Ted In what way?
Danny In all ways. I’ve gotta fix up. Get a proper job, stop getting fucked all the time.
Ted Why?
Danny For Charlotte, innit.
Ted Charlotte?
Danny I want her back, don’t I.
Ted Serious?
Danny Yeah.
Ted How’s that going then?
Danny Well, it’s up and down to be honest. Sometimes it feels like she’s up for it, but then suddenly she goes all cold.
Ted Well, she’s probably just trying to be careful mate.
Danny She’s driving me mental.
Ted Do you mean it?
Danny Course I mean it. That’s what I’m saying, I need to fix up.
Ted She’s a nice girl, Dan. She’s not a dickhead.
Danny I wanna settle down.
Ted You wanna settle down?
Danny Yeah. What’s wrong with that?
Ted You broke her heart, Dan.
Danny I just need one more chance. That’s all. If she’d just give me one more chance, it’d be different this time, but that’s what I’m saying, you can’t go back can ya?
Ted No.
Danny Like, last night, we went for a drink.
Ted Yeah?
Danny Fuckin’ great it was. Went back to hers. It was all good. But then, like this morning, soon as I wake up she’s giving me the silent treatment, looking at me like I tricked her or something. Like I done something bad, I say, what’s going on, then she just freezes up, leaves for work.
Ted That good was it.
Danny I keep telling her, fresh start, but what can I do? If she’s always expecting me to act the cunt, pretty soon, I’m gonna act the cunt, aren’t I?
Ted She needs to know you ain’t gonna waste her time again. She’s testing you.
Danny I ain’t gonna waste her time again, Ted. That’s what I’m saying. The epiphany, it dawned on me, you know, today, Tony’s day and all that. I got to stop pissing about and actually get something started. Show her innit. Show her that I mean it.
Ted Yeah?
Danny I’m changing things, ain’t I, this is it, mate.
Ted Well, good for you, pal. Good for you. They drink. Smoke the spliff. Danny takes a puff and holds the smoke in, passes it to Ted and doesn’t exhale until he gets the joint back. Ted does the same.
Danny What you doing later anyway?
Ted Dunno, this, more of this.
Danny We should do something, shouldn’t we? Celebrate.
Ted Celebrate what? He’s dead.
Danny You know what I mean. Mark the occasion. He would have wanted us to.
Ted What you got in mind?
Danny Well, there’s this party my mates are putting on.
Ted What kind of party?
Danny Nothing too mental,
Ted Oh right, just the usual twenty rig sound clash then, let me guess – warehouse in Peckham12 full of wannabe rude boys out to rob phones, and trendy fuckin’ art students passed out in a corner experiencing Ketamine.13 Think I’m alright, mate.
Danny Don’t be a dick. Come on.