ACT ONE
EXT. FRONT GARDEN – MORNING
A woman, CLAIRE GAINES, is seen sitting in her garden, pointing a hairdryer at the traffic passing by her house. Furniture is seen strewn all across the garden, and the house doesn’t look much better from the outside.
CLAIRE (muttering to herself): Damn speeders.
Man enters.
MAN: Hi, I saw your TV interviews, and wanted to come and meet you.
CLAIRE: Aw, thank you. What’s your name?
MAN: Alexander.
CLAIRE: Cool name…
ALEXANDER: …thanks… So… do you wanna get a coffee?
Claire looks at house and back at Alex.
CLAIRE: Sure, sounds good!
ALEXANDER: Cool, I just passed a nice looking café a minute ago. That sound alright?
CLAIRE: Yeah, sure.
INT. CAFÉ – MORNING
The pair are sat beside the window, in a small, French style café. They are chatting over black coffee and scones. The café is almost completely dead, the only others there are a father and daughter, whose conversation is barely audible in between the gaps in conversation.
ALEXANDER: …so, that’s why I’m here.
CLAIRE: So,...