Enduring Love Page #5

Because...

really...

...really you're just like me.

How am I like you?

I'm lonely.

You know what that's like.

What have I done?

What the f***ing hell have I done?

What the f*** have I done?

What have I f***ing done?

Hi.

Joe.

Can I come in?

What a lovely... surprise.

Can I come in?

- I'll make coffee.

- Would you...

- Sit down.

- Sorry.

- Stay there and I'll get you some coffee.

- Who's this, then? Who's this?

Is this... It's Uncle Joe, isn't it?

What's he been up to, eh?

Silly old, silly old Uncle Joe.

Uncle Joe has just spent

a very long time in the pub.

Shall I um...

Shall I phone Claire?

Yeah.

Hold this.

What? No, er... er...

Oh, hi.

- Why don't you sit there?

- He's here.

No. No, I mean he's pissed.

Hello!

Hello!

Hello!

Here.

- She smiled at me.

- Don't get excited, she's just hungry.

- It's biology, remember.

- No, it's not.

It's not biology.

It's fantastic.

She actually thinks it...

...it might be a good idea if you um...

...er... go and get your things.

What now?

No, no, no, no.

Not now, no. Just, you know... tomorrow.

Really f***ed this up, haven't I?

Um...

Yeah.

I think you probably have, old son.

- Morning.

- Hello.

Cup of tea? Slice of toast? Um... rusk?

No. I'd better be off.

Do bring your stuff back here, you know,

if you like.

You know, I mean, presuming

you don't um... manage to sort it all out.

Oh, no, I'm going to sort it out.

Don't worry.

I'm going to sort it all out.

Right.

Oh. Hi.

OK, er...

Yeah.

Yeah. Right.

Er... it's Claire.

She says somebody called Jed

has turned up.

Jez or Jed.

F***ing key.

You could have killed me.

You could have just left me. You didn't

have to beat the sh*t out of me.

- Right.

Leave it.

Please.

- What's he said?

- I told her how you've led me on.

- Shut up.

- How you teased me and then...

- Shut up.

... dumped me.

- Shut up! Shut up!

- We had a signal.

He used to... signal

by opening and closing the curtains.

It meant he wanted to see me.

It meant you weren't at home.

It meant... everything.

- What have you done?

- I didn't touch him.

Like... do you believe I did this?

Do you?

F*** this.

Joe. Joe. Joe. Joe.

Joe. Joe.

Joe.

Joey. I'll tell you what I thought, right.

I thought you'd make her so jealous

she'd go away.

I wanted her to go away,

so we could be together.

I mean, she's so f***ing manipulative.

Joe, I mean, what a...

what a f***ing b*tch! What a b*tch.

Look, Joe! Watch!

Argh!

See?

See, Joe?

It's easy. See?

See, Joe?

Joey.

It's all right now.

It's done.

It's done now. Come here.

Jed.

Will you give... give me the knife

and I'll wash... I'll wash it off?

You're going to kill me.

No.

- No, I'm not.

Please.

- You were so much in love.

- Joe.

I know. I can tell.

Doesn't matter any more.

Come here.

- Come here now.

Oh, God. Please.

Oh, Joey.

Joey.

Joey.

There's no such thing as love, you said.

It's just biology, you said.

That's all it is.

Just science.

I love you, Jed.

Ohhh...

- I've always loved you.

- I love you too.

Let go now.

Let... go... now.

Is that what you want, Joe? Hm?

Ohhh...

You want me to let go?

Let go.

It took straight off from here.

The wind hit it straight down there.

Oh, my God, there she is. Is that her?

Look, she's brought someone with her.

Is that her dad?

- I'm sorry. I can't go through with this.

- No, wait.

Just let's see what they've got to say.

Mrs Logan.

The scarf is mine.

The picnic was ours, too.

We left it in your husband's car

after he very kindly offered us a lift.

We'd set out for a picnic

and my car broke down.

Your husband stopped and offered us a lift.

Then we saw the balloon and um...

...your husband stopped again

and ran to help.

I didn't know what to do, cos there were

all these people all trying to help.

And suddenly it all went horribly wrong.

- We got out of the car. We wanted to...

- We just ran away.

We just ran away.

Penny is one of my students.

We'd kept it secret until now.

We had to, but...

I know this is it. It'll be pretty ugly

for everyone, but... we're ready for that.

We...

We're...

We're in love.

Quite... Quite madly, deeply in love.

I'm so, so sorry.

Can you forgive us for being so selfish?

Yes, course I can.

Course I can forgive you.

Who's going to forgive me?

Come on.

Were you frightened

when the balloon went up into the sky?

Yes.

Yes, I was pretty frightened.

Why did you let go?

Well, we all... let go.

We had to.

And you see, all the men

holding on to the balloon let go.

Um...

...apart from your dad.

But that's because your dad

was such a brave man.

He was pretty brave.

For a long time, I was worried

that I was the one who let go first.

But, in fact, we all pretty much

let go at the same time.

Now the important thing

is that your dad didn't let go. He hung on.

He kept on hanging on even when

the balloon went right up into the sky,

right up to the top of...

- Bloody hell.

- Bloody well right.

Algy!

Algy!

Algy!

Algy!

How did it go?

OK. It went OK.

How's the flat?

Small.

Dark.

Cold. Damp.

Lonely.

Good. I'm glad.

I'm still...

- I still...

- Don't, Joey.

I made it so complicated.

And it doesn't need to be complicated,

it's not complicated. It's really...

I don't know what to say.

Don't say anything.

Don't say anything.

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