Red Rum Pub Upstairs Flat
Amy and Val come into the flat, carrying bags. Amy puts her bag down just inside the doorway, Val does the same and sits on the sofa.
Amy: We’re back!…..Patrick? Patrick, are you about?
Val: Guess he’s not in.
Amy: Maybe… I’ll go check the rooms.
She goes into the bathroom, and finds nothing but empty bottles and packets. She goes back into the living room
Amy: He’s not in the shower…. Ah well, he must be out.
Val: The question is; where, and with who?
Amy: Val, he’s not like that any more. Trust me. He wouldn’t go behind my back again…
Val: Well…
Amy: Just gonna go and put my bags in the bedroom, then. You just….stay there!
Val: I’m not going anywhere. I’ll try and preserve that calmness from the spa, shall I?!
They both laugh. Amy picks up her bag, and takes it into the bedroom. She struggles to lift it onto the bed, and when she does, she collapses onto her bed in relief.
Amy: (mumbles to herself) honestly, I put all new sheets on, and he still manages to mess them up….
Amy looks around the room. It looks suspiciously tidy, compared to the rest of the flat. She shakes her head, in dismissal of it. Then lies on the bed..
Amy: (mumbles) If only I could be back at that spa….the sheets smelt as nice as these, that for sure…. Hang on, how can this bed be soo messy, but smell so nice??
She sniffs into the pillow…
Amy: that’s not conditioner… that’s perfume… (she takes another sniff)….and its not mine, that’s for sure…