shots fired Layla

im going to delete it

what

im taking it down

no

I should never have put it up its-

its ****ing brave, is what it is

its - do you think?

Yes!

No it's not, it's invasive. Its wrong

OK. so you witness something like that - you capture something like that on film and then you just, what? Press delete? No!

She has no idea. She has no idea what she's started.

You make people watch it

She's comatose in a hospital bed and she has no idea.

You grab everyone by the scruff on the neck and you say, LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE

its just sad, thats all. Its just ****ing sad

Yeah

that this is what it takes

You dont have to tell me how ****ed up that is

Why does some girl have to bleed from a hole in her stomach to get people to pay attention

Because the world sucks

And, OK, while were asking questions - Why did I just stand there with my ****ing camera?

It was a good instinct

Why did I- I dont know. Why didn't I put her in the recovery position? Why didn't I take off my shirt and try to stop the blood?

Well. People were all over here.

That would've been a good instinct

You wouldn't have been able to get close. You wouldn't, Ali

But no, I just stood there. I pressed record and I just stood there.

You did something huge

No

you bore witness

But a film is never going to - its never going to capture what it was actually like

No

You weren't there

I know. I should have been

It was so - it was shocking

People constantly miss dentist appointments. But not me, apparently

ive never even head gunfire before. Let alone…

I was going to afterwards. You know that right?

She made a noise. When it - Hit

You said

Like a kind of suprised noise. Like she sounded astonished

Yeah

And then the way she just Sank onto her knees. and then her eyes - God

Yeah

The way they - suddenly she wasn't a person any more, almost, She was like something in a horror film. She was horrifying. God, is that why I couldn't touch her?

You, I dont know, you went In to shock. You went into autopilot

thats not good enough

you did what you could

which wasn't enough. Do you think it was enough?

Well

Do you think it was enough?

Which is why you cant take it down

It could have been you

I know. It could have been you

Thats what scares me

It is scary. But you cant-

That people will do that. Just - Bang

yes

Roll down a window or - screech by on a motorbike and -

Cowards

and why her? Thats what I cant - what did she even do

She was there

She wasn't even doing anything

Yes but she was there

How is someone like that a threat

Of course she's a threat

She's just a girl in a yellow dress

She was in their way

They shouldn't just - how can they can just do that?

Because they need to send a message

Well. OK. Now ive sent a message

you have

So what happens now? Do you think that - they've seen it

Maybe they haven't linked it to you yet

You know I was careful

I know you were

Obviously I used a false-

Of course you did

Id never be so stupid as to-

No. I know you wouldn't. 978000 views now

Oh

979

Ok

980-

Ok, stop, thanks. Pause

She wasn't sacred though, was she?

Who?

Her. The girl

She might have been…

No. She was there

she- She could be anyone

That what counts, in the end. She was there

She could be a - A lunatic. A human trafficker. A bad mother. We dont know

Yes but she's visible. She matters

You matter

How many times has that car been round the block?

What car

That one

The grey one?

Yeah

I dont know

Quite a few

Really

I just noticed

Are you sure

Quite slowly

What do you mean?

I mean its going round and round quite slowly

That could be anything. Any reason

should we turn the light off?

I dont know. Should we?

I think we should

OK

Its probably nothing

Exactly

Is the door locked

Uh-

And im only asking because im being extra careful

I dont see why I wouldn't be locked

We always lock it. Why wouldn't we lock it?

ill check if you like

no. no need

Leyla?

what

its Adam. Its just Adam

let me see

he was driving around looking for a parking spot

just Adam!

We turned the light off -

For Adam!

shall we just calm down, maybe?

I think that basically our only option right now

Ok. Its decided. Im not taking it down

Good

This is my act of protest, isn't it

Yes

I dont care what they- I dont actually care

no

why should I be scared of them

they're scared of YOU! if you think about it

They are! They're actually scared of ME!

Its like spiders

exactly, its exactly like spiders

'They're more scared of you than you are of them'

they're just spiders on the toilet seat

youre just going trap them in a cup and throw them out the window

or squash them

or squash them

Up to me

Its completely up to you what you do with those spiders

Well this is nice

Yeah

Im not sure we've managed more than 10 words between us but - yes. Nice to go out.

Ha! Right

I even waxed my legs. Your raw lust is dizzying

Look I did something I regret

right

I spoke to this - this like blog thing

ok. right. what blog?

I dont know, something in New York. zane works there

so he knows to keep you anonymous

he got in touch, like, 'do you know anything about this girl?!' and I sort of had to say - yes

hell make sure its safe. he's your friend

I haven't seen him for what? five years?

you keep in touch

so you think I can trust hum

umm well, its not really him we've got to worry about, is it?

so you think ive made a massive mistake

we said we went going to talk about it tonight? remember?

sorry. Am I being a nightmare

a little bit. but I forgive you. as long as you dazzle me with you scintialling conversation for the rest of the night

thing is, he said something else

not dazzling enough, sorry

he said that, if he was me… he'd be scared. he could help us with paperwork and stuff. he says he knows people

sorry - what paperwork?

you know. if we wanted to - to go there

to New York?

Yeah. yes

is this - are you serious?

yes

why? whats happened?

nothing

you have to tell me if- if-

nothings happened. I promise. but dont you think its weird?

think whats weird?

Are you finished with that?

what?

your newspaper?

have it

can we talk about it?

what? about New York?

yes

so, just up sticks in the middle of all this? Take a jaunt up the empire state?

No-

Sorry guys! Youre all standing up for freedom and risking your lives or whatever. We're buying basquait postcards in the MOMA gift shop!

Please. Let's talk about it. Seriously.

Right, seriously. where would we work?

uh - well. zane would help us get something

What kind of thing?