Secret Smile Page #3

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Whoa!

- Congratulations, Brendan.

- Thank you.

Oh...

You know, it's funny - when I made the

announcement, I was looking at your mouth.

Why?

It's beautiful, and I was thinking:

"I've come into that mouth."

What did you say?

KERRY:
Brendan, Mum wants a photograph.

OK.

MUM:
Come on, everybody

let's have a pate, before we sit down

Come on, Derek. Leave them. They'll be fine.

They can't get any blacker!

Come on, Miranda!

DAD:
Family photo.

- Sweetheart!

- Miranda, come and join us.

That's lovely.

And cheese.

It's a nice street.

Miss De Silva.

Hi, I'm Kerry. We spoke on the phone.

And this is my sister, Miranda.

I brought her along. You don't mind?

- Can I just have a look round?

- Yeah, sure.

- OK. Well, shall we start here?

- This is the front room.

- So, what do you think?

- I like it. It's got great potential.

Yeah. I'm just not sure, with the amount

of work you'd have to do, and the cost,

that it's worth it.

You could do the work.

Oh, Miranda, it would mean so much to me.

If I use my savings and sell

my little place, I could buy it.

Isn't Brendan going halves with you?

Oh, the mortgage company won't give him

the money - just cos he's not working.

- Is he looking for a job?

- Yeah, course he is.

Aren't you going a bit fast?

You hardly know him.

- I see.

- What?

You can't stand it that,

for once, I've got something you want.

But you'll find another boyfriend.

You always do.

- It's not that.

- OK, then, what is it?

You've known him for six weeks.

You're selling your flat. You're engaged.

When you know, you know.

I just wish you'd be happy for me.

- Hi.

- Hi, babe.

- Do you want a drink?

- Yeah.

Have you got any cash on you?

Erm...

Hi, Kerry. It's me.

Sorry about today.

I'm really happy for you.

Hi, Kerry. It's me. Erm...

I'm sorry about today, and...

if you buy the flat, I'll do the work.

I'm really happy for you.

Oh, for God's sake.

KERRY:

Hi Sorry we're not in to take your call

Please leave us a message

and we'll get back to you Bye

- Hi, Kerry. It's me.

I'm really sorry about today,

and er... if you buy the place,

I'd love to do the work for you.

I'm really happy for you. Bye.

NICK:
It's come together well.

- Thanks.

No, seriously, you've done a great job

Well, they could still mess it up.

They've got time.

'We've just exchanged on a new property

Have you? Congratulations.

What is it?

It's an old people's home.

Gonna turn it into flats.

- Oh.

- Gonna need an architect.

Seriously?

Well,

where's the site boundary on this one?

It goes round here.

The garden's about two-thirds of an acre.

- That's huge.

- Yeah, yeah. That's exciting.

Hang on. I want to show you something

on here. Is it something like that?

- Is this something you've done before?

- Yeah.

Hey, I didn't get the impression

he liked me very much.

Oh, it's not you.

Erm... he's not very well.

He's erm... he's a manic-depressive,

and he tried to kill himself

a year and a half ago.

Now he's on these drugs, which kind of

even him out, but he's still a bit up and down.

Oh, sorry.

That... that must have been awful.

- Mmm

Erm... no, I'll leave that.

BRENDAN:
Hi Mirrie

Just ringing to say I love the flat

It's really sweet of you to say you'd work on it

Thank you

You have a nice evening

- Do your friends call you Mirrie?

- No.

It's just my brother-in-law to be.

He does it to wind me up.

- He's doing a good job.

- Yeah, he is.

Oh, he's so annoying. Anyway...

Look, I was thinking something open-plan like

that. Or were you thinking more conventional?

And I'll er...

get these over to you tomorrow.

Oh, right, yeah.

- Thanks for a nice night.

Erm... Well, I'll call you.

- OK, yeah.

- Right, bye.

Aargh!

Come on. We'll just see if she's in.

I hope she's all right with this.

Of course she'll be all right, babe.

Hello?

Miranda, it's Brendan and Kerry.

Can we come up?

Sure, yeah.

- Hi.

- Hi.

We were just in the area

and thought we'd pop in.

Oh, you've moved the sofa.

I liked it where it was.

Well, I didn't. I'm sorry - I'm in a hurry.

Is there something I can help you with?

Kerry's got a favour to ask haven't you?

Er... yeah. The thing is, if it's not too

much trouble, what we were hoping was...

Come on. Spit it out. Anyone would think

you were frightened of Miranda.

Can Brendan and I come

and live here for a bit?

I mean, we wouldn't be here for long.

We'd be no trouble.

We would go to Mum and Dad's, but with Troy

there and the lodger, there's no room.

We'll be quiet as mice.

You won't know we're here.

What's wrong with your flat?

Oh, I know. It's ridiculous.

Why have they got nowhere to live?

Well, Kerry's sold her flat, and they haven't

exchanged on the one they're buying.

And he's so tight, he doesn't want to

pay rent, so he's bullied her into this.

- So, why is he so awful?

- Don't you listen? He chucked Miranda...

- He didn't chuck me.

- Whatever. He's a loser.

Who? Not me, I hope.

My God! What happened?

I got mugged last night.

- Sh*t! Are you all right?

- Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine.

Sorry. This is Laura. This is Tony.

Yeah, it was in the underpass,

just coming back from your place.

I was just about to reach the platform,

when someone...

Anyway, I'm much more interested

in your gossip.

Who's the loser, and who chucked who?

I'll er... get a round in.

You want a drink, mate?

Er... yeah, lager. Cheers.

We were talking about Miranda's sister.

Have you met her?

No.

And her boyfriend.

They're going to stay with Miranda.

- Did he take anything?

- Just my wallet.

Did you see his face?

So, what the problem with them staying?

My flat's tiny. I don't want them there.

- Miranda doesn't like Brendan.

- I gathered that.

- Why?

- Oh, I used to go out with him for a bit.

- Go out with him?

- Yeah.

And now he's marrying her sister.

- It's a good punchline, isn't it?

- Yeah. One of the best.

So how long were you together,

you and this Brendan?

Oh, only about 10 days.

- What's wrong with him?

- Everything.

Wow!

Ooh, it's lovely. What a great view.

Yeah, it's not bad.

- Can I get you anything?

- No, I'm all right, thanks.

That'll do it. If you start unpacking,

I'll let her know we're here.

OK.

Hi, Miranda. We're here.

- Yeah Come up

- OK.

- There's the last two bags.

- Is that it?

Yeah. I'll go and lock the car.

So, how are we going to do this?

Do what? Just put your stuff wherever.

Oh, look.

That's the same stuff

you used to have on your bed.

Do you know, I'm the only person who can

compare you and Kerry... in every way.

Well, apart from that other guy

when you where 18.

What was he called? Mike, wasn't it?

Yeah.

You're right to let Kerry stay.

You owe her big time.

- Look who I found on the way up.

- Troy, help your mother.

Surprise. We got wine. We got food.

I'm sorry. I've arranged to go out.

But... come on in.

Make yourselves at home.

Right. In the kitchen. Come on, guys.

Oh, Miranda, darling.

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