The Beautiful Game - 8 Part Series

SCENE ONE

INT. POLICE STATION - NIGHT

Micheal is sat in the police interview room, his sleeves rolled up, sweating with nerves. The police are pacing the room, questioning him.

Detective: For the last time did you push him!?

Micheal: No!

Detective: So he jumped out of the window then!?

Micheal: That's what I said!

Detective: I know it's what you said, but is it the truth!? Why would he throw himself out of a glass window!?

Micheal: I don't know, why don't you ask him?

Detective: We would, but he's in a coma, and everything we have leads us to believe that you put him in that condition!

Micheal: Oh I've had enough of us, you can't prove jack ****, so just let me go, yeah!?

Detective: You're so full of yourself aren't you?

Micheal: Give me my phone call...

Detective: No...

Micheal: I'm entitled to a phone call, now give it me before I scream blue murder...

The detective puts his finger on the tape recorder, and speaks to Micheal through gritted teeth.

Detective: Go on then...

Micheal is lead out of the interview room and towards the phone, Micheal dials a number and waits for Jenny to answer.

Micheal: Yeah babe it's me...they've arrested me for what happened..you need to get on the phone to my lawyer...and for christ's sake try and make Jess see sense...

SCENE TWO

INT. SEAN'S HOUSE - NIGHT

Sean begins French kissing her, she turns around a smile on her face, he begins to untie her bakini, when the bathroom door is swung open.

The pair jump out of their skins, as Colin enters the room, a look of rage on his face...

Colin: You ****ing *******!

Faith: Colin, no!

Colin rushes towards the jacquizzie and jumps in, he begins smacking Sean in the face and starts to throttle him.

Colin: You ****ing dirty scumbag! Shagging my wife!? You *******!

Faith: Colin! Stop it for Christ's sake!

Colin: Take my job! Take my wife! You ****ing *******!

Sean: What can I say? The better man get's it all!

Colin sees red and tries to drown Sean.

Faith: Colin! Stop it! For god's sake stop it!

Faith pulls Colin back from Sean, Sean gets up and tries to catch his breath.

Sean: You ****ing pyscho! You almost killed me!

Colin: It's no-more than you deserve you ****ing prick!

Faith puts her hands around Colin, to try and calm him down.

Faith: Look babe, calm down, this aint gonna help anyone...

Colin: Get your hands off me you dirty little whore...

Sean: Oi! You watch what you're saying to her okay!?

Faith: Sean can you leave us be, me and Colin need to talk...

Sean gets out of the jacquizzi and wraps a towel around his wasit. Colin gives him daggered looks.

Sean: You know where I am if you need me...

Faith: Just go...

Sean leaves the room, Faith turns towards Colin, unable to look at him with the shame. What will happen next for the troubled couple..?

SCENE THREE

INT. LOCAL HOSPITAL - NIGHT

Jess and Diane are by Noel's bedside, looking tired. Jenny walks into the room, feeling slightly uneasy about disturbing them.

Jenny: Jess...

Diane: Look, I don't think it's such a good idea that you stay here...

Jess: No, let her say her peice...

Jenny: You've got to let your dad go, tell the police he didn't do it...

Jess: I know what I saw Jenny, he pushed Noel out of the window, and he deserves to pay the price for it...

Jenny: You don't want anything to do with him, fair enough - disown him, do what you want, but don't see him get sent down for this, he wouldn't survive in jail...

Diane: He should have thought of that before he played the macho man, flinging his daughter's fiance through the window!

Jenny: He did this becuase he loves you Jess! This scumbag had cheated on you, played you for a fool...your dad did this becuase he loves you, just you remember that, and please...I'm begging you...take back what you said...

Jenny leaves the room, Jess is left to contemplate what Jenny has said.

Just caught up, this is fab can't wait to find out more. Will Colin forgive Faith and with Noel come through.

SCENE FOUR

INT. SEAN'S HOUSE - NIGHT

Faith gets out of the bed, and puts on a dressing gown, Colin paces the room trying to get over what he has seen.

Colin: Come on then, start talking, tell me "it's not what it looks like"...

Faith: What'd be the point in that? It's obvious what we were doing...

Colin: How could you do this to me Faith!?

Faith: Col...

Colin: With him aswell, you've made it ten times worse then it would have been! Why ruin our marriage Faith!?

Faith: It's been ruined for a long time Col', before Sean even showed up...

Colin: What d'ya mean?

Faith: You're not the man I fell in love with, you care more about football and you're bloody pride then you do me, it's just taken me all this time to realise it...

Colin: That's not true! I love you babe!

Faith: No, I'm just a trophy wife...

There is an awkard silence.

Colin: So where does this leave us then?

Faith: There's no "us" Colin, there hasn't been for a long time...

Colin: What are you saying Faith?

Faith tries to hold back the tears, she strokes his face, clearly emotional.

Faith: I'm saying that it's cover Colin...I'm leaving you...

Colin is devastated at this shock anouncement of Faiths.

SCENE FIVE

INT. LUKE'S HOUSE - NIGHT

Luke is sitting down, a bottle of scotch on the coffee table, still nervous from the break and the polaroid, the doorbell rings, he rushes to answer it, Jenny walks in.

Luke: Thank god! I was starting to worry...

Jenny walks into the living room, looking flustered.

Jenny: She knows...

Luke: You what!? Are you sure!?

Jenny: I went around there and she admitted it...

Luke: No, why would she admit it?

Jenny: Becuase she can, she has one over us and she wants us to know that...god the bitch!

Luke: This is a nightmare! What if she tells Micheal!?

Jenny: Then I'd be out of marraige and you'd be out of a job!

Luke: We need to keep her quiet...

Jenny: No, she seemed deadly serious yesterday, she was going to tell Micheal, no exceptions...

Luke: Jesus! What are we gonna do!?

Jenny: We just have to hope she get's sent down tomorrow, if not we're done for...

SCENE SIX

INT. JAMIE'S FLAT - MORNING

Jamie and Danielle are in the bedroom, getting dressed. Danielle looks at herself in the mirror, breathing in.

Danielle: Do you think I need to loose some weight?

Jamie: Of course not babe, you're perfect as you are...

Danielle: Are you sure?

Jamie: You'd be stupid to go any thinner...

Danielle: But one of the models was saying that I need to...

Jamie: Forget what they say. Do you want to be a stick insect?

Danielle: Not really, but if it get's me where I want...

Jamie: If they don't want you the way you are, then it's their loss, not yours...

Jamie kisses her on the neck before leaving the room. Danielle looks at herself in the mirror again, a look of uncertainty on her face.

Fantastic (as always) this is fabby, so glad Faith left Collin :cheer:

SCENE SEVEN

INT. LAW COURTS - DAY

The morning of Rachel's trial. Luke and Jenny are hanging around nervously, as soon as they see Rachel walk into the courts, they hurry towards her.

Luke: Rachel!

Rachel: Look who it isn't...

Jenny: Please Rachel, keep quiet about me and Luke, I'm begging you...

Rachel: Why should I?

Luke: Rachel, for god's sake!

Rachel: Look at the pair of you, bold as brass, holding hands, you aren't even trying to be discreet! Talk about rubbing this in my face!

Luke: We didn't start this until we split!

Rachel: Oh how noble of you! That doesn't excuse you having an affair with a married woman!

Luke: Please Rachel, for me, for what we had...

Rachel: D'ya know what? The pair of you can piss right off!

Rachel walks past them confidently towards her lawyer. Luke and Jenny look at one another, scared.

Luke: God, there's no stopping her!

Jenny: Oh I wouldn't say that, the fight isn't over yet...

Jenny has a devious look on her face, well aware of what she has planned for Rachel.

SCENE EIGHT

INT. JAMIE'S FLAT - DAY

Danielle sits down at the dining table, a sandwhich beside her, she takes a bite of it, whilst reading through the celebrity pages.

She continues eating, whilst reading about Jess and Noel. She turns the page to "whos hot and whos not".

Danielle looks over the pictures of all the skinny size 0 celebs, then looks down at her stomach. Feeling repulsed she nervous sticks her fingers down her throat, until she gags, she rushes to the kitchen sink and throws up her sandwhich...