Third Star Page #5

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to let me swim

- No

- No

- Jim. We can't let you mate.

- You can.

The question is:
will you?

Has this been your plan all along?

I thought you wanted to live. Why would ...

Because this is how my life is gonna be

from now on

Because of the pain

Because of the drugs that I take for the pain,

because of the drugs that I take

for the side-effects of the other drugs ...

You've seen it

It's only gonna get worse

My life is all up here now really, but

it's taking over and gradually I'll sleep further

and further into thinking solely about pain

and that's not worth living for

I dont know what the pains like

but surely we can...

- What?

- I don't know. I can't ...

- You can

- What would we tell your mum and dad?

- This is insane! I can't believe you're talking

about it normally!

The same as you'll tell the police. That you woke

up in the morning and I'd gone.

That you searched the dunes and then you saw

something floating in the sea.

You went to get me but by then it was too late

every time I'd saw your family I'd know

they could have had you for another day

To say goodbye properly

That's just it, there won't be a better goodbye

than the one we just had.

There will. It isn't time yet.

I have never been so alive. And now I want to

end it, to actually finish something!

I want to finally ... finish something.

Why don't you just go home and take an overdose

like normal people.

- Itd be painless. Youd just fall asleep.

- It would be giving in.

If I swim out and the sea takes me it's different

I would be making a choice

I want to be conscious until I'm gone, I want to

feel something even if its the pain

Of salt water in my lungs. I want to FEEL

To fight

Something ... huge

and ... terrifying

and brave

I promised your mum I'd bring you back.

Sorry James.

Okay

Okay, I'm sorry.

It's too much to ask

Davy ... Davy!

I can't find his meds bag

Must have slipped out

He doesn't have any morphine left

I'm not f***ing deaf!

We'll find it. Miles!

Davy! Davy!

Miles!

F***

I can't breathe! I can't...

Sh*t!

- Miles! Miles, I got it!

- Jesus!

Anybody there? James!

James,i've got it. James!

Sorry. Sorry

You've nearly outlived Davy

You've ruined this camping trip. Can we go

home now, please?

Ah, James. I'm scared

Sorry

If you can't do this, tell me

I'll swim as far as I can

I'd rather not be alone, mate

Please ... Miles

Do this

Miles!

Please!

So I raise a morphine toast to you all

And, if you should happen to remember, it's the

anniversary of my birth

Remember that you were loved by me

And that you made my life a happy one

And there's no tragedy in that

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