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- It's gone.

- Wow.

- (JASPER LAUGHS)

I know.

VIV:
(LAUGHS) Other tricks?

JASPER:
Can you do,

like, a little spin?

- Whoa!

- (BOTH LAUGH)

- See you.

- See you.

Have you heard that

in the English language,

there's only, like, three words

that don't rhyme?

'Orange' is one of them.

- Yeah.

- Doesn't rhyme with anything.

I think 'purple' is another.

I don't know what

the third one is.

- I really want to know now.

- Excuse me? Guys? Sorry.

Do you have, um, $3.50? $3.50?

BOTH:
Uh...

- Sorry about that.

- I don't have any cash.

- No, I don't. Sorry.

- I don't have change. Sorry.

Do you know if it's any good,

this one?

- This restaurant?

- Yeah.

VIV:
Uh, I don't know.

I've never been here. Sorry.

- Looks nice.

- Yeah, it does, doesn't it?

It's just that... you know...

"Established 1996".

It's, like... 1996 - in Europe,

it would have been 1886.

- (BOTH LAUGH)

- Yeah! 1996 in Australia!

- Yeah! Whoo! We made it!

- (LAUGHS) Right.

- Sorry. Anyway...

- That's OK.

- That's alright.

- I wasn't that hungry.

Do you want a...?

VIV:
Uh, I'm OK.

Thank you, though.

- Do you want...?

- Yeah, I'll have one.

- Alright.

- Thank you.

Do you want me to show you

a trick? I'll show you a trick.

You look so... It's so cold!

It was so warm this morning!

VIV:
It was really hot today,

and then it changes.

Yeah. Come.

You can do it, then, to her.

(CLEARS THROAT)

(BLOWS)

Huh? Huh?

(LAUGHS) That's

actually really good.

- Yeah, I'm quite warm now.

- (SPEAKS RUSSIAN)

- I'll show you how...

- Yeah?

..how you do it, and then

you should do this to her.

(BLOWS)

(LAUGHS) It tickles.

- That's really nice.

- (SPEAKS RUSSIAN)

- VIV:
Quite warm now.

- Eto teplo, da. Eto teplo.

(SPEAKS RUSSIAN)

Sorry...

Sorry... sorry, what?

(SPEAKS RUSSIAN)

What does that mean?

27, two kids.

VIV:
Oh, my God!

"27 and two kids"?

And then she touched my hand.

(BOTH LAUGH)

(VIV TRILLS)

JASPER:
What the hell?

- Eugh!

- That's so weird.

I don't want to eat this,

but my grandpa told me a story

and he said, "If a little kid

offers you a candy,

"you should take it, 'cause

that's all they have to offer."

And I feel like

she was like a little kid.

(VIV LAUGHS)

JASPER:
But that was,

I think, a bit strange.

- VIV:
What's in here?

- JASPER:
Let's give it a go.

- Hey, man.

- Hi, guys.

- Hi.

- How have you been?

- How's it going?

- You good?

- Can we come in?

- Uh...

- Been here before?

- Yeah.

- Alright, guys. Yep.

- Thank you. (CHUCKLES)

No worries.

(QUIET CONVERSATION,

MUSIC PLAYS SOFTLY)

- (LAUGHS) Oh, my God.

- Right.

I thought it was gonna be,

like, a big...

(LAUGHS) I don't know

what's going on!

..a big...

like, a big, pumping party.

I know. But, um...

Like, it's like

an intimate gathering.

(BOTH LAUGH QUIETLY)

- OK.

- What do we do?

OK. I can dig it.

- (LAUGHS) I can dig it.

- (LAUGHS)

- Hello.

- BOTH:
Hello.

How are we?

- Good.

- Good. How are you?

I'm fine. What can I get you?

- Uh... champ...

- Champ...

Yeah? Champagne?

- WOMAN:
Excuse me? Hello?

- Two champagnes?

Who invited you guys here?

- Sorry?

- Who invited you?

Are you guys on the guest list?

- Um... no.

- Um... no, we're not.

But we... we, um...

We're just gonna have

a champagne.

- Just a little champagne.

- BARMAN:
Two champagnes.

Just a very little champagne.

OK. Just one drink.

(LAUGHS) Just one

very little champagne.

- WOMAN:
OK.

- Thank you.

- Thanks. Thank you.

- OK.

- One.

- (LAUGHS) Thank you.

(DANCE MUSIC PLAYS)

You're thinking about it.

Stop thinking about it!

(MUSIC PLAYS OVER CONVERSATION)

A banana's way more

perishable...

Yeah, but you can freeze a

cantaloupe. You can't freeze...

- Hiya.

- Hi. How are you?

- How's it going?

- Good. I'm Dean.

- Oh, hi. I'm Viv.

- Hi, Viv.

- Oh, thank you. (CHUCKLES)

- Jasper.

- Hi, Jasper. Nice to meet you.

- You too.

Uh, can I have a beer,

please, mate?

- I like your hair.

- Oh, thank you.

- Yeah, it's great.

- Thank you. Mm.

- No pain, no gain, right?

- What do you dye it with?

Um... it's called Manic Panic.

- Oh, yeah. I know Manic Panic.

- Mm.

Good. How often

do you change it?

Um... as often as

my mood changes.

- Fair enough.

- Which is quite often. Mm.

Actually, my hair's

gonna fall out

'cause I bleach it too much.

Mm. Mm-hm.

- What are you up to tonight?

- Um...

We kind of ran into each other.

- Oh, really?

- VIV:
Yeah.

DEAN:
Well, spontaneity is the

best thing in life, isn't it?

- Ah, cool.

- True. Cheers to that.

Cheers. In fact, I should have

a champagne too.

- But anyway, beer will do.

- Have a champagne.

- So, you just met today?

- Mm.

- Drinking champagne already?

- Mm. (LAUGHS)

- Oh!

- (JASPER LAUGHS)

Actually, I look at you, honey,

and I think of things I haven't

thought of in decades, hey?

(JASPER AND VIV LAUGH)

Thanks, Dean.

Then I look at Jasper

and I think of something

I thought of five minutes ago,

you know?

(ALL CHORTLE)

JASPER:
She's getting

engaged tomorrow.

No, you're flying to see

your fianc tomorrow.

I am engaged.

That makes sense to me,

honey. Course.

Last fling. Good on you.

Congratulations.

VIV:
No! (LAUGHS)

What the cat doesn't know

doesn't hurt, eh?

- (LAUGHS) No!

- Good on you.

- It's not like that, Dean.

- Are you sure?

- It's not like that.

- It looks like that to me.

VIV:
Oh, God!

If it's not like that with him,

can you make it like that

with me?

- (ALL LAUGH)

- DEAN:
Mm.

Would you like to dance?

- Alright.

- With you? Anything.

Well, actually, can I be

the meat in your sandwich?

(JASPER AND VIV LAUGH)

Looks like you're forming

a sandwich tonight anyway!

(JASPER AND VIV

CONTINUE LAUGHING)

- Oh, a great song on there.

- (MOODY FRENCH SONG PLAYS)

- Please.

- Here, hold on. Mm.

(DEAN HUMS)

JASPER:
(LAUGHS) Dean...

- Oh, my God. Dean, please.

- (VIV LAUGHS)

Gee, I wish I could get down

and... and down further.

(BOTH LAUGH)

Jasper can do...

Jasper can do some drops.

I can do the little drops.

- ..down like that!

- (VIV CHEERS)

Well, while you're

down there, hello!

Well, we'd better be careful.

We might get kicked out.

Oh, no. There's no-one here.

They want our money.

(HUMS)

- Salud.

- Salud to you too.

- Lovely to meet you.

- Lovely to meet you too.

(MOODY FRENCH SONG PLAYS)

(CLOCK TICKS)

(PHONE RINGS)

(PHONE STOPS)

I want to make it fun and sexy

and just go, whoof!

- (LAUGHS)

- Just... (SIGHS) ..amiga.

- Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm.

- (TOILET FLUSHES)

Look at... Oh, sh*t.

(CUBICLE DOOR OPENS)

- Hey!

- VIV:
Hi. (CHUCKLES)

That's you!

- How was your drink?

- Mrs Cutie Patootie.

- (CHUCKLES) It was good.

- You enjoyed it?

- Yes, thank you.

- Yeah.

- Cute dress.

- That boy out there...

- Sorry. (LAUGHS)

- Is that your boyfriend?

- No, he's just a friend.

- A friend, my ass!

- (LAUGHS)

- You guys were very close.

No, he's just a friend.

- Very close, that friend.

- I'm engaged.

You're engaged?

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