INT. TRAIN CARRIAGE
POV shot looking out of train window at the countryside as it speeds past like lightening. A flash of white light and then a [MS]of a middle-aged woman - JULIE O'DONNELL, sitting on the train seat with a bag on the seat next to her. She looks upset but trying to stay strong. Shot Reverse Shot between the Julie and her son, MIKE O'DONNELL, as they talk on the train, trying to pass the time.
JULIE
He will be okay you know, your father is a strong man and he knows what he's doing. Im sure he'll be home in no time.
MIKE
[Angry]
How do you know? He won't even know where we've gone. I don't even see why we have to move. We were fine where we were.
JULIE
[Sympathetic]
Its complicated son, Im sure you'll love it down there.
EXT. GETTING OFF THE TRAIN ONTO PLATFORM
Julie and Mike arrive at the station and as the train doors open, it cuts to a front door slamming shut and dust flying everywhere.
INT. NEW HOUSE HALLWAY
The house is painted orange with nicotine stains and smells like mould and damp. A [LS] of Julie and Mike as they stand in the hallway of the building they now call home.
Julie
[Sighs]
Welcome home..
Mike
This will never be home..
Mike storms upstairs leaving Julie alone in the hallway.
INT. KITCHEN
Julie is cooking dinner and Mike is sitting at the makeshift kitchen table writing things in the dust that lay above it.
JULIE
Are you going to wipe that table or am i going to have to do it myself?
Mike looks up and gives Julie a really evil glare and then looks back down and carries on drawing in the dust. Mike is already hating the new house and its surroundings. Julie sighs and carries on cooking.
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