Victor Why does this happen to me? This always happens to me. I’m a crazy guy, you know, and I just want to have fun, just want to enjoy … Why do these guys fucking lie to me? Loving, spiritual, vulnerable, ill. Fuck this.

Nadia What are you doing?

Victor I’m going.

Nadia But Tim isn’t back yet.

Victor I don’t want to see this liar.

Nadia Please wait for him. He’ll be back with food in a minute, then we can / get the tube.

Victor No. I don’t need this.

Nadia He wants you here. He’s been looking forward to … It means so much / to him.

Victor Means? Means? Fuck this ‘means’. Nothing means anything, okay?

Victor moves to exit.

Victor I find a guy to pay my fare out of here.

Nadia Who?

Victor Any guy. They’re all crazy for me. Some guy will fly me to Japan and I will live in cave.

Enter Tim with sweets and cherryade.

Tim Daddy’s here. Look at this. Total crap, love it. Total fucking shite the lot of it. Not a vitamin in sight, fabulous. Lucky bag for everyone. For you.

Nadia Thank you.

Tim And for you.

Victor No.

Tim It’s for you. Special trash delivery.

Victor I don’t want this.

Tim Cherryade? Let’s all have cherryade.

Victor Fucking bastard.

Tim Who’s a …

Victor You, you fucking bastard.

Tim What have I … ?

Nadia Please. I’m sorry.

Victor Spiritual? She says you’re spiritual.

Tim Well she shouldn’t have done that. Why do you always do this?

Nadia I didn’t know.

Tim Just when I’ve met someone. Just when I’m having some fun at last.

Nadia I just wanted him to understand / that you have feelings.

Tim There’s nothing to understand.

Victor I’m going.

Tim No.

Nadia That you feel something.

Tim No I don’t. I don’t feel anything, alright?

Nadia But you do, I know you do / and I know you want someone in your life because you’ve got this need …

Tim Don’t you tell me. I want to have fun.

Nadia And we feel the need.

Tim Just because you’re … Just because you’ve got no-one.

Nadia I’ve got Simon.

Tim Yeah?

Nadia Sometimes, yes, often I’ve got Simon.

Tim And look what Simon does to you. Look at how Simon hurts / you all the time.

Nadia No. I’m not listening to all this negative … No, I’m going now. I’ll make my own way back. I’m going. And who knows? I might meet someone on the way back. Because I’m open, I’m at peace with myself, I don’t have to …

Tim What? What?

Nadia Pay for a … sex … slave.

Nadia exits.

Tim She shouldn’t have said that, it isn’t true.

Victor You don’t want slave?