Moment 9 Flashcards

1
Q

Cosmo: Jesus there’s alive things in this!

Presley: Always like that.

A

Cosmo: Don’t make it all right.

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2
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Presley: Dad used to say tap water was the best drink in the world.

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Cosmo: How long he been dead?

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3
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Presley: Years.

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Cosmo: Yeah, well, a lot can happen in years.

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4
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Presley: It can. But sometimes … it don’t.

A

Cosmo is gazing at Haley again.

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5
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Presley: We used to have a car.

A

Cosmo doesn’t respond.

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6
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Presley: Dad used to say there was nothing like the smell of a new car.

Can you believe that? Middle of winter and brown as a berry - You listening?

A

Cosmo: Yeah.

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7
Q

Presley: What did I say then?

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Cosmo: … He had a suntan.

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8
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Presley: That’s right. Where’d you get a suntan in winter?

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Cosmo: Sun-bed. If he’s got a Porsche, he’s got a bloody sun-bed.

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9
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Presley: You got a Porsche?

A

Cosmo: …No.

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10
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Presley: What car you got?

A

Cosmo: An expensive one.

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11
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Presley: What color is it?

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Cosmo: Metallic wine.

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12
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Presley: We had a beige Hillman.

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Cosmo: Really.

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13
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Presley: Yeah. We’d go for a right every Sunday afternoon.

Blanket tucked round our legs. Like a big pocket.

Slight pause.

A

Cosmo: Tell me. What’s your sister’s name?

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14
Q

Presley: I was so happy in that car. Sometimes I think of those days and I cry.

Just for a few minutes. A few seconds even.

A

Cosmo: What’s you sister’s - ?

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15
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Presley: Later, at home, Mum’d make salmon and cucumber sandwiches. Dad would brew a pot of tea. We’d sit down and watch television.

Slight pause.

A

Cosmo: What’s your sister’s - ?

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16
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Presley: We’d all dunk biscuits in our tea.

A

Cosmo: What’s - ?

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17
Q

Presley: Later Mum’s tell us to go to bed. I hated going to bed.

Mixture of soft and crunchy. I’d drift into sleep with sweetness in my mouth.

A

Cosmo: What’s your sister’s fucking name?

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18
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Presley: Why you so fucking bothered?

A

Cosmo: Because I want to fucking know!

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19
Q

Presley: You don’t know my name. And it’s me who’s awake.

A

Cosmo: Well, what’s your fucking name then?

Presley stares.

Cosmo: What’s wrong? Forgotten your name?

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20
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Presley: Don’t … have much cause to say it out loud. Feels … odd.

A

Cosmo: Go on. Be a devil.

21
Q

Presley: You really want to know?

A

Cosmo: I really want to know.

22
Q

Presley: Presley. Presley Stray.

A

Cosmo: Congratulations. Now what’s your sister’s - ?

23
Q

Presley: What’s your name?

A

Cosmo: … Cosmo.

24
Q

Presley: Cosmo what?

A

Cosmo: Cosmo Disney.

25
Q

Presley: Disney?!

A

Cosmo: What’s wrong with that?

26
Q

Presley: Oh … nothing.

A

Cosmo: Don’t look like nothing.

27
Q

Presley: Just surprised me, that’s all.

A

Cosmo: What your sis-?

28
Q

Presley: Don’t meet many Disneys.

A

Cosmo: There’s thousands in the phone book.

29
Q

Presley: Really?! What a petrifying thought.

A

Cosmo: What’s your sister’s - ?

30
Q

Presley: Disneys of all shapes and sizes.

A

Cosmo: TELL ME HER FUCKING NAME!

31
Q

Presley: HALEY!

Slight pause.

A

Cosmo: How old is she?

32
Q

Presley: My age.

A

Cosmo: And what’s that?

33
Q

Presley: Oh … about … er …

A

Cosmo: About? Don’t you know?

34
Q

Presley: I’ve lost count.

A

Cosmo: Don’t you have birthdays?

35
Q

Presley: Not since Mum and Dad went.

A

Cosmo: How old were you when Mum and Dad went?

36
Q

Presley: Eighteen.

A

Cosmo: And that was how many years ago?

37
Q

Presley: Ten.

A

Cosmo: So you’re twenty-eight.

38
Q

Presley: Must be.

A

Cosmo: Jesus. You’re ancient, Mr Chocolate.

39
Q

Presley: Stop calling me Mr Chocolate.

A

Cosmo: Why?

40
Q

Presley: It’s not my name.

A

Cosmo: It’s not?

41
Q

Presley: No. I told you my name.

A

Cosmo: So you did!

42
Q

Presley: So use it. Go on. Call me by my name.

A

Cosmo: … What was it again?

43
Q

Presley: Presley.

A

Cosmo: Presley. That’s right.

44
Q

Presley: Well, go on. Say something, then put my name at the end.

A

Cosmo: Why?

45
Q

Presley: I want to hear you say it.

A

Cosmo: But why?

46
Q

Presley: It’d make me feel good.

A

Cosmo: You a homosexual?

47
Q

Presley: No.

A

Cosmo: Because homosexuals like to be called by their first name.

48
Q

Presley: I’m not a homosexual. I just want you to say my name.

Slight pause.

A

Cosmo: So. You are twenty-eight years old, are you, Presley?