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- Iceland?

- Mm-hm.

Alright.

Is that where the lights are?

- The northern lights?

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

- Cool.

VIV:
I mean,

I just really want that.

I bet that would just

be so good.

Yeah.

- I did qigong once.

- Qigong?

Yeah. And you go like this.

Can't really remember.

But it was something like that.

(EXHALES)

- Can't remember anything else.

- Well, show me.

But it definitely

started with this.

(JASPER LAUGHS)

(CROSSING SIGNAL BLEEPS)

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

- After you.

- Thank you very much.

I just think...

Don't you think that phobias...

Phobias are irrational fears,

and you keep telling me

your phobias,

and it's, like, drowning

or being shot.

- Or getting diabetes...

- I never said getting shot.

- I said getting hit by a car.

- Completely rational fears.

BOTH:
Thank you.

So, um, have you, um...

Do you have a... a dress?

Do I have a dress

or an address?

No, a dress. For your...

- Oh, for my wedding.

- ..your big, um...

- No, I don't have a dress.

- You don't?

I didn't get a dress.

I didn't get a dress

the last time around,

and I haven't thought about

a dress this time around.

Has it been chaos...

..or has someone else

kind of hijacked it for you?

No, it's just been us.

I mean, it's just us.

My family's not there, his

family doesn't live in London.

- So, it's just been us.

- Nice.

Us getting in a stew about it.

Right.

You know, it was gonna be

this big thing before,

with all the families.

It was, like, he wanted

his grandparents there

and they wanted to have

this big thing...

- You should elope.

- ..like, this big thing...

(SIGHS) Yeah. I don't know.

I know... I know it's a big

question - are you happy?

- Am I happy?

- Yeah.

- Yeah, I'm happy.

- Yeah?

- Are you happy?

- I'm happy. I'm OK. Yeah.

- (CHUCKLES)

- I'm happy. Yeah.

(DISHES CLATTER QUIETLY)

(DISHWATER SLOSHES)

(PUTS DOWN PLATE)

VIV:
So, are you

from Sydney originally?

JASPER:
Not originally, no,

but I just moved back

in the last two months.

- Oh, great.

- Yeah.

Where were you before that?

Uh... I moved in with my mum

for the last year,

just because I wasn't

doing too good.

- Mm-hm.

- Mm.

How was it living with your mum

for a year?

Look, I love her, but it was...

a nightmare.

(LAUGHS) I can imagine!

I just spent two weeks

with my family.

- They drove me f***ing crazy!

- (LAUGHS) Yeah.

JASPER:
..really quite, uh...

quite cute.

MAN:
Good evening.

- (CHUCKLES)

- What did he say?

- I don't know. (LAUGHS)

- (PHONE RINGS)

We're just having a random

conversation with a stranger.

- (LAUGHS)

- We're good at that. (LAUGHS)

Hello? (CHUCKLES)

Oh. Yeah, yeah.

Um... yeah, she's here.

I'll pop her on.

No worries. Bye.

Thank you.

Hello!

Hi.

Yeah, did you get my message?

Yeah, no, um...

well, I smashed my phone.

It's...

(CHUCKLES)

No, I-I'm coming back tomorrow.

No, I want to come back, Henry.

No, I want to come back.

Yeah.

No, it's fine.

OK. Yep.

Bye.

Thank you.

You OK?

What, um, time is

your flight tomorrow?

Um... 11:
35.

- Am I holding you up?

- No. It's, um...

No, it's fine. It's fine.

- It's fine. Sorry. (CHUCKLES)

- It's OK.

What were you saying?

- Huh?

- (LAUGHS)

What do you think about that?

(JASPER BREATHES DEEPLY)

Well, as my mother would say,

it's... interesting.

(VIV CHUCKLES)

Do you know what

they called it, though?

What?

- Poo on Sticks.

- (LAUGHS)

If art's the only thing that

remains in any civilisation,

what are people

gonna think about us

in a thousand years' time?

(BOTH LAUGH)

Poo Sticks. (CHUCKLES)

- Hello, yellow!

- JASPER:
What's that?

- Are you Aussie?

- Yeah.

Then I say,

"Come on, Aussie, come on!"

Come on, Aussie...

Where are you from?

- Are you Aussie?

- Where are you from?

- Oh! Are you asking me?

- Yeah.

You tell me.

I don't know.

No. You don't know

where I come from.

You tell me.

I think you come from

around here.

I know you Aussie, Aussie.

VIV:
I'm not.

She's a New Zealander.

Ka mate, ka mate! Ka ora!

- (JASPER LAUGHS)

- There we go!

Here we go! (LAUGHS)

How are you, brother?

How are you?

What's your name?

Oh, it's alright. John Leonard.

- John Lennon?

- No, Leonard.

- Leonard?

- VIV:
Ah, Leonard?

Yeah. No, John LEONARD.

JASPER AND VIV:

John Leonard.

VIV:
I thought you said

John Lennon for a second.

No, no, no, no. I wish!

(ALL LAUGH)

Yeah, brother!

Oh, so, you're...'ka mate'...

I am.

- Where are you from?

- I'm from here.

- "Oi, oi, oi"?

- Yeah.

"Aussie, Aussie, Aussie,

oi, oi, oi!"

Where are you from?

Pick it out.

- Huh?

- Work it out.

You're from... you're from...

Yeah! Yeah, up there,

hey, man?

- (VIV LAUGHS)

- You're from...

- Wait, no, no, no, this...

- (JOHN CACKLES)

No, I'm pointing at that one!

You said this one,

I meant that one over there!

(ALL LAUGH)

- I like you!

- Thank you very much.

- (VIV LAUGHS)

- Yeah, OK.

Hey? What?

Ummmmm...

- "Oi, oi, oi"?

- ..mmmmmm...

- Mmmmmmmm...

- ..mmmmmmmm...

- Ummmmmmmm...

- Mmmmmmmmmmmm...

- (VIV LAUGHS)

- ..mmmmmmm...

(ALL LAUGH)

I love you guys!

(CACKLES)

- (LAUGHS) Bye!

- Wow. He's amazing.

(BOTH LAUGH)

Oh, my goodness!

(DANCE MUSIC THUMPS

IN CLUB NEARBY)

VIV:
De de de de...

(MAN SHOUTS NEARBY)

(VIV SIGHS)

Hey, hey!

- What...?!

- Hey! Hey, hey, hey!

Oi! Oi!

- (THUMP!)

- F***!

JASPER:
Oh!

Oh, man!

- Thank you so much!

- Oh! Oh!

- Thank you so much.

- I think he got away.

Oh. (PANTS)

- Thank you.

- Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you so much.

That scared the sh*t out of me.

- Are you alright?

- Yeah. Yeah.

My passport's in this bag.

- (SIGHS)

- F***.

(EXHALES HARD)

- (LAUGHS)

- Oh, my God.

- Ohh! Ohh!

- (CHUCKLES)

- Let's get a drink, eh?

- Yeah.

Ohh! (SIGHS)

VIV:
Why would you go to

the gym at this time of night?

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

- VIV:
Real commitment.

- JASPER:
Humans are strange.

(MOTORCYCLES RUMBLE)

(POLICE SIREN BLEEPS)

What happened to the sign?

JASPER:
Hmm. (CHUCKLES)

It's not the best

advertisement, is it?

- (LAUGHS) No.

- (CHUCKLES)

- I like it up here.

- Mm.

I spent a lot of time

on rooftop bars with my ex.

She... loved them.

- Really?

- Yeah. We used to come a lot.

She loved having a different

perspective on life.

It was funny, she used to carry

this old Leica

and would take really obscure

pictures just from above.

- Mm.

- She sounds great.

OK.

(CLOSES WARDROBE)

(JACKHAMMER

RATTLES NOISILY)

(JASPER LAUGHS)

MAN:
Hey, guys.

How you going?

- Good.

- I'm Miles.

- Hi. I'm Jasper.

- What's your name? Jasper.

- And...?

- Viv.

- Viv. How you going?

- Hi. How's it going?

Yeah, good.

Do you guys reckon God exists?

- Um...

- What do you think?

Yeah, I think he exists. Jesus

Christ, he is your answer.

Changed my life. Hopefully,

it'll change yours too.

- Grab that.

- Thank you.

Grab that. Please just read it.

It's just basically talking

about how God is love.

You know? And... love exists.

You guys seem like

a nice couple.

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