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Let me see your ring.

- Does he live here?

- I don't have it on.

You don't have a ring?

So you're not engaged.

- No, I am engaged. (LAUGHS)

- Not on purpose.

(WHISPERS)

It's just between us.

No, it's... (LAUGHS)

It's true, I promise.

No, I don't believe that.

Anyways...

Are you guys having

a good night?

- Um...

- Um... I don't know.

We want to make it

more interesting.

Are you and him

a little bit bored like us?

No, we're having quite

an exciting night, actually.

Really? What have you

been up to?

Um... we found a dog.

- A dog?

- Yep.

What about if you found girls

like us? What would you do?

- (LAUGHS) We're not dogs!

- (LAUGHS) You're not dogs.

- We're not dogs. We're women.

- What?! (LAUGHS)

(CHUCKLES) Alright.

Have a good night.

- Have fun.

- No! Don't go.

- Let's have a dance.

- A dance?!

- Yeah!

- I can't dance.

- Oh, my God!

- I don't do dancing.

I'll teach you.

Let's dance. Let's move around.

Come on. You just go like this.

- Uh-huh?

- You see?

Touch your dress,

your b*obs, your hair.

No, no... (LAUGHS)

- You can do it. Don't be shy.

- I just can't do it.

- Yes, you can do it.

- In fact...

You have to do it for your

'friend'. Your boyfriend.

Just do it.

Is she teaching you the moves?

Yeah, she's teaching.

Giving me a special lesson.

The Puerto Rican dance.

I mean, there's no music

out there.

- Let's have the party in here.

- Ohh.

(LAUGHS)

- Is she going cra-zee?

- Yeah, she's going for it.

Is she going-going cra-zee?

Uh! Uh-huh!

- Yeah.

- That's really good. (LAUGHS)

(CACKLES)

- Hi.

- Hi, hon.

- Is Jasper here?

- I think he's left.

- He left?

- Oh, I think so. Yeah.

OK.

VIV:
Goodnight.

DEAN:
Yeah, nice to meet you.

All the best.

VIV:
You too. Yep.

(SILENCE)

(DISTORTED, MUTED

ELECTRONIC MUSIC)

(SILENCE)

(CAR ENGINE REVS)

Jasper! Jasper!

Viv!

Viv!

- Where'd you go?

- You left.

What? No, no.

The guy said that YOU'D left.

The guy told me

that YOU'D left.

(LAUGHS) What? No!

- You didn't go?!

- No!

Oh, my God! I went around...

I've been looking for you!

- (VIV LAUGHS)

- Sorry.

I thought you just...

offed and went.

(LAUGHS) No, I thought

that YOU'D just gone!

Oh, my God! (LAUGHS)

I thought you just got up

and left! (LAUGHS)

- No! (LAUGHS) Oh!

- Oh, my God!

(DANCE MUSIC PLAYS LOUDLY)

- Whoo!

- Whoa!

..and then just

puts it back down.

His face is like... Wild.

Shots. Yeah!

DRAG QUEEN:
Hey, baby!

Mwah. Mwah.

Oh! Oh, you're so funny!

- Hey, darling. How are you?

- (VIV LAUGHS)

- Ha-ha!

- (ALL LAUGH)

- Oh, my love!

- Hey, baby.

- (VIV SQUEALS)

- Arggh!

- Shot, shot, shot!

- Yeah! Alright!

Whoo!

Ugh!

Yes, I did. I loved

that movie. Thank you.

(ALL CHATTER INDISTINCTLY)

(HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS)

(ALL YELL AND LAUGH)

(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

VIV:
Alright! Yeah!

Yeah!

(DANCE MUSIC PLAYS)

- Yeah!

- Yeah!

- So yummy!

- (HOWLS)

Ooh! (LAUGHS)

(DANCE MUSIC CONTINUES

OVER CONVERSATIONS)

VIV:
Come on!

- (VIV CHEERS)

- (JASPER LAUGHS)

- Yay! Yeah!

- (HOWLS)

One more. Come on.

Burn, b*tch.

(DANCE MUSIC CONTINUES)

Come with me, come with me

And we will see

Eternity

- Take my hand...

- Whoo!

Take my hand

I'll take you to...

Yeah! Whoa!

The promised land...

Oh-ho-ho-ho!

You're the one,

you're the one

You're the one, you're

the one

You're the one, baby

You're the one,

you're the one

You're the one, you're

the one, you're the one

You're the one,

you're the one

You're the one, you're

the one, you're the one

You're the one,

you're the one

You're the one, you're

the one, you're the one

Come with me.

(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

SONG:
I'm not one

for the chat-up lines

You've broken hearts

from time to time...

- Holy mama!

- Whoa!

Mwah! Mwah!

You can have that.

You earnt it.

Grey clouds vanish,

friends make up

Everybody's...

(FOOTSTEPS)

(PANTING)

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

(JASPER SIGHS)

- Oh!

- (BOTH CHUCKLE)

VIV:
(SIGHS) Oh!

Are you looking forward

to going home?

Mmm...

..not really.

Why?

Um...

I am... (SIGHS)

I don't know. It's just been

a weird few months, and...

..I'm not sure how much

Henry wants me to...

..be coming home right now.

(CHUCKLES)

What do you mean?

I sort of came over here

so that we could have

a bit of time, you know?

Um...

And it's been good,

but I just...

I don't know.

What?

Mm...

It's just been a...

..been a weird time.

In what way?

I had a miscarriage

a couple of months ago,

and, um...

..he just...

..you know, it's been

really, really hard for him.

It's been hard for both of us,

obviously, but...

..I feel like he...

Mm... it's not that

he blames me, just...

..he kind of resents the fact

that I... (CHUCKLES)

- ..wasn't able to... you know?

- Yeah.

Don't...

Don't take that on board.

You can't...

No, it's not... it's not...

It's just... (SIGHS)

..distanced us a bit, I guess.

I don't know.

We'll see. We'll see.

(VIV CHUCKLES)

I'm really sorry to hear that.

Tonight's been good, though.

- (LAUGHS)

- It's been lovely.

It's been really nice.

VIV:
OK, now, this is gonna be

a little bit tricky.

JASPER:
That's OK.

VIV:
You've got to keep

your eyes shut

to get across this, OK?

- Do I need to? Do I want to?

- Just wait till I'm gone.

- OK.

- Mm-hm.

OK. Keep going.

- Just keep going.

- Mm-hm.

OK, keep going.

OK. Keep going.

- Here. Keep going.

- Mm-hm.

- OK, now you shut your eyes.

- Mm-hm.

- Keep them shut.

- Mm-hm.

OK. And you have to

bend down.

Mm-hm.

- Bend down.

- Yes.

And then come forward

a little bit.

(BOTH LAUGH)

- Was that a good surprise?

- (LAUGHS)

- It was a great surprise.

- Oh!

I don't think you we're

surprised enough.

No, I was!

Oh! Two.

What is it?

It's a... a little maze

with ball bearings.

And I'm gonna get it.

I need your support here.

I'm supporting you

from over here.

OK. Just tell me...

"Yes, yes, yes."

- (CHUCKLES)

- "This is it. This is it."

JASPER:
No, that's not for me,

that game.

(VIV LAUGHS)

JASPER:
It's not for me.

A good one.

(GRUNTS)

(INSECTS CHIRRUP)

(JASPER SIGHS)

What are you thinking about?

I was thinking about Darwin.

The person or the place?

The place.

What about it?

I went there with my dad once,

and I just remember

mango trees.

(CHUCKLES)

What about you?

What are you thinking about?

I was thinking about

John Leonard.

- John Leonard!

- (BOTH LAUGH)

What a legend!

(BOTH LAUGH)

John Leonard!

(WHISPERS) John Leonard.

Do you know that story

about John Lennon?

(CHUCKLES) No.

When he was, like,

five years old at school,

he had to write down what he

wanted to be when he grew up,

and he wrote down "happy".

And the teacher, like...

..took him aside after class

and said,

"You've written down 'happy'.

"You don't understand

the question."

And he said,

"You don't understand life."

(JASPER CHUCKLES)

(QUICKLY) How many fingers

do you have?

12. How many stars in the sky?

- 14.

- How many bats in the trees?

- 21.

- (LAUGHS)

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