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Afternoon. Suburban England. Concrete. Noise. Road works noise in the background.

Out of focus cars whizz past.

Camera pans around and focuses on a man dressed in a suit, shirt & tie ambling up and down outside a shop waiting, kicking stones. Litter blows past.

A youth on another stretch of pavement moves into focus. He's wearing a Lacoste tracksuit (blue) and a cream baseball caps. He's holding something white and eating from it with a spoon.

Youth - Ya alriiiite mate?

Suit - Yes thank you, how are you?

Youth - Alriiiite. Where have you been?

Suit - To work.

Youth - Ah, alriite!

(pause)

Camera zooms in on the youth. His face is still slightly obscured because his cap is pulled down but now we can see he is eating cornflakes from a small bowl.

Zooms out.

Suit is pacing up and down, hoping that his movement away from the youth encourages him to end the conversation.

Youth - Is that your boyfriend who went into the shop?

The youth walks over the pavement now to the area the suit was in.

Suit - No

Youth - Why? Are you not gay?

Suit - (continues pacing, now going further from the youth each time) No

Youth - Why?

Suit - Errrm, I guess God made me this way. (God visited the suit this day and gave him meaning)

Youth - Why? Don't you like gays?

Camera pans further down the street, building work is going on and some men in hi-vis jackets are watching the scene and smirking. Another group of youths come into shot.

Group - Hey Jamie.

The youth looks up.

Zooms out so shop is in focus. A man mountain with a skin head leaves the shop, also in a suit, suit one joins him and sets the pace while the youth has his back turned.

Suit risks a glance back to see the youth looking around bewildered.