Tim That I feel anything, it isn’t true.

Victor So. This doesn’t mean anything?

Tim It means nothing.

Victor And you’re trash?

Tim We’re both trash. Come on eat something, eat some rubbish.

Tim gets his pills out.

And Nadia’s trash too really. She’s alright, you’ll get to like her after a bit. She’s been good to me. We have fun together.

Tim takes the pills.

Victor You are ill?

Tim No.

Victor She told me this, you are ill.

Tim No.

Victor Then what is this? This is medicine.

Tim This? This is total trash. More delicious chemical shite to fill my body with.

Victor I don’t want to be near ill people. They have ugly bodies.

Tim Alright.

Victor I could be in any country in the world with any guy.

Tim But I paid for you. I own you.

Victor Please. What is it like to be ill?

Tim Are you feeling sorry for me?

Victor No.

Tim So what are you feeling?

Victor Nothing.

Tim Good boy, because I warn you, you feel anything, you’re out okay? And you pay your own way home.

Victor Okay.

Tim Come on.

Tim holds up a sweet

Train in the tunnel. Chug, chug, chug.

Tim feeds Victor.

Good.

Scene Three

Nadia’s flat

Dark

Nick Where do you wanna … ?

Nadia Through here.

Enter Nadia, supported by Nick. We can only see their silhouettes, Nadia is wearing a knee-length coat.

Nadia Oh shit. Shit.

Nick C’mon. You’re alright now.

Nadia Fuck. I feel…

Nick Yeah?

Nadia Nauseous.

Nick Yeah?

Nadia Like I’m gonna … No. No. I’m alright. I’m alright.

Nick Right.

Nadia turns a light on. We can now see that her lip is cut and

swollen.

Nadia That’s better.

Pause.

Nadia Well… thanks.

Nick That’s alright.

Nadia No really, thanks. You were amazing. Just leapt in there out of the blue like –

Nick Yeah, well… I don’t like to see a bloke do that to a woman.

Nadia Of course not.

Nick I don’t like men who / don’t respect…

Nadia Right,

Nick I can’t stand that.

Nadia Of course you can’t. Look. I expect you need to …

Nick Yeah.

Enter Nadia to kitchen. Nick hesitates. Is he supposed to leave? Decides to wait. Enter Nadia with a packet of frozen food held up to her face. Doesn’t see Nick.

Nick Who was he?

Nadia Oh. Hi. I’d just filed you away. In here. Past tense.

Nick Was he your boyfriend?

Nadia I don’t know. / I’m fine now if you need to …

Nick You don’t know?

Nadia I knew this would come in handy. In the fridge when I moved in. Two years ago,

Nick You don’t know / if he’s your boyfriend?