The Birthday - Treatment

Eli Jones (?) & Poppy Hughes (?)

It was Eli's birthday and they had had a good night out. They are on their way home, and live a few roads away from each other, they haven't seen each other since school. Eli being the nice soul that he is, is walking her home. They stroll down the street, chatting and laughing and they get to a fork in the road, he normally walks up and she goes to the right. There's an awkward moment when they notice they have come to that bit and he unsurely asks if she wants him to walk her home, she says yes, They get to her front door and there's a bit of that awkward silence. Then she suggests that he comes in for a final drink and he panics. In his head he is thinking do I? don't I? eventually he accidentally blurts out that he has a girlfriend, she is confused and he shoots off back home. As he hears the door shut as he turned the corner he is regretting his decision and goes to call her. As he goes to call her, his phone dies. He runs home, get's in the door way and runs to put his phone on charge. As he is waiting, it takes painfully long, with him checking every two seconds. Eventually his phone comes back on and it takes a little while to get it working as it keeps freezing. Eventually he calls her, and the first one goes to voicemail. He is gutted. A few seconds later we hear the phone ring and he picks it up to her. He then explains himself to her and she ends with well do you wanna come over. He then grabs the closest thing he can to get there as fast as he can. It is his mum's scooter, he then scoots down the road back to her house, we end with her opening the door and awkwardly looking at the scooter, he is grinning stupidly and slightly sweating.