Sam, a boy in Charlie’s school, trips and
inadvertently pushes Charlie to the floor in a school corridor. Comforted
by her friend Charlie promises herself that she will out overcome the odds of
school life. She vows to become a confident and successful business owner
who will leave people like the school bullies behind. However, in the future
Sam secures a job with Charlie's company and Charlie is forced to confront Sam
as her new self, even as she attempts to avoid him.
Start (in school) : Charlie is walking down a school corridor alone, when 'The wrong crowd' see her walking down the corridor, the group of boys notice her walking towards them avoiding eye contact that is until Sam smacks into Charlie forcefully pushing her over, making her drop her books. Laughter is loud in her ears as Charlie starts to tear up. When she rushes to get up and messily collects her belongings she runs down the corridor leaving some sheets behind her trying to hold back her tears. Charlie bumps into one of her friends clumsily and bursts, the friend tries to comfort her and walks with her down the corridor away from "The Wrong Crowd" who are laughing with Sam. The next time Charlie is seen she is running upstairs to her room after getting home, she sits down and starts sobbing on her bed, some time passes until she slowly gets to her feet and walks carefully to the mirror in her room. Over Charlie's shoulder the audience sees her hand move to a bag of makeup and start to rummage through it, she looks into her reflections' eyes with a determined look, at this point it is shown to the audience Charlie's goal of beating her current odds and becoming successful enough to leave people like "The Wrong Crowd" behind her. As she starts putting foundation on the camera pivots around her from the view of the reflection to her real self, to show she has grown up the room around her changes during the pan to show the passage of time and that it is now the future. Charlie is all grown up getting ready for a new day at work, Charlie's makeup gives the impression of effortless application and her clothes have connotations of professionalism and formality.
Charlie walks down a set of stairs and picks up keys before leaving her house, her chin is slightly tilted up in confidence and she is smiling as she leaves her house. Following Charlie through doors the scene changes from a homely setting to the binary opposite of a building, which seems boring and strict on the outside. However, as Charlie enters she greets other workers as she passes them and they cheerily greet her back. Her wide smile breaks the assumption of the cold building until she notices Sam standing at reception signing in. As he turns his head looking around she spins around to avoid eye contact frantically moving away from reception and him as she walks quickly to her office avoiding eye contact with everybody she passes, the other people wear confused or concerned faces as she hurries past them. Charlie walks into her office and quickly shuts the door behind her and leans back against it, head in her hands. Passing in front of her desk. Short flashbacks of Sam pushing her over, play while she paces to her office. She sits at her desk with her head in her hands, from a point of view shot the focus becomes blurry as though she is tearing up at the memory. She barely hears the quiet knock on the door as somebody pushes the door open and she ducks her head further down. When the door closes again hands are placed down on her desk and she sees the bitterly familiar watch she remembered from her school days. The music stops and only a heartbeat is heard as she looks up to Sam's face. Biting her lip and taking a deep breath Charlie stands and raises her head to look forward at Sam. The shot transitions to the next shot of the two of them both standing awkwardly apart in the office. After a long silence Sam stutters out an apology, clearly nervous, he trips over his words and bows his head in embarrassment. Charlie stares at him in disbelief and starts to laugh a little out of shock but covers her mouth, her confusion comes from the memory of the confident, mean boy who made her feel so terrorised at school. She imagined that Sam would have grown up to be but instead he is standing nervously in front of her in her very own office which she worked hard in for a life time working to get over how he treated her. Sam sinking back into himself mumbles another apology and asks if she would hear him out. Charlie blinks not knowing what to say, she gives a half nod and Sam takes his opportunity and starts to explain his position in what Charlie saw as bullying. Sam starts the explanation of saying, "do, do you remember when we were at school together, and- and I made you cry a lot? Actually, mean you probably do you practically avoided me for years, although I don't see why you would because you seem to have a good life for yourself and I don't see why you'd remember that-" Charlie cuts him off sitting down and stating she remembers it like it was yesterday relaxing back in her chair showing control over the room having her previous business woman like confident attitude, the tables have turned to where he is nervous of her and she feels pride in success but is conflicted as she wanted to leave him behind. Sam's shoulders sink in disappointment, he gathers his courage to speak again and talks about how all of the times she thought he was bullying her it was his "friends" in 'the wrong crowd' mocking him for having a crush on her. Sam explained how he tried to stop them from stealing her pencil case the one time but instead as he was putting it back in her bag he was seen which made it look like he was the one trying to take her stuff, or the other times like when his friends were waiting in the dinner queue when they were trying to push her food into her when same tried to steady the tray they let go and Sam ended up flipping her food onto the floor. Charlie is looking at him shocked as he tries to explain it but just then the friend who helped her after Sam tripped her over at the beginning, opens the door with her back and walks carefully into the room with drinks in both hands and a chocolate held in her teeth, she notices Sam and looks between them quickly walking to the desk and putting the drinks down Jesse, the friend in question doesn't recognise Sam and starts to introduce herself to him saying welcome to the job and asks him if he is assigned to work with Charlie for the day, with a tinge of jealousy in her voice, Sam shakes his head trying to hold up a smile but notices Charlie’s attention has been completely lost to him as he shies away from the pair of women, Sam leaves the room quietly as the two start to talk on friendly terms and he silently curses himself for not having the courage to talk to her properly.
Cutting to the next day the audience is following Sam walking through the doors he half-heatedly greets another worker before signing in at reception he looks to the side and notices Charlie and her Jesse talking at the door, Charlie walks into her office as Jesse walks off to do other things a lingering smile on her face. Sam takes a deep breath and walks up to the door again, knocking on the door he tries to talk himself into speaking confidently however hearing Charlies' voice tell him to come in he slowly opens the door and walks inside, He notices Charlie is already deep in her work with a smile on her face as she looks up. Her face shifts to mild shock; he convinces himself to not let it phase him. He speaks a little more confidently than the day before as he says again how he was not trying to bully or hurt Charlie and instead claims he was trying to stop it from happening to her. Charlie’s expression hardens, realising the mistake that she had made in her early life. Charlie however is now a very busy woman who has a lot of work to do, instead of giving Sam a long conversation she informs him how busy she is but thanks him for trying to help, she invites him to have dinner with her in a few nights. He visibly lights up and seems excitable at this prospect, she waves him out of her room and carries on with her work, walking out of the office Sam is wearing a big smile and greets other workers more positively than he had earlier
At the restaurant Charlie picked out to go to they talk about the past and make amends with each other. Charlie brings up the point that because of him she would not have been so inspired to be successful, or rather because of "the wrong crowd" she corrects herself. Awkwardly laughing Sam suggests at least he was good for that, the evening continues with them joking together and laughing, at the end of their meal Charlie pays for the food and puts on her coat. Sam follows a little embarrassed at him not paying like stereotypes suggest he should have, as they walk outside Charlie goes to say goodbye with a shake of his hand but Sam having taken the night differently pulls her in to kiss her, she ducks down and he kisses her forehead but he whispers into her hair "I love you" to which Charlie doesn't reply trying to back out of the situation. Sam, offended, starts on that he has always loved her, that's why he tried to stop them, that's why he tried to protect her. Charlie however continues to look worried, she starts to blush when she realises that he thought she had taken him on a date to the restaurant when really she had just meant to show her appreciation to him. She puts her hands up defensively and quietly speaks that she is already taken. Sam infuriated demands who by, at which Charlie glares back to him "by Jesse" Charlie leaves Sam stunned as she walks away.
Start (in school) : Charlie is walking down a school corridor alone, when 'The wrong crowd' see her walking down the corridor, the group of boys notice her walking towards them avoiding eye contact that is until Sam smacks into Charlie forcefully pushing her over, making her drop her books. Laughter is loud in her ears as Charlie starts to tear up. When she rushes to get up and messily collects her belongings she runs down the corridor leaving some sheets behind her trying to hold back her tears. Charlie bumps into one of her friends clumsily and bursts, the friend tries to comfort her and walks with her down the corridor away from "The Wrong Crowd" who are laughing with Sam. The next time Charlie is seen she is running upstairs to her room after getting home, she sits down and starts sobbing on her bed, some time passes until she slowly gets to her feet and walks carefully to the mirror in her room. Over Charlie's shoulder the audience sees her hand move to a bag of makeup and start to rummage through it, she looks into her reflections' eyes with a determined look, at this point it is shown to the audience Charlie's goal of beating her current odds and becoming successful enough to leave people like "The Wrong Crowd" behind her. As she starts putting foundation on the camera pivots around her from the view of the reflection to her real self, to show she has grown up the room around her changes during the pan to show the passage of time and that it is now the future. Charlie is all grown up getting ready for a new day at work, Charlie's makeup gives the impression of effortless application and her clothes have connotations of professionalism and formality.
Charlie walks down a set of stairs and picks up keys before leaving her house, her chin is slightly tilted up in confidence and she is smiling as she leaves her house. Following Charlie through doors the scene changes from a homely setting to the binary opposite of a building, which seems boring and strict on the outside. However, as Charlie enters she greets other workers as she passes them and they cheerily greet her back. Her wide smile breaks the assumption of the cold building until she notices Sam standing at reception signing in. As he turns his head looking around she spins around to avoid eye contact frantically moving away from reception and him as she walks quickly to her office avoiding eye contact with everybody she passes, the other people wear confused or concerned faces as she hurries past them. Charlie walks into her office and quickly shuts the door behind her and leans back against it, head in her hands. Passing in front of her desk. Short flashbacks of Sam pushing her over, play while she paces to her office. She sits at her desk with her head in her hands, from a point of view shot the focus becomes blurry as though she is tearing up at the memory. She barely hears the quiet knock on the door as somebody pushes the door open and she ducks her head further down. When the door closes again hands are placed down on her desk and she sees the bitterly familiar watch she remembered from her school days. The music stops and only a heartbeat is heard as she looks up to Sam's face. Biting her lip and taking a deep breath Charlie stands and raises her head to look forward at Sam. The shot transitions to the next shot of the two of them both standing awkwardly apart in the office. After a long silence Sam stutters out an apology, clearly nervous, he trips over his words and bows his head in embarrassment. Charlie stares at him in disbelief and starts to laugh a little out of shock but covers her mouth, her confusion comes from the memory of the confident, mean boy who made her feel so terrorised at school. She imagined that Sam would have grown up to be but instead he is standing nervously in front of her in her very own office which she worked hard in for a life time working to get over how he treated her. Sam sinking back into himself mumbles another apology and asks if she would hear him out. Charlie blinks not knowing what to say, she gives a half nod and Sam takes his opportunity and starts to explain his position in what Charlie saw as bullying. Sam starts the explanation of saying, "do, do you remember when we were at school together, and- and I made you cry a lot? Actually, mean you probably do you practically avoided me for years, although I don't see why you would because you seem to have a good life for yourself and I don't see why you'd remember that-" Charlie cuts him off sitting down and stating she remembers it like it was yesterday relaxing back in her chair showing control over the room having her previous business woman like confident attitude, the tables have turned to where he is nervous of her and she feels pride in success but is conflicted as she wanted to leave him behind. Sam's shoulders sink in disappointment, he gathers his courage to speak again and talks about how all of the times she thought he was bullying her it was his "friends" in 'the wrong crowd' mocking him for having a crush on her. Sam explained how he tried to stop them from stealing her pencil case the one time but instead as he was putting it back in her bag he was seen which made it look like he was the one trying to take her stuff, or the other times like when his friends were waiting in the dinner queue when they were trying to push her food into her when same tried to steady the tray they let go and Sam ended up flipping her food onto the floor. Charlie is looking at him shocked as he tries to explain it but just then the friend who helped her after Sam tripped her over at the beginning, opens the door with her back and walks carefully into the room with drinks in both hands and a chocolate held in her teeth, she notices Sam and looks between them quickly walking to the desk and putting the drinks down Jesse, the friend in question doesn't recognise Sam and starts to introduce herself to him saying welcome to the job and asks him if he is assigned to work with Charlie for the day, with a tinge of jealousy in her voice, Sam shakes his head trying to hold up a smile but notices Charlie’s attention has been completely lost to him as he shies away from the pair of women, Sam leaves the room quietly as the two start to talk on friendly terms and he silently curses himself for not having the courage to talk to her properly.
Cutting to the next day the audience is following Sam walking through the doors he half-heatedly greets another worker before signing in at reception he looks to the side and notices Charlie and her Jesse talking at the door, Charlie walks into her office as Jesse walks off to do other things a lingering smile on her face. Sam takes a deep breath and walks up to the door again, knocking on the door he tries to talk himself into speaking confidently however hearing Charlies' voice tell him to come in he slowly opens the door and walks inside, He notices Charlie is already deep in her work with a smile on her face as she looks up. Her face shifts to mild shock; he convinces himself to not let it phase him. He speaks a little more confidently than the day before as he says again how he was not trying to bully or hurt Charlie and instead claims he was trying to stop it from happening to her. Charlie’s expression hardens, realising the mistake that she had made in her early life. Charlie however is now a very busy woman who has a lot of work to do, instead of giving Sam a long conversation she informs him how busy she is but thanks him for trying to help, she invites him to have dinner with her in a few nights. He visibly lights up and seems excitable at this prospect, she waves him out of her room and carries on with her work, walking out of the office Sam is wearing a big smile and greets other workers more positively than he had earlier
At the restaurant Charlie picked out to go to they talk about the past and make amends with each other. Charlie brings up the point that because of him she would not have been so inspired to be successful, or rather because of "the wrong crowd" she corrects herself. Awkwardly laughing Sam suggests at least he was good for that, the evening continues with them joking together and laughing, at the end of their meal Charlie pays for the food and puts on her coat. Sam follows a little embarrassed at him not paying like stereotypes suggest he should have, as they walk outside Charlie goes to say goodbye with a shake of his hand but Sam having taken the night differently pulls her in to kiss her, she ducks down and he kisses her forehead but he whispers into her hair "I love you" to which Charlie doesn't reply trying to back out of the situation. Sam, offended, starts on that he has always loved her, that's why he tried to stop them, that's why he tried to protect her. Charlie however continues to look worried, she starts to blush when she realises that he thought she had taken him on a date to the restaurant when really she had just meant to show her appreciation to him. She puts her hands up defensively and quietly speaks that she is already taken. Sam infuriated demands who by, at which Charlie glares back to him "by Jesse" Charlie leaves Sam stunned as she walks away.
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