is monsters. Tits out, wet-mouthed, back. Shouting and screaming just to they exist.
Becky's at the bar the usual mix Of decadent and desolate lighting. Everybody has got a hyphenated second name. Blowing more breeze Than the at the weather vane.
slimeballs, showbiz big-deals. The cool new band the retro feel, the wrap party for their video. Becky in it. The director, Law, to toe in yellow velour, Is holding about the science of image While the sycophants and grimace. fidgets, tells herself, 'Must being so cynical, Everybody is a human, Even pitiful posturing pop stars and idiots.' She tells to look again - is hideous.
So while Law is wanking on about his artwork She smiles at the guy opposite, Bright eyes, shirt. He his eyebrows in the direction of Marshall. 'My Becky,' she says, 'What's
She was nothing that he'd seen before. Strong body, edges, with something so raw In the of her iris. He his name, 'Harry'. And never in his had he felt so happy. got talking, Free bar. Exhausting He drank until she was so He out the party. The floor spun, he stared at her and felt sure, Something was happening here.
He was nervous, His kept doing circuits of the room. He drank as fast as they could him, Then dude comes over, out a thick hand, And looks at her Like he's found himself in quicksand. He gives guy a wrap, they shake hands Sweaty passed between palms, No fuss. bash, yes, bosh. He at her guiltily, She it off, smiling a shotter then, right? I care.'
'Becky, all I ever was a place of my own.' His eyes, and trusting, He's staring at her, desperate for to click. He is up. This is it. 'A classy place, the whole bit, Like a speakeasy, and lights That off of the glasses No hype, and no arseholes. Instead of rotting our out In shitty old We can be grown men, to music, Real music. Played heart by real bands, Not posers looking like they're Giving to mic stands. And I'll be in a waistcoat, grand. Place. Or, at least, the plan.'
She was listening, not listening. Kept getting distracted by the flickering. He looks like an outline that needs in. He leans in close, whispering:
'The is, and it's weird, I never so able, To talk this to anybody, ever, Becky, I've been really feeling the pressure. I can't tell you how it is To get off my chest.'
Becky's holding to her glass. coke, brain fast. She his face as he talks. bump on her fingertips Expert. snort. Sucking on a cigarette, vaguely bored.
It's true if you it. The world is the But all how you see it. One man's flash of lightning through the air Is another's passing glare, there. true if you believe it. The is the world But all how you see it. One man's flash of ripping through the air Is another's glare, hardly there.
'If I'm honest, well it is, It's a trap, I ain't trying to be I just need to raise the for the dream. I touch it myself Look, it ain't But once I set a task, Well, ain't no going back. And I am there, I am, nearly, anyway, The is, I kinda had to push all of my away. I have nobody Knowing I'm up to I it very secret but the thing is I love to, for one day, You know, like any other guy. I can't a girlfriend, you see I don't like to lie. It's all round I just keep my head down. And, yeah, the is booming, Yeah, the business is booming. But my family think I in recruitment So, I get up morning And I put a and suit on And I get on a train, I go up town. all professional users. I in the boardrooms and not the boozers To, like, CEOs and modern day Scrooges Who get their secretaries to me coffee, so stupid. Meant to be times, right, a recession? But these guys are buying more than ever, I And I...
He's got eyes, Shame his issues, though. The party pushes on, her cynicism's vicious, Show nothing, smiling.
She the eye of her mates, They're by the bar in a state. Nod for me' They understand, over, Put their arms around her - 'Becky, we're bored, go'. His slows to a stop, He to lose his composure, She at him 'Yeah, was getting to know ya.'
No, not that, don't leave. Please. Don't make her go, just got started.
Their are bare, their feet are planted Their smirking at him he's dirt, And now his is Damp the fury of Finding and This girl. He feels weak confusion, like had he said? How had he talked? He watches them walk to the His roars.
In the back of the cab, the girls sit giggling The driver lets them out of the window So shivering. They pass a bottle of wine back and Let it clash their teeth. The cab moves fast the streets. was that guy you was with?' Becky shakes her softly, 'Him? I don't know, alright, But I could tell he was one of "save me" types, And I couldn't be dealing that. Not tonight.'