First 5 pages of screenplay

INT. bedroom, morning

Clothes lay scattered over the floor of a busy room being trampled by a group of women who are rushing around, giggling with one another.

A woman, AVA HALL, sits as the back staring blankly into the mirror in front of her, as someone plays with her hair. The door next to her slightly open, and holding up a long white dress.

AVA carelessly knocks a bottle of perfume onto the floor, and watches the others panic over it, laughing to herself, as they fight to be the one to give it back to her.

CHARLOTTE WILSON shoves it back onto the dresser, rolling her eyes at the girls beside her.

CHARLOTTE

(annoyed) You have to be more careful!I swear you don't give a shit about anything.

AVA

It was an accident! God, you're being so over dramatic today.

AVA HALL flicks her hair and walks away to the bathroom, AMELIA ADAMS and EMMA EVANS trailing behind her carrying the dress.

AVA quickly pulls it on, as the other two fuss about it being perfect, straightening it up, and slowly zipping up the back.

AMELIA

(excitedly) Oh sweetie! You look gorg, he's gonna die when he sees you.

EMMA

She's right he definitely will!

AVA

(boredly) Yeah sure he will... Can I have a minute alone?

AMELIA and EMMA quickly leave, and AVA slams the door behind them locking it swiftly.

She slams her phone onto the side and sits on the edge of the bath, holding her head in her hands.

AVA

(to herself) Fuck my life! Screw him, screw her, fuck everyone.

I swear I'm cursed or something, cause this kind of rubbish would only happen to me.

CHARLOTTE

(knocking gently) Babe are you alright?

I didn't mean it you know... it's your wedding day, you can knock over whatever you want.

AVA

I'm not in the mood. (quietly) Especially for you, you slaggy bitch.

CHARLOTTE

What was that? I couldn't hear you... Just come out soon, we need to sort out you veil.

AVA

I'll be out in a minute OK.

CHARLOTTE storms back down the corridor, towards the anxious girls in the other room, angrily texting as she rolls her eyes at the girls and starts whispering to them.

AVA

(staring in the mirror) You can do this! Its gonna be alright, it's just the rest of your life to worry about. No big deal.

You could just forget that it ever happened, I mean you didn't know for years and it was no big problem then was it... It isn't something I can just forget though.

Why can't I do pep talks? Even for myself.

AVA sinks to the floor and lays down, staring at the bright light on the ceiling, crumpling her freshly pressed dress.

The rain smashes against the window, blocking out the noise of the girls down the hall.

AVA

Two options. It's simple.

1, get married to LIAM, like planned and live a happyish life, while he shags someone else.

2, don't get married, annoy everyone I know, and he can do whatever the fuck he wants with his life, whilst I just hide from my problems forever...

I mean it isn't a nice day to get married. And this dress definitely isn't perfect... So basically everything is wrong.

Wrong day, wrong groom, wrong dress, wrong fucking maid of honour.

CHARLOTTE

(knocking loudly) Babes! We've got to go, the car's waiting outside. We can sort your hair out on the way there... at least it isn't as messy as usual.

Just hurry up please, it's now or never.

AVA

(smashes hand against the floor) Fuck!

AVA takes a deep breath and slowly gets up, unlocking the door and peaking out.

CHARLOTTE starts straightening her dress instantly, as AVA slowly walks down the stairs trembling as she goes.

Her bridesmaids gather all of the bouquets and slowly follow her out of the front door. It slams shut behind them

CUT

EXT. GARDEN, AFTERNOON

AVA runs into the garden, her white dress messy and her makeup ruined. She sits silently on a bench staring off into the distance.

CHARLOTTE slowly approaches, playing with a ring on her finger and tries to not make eye contact with her.

The rain pours down around them.

AVA

(Whispers) This is all your fault. I hope you know that.

CHARLOTTE

I didn’t mean to hurt you

AVA

(Cuts in) didn’t mean to hurt me. Fuck off! What did you think you were doing? Oh I’m gonna sleep with her fiance, she definitely won’t care about that.

CHARLOTTE

Look, I know I shouldn’t have.

AVA

Well that’s great. Glad you’ve realised.

CHARLOTTE

There is no need to be so rude about it.

AVA

Me being rude. Have a look in the mirror.

I didn’t ruin your wedding, I didn’t sleep with you fiance, I’m not rude, you are... I can’t be arsed with this anymore.

Why the fuck are you here? It isn't like you care about me, you clearly don't, so just get out of my life.

CHARLOTTE

Is that what you really want?

AVA

(quietly) Yeah it is. I don't need people in my life who are going to screw me over.

CHARLOTTE

I didn't want to screw you over, and I'm not the only one to blame here.

He slept with me. He was the one getting married, not me. He's the one who didn't tell you, who let you think that you were living this perfect life. Him not me.

AVA

(angrily) You also didn't tell me. You lied straight to my face. It worse from you. I've known you for nearly all my life, and you thought you could just keep it from me. That I wouldn't find out.

CHARLOTTE

But you did find out. I don't see the problem anymore. I felt so bad about it at the time.

But you know now so why the fuck should i feel bad?

AVA

Cause you still did it.

CHARLOTTE gets up and starts storming away. As AVA puts her head in her hands, the rain getting heavier.

CHARLOTTE

(turns back) You know what? You have always seen yourself as perfect, but I make one simple mistake and you lose your shit.

Sorry I'm not perfect, but lets be honest. Neither are you.

AVA breaks down crying as CHARLOTTE walks away, flipping her hair.

CUT