Fossil

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We need to take the covers off the pool.

Sure.

Sarah and Tom are getting a divorce.

Right.

Here we go.

It's crazy.

They've been married less than us.

Well, it's either that or kids, I guess.

Cheers.

What?

Nothing.

Cheers.

Right.

Now apparently, there is a lovely little

medieval town

about ten minutes from here.

I'm thinking we should... we should go and

investigate tomorrow.

Maybe.

I'm quite up for some pool time though.

Uh-huh. Fine.

We could do both.

I'm gonna go into town and get some

breakfast stuff.

You want anything?

I'm back!

Do you want some breakfast?

- No need to shout.

- Oh sh*t!

I'd love some.

By the pool would be nice.

By the pool. Okay.

- What are these?

- What?

These.

I thought we were trying again.

We were.

We were? And...?

I changed my mind.

This is something we agreed.

Something we actually talked about,

unlike every other

f***ing thing.

What's that supposed to mean?

You know what it means.

Jesus. Look, I know it was hard...

No, you don't.

You have no idea what it was like.

No idea? No f***ing idea?

I went through... You said...

We agreed.

Is that all you have to say?

I don't want to go through it again.

We haven't been through anything yet.

F*** you.

F*** sake!

- Hi.

- Oh my God!

What happened?

I found this.

You have blood all over your head.

What? I fell.

I fell on my walk.

It... It's fine, really.

We'd better clean it up.

No really, it's fine.

Don't you think it's beautiful?

It's like a perfect shape. I know it's cut

off, you know, at the bottom there,

but I've never ever come across anything

like this.

Paul, I'm going to sleep in the

spare room tonight.

What?

I'm gonna sleep in the spare room tonight.

What? Why?

Because I get too hot and I know you don't

like the window open.

The window open?

I just need some space.

What the f*** is happening?

Nothing.

You have to tell me what is going on.

- You're scaring me.

- Well, explain and I will stop.

Explain what?

The pills; the spare room.

- I can't.

- Yes, you f***ing can!

Why are you taking the pill again, huh?

There's people in our pool.

What the f*** is going on?

Who the hell are you?

Hey man, we thought the cottage was

empty.

Well, it's f***ing not, so get the f***

out of the pool.

Dude, are you okay? I mean, you've got

blood all over your face.

Yeah. I'll be a lot better when you get

the hell out of here, yeah?

Okay. Okay, we'll be on our way.

You know, we didn't realise anyone was

staying here.

The place looked pretty shut up, man.

But it's no problem. We'll go.

Yeah, you will!

What's going on?

They're f***ing trespassing.

That's what's going on.

You know, we'd never have come in if we

knew you guys were staying here.

It's okay. There's no harm done.

No harm done?

We're paying good money for this place.

How about a bit of f***ing privacy?

- Well, work is actually paying for...

- That's not the point.

This is our holiday. This is my pool.

Go and get your own f***ing pool.

Okay, man. We'll get out of your hair.

There's no need to have a heart attack,

you know.

Get the f*** out of the pool!

Hang on just one second.

Paul! Paul!

Would you calm down?

He's not done anything wrong and that

poor girl's half scared to death.

Nothing wrong?

They are f***ing trespassing.

- You're bleeding.

- F*** the bleeding.

What the f*** are you doing?

Ssh. You were so rude to them.

It's embarrassing.

Oh, embarrassing.

They are high jacking my pool.

- They didn't know you were here.

- We're gonna be going now.

- It was real nice meeting you.

- Oh, don't be silly.

I think everyone's just a bit tense and we

all need to calm down.

I'm sorry my husband was so rude.

I think we should all just have a glass of

wine, you know, as a peace offering.

It's okay. We don't want to cause

any more problems.

No, no. It's not a... not a problem.

I think everyone just went a bit crazy.

Why don't you two have a seat and I'll go

inside and find some wine

and get Paul cleaned up.

Make yourself at home.

F*** it.

You wanna stay or do you wanna go?

- I wanna stay.

- You wanna stay. Fair enough.

Whereabouts are you staying?

Well, we're on like a walking trip around

the area, so kind of hotel hopping.

We're staying in... what's the name of

that place?

I don't remember.

Anyhow, it's a little town a couple of

miles down the road.

- Village.

- Village.

Oh, the medieval village. Yeah.

WE were going to visit there at some point.

And you...?

- A romantic holiday?

- Exactly.

Something like that.

Paul, this is Julie and Richard.

- Hi.

- Look, I'm sorry. I...

I overreacted and...

It's okay.

How's the head?

Oh yeah. Yeah, it's okay.

So you guys are here for some romance

and we just dived on in and ruined it.

No, no. Not at all. We're just here on a

short break and it's...

it's really nice to have the company.

Well, cheers!

- Cheers!

- Here's to romance anyway.

Do you have family or kids at home?

No. No, we're still young.

She says that now, but just you wait.

She'll want a cat soon.

No, I hate cats.

And you? Do you have any kids?

F*** no. Or not that I know or.

No. We are definitely too young.

What do you do, Richard?

- What, like work, you mean?

- Uh-huh.

Nothing.

At least not for a while now.

No, I got a bit

of money a while back

and that's been doing me well

these past few years.

Don't you get bored?

Bored?

F*** no!

I mean, come on. The world's way too big

to get bored in, right?

What, what did you do?

- Well, that's a long story.

- Uh-huh.

You know, a lot of different things.

The last thing I did was write a book.

Paul's writing a book too.

- Well, well, I'm...

- I say everyone's got one

- in there somewhere.

- What's yours about?

Well, I spent a lot of time on the road

with bands, you know, musicians.

So it's kind of a novel based on that.

You know, it's pretty wild times.

- Did it, er, did it sell?

- Paul!

No, no. It's a fair question.

It sold... a bit.

Still get a cheque every once in a while.

Anyhow, we should be getting back

and leave you folks in peace.

No, don't be silly. You should have

another glass of wine.

In fact, why don't you just stay here

for the night?

I mean, it's so late and you don't really

want to go walking miles in the dark now,

do you?

It's not that far.

No.

But it's easy. We have a guest room.

You can stay in there.

It's no problem.

I don't know.

- If you want.

- Yeah.

Okay, if it's cool with you guys.

Yeah.

Sure. Why not?

Salut now.

Salut.

Oh, and here's to your book.

Imagine if you were in their position.

What do you mean, 'in their position'?

Hobnobbing around, gate crashing people's

holidays. Never doing any work.

Yeah, imagine that.

Oh, and they seem so nice.

That's what holidays are all about, you

know, meeting people and relaxing.

It'll be good, I promise.

What?

Do you want the window open?

Paul, not while they're next door.

Just come to bed.

Morning.

Hey man. Good sleep?

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