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of the evening.

You want some?

No thanks.

Where's my hat?

It's gone.

I didn't know you

knew how to drive.

Yeah, I'm getting

my licence.

I guess I should get around

to doing that soon-- Whoa!

What-- what's this?

Matt Damon's shedding hair

at the moment.

Suzi made me buy

this nasty little dog.

You know how many animals

we have? A lot.

And they all live

at my house, because--

My mom doesn't

let me have pets.

Picture.

Way to go, Charlie.

I think you might need a couple

more driving lessons.

Yeah, like 1,000.

Relax.

All under control.

One always speeds--

Sorry, Felix.

It's okay. Could've

happened to anybody.

I wouldn't mind.

It's just I was actually going

fast around the previous one.

Yay, hello!

Hello!

Hi! Just go straight upstairs!

Drinks, everything! Hello!

Hi! You look amazing!

Whoop! Oh!

Hi, Bella.

Hi! Orna!

Oh, I didn't see you there.

You just sprung out of nowhere.

Um...

How have you been? Good?

Pretty good.

Good.

My daddy's always

asking after you.

I'll bet.

Right.

Whee! God, I'm so happy

you're here.

Does anyone want a line?

Uh, no thanks.

Sure.

My agent says to me,

"I've got the best comeback

for you, ever."

I say, "What is it?"

"Celebrity wife." And I go--

I'm so glad you came.

Alice, you're back together with

Charlie! That's amazing!

You two are gonna make each

other so happy, aren't you?

Um, well, we're not

together, actually.

Oh, what a shame.

Oh, good. I've got

something to show you.

Come on. Come on!

Quick, quick, quick!

Sit here.

And... drinks!

Some of the good stuff.

Thank you.

Ah!

Uh-oh!

And music!

because you can't really have a

party without music, can you?

Oh, my god!

That's amazing.

Thank you!

Pretty good, yeah?

Yeah.

You see, my grandmother

always said

one should have a party piece,

and this is mine!

Wow!

Woo-woo!

Benedict!

Oh, people are so great!

I can always rely on them to

come to a party,

even at the last moment!

I love us. All of us.

Even you! I don't quite

remember your name!

Avi.

See, some people are just much

more difficult to remember

than others.

Aah!

Felix.

Saskia.

I hear you're with Marlon

these days.

Yeah, well, it's all

quite chilled.

Is he here?

No, he's home, painting.

I was so sure he was gay.

Nope.

Good for you.

# A hundred lovers

# With the aim of making fun

# There's just one weasel

# He says he's far-est

to the ground #

# It's getting warmer

# Candles melting and somehow

# We'll run out

They're so blue.

I could just swim in them,

you know?

Please?

Why do you always do this?

Orna said that you won't leave

me for a year after you should

and that you're gonna keep

breaking my heart

till it's irreparable--

irreparable...

And you believe her?

That's just what she does.

It's just badness and mischief.

It doesn't mean anything.

I want to go, Felix.

Well, if you want to go, go!

I know. You can

feel the effects.

It gets absorbed through

the skin. Honestly.

If the water is hot enough...

How much vodka

do you need?

A lot.

Vodka. More!

More skin! More skin!

You have to take off

your clothes!

More vodka! More, more, more,

more, more, more, more!

You have to take off

your clothes!

Alice? Alice.

Alice, I've got to

tell you something.

Alice?

Dammit!

You all make me sick!

Hi, Alice.

You want to join us?

No, that's okay.

Stings a bit in the beginning,

but not unpleasant.

Just give it a try.

You have to take off

more clothes.

The more skin, the better.

I love skin.

I have very strong feelings

about this sort of thing.

I don't think you should be

screwing around on Marlon.

Oh, f*** off, Lenny.

Since when are you

the moral high ground, hm?

We're just having a little--

Ah!

See? I told you

you'd make me sick!

# So glad that you could

make it today #

# Food is fine

# And the weather is okay

# We've made it so far

# So why should we ever

be lonely anymore #

# Like this

All right, bye.

Hey, Alice.

Hi.

So, do you live around here?

Um, yeah. Well, just recently,

since Charlie and I broke up.

I'm not really doing the whole

fashion thing anymore.

Yeah, Felix mentioned that.

You're an actress now.

Yeah, just getting

my headshots together.

Oh, great!

Well, it's a shame

you're not modelling.

Got a catalogue coming up.

It's a shoot that

might've suited you.

But if you've moved on

to higher things...

Well, I wouldn't

say "higher."

Oh, I would.

Got time for coffee?

Um, yeah, sure. Okay.

So, how come you

came back to London?

Hello. What can I get for you?

Um, soya cappuccino, please.

Um, yeah, same.

You know, Felix is

besotted by you.

Well, you know what he's like.

You know, sometimes you want

what you can't have.

I thought he had had you.

Like, a few times.

No. We kissed once.

Thanks.

Thank you.

It's nothing though.

I think he's just

trying to escape Suzi.

So what about you? You're not

with your husband anymore?

Oh, no. I've moved on.

I think I'm gonna reinvent

myself as an old maid.

Perhaps I'll start

wearing black.

More black?

More black.

Says he loves me,

but that's a lie.

'Cause he ain't got the silver,

and he ain't got the gold.

And he got me no more.

Woo!

Oh, thank you.

Cute.

Baby, please.

What?

I wanna read.

Come on.

Baby, just read a book.

What?

Read a book?

Okay, Marlon. Okay.

Okay, fine. Fine.

I'll read a book. Hm?

Ooh.

"All such cases are irrelevant,

"because they presuppose the

principle of universality,

"and it is a central doctrine

"of the intellectual and

political culture

that the moral truisms must be

forcefully rejected."

Shut up.

So, what do you guys wanna do?

Um, go see that show?

What? Horace's?

No, I saw it last week.

It was awful.

Do you think they're coming

to the park?

How would they

find us?

GPS?

Has anyone seen Alice?

I think she's with Charlie...

or is he here?

Did you see her last night?

Alice?

Yeah. Yeah, I liked her--

Would you call that a bolero?

A short jacket.

You wear it open. No?

Hey, darling. When are you

coming home? I miss you.

But I was cooking you dinner,

something I saw on

Come Dine With Me.

What? Well, why not?

Felix...

I've got to go.

Felix!

Is it?

Bastard.

"Purple's my favourite colour.

I think it's slimming."

Not anymore.

Oh!

Nice pockets, Felix.

"Suzi, have you seen my pockets?

They seem to have disappeared."

Stop it!

# He left you all alone

# With the fires

# Growing near me

# At home with the lights out

# Serenades you

# Nearer

I'm tweakin' it.

Mad freakin' it.

I'm all around

the creek with it.

I'm doing you.

I'm spooning you.

I'm all about harpooning you.

Do I know you?

How about a kiss?

Not interested.

You are so lovely.

I'm just aching

to kiss someone like you.

Excuse me.

Flush is broken.

Nice.

It's really important

that the word in itself

doesn't have, like,

a romantic, or like a--

A neutral word.

Yeah, like a neutral word.

And you say the word,

and that wipes the thought.

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