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EXT. PIER/BRIDGE- DAY A young man (LUCAS) is stood at the edge of a pier/bridge starring directly out into a large body of water. There doesnt seem to be anybody around and the current weather makes the entire area seem very grey and dull. LUCAS looks depressed, his face solemn with darkly ringed eyes, and a prominent frown.

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LUCAS (V.O) And I am about to kill myself.

LUCAS (V.O.) My name is Lucas.

There is a small pause as LUCAS stands surveying the water from his spot.

INT/EXT. MONTAGE- VARIOUS LOCATIONS There follows several montage clips which show LUCAS is currently down on his luck. These include LUCAS opening a letter addressed to him which reveals his car is about to be repossessed, a call in which he is told he is being laid off from work, him returning home and trying to unlock his front door- only to find the locks have been changed and he has been evicted and also LUCAS drowning his sorrows on a park bench with a bottle of beer.

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EXT. PIER/BRIDGE- DAY

After the montage, we return to Lucas who is still stood at the pier/bridge. He looks down, closes his eyes and takes a deep breath before looking back up towards the body of water. He then begins to walk towards the edge of the bridge- slowly at first, but then building up to a brisk walk. He quickly begins to run full pelt towards the edge- in a crazy, fixated state.

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FEMALE VOICE (O.S.) Hello? The sound of the WOMANs voice suddenly knocks LUCAS out of his trance-like state and he quickly spins around to see who it is that is shouting to him. It is JESS, who has been stood a little way away watching the whole thing. She is a young woman who looks quite frail and sickly. She is pale, and looks as if she hasnt slept properly for a while. JESS Are you okay?

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There is a brief silence Lucas seems to contemplate how to respond. He has a look of surprise on his face. He looks over his shoulder at the water, sighs heavily and then turns back to face Jess. LUCAS No... Not, not really.

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JESS Whatever it is- it isnt worth this, you know. With a forced laugh, Lucas replies. LUCAS You really dont know the half of it to be honest. JESS I guess not.

Jess cautiously takes a few steps towards Lucas. She has a concerned look on her face.

After giving her an annoyed look, Lucas looks back out to the water.

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JESS (CONTD) Do you want to talk about it? LUCAS Not particularly, no. JESS Are you sure? Maybe I know how to help. LUCAS Or maybe, you should just mind your own business and walk away. There is an awkward silence as Jess and Lucas have a stare down. Jess suddenly clutches her chest and coughs slightly. JESS (slightly breathless) Fine. Then Ill leave you to it.

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Jess turns and walks away. As she does so, Lucas turns once again to face the water. At that moment however, there is suddenly a massive fit of coughing and spluttering coming from where Jess had walked to. Lucas turns with a look of confusion on his face to the source of the noise. As the sound gets louder, he slowly walks towards it.

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EXT. AROUND THE CORNER FROM PIER Once he rounds a corner (The same corner Jess walked around) he spots Jess sat down on the ground leaning against a wall, clutching her chest and coughing violently. LUCAS What the... Are you okay?

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LUCAS (CONTD) What? What is it?

Jess, noticing Lucas has followed her looks up. This reveals she has an intense expression of horror plastered on her face. Her eyes are watering, her face is a scarlet red. Still spluttering, she signals towards a bag she was earlier carrying, which she has dropped a few feet away from her. Lucas jobs over and collects the bag.

He brings the bag over to her and opens it as Jess begins to rummage around inside of it. She finally produces an inhaler, but drops it as she is coughing and trying to take the lid off. Lucas picks it up, takes the lid off and hands it to her. LUCAS (CONTD) Here, use it!

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LUCAS (CONTD) Youre gonna be okay, ready? Breathe in.

Jess struggles to comply, but once again drops the inhaler due to her intense coughing. At this point, Lucas picks it up, kneels down next to her and helps insert the inhaler into her mouth.

He presses the inhalers button. After several seconds, Jess coughing seems to calm down. Her eyes still watering and still slightly breathless, Jess looks up at Lucas. JESS Tha...thank you.

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LUCAS You know... I think maybe I want to talk now... If you have time.

Lucas looks down at the ground as if brushing off the gratitude. He then looks back up and straight at Jess.

Jess smiles slightly and nods. Lucas then stands, extends an hand to Jess and helps her up. LUCAS (CONTD) So whats your name?

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JESS Jess. And whats yours? The two begin to walk away. LUCAS My names Lucas. FADE OUT TO BLACK

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INT. LUCAS FLAT KITCHEN Later, Lucas and Jess are both sat at Lucas kitchen table. The kitchen is a mess. Mugs, glasses, plates and other kitchen utensils litter the area. Jess glances around the kitchen. Lucas is also seated, but is starring at his hands which are places neatly on the table in front of him. LUCAS I really dont know where to begin. JESS Well why dont you start by telling me what you were doing at the bridge? You know thats a famous suicide spot right?

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LUCAS I know that. Thats why I was there. JESS Well, whats wrong? Whats so bad that you felt the need to kill yourself?

There is a small silence as Lucas cups his head in his hands.

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LUCAS Take a look around. I cut myself off from my family years ago. This is all I have to show for it. A shitty, messy flat, no job, debt and an eviction notice.

Lucas throws a hand outwards signalling for Jess to look around the room. He then reaches inside his jacket and produces a bunch of documents and envelopes which have been messily folded together. He then nonchalantly throws them on the table in front of Jess.

Jess timidly picks up one of the documents and skim-reads it. LUCAS (CONTD) And all of this has happened at once. (MORE)

5. LUCAS (CONTD) Ill tell ya something- someone up there must really hate me.

JESS So youre feeling bullied? LUCAS Yes, exactly!...wait...No! Yes... I dont know. I wouldnt say bullied exactly.

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JESS But you feel powerless? Like you dont have control. LUCAS Yeah. JESS And you dont feel like you have the energy to make things right. You feel like doing that was the only way you could take back control. There is a brief silence as Lucas stares at Jess in awe.

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LUCAS Exactly. How did you... JESS Theres other ways out of this. LUCAS (Laughing slighly) Oh, Ive tried. Im at the end of the road here. Theres nothing else I can do. Ive been waiting for months for things to get better, and guess what? It never does. JESS Okay, so lets say you kill yourself today. Then what? What about tomorrow?

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Lucas looks confused. LUCAS What do you mean? Id be dead. JESS Exactly. A small, confused grin forms on Lucass face. LUCAS Okay, youve lost me.

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JESS Tomorrow could be the day things work themselves out. LUCAS What the hell is that supposed to mean? JESS Well, if you take your life today, youll never know if tomorrow was going to be the day everything got better. Its something to think about.

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There is a brief silence as Lucas smirks and then shakes his head slowly. JESS (CONTD) Well, you sad youve had these problems for months right? LUCAS Yeah but... JESS Then whats another day? Are you really any more worse today then you were yesterday? LUCAS Money-wise, yeah. JESS But youre still just as strong. If youve dealt with all this stuff by yourself, then that surely says something about you, right? There is a short silence. LUCAS What is one more day...

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Jess takes a quick look around before speaking. JESS Well, maybe you could give yourself seven. A week. Call your family. Make amends. Try and find a job, make a list if you have to. Sort your life out and all this will just go away. Youll be a better person at the end of it. LUCAS You make it sound easy.

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There is a brief silence as Lucas stares blankly at Jess. She also looks back at him, but then quickly looks down at the table they are sat at. JESS Im at the bridge most days around the same time we met today. If we meet again tomorrow, we can talk more. You just need somebody to help you put things into perspective.

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Jess stands up and turns to leave. LUCAS Wait, before you go- why were you there today exactly? There is a brief silence. JESS There is a reason. Ill tell ya what- If you can make it for another week. Ill tell you. Jess gives a weak smile, and then turns away to leave the room, but not before placing a hand carefully on Lucas shoulder as she leaves the room. Lucas is left sat at the table. He looks back down at his hands which are placed on the table. And slowly a small grin forms on his face. LUCAS (V.O) We met everyday for the next week. We talked, and if Im brutally honest, my problems didnt get any better. But I did find something I never had before that day. A friend The Scene promptly cuts to black. EXT. BRIDGE/PIER- DAY

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LUCAS (V.O) The last day was a little different to the others though. I was sat waiting for her, just like the other days, but she was running late.

Lucas is sat back on the bench near the water. He is obviously waiting, tapping his foot. He also has a slightly annoyed look on his face, as though he has been waiting for a while.

After a little longer, Lucas gets up off of the bench quickly and walks away from the area.

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LUCAS (V.O) (CONTD) I decided to pay her a visit. INT. A BLOCK OF FLATS- DAY Lucas walks into a block of flats and makes his way to a particular flat after consulting a piece of paper he has. As Lucas walks down a corridor, he passes two people who are carrying miscellaneous items out, including bags. After consulting the piece of paper again, Lucas reaches a door, and is about to knock on it when it is opened by a MAN carrying a TV. LUCAS Oh sorry. Im looking for Jess? She was supposed to meet... MAN Are you Lucas? Jess told us all about you. Im sorry. Lucas has a small confused smile on his face at this point. LUCAS She did? What do you mean by sorry?

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MAN Im Henry- Jesss brother. Im sorry but, Jess passed away last night.

The man hastily puts the TV down on the ground inside the flat before extending a hand to shake Lucas.

There is a brief silence as Lucass face slowly contorts into an expression of fear. He looks away from Henry and down at the ground. HENRY It was an asthma attack apparently. The familys just here to collect her belongings. It looked like she might have been on her way to see you when we found her. She always liked to visit that bridge where you met her. Thats where we lost our mother years ago. She hasnt really been the same since.

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Before Henry can finish, Lucas suddenly turns away and runs as fast as he can down the flats corridor and away from the room that Henry is at. HENRY (Yelling after him) (CONTD) Hey, where are you going? Are you going to be okay man?

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Lucas ignores him continues to run, knocking the people that were carrying the miscellaneous items earlier aside as he does so. He doesnt take any notice of them however, and continues to run down the corridor and out of the flats through the entrance that he came in by. EXT. STREETS- DAY

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LUCAS (V.O) And just like that I found myself back at square one. No money. No family or friends, and no job. EXT. BRIDGE/PIER- DAY Lucas is stood once again at the water. His face is still showing such as a trembling lip, redness up. He is also breathing heavily has done coming to the bridge.

Lucas is running through the busy streets past shops and houses. As he runs, his face becomes red and his expression contorts to that of sheer anger. The people that he passes on the streets watch him as he runs by and each of them have a look of confusion on his face as he does so. Lucas eventually reaches his destination, which happens to once again be the bridge he contemplated committing suicide at earlier.

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LUCAS (V.O) I seriously considered jumping again. It would have been so easy to end it there. To make what I had just heard go away.

bridge, facing towards the signs of absolute sorrow, and eyes which are welling from all of the running he

Lucas takes a deep breath and takes a large step backwards, before then running towards the edge of the bridge. LUCAS (V.O) (CONTD) But then I remembered what she had told me.

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LUCAS (V.O) (CONTD) If you take your life today, youll never know if tomorrow was the day that everything was going to get better.

Lucas suddenly comes to an abrupt halt, right at the bridges edge. His nerves seem to fade away, with the panic he had earlier with his heavy breathing and trembling slowly disappearing.

At this point, Lucas looks out to the water once more. He then slowly turns away from the water and walks away from it.

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However, after a few steps, he turns back to face it, and a smile forms on his face. He then turns and carries on leaving the area. FADE TO BLACK.

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