Helen I don’t know.

Jonathan Come on. He’s out. Bound to head straight for you.

Helen I don’t know where he is.

Jonathan You’ve got to help me. It hurts so much the past, you know? I’ve got to find Nick.

Scene Five

Nadia’s flat.

Very loud music. Victor is darning in a pair of shorts as Tim cheers him on.

Tim Go baby go. Go, go, go, go.

Enter Nick.

Nick What the fuck?

Victor dances around Nick, bumping and grinding him. Nick tries to push him away. Victor carries on.

Nick Where’s Nadia? Where is she?

The dancing carries on. Nick grabs Victor and shakes him.

Nick Tell me where she is.

Victor Craz-eeeee.

Tim pulls Nick off Victor. Pause, Nick turns off the music.

Nick Where’s Nadia?

Tim You must be Nick.

Nick Tell me where she is.

Tim I’ve heard about you.

Nick (to Victor) Do you know where she is?

Tim You won’t get any sense from him.

Victor Off my tits, yeah.

Victor continues to gyrate in silence.

Nick What’s wrong with him?

Tim He’s happy. Leave him alone, he’s mine.

Nick Who are you?

Tim I’m Nadia’s very best and closest friend.

Nick Right. I can’t find her. She’s supposed to be back and …

Tim She’s supposed to be back … ?

Nick Ten minutes ago.

Tim Ten minutes?

Nick Ten minutes, yeah, and she’s not here and I was getting worried and I went to look for her and …

Tim Nadia attracts people like you.

Nick People like …

Tim Obsessive people.

Nick I’m not. I care about her. I want to look after her.

Tim As long as you respect her space.

Nick I want to watch her all the time.

Tim She’s her own person.

Nick But she’s her own person. Yes.

Tim Ten minutes. Yes, obsessive and dangerous people.

Nick I’m not. No, no.

Victor (to Nick) You like my body?

Nick What?

Victor You like my body?

Tim Tell him yes.

Nick I think something’s happened to her.

Victor He doesn’t like my body. Fucking bastard.

Tim Upset him now. (To Victor.) Alright baby. It’s alright.

Victor I’ve got a fucking fantastic body.

Tim Easy baby, easy.

Victor Guys go crazy for my body.

Tim Sit, SFF. (To Nick,) You have to be firm with them. So … Nineteen eighty-four. You’ve been away since nineteen eighty-four.

Nick That’s right.

Tim In prison since nineteen eighty-four.

Nick That’s right.

Tim A lot’s happened since nineteen eighty-four. A lot to catch up on.

Nick I suppose there must be.

Tim Well my balls have dropped for a start. Nineteen eighty-eight that was. And I started shaving. Nineteen ninety.

Victor I want the music.

Tim I told you. (To Nick.) Bit of whizz and he keeps going for three days. (To Victor.) Wait. Daddy’s talking. (To Nick.) Nadia’s a good person, you know?

Nick She’s been good to me.