A/N: Hey all. As you can probably tell, I'm re-writing 'The Dependent Clause'. I kicked out the rest of act one because it doesn't follow on from the re-write. does that make sense?

Ah stuff it, just read and review if you're nice.

THE DEPENDENT CLAUSE

ACT ONE

FADE IN

1 EXT. JOEY'S LOUNGE ROOM - NIGHT

The apartments are dark except for a lit-up window - Joey's lounge room. The thin curtains are drawn, and TWO DARK FIGURES are seen inside, laughing and having a good time. They go away from the window and the light goes off.

2 CONT EXT. STREET - NIGHT

The door to the apartment building opens and VELVET, a thin, blonde woman in her twenties, steps out onto the street. She looks dazed, lost and confused. She looks up at the dark apartment then steps out to the edge of the pavement.

3 EXT. CAR - NIGHT

A car comes racing down the street, head-lights on.

4 EXT. STREET - NIGHT

Velvet stares at the car. She steps out onto the road to face the car.

5 EXT. CAR - NIGHT

All that can be seen of the car is the head-lights, about to fill the screen.

6 EXT. STREET - NIGHT

Velvet's face is lit-up by the head-lights. She looks peaceful despite the tears shimmering in her eyes.

7 CUT TO: EXT. JOEY'S LOUNGE ROOM - NIGHT

The light in Joey's lounge room goes back on as a screeching of brakes and a crash can be heard.

FADE OUT

FADE IN

8 EXT. STREET - DAY

JOEY, a tall, thin, handsome man in his forties, and MARC, a tall, thin man in his twenties, stand silently on the sidewalk, staring up at Joey's apartment. A large box and a suitcase sit besides Joey.

9 INT. JOEY'S LOUNGE ROOM - DAY

The lounge room is bare and the wooden floorboards are polished. A REAL ESTATE AGENT and a YOUNG COUPLE stand in the middle of the room, silently gesturing around. They leave through a door to the side of the room.

10 EXT. STREET - DAY

Joey and Marc continue to stand quietly on the sidewalk. After a moment, Marc gestures down at the box.

MARC: What are you going to do with that?

Joey doesn't look away from the window.

JOEY: With what?

MARC: The box.

JOEY: Angela's taking it.

MARC: Angela?

JOEY: Velvet's mother.

MARC: You taking it to her or is she coming here?

Joey looks bitterly at Marc.

JOEY: What's with the questions?

A moment goes by before Joey and Marc both look back up at the window.

11 INT. JOEY'S LOUNGE ROOM

The young couple shake the real estate agent's hand.

12 EXT. STREET - DAY

Joey and Marc continue looking back up at the window.

MARC: I don't get why you're moving.

JOEY: I don't get why you're staying.

MARC: Where will you go? You have a great apartment right here.

JOEY: Kathleen's letting me move back in with the kids.

MARC: Why would you want to move back there for? She'll try and change you, that's the whole reason why you left in the first place!

Joey sighs.

JOEY: I've been thinking about giving up the coke.

MARC: Why?

JOEY: Where's the point? I'm just going to get further drawn into it and end up either overdosing or killing myself. Like Velvet.

MARC: Velvet didn't kill herself because of coke. It was because she caught you with that girl. Besides, what am I going to do if you don't buy off me?

JOEY: Find new customers.

MARC: Kathleen won't let you sleep around.

Joey looks down the street.

JOEY: I told you to shut up.

Joey continues to look down the street.

13 EXT. TAXI - DAY

A taxi drives up the street towards Joey and Marc, and stops in front of them.

14 INT/EXT. STREET - DAY

Joey and Marc are staring into the taxi. Joey looks uncomfortable while Marc looks interested.

15 EXT. STREET - DAY

Joey opens the taxi door and ANGELA, a neat, blonde woman in her early fifties, gets out of the taxi. Her eyes are red rimmed as she looks down at the box.

ANGELA: Velvet. are they her things, Joey?

Joey picks up the box.

JOEY: Yeah, I'll put it in the boot.

Joey opens the boot and heaves the box in. As he shuts the lid, Angela and Marc stare at each other.

Angela, this is Marc, my brother. Marc, this is Velvet's mother.

MARC: Hello.

Angela draws out a lace handkerchief from her pocket and twists it in her hands, looking nervously at Joey and ignoring Marc.

ANGELA: Are you coming? Where is the driver taking you?

JOEY: I'm staying with a friend.

MARC: His ex-wife.

Joey walks around the taxi and opens the far backdoor, giving Marc a dark glare. Angela looks disapprovingly at Joey, then opens her door and gets back into the taxi, slamming the door shut.

So, Joey, when are you coming back?

JOEY: When you're not here.

Joey climbs into the taxi and the door shuts. The taxi pulls away from the sidewalk and drives away, leaving Marc staring after it.

16 INT. TAXI - DAY

Joey and Angela are sitting as close to their doors as possible. They look at each other for a moment, then turn back to face their windows.

FADE OUT

SUPERTITLE: The Dependent Clause

SUPERTITLE: London, 1976