Truly Madly Deeply Page #3

Actually, I'm fantastically cold. One thing

I've really noticed: This flat is freezing.

The heating's on.

It's supposed to be on, anyway.

I've got to tell you... this is a terrible flat.

- I know.

- It's terrible.

Honestly, Nina, you're hopeless.

And something else is

really bothering me, too.

You've got red bills. Red gas, red phone.

- It's not clever.

- I know.

And you never lock the back door.

It's driving me crazy.

I'm going, I'm going.

Thank you for missing me.

I have. I do.

I did.

I know.

But the pain, your pain...

I couldn't bear that.

There's a little girl.

I see this little girl from time to time.

Alice, who's three, three and a half.

And she's great. Everybody makes

a big fuss, but she isn't spoiled.

Well, she wasn't spoiled.

She was knocked over and she died.

And her parents and her family

and her friends from kindergarten...

Well, she used to go to this park.

And she was telling me,

they made an area in the park...

...gave the money for swings

and little wooden animals.

And there are these plaques on each

of the... on the sides of the swing...

...the bottom of the horse...

...from Alice's mum and dad: "In loving

memory of Alice, who used to play here."

And, of course, Alice goes

back there all the time.

You see parents...

...take their child off the swing...

...and see the sign.

And then they hold onto their

son and daughter so tightly...

...clinging on for dear life.

And yet the capacity to love

that people have...

- What happens to it?

- I don't know.

I blame the government.

- What?

- The government.

- What's the government got to do with it?

- I hate the bastards.

You've died, and you're

still into party politics?!

- I still attend meetings.

- Oh, God!

Which is more than can

be said for some people.

- That's my doorbell.

- It's a bit late.

- Are you expecting somebody?

- No.

I'll make myself scarce.

I make decision. We go to Paris.

Make love for one week.

Titus!

You're fab. You're so sweet.

Oh.

Titus, I can't go to Paris with you.

- Oh, dear.

- Why? You...

You don't like Paris?

You don't want to make love?

For a week?! No, I love Paris. Erm...

No, it's got nothing to do with

your offer, which is very kind.

No, which is more than kind. It's lovely.

It's just that I'm not

really looking for a lover.

It's not you. I'd say the same to anybody.

- Can I come in?

- No.

- Just for talk.

- No.

Really, it's too late.

- Now I am depressed.

- I'm sorry.

I bought tickets.

I am man with big emotion, big heart.

I know, Titus.

Thank you.

Well...

I love you.

Do you follow?

I follow.

Jamie.

Jamie!

Jamie, please, where are you?

Jamie.

Jamie, please come back.

- Who was that?

- Is this going to be your party trick?

- It sounded like a man's voice.

Titus. It was Titus.

Don't worry. He's Polish.

- A bit late to come round.

- That's what I told him.

So? What?

- Is he in love with you?

- I don't think so, no.

Darling?

What are you doing?

Warming my lips.

Your mother!

You think every cloud

looks like my mother.

This one really does look like her. Look.

Eyes, nose, eyebrows...

- Brilliant!

- My mother has not got a beard.

Well, I see that as a sort of...

...ruffle.

I love you.

I love you.

I really love you.

- I really, truly love you.

- I really, truly, madly love you.

I really, truly, madly, deeply love you.

I really, truly, madly, deeply,

passionately love you.

I really, truly, madly, deeply,

passionately, remarkably love you.

I really, truly, madly, deeply,

passionately, remarkably...

...erm...

...deliciously love you.

- I really, truly...

...madly, passionately, remarkably,

deliciously... juicily love you.

"Deeply." "Deeply"! You passed on

"deeply", which was your word...

...which means that you

couldn't have meant it.

So you're a fraud, actually.

You're probably

a figment of my imagination.

"Juicily"?

Your forfeit! Erm, erm...

You play, I dance.

- I'll go.

- No, no.

- Oh, it's Claire.

- She wanted my cello, didn't she?

Bloody cheek.

I want the world to go away.

I don't know about the world, but

I guarantee the rats have gone away.

How?

Terrified of ghosts.

- Really?

- Really.

And now your sister's gone away, too.

Go away.

Oh, Jamie!

Oh, God!

You pig.

- Oh, I'm ill.

- You're not ill.

- I'm sick.

- You're not sick.

I am sick. I've got tummy ache.

I'm probably dying. That'll be

the next thing. I'll die as well.

Oh, sorry.

Sorry. I can't believe I said that.

I'm wondering whether you

want to go into work today.

- No?

- OK.

- I can't believe I just said that.

- Don't worry.

You should call in, so they know

you're dying. They might be concerned.

Nina. This is Sandy.

Are you hibernating? Where are you?

Do you think I should go in?

Aren't you boiling?

No, I'm freezing. I've been trying to

fix your central heating. Who put it in?

What was wrong with whatshisname

who did the shower at Coniston Road?

It's working perfectly.

It must be 90 degrees in here.

That's why I've got tummy ache. I've

probably got a tropical disease - malaria.

I can't go into work with malaria.

Anyway, what would

you do if I went into work?

Don't worry about me.

I can do a lot of things.

- I've been having Spanish lessons, I've...

- Spanish? I knew!

I knew you had!

Yeah, because when you were...

You know, when I could sense you,

feel you around...

...and you were telling me to do things

like lock the back door...

...you'd say it in Spanish.

And I was so... I was really...

I was really touched.

The accent's not great, but...

No, don't!

So I'm going in, am I?

Oh.

Jamie.

What have you?

Well, I've just changed

a few things around.

Cleared up a bit.

Where's my tiger?

- Well, I could put it back.

- No, no, it's...

You know I've got more sense with those

things. You could never hang a picture.

Could I light the fire?

And... I gave you this.

I think I will have to go in, actually.

I can feel my face is hot.

I've got to be careful.

You know I'm prone to colds.

And you imagine:
I get

a cold now, it could last for ever.

I'm not joking. I'm serious.

Thank you.

What for?

Coming back.

- Nina!

- I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

Maura! Hello... Oh, no.

Oh, my God. Is it... Thursday?

It's Friday, Nina. Where have you been?

Titus? Hello.

Hi.

Maura, have you been

here since yesterday?

No, no.

- She's doing some cleaning.

- What do you mean?

Cleaning. We need someone,

she needs the money.

Sandy! She's about to have a baby.

Excuse me, could we just

start all this again, please?

You disappear for a week, we have been

working. You come back, we get told off.

- Sorry. I'll be with you in a moment.

- Comment?

God, is it really Friday? My God.

Apart from anything else,

Gabriella called me.

She was screaming and being hysterical.

What else is new? I know.

- But luckily, Maura was here.

- How did that help?

Gabriella spoke to her, so Maura can

speak to you, then you can speak to me.

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