face for? Nothing.
STACEY
Beat. DEAN I wish we could find just somewhere to leave her for an hour. Yeah.
STACEY
He touches Stacey’s leg. DEAN I want to be with you. I know.
STACEY
DEAN I miss you. I know.
STACEY
Dean kisses Stacey. DEAN I’m never with you anymore. He kisses her neck. He whispers to her. DEAN (cont’d) You could leave her at your sisters. STACEY I don’t think so. DEAN She wouldn’t mind. STACEY She hates me now. (CONTINUED)
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DEAN Well you could try. He kisses her. DEAN (cont’d) Do you want to? Yeah.
STACEY
DEAN I have the van. He kisses her again. He is kissing her neck. He whispers to her. DEAN (cont’d) We could lie down in the van. Yeah.
STACEY
DEAN Do you want that? Yeah. Well then. What?
STACEY DEAN STACEY
DEAN Drop her over to Donna’s. STACEY I don’t know. He kisses her again. They whisper to each other. Stacey is shy and vulnerable. DEAN Say something dirty to me. What?
STACEY
DEAN Something sexy. STACEY Fuck off. No. DEAN Just something dirty.
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STACEY I fucken, I don’t know what to say like. Something.
DEAN
He kisses her again hard. He touches her. Go on.
DEAN (cont’d)
Small beat. She reacts to his kisses. STACEY I want your cock inside me. DEAN (he is joking with her and pulls away as if shocked) You’re a filthy bitch. No.
STACEY
DEAN Saying that. STACEY I only said it. DEAN You’re some dirty. STACEY Only cause you were asking me. Go way. Fuck off.
DEAN STACEY
She slaps him across the shoulder. They are laughing. DEAN And that poor baby listening. No.
STACEY
Beat. DEAN Will you call round to Donna? Please. Leave the little one there for an hour. Right.
STACEY
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DEAN Don’t say you’re meeting me. No.
STACEY
DEAN I’ll put some foam down in the back of the van. Stacey laughs. She looks at the baby. STACEY I met Jenny earlier. Yeah?
DEAN
STACEY Said she seen you with Leanne Grimes on the other day. So? Just said.
DEAN STACEY
DEAN You got spies on me now? No.
STACEY
Beat. STACEY (cont’d) I fucken hate Leanne Grimes. DEAN I have to go back up to Mr. Forbes now. Right.
STACEY
DEAN See you on that corner again at 6 alright? Yeah.
STACEY
He leans into her. DEAN I’ll put my cock inside you. Fuck off.
STACEY
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He gets up. I’m late.
DEAN
He throws some money down. DEAN (cont’d) Pay for that. Yeah.
STACEY
DEAN If you’re not there I’ll know she ran you. STACEY I’ll try anyways. In a while. She’ll be off work in a while. He kisses her. STACEY (cont’d) I love you. Yeah.
DEAN
He leaves. Stacey sits there for a long time. She eats some of the chips left on the plate. END OF PART TWO 29
EXT. STREET. CITY CENTRE - 1640
29
Stacey is pushing the buggy along a crowded street. She is near the Jervis shopping centre. She checks the time on her mobile. In the window of a shop she sees an ad for ice cream. She goes inside. CUT TO: 30
INT. MODERN SHOPPING CENTRE. CITY CENTRE - 1650
30
Stacey is sitting on a bench in a quiet corner of the shopping centre eating an ice cream. She has the buggy beside her. Kenny arrives. KENNY Stacey and Lorna. Yeah.
STACEY
KENNY There ye are now.
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Beat. KENNY (cont’d) You meet your friend? Yeah.
STACEY
KENNY That’s nice. He hands her the phone charger. KENNY I meant to give earlier. I have at home like. I
(cont’d) that to you another one of them have two of them.
She takes the charger. Thanks.
STACEY
KENNY Yeah. Seeings as you lost yours. Thanks.
STACEY
She puts it at the bottom of the pram. KENNY Lose that one now and you’re fucked. Yeah. No.
STACEY KENNY
Beat. KENNY (cont’d) You know about what I was saying earlier? About my daughter Geena like. That you looked like her like. Yeah.
STACEY
KENNY It’s just... like Geena is dead... She died. Sorry.
STACEY
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KENNY Yeah. Just you reminded me so much when I seen you. I thought I should tell you that. Yeah.
STACEY
KENNY She just, she got into all sorts you know. Yeah.
STACEY
KENNY And the next thing she was dead. Sorry.
STACEY
KENNY Yeah. No. No one there for her I suppose. Beat. KENNY (cont’d) Don’t know why I told you that. They sit there. KENNY (cont’d) Better get back to it. Take care of yourself now Stacey. Yeah.
STACEY
KENNY I’ll be looking out for you anyways. Stacey is left sitting. CUT TO: 31
INT. HALLWAY. B+B - 1705
31
Stacey is entering the hallway of the B+B. Veronica is in the reception area with another woman. This woman is Cathy. She is in her 30’s. She seems upset. She has a cut to her mouth. Stacey passes on the way to the stairs. CATHY I said nothing to her Veronica.
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I know.
VERONICA
CATHY I only said that she owed me money is all. VERONICA Cathy, I know. CATHY And she does owe me poxy money. Veronica notices Stacey taking Lorna out of her buggy. She addresses her. VERONICA Where are you going Stacey love? STACEY Up to the room. VERONICA Well you can’t. STACEY Just you said this morning. VERONICA That was this morning. Right.
STACEY
VERONICA That was before Linda started destroying the place. CATHY And she has the child terrified as well Veronica. I know.
VERONICA
CATHY And that’s fucken unfair that is. I know. Terrified.
VERONICA CATHY
Stacey is unsure what to do. VERONICA You can sit in here if you like, Stacey. Til I’ve the rooms done out. (CONTINUED)
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Thanks.
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STACEY
VERONICA Brian is up there now fixing up Cathy’s room. When he’s finished I’ll go up and sort. Sit down. Stacey sits. CATHY Alright Stacey love. STACEY What happened your mouth Cathy? CATHY Fucken Linda happened. What?
STACEY
CATHY Landed on me she did. Yeah?
STACEY
CATHY Yeah. And then in then and broke everything in my room. Right.
STACEY
CATHY And I only said one thing to her Veronica. I know.
VERONICA
CATHY Just wanted to know when she was going to pay me back is all. Yeah.
VERONICA
CATHY And I asked her nice. And she rears up on me. VERONICA I seen her. CATHY Got me a good slap she did.
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Sore.
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STACEY
CATHY And she has all my things destroyed inside Stacey. All you know. Yeah.
STACEY
CATHY Broke all my picture even. She broke all the little pictures I had. Did you see them Veronica? I did.
VERONICA
CATHY Smashed. Like they were just cheap things but, the frames. Me Ma and that. Yeah.
VERONICA
CATHY But you don’t do that Veronica. I know.
VERONICA
CATHY Unless you’re fucken mad. STACEY Where is she now? VERONICA They came and lifted her out of it. Right.
STACEY
Beat. Stacey tends to Lorna. CATHY Well I just hope you’re going to put her out this time Veronica. VERONICA I can’t just put her out Cathy. CATHY Well what then? I dunno.
VERONICA
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CATHY Well it’s not fucken fair Veronica. I know.
VERONICA
CATHY This is supposed to be my home. I know.
VERONICA
CATHY And I’m here longer and her. I’m here 3 years near. Alright.
VERONICA
CATHY I’m telling you. Stacey rises. She moves to the door. VERONICA Where you going Stacey? STACEY Just going to get something in town. I forgot something. Stacey leaves. CUT TO: 32
EXT. STREET - 1715
32
Stacey is making the short journey to Donna’s flat. CUT TO: 33
EXT. DONNA’S FLAT. CITY CENTRE FLATS - 1730
33
Stacey is at the door to a council flat. She knocks. There is no one there. She knocks again and looks in the window. Eventually a ten year old boy comes along. This is RYAN (from GEORGIES’s STORY). Some way behind him is his mother DONNA. Donna has one other younger kid with her, a daughter aged seven called JOANNE. Donna has a lot of shopping with her. She hasn’t seen Stacey yet. Ryan shouts back to her. RYAN Ma, Stacey’s here! Who’s Baba is that Stacey? STACEY Alright Ryan. (CONTINUED)
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RYAN Stacey’s here Ma! Donna is now at the door. DONNA I’m not blind Ryan. Hello.
STACEY
DONNA What are you doing here? Just am. Yeah.
STACEY DONNA
RYAN Whose Baby is that Ma? DONNA Ryan would you just go inside. The children go inside. Beat. Well?
DONNA (cont’d)
STACEY Can I come in? DONNA Are you in trouble? No.
STACEY
Beat. Donna goes in. She leaves the door open. Stacey follows with the pram. CUT TO: 34
INT. KITCHEN. DONNA’S FLAT - 1735
34
Stacey and Donna are sitting at the kitchen table, smoking. Ryan is sitting beside her. Joanne is looking at Lorna in her buggy. RYAN Who did you have the baby for Stacey? No one.
STACEY
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RYAN But who but? DONNA Shut up Ryan. JOANNE What’s she called Stacey? Lorna.
STACEY
JOANNE Lorna, Lorna. DONNA Is she good? Yeah. Got big.
STACEY DONNA
STACEY She’s a good feeder. Good.
DONNA
STACEY And does hardly cry she does. JOANNE Are you staying with us Stacey? No.
STACEY
DONNA Take her into the bedroom there Joanne. JOANNE Your bedroom? DONNA Go on. Ryan go on and play your play station inside. RYAN I want to talk to Stacey. DONNA Just fuck off and play for a while. Sake.
RYAN
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DONNA Don’t sake me. The kids leave. Donna smokes her cigarette. Stacey sits. Eventually. STACEY I met Kathleen today at the Health board. Yeah?
DONNA
STACEY Her hair was cat. DONNA Her hair is always cat. I know.
STACEY
Beat. DONNA You talked to Ma? No. No.
STACEY DONNA
STACEY I don’t want to. Beat. DONNA She’s bad. Drinking all day and all. Mad. Yeah.
STACEY
DONNA And no one helping. Only me. Beat. DONNA (cont’d) Do you want a fag? Yeah.
STACEY
Donna gives Stacey a cigarette and takes one for herself. They light them.
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STACEY (cont’d) Is Conor OK? DONNA Grand. Broke his hand there messing with Gavin. Edjit.
STACEY
Beat. DONNA So where are you? STACEY In a B+B on Gardiner street. DONNA Is it alright? Poxy.
STACEY
DONNA Does anyone call in to you? STACEY Jenny was in today. DONNA Jenny’s good. Yeah.
STACEY
DONNA Are you short? No. Right.
STACEY DONNA
Beat. DONNA (cont’d) So why are you here? Just. What?
STACEY DONNA
Beat.
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STACEY I thought you might mind Lorna for me. What for?
DONNA
STACEY For only an hour. Why?
DONNA
Beat. DONNA (cont’d) Cause of him? Is that it? Beat. DONNA (cont’d) Is that it? STACEY We only wanted to meet for a while. An hour. DONNA And you think I’m going to baby sit for that prick? No.
STACEY
DONNA Exactly. No. Beat. DONNA (cont’d) And why can’t you bring Lorna along with you? No reason. No.
STACEY DONNA
STACEY Only we want to be together. DONNA Oh for fuck sake. STACEY Just to talk and that. DONNA Do I look thick? (CONTINUED)
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STACEY Honest Donna. Beat. Donna finishes her cigarette. DONNA I warned you Stacey. I said it. I know.
STACEY
DONNA So why didn’t you listen to me? STACEY I don’t know. DONNA I don’t know. Well you’re rightly fucked now. You know that? You’re fucked. No hope now. Beat. STACEY He’s good with Lorna and all. DONNA Is he going to help you get a place? Maybe.
STACEY
DONNA Maybe. I warned you Stacey. I know.
STACEY
DONNA Why couldn’t you have been careful with yourself. STACEY It was an accident. DONNA Well will I tell you what’s going to happen to you now? No.
STACEY
DONNA You’ll be left in that B+B for five years. And then if you’re lucky they’ll dump you in some poxy flat and that will be that. Over. Cause you are useless now Stacey. (MORE) (CONTINUED)
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34
DONNA (cont'd) Useless with a baby. And that prick will be off riding some other edjit. Or hanging off you when he wants his hole. And I fucken warned you.
I know.
STACEY
DONNA Right. Well I’m done with you now Stacey. I have my own kids to be looking after without looking after yours. Joanne enters. DONNA (cont’d) And that’s that. End of. JOANNE Ma Lorna’s sleeping she is. Good love.
DONNA
Beat STACEY I should wake her. Why?
DONNA
STACEY She shouldn’t be sleeping now. DONNA If she’s sleeping let her sleep. Beat. DONNA (cont’d) Have your tea here. Do you want your tea here? Yeah.
STACEY CUT TO:
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INT. LIVING ROOM. DONNA’S FLAT - 2050
35
They have eaten. Stacey is sitting on the couch. Ryan is beside her, as is Joanne. The kids are in their pyjamas. Donna is on the armchair. RYAN I’m doing karate now Stacey. Amn’t I mam? (CONTINUED)
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DONNA Hoping someone will knock some sense into him. RYAN Thursday’s in the Matt Talbot. Show you. Ryan proceeds to give a karate demo. He is half demented. Donna and Joanne laugh. DONNA He’s mad he is. I must have dropped you on your head I’d say. RYAN Karate chop. Stacey smiles. There is the sound of a small cry from Lorna in the next room. STACEY That’s her now. JOANNE The little cry Ma. Yeah.
DONNA
STACEY That’s not like her sometimes. Sometimes she wakes and she just lies there. Yeah?
DONNA
STACEY I’ll go. Get me coat. CUT TO: 36
EXT. DONNA’S FLAT. CITY CENTRE FLATS - 2055
36
Stacey is at Donna’s door. She is ready to go. Donna is with her. Ryan hangs out the door. RYAN Bye Stacey. DONNA Go on in Ryan. Bye.
STACEY
Ryan goes in.
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DONNA Is she warm enough? STACEY There’s two blankets. DONNA Do you need any more? No.
STACEY
Stacey moves off. DONNA I’ll help you when I can Stace. I won’t see you short. But I have me own kids. I don’t need two more. I know.
STACEY
Stacey walks away. As she is walking away from Donna’s flat we hear a woman’s voice shouting. TINA (O.S.) You’re a fucken pig Georgie. You pig. GEORGIE (from GEORGIE’S STORY) passes close by. He has some blood on his face. Stacey continues to walk. We follow her. CUT TO: 37
INT. OFF LICENCE. CITY CENTRE - 2130
37
Stacey is in a city centre off licence. She takes three cans of lager from the fridge. She brings them to the counter. She hands them over to the man serving. Just them.
STACEY
The man looks at her. OFF LICENCE MAN Have you any ID? No.
STACEY
OFF LICENCE MAN Date of birth. Small beat. STACEY 31st March 1987.
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The man looks at her. OFF LICENCE MAN You’re not a very good liar. She stares at him. OFF LICENCE MAN (cont’d) Go on. Three thirty. She hands him the money. CUT TO: 38
EXT. BENCH BY THE CANAL - 2150
38
Stacey is sitting by the canal. It is dark. She is holding Lorna, settling her. She place Lorna back in the buggy. From the back of the buggy she takes a can of beer. She open and drinks it. Her phone rings. She looks at it but doesn’t answer. She sits. Eventually she notices a child’s book in the base of Lorna’s buggy. She takes out the child’s book and begins to read it. CUT TO : 39
EXT. BENCH BY THE CANAL - 2220
39
It is night. Stacey is sitting on a bench by the canal. She is drinking a can and reading a child’s book. We hear a sound close by. Stacey doesn’t lift her eyes to look. A voice addresses her. GEORGIE (O.S.) There no one there? Stacey looks up. We see that Georgie is standing at the end of the bench. He has some blood on his face. What?
STACEY
GEORGIE No one sitting there? No. You mind? No.
STACEY GEORGIE STACEY
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Thanks.
GEORGIE
Georgie sits. Beat. He watches her a little. Now. Yeah.
GEORGIE STACEY
Beat. GEORGIE Nice here now. Yeah.
STACEY
GEORGIE Not too cold isn’t it? No. Yeah.
STACEY GEORGIE
Beat. GEORGIE I think I know you. Yeah?
STACEY
GEORGIE Yeah. You’re Donna’s sister aren’t you? Yeah.
STACEY
GEORGIE Yeah. I know Donna, like. Around. Right.
STACEY
GEORGIE What’s your name? Stacey.
STACEY
GEORGIE Right. Stacey. Beat. Stacey takes a drink of her can. Georgie watches her.
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GEORGIE You’re drinking your cans? Yeah.
STACEY
GEORGIE That’s nice. Yeah.
STACEY
GEORGIE Nice and relaxing. Beat. Georgie can see the bag of cans by her feet. Eventually. GEORGIE Can I ask you something terrible? What?
STACEY
GEORGIE You can tell me now to go and go fuck off now if... What?
STACEY
Small beat. GEORGIE Can I borrow a can off you? Small beat. Stacey reaches into her bag. GEORGIE You’re sure now? Here.
STACEY
She holds out a can to Georgie. GEORGIE Cause if it’s not alright, that’s alright. STACEY It’s grand. Georgie takes the can. GEORGIE Thanks. It’s not for, you know, not nothing. I’m just thirsty is all.
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Right.
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STACEY
Georgie opens can and takes a deep drink. Beat. Yeah.
GEORGIE
Stacey watches him. STACEY Were you fighting? GEORGIE No, no this, ignore this. My face. STACEY What happened? GEORGIE Just fucken stupid. What?
STACEY
GEORGIE I’m stupid I am. No. I was just standing up there now. Standing up and I walked straight into this thing. Right.
STACEY
GEORGIE Straight, just, bang. Into what?
STACEY
GEORGIE Into a thing, into a fucken...into a door. Isn’t that stupid? Yeah.
STACEY
GEORGIE Does it look bad? No. Good.
STACEY GEORGIE
STACEY A bit bloody.
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GEORGIE Bloody edjit. Stacey laughs. Beat. GEORGIE Are you in with Donna now? No.
STACEY
GEORGIE No. Out on your own? Yeah.
STACEY
GEORGIE Yeah. With your little thing there. With your little baby. Yeah.
STACEY
GEORGIE That’s nice. Beat. GEORGIE Is it a good baby? She is. She.
STACEY GEORGIE
STACEY Yeah. Always sleeping always and near never crying. Good.
GEORGIE
STACEY Never sick for me. GEORGIE That’s good that is. Yeah.
STACEY
GEORGIE Makes it easier. Yeah.
STACEY
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GEORGIE Cause when my son, when he got born now, he came out bawling. Didn’t stop for about six months. Right.
STACEY
GEORGIE Nearly went insane we did. Yeah. Insane. Beat. GEORGIE And is the man there? The fella. Your fella? Sometimes.
STACEY
GEORGIE Right. And you manage? Yeah.
STACEY
GEORGIE Yeah. Good. Beat. STACEY He’s good sometimes he is. But just sometimes then... Yeah.
GEORGIE
STACEY Don’t hear from him. Right.
GEORGIE
Beat. GEORGIE (cont’d) And you’re happy with her yourself? Mostly.
STACEY
Beat. STACEY (cont’d) Sometimes, I just. What?
GEORGIE
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STACEY I don’t know. What?
GEORGIE
STACEY I just wish that I wasn’t a Ma. Right.
GEORGIE
STACEY No. Only sometimes. I know.
GEORGIE
STACEY Not. You know. Beat. Georgie finishes his can. He sits for a while. Then he stands unsteadily. Better go. Yeah.
GEORGIE STACEY
GEORGIE Clean my face up. Right. Night. Night.
STACEY GEORGIE STACEY
GEORGIE Be good now. Yeah.
STACEY
GEORGIE And thanks for the can Stacey. Georgie leaves. Stacey sits there. END OF STACEY’S STORY
stacey's story
SHOOTING SCRIPT
Directed by Lenny Abrahamson Produced by Element Pictures
© RTE 2007
STACEY'S STORY Shooting Script.
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INT. STACEY’S BEDROOM. B+B - 0745
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The bedroom of a B+B in the North Inner City of Dublin. The bedroom is shabby and basic. A small bed, a window, a sink for washing in. There is also a child’s cot. Still sleeping in the bed is STACEY. Stacey is 17. There is the sound of the house waking up. We hear people on the stairs and sounds of children crying. Gradually Stacey wakes. She sits up. She stares for a time at the child’s cot. Stacey has a reserved, quiet persona, almost cold or damaged. Eventually she rises and stands beside the cot. Inside is her three month old daughter LORNA. The child is still sleeping soundly. Stacey watches her a moment. STACEY (softly) Baba, baba, baba. She tucks the child in, gently. She moves to the window. There is a ‘no smoking’ sign on the window. She opens the window and then lights a cigarette. She sits on the window sill and smokes and watches the world go by. We see that she is in the centre of the city. Occasionally she looks back into the room to check on Lorna. CUT TO: 2
INT. HALLWAY. B+B -
0804
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Stacey is coming out of the communal bathroom. She has showered. There are others milling about. A rough looking woman called LINDA is having an argument with another woman. There is a four year old boy watching. LINDA What the fuck are you saying? WOMAN I’m not saying anything Linda. LINDA Better not be. Why?
WOMAN
LINDA Cause I’ll sort you. You will? I will.
WOMAN LINDA
WOMAN (to her four year old kid) Go on into the room Darren.
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Stacey avoids engaging with people and returns to her room. CUT TO: 3
INT. STACEY’S BEDROOM. B+B - 0820
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Stacey picks up her phone from the bedside locker. She presses some of the buttons. The phone is dead. Jesus.
STACEY
Stacey goes and sits at the cheap dressing table in her room. She looks at herself in the mirror. She begins to put on her jewellery, large earrings, necklaces and sovereign rings etc. She ties up her hair. Lorna is still sleeping. She looks in at the sleeping baby. STACEY (cont’d) (softly) Sleepy. Stacey sits on the edge of her bed and watches the sleeping infant. There is still noise outside. Eventually there is a knock on the door and a voice from outside. It is VERONICA, the landlady of the B+B. Stacey? Yeah?
VERONICA O/S STACEY
VERONICA O/S You’ve ten minutes love. I know.
STACEY
VERONICA O/S Ten minutes. The landlady leaves. Stacey still sits and watches Lorna sleeping. STACEY (softly) Baby. CUT TO: 4
EXT. STAIRWAY. B+B - 0823
4
Stacey is coming down the stairs. In the hallway below is Veronica. Veronica?
STACEY
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What?
VERONICA
STACEY Lorna’s not even awake yet. So?
VERONICA
STACEY So I was wondering if I could stay on a bit longer. Let her sleep a bit longer. VERONICA Sake Stacey. I have to do out all them rooms. I know. So?
STACEY VERONICA
STACEY It’s only she’s sleeping. Beat. STACEY (cont’d) Don’t even have her bottles done yet. VERONICA Well you should have her bottles done. I know.
STACEY
VERONICA I’ll give you fifteen minutes. Thanks.
STACEY
VERONICA But you have to be gone then. Yeah.
STACEY
Stacey goes back up the stairs. CUT TO:
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INT. STACEY’S BEDROOM. B+B - 0842
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Stacey is in the bedroom. She boils the small kettle and makes up some bottles of formula. She puts them in the baby bag she has and packs it onto the buggy. She looks into the cot. Lorna is still sleeping. Eventually she leans over and picks up the baby. The baby cries gently. Sleepy.
STACEY
Beat. She holds the baby to her. STACEY (cont’d) Now, now. Baby. Hah? Shh. She lays the baby on the bed. STACEY (cont’d) Are you dirty? Are you a dirty, dirty, dirty? Are you? She sets about changing the baby. STACEY (cont’d) Only pissy. Stacey fills the small hand basin in the room with water. She takes Lorna’s clothes off and gently sits her in the water. STACEY (cont’d) It’s not too hot. Isn’t it? Isn’t it nice? Isn’t it? Yeah. Stacey sits back down on the corner of the bed. She has Lorna wrapped in a towel. She dries her and dresses her. STACEY (cont’d) (softly) All nice. Stacey has all of Lorna’s clothes her outdoor layers and places her her in. Stacey goes to the window window sill, opens the window and knock comes on the door.
on now. She next puts on in the buggy. She straps again. She sits on the smokes again. Eventually a
LANDLADY O/S You’re taking the piss now Stacey. STACEY No. I know. Stacey readies herself. CUT TO:
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INT. ENTRANCE HALL. B+B - 0851
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With difficulty Stacey gets the buggy down the stairs. She is carrying the infant while doing this. At the bottom of the stairs she straps Lorna into the buggy. Veronica is by the door talking to Linda. LINDA I was down there yesterday and nothing. And I’m after being down there now and nothing. VERONICA To the post office? LINDA Yeah to the poxy post office. VERONICA Well why don’t you go down to the labour? LINDA Because I’m not fucken walking around all day. Alright Stacey? Yeah. She awake. Yeah.
STACEY VERONICA STACEY
LINDA She’s getting big. STACEY Do you have a Nokia charger Veronica? VERONICA I don’t think so. STACEY I lost me charger. VERONICA I don’t think I’m Nokia. LINDA I’m Motorola Stacey love. You’re Motorola as well Veronica are you? VERONICA I don’t know, I think.
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Show it.
LINDA
Veronica hands Linda her phone. LINDA (cont’d) That’s a Sony Veronica. You’re a Sony. VERONICA Yeah Sony I meant. Thanks.
STACEY
Stacey moves off. VERONICA Stacey, you can come back in the afternoon. STACEY Yeah. Thanks. VERONICA About three or that. Four. Yeah.
STACEY
Stacey leaves. CUT TO: 7
EXT. STREET. CITY CENTRE - 0905
7
Stacey is walking down a city street. She has her baby bag in the bottom of the buggy. It falls out and spills. Stacey stops and picks up the items. A man approaches. He is in his fifties. He is unkempt and uncared for looking. He is a street drinker. He stands and looks at Stacey. She ignores him. He drinks from a can as he watches her. Stacey becomes uneasy. She finishes collecting the items and replaces the bag on the buggy. She stands and looks at the man. What? Nothing.
STACEY HOMELESS MAN
STACEY Why you looking at me then? HOMELESS MAN Free country. Sake.
STACEY
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Stacey takes off the brakes on the buggy and moves off. The man follows. HOMELESS MAN Whose baby is that? What?
STACEY
HOMELESS MAN That your baby is it? Why?
STACEY
HOMELESS MAN Cause you’re too young. Beat. HOMELESS MAN (cont’d) What do you feed it? Stacey ignores him. HOMELESS MAN (cont’d) What do you feed it? STACEY What do think I feed it? HOMELESS MAN I don’t know. STACEY A fucken bottle. Stacey tries move away from the man. He continues to follow. HOMELESS MAN Use your own milk? Fuck off.
STACEY
HOMELESS MAN I’m only asking. STACEY None of your business. Healthy.
HOMELESS MAN
STACEY Disgusting. Beat.
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HOMELESS MAN What age are you? STACEY I’m not talking to you. Why. Because.
HOMELESS MAN STACEY
HOMELESS MAN You’re a young thing. She tries to ignore him. What? 16? 17.
HOMELESS MAN (cont’d) STACEY
HOMELESS MAN You on your own? No.
STACEY
HOMELESS MAN No fella there? STACEY I’m not answering you. HOMELESS MAN Gone is he. STACEY No he’s not. HOMELESS MAN Ran a mile I’d say. STACEY No he didn’t. What then?
HOMELESS MAN
Beat. HOMELESS MAN (cont’d) Where you staying then? Nowhere.
STACEY
HOMELESS MAN In a hostel? (CONTINUED)
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STACEY I’m not talking to you. HOMELESS MAN Where then? She looks at him. STACEY My boyfriend and me have a flat. The homeless man laughs. HOMELESS MAN Well why walking round this early for? Just. Just what?
STACEY HOMELESS MAN
STACEY Cause I want to. HOMELESS MAN Cause you want to. Fuck off.
STACEY
The homeless man laughs more. Stacey has finished tying Lorna in. She moves off. The homeless man shouts after. Liar. Fuck off.
HOMELESS MAN STACEY
She leaves. CUT TO: 8
EXT. STREET. CITY CENTRE - 0925
8
Stacey and the baby are in the city centre. CUT TO: 9
INT. MODERN SHOPPING CENTRE. CITY CENTRE - 0940
9
Stacey is in a modern shopping centre. She passes the shops. She looks in the windows. CUT TO:
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INT. MODERN SHOPPING CENTRE. CITY CENTRE - 0952
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Stacey is sitting on a bench in the shopping centre. It is still early. There are not that many people around. She sits passively and watches the world pass. Lorna cries. Stacey picks her up. She jiggles her on her leg. STACEY Baba, Baba,Baba. Baba, Baba, Baba. Lorna settles. Lorna.
STACEY (cont’d) CUT TO:
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INT. MODERN SHOPPING CENTRE. CITY CENTRE - 1010
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Stacey is carrying Lorna and pushing the pram. She reaches the entrance to the baby changing facility by the toilets. Stacey pushes the door. It is locked. She looks around. She waits. She eventually knocks. Hello?
STACEY
She waits. She walks away a little as if to see if there is anyone around. Eventually she sees KENNY walking towards her. Kenny is a security guard. He is in his mid to late fifties. He reaches the door. KENNY You beat me here this morning. What?
STACEY
KENNY I’m usually here before you. Beat. Kenny opens the door. He goes inside. He holds the door for her. KENNY (cont’d) I have to go in first. For my job. I’m like Hawaii 5 O here. You can stay there by the door there. Stacey follows in. She stands by the door. KENNY (cont’d) I have to check the place when I opens it in the morning. He looks about the room.
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KENNY (cont’d) No one anyways. Yeah.
STACEY
KENNY Yeah. Junkies get in the skylight a bit and then they’re stuck then. The fucken edjits. Stacey watches him. KENNY (cont’d) Yeah. There was a dead one there one day there. Dead. The poor fucker. Trying to steal things. Kenny checks each of the cubicles. KENNY (cont’d) They’d try steal anything. He checks the last cubicle. KENNY (cont’d) Honest to God they’d rob your shite wouldn’t they? Yeah. Yeah.
STACEY KENNY
Beat. Kenny watches. Stacey starts to tend to the baby. Kenny nods at her. The baby. Yeah.
KENNY (cont’d) STACEY
KENNY A good baby yeah? Yeah. Good.
STACEY KENNY
Beat. STACEY She does hardly cry she does. Good.
KENNY
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Kenny watches the baby. KENNY (cont’d) Right. I better get back before they be looking for me. Yeah. No rest. No.
STACEY KENNY STACEY
KENNY They’ll all be up there now, the lads, saying where’s the fuck has Kenny got now to and all. All. You know. Beat. KENNY (cont’d) Or whatever it is they say in Polish. You know. Kenny is leaving. KENNY (cont’d) I’m Kenny by the way. In case you’re wondering who the mad edjit is. Kenny. Yeah.
STACEY
KENNY No. I do sees you in here most days and all. Just, whatever. Yeah.
STACEY
KENNY And the Baba. Beat. KENNY (cont’d) Is it a boy or a girl? STACEY It’s a her. KENNY Course. You said. Yeah.
STACEY
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KENNY I’m thick as a plank as well. What she called? Lorna.
STACEY
KENNY Lorna. That’s nice. And yourself? Stacey.
STACEY
KENNY Stacey. Right Stacey. Talk to you later Stacey. And don’t mind me and anyways. I’m half cracked. Fully cracked. He leaves. Stacey continues with her prep of Lorna. STACEY (softly) Lorna. She tends to the child. CUT TO: 12
INT. MODERN SHOPPING CENTRE. CITY CENTRE - 1037
12
Stacey enters a phone shop in the shopping centre. She looks at the new phones. She approaches the ASSISTANT. STACEY Have you Nokia chargers? ASSISTANT What phone have you? Stacey shows her. ASSISTANT (cont’d) That’s the old charger. Yeah.
STACEY
ASSISTANT Over there. Where?
STACEY
ASSISTANT On the rack. STACEY I only want to plug it in. (CONTINUED)
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ASSISTANT You can’t just plug it in. STACEY I lost my one. ASSISTANT Well you can buy one for 15 euros. Beat. Fuck you.
STACEY
Stacey leaves the shop. CUT TO: 13
INT. MODERN SHOPPING CENTRE. CITY CENTRE - 1038
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Stacey sits and watches the people pass. CUT TO: 14
INT. PAYPHONE. MODERN SHOPPING CENTRE. CITY CENTRE -1042
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Stacey is on a pay phone. She dials the number. She gets through to the answering machine. STACEY Hello? Sake. Dean you never answer your phone. It’s me. I lost me charger. Will you be there? I’ll be there. Half two. She hangs up. END OF PART ONE 15
EXT. STREET. CITY CENTRE - 1050
15
Stacey is walking down the street. CUT TO: 16
EXT. HSE OFFICES. CITY CENTRE - 1055
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Stacey is about to enter the HSE offices. She meets a woman on the way out. This is KATHLEEN. Kathleen is in her early thirties. She is hard looking. Stacey passes her by. Kathleen calls her. We see PALA (from PALA’s STORY) enter the HSE office. This is not noticed by Stacey or Kathleen. KATHLEEN Alright Stacey.
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Kathleen.
STACEY
KATHLEEN You in getting your money? Yeah.
STACEY
KATHLEEN I’m the same. Busy?
STACEY
KATHLEEN It’s not too bad. Is that your baba now? Yeah.
STACEY
KATHLEEN Big thing. She’s lovely. Hello. Quiet.
STACEY
KATHLEEN Like her Ma. Beat. KATHLEEN (cont’d) I has to go. I’m seeing Donna later probably. Will I tell her I seen you? STACEY I don’t know. KATHLEEN Things still bad? A bit.
STACEY
KATHLEEN She’s your sister Stacey. Yeah.
STACEY
KATHLEEN Right. See you anyways. Bye.
STACEY
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Stacey enters the building. CUT TO: 17
INT. HSE OFFICES. CITY CENTRE - 1058
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The waiting room of the HSE offices. Stacey is waiting to see her Community Welfare Officer. PALA (from PALA’s story) is sitting opposite her. There are a lot of others waiting also. Mostly WOMEN WITH CHILDREN. There is some tension in the air. Stacey sits. Lorna is in her buggy, happily lying there. Pala.
FRANCIS (O.S.)
Pala rises. CUT TO: 18
INT. HSE OFFICES. CITY CENTRE - 1115
18
Stacey is at the top of the queue. The community welfare officer appears. He is in his late thirties. His name is FRANCIS. FRANCIS Stacey Connolly? Yeah.
STACEY
FRANCIS This way Stacey. CUT TO: 19
INT. HSE OFFICES. CITY CENTRE - 1116
19
Stacey is siting at a desk across from Francis. She has Lorna in the buggy beside. Stacey is a little nervous. Francis looks through his notes. FRANCIS Lorna seems to be doing well. Yeah.
STACEY
FRANCIS Your public health nurse is very happy with her. Yeah.
STACEY
FRANCIS Happy with her progress. (CONTINUED)
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Yeah.
STACEY
FRANCIS No problems? No. Good.
STACEY FRANCIS
Stacey hands Francis a form. Francis hands her an envelope and gets her to sign a form. FRANCIS (cont’d) From next week you’ll be able to collect it direct from your local post office. OK? Yeah.
STACEY
FRANCIS Save you coming in all the time. Thanks.
STACEY
Beat. FRANCIS Is there anything else you need at the moment? Dunno.
STACEY
FRANCIS You happy in the B+B? I hate it. Why?
STACEY FRANCIS
STACEY Dunno. Poxy walking around all day. FRANCIS Well there aren’t that many alternatives Stacey. I know.
STACEY
FRANCIS In the short term there’s just the Hostel. (CONTINUED)
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STACEY I’m not staying in the poxy hostel either. Right.
FRANCIS
STACEY I want a flat. FRANCIS Did you sign on with the corporation housing list? Yeah.
STACEY
FRANCIS Well you’ll have to wait then. How long?
STACEY
FRANCIS We don’t administer the housing list Stacey. STACEY But you’d know. FRANCIS It won’t be soon. Beat. STACEY I want a flat. I know.
FRANCIS
Beat. FRANCIS (cont’d) Do you think that Lorna’s Dad might want to get a place with you? STACEY Yeah maybe. FRANCIS Well I think your best bet would be to try for private rented accommodation, the three of you together. Yeah?
STACEY
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FRANCIS And we’d be able to pay your rent allowance while you still needed it. Yeah.
STACEY
FRANCIS Would that be a possibility? Yeah.
STACEY
FRANCIS I think that’s your only chance at the moment Stacey. I don’t think you’d be able to secure rented accommodation on your own and with the housing list you’re talking years. Yeah.
STACEY
Beat. FRANCIS You alright Stacey? Yeah. Ok. Bye.
STACEY FRANCIS STACEY
Stacey leaves. CUT TO: 20
INT. BANK. CITY CENTRE - 1135
20
Stacey is in a queue for the cashier in the bank. She looks out of place. Some of the other customers glance at her. She eventually reaches the top of the line. She hands over the cheque and some ID to the teller. STACEY Cash that please. The tellers gets the money. Stacey looks around. Eventually she gets her money. Thanks.
STACEY (cont’d)
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Stacey exits. CUT TO: 21
INT. MODERN SHOPPING CENTRE. CITY CENTRE - 1143
21
Stacey is shopping for essentials. She is buying nappies, cream and formula. She weighs different produce against each other to get the cheapest ones. She sees some coloured hair scrunchies. She takes her hair down and then ties it up with the new scrunchie. She takes her time watching herself in the small mirror. She chooses which scrunchie she wants and then makes her way to the checkout. She waits in line and then has her items checked through. CUT TO: 22
INT. MODERN SHOPPING CENTRE. CITY CENTRE - 1154
22
Stacey is back on the bench. She is tying her hair up. She then arranges her shopping on the bottom of the buggy. She takes out a sandwich. She is about to unwrap it. Kenny approaches. KENNY You’re having your sandwich? Yeah.
STACEY
KENNY That’s nice. Yeah. Yeah.
STACEY
Beat. Kenny is watching something. KENNY I have me eye on two edjits over here. Beat. We see GAVIN and CONOR (from GAVIN’S STORY) on the far side of the shopping centre. KENNY (cont’d) Watching them. Beat. STACEY You didn’t find a charger in here yesterday Kenny? KENNY Don’t know. Don’t think so. That’s more the cleaning department now.
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Right.
STACEY
KENNY What phone is it. I have one of the old nokia chargers above. STACEY That’s the one I want. Me phone is dead. KENNY Well let me sort these two first. I take you up to the room then. Kenny moves off. CUT TO: 23
INT. OFFICE. MODERN SHOPPING CENTRE. CITY CENTRE - 1200
23
Stacey is sitting at the table. She has the charger that Kenny has given her. She is plugging in her phone. KENNY The luck of God I have the old Nokia now. Beat. STACEY Where will I plug it in? KENNY Here. I’ll do that. Kenny plugs in the phone. She watches her phone to see it is charging. She turns her phone on. Kenny watches her. She then stands there awkwardly. KENNY (cont’d) Sit down. There does be no one in here at lunch times. The other lads do go out and smoke. Thanks.
STACEY
KENNY Have your sandwich there now. Thanks.
STACEY
KENNY Better than just sitting out there anyways. That’s what I think anyways.
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Beat. KENNY (cont’d) Your not that long coming in here are you? I dunno.
STACEY
KENNY A couple of weeks? STACEY Three weeks. KENNY Yeah. Cause I do have to be watching like. I do have to watch all the people. All coming and going and all. Just. Yeah.
STACEY
KENNY Nosey fucker like. Yeah.
STACEY
KENNY Yeah. I love it now I do. Beat. KENNY (cont’d) You have tea? Beat. KENNY (cont’d) Go on have tea. Wet your sandwich for you. Alright. Yeah.
STACEY KENNY
Kenny goes about his tea making. KENNY (cont’d) Cause I’m only three months in this, doing this, myself. Yeah. In the security game. Right.
STACEY
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KENNY Yeah. I like it. Good auld crack with the eastern european lads anyways. Yeah.
STACEY
KENNY All six foot fucken whatever. I don’t know what they feed them over there. Big bastards now. Here. He hands her the tea. Thanks.
STACEY
KENNY Put the Irish lads to shame they would. Yeah.
STACEY
KENNY Your sugar and milk and all is there. On the table there. Yeah. Big bastards now. And love working they do too. Yeah?
STACEY
KENNY All the hours God sends them and all. Working. Beat. KENNY (cont’d) I’m not like that myself now. No?
STACEY
KENNY No. Lazy bastard. Before this like I done, well, I done nothing like. So I like this now. It’s different. Nice.
STACEY
KENNY Yeah it is nice. Like I was planning on early retirement from the dole. But then I seen this was going. So I thought fuck it you know. I applied like. (CONTINUED)
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Stacey eats her sandwich. KENNY (cont’d) And I always loved looking at people anyways. Yeah.
STACEY
KENNY Only I get paid for it now. Beat. KENNY (cont’d) Are you not at home no more? No.
STACEY
KENNY Yeah. Right. Beat. KENNY (cont’d) Cause of the little one there? STACEY No. Not really. Yeah.
KENNY
STACEY Kinda. Me ma and me was killing each other. KENNY I know, yeah. Beat. KENNY (cont’d) Where are you so? A B+B.
STACEY
KENNY It’s alright? Yeah.
STACEY
KENNY Some of them can be nice. Yeah.
STACEY
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Beat. STACEY (cont’d) I’m going to get a flat with me boyfriend. KENNY He still around? Yeah.
STACEY
KENNY And he’s good to you? Yeah.
STACEY
KENNY Good on him. Yeah. Good man.
STACEY KENNY
Beat. KENNY (cont’d) Did anyone ever tell you you look like someone? No.
STACEY
KENNY No? Well you do. You’re the head of someone now. Yeah?
STACEY
KENNY Honest to God. That’s the reason I seen you in the first place. Right.
STACEY
KENNY Otherwise I’d never have seen you. Yeah.
STACEY
KENNY You and the baby. Beat. (CONTINUED)
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KENNY (cont’d) Just seen you. And you’re the absolute spit now. When I look at you there. Who?
STACEY
KENNY The spit of me daughter Geena. Stacey’s phone rings. She leaps to answer it. Kenny watches her. STACEY (into phone) - Hello. - Fuck it. - What? - No, I thought you were Dean. - Me phone was dead. - I know. Are you coming in? The park? Yeah. - On your own? - Why? - Lazy bitch. - Yeah. Yeah. OK. - Yeah. See you. She finishes the call. Beat. STACEY (cont’d) I have to go meet my friend. KENNY Yeah, no, go on. Don’t mind me. Only saying I was. Yeah.
STACEY
KENNY The spit of her. Beat.
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STACEY I think it’s charged enough anyways. Yeah. Thanks.
KENNY STACEY
KENNY Thanks, yeah. Stacey goes to the door. CUT TO: 24
INT. NEWSAGENT. MODERN SHOPPING CENTRE.CITY CENTRE- 1220
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Stacey is at the counter. STACEY Five euro 086. She is handed the receipt. CUT TO: 25
INT. MODERN SHOPPING CENTRE. CITY CENTRE - 1222
25
Stacey is on the phone. STACEY (into phone) - Hello. Answer your phone. It’s me again. I don’t know if you’re going to be there or not. - I got me phone charged. She hangs up. CUT TO: 26
INT. CITY PARK - 1300
26
Stacey and Jenny are sitting on a bench in the park. JENNY Boring here isn’t it? Yeah.
STACEY
Beat.
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JENNY I like your scrunchie. STACEY Got it today. Did you? Yeah.
JENNY STACEY
JENNY It’s nice. Purple is nice. STACEY Yeah. Why didn’t Natasha come in with you? Just. Why?
JENNY STACEY
JENNY On bebo all day she is. Right.
STACEY
JENNY I think Lauren is coming in though. STACEY Why is she coming in? JENNY Getting something. Buying something. STACEY You hanging around with her now? Sometimes.
JENNY
Jenny looks at the baby. JENNY (cont’d) Lorna, Lorna, Lorna. Lorna,Lorna, Lorna. STACEY Don’t have her hyper. JENNY I’m not. She lovely. You should see Sandra Lundy’s baby.
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Why?
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STACEY
JENNY Her baby looks like a pig. STACEY You can’t say that. JENNY I swear to God. I can barely look at it Stacey. Stacey and Jenny laugh. JENNY (cont’d) Not like Lorna. She looks at Lorna again. She claps her hands for the baby. JENNY (cont’d) Clap, clap, clap. Clap, clap, clap. Beat. STACEY You seen Dean around? JENNY Not much. Not really. STACEY What do you mean? JENNY He was around the weekend. Yeah?
STACEY
JENNY I seen him there with Leanne Grimes. Beat. Stacey is not happy. JENNY (cont’d) He wasn’t doing nothing or nothing. I only seen him with her. When?
STACEY
JENNY Thursday night. Or Friday night maybe. One of them. STACEY She’s a fucken slag.
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She is.
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JENNY
Beat. STACEY Me and Dean are going to get a flat. When? Dunno.
JENNY STACEY
Beat. JENNY I seen your Ma the other day as well. So?
STACEY
JENNY Out of it she was. Beat. STACEY I’m going to head away now Jenny. JENNY You not going to wait for Lauren? No. Why not?
STACEY JENNY
STACEY I have to meet Dean anyways. JENNY I’ll call you. Yeah.
STACEY
Stacey leaves. CUT TO: 27
EXT. STREET CORNER. CITY CENTRE - 1450
27
Stacey is waiting. DEAN (from GEORGIE’S STORY) pulls up in his van. He calls out to her.
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DEAN Are you selling? She is happy to see him. Shut up.
STACEY CUT TO:
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INT. CAFE. CITY CENTRE - 1500
28
Dean and Stacey are in the corner of a city centre cafe. Dean has a plate of chips. Stacey has a coke. DEAN Fucken jumped me the bastard. Who? Mondie.
STACEY DEAN
STACEY Who’s Mondie? DEAN Little small prick. Mondie. STACEY I don’t know Mondie. DEAN Well you won’t recognize him anymore anyways. Punched the head off him I did. STACEY Why’d he jump you? DEAN Don’t know. Beat. Dean eats. DEAN (cont’d) I’m starving. You want a chip? No.
STACEY
DEAN Good. Don’t want you getting fat. STACEY Fuck off. I’m not fat.
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DEAN I never said you were. Beat. STACEY Why were you late? DEAN Had to do a run for Mr. Forbes. Collect some foam. STACEY I didn’t know whether you were coming. DEAN I said I would. STACEY That was last Thursday. Beat. STACEY (cont’d) Why didn’t you call? DEAN I did call. When?
STACEY
DEAN When your battery thing. STACEY That was only yesterday. DEAN But I fucken called. I know.
STACEY
DEAN What are you eating me for then? I’m not.
STACEY
Beat. DEAN Wish we had some where to go I do. Yeah.
STACEY
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DEAN Why can’t I go into the B+B with you? STACEY They don’t allow it. Why?
DEAN
STACEY They don’t. DEAN I’m not going to be staying there. Sleeping there. I know. Stupid.
STACEY DEAN
Beat. STACEY Hate it there. Yeah? Yeah.
DEAN STACEY
Beat. STACEY (cont’d) Poxy it is. DEAN Better then your Ma’s but. Beat. STACEY I wish I had a flat. DEAN You’re on the list. The waiting list. STACEY We could get a place. DEAN A council place? STACEY No. I don’t know.
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DEAN I’m not wasting all me money on a flat. STACEY We’d get rent allowance. DEAN I don’t want to. Not yet. Beat. DEAN (cont’d) What’s the face for? Nothing.
STACEY
Beat. DEAN I wish we could find just somewhere to leave her for an hour. Yeah.
STACEY
He touches Stacey’s leg. DEAN I want to be with you. I know.
STACEY
DEAN I miss you. I know.
STACEY
Dean kisses Stacey. DEAN I’m never with you anymore. He kisses her neck. He whispers to her. DEAN (cont’d) You could leave her at your sisters. STACEY I don’t think so. DEAN She wouldn’t mind. STACEY She hates me now. (CONTINUED)
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DEAN Well you could try. He kisses her. DEAN (cont’d) Do you want to? Yeah.
STACEY
DEAN I have the van. He kisses her again. He is kissing her neck. He whispers to her. DEAN (cont’d) We could lie down in the van. Yeah.
STACEY
DEAN Do you want that? Yeah. Well then. What?
STACEY DEAN STACEY
DEAN Drop her over to Donna’s. STACEY I don’t know. He kisses her again. They whisper to each other. Stacey is shy and vulnerable. DEAN Say something dirty to me. What?
STACEY
DEAN Something sexy. STACEY Fuck off. No. DEAN Just something dirty.
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STACEY I fucken, I don’t know what to say like. Something.
DEAN
He kisses her again hard. He touches her. Go on.
DEAN (cont’d)
Small beat. She reacts to his kisses. STACEY I want your cock inside me. DEAN (he is joking with her and pulls away as if shocked) You’re a filthy bitch. No.
STACEY
DEAN Saying that. STACEY I only said it. DEAN You’re some dirty. STACEY Only cause you were asking me. Go way. Fuck off.
DEAN STACEY
She slaps him across the shoulder. They are laughing. DEAN And that poor baby listening. No.
STACEY
Beat. DEAN Will you call round to Donna? Please. Leave the little one there for an hour. Right.
STACEY
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DEAN Don’t say you’re meeting me. No.
STACEY
DEAN I’ll put some foam down in the back of the van. Stacey laughs. She looks at the baby. STACEY I met Jenny earlier. Yeah?
DEAN
STACEY Said she seen you with Leanne Grimes on the other day. So? Just said.
DEAN STACEY
DEAN You got spies on me now? No.
STACEY
Beat. STACEY (cont’d) I fucken hate Leanne Grimes. DEAN I have to go back up to Mr. Forbes now. Right.
STACEY
DEAN See you on that corner again at 6 alright? Yeah.
STACEY
He leans into her. DEAN I’ll put my cock inside you. Fuck off.
STACEY
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He gets up. I’m late.
DEAN
He throws some money down. DEAN (cont’d) Pay for that. Yeah.
STACEY
DEAN If you’re not there I’ll know she ran you. STACEY I’ll try anyways. In a while. She’ll be off work in a while. He kisses her. STACEY (cont’d) I love you. Yeah.
DEAN
He leaves. Stacey sits there for a long time. She eats some of the chips left on the plate. END OF PART TWO 29
EXT. STREET. CITY CENTRE - 1640
29
Stacey is pushing the buggy along a crowded street. She is near the Jervis shopping centre. She checks the time on her mobile. In the window of a shop she sees an ad for ice cream. She goes inside. CUT TO: 30
INT. MODERN SHOPPING CENTRE. CITY CENTRE - 1650
30
Stacey is sitting on a bench in a quiet corner of the shopping centre eating an ice cream. She has the buggy beside her. Kenny arrives. KENNY Stacey and Lorna. Yeah.
STACEY
KENNY There ye are now.
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Beat. KENNY (cont’d) You meet your friend? Yeah.
STACEY
KENNY That’s nice. He hands her the phone charger. KENNY I meant to give earlier. I have at home like. I
(cont’d) that to you another one of them have two of them.
She takes the charger. Thanks.
STACEY
KENNY Yeah. Seeings as you lost yours. Thanks.
STACEY
She puts it at the bottom of the pram. KENNY Lose that one now and you’re fucked. Yeah. No.
STACEY KENNY
Beat. KENNY (cont’d) You know about what I was saying earlier? About my daughter Geena like. That you looked like her like. Yeah.
STACEY
KENNY It’s just... like Geena is dead... She died. Sorry.
STACEY
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KENNY Yeah. Just you reminded me so much when I seen you. I thought I should tell you that. Yeah.
STACEY
KENNY She just, she got into all sorts you know. Yeah.
STACEY
KENNY And the next thing she was dead. Sorry.
STACEY
KENNY Yeah. No. No one there for her I suppose. Beat. KENNY (cont’d) Don’t know why I told you that. They sit there. KENNY (cont’d) Better get back to it. Take care of yourself now Stacey. Yeah.
STACEY
KENNY I’ll be looking out for you anyways. Stacey is left sitting. CUT TO: 31
INT. HALLWAY. B+B - 1705
31
Stacey is entering the hallway of the B+B. Veronica is in the reception area with another woman. This woman is Cathy. She is in her 30’s. She seems upset. She has a cut to her mouth. Stacey passes on the way to the stairs. CATHY I said nothing to her Veronica.
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I know.
VERONICA
CATHY I only said that she owed me money is all. VERONICA Cathy, I know. CATHY And she does owe me poxy money. Veronica notices Stacey taking Lorna out of her buggy. She addresses her. VERONICA Where are you going Stacey love? STACEY Up to the room. VERONICA Well you can’t. STACEY Just you said this morning. VERONICA That was this morning. Right.
STACEY
VERONICA That was before Linda started destroying the place. CATHY And she has the child terrified as well Veronica. I know.
VERONICA
CATHY And that’s fucken unfair that is. I know. Terrified.
VERONICA CATHY
Stacey is unsure what to do. VERONICA You can sit in here if you like, Stacey. Til I’ve the rooms done out. (CONTINUED)
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Thanks.
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STACEY
VERONICA Brian is up there now fixing up Cathy’s room. When he’s finished I’ll go up and sort. Sit down. Stacey sits. CATHY Alright Stacey love. STACEY What happened your mouth Cathy? CATHY Fucken Linda happened. What?
STACEY
CATHY Landed on me she did. Yeah?
STACEY
CATHY Yeah. And then in then and broke everything in my room. Right.
STACEY
CATHY And I only said one thing to her Veronica. I know.
VERONICA
CATHY Just wanted to know when she was going to pay me back is all. Yeah.
VERONICA
CATHY And I asked her nice. And she rears up on me. VERONICA I seen her. CATHY Got me a good slap she did.
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Sore.
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STACEY
CATHY And she has all my things destroyed inside Stacey. All you know. Yeah.
STACEY
CATHY Broke all my picture even. She broke all the little pictures I had. Did you see them Veronica? I did.
VERONICA
CATHY Smashed. Like they were just cheap things but, the frames. Me Ma and that. Yeah.
VERONICA
CATHY But you don’t do that Veronica. I know.
VERONICA
CATHY Unless you’re fucken mad. STACEY Where is she now? VERONICA They came and lifted her out of it. Right.
STACEY
Beat. Stacey tends to Lorna. CATHY Well I just hope you’re going to put her out this time Veronica. VERONICA I can’t just put her out Cathy. CATHY Well what then? I dunno.
VERONICA
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CATHY Well it’s not fucken fair Veronica. I know.
VERONICA
CATHY This is supposed to be my home. I know.
VERONICA
CATHY And I’m here longer and her. I’m here 3 years near. Alright.
VERONICA
CATHY I’m telling you. Stacey rises. She moves to the door. VERONICA Where you going Stacey? STACEY Just going to get something in town. I forgot something. Stacey leaves. CUT TO: 32
EXT. STREET - 1715
32
Stacey is making the short journey to Donna’s flat. CUT TO: 33
EXT. DONNA’S FLAT. CITY CENTRE FLATS - 1730
33
Stacey is at the door to a council flat. She knocks. There is no one there. She knocks again and looks in the window. Eventually a ten year old boy comes along. This is RYAN (from GEORGIES’s STORY). Some way behind him is his mother DONNA. Donna has one other younger kid with her, a daughter aged seven called JOANNE. Donna has a lot of shopping with her. She hasn’t seen Stacey yet. Ryan shouts back to her. RYAN Ma, Stacey’s here! Who’s Baba is that Stacey? STACEY Alright Ryan. (CONTINUED)
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RYAN Stacey’s here Ma! Donna is now at the door. DONNA I’m not blind Ryan. Hello.
STACEY
DONNA What are you doing here? Just am. Yeah.
STACEY DONNA
RYAN Whose Baby is that Ma? DONNA Ryan would you just go inside. The children go inside. Beat. Well?
DONNA (cont’d)
STACEY Can I come in? DONNA Are you in trouble? No.
STACEY
Beat. Donna goes in. She leaves the door open. Stacey follows with the pram. CUT TO: 34
INT. KITCHEN. DONNA’S FLAT - 1735
34
Stacey and Donna are sitting at the kitchen table, smoking. Ryan is sitting beside her. Joanne is looking at Lorna in her buggy. RYAN Who did you have the baby for Stacey? No one.
STACEY
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RYAN But who but? DONNA Shut up Ryan. JOANNE What’s she called Stacey? Lorna.
STACEY
JOANNE Lorna, Lorna. DONNA Is she good? Yeah. Got big.
STACEY DONNA
STACEY She’s a good feeder. Good.
DONNA
STACEY And does hardly cry she does. JOANNE Are you staying with us Stacey? No.
STACEY
DONNA Take her into the bedroom there Joanne. JOANNE Your bedroom? DONNA Go on. Ryan go on and play your play station inside. RYAN I want to talk to Stacey. DONNA Just fuck off and play for a while. Sake.
RYAN
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DONNA Don’t sake me. The kids leave. Donna smokes her cigarette. Stacey sits. Eventually. STACEY I met Kathleen today at the Health board. Yeah?
DONNA
STACEY Her hair was cat. DONNA Her hair is always cat. I know.
STACEY
Beat. DONNA You talked to Ma? No. No.
STACEY DONNA
STACEY I don’t want to. Beat. DONNA She’s bad. Drinking all day and all. Mad. Yeah.
STACEY
DONNA And no one helping. Only me. Beat. DONNA (cont’d) Do you want a fag? Yeah.
STACEY
Donna gives Stacey a cigarette and takes one for herself. They light them.
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STACEY (cont’d) Is Conor OK? DONNA Grand. Broke his hand there messing with Gavin. Edjit.
STACEY
Beat. DONNA So where are you? STACEY In a B+B on Gardiner street. DONNA Is it alright? Poxy.
STACEY
DONNA Does anyone call in to you? STACEY Jenny was in today. DONNA Jenny’s good. Yeah.
STACEY
DONNA Are you short? No. Right.
STACEY DONNA
Beat. DONNA (cont’d) So why are you here? Just. What?
STACEY DONNA
Beat.
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STACEY I thought you might mind Lorna for me. What for?
DONNA
STACEY For only an hour. Why?
DONNA
Beat. DONNA (cont’d) Cause of him? Is that it? Beat. DONNA (cont’d) Is that it? STACEY We only wanted to meet for a while. An hour. DONNA And you think I’m going to baby sit for that prick? No.
STACEY
DONNA Exactly. No. Beat. DONNA (cont’d) And why can’t you bring Lorna along with you? No reason. No.
STACEY DONNA
STACEY Only we want to be together. DONNA Oh for fuck sake. STACEY Just to talk and that. DONNA Do I look thick? (CONTINUED)
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STACEY Honest Donna. Beat. Donna finishes her cigarette. DONNA I warned you Stacey. I said it. I know.
STACEY
DONNA So why didn’t you listen to me? STACEY I don’t know. DONNA I don’t know. Well you’re rightly fucked now. You know that? You’re fucked. No hope now. Beat. STACEY He’s good with Lorna and all. DONNA Is he going to help you get a place? Maybe.
STACEY
DONNA Maybe. I warned you Stacey. I know.
STACEY
DONNA Why couldn’t you have been careful with yourself. STACEY It was an accident. DONNA Well will I tell you what’s going to happen to you now? No.
STACEY
DONNA You’ll be left in that B+B for five years. And then if you’re lucky they’ll dump you in some poxy flat and that will be that. Over. Cause you are useless now Stacey. (MORE) (CONTINUED)
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34
DONNA (cont'd) Useless with a baby. And that prick will be off riding some other edjit. Or hanging off you when he wants his hole. And I fucken warned you.
I know.
STACEY
DONNA Right. Well I’m done with you now Stacey. I have my own kids to be looking after without looking after yours. Joanne enters. DONNA (cont’d) And that’s that. End of. JOANNE Ma Lorna’s sleeping she is. Good love.
DONNA
Beat STACEY I should wake her. Why?
DONNA
STACEY She shouldn’t be sleeping now. DONNA If she’s sleeping let her sleep. Beat. DONNA (cont’d) Have your tea here. Do you want your tea here? Yeah.
STACEY CUT TO:
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INT. LIVING ROOM. DONNA’S FLAT - 2050
35
They have eaten. Stacey is sitting on the couch. Ryan is beside her, as is Joanne. The kids are in their pyjamas. Donna is on the armchair. RYAN I’m doing karate now Stacey. Amn’t I mam? (CONTINUED)
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DONNA Hoping someone will knock some sense into him. RYAN Thursday’s in the Matt Talbot. Show you. Ryan proceeds to give a karate demo. He is half demented. Donna and Joanne laugh. DONNA He’s mad he is. I must have dropped you on your head I’d say. RYAN Karate chop. Stacey smiles. There is the sound of a small cry from Lorna in the next room. STACEY That’s her now. JOANNE The little cry Ma. Yeah.
DONNA
STACEY That’s not like her sometimes. Sometimes she wakes and she just lies there. Yeah?
DONNA
STACEY I’ll go. Get me coat. CUT TO: 36
EXT. DONNA’S FLAT. CITY CENTRE FLATS - 2055
36
Stacey is at Donna’s door. She is ready to go. Donna is with her. Ryan hangs out the door. RYAN Bye Stacey. DONNA Go on in Ryan. Bye.
STACEY
Ryan goes in.
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DONNA Is she warm enough? STACEY There’s two blankets. DONNA Do you need any more? No.
STACEY
Stacey moves off. DONNA I’ll help you when I can Stace. I won’t see you short. But I have me own kids. I don’t need two more. I know.
STACEY
Stacey walks away. As she is walking away from Donna’s flat we hear a woman’s voice shouting. TINA (O.S.) You’re a fucken pig Georgie. You pig. GEORGIE (from GEORGIE’S STORY) passes close by. He has some blood on his face. Stacey continues to walk. We follow her. CUT TO: 37
INT. OFF LICENCE. CITY CENTRE - 2130
37
Stacey is in a city centre off licence. She takes three cans of lager from the fridge. She brings them to the counter. She hands them over to the man serving. Just them.
STACEY
The man looks at her. OFF LICENCE MAN Have you any ID? No.
STACEY
OFF LICENCE MAN Date of birth. Small beat. STACEY 31st March 1987.
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The man looks at her. OFF LICENCE MAN You’re not a very good liar. She stares at him. OFF LICENCE MAN (cont’d) Go on. Three thirty. She hands him the money. CUT TO: 38
EXT. BENCH BY THE CANAL - 2150
38
Stacey is sitting by the canal. It is dark. She is holding Lorna, settling her. She place Lorna back in the buggy. From the back of the buggy she takes a can of beer. She open and drinks it. Her phone rings. She looks at it but doesn’t answer. She sits. Eventually she notices a child’s book in the base of Lorna’s buggy. She takes out the child’s book and begins to read it. CUT TO : 39
EXT. BENCH BY THE CANAL - 2220
39
It is night. Stacey is sitting on a bench by the canal. She is drinking a can and reading a child’s book. We hear a sound close by. Stacey doesn’t lift her eyes to look. A voice addresses her. GEORGIE (O.S.) There no one there? Stacey looks up. We see that Georgie is standing at the end of the bench. He has some blood on his face. What?
STACEY
GEORGIE No one sitting there? No. You mind? No.
STACEY GEORGIE STACEY
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Thanks.
GEORGIE
Georgie sits. Beat. He watches her a little. Now. Yeah.
GEORGIE STACEY
Beat. GEORGIE Nice here now. Yeah.
STACEY
GEORGIE Not too cold isn’t it? No. Yeah.
STACEY GEORGIE
Beat. GEORGIE I think I know you. Yeah?
STACEY
GEORGIE Yeah. You’re Donna’s sister aren’t you? Yeah.
STACEY
GEORGIE Yeah. I know Donna, like. Around. Right.
STACEY
GEORGIE What’s your name? Stacey.
STACEY
GEORGIE Right. Stacey. Beat. Stacey takes a drink of her can. Georgie watches her.
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GEORGIE You’re drinking your cans? Yeah.
STACEY
GEORGIE That’s nice. Yeah.
STACEY
GEORGIE Nice and relaxing. Beat. Georgie can see the bag of cans by her feet. Eventually. GEORGIE Can I ask you something terrible? What?
STACEY
GEORGIE You can tell me now to go and go fuck off now if... What?
STACEY
Small beat. GEORGIE Can I borrow a can off you? Small beat. Stacey reaches into her bag. GEORGIE You’re sure now? Here.
STACEY
She holds out a can to Georgie. GEORGIE Cause if it’s not alright, that’s alright. STACEY It’s grand. Georgie takes the can. GEORGIE Thanks. It’s not for, you know, not nothing. I’m just thirsty is all.
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Right.
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STACEY
Georgie opens can and takes a deep drink. Beat. Yeah.
GEORGIE
Stacey watches him. STACEY Were you fighting? GEORGIE No, no this, ignore this. My face. STACEY What happened? GEORGIE Just fucken stupid. What?
STACEY
GEORGIE I’m stupid I am. No. I was just standing up there now. Standing up and I walked straight into this thing. Right.
STACEY
GEORGIE Straight, just, bang. Into what?
STACEY
GEORGIE Into a thing, into a fucken...into a door. Isn’t that stupid? Yeah.
STACEY
GEORGIE Does it look bad? No. Good.
STACEY GEORGIE
STACEY A bit bloody.
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GEORGIE Bloody edjit. Stacey laughs. Beat. GEORGIE Are you in with Donna now? No.
STACEY
GEORGIE No. Out on your own? Yeah.
STACEY
GEORGIE Yeah. With your little thing there. With your little baby. Yeah.
STACEY
GEORGIE That’s nice. Beat. GEORGIE Is it a good baby? She is. She.
STACEY GEORGIE
STACEY Yeah. Always sleeping always and near never crying. Good.
GEORGIE
STACEY Never sick for me. GEORGIE That’s good that is. Yeah.
STACEY
GEORGIE Makes it easier. Yeah.
STACEY
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CONTINUED: (5)
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GEORGIE Cause when my son, when he got born now, he came out bawling. Didn’t stop for about six months. Right.
STACEY
GEORGIE Nearly went insane we did. Yeah. Insane. Beat. GEORGIE And is the man there? The fella. Your fella? Sometimes.
STACEY
GEORGIE Right. And you manage? Yeah.
STACEY
GEORGIE Yeah. Good. Beat. STACEY He’s good sometimes he is. But just sometimes then... Yeah.
GEORGIE
STACEY Don’t hear from him. Right.
GEORGIE
Beat. GEORGIE (cont’d) And you’re happy with her yourself? Mostly.
STACEY
Beat. STACEY (cont’d) Sometimes, I just. What?
GEORGIE
(CONTINUED)
STACEY'S STORY Shooting Script. 39
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STACEY I don’t know. What?
GEORGIE
STACEY I just wish that I wasn’t a Ma. Right.
GEORGIE
STACEY No. Only sometimes. I know.
GEORGIE
STACEY Not. You know. Beat. Georgie finishes his can. He sits for a while. Then he stands unsteadily. Better go. Yeah.
GEORGIE STACEY
GEORGIE Clean my face up. Right. Night. Night.
STACEY GEORGIE STACEY
GEORGIE Be good now. Yeah.
STACEY
GEORGIE And thanks for the can Stacey. Georgie leaves. Stacey sits there. END OF STACEY’S STORY
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