Scripted || Harry Styles

I: The Script

One of our favourite things to do is watch TV shows together. I watched a show called Merlin and she watched a show called Sherlock. She had never seen Merlin and I had never seen Sherlock so we decided to watch those shows together. We started with Merlin first and it turned out that we both had an insane crush on the actress who played Morgana, Katie McGrath. And it turned out that we both weren't straight. She's gay and I'm bi. And when we watched Sherlock, we also agreed that Sherlock and John are in love.

My parents were so supportive of me coming out. But Eileen's parents did not agree with same-sex relationships. The oppression, confusion, guilt, and shame that Eileen had made her spiral downhill in her mental health with anxiety and depression. She eventually couldn't hold it in any longer and told her parents randomly one night, which ended up with her getting kicked out. My mom, dad, and I took her in without a second thought. It's been more than a year and her parents still haven't came around yet. But in that year, Eileen regularly went to therapy and she's in such a better place now, which makes me so relieved and happy.

Eventually, dinner finished and I was very thankful for that since I was in a bad mood from my dad's comments. Eileen noticed and decided we should go out to the park so I could get some fresh air. We put on a light jacket—since it was Canadian fall—and took out our bikes from the garage. We quickly put on our helmets and cycled on the side road to the nearby park. When we got there, Ellie immediately bolted to one of the swings and started swinging back and forth. I took my time and sat on the one beside.

"I will never know how you can do that right after eating," I stated, becoming dizzy just from watching her swing back and forth.

"I will never know how you don't like swings," she countered, going even higher in the air.

"It's not that I don't like swings. I just get—"

"Nauseous, I know," she finished for me.

I dangled back and forth a bit, my feet still planted on the sand. I looked up at the sky noticing how the sun was setting past the horizon. A sudden gush of wind went by making me shiver slightly. 

"Hey, cheer up, you," Ellie said as she dragged her feet on the sand to stop swinging. "I know you're doubting yourself again, but I don't want you to do that, Charlie. You love acting. You've wanted to do this ever since I met you. You will get a job. I know it, and your mom knows it. Have faith, okay?"

"But what if I don't get one?" I asked, looking right in her eyes. "What if my dad is right? What if I am just wasting my time?"

"Don't say that." Ellie gave a sigh of frustration. "He isn't right. Who's right more often? Moms or dads? It's moms. It's always the moms because 'motherrrrr knows best'," she sang loudly. I playfully rolled my eyes, a smile tugging at the end of my mouth. "That's more like it. That's the Charlie I know."

"But you do know that Mother Gothel is evil right?" I joked, carrying on the Tangled reference.

"Oh, shut up," she laughed.

We stayed at the park, playing on the playground until the sun had fully set. We put our helmets back on and went back on our bikes, slowly cycling back to my house.

And halfway there my phone rang. I took it out of my pocket and saw it was my agent. I quickly answered and held the phone up to my ear with my left hand, my right hand steering my bike.

"Hello?"

"Hey, Charlie. How are you?" He asked.

"Who is it?" Eileen whispered. Josh, I mouthed back.

"I'm alright," I couldn't help but sigh.

"Just alright?" He asked too cheery for my liking. "Well, I hope 'alright' will turn into 'great' because I have something for you?"

"Wait, what is it?" I immediately stopped cycling and went over to the side of the road. Ellie noticed and stopped too, looking at me with confusion.

"I got a script for you. And it's a good one, Charlie. I think this is the one."

"Oh my gosh, really?" I had a sudden rush of excitement but I told myself not to be too hopeful. Josh hummed in confirmation. "When's the audition?"

"In two days."

"Only two days?" I looked at Ellie and she looked back, not having a clue what was going on.

"I know it's a short notice but I think you can do it. Have a look at the script—I just emailed it to you—and see what you think. Okay?"

"Okay. Thanks, Josh."

"No problem. Bye."

"Bye." I hung up.

"What did he say?!"

"He found a script for me. He says this could be the one."

"Oh my god!" She squealed with excitement. "We need to get home now!"

We quickly cycled back to the house and bolted into my room. I went on my laptop and opened my email, clicking on the script Josh sent minutes ago. I immediately started reading with Eileen sat beside me, reading the script too—even though she was technically not allowed to.

The script was based on a book that was written a few years ago. The main character is a girl named Joelle. She's a senior at high school and has bad social anxiety. She notices a boy in her grade, named Edward, who always hangs his head low and has dark bags under his eyes. It turns out he has anxiety and depression. They are two broken people trying to go on day by day, but Joelle made it her mission to become friends with Edward.

The writing of the script made me feel so attached to these characters. They felt so realistic through their struggles and their relationships. Ellie commented how the script perfectly described how it was like to have depression and anxiety, especially with the panic attacks. I cried while reading it, and Ellie also cried too. It's a cliché love story, but at the same time, it wasn't cliché at all, if that made any sense.

"I have to be part of this movie." 

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six things to note after the chapter:
1) the script plot is based off my book 'anxious' (so give it a read if ya wanna lol)
2) i have a massive crush on katie mcgrath she's so prettyyyyy
3) i'm bi, hiiiii *waves* 
4) i believe in johnlock (john + sherlock) so much *cries from how beautiful they are together* (it's funny because in 'anxious' i shipped sherlock and molly together, but now three years later, i ship sherlock and john—that journey tho that i went through 🏳️‍🌈)
5) where are my merlin and sherlock peeps at?
6) and yasss to lgbt characters (by the way, charlie and eileen are just friends and they will only be friends :P)

i really hoped you liked the chapter, pleaseeeee vote if you did and leave a comment since i love hearing your thoughts :) (also please follow me if you're not already, i'm almost at 3k followers!!)

love you so much, stay lovely xx

~ May ♡