Sunshine on Leith Page #6

Well, there's nothing

for me here now, so...

- Where are you gonna go?

- Where do you think I'm going?

I've joined up again.

Ally, you know what it's like out there.

You know what can happen.

- It's not that bad.

- We nearly died, Ally. It's crazy.

So it's not what

we're supposed to be doing?

Looking for some sort of adventure,

something new, something else?

- Not settling for what we've got?

- What about Ronnie?

Think he'd settle for what he's got?

- Ronnie was unlucky.

- You need to think about this.

- I have.

- Think again.

- Stop telling me what to do.

- Why would you want to go back?

Because they wanted me!

- Ally, I'm begging You-

- Davy.

I get it.

You need to let me do this.

Keep your head down.

Don't do anything stupid.

D'you hear?

Hey.

I'll be fine.

I'll be fine.

Hi, Rab. Jean dropped this off

earlier for you when you were asleep.

I thought I'd pop it in.

Where's that?

That's Ullapool, I think.

Have you been up there?

No, I've been meaning to.

It looks so beautiful.

Lizzie.

- We're all gonna miss her.

- Yeah.

As if my heart

wasn't breaking enough.

The joys of parenthood.

You'll want to go shopping when you

get there. You don't need all this.

Tell me about the hospital again.

Well, it's a teaching hospital,

so I could choose a specialism

and do a masters if I want.

Well, you'd better.

What will you go for?

- Nurse practitioner?

- That's nearly a doctor, isn't it?

Not quite.

Well, that's what I'll be telling people

when I'm bragging about you.

You'll be fine, Lizzie.

You'll be fine.

Go on, try that now.

When you go will you send back

A letter from America?

Take a look up the rail track

From Miami to Canada

Broke off from my work the other day

I spent the evening thinking about

all the blood that owed away

Across the ocean

to the second chance

I wonder how it got on

when it reached the promised land

When you go will you send back

A letter from America?

Take a look up the rail track

From Miami to Canada

I've looked at the ocean

Tried hard to imagine

The way they felt the day they sailed

from Wester Ross to Nova Scotia

We should have held you

We should have told you

But you know our sense of timing

We always wait too long

When you go will you send back

A letter from America?

Take a look up the rail track

From Miami to Canada

Lochaber no more

Sutherland no more

Lewis no more

Skye no more

Lochaber no more

Sutherland no more

Lewis no more

Skye no more

Lochaber no more

Sutherland no more

Lewis no more

Skye no more

I wonder, my blood

Will you ever return

To help us kick the life back

to a dying mutual friend

Do we not love her?

Do we not say we love her?

Do we have to roam the world

to prove how much it hurts?

When you go

will you send back

A letter from America?

Take a look up the rail track

From Miami to Canada

Bathgate no more

Linwood no more

Methil no more

Irvine no more

Bathgate no

more Linwood no more

Methil no more

Irvine no more

Bathgate no more

Linwood no more

Methil no more

Irvine no more

Bathgate no more

Linwood no more

Methil no more

Irvine no more

Across the ocean

To the second chance

I wonder how it got on

When it reached the

promised land

Everything with your dad

makes you think a bit, doesn't it?

If the same thing happened to my mum,

I'd wanna be there for her too.

Of course.

Even if it meant me going home?

Nothing has happened to your mum.

- Has it?

- No, but it could.

What if I had to go?

Well, then, I'd understand.

I thought you might be a little bit

more concerned than that.

- Well, course I'd be concerned.

- Well, good.

That's a slight improvement

on 'I'd understand'.

What's the problem here?

- This is all hypothetical.

- But this isn't, us. This is real.

- I thought this was about your mum.

- No, Davy, this is about me and you.

If something happens,

I wanna know if you'd come with me.

- To England?

- Does it matter where?

Well, aye, if it's England.

What?

Look, my family's here.

I can't just abandon them.

You ran off to the

army quick enough.

- This is ridiculous.

- Oh, right, so I'm being ridiculous.

- Aren't you?

- OK, fine.

Tell me, if I went,

would you come with me?

Or what? That's us finished?

- It's not an ultimatum.

- Well, it sounds like it.

- Well, answer the question, then!

- No.

- I think you'd better go, then.

- Fine, I will.

Ally?

Hi, Ma.

How you doing?

Yeah, I'm good, thanks.

Yeah, no, I just...

I thought I'd ask how you'd feel

about me maybe coming

home for a bit.

Well, I don't really know yet.

Maybe quite a while.

Or for good.

Not sure.

So am I back on the couch?

You broke your vows, Rab.

I cannae pretend it didn't happen.

I cannae act like

I'm not hurt by it.

But I'll live with it.

Thank you.

I'm not gonna stop seeing Eilidh.

With Liz and Davy,

you made me promise

that I would be as good

a father as I could be.

And I tried. I'm still trying.

But you just can't turn

that off like it's a tap.

I need to try for her.

I need to see her.

What are you thinking?

I think you're stubborn.

Infuriating.

And utterly predictable.

So are we going home

together or what?

Why don't you ask the driver?

Hi.

Hiya.

How are you feeling?

Yeah, I'm fine, I'm fine.

Good.

Right.

Car's just outside.

Dad wants a cup of tea.

I'll make it.

You all right?

Aye, fine.

Do you wanna make it work?

- Eh?

- You and Yvonne.

Do you really wanna make it work?

- Aye, I do, but...

- No buts, Davy.

If you love her,

just go and get her.

- Where are you going?

- I need to speak to Yvonne.

She's gone.

You're too late.

What do you mean?

Where's she gone?

- I don't know if I'm allowed to say.

- Francine.

- Well, I...

- Where's she gone?

She's gone to get the train home,

to England.

She was really upset.

What? I had to tell him.

They're in love.

Sorry.

Yvonne!

Yvonne, wait, please. Yvonne.

- What do you want?

- I need to ask you a question.

- I don't wanna talk to you.

- I need to know something.

I'm gonna be late

for my train, Davy.

Do you want to make this work?

- What?

- You and me, I mean.

- Do you want to make this work?

- Look, Davy...

I don't know how things'll work out,

Yvonne, and I can live with that.

But if you're not ready

to take that chance...

Me? What do you mean,

if I'm not ready?

- So you are ready?

- No, not any more.

- But you just said...

- I was ready.

And then you made your

position perfectly clear.

But, I thought you were

looking for an excuse to end it.

I was looking for a reason

to keep going.

- Why didn't you say that?

- I did. I asked you and you said no.

- That wasn't the question.

- Yes, it was.

Was it?

Look, look, ask me again,

but this time

please keep it simple.

Your family, your home, they're

important to you, I get that, but...

I don't know where I fit in.

You're a part of all

of that now.

What if I have to leave

and you have to choose?

I don't wanna be the one

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