DAVID DOCTOR JOANNA MARIO RECEPTIONIST SIRI THEO SIRI Are you going to the A&E via Vauxhall? DAVID Yeah, I think so. DAVID Listen... I think I need...time and space. To, like, think. So, don't call me loads or send texts and stuff. If you can give me that. SIRI Yeah. RECEPTIONIST Okay, I'm going to need your NHS number. DAVID I'm Swedish, I don't have one. I have a driver's license. RECEPTIONIST That's fine. JOANNA Ridiculous, isn't it? DAVID Yeah. How long have you been here for? JOANNA Since half eight. So, what? Five hours now. DAVID Yeah... DAVID What happened to him? JOANNA He fell off the kitchen counter. DAVID Ouch. JOANNA Yep. And his head took quite a bash. I mean although he seems quite fine now. DAVID Yeah. JOANNA What about you? DAVID I just...fell. Hurt my hand. JOANNA Mm. DAVID Yeah. THEO I want to go home. JOANNA Okay, come here. Theo. Here. THEO I'm hungry. JOANNA Okay, come here. Let's see what we've got. Okay... THEO That's not real food. JOANNA Well, that's all we've got. Do you want some water? Water. THEO We can go and buy some food. JOANNA We can't come away, because if the doctor comes out and we're not here... That's not good, is it? DAVID I-I can go buy some food if you want. JOANNA It's okay. DAVID No, I'm... JOANNA It's fine. DAVID I'm gonna go buy something anyway. And I have to move my legs. JOANNA Are you sure? DAVID Yeah, yeah, yeah. What does he want? JOANNA Any sandwich would be fine. DAVID Yeah. JOANNA Thank you. DAVID Do you want coffee? JOANNA Ah yeah, I could murder a coffee. DAVID Okay. JOANNA Thank you. Let me... Oh shit, I've only got my card. DAVID No, no, no. It's fine. JOANNA Are you sure? DAVID Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Of course. Yeah. JOANNA Thanks. DAVID Here we are. JOANNA You're a lifesaver, yeah. Aw, thank you. DAVID Yeah, no worries. JOANNA What do you say, Theo? THEO Thank you. JOANNA Thank you, very good. DAVID Yeah, you're welcome. JOANNA Aw, thank you so much. DAVID Yeah. And...I put milk in it though. JOANNA Amazing. Yeah, that's perfect. Thank you. JOANNA What's your name? DAVID David. JOANNA David. I'm Joanna. THEO Theo! JOANNA Theo. What's your name? THEO Theo. JOANNA Yeah, right. DAVID Nice to meet you, Theo. DOCTOR When did you get this wound? DAVID Just a couple weeks ago and then I fell yesterday and it split open again and started bleeding. DOCTOR This is very infected. And I don't want to reach this infection to your tissues. DAVID Okay. DOCTOR I will clean it. And also, I am going to prescribe you antibiotics. DAVID M-hm. DOCTOR You will start it right away, three times a day for ten days. DAVID Yeah. JOANNA Hey! DAVID Oh hi. JOANNA How did it go? DAVID Good. Got a bandage and some pills. JOANNA Okay. DAVID Yeah. How's Theo? JOANNA Yeah, he's fine, thank god. His dad just picked him up. DAVID Okay. JOANNA Yeah. JOANNA Oh. It's raining. This is just what you want when you've been inside for eight hours...! DAVID Yeah. JOANNA Well... It was very nice meeting you. DAVID Yeah, you too. JOANNA Okay. DAVID Take care. JOANNA Bye. DAVID Bye. JOANNA Where are you going? DAVID Sorry, what? JOANNA Where are you headed? DAVID The Tube, west. JOANNA Okay, well do you want a lift, or...? DAVID Yeah, I'll take a lift. JOANNA Yeah, just this way. Through here, yeah. DAVID Do you want to make a run for it, or...? JOANNA Yeah, okay. DAVID Okay. JOANNA So, what are you doing in London? DAVID Just hanging out. Working. I live with a friend. JOANNA Where do you work? DAVID Plus Phone Customer Service. JOANNA You're kidding! Do you know Stephen Lowery? DAVID I don't know him, but... He's like the main boss. Why? Do you know him? JOANNA Yeah, he's an old friend of my ex husband's. Theo's dad. DAVID Oh. Small world. JOANNA Small world. DAVID What do you do? JOANNA I am an architect. DAVID Right. Housing or more...? JOANNA Mainly commercial construction. DAVID Okay. JOANNA Yeah, offices, warehouses, hospitals, that sort of thing. I'm working on a pretty cool project right now. That's residential. It's called the London Spear. Have you heard of it? DAVID No. JOANNA 1,500 student flats. DAVID 1,500? JOANNA Yeah, it's a lot, but it's good fun. DAVID Yeah. JOANNA And it's a great cause. Like...the housing situation in this city is just so shit. DAVID Yeah! It's crazy. JOANNA Here we are. DAVID Thank you so much for the ride. JOANNA Yeah, of course. DAVID What the hell...? JOANNA Are you okay there? DAVID Yeah, I don't know what... JOANNA Do you want... Let me help you. DAVID Thank you. JOANNA All right, bye. DAVID All right, take care! JOANNA Bye. DAVID Bye. MARIO Hi. DAVID Hi. MARIO What the fuck, David? DAVID What? MARIO What's going on? How'd the hand go? DAVID Yeah, it was fine. It just took a fuckload of time. MARIO Where the hell were you last night? DAVID Well... MARIO Not Siri, right? DAVID No! No. MARIO So where were you? Where were you? Where were you? Where were you? Where the hell... DAVID Fuck! MARIO What is it? DAVID Shit! Ah! MARIO What is it? DAVID Ah! Fuck. MARIO What is it, David? DAVID I forgot my fucking penicillin in a car. Ah! Shit, that's dumb. MARIO Whose car, David? JOANNA Hi, Joanna Alexander speaking. DAVID Hi, Joanna. It's David from the hospital. JOANNA Hi, David! DAVID Hi. JOANNA How are you doing? DAVID Good, thanks. But I think I forgot my meds in your car, maybe? JOANNA Yes, you did. I've got them, don't worry. DAVID Okay, good. Can I maybe come pick them up somewhere? JOANNA Yeah. Of course, no problem. I'm at home, so do you wanna pop by here to get them? DAVID Yeah, yeah, yeah. I can do that. Awesome, thank you. JOANNA Yeah, no worries. I'll text you the address, okay? DAVID Perfect. JOANNA All right, I'll see you in a bit. DAVID Yeah. Okay. JOANNA All right, bye. DAVID Bye. JOANNA Hi. DAVID Hi. JOANNA Come on in. DAVID Thanks. JOANNA How are you doing? DAVID Good. And you? JOANNA Yeah, yeah. Did you find it okay? DAVID Yeah, I had trouble finding the exit on the Tube, but... JOANNA Yeah. DAVID I'm here. JOANNA Yeah, you're here now. Here you go. DAVID Oh, thank you so much. JOANNA You are very welcome. DAVID Yeah, thanks. JOANNA Oh, give me a sec, hold on. JOANNA For Theo's food. DAVID No, no, no, no, no. JOANNA No, please. Let me... DAVID No, it was only like five quid. It's...it's all good. JOANNA Okay, well, thank you again. DAVID No, thank you for... Could I maybe get a glass of water for... JOANNA Yeah. DAVID Yeah? JOANNA Sure. Come on in. You don't have to take your shoes off. DAVID Oh. Sorry, I'm...I'm so used to taking them off. JOANNA It's fine. Come on. We're just through here. JOANNA I'll get you some water out of the fridge. DAVID Nice. DAVID Oh, little Theo. JOANNA Oh yeah. He's really small there. DAVID Is he home? JOANNA No, he's at his dad's. DAVID So cute. JOANNA Yeah. There you go. DAVID Thank you. JOANNA You're welcome. JOANNA All good? DAVID Yeah. So this is the famous counter top? JOANNA This is the famous counter top, yeah. Literally, I think I turned away for a couple of seconds and I could just see in the corner of my eye him, like, crawl up and then...bam. DAVID Must be tough when things happen to your kid like that. JOANNA Oh my god, you feel so shit. So shit. JOANNA How's that water? DAVID Awesome, yeah. Really, really delicious. JOANNA Can I...I don't know, get you anything else, or...? Do you want a glass of wine? DAVID Ye...yeah. You sure? JOANNA Yeah. DAVID Yeah? JOANNA Yeah. Especially after the day we've had. It's... DAVID Yeah. JOANNA ...pinot noir, hope that's all right with you. DAVID Yeah, it's fine. It's fine. JOANNA Good. Well. Cheers. DAVID Cheers. JOANNA Good, right? DAVID I've been working there for like, I don't know. What is it now? Six months or something like that. JOANNA Yeah. DAVID And...yeah. And I have this script in my head, so I know exactly what to say at all times to make them think that I'm listening to them. DAVID But I really don't, I'm just, you know, on my scrolling, and when they talk I'm like "m-hm, phone, yeah, yeah, yeah, I understand, how can I..." You know, but you know... JOANNA No, I get it. I had a very brief call centre career back in uni. DAVID Yeah? JOANNA Yeah. DAVID Where? JOANNA IBM. Back in the day IBM were the shit. Like, they paid really good money, they employed all the students, so it was good in that sense. But it was horrendous. I think I lasted two weeks before I got sacked. DAVID Two weeks? JOANNA Two weeks. God, I was so shit. DAVID I think I'm pretty shit at it too, to be honest. But, I mean, it's work, you know. And I need to do something and I don't plan on staying there forever. JOANNA No. What do you want to do? DAVID It's a good question. I know I want to make a shit ton of money somehow. JOANNA Sounds good. DAVID But... Have a beautiful mansion at the beach in California. JOANNA Oh! Really? DAVID A couple of private jets. JOANNA Oh, nice. DAVID Yeah. And a bunch of kids. JOANNA A bunch of kids? How many do you want? DAVID Yeah. Five? JOANNA I've got one and that's a lot. You want five? DAVID Yeah. I really like the idea of, you know, little mini mes running around. I want kids, you know? JOANNA Yeah. It is amazing. But it's also horrendous at the same time! Honestly, you love them more than anything else in this world, but they are also these little dickheads. Honestly! Anyway... DAVID Yeah. JOANNA Do you come from a big family? DAVID No. It's just... It's been me and my mum, really. Yeah. Are you from London? JOANNA No, I'm from up North, near Manchester. DAVID Ooh! I'm a huge Manchester United fan. JOANNA Ah! I'm a sworn City fan. DAVID No! JOANNA Yes! Yes! DAVID No... JOANNA So beware. DAVID Come on. JOANNA Have you seen them play? DAVID No, but that's like at the top of my bucket list so see them play at Old Trafford. JOANNA Yeah, you should while you're here. DAVID I'm gonna try to bribe my room mate to come with me. He's not that football interested but... JOANNA Is he Swedish too? DAVID Yeah. JOANNA Yeah? DAVID Yeah. JOANNA How long have you guys lived together? DAVID Just a couple of weeks. JOANNA Yeah? DAVID Yeah. JOANNA Where do you guys live? DAVID South Kensington. JOANNA Ooh! Fancy. DAVID Mm. But I used to live in Dalston, I really liked it there. JOANNA How come you moved? DAVID I... Well, I used to live there with my girlfriend and now...I don't anymore. JOANNA Ah. Okay. DAVID Yeah. JOANNA Did you guys split up, or... DAVID We're kind of on hold right now. I found out that she was with another guy behind my back and... Yeah, so... Yeah. Sorry, did I just kill the vibe? JOANNA No. No, I'm sorry you went through that, that's really tough. DAVID We were together for seven years. JOANNA That's a long time. DAVID Yeah. JOANNA Yeah. Are you okay? Like, how are you doing? DAVID I mean, some days are good but some days are pretty bad. JOANNA It gets better. Trust me. DAVID Yeah? JOANNA Yeah. DAVID Yeah. It's good to hear. JOANNA Theo's dad messed around behind my back. So I know that going through something like that is really fucking tough. It's like... I don't know, it changes your perception of the world, doesn't it? DAVID Yeah. JOANNA Everything you thought you knew just takes a different turn. DAVID Yeah. Totally. Did you leave him or... JOANNA Yeah, I did. Eventually. We tried to do that whole making things work, you know, at the start, but there were just so many issues between us and we couldn't fix it. DAVID Did you still love him though? JOANNA I think I was in love with the idea of us. You know, like, us being a family with Theo and... Leaving him was like one of the hardest fucking things I've ever done. But once I did, it was like a...like a relief. DAVID Yeah. DAVID Thanks for the wine... JOANNA Yeah. DAVID ...and everything. JOANNA No worries, you're welcome. DAVID Yeah. It was very... JOANNA Oh, wait. Wait. JOANNA You're gonna need those. DAVID My god. Am I stupid or what? JOANNA Yeah. No, I wouldn't worry. DAVID Yeah... Thank you for the lovely time. JOANNA Yeah. It was nice chatting with you, so... Yeah, thank you. JOANNA Oh, okay. Yeah. JOANNA How old are you, David? DAVID 28. DAVID 24. DAVID I'm gonna come. JOANNA It's okay. DAVID Yeah? JOANNA Yeah. JOANNA Come here. Yeah. DAVID Yeah? JOANNA Yeah. JOANNA Yeah. JOANNA What the fuck just happened? DAVID I don't know.