Moment 10 Flashcards
Presley: I’m not a homosexual. I just want you to say my name.
Cosmo: So. You are twenty-eight years old, are you, Presley?
Presley: Yes. I am, Cosmo. How old are you, Cosmo?
CosmoL How old d’you think?
Presley: Don’t know.
Cosmo: Guess.
Presley: Can’t.
Cosmo: Try.
Presley: I’ll get it wrong.
Cosmo: Try!
Presley: Ten!
Cosmo: Wrong. Eighteen.
Presley: Well, you look like ten.
Cosmo: No, I don’t. I might look young, but I don’t look fucking ten.
Slight pause.
How come you and your sister are the same age?
Presley: We’re twins.
Cosmo: You don’t look alike.
Presley: We’re not identical. But we are similar.
Cosmo: No, you’re not.
We’ve got the same nose.
Cosmo: You haven’t.
Presley: We have.
Stands next to Haley.
Look.
Cosmo: It’s different.
Presley: Same hair then.
Cosmo: Who you trying to kid?
Presley: Look at our mouths. The shape of our lips. They’re the same.
Cosmo: They’re not.
Presley: They are.
Cosmo: They’re bloody not.
Presley: Everyone says they are.
Cosmo: Everyone’s wrong.
Presley: Mum and Dad said we were two peas in a pod.
Cosmo: Mum and Dad were wrong!
Presley: Mum and Dad were wrong?!
Slight pause.
Our eyes! Our eyes are the same.
Cosmo: Can’t see her eyes. She’s asleep. Wake her up and I’ll tell you if they’re the same.
Presley: Can’t wake her up.
Cosmo: Why not?
Presley: Nothing can wake her up. Told you. The medicine.
Cosmo: How can I see her eyes then?
Presley grabs hold of Haley and tries to open her eye.
Presley: Don’t do that.
Presley: It’s all right.
Cosmo: You might hurt her.
Presley: I’ll be gentle.
Cosmo: The eyes are sensitive things.
Presley: You’ve got to see. See our eyes are the same.
Cosmo: I believe you.
Presley: Come here!
Cosmo: I said I believe you.
Presley: You can’t see from there.
Cosmo: You’ve got your finger in her bloody eye.
