The Walk

The walk

Scene One

 

  

INT. WOODS- NIGHT

LILA DANIELS is running with full force through dark woods, flash of moment’s with her mother invade her mind as she continues to run further into the dark. LILA looks back quickly but loses her footing, trips and falls hard into the coarse dry mud. Everything goes black, completely black. The last moment with her mother, consumes her memory.

FADE IN.

INT. THE BEDROOM- DAWN.

LILA wake’s suddenly from a recurring dream, panting, sweating slightly. Her head thuds and place’s her hand to her forehead, feeling a tiny butterfly stitched cut above her eyebrow. It took a moment for realize it was a dream, looking around the bedroom she could see the dawning sun through her blind. She lay back down and turned on her side facing the digital clock and notices she had woken an hour too early.

EXT. THE KITCHEN- MORNING.

LILA enters the kitchen to see DEREK DANIELS, her father, cooking breakfast for the first time.

LILA:

Dad

DEREK:

(Standing at the cooker with his back to LILA)

Morning sunshine

LILA:

What is going on?

DEREK:

(Turns and serves the food)

Well, I fancied a change. I’d thought I’d cook breakfast. Nothing special

LILA walks towards the table and pulled a chair out, glares down at the plate and notices the bacon is a little cremated and the eggs were over cooked.

DEREK:

(Looks up and smiles)

Please don’t look at it like it is going to kill you, give me credit for trying

LILA:

(Looks at her eggs, lifting it with the fork)

I doubt food poisoning it going to kill me but thanks

Silence falls between LILA and DEREK. DEREK take’s a bite of his toast, LILA avoids eye contact.

DEREK:

(Eating a mouthful of toast)

How are you feeling Lila? Did you sleep OK?

LILA drops her fork onto the plate.

LILA:

Dad please just leaves it alone

DEREK glare’s at LILA while taking a sip of his bear.

DEREK:

I’m only asking Lila, you haven’t been yourself since the weekend. And as your father I have a right to ask. I’m worried

LILA sits back in her seat pushing her plate away.

DEREK:

Have you heard from Sidney? I haven’t seen you with your phone

LILA:

I lost it

DEREK:

You’re not going to see Aden again? Are you?

LILA frowns at DEREK.

LILA:

You are so lame Dad

DEREK watches LILA rise from her seat.

DEREK:

Lila, he is too irresponsible and you’re only fifth teen. I know what guys like him want and he is not going to take that advantage from my daughter. Look what happened to you last weekend. You were in hospital

LILA fold’s her arms across her body, looking at DEREK with disgust.

LILA:

Irresponsible, don’t talk to me about irresponsibility Dad. Where were you when I was in hospital oh? The pub, the police had to come and collect you. You finally sobered up when they discharged me and then you get yourself arrested for threatening Aden. You’re irresponsible. I’m going to get ready for school, thanks for breakfast.

DEREK slams his bear can down on the table as LILA walks away. LILA stops but doesn’t look back and began walking again. DEREK sits in his chair and rests his head upon his hand’s, angry at himself for the truth in what LILA had said. 

Author's Note

My attempt at screen play... rough draft and just testing my writing further...