INT . MIRANDA'S OLD FLAT.
It is empty apart from the sofa and TV. In walks Miranda.
MIRANDA: Oh my it's you! It's really you! Well my chums, it's been a while! Give us a twirl, lets have a look at you! My word you've all aged so well!
Miranda sniggers into the camera.
MIRANDA: I jest, you are all looking wonderful, no really you are! Especially you sir!
Miranda slaps herself on the hand.
MIRANDA: Now that was naughty wasn't it! Considering I am a married woman!
Miranda flaunts her ring to the camera.
MIRANDA: So it's been nearly 5 years years since we last saw each other, what's changed with you?
Miranda looks at her watch.
MIRANDA:And back to me! So what's changed with me? Well I have been Mrs Preston for exactly 4 years and 263 days, but whose counting?
She points to herself and mouths "I AM!"
MIRANDA: The eagle eyed among you may have already noticed that we are in fact in my old flat. It's still mine but Stevie lives here now, hence the bold clashing colours. She's in the middle of redecorating!
Miranda walks over to the sofa and sits down.
MIRANDA: Me and Gary live in a little cottage, about 20 minutes that way!
Miranda points to the window.
MIRANDA: No, it's not the Hamilton Lodge, although we still have regular visits! Gary has come onto my way of thinking when it comes to a hotel room! It's the best thing about a holiday! What am I doing here, I hear you ask? Well I am here for mine and Stevie's girly night in. It's the one night where I can just relax and have fun. Not that I am in any way insinuating that married life isn't fun, because it is!
INT: A LIVING ROOM. (FLASHBACK)
Gary and Miranda are on Space Hoppers, you hear a gun and they hop off around the house, we stay in the living room, they come back.
Miranda pushes Gary off of his space hopper and bounces back into the living room.
She begins to celebrate, Gary retaliates by popping her Space Hopper.
INT: BACK TO MIRANDA'S OLD FLAT
Back to present. Miranda is texting.
MIRANDA: Sorry! Yes, there's never a boring day in the Preston Household! But, no, it is nice to come to Stevie's once a week to have a girly giggle with my best friend. Where is she? Um.. Good question. She's... Um.. I don't know where she is.
Miranda gets up and goes in search of Stevie.
MIRANDA: Stevie? Steeevie? STEVIE!
She looks in all of the cupboards, in the bathroom and in the bedroom. Suddenly Stevie walks through the front door, she is soaked head to toe.
MIRANDA: Little one! What's happened?
Stevie blanks her and walks over to the sofa, she takes off her coat and along with her bag puts it on the floor.
MIRANDA: Stevie?
Miranda sits next to her.
STEVIE: Do you really not remember? Think really hard. What were you meant to do today? What were you meant to do at precisely 4 o'clock today?
Miranda looks at her watch.
STEVIE: Shall I give you a clue? It involves me!
Miranda jumps up holding her hand over her mouth.
STEVIE: Yes! At four o'clock today, you Miranda Preston was meant to pick me, Stevie Sutton up from...
Miranda interrupts.
MIRANDA/STEVIE: (Shouts) THE TRAIN STATION!
Stevie nods as she walks over to the sink. She starts to pour herself a drink.
MIRANDA: I'm so sorry Little one! It totally slipped my mind, Gary and I were having a competition to see who could fits the most grapes into their mouths! I won of course!
Stevie storms into the bedroom.
MIRANDA: Sulking like a teenager are we?
Miranda stretches out across the sofa.
MIRANDA: So, previously in my life, Gary decided it would be fun to climb a mountain.
EXT: GARY AND MIRANDA ON TOP OF A MOUNTAIN. (FLASHBACK)
Gary is stood up taking in the atmosphere and surroundings. Miranda is led on the floor, red faced and struggling for breath.
INT: MIRANDA'S OLD FLAT
Back to present.
MIRANDA: Not fun! Mum and Dad are fine, and when I say fine, I actually mean at loggerheads! They're still together, just. They've been seeing the therapist for the past few months.
INT: THERAPISTS OFFICE (FLASHBACK)
Penny is stood at the therapist's desk, she is paying for the session.
PENNY: Three hundred pounds? It was two hundred last time?
THERAPIST: That's inflation for you!
INT: MIRANDA'S OLD FLAT
Back to present. Miranda is setting up the karaoke machine.
MIRANDA: Bet mum had wished she'd gone on the NHS! THREE HUNDRED POUNDS! It's daylight robbery! Where were we? Oh yes, mum and dad. They came over for tea the other night, it was what I call a disaster!
INT: A DINING ROOM.
Penny and Gary are sat at the table, Penny is a tad tipsy. Miranda is stood by a door.
MIRANDA: Dad, do come out! She didn't mean it!
PENNY: (Whispers to Gary) Oh but I did!
Miranda looks to Penny who is pouring herself another drink, she signals for her mother's help. Penny just shakes her head. Miranda then looks to Gary who shrugs his shoulders.
MIRANDA: You both need to go away and take a long hard look at yourselves. You come into our home, and spoil this lovely meal with your childish arguments. I will have it no longer.
INT: MIRANDA'S OLD FLAT
Back to present. Miranda is setting up the snack fishing game. She smiles and swings the fishing rod. When it swings back there is a box of Jaffa cakes attached.
MIRANDA: Jaffa cake anyone? Stevie? Are you ready yet? Everything is set up for our girly night in!
Miranda waits for a reply but gets nothing.
MIRANDA: RUDE! Well, if she's going to be like that then I am going to crack on with the games! Crack! Good word! Crack!
Miranda starts to scroll through the songs on the karaoke. She stops and smiles.
MIRANDA: Perfect!
Chesney Hawkes - I am the One and Only comes on. Miranda starts to dance and sing. Scene ends.