Sliding Doors Page #6

So, yes, I'm a little suspicious

I want to know what else you've

been doing that you're not meant to

Wait, hang on

Let me get this straight

'cause this is just about brilliant

I buy you flowers on a whim in a...

in a, in a fit of, of,

of, um, of romance but...

See... you couldn't

even think of the word

But instead of being, of being grateful,

instead of being 'romanced'...

...you're instantly convinced

that I'm ensconced in some decrepit tacky,

underhand clandestine affair!

In a nutshell

Gerry?

Are you back?

I missed you so I came home early

to see you

God

What are they?

Well they're flowers

For you. Um...

...d'you not like them?

That image of her sitting

on top of you, oh God, I...

...I, I really don't know

why I agreed to come

Please stop, Gerry, don't, I,

I don't want you to touch me

I'm, I'm sorry. Um, um, don't go

Please try and...

put her out of your mind

She's, she's out of mine

It's finished... over

I made a mistake. Such a big...

big mistake and I'm sorry

I'm truly, truly sorry

I mean this new bloke, this James

Hammerton that you're seeing...

...does he not make mistakes?

How do y ouknow his name?

A mate of Russell's works

at the restaurant

They're... mutual friends. I... I mean,

it's not especially important

Well I don't want to talk about James Hammerton

or anyone else. I have to go

Oh, by the, by the way I've, er...

...I've stopped writing the book

Helen... the truth is

I can't write without you

I can't do anything without you

I want you to

come back to me, Helen

We were so good together

Remeber, remember

how good we are together?

Sorry... Just wait

Yeah?

I'm late, Gerry... Four days.

I'm never late

Oh, Russell. Er, look, hi

Er, look, mate. Look, er, can I ring you

back in a few minutes, yeah?

Yeah... Yeah, okay. Okay.

Thanks, mate, cheers. Bye

It's, er... Russell

I'm, I'm dying for the loo

Telephone number 01714443184

To return the call press three

Why are you pretending I'm Russell?

You know I hate that

What's going on?

Gerry, answer me. Who's there?

It's Helen actually. We met once

I interrupted you

faking your orgasm

Sorry I can't be more specific

You know what I was thinking?

You're not going, are you?

You wanker. You sad, sad wonker

God, I feel like such a mug!

The useless, no good...

...shagging, horrible,

despicable, I ying...

...two-faced pissing, shagging...

You said shagging

You know the worst bit?

All I could think about was James

I felt like I was being unfaithful

to James just by being there

That sounds like the best bit.

And you were

He didn't call, did he?

That's nearly a week

I think I've blown it.

I've blown it, haven't I?

I blame British Telecom.

All this new technology

This number if you want

to know who called...

...another one if you don't

want them to know you called...

...itemised bills, take away

the first number you thought of

I mean they are single-handedly condemning

the average red-blooded Englishman...

...to a life of terminal monogamy

What are they after?

The Nobel Peace Prize?

And Lydia might be pregnant

Oh no more, please...

I can't take it

Oh this is terrific stuff

I must say, being with you makes

the wait for the next episode of

'Seinfeld' much easier to bear

I didn't reckon on things

turning out this way

Everything's a cock up.

What's going on?

Well... to use boxing parlance,

if I may... it's quite simple

You've just lost

Are you sure? You've been a bit...

...I don't know, a bit distant

since I've got back

I know

Well, okay...

there are a couple of things.

Which one do you want

to hear first?

I don't mind

Well the 'small'thing is that

I've got an interview for a job

A PR job, a proper one

International company

opening up in London

Chairwoman herself called, said she

had heard a lot about me and...

she's invited me to her apartment

tomorrow evening for a serious chat

Jesus Christ!

What?

Jesus Christ, I mean that's... that's

not a small thing, that's... that's huge

I mean it's... I mean it's... it's brilliant.

I mean that's the best

Is the blind buggered again?

No. Er... no

Well, I...

Are you all right?

Yeah, no, I'm fine, darling.

My sweetheart, that's great, it's tremendous

I'm thrilled. I'm so thrill...

Hello?

I really need to talk to you

Hi, Russ. How are you?

Come by my apartment tomorrow night

at eight. It's important

Ah, really, mate. No, what a drag

Oh no, yeah. Okay, yeah, sure.

Sure, sure, yeah

Yeah, yeah, I'll help you

Yeah, yeah, cheers, mate.

Cheers. Bye

It's Russell's family

is descending unannounced

Yeah, he wants me to, er,

go round tomorrow evening and,

er... help him clear out,

er, his spare room

Er, right. Okay. So...

Sorry, what was the other thing

you wanted to tell me?

Doesn't matter. It's not important

Hammerton Enterprises

Rachael, I'm going out to the shops

Can I get you anything?

No thanks

Are you okay?

Yes

Yes. Yes, I'm fine

I just... you know, I go to

the shops, just I'll be, um...

Sorry

Hello!

Hi. Hi Hi

How... how are you?

I'm... I'm great

Er, how are you?

Sorry, you're great

Business lunch?

Yeah, just a chat, you know

Well my office

is just round the corner

I know. Um... I, I, I thought

you were away on business

Yeah, I was. I just, I, um,

got back last night as a matter of, er

Helen, look, please

don't think that I, that I...

Ah... it's okay, I...

I haven't thought

I mean I, I,

I didn't think that or not

No, I mean... don't think

that I have not called you

I haven't 'not' called you

I mean, I don't... I don't mean

I haven't 'not' called you

because that's a double negative...

...so as to say

that I 'have' called you

When did you call?

Er, well I, I didn't

But I... I didn't 'not' call you in the way

that you might think I didn't call you

Oh dear

I wanted to call you

I even did that dial all but the

last number thing and then not, er...

It's... ridiculous behaviour

Totally

You see, I... I thought you still had to

deal with, with your other, er...

Gerry?!

Well I don't know,

is that... yeah, if...

And I thought it was best

if I allowed youto...

Gerry is why you haven't called me?

Well, after Clive's party I didn't

want to just presume that you'd, that we had

You think I just go to bed with all successful

oarsmen that I come across?

Sorry, nervous humour

Well I hoped not

Sorry, excuse me

Hello?

Oh, I see. I'll, um...

...I'll come straight away.

Okay, thanks

My... mum had to go into hospital

She's had some tests done. The results

are through. I should, er, go

Do you want me to come with you?

Yeah, that's really nice of you

Er... well maybe, um...

I don't... she's quite frail

and I, and I don't know how she's gonna...

It's okay

but, um... thanks

I'm, er, well some friends are

having dinner at Clive's tonight...

...if you're, if you're not doing

anything, you want to come along

Well some other time

I'd love to if that's okay

Yeah, yeah. Of course, crikey,

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