Another Year Page #11

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I miss you.

I mean, I know I see you at work,

but we don't seem to talk to each other

any more.

- I feel terrible.

- This is my family, Mary.

You've got to understand that.

(sobs):

I do.

Oh... Come here.

(Mary sobs)

You have to take responsibility

for your actions.

I know.

Now, listen, Mary.

You need to talk to somebody.

Oh, no, I don't want to do that.

- Well, I think it would help you.

- I just want to talk to you.

Why don't I have a word

with one of my colleagues?

As long as we're friends,

then I'm all right.

Well, that's beside the point. You need

independent, professional help.

You'd be much happier.

Let's talk about it on Tuesday.

- Yeah.

- And you have a think.

Yeah, we could have a drink.

Why don't you help me lay the table?

He's really nice Ronnie, isn't he?

Hello. I saw you through the window.

- Hello.

- Hello, how are you?

- I'm fine, how are you?

- I'm good.

- Katie, lovely to see you.

- Ahh, lovely to see you.

- How are you?

- Fine.

(mouths):

Mary's here.

- Hello!

- Aha!

- We brought you some chocolates.

- Good. Ha-ha!

- Oh, no, give them back!

- You'll never see them again.

- Can I take your things?

- Yeah, cheers.

(chuckles)

TOM:

Dear, dear.

I've got the longest scarf in the world.

Sorry.

- And a tea cosy on my head.

- Come and meet Ronnie.

- Oh, great.

- Mary's here.

Oh!

- Hi, Katie.

- Hi, Mary. How are you?

- Good, thanks.

- Excellent.

- Hi, Joe.

- Hi.

Hi, you must be Ronnie.

I've heard a lot about you.

- It's lovely to meet you.

- Hello.

- This is Katie.

- My big brother.

- Ah, brilliant.

- What are we having to drink?

- I'll have what everyone else is having.

- Red wine for me.

- We're having fish.

- I'll have white.

- I'll have white wine as well, please.

- Beer, Ronnie?

- Yeah.

- White wine, Mary?

- Yeah, please, if that's all right?

TOM:
I'll do that, Gez.

JOE:

I'll get you a beer, Ronnie.

So, I hear you're a massive Derby fan, Ronnie.

- Er... yeah.

- Great club.

I'm a Palace supporter myself, for my sins.

I still hope we might crash back through

to the Premiership, at some point.

What do you reckon

to Derby's chances?

- I don't know, not so bad.

- Well, fingers crossed.

TOM:
We met on our first day

at university in Manchester.

Oh, your first day!

We were in the same halls of residence.

GERRI:
We met on the stairs.

- Yeah.

I was falling down them,

she was going up them.

- I was falling up them.

TOM:
Things haven't changed, then.

And Tom's first job, when we left uni,

was abroad for two years.

- Did you try not to take it personally?

- (laughter)

We came down to London, didn't we?

For about nine months.

I got my first geologist's job

in Western Australia in the outback.

Right.

It was him

and a load of Australian cowboys.

- It was like the Wild West out there.

- Yeah, all cork hats and beers.

- You've worked in Australia, Katie.

- Yeah, I worked in Sydney for a year.

I had a wonderful time. They know

how to enjoy themselves, the Aussies.

- Yes.

- Oh, yeah.

And you came out and visited,

didn't you, my first Christmas holiday?

Yeah.

We spent Christmas on the beach.

- Barbie on the beach?

- Yeah.

And when Tom had finished after

two years, I joined him again and we...

- You went on your grand tour.

...we came back overland.

Yeah. It took us seven months, I think.

We got the boat

from Fremantle to Singapore

and then Singapore to Malaysia

and then onto Thailand.

GERRI:
Thailand. Burma.

JOE:
And to India.

- I'd love to go to India.

- We went trekking in Nepal.

TOM:
Nepal, trekking in Nepal.

The beach at Goa.

- Wonderful, holiday of a lifetime.

- Pakistan.

- Afghanistan. Iran.

TOM & GERRI:
Turkey.

- Over to the Greek Islands.

- Greek Islands.

The wonderful thing was, because

I'd been in... two years working in Australia,

and earning relatively good money,

and nothing to spend it on, really.

So, we didn't have to do it

on a really tight budget.

Some people could just hitch,

but we could get buses and trains.

- Yeah, yeah.

KATIE:
It must have made a difference.

TOM:
You've been to the Greek Islands,

haven't you, Mary?

- Yeah.

- Which island was it?

- Corfu.

- Yeah.

- What were you doing on Corfu?

- Oh, I only ran a bar on the beach.

JOE:
You were a cocktail waitress?

- Yeah.

(laughter)

GERRI:
When are you going to Paris?

KATIE:
Oh, a week on Friday.

JOE:

Yeah.

- We've got an early start, 6:22 train.

TOM:
Oh, no.

- Yeah.

KATIE:
We get in at Paris, what is it?

- About quarter to ten?

- Yeah, 9:
50.

- Have breakfast by the Seine.

TOM:
Have you got your hotel booked?

KATIE:
Yeah, we've got a lovely hotel.

TOM:
Very nice, yeah.

KATIE:
Beautiful. In the Marais area.

- Oh, yeah?

It will be brilliant for Christmas shopping.

TOM:
When are you coming back?

KATIE:
On Sunday.

- Short weekend.

- Not enough time to do all the things.

JOE:
We'll cram it all in.

- We'll try.

GERRI:
You can walk everywhere.

KATIE:
Yeah, yeah.

(conversation fades out)

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