1. Boys Like That

2. INT. SCREENFLOW. NIGHT
We see a computer screen with a chat room.
MADDIE (VOICEOVER)
Every girl is destined to find her
Romeo.
BUBBLEGUM_GIRL
You sound too good to be true :).
FOOTBALL_BOY
I wish I cud act like this infront
of my friends I feel so natural
when I’m tlkin 2 u. I wana meet u
:)
BUBBLEGUM_GIRL
I don’t know.
FOOTBALL_BOY
y?
MADDIE (VOICEOVER)
When people can’t see you they
can’t judge you.
BUBBLEGUM_GIRL
I’m not your typical girl.
FOOTBALL_BOY
And thats wat i like bout u :)
MADDIE (VOICEOVER)
But beggars can’t be choosers.
BUBBLEGUM_GIRL
Well I guess we could..
FOOTBALL_BOY
I’ll meet u at the park off (road)
2moro at 5?
MADDIE (VOICEOVER)
And I’m begging.
BUBBLEGUM_GIRL
Can’t wait :D
Maddie a 16 year old with glasses, no make up and greasy
hair. She is wearing patterned trousers and a big top moves
away from her laptop and looks in the mirror
Pause
(CONTINUED)

3. CONTINUED: 2.
She looks carefully at her reflection
MADDIE
As if...
EXT. COURTYARD AT SCHOOL. DAY
A group of 4 boys hang about in the courtyard. One of them
is ADEN a tall handsome athletic guy about 17 years old.The
generic high school popular boy
BOY 1
So who is this girl?
ADEN
She’s amazing
BOY 2
Is she hot
ADEN
Bangin’
We see Maddie walking through the school gates holding her
books.
BOY 1
Like her yeah
All the boys start laughing apart from Aden.
BOY 2
(loudly)
She’s so ugly
Maddie Turns, looks and awkwardly smiles at one of the
"popular" girls.
Aden and surrounded by his friends walks straight into her
and she drops all her books. He has a guilty look on his
face when he knocks her down and they make eye contact in
which we see his guilt. She picks up her books.
MADDIE
Charming.
Aden turns to his friends who wait expectantly for him to
say something
ADEN
(reluctantly)
Grim Girl!

4. 3.
Maddie carries on walking. Adens friends are happy with him
and leave for their classes. Aden stands on his own for a
bit.
INT. CLASSROOM. DAY
She sits down and we see time pass through a montage of
quick editing (shot of her writing, shot of her eating, shot
of her writing, shot of her answering a question, writing
more, school bell rings). We hear a bell sound and time goes
back to normal speed.
MADDIE
Here goes.
EXT. COURTYARD AT SCHOOL. DAY
She gets up and leaves we follow her out the gate.
MADDIE (VOICEOVER)
He’s not gonna be impressed
EXT. OUTSIDE MEETING POINT. DAY
She looks at road sign, looks at her phone background and at
the picture of her dog.
MADDIE
Wish me luck.
EXT. MEETING POINT. DAY
Aden sitting on bench waiting. He’s looking nervous, keeps
looking at his watch, around him and is fidgeting.
EXT. OUTSIDE MEETING POINT. DAY
Maddie takes a breath and walks around the corner to see
Aden sitting there. She whips back around the corner and
slams herself onto the wall. She breathes and walks past.
MADDIE:
Oh my god oh my god my god.
As she walks past we see Adens anticipation because he
thinks it’s going to be the girl from his chatroom. When the
mystery girl (Maddie) keeps on walking he sighs.

5. 4.
INT. MADDIE’S ROOM. NIGHT
Maddie storms into her room. We see her dog sitting on her
bed waiting for her which shows how close they are. Her room
is quirky and geeky.
MADDIE
You wont believe what just happened
ruby! You know I went to meet him?
It turned out to be that idiot Aden
from school.
We hear a pop up on her computer.
FOOTBALL_BOY
Where wer u 2day?
MADDIE
What should I do!?
FOOTBALL_BOY
U sed that ud meet me..
BUBBLEGUM_GIRL
But what if I’m not how you think I
am?
FOOTBALL_BOY
What?
BUBBLEGUM_GIRL
Forget it.
FOOTBALL_BOY
Please I really like you. I wont
judge you. Promise :)
We see Maddies face look confused.
MADDIE
Ruby! What should I do?
BUBBLEGUM_GIRL
Okay I finish for half term
tomorrow so lets meet in the day.
As she presses send it fades to black.

6. 5.
EXT. MEETING POINT. DAY
We see Aden sitting there waiting again, Maddie’s body comes
into frame. Aden stands up and they start walking towards
each other.
MADDIE (VOICEOVER)
Oh my
ADEN (VOICEOVER)
God
MADDIE (VOICEOVER)
I can’t believe
They get close and stop in front of each other.
ADEN
It’s you.
She looks at him and awkwardly smiles.
MADDIE
Surprise.
He looks really shocked.
MADDIE
I told you you’d be dissapointed.
ADEN
And I told you i wouldn’t judge
you.
She smiles.
ADEN
Come, lets talk.
They walk off together.
MADDIE
I don’t understand.. Why are you
being so nice to me?
ADEN
Because I know how you feel, I
haven’t always been one of the
lads.
MADDIE
Okayyy haha
(CONTINUED)

7. CONTINUED: 6.
ADEN
Just trust me.
Fades to black.
INT. MADDIE’S ROOM NIGHT
Maddie runs into her rooms really happily. She lies down on
her bed and takes a huge breath with a massive grin on her
face. We hear her get a text message. She looks at her
phone.
ADEN (TEXT MESSAGE)
Hey I had a really great day today
lets hang out again soon.
MONTAGE SEQUENCE.
We see their relationship grow by dating in different
places. We see them in coffee shops, restaurants, bedrooms,
cinema, and park. From the park the montage stops and goes
to normal time.
EXT. COURTYARD AT SCHOOL. DAY
It’s the first day back from half term. Aden’s standing
there with all his friends, Maddie walks through the gates
and goes straight up to Aden.
MADDIE
You forgot to call me back last
night.
BOY 1
What?
We see Maddie look intimidated.
MADDIE
You forgot to call me last night
Aden.
BOY 2
What is this chick talking about.
ADEN
What are you talking about Maddie?
(CONTINUED)

8. CONTINUED: 7.
MADDIE
Do you not remember anything that
happened this week?
BOY 1
Is she serious.
Aden stays quiet.
MADDIE
Your pathetic.
Maddie walks off.
BOY 1
Oh my! Did u actually do shit with
her Aden.
Aden stays quiet. They all laugh.
BOY 2
That’s so dirt man.
They all walk off and we see Aden standing there alone.
EXT. STREET. DAY.
Maddie’s running home looking really upset.
INT. MADDIE’S ROOM. DAY.
Jumps onto her bed crying.
MADDIE
Ruby what was I thinking? This was
never gonna work out was it?
She gets a message through on her computer.
FOOTBALL_BOY
I’m so sorry Maddie.
She ignores it.
FOOTBALL_BOY
I’m an idiot, I know I’ve upset you
please try and forgive me.
She scrolls up and sees there old conversations and smiles
because she remembers how nice it was.

9. 8.
EXT. COURTYARD AT SCHOOL. DAY
Everyone’s there and Aden walks straight up to Maddie.
ADEN
I’m sorry. Maddie we’re so much
bigger and better than this. You
mean more to me than they ever
will.
MADDIE
Seems like I’m always embarrassing
you though.
She turns and walks away. Aden looks gutted. As she walks
home she has a flashback of all there good times. By the
time she gets home she decides she’s going to forgive him.
INT. MADDIE’S ROOM. DAY.
MADDIE
Ruby I need to I need to show him
how much I care about him.
Ruby runs and sits on Maddies magazine on a make over
section. Maddie looks and smiles cunningly.
MADDIE
Ruby your a genius.
She leans over and kisses her.
Looks at herself in the mirror with a prepared expression.
Looks at her watch.
MADDIE
Shit.
She runs out her room and then we see her run back in
holding a full boots bag and a bag of clothes. She puts the
bag down and we see she has bought make up and a new outfit.
MADDIE TEXT
Meet me after school at the bench.
I need to talk to you.
Make over sequence. We see her put contact lenses in,
pierces her nose, fake tans, straightens her hair (badly),
puts fake eyelashes on, make up and change of clothes and
puts on high heels. We don’t see her whole body for the
whole sequence.

10. 9.
EXT. MEETING POINT. DAY
We see Aden sitting there waiting again, Maddie’s body comes
into frame. Aden stands up and they start walking towards
each other.
ADEN
Maddie is that you?
MADDIE
I wouldn’t want to embarrass you.
She smiles jokily.
ADEN
You couldn’t that if you tried.
We see them hug and it fades to black.