Never Let Me Go Page #2

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I'm sure there'll be

something good left.

What's the matter, Kath?

Well, anyway,

it doesn't matter

if you can't find

anything in the sale

because I already

found you something.

A music tape.

I don't know much about it,

if it's much good or anything.

Thank you.

Darling

Hold me

And never

Never

Let me go

Darling

Kiss me

And never

Never

Let me go

The problem is

you've been told

and not told.

That's what I've seen

while I've been here.

You've been told

but none of you

really understand.

So I've decided

I'll talk to you in a way

that you will understand.

Do you know

what happens to children

when they grow up?

No, you don't,

because nobody knows.

They might grow up

to become actors,

move to America.

Or they might work

in supermarkets.

Or teach in schools.

They might become

sportsmen or bus conductors

or racing car drivers.

They might do

almost anything.

But with you

we do know.

None of you

will go to America.

None of you will work

in supermarkets.

None of you

will do anything

except live the life

that has already

been set out for you.

You will

become adults,

but only briefly.

Before you are old,

before you are

even middle-aged,

you will start to donate

your vital organs.

That's what you were

created to do.

And sometime

around your third

or fourth donation,

your short life

will be complete.

You have to know

who you are

and what you are.

It's the only way

you'll lead

decent lives.

There will be only one

announcement this morning,

which is that Miss Lucy,

who was guardian

to the fourth-year students,

is no longer

working at Hailsham.

A replacement

will be found for her,

and in the meantime

her classes

will be divided between

Miss Geraldine and myself.

It is hard, is it not,

to continue in the face

of deliberate subversion.

There are those who seek

to thwart us, this is clear.

And we are aware that the tide

is not with forward thinking.

It never is.

No, the tide is with

the entrenched mindset.

With values that

are still unexamined.

But I will not be coerced.

I will not be coerced.

And neither will Hailsham.

I didn't understand why,

after all her teasing,

Ruth would decide

that Tommy was the boy

she liked most of all.

They say girls are always mean

to the boys they like.

So maybe Ruth

had liked him all along.

Maybe I should have

teased him, too.

I kept hoping

they would separate,

like the other childhood

and teenage romances

at the school.

They never did.

We were moved

from Hailsham at 18

and sent to various

accommodations

around the country,

to wait

until we were old enough

to start the donations.

Tommy, Ruth and I

were sent to a collection

of farm buildings

called The Cottages.

During our stay there,

we were told

that some of us

would be permitted

to volunteer as carers.

But, apart from that,

we'd be left largely

to our own devices

and even allowed

to take day trips into

the surrounding countryside.

The Cottages were also

our first contact

with those who had not

grown up at Hailsham.

There were people

from White Mansion,

Oakhill, Morningdale

and other homes

I'd never heard of.

Everyone seemed wiser

and more worldly than us.

None more so than

Rodney and Chrissie.

They'd already been

at The Cottages

for over a year

and would soon be leaving

for the completion centers.

Ricky?

I don't know what

you're talking about.

Oh, I can

help you out there.

He's talking about

blue eyes, blond hair,

cute dimples when he smiles.

And biceps that

could crack walnuts.

Jennifer, get real,

I saw you with him.

Jen and Ricky

sitting in a tree,

K-I-S-S-I-N-G.

That is so not true.

We weren't in a tree.

Hey.

Where you going?

I thought

I'd go for a walk.

Does that mean

you want to be alone?

I'm not even saying

that I'll apply

to be a carer.

Just that several people

have said that

I'd be good at it.

But then Laura went around

telling everyone

that I'd been saying

I was the most likely

to get selected.

That's so not true.

So not true.

Thank you.

I'm getting

more plates.

Is there

anything left for us?

I don't know.

Perhaps not.

Ruth, why do you

do that thing?

Squeezing

Tommy's shoulder.

I'm allowed

to touch Tommy,

aren't I?

It's the way

you're touching him.

You know what I mean.

It's copied from

that television show.

That's so not...

Don't tell me

"that's so not true."

All that behavior,

that's not what people do

out there, in real life,

if that's what

you were thinking.

So what? Look,

it's no big deal.

A lot of us do it.

What you mean is

Chrissie and Rod do it.

Oh, Kathy.

So that's what

this is about.

It must be really

awful for you,

surrounded by

all these couples.

I never said that.

I just think it's daft.

You copy them,

and they copy from

a television show.

I'm right,

aren't I?

You don't like the fact

that Tommy and I are friends

with Chrissie and Rod,

whereas you hardly

speak to anyone.

No. You're not right.

"So" not right?

Thank you, Mr. Keffers.

Hello, Tommy.

Hello, Kath.

Well, don't just

hover in the doorway.

Come in. Join the fun.

Didn't know you liked

that sort of stuff.

You're very welcome to them

after I've finished.

Oh, no,

it's just sex stuff.

I expect I've seen

them all already anyway.

Kathy, what are

you looking for?

What do you mean?

I'm just looking

at dirty pictures.

What, just for kicks?

I suppose you could

say that, yes.

If it's just for kicks,

then you don't do it

like that.

You need to look

at each picture

more carefully.

Nothing really happens

if you go that fast.

How do you know

what works for girls?

Kath, you're not

looking for kicks.

Here, give it to Ruth.

See if it does

anything for her.

Hi.

I suppose you've heard

what Rod and Chrissie

have been saying.

No, I haven't.

Well, you know that

Rod and Chrissie

have been thinking

of applying

to be carers,

so they've been

learning how to drive.

Yeah.

Well, last weekend,

they went up to a town

on the Norfolk coast,

and they think

they saw this person.

What kind of person?

A lady

working in an office.

And...

What is it, Ruth?

But they thought

this person

was a Possible.

For me.

They found

your Original?

They aren't sure,

obviously,

but Rodney

said that the resemblance

was really striking.

Oh, my God. Ruth!

I know.

They want to drive me

back up there so that

I can see for myself.

Tommy will come, but...

Do you want me to come?

Ruth, of course.

So, exactly how much

experience have you guys

had with the outside?

Quite a lot.

No, we haven't.

We did a lot of role-playing

exercises at Hailsham.

They don't count.

Okay. Well,

don't feel scared.

Okay? There's really...

There's nothing to it.

We aren't scared.

Good.

I'll get sausage,

egg and chips.

Sausage,

egg and chips, please.

Yes, sausage,

egg and chips.

Sausage, egg and chips,

me, too, please.

Well, I suppose

I'd better get sausage,

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