The 7.39 Page #4

Oh, that old line, eh?!

He's freelance now.

He gets loads of work.

He's unstoppable,

constant state of perspiration.

Every time I look round,

he's bench-pressing

a chest-of-drawers.

He can't even go for a newspaper

without weights tied to his ankles.

Sounds exhausting.

It can be.

He's very reliable...

methodical.

He dry-cleans his jeans.

It sends me crazy!

It's like a sauna in here, ain't it?

Someone had to say it,

I suppose.

Hey, closing up now.

We'll let ourselves out.

Thanks, Kerry.

All to ourselves.

Eh, there's a train at 10:32. So...

Plenty of time.

One last swim?

Yeah, fine.

Come on!

Hang on. Ah, I've got a stitch.

Ah! We'll miss it. Come on!

Keep going. Keep going.

No! No!

I lost a lung outside Boots.

What time's the next train?

12:
02, gets in at half one.

Come on, then. What?

You owe me a drink, remember?

My first husband was

the complete opposite.

He was a DJ. Oh, you're cool.

No, not really.

Everyone was a DJ in the '90s.

At least they said they were.

Andre...

God, we had some mad times.

He was very handsome, very charming.

He just thought it was a shame

to waste all that

exclusively on me.

I can't really blame him.

We were far too young.

How young?

I'd been married four years

by the time I was 26.

Well, you weren't a superstar DJ.

No, that's right,

I was in marketing.

Do you want to do something

really rare?

Come on!

Whoa, hang on, that's first class!

Look, it's like

some magical wonderland!

Never once? No, never.

Never been tempted?

You know, slow-dancing

at a Christmas party...

A team building exercise in 2006-

a bit of flirty paintballing.

Flirty paintballing?

It was...

Yeah, that was it.

You know, you think about it,

but it just gets to the point

where you've got too much to lose.

And besides, I love my wife.

She's my soulmate.

A bit corny, isn't it?

You know? I mean, there's nothing

she doesn't know.

She finishes off all my sentences.

Ryan finishes mine

and gets them all wrong.

Sorry, I'm being a bit boring.

Not boring at all.

I had a nice night.

Yeah, me too.

A bit too nice, I suspect.

Well, I'll...

see you in six hours!

God, I want to cry.

You'll be all right.

Just drink lots of water. Eh?

That's not why I want to cry.

Some...

Sometimes I feel

like I can't do this.

You know, it doesn't seem natural

for every day

to do exactly the same thing.

I don't feel like I've done enough!

And then I think, "Well,

what are you expecting to happen?"

You know? Ryan...

He's a nice man.

He's nice.

He's nice...

We all grow up and

settle down eventually, don't we?

It's not the growing up,

it's the settling down.

I try and see my face

in that picture

and I just...

I can't do it.

I think if you love each other,

and you're happy,

I mean generally,

you know, most of the time then...

That's enough, isn't it?

Is it?

Christ, I bloody hope so.

And what time do you call this?

The train was late so...

You just go to sleep.

You reek of chlorine.

"What time do you call this,

young lady?"

You turned your phone off.

That's allowed, isn't it?

Why didn't you just go to bed?

Well, it was your turn

to cook supper.

All I've had is four energy bars

and now I can't stop shaking.

Right.

Drunk on a school night?

I don't have school nights!

Fine. They're your kidneys!

Yes, they are my kidneys!

At least until the wedding anyway.

I was worried about you,

that's all.

Goodnight.

'Platform 1 for the 07:39 South

West train service to London Waterloo

'calling at Guildford

and London Waterloo. '

If I could just get

a word in edgeways.

I'm just wiped out, that's all.

In fact, I think I might head up.

I'll see you in a bit.

Just we were supposed to be meeting.

Sorry, she's not here.

Well...

Start again!

'Good evening, ladies and gentlemen,

'we are momentarily being

held at a red signal

'but will be on the move

very shortly.

'We apologise for any

inconvenience this may cause. '

Can I have a gin and tonic, please?

And I'll some crisps -

the sour cream and chives.

The healthy option?

They've got chives in them.

Not real chives, artificial chives.

Can they do that nowadays?

Same again, please.

I waited for you.

I skipped the 7:
39,

the 7:
53...

.. the 8:
02.

I thought maybe

you were trying to avoid me.

No, I just thought I should...

you know, take a different train

for a while.

I found myself lying to Ryan.

I've never done that before.

Well, you know, I've lied

about my five-a-day,

but never about where I've been.

I've never turned my phone off

and...

I just thought, you know,

why would I do that

to the man I'm going to marry?

You're not doing anything.

Well, unless I am.

Carl, have we been flirting?

Well, I haven't. Have you?

Is that really so bad?

Not bad, just...

futile.

I'm getting married in July!

And, I mean, you've got a family

and I've got Ryan,

and he's a lovely guy.

He's a lovely man and I don't know,

it just seems...

Futile?

Dangerous.

You know, you get to a point

in your life and you think,

"Is this it?"

I've got all my friends now,

I've got my family, my job.

Same faces every morning,

same sandwich for lunch.

You know? But you...

You're just... you're new

and I haven't talked to anyone

the way that I talk to you,

and I don't hate Monday mornings

any more.

And the worst part of my week?

It's the best part of my week.

And I'd be lying if I said

you're not attractive,

you know, because you are.

I'm sorry, there's nothing

you can do about that.

Should I not be saying this?

Go on.

I just think it's a shame, you know?

You're down in coach G

and I'm up there in coach B,

just staring out of the window,

you know? It's just...

Unless I'm boring you.

No, not at all.

You're not, I feel the same.

I love seeing you every morning.

Do you?

Of course I do.

I think I'd go nuts otherwise.

Well, what's the harm?

We'll just be...

.. sensible.

And keep it on the train. OK?

'Final hopes of a breakthrough

'between management

and members of the RMT... '

'National Union of Rail Maritime

and Transport Workers Union

'broke down last night... '

'.. with no agreement reached. '

'The strike, due to start

at five this afternoon... '

'.. is already bringing travel chaos

to London and the South-East,

'with motoring organisations

reporting long delays. '

Why don't you work from home?

Oh, yeah, I'd love to hear what

Findlay said about that.

"I'm sorry, Grant, I'm going to

work from home today,

"hope you don't mind. "

But you'll be stranded!

They're not all on strike, are they?

I'll just be late back, that's all.

Dad? Listen, I've got to go.

I'll keep you posted. Dad!

Do you know about this?

Look, I'll just stay over

at Kerry's.

Worst comes to the worst,

I can find a hotel.

I had us pencilled in.

Soft lights, bit of baby-making...

I wish you wouldn't call it that,

Ryan.

Well, what do you want me

to call it?

I don't know, Xtreme Body Pump?

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