INT. A CORRIE DOOR OUTSIDE NADIA'S APARTMENT
NICK
It's just around the corrie door.
You go first.
NADIA
You go.
NICK
You go.
NADIA
You're bigger.
NICK
You're more . . . .
NADIA
What?
NICK
Female.
NADIA
That means, what?
NICK
You think more than me.
NADIA
About what?
NICK
The things that matter. The
things that stick. The things
that coalesce.
NADIA
You are using my femalenessness
as an excuse. To make me go. To
make me go first.
NICK
Why are you so afraid? What is
there to be afraid of?
NADIA
You tell me.
NICK
No. You tell me.
NADIA
No, you tell me.
NICK
There isn't anything. There's
nothing there at all, around that
bend, at the very next moment,
you will see, nothing will
happen.
NADIA
Well. . . Well. . . You. . You. .
Go. . You, go, then.
NICK
Go first? Me, go, first?
NADIA
Yes, you.
NICK
I could wait for you. I could
watch out for you. I could be
your stone. Solidly waiting here,
like a gin on rocks. Wavering on
the rocks.
NADIA
Wavering? You would waver?
NICK
I would wait. Stolidly. Like a
pan. A pan you could fry fish in.
NADIA
. . . Nick. . .
NICK
Yes?
NADIA
. . . Nick. . .
NICK
Yes?
NADIA
Let's go back.
NICK
Go back?
NADIA
Yes. To where. .
NICK
Yes to where.
NADIA
To where we became from.
NICK
We can't go back. It's too late
to stop now. We must go forwards.
NADIA
Around the corrie door?
NICK
Yes. We could find a way out of
the apartments and meet some
other people. . . People with
grins.
NADIA
And visions.
NICK
And feet.
NADIA
And minds.
NICK
And tongues.
NADIA
And imaginations.
NICK
And penisessess.
NADIA
And lofty dreams.
NICK
And bums.
NADIA
And admirations.
NICK
And a need to know who invented
cheese.
NADIA
We could be like them.
NICK
We could be free.
NADIA
We could be wild.
NICK
We could explore the highway.
NADIA
And the slope.
NICK
The tar macca dam macca dam.
NADIA
We could go everywhere that
people do. And be like people
everywhere.
NICK
Who spit.
NADIA
And swear.
NICK
Who never have to wonder like we
do.
NADIA
Of what's outside the corrie
door. . . I'm going to go. . .
I've made up my. . . I've made up
my. . my. . my. . .
NICK
Mind? You've made up your mind?
NADIA
I've made up my bed, so I must
go. Around the bend. I, am,
going.
NICK
Around the bend.
NADIA
Yes. I am. Here I go. Are you
ready.
NICK
As ready as an ever green.
NADIA
Well catch me then. . Catch me if
I fall. . Catch me if you can. .
Here, I, go. . One, big, jump. .
. Ready? . . . . . Nick? . Ready?
NICK
Yes. . But wait! . . Let me
think.
NADIA
Think? Think? Think about what?
NICK
About you. What might happen when
you're gone.
NADIA
You will still be here. Waiting
for me.
NICK
I will still be here. Alone.
Waiting for you. Alone. I, will,
be, alone. Waiting for, you.
NADIA
Yes. And I will be waiting for
you. On the other side. Waiting,
for, you.
NICK
We will not be together.
NADIA
We will be alone.
NICK
Both alone.
NADIA
But not together.
NICK
Not alone together.
NADIA
Alone alone.
NICK
We must be mad.
NADIA
To think of splitting up.
NICK
Nuddia. . . .
NADIA
Yaaaaaaa?
NICK
Nuddia. . . .
NADIA
Yes.
NICK
Let's go back inside.
NADIA
Inside?
NICK
Yes. To where the walls are. The
ones we know so well.
NADIA
And go to sleep.
NICK
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. In each others
arse.
NADIA
Arms?
NICK
Arse!
NADIA
Arms?
NICK
Arse.
NADIA
In each others arms. Where the
walls are like blankets and wrap
us round.
NICK
Let's go inside. Tomorrow. . .
NADIA
There will always be another. . .
NICK
Corrie door.
NADIA
Corrie door.
NICK
But there will never be another.
. .
NADIA
You.
NICK
You.
NADIA
You.
NICK
Me.
NADIA
Me.
NICK
Me, and, you.
NADIA
You, and, me.
NICK
Against the word.
NADIA
Against the corridor.
NICK
You said it.