Griff the Invisible Page #2

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No. Nup.

I... I think you can use

baking soda, though.

Do you have any?

Put it on the tab.

Can I have that receipt, please?

You didn't see me.

Mmm! This is nice, Mel. What is it?

Um, shark.

Flake.

Which is shark.

Uh, so, Tim... uh, Melody

tells me you have a brother.

Griff. That's right.

Griff?

Mmm.

I know a Griff. Comes into the shop.

Came in today, actually. Odd chap.

Darling.

Um, that's probably him.

Always leaves with

"You didn't see me. "

That's definitely him.

Hope he's no trouble?

No, no, not at all.

Is he older or younger?

Huh! Younger. In every sense.

Ugh! Oop!

Actually, um,

he's the reason Melody and I met.

Well, indirectly, I suppose.

Um, I was living in Adelaide.

And I had to come back

because Griff lost his job

and was in need of

a big brother again.

So, um, I got a transfer.

And now he's OK again.

And then I went to

that Chinese restaurant.

You know what happened there.

You're not going back

to Adelaide, are you?

Um, maybe. We'll see.

You'd want to stay here,

though, if, say...

Oop! Ha.

...you and Melody got married.

Um...

Uh, who knows?!

Yeah.

Melody!

Did you know that 40% of people

don't believe statistics

when they read them?

No! No, I didn't.

So that means that 40%

of responses should be ignored

because the people giving them,

they don't believe them anyway.

So they can't be trusted.

Dunno.

Well...

Thanks for another lovely evening.

Thanks, Tim.

You're really lovely.

Right-ee-oh!

Hey, Melody!

$218? What?!

Oh, hi.

What are you doing?

Uh, dunno. What are YOU doing?

I'm at home.

Are you OK?

Yeah.

Is Tim with you?

Uh, no.

Um...

Maybe I should come in or something.

Well, I'm kind of in the middle

of some things.

And... sleeping.

Oh. Sorry.

Sorry. I was just, you know,

in the neighbourhood.

But I'll go.

Do you...

...want some water, before you leave?

Isn't it funny to think

that I just poured

hydrogen and oxygen

into this hole in my face

and now it's merging with

all the other atoms in my body

to become part of me?

That is, until my body decides to

use it to flush out toxic waste.

Could I use your toilet?

Um... no.

Well...

Hang on.

Oh! Um...

It's just through there.

Thanks.

So I should go.

Yeah.

Thanks for the water.

Oh! It's alright.

It's just tap water. So...

I just wanted to say that

I think you're really nice.

Not nice, but, um...

OK.

'Bye.

Invisible Man.

You in there, Melly?

Yep.

You working?

What's the drawing? A dot painting?

No, it's just an idea.

Uh-huh.

Hmm...

Here.

OK, so say these are the atoms

that make up the wall.

And these are the atoms

that make up me.

Look at all the space

between those atoms.

I mean, we don't know what it is.

It could be vacuum, dead space, dark

matter, but it's definitely space.

In fact, the whole world

is 99% space.

Right.

Right, so it's just

a matter of probability.

If I happen to hit the wall

at exactly the right moment,

when all the spaces are aligned,

then theoretically I should pass

right through the wall.

Well, that's great, hon. Mmm!

Yeah. Anyway...

You know, we just want

you to be happy, Melly.

Find love and happiness. You know.

I will.

Love you.

I love you.

Hi, Tony!

Well!

Hi... Griff. Maestro.

What do you keep in that case?

I don't know. Stuff.

You don't know stuff.

Give it back, Tony.

Is it comic books?

Seriously. Give it back.

"Seriously. Give it back. "

No!

Chill, Griff.

Chill.

Just wanted to borrow your stapler.

Operation Boobytrap underway.

Hey!

Can't see the face.

No.

Earth to Griff.

Not even listening to me.

Do you want a raffle ticket or not?

Win a trip to Magnetic Island.

Freaky.

Win a trip

to Magnetic Island.

Magnetic Island.

Oh. Hi, Griff.

What are you doing?

Uh, just waiting for you.

What do you do?

I can't say.

Secret.

Please.

I'm an experimentalist.

I test things.

Theories and facts.

Can't tell you about them, though.

They're secret too.

Sometimes I do street surveys

about surveys.

And I go up to people on the street

and I say, "Excuse me. "

"What do you think

about street surveys?"

"And what is your favourite

street survey subject?"

Once I went to a protest

and I protested the protest.

I had a placard that said,

"Stop protests now"

and I yelled, "What do we want?

No more protests. "

"When do we want it? Now. "

You ever googled the word 'Google'?

No.

Where's Tim?

I don't know.

Did he send you?

No.

No, I came by myself.

Why?

I'm not good with relationships.

Sorry. Shouldn't have said that.

I don't think you should be here.

Yeah, I actually have to go.

Sh*t.

Oh, sh*t. Sh*t! Sh*t!

Who is it?

Griff. It's Tim.

Sh*t! I knew it.

Sh*t! Why did you come here?

Do you want me to hide?

I can hide!

Uh... don't go in the wardrobe!

Hi.

Hi, Tim.

Beer?

Yep.

Um...

Nuts?

Sure.

How are you?

Great. Good.

Not great, actually. Sh*t.

I haven't heard from her

for two days.

Who?

Melody, Griff!

Oh. Yeah.

How's work?

Oh, great.

No mischief?

No mischief!

Where are you going?

Toilet.

Wait!

It's blocked. The toilet.

I won't flush.

Wait!

I really need to go.

Well, go after me.

Code nine, code nine.

We have a serious situation.

Hey!

"I know who you are. "

"You are me, and the opposite of me. "

"You are the question,

I am the answer. "

"You are the proton,

I am the neutron. "

"You are a magnetic field

and I am light,"

"forever drawn to you. "

And over the fence.

And down the alleyway.

The alleyway around the back?

Yeah, around the back.

Did you get a look at him?

OK.

Have you got metal sheets and some...

...pipes?

Hi, Griff.

Benson's my dad.

Who's Benson?

The guy who owns here.

Oh.

Tim didn't see me last night.

I hid in the wardrobe.

And he only waited

half an hour and then he left.

What did you see?

Um...

You're making an invisibility suit.

If you tell anyone...

I won't, I won't tell anyone.

I promise.

Do you need my help?

No.

I know what I'm doing, OK?

Just forget anything you saw.

Hmm!

It's for your own...

...s- safety.

So you'll find the pipes

in the third row

and metal sheets at the back.

Can I help you

with anything, sir?

Uh, just this, thanks.

Sure.

Do you need anything else?

Wire?

I HAVE wire.

Good.

Contact me when you need my help.

I'm not

who you think I am.

What?

I'm not who you think I am.

Oh.

Thank you. Glad we could help.

Ai-ai-ai-ai-ai.

Is anyone else's... things got...

Whoa! Hey.

What?!

Um...

Ai-ai-ai-ai-ai...

Is anyone...

Is your key...

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

Um, no!

Oh, f*** off!

F***!

My thing is... Is Steve around?

My computer's complete...

Wha-a-a-at?!

What the f***? WHAT the f***?

No, no, no, no, no, no.

Well, that's not true.

I'm not typing anything.

It's some virus or something.

F***!

Tony. See me now.

Gary, I've just got to send...

I'll be there...

Now.

Yeah.

Yeah. Sh*t.

I think it's over with her.

Who?

Melody, Griff!

Jesus.

And I really tried.

I sent funny texts and silly ones.

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