Adrian True Love

# What the world needs now

# Is love, sweet love

# It's the only thing

# That there's just too little of

# What the world needs now

# Is love, sweet love

# No not just for some

# But for everyone

# Lord, we don't need

# Another mountain

# There are mountains... #

You can do all that in the pub!

You can go to the pub, meet a girl, you know, have a few drinks,

buy her doubles, get her laughing.

You're pissed at the end of the night, try and get your hand up her skirt.

That's the British way. That's the tradition.

-That's the British way(!)

-Yes, you're flaunting that, Adrian,

-with your computer.

-I'm a rebel(!)

-Your technology.

Yeah, that's me.

I mean it's all over the world, Phil.

Honestly, I mean there's people who are...

..looking for love, looking for...

Well, I think you're asking a bit much.

Yeah, maybe I am.

I want to share my life with someone.

Well, you just be careful, that's all.

You be careful, now. There's a lot of funny people about.

See you in a bit Ade, ta ta.

GIRLS GIGGLE

-Hi, Dad.

-Hi, love.

-You all right?

Not too bad.

Busy day at work?

-Yeah. Oh, hi, Lorraine.

-Hiya.

Lorraine came round earlier to watch TV,

but we sort of lost track of time.

It's got a bit late, so can you give her a lift home, please?

-Sure.

-Thank you.

-See you tomorrow.

-Yeah. Night-night.

Bye.

-See you later, yeah?

-Thank you.

Where do you live, again?

-Do you know Epple Bay Avenue?

-I do, yeah.

-Just there.

-That's nice.

Yeah, it's all right.

I quite like it here.

SHE LAUGHS

-Do you?

-Yeah.

It's a nice view.

Yeah, the best thing about the view is when you look out of the window,

you can't see this building.

What route were you going to take?

Canterbury Road.

Can we go via the jetty, instead?

Why?

Oh, there's something I want to show you down there.

What?

Oh, I'll show you when we get there.

All right. You better be quick, it'll be bloody freezing.

Well, we can't go any further than this.

We'll just stop here, then.

What do you want to show me?

I, um, I wanted to show you the view.

What about it?

Well, it's peaceful.

And you can kind of look over the whole town

and I like that.

It's just beautiful and it's my...it's my home.

Don't you want to get out of this place?

No.

I mean why...why would I?

I thought all young people wanted to get out.

I don't. And I like it here.

Well, I can promise you that I will look at it differently from now on.

-So thank you for that.

-That means a lot.

SHE GIGGLES Come on, let's get you home.

Oh! Do we have to?

I think we should, yeah.

# I'd say love was a magical thing

# I'd say love would keep us from pain

# Had I been there

# Had I been there

# I would promise you

# All of my life

# But to lose you

# Would cut like a knife

# So I don't dare

# No, I don't dare...

Hi, er, could I, er, speak to Kathy?

'Adrian, hi.'

Hi.

# I'm so scared

# I'm so scared...

What's happening, then? You met somebody?

-What?

-No.

-You have, haven't you?

Come on, who is it?

Her name's Kathy, she lives in Hong Kong.

-Hong Kong?

-Yeah.

She works in finance. She's British, but she's working out there.

Right?

Is she fit?

Well, is she or not?

I mean, it's a legitimate question, that's all.

She's...

..wonderful.

She's really...special.

-I like her.

-Yeah?

I really like her.

If she's in Hong Kong, what's your next step, like?

I don't know, I just...

She's got a friend in Germany, she said she might come over

and visit her and then pop over here for a few days.

Bloody hell! That's...it's exciting, isn't it? What?

-Let me take a photo of you. I told her about you.

-What for?

-What do you want to take a picture of me for?

-I've told her about you.

Hello, Kathy!

You knob!

Take a picture of me, but with the flats.

Right, here we go.

Smile.

-Say, "Hello, Kathy."

-Hang on.

That's it, get the hair.

# And if all that there is

# Is this fear of being used

# I should go back to being lonely and confused

# If I could

# I would

# I swear

So, um...

You know that woman I told you about, that I've been seeing online?

No.

Kathy, the woman from Hong Kong. I told you about her.

No, I can't remember.

She's going to come over for a few days.

-Are you being serious?

-Yeah.

-Dad. You're paying for a girlfriend.

-I'm not paying for her to come.

-You are!

-I'm not.

-You're paying for her to come to Margate.

-She's paying for herself.

-How's she paying for herself?

-She's got a good job, she works out there.

-She's, you know, she's...

-That's why she's internet dating?

HE SIGHS

It's pathetic, Dad, it's really, really sad.

No, it's not.

You know what's sad? Sitting around here waiting for your life

to start again and I'm not going to do it.

-How embarrassing.

-I'm not going to do it, Karen!

-This is important to me.

-You don't even know her.

I do, I feel like I know her better than I know anybody else.

-How could you?

-Because...

-You've not met her.

I know I've not met her!

I've spoken to her online, we write to each other all the time.

A day hasn't gone by that I haven't been in touch with her.

Anyway, she's coming over, she's gonna stay here for a few days.

I want you to meet her.

Fine!

ENTRY-SYSTEM BUZZER

BUZZER

Hello?

'Oh, hiya, is that Adrian?'

-Yeah, who's this?

-'It's Lorraine.'

-Hi, Lorraine, how are you?

-'Good, how are you?'

Karen's not here at the moment.

'Can I come up for a chat?'

Oh, yeah, sure, if you want.

Yeah, come up.

You in?

'Yep.'

Hello?

In here.

You all right?

Er, yeah.

-Good. Great day, eh?

-Yeah.

-Haven't been out yet, but it looks nice.

-Mm.

-THEY LAUGH

So do you want a cup of tea or anything?

I didn't know you wore glasses.

What? Yeah, yeah, well you know, just for seeing.

HE LAUGHS

So you OK?

Yeah.

I was just thinking about you.

Just thinking about the other night.

Oh, what, when I drove you home?

Mm.

Yeah? What about it?

It was just that...

..we had a really lovely chat.

It was really special.

No, it was, it was great.

It's good to see, er, things through other people's eyes, isn't it?

Sorry if I was a bit, um...

-No, it was nice.

-Mm.

I don't think I've ever spoken to anyone like that before.

Well...

Um...

Well, no, that's nice.

Is that why you wanted to see me?

God, you've got beautiful eyes.

Look I've got to, um...

I've got to get to work, it's, er, I didn't...

If I don't go now, I miss my spot,

so I just need to get off, so...

Maybe come around when, when Karen's here, or...

-We could meet outside, or something?

-Yeah, no, outside.

-It would be really good.

-OK. I've got to get a shower and stuff before I get off to work.

I don't mean to be rude, or anything,

but, um, another time, yeah?

Yeah.

It's really, really nice to see you.

Yeah, no, it was great. I just... I've just got to get off.

OK, so maybe meet out, then?

Yeah, see you soon.

-Yeah?

-Great, good to see you.

# I'd say love was a magical thing

# I'd say love would keep us from pain

# Had I been there

# Had I been there

You're real.

# I would promise you all of my life

# But to lose you

# Would cut like a knife

# So I don't dare...

-So are you!

-SHE LAUGHS

# No I don't dare

# Cos I've never come close

# In all of these years

# You are the only one

# That stopped my tears

# I'm so scared I'm so scared

# If I could, I would... #

Do you believe in this? Do you believe this?

I completely believe it. This is everything to me.

Yeah.

I know I've got you.

And you've got me, too.

She's perfect. It's like we were meant for each other, you know.

I'm really pleased, mate, that it's finally happened.

I mean, admittedly, there may be a few cultural differences

between here and Hong Kong.

Love's the winner in the end, mate.

-Bloody hell, here we go.

-I'll let you go.

-All right.

-I'll see you later.

-See you. All right, love?

-Hello, you!

-How you doing?

-What are you doing here?

-I'm all right. Wanted to talk to this...

-You want a cab?

-Are you with Karen?

-No, I want to talk to him.

-Are you with Karen?

-No, I'm not with Karen.

What do you want?

Um, I wanted to talk to you, sweetheart.

-Have one of our chats.

-All right, mate?

Yeah. Just wait there, I'll be out in a minute.

Yeah, OK.

Who's that?

-It's a friend of my daughter's. She's obviously had too much to drink.

-Yeah.

Can you take her home?

All right, yeah.

I'll pay you. I don't want to take her home.

Not a problem. I'll wait here. Be good.

Hello.

So what's the story?

Um, the story is, I was in town

and I just wondered if you wanted to go for a drink?

Why would I want to do that?

Because, well, that's what people do on dates, isn't it?

I'm at work Lorraine, that's...

Oh, OK. What, I'll come back, I'll come back later?

No, don't come back later.

I just think you should go home, you know, it's late.

-Phil'll take you home.

-It's not that late. I'll just wait around.

Maybe until you, you knock off work.

Why are you here, Lorraine?

-Because I wanted to talk to you, to see you.

-About what?

Well, I wanted, to talk.

To talk about us.

What do you mean, "us"?

Well, there's obviously a lot of feelings we haven't spoken about

and I thought we should get them...

Lorraine, I'm sorry if you've got the wrong end of the stick,

but I think you should just go home.

Just...just get in the cab and he'll take you home.

-Why are you being like this, Adrian?

-I'm not being like anything, you've got confused.

-You're hurting me.

-I'm not, I'm just...

-You are.

..telling you how it is.

-You're my daughter's friend. That's all there is to it.

-I'm more, Adrian. Please.

-Do yourself a favour...

-Please, Adrian.

-..go home!

-Please, Adrian. Please!

-Listen!

Don't touch me like that!

You go home, now! Get in his cab or walk home,

but don't come here again, you don't come to my place of work and you don't come to my house!

How dare you say that to me?! How dare you pretend like nothing is happening between us?!

How dare you say that! I don't know why you're trying to deny it,

because I know I feel about... The way I feel about you ...

-Take her home...

-I know you feel about me!

-..if she doesn't want to, leave her here.

-OK.

-Listen to me!

What about us, Adrian?!

There is no "us". Stay here!

-What about the way you feel about me and how I feel about you?!

-Shut up.

Fine! Fine.

SEAGULLS CRY

DISTANT SIRENS

HAMMERS LOUDLY ON DOOR

-Hiya.

-Get going.

-How are you?

-I need you to get lost now, OK?

-I don't think I can do that.

-No, I'm gonna come in.

-No you're not coming in, now get lost.

-I am.

-Get out of here, I mean it.

Where is she? Oh, she's here. Oh, hello.

-This is Lorraine, she's a friend of Karen's.

-I'm a little bit more than that. Hi.

-Lorraine, will you go now?!

-I'm not gonna go. I'm gonna tell her some things.

-This is bollocks.

-There's been something going on between us.

-We have a connection.

-I don't know what she's talking...

-He loves me!

-I am not mad!

-I gave her a lift home one night,

-she's a friend of...

-He told me that he loves me. He's stringing you along.

-What's she talking about?

-Get your hands off me!

-I'm not getting out!

-She's talking bollocks, it's just in her own head.

-He loves me!

-Get out!

No, no!

Adrian? Adrian?!

HE SOBS She's a friend of Karen's.

Her name's Lorraine, she asked me to give her a lift home one night.

She didn't want to go straight home, she wanted to go to the pier.

I took her to the pier and then she was...

She got it into her head something's going on. It's not!

Why would she think that something's going on?

I did nothing, honestly, you've got to believe me.

All I did was I drove her home.

I drove her home and then she just...

She's just... She's 16,

she's a friend of my daughter!

She's the same age as my daughter!

You've got to believe me, nothing has happened.

How could you not tell me this was going on?!

Tell you what?! There's nothing to tell!

If there's nothing to tell, why would she come here and say that about you?

There is nothing here!

This is here, you and me, that's all that's real.

This is not real, Kathy!

HE SOBS

# Just as I thought I'd made it

# You walk back into my life

# Just like you never left

# Just as I learned to be lonely

# You call up to tell me

# You're not sure if you're ready

# Oh, ready or not

# You'll take what you've got

# And leave, Oh, leave me alone

# In my heart

# Putting the pieces back together again

# Just leave

# Oh, leave me alone with my dreams

# I can do without you

# You know what I mean #

Adrian.

I believe you.

HE SIGHS

Look at me, Adrian.

It's OK.

It's OK.

SEAGULLS CRY

I know you.

I love you.

So, it's OK.

I love you so much.

# What the world needs now

# Is love, sweet love

# It's the only thing

# That there's just too little of

# What the world needs now

# Is love, sweet love

# No, not just for some

# But for everyone... #

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