Something I wrote...

This is something I wrote a while ago. It is an introduction to a film. Not entirely fleshed out, a pretty rough piece, but I feel like posting it. I plan to finish it off sometime. I like how it starts.

INT. OFFICE – DAY

CHARLOTTE and AMADEUS sit facing the camera, which is obviously the PRINCIPAL. This being a school. They are young. Charlotte wears black, semi-professional. Amadeus wears a t-shirt tucked into his jeans. They both sit at ease. They both don't particularly want to be here.

PRINCIPAL (O/S)
How old are you two?

Charlotte and Amadeus answer straight-faced.

CHARLOTTE
Twenty four.

AMADEUS
Twenty five.

PRINCIPAL (O/S)
You are the youngest parents in this high school.

CHARLOTTE
I don’t get your point?

PRINCIPAL (O/S)
Isn’t twenty four and twenty five a little young to have a fifteen year old girl?

AMADEUS
No.

(Beat)

CHARLOTTE
She’s adopted.

We now see the principal.

PRINCIPAL
I don't mean to offend you, but I seriously question whether you two can raise a teenager.

CHARLOTTE
There have been no complaints yet.

PRINCIPAL
How long has she been under your care?

CHARLOTTE
Three months.

PRINCIPAL
It will only get more difficult.

AMADEUS
What does this have to do with you?

The Principal looks at the parents, hesitates a bit, and then...

PRINCIPAL
Your daughter was in a fight today.

CHARLOTTE
A fight?

PRINCIPAL
She assaulted another student.

CHARLOTTE
There are two sides to every story.

PRINCIPAL
Either way, Mrs Valentine, the school frowns on fighting.

AMADEUS
Did she win?

The Principal is not too impressed.

PRINCIPAL
There are no winners in a fight as far as the school is concerned.

CHARLOTTE
What happened to the other girl?

PRINCIPAL
It was a boy.