Two Brothers Moving On

ALARM RINGS

-One for you. All right?

-Yeah.

-Morning.

-Move round for your Uncle Eddie.

-Do you want tea, Ed?

-Ta.

You know what? I can't do this!

It should have been done last night.

Would I have known how to do it last night? No.

Is that how you speak to me? Pete.

What?

-Watch your mouth.

-If I can't do it now,

I wouldn't have been able to do it last night, would I?

And why do you not know how to do it?

Any more tea there?

Give us a look.

What is it?

It's just this one, it's really difficult.

PHONE BEEPS

What? Sorted?

His missus is just wrapping me up some more cake

plus I got to sort out that door, you know.

I got to go, Peter.

It's all right. Go, then.

Great job, mate.

Thanks. Cheers, buddy.

-See you next week.

-All right.

-Cheers.

-Yeah.

All right. Well, you know what?

Since we got the pizza, we should watch a DVD.

What do you fancy?

Despicable Me 2! Let's watch that.

What do you reckon, Ruby?

Or something else? Wimpy Kid?

Well, I'm sticking with Spider-Man.

Amazing Spider-Man?

-Yeah!

-Yes!

Spider-Man, then, Ruby?

Whatever.

OK.

Go on.

Hello to you too.

She's barely said two words.

Welcome to my world.

We're watching The Amazing Spider-Man!

Brilliant! Go on, then, get your pyjamas on.

Pizza? Spicy chicken.

-I've already eaten.

-Right.

Well, I said I'd watch a film with them so...

Did you get the papers?

Lucy wanted to go the pictures but it didn't finish until 11.

You should have got them this morning.

Not much on anyway. You know, they've seen everything.

Eddie.

-Yeah, I got them.

-Good.

How about money?

Well, I finished a job today so you'll have it Saturday.

Saturday?

Well, I can bring it tomorrow.

I need it tonight, Eddie. I've got all sorts to pay for.

Like what?

I owe £72 dinner money, Lucy's got a party, that's £20,

-I need petrol...

-£72 for school dinners?!

£9 a week for four weeks for two of them. £72.

That's how much things cost, Eddie.

Right, well, they can wait until Monday, can't they?

They can't, no.

Dad!

And this, this can't go on.

-What can't?

-You, coming here, spending time in the house.

-It's still my house.

-But it's not your home.

So what am I supposed to do?

Walk the streets with them?

I need that money tonight.

Really?

All right. If I go and come back with it...

..can I stay and watch the film?

-It'll be past Lucy's bedtime.

-Please.

Please.

OK.

OK. Listen, tell them I'll be half an hour.

Tell them not to start it!

Hey, Jo. Have you seen Pete?

Cheers.

-Pete.

-All right?

-Have you got that money?

-What's up with you?

Have you got it?

-Fancy a pint?

-No, no. I've got to get back.

Back where?

Home.

To Claire's.

Stick another one in there, please, Jo.

Can I have it, then?

-Have what?

-My money!

Oh, yeah. He's going to drop it in over the weekend.

-You haven't got it?

-No.

But he had it there, ready.

Did he?

You know he did.

Weekend now.

Give us your phone.

What for?

I need it now, all right? Tonight.

-His phone's off.

-How do you know?

I rang him just before you came in.

What are you doing?

Look, I'm not going to wait for you sort it.

You'll have to.

-But the girls are waiting for me there, man!

-Go, then.

I can't, can I? Not without the money.

She's charging you to see your own kids?

It's maintenance money. She needs it.

She doesn't need it tonight. They're not starving.

Pack it in.

All right. You ring him, then. You sort it.

-I have!

-Ring him again.

Tell her to tap the dentist if she's a bit short.

Don't.

What? He can't be short of a few quid, can he?

You know what? Listen. I pay for my family, all right?

Me. Not him.

You won't be able to do all this once they get shacked up, you know.

I just want to spend time with my girls.

Yeah, all three of them.

She won't take you back, you know?

No matter how much money you bring to the door.

Well, at least I spend my money on my family.

My family's just fine. Don't you worry about it.

Lorraine will get sick of you in the end just like everyone else.

It will take more than a quick filling to turn my Lorraine's head.

You had a bet today?

-What?

-You been next door?

No, I've not had a bet.

Look, are you going to get the beers in or what?

-You are un-flipping-believable, do you know that?

-What? What?

You never learn you, do you?

Don't lecture me when you're living under my roof.

Is there anything left?

Anything at all?

70 quid? Have you got 70 quid?

That was my money.

Why couldn't you just blow your own money, eh?

Why do you have to do mine?

Because I could, all right?! Now, what are you going do about it?

Yeah, that's what I thought.

Look, I know, Claire, but you know what Peter's like.

I've got no choice!

Can I at least...

Can I at least say good night, then?

Claire, listen... No, no, no, don't put the phone down.

Come on!

Yeah.

I'd like to report someone.

SIRENS WAIL

I hope he hasn't had one too many and wrapped that van round a tree.

Don't be saying that.

-Who was he in the pub with?

-No-one. Himself.

-Was Jo, that little barmaid, working?

-Come on, behave.

You should have just brought him when you left.

-Brought him?

-Yeah.

-Yeah, right.

This is Pete. Leave a message. I'll get back to you.

PHONE RINGS

Is it Pete?

-Hello.

-That you, Ed?

-Where are you?

-Where is he?

Wait, wait, wait.

-I'm in Tulse Drive nick.

-What?

I can't...I can't hear you, mate.

I'm in Tulse Drive.

'I've been nicked for drink-driving.'

Actually arrested? Taken in?

Yeah.

Is Lorraine there? Will you tell her what's happened?

Tell her not to worry.

I'll tell her.

He's...

He's been nicked. Drink-driving.

Drink-driving?

Yeah. Tulse Drive.

He'll lose his licence and the van.

He'll lose his job.

Don't be saying that. He might, just, you know...

You shouldn't have left him. You're supposed to be the sensible one.

DOOR SLAMS

-'This is the thing.

-What?

'This is what I'm trying to say to you.

-'Ken has given you a chance.

-It was only just...

-'It was only nothing.

-What?

-We've been here before and I keep saying.

'We ain't been here before. I haven't been arrested by the police before!

'It's the first time, isn't it?

'No, I'm not saying you've been arrested by the police.

'I'm saying another drink again. You will lose that job.

-'I'm not going to lose my job.

-You are going to lose it!

'Ken's fine. He's all right. He's a geezer.

-'What are we going to do about money?

-We're going to be all right.'

All right?

Listen, er, about the money...

Forget it. Don't worry about it.

I'm just going to come clean with the boss.

Say it how it is. He'll be fine. He's all right, Ken.

Yeah, I mean I know he's a nark and all that but he's sound really,

and he likes me.

He'll read me the riot act, but he's got to do that, hasn't he?

You ain't got to tell him everything, you know, right?

I'm not waiting for no court date to tell him.

-It'll look worse than it is.

-Yeah, but...

You're coming in there with me, aren't you?

-To see Ken?

-Yeah.

-Now?

-Yeah.

The thing is, Ken, we've all done it, haven't we?

These can go off, love.

I'm not saying, and don't get me wrong,

I'm not saying it's right, you know what I mean?

I'm not saying that at all. I mean, but we have all done it.

We've all been a drop over, haven't we?

A drop, was it?

Oh, yeah! Yeah! Listen, I wasn't on the hard stuff.

No, no, no. I was only just down the local.

Remember that Christmas when you got bladdered on rum and cokes

and puked in Chris Connor's pockets?

HE LAUGHS

What's that got to do with this?

No, no, no, nothing. I was just, er, just, just...

Nothing.

I'm going to appeal it all, you know?

I want to know where they get their levels from, because really...

..it all depends on how much you weigh, doesn't it?

How they can say, "Men can have this amount

"and women can have that amount"?

I mean, what if you're a fat bird or...a skinny fella?

No disrespect to big women, Ken.

-I really love this company, Ken.

-Do you?

It's like a second family to me, to be honest.

You hold the company record for lateness and sick days.

It's this, um...it's this dodgy stomach thing.

I think I'm allergic to something, you know?

I thought it was a bad back.

Look, I think you're the laziest shop fitter I've ever known.

Oh, right, well, I'll...I'll take your feedback on board, then.

I respect what you say, I...I really do, Ken.

But listen, I've got some good qualities, haven't I?

I'm sure your next employer will be delighted with them all.

Where you going?

Home! Stick the job!

# Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

# If you gave me a chance I would take it

# It's a shot in the dark but I'll make it

# Know with all of your heart you can't shake me

# When I am with you there's no place I'd rather be

# N-n-n-no, no, no, no place I'd rather be

# N-n-n-no, no, no, no place I'd rather be

# N-n-n-no, no, no, no place I'd rather be

# When I am with you, there's no place I'd rather be. #

YELLING: 'For God's sake, Lorraine, you're always going on.

'Always going on.

-'I'm trying to talk.

-What? What?

-'About you.

-Always going on about stuff!'

-Morning.

-Hey.

-What time do you get in last night?

Feels like an hour ago.

-Are you on overtime all week?

-Yeah, I reckon.

-Do you want a cup of tea?

-No, ta.

Listen...

-I think I should be giving you a bit more keep.

-Why?

I'm here, aren't I? You know.

I'm taking up space, I'm sleeping in Joe's room.

-He loves being in with us.

-Even so, I'd like to.

You give us enough. Stop worrying.

We'll be all right. We'll have to be.

56 applicants went for that post.

They didn't even get you an interview?

They reckon without a licence, they'll struggle to get me anything.

It's their job to find you something.

They're recruitment consultants, Lorraine, not miracle workers.

You can't just expect to see them whenever it suits you.

-Come on, I had to...

-We had an arrangement.

I had to take the overtime while it was going. I told you on the phone.

If you prefer to work instead of spending time

with your daughters, that's up to you.

-Prefer?

-It's a choice, isn't it? Overtime?

No, actually, it's not.

Peter's been laid off work and I had to help him out.

I'm not interested in your Peter. I'm interested in our kids!

Paying your brother's bills? Are you serious?

Did I say I was paying his bills?

I said I was helping him out.

Are you going to let me see the girls or not? Hm?

I've got to work at the weekend.

Don't put that on me, Eddie.

You're responsible for your relationship with your kids.

-You alone.

-The other week, you told me I couldn't see them

because I didn't have your money.

It's not my money, it's not for me.

Now you've got all the money, you're telling me I still can't see them!

I can't win.

-It's not about winning.

-So what is it about, then, Claire?

What are we stood here arguing about?

So is this is where we're at?

It looks like it.

Look, I want to look after the kids just as much as you, Claire.

I want to tuck them in, watch them trudge down in the morning.

I know you do.

And you can. You will.

I want to do it here.

-I want to do it with you.

-No.

No, Eddie.

Oi-oi!

-Thought you were taking the girls out.

-Mm.

Did you ring that fella?

Not interested. Not without a licence.

But you've still got your licence.

Not for much longer.

It could all just get dropped, you know.

How do you work that out?

I mean, your blood tests could come back low or, or...

..they might mess it up and not come back at all.

Yeah. I googled it. All sorts of things can happen.

I'm going to bed. I'm up at six.

Way things are going,

me and you are going to be shacked up together permanently.

-What's this?

-It's for you.

What for?

To have, for whatever.

Behave, will you? I'm not having that.

Please. Come on, bruv. I want to help.

Don't do that again, then, because that doesn't help.

-Morning.

-What are you doing up?

I thought I'd give you a lift.

-You'll be way early.

-Yeah, I've got stuff to do.

Is our Joe's bed really that bad?

Listen...

I want you to take this.

What is it?

I want you to have it.

-Have it?

-Have it, lend it, whatever.

There's hundreds here.

I know.

Shouldn't you be giving this to Claire?

Claire will get hers, don't worry about that.

That's really kind, Eddie, but I'm not taking your money.

-Why not?

-Because it's yours and you need it.

You shouldn't be doing double shifts all the time. It's ridiculous.

It's the way it is. And it's not your fault, is it?

Have it. Put it away.

I really appreciate the gesture,

but you don't owe us anything, you know?

You're Pete's brother, you're family.

-Look, am I getting a lift or what?

-Yeah.

You don't need all that, putting things in boxes

and adding it at the end.

You're making more work for yourself.

Yeah, so shall I do it this way or the way Uncle Eddie said?

Whichever way you want, son.

Nice one, Dad. Thanks.

-Go and sort yourself out now, yeah?

-Yeah.

-Fancy a coffee?

-Yeah, go ahead.

Hiya. Do you want another? What are you having?

White wine.

Two white wines, please, Jo.

Your fellas kissed and made up now?

-Sorry?

-Your Peter and their Eddie?

Made up?

Last time they were here, they were having a go at each other.

-Over what?

-Something to do with one of their phones.

It looked like anyway.

I thought someone was going to get hit with it in the face at one point.

When was that? Do you remember?

Good few weeks back now.

Right. Ta. Keep the change.

PHONE LINE RINGS

'Hello. You've reached the drink-driving Hot Line.

'How can we help you?'

You grassed on your own brother?

Actually picked up the phone,

told them where he was, what he was driving?

I feel terrible, Lorraine. I've been destroyed.

I haven't been able to sleep.

That's what giving me all that money is about.

-I was angry with him.

-Angry?! Over what?

He just...he just let me down.

You know what he's like.

No, I don't. What's he like?

He just... He doesn't...

..think about, you know...

-No, I don't know!

-..anyone else.

Are you talking about the brother

who literally scraped you off the floor not long ago?

I know.

The brother who more or less carried you through that door

and put you to bed the night you found out about Claire?

I know! Don't you think I know all this?

So don't tell me he doesn't care about anybody else.

Look, he blew my money in the betting shop.

Not my money, Claire's money, for the kids.

-How much?

-£250.

-£250?

-Yeah.

-He's lost his job and won't get another one.

-He will.

He'll be lucky if he lands a zero-hours contract,

doing twice the work for half the pay.

Once he gets his licence back then things will be easier.

What do we do until then?

Eat beans on toast and keep the heating off?

-No, course not.

-Because that's what it means for us.

It means we struggle indefinitely.

We can forget about taking Billy on holiday when he finishes his exams.

No, don't say that.

We can't even afford a day trip to Blackpool on my wages.

I'm stunned, Eddie.

I really am.

Lorraine, I'm sorry.

You tell him tomorrow or I will.

Thought you were going to text.

I was going to walk down and meet you.

What's up?

Why didn't you tell me yourself?

I wanted to.

That would have been one thing, at least.

But letting Lorraine tell me?

What's wrong with you?

I don't know.

I went nuts on her.

On her!

I'm sorry.

I don't know. I've got no words, mate.

I've given you a roof over your head, been there for you.

How could you?

You just did my head in, that's all.

You with your "everything's going to be all right" attitude.

Everything wasn't all right. I needed that money.

Claire could have waited.

She did wait. She made me wait to see the girls.

Yeah, cos she's a cow.

Brother, I'm so sorry.

I didn't think for a minute that they were going to nick you!

I didn't even think that you were over.

You watched me order another pint.

I didn't plan this.

I didn't mean for this to happen.

-That's why I've been doing all this overtime.

-It's not about money!

It's my life.

My job.

It's about my boys knowing their old man's at home folding washing

while their mum's killing herself for six quid an hour.

I know, I know. I know.

Would you have told me...

..if she hadn't found out?

Would you?

I...I wanted to.

But you didn't have the backbone, as usual.

What's that supposed to mean?

This is you all over - grassing in secret like a little rat.

I was angry.

-Jealous more like.

-What of?

You've lost your family and you couldn't stand to see me with mine.

No!

Don't tell me you haven't looked round here and wished you were me.

Get a grip.

Doing the dishes, helping my kids with their homework.

They're my nephews!

Yeah, and you make sure you stay away from them.

I just wanted to teach you a lesson.

Why couldn't you get me outside in the car park?

What, two grown men fist-fighting?

-Why not?

-Shut up.

I've put your washing on the bed. Most of it's clean.

-I'll go and get my stuff together.

-I haven't told him to go.

-I haven't told you to go.

-Are you serious?

I'm not going to put him out on the street, am I?

He had you arrested!

I know that, Lorraine. I'm very clear on that.

-I haven't said to go.

-But I am.

You're not. You're staying here while we sort this out.

What's there to sort out?

I'm talking to him.

This is what's wrong with you, you don't face things.

We're different.

-Yeah, you're a grass and he isn't.

-Lorraine!

Where are you going to go? You've got nowhere to go.

Don't go to Claire's. Do you hear me? Don't!

She won't let you in, not even for a night, not even for a cup of tea!

She'll leave you stood on the step with your case

and the girls will be looking out the window. Is that what you want?

-I'll do what I need to do.

-You need to get over it!

-Move, Peter.

-No. I'm not letting you go.

If you go there, you'll be sorry if you do.

DOOR OPENS

Hey, little man. So how did you get on?

They lost.

Are you going home?

Maybe. But I'll see you soon though, yeah?

Hey, you stay on top of the maths, you.

'Don't go to Claire's, do you hear me? Don't.

'She won't let you in, not even for a night,

'not even for a cup of tea!

'She'll leave you stood on the step with your case

'and the girls will be looking out the window.

'Is that what you want?'

What are you doing here?

I wanted to see you.

-Just for a minute.

-What about?

I, um...

I just...

Bed!

Um...

I wanted to give you this.

Oh. OK.

I'll sign the papers.

I'll do it tomorrow.

Good. Thank you.

Can I ask you something?

Go on.

Are you happy?

Yeah.

I am.

OK.

OK.

You'll be all right.

You will.

I'll pick the kids up Saturday.

They'll be ready.

Bye, Claire.

# I could tell that it was over when her lips met mine

# It was an emptiness in her voice

# Hesitation when she smiled... #

So... So what do you think, girls?

-It's lovely.

-It is.

-Do you like it here?

-Yeah. Yeah, I do.

OK, let's sort these boxes out, yeah?

# And I knew it wasn't me

# I saw goodbye in her eyes

# I don't think I can change it

# There's no way to disguise

# We will never make it

# I know that it's over. #