True Love

Everyone, just a sec.

Come on. Come here, Ruth.

- Aw! - Here we go!

Listen, just quickly to say, er,

it's lovely to have you all here today

to say a big happy birthday to Ruth.

- Happy birthday, Ruth! - Thanks.

My long-suffering wife is 34 years young today.

- Thank you. - Looks every day of it!

Doesn't look a day over 33.

She's very special, because she puts up with me.

Erm, I feel very lucky to have such a... beautiful,

- clever, loving wife. - Careful!

Yeah. And of course, two beautiful babies,

Lorraine and Darren, who...

- Come on. - Come on, mate.

Come on.

Don't be shy.

Luckily for them, they both inherited their mother's looks.

Erm, anyway, she keeps us all in check.

I wear the apron, but she wears the trousers.

Erm...

- and I love you very much. - Aw...

I love you too.

Happy birthday, baby.

Thank you.

- Did you have a nice time? - I had a lovely time.

I love you.

I love you too.

And I still fancy the arse off you, do you know that?

Well, I should hope so!

It's ridiculous, you're so old now!

Was that you? No?

- It wasn't me. - Was it you?

- I suspect it might be a lie. - Ah.

Hello, Communications, Nick speaking.

Got you bang to rights.

Sorry?

OK, erm...

Just... Don't send her up, I'll be down in about five.

Thanks, Phil. Cheers.

There's someone downstairs I'm just going to have to deal with.

You all right? Yeah.

Ground floor.

Doors opening.

- Hi. - Hi.

- Shall we...? - Yeah.

This is a bit of a surprise.

Yeah.

Well, I'm sorry if I've shocked you.

Where have you been?

Um, I've been living in Canada.

All this time?

About 13 years, yeah.

I've got a little girl.

Oh, nice. What's her name?

- Ali, she's four. - Nice.

She's back in Canada with my ex.

He's going to look after her while I've... come here for a bit.

It just... I don't know, my sister's living here, you're living here.

It just all seemed a little bit weird for me to come all this way

then not to try and say hi.

You know?

- I wanted to see you while I was here. - Right.

You look exactly the same.

Well, thank you.

I've missed you. A lot.

Jesus. Jesus Christ.

Serena?

Oh, my God, Ruth!

- How are you doing? - Oh, God!

- Hiya. - Hi! You all right?

What are you doing here?

Erm, Michelle, my... My sister's moved here. Yeah.

Really? Yeah, she's been here about a year.

Erm, in Palm Bay.

- My God! I never knew that. - Yeah.

- How long have you been here? - Did you not know we were here?

No, no, didn't have a clue.

Er, yeah, about... about seven years.

- God, wow! - We love it. Love it.

- Yeah, well, it's a beautiful place. - Yeah. Good, so, er...

- Are you here for long or...? - No, just a couple of days.

- I'm living in Canada, so I've just... - Right.

Popped over, but...

- Well, it's great to see you. - Yeah. You look exactly the same.

But look, I've got to shoot off,

but erm, you should, er... You should pop over, you know.

Yep, we'll sort something. Definitely. All right.

- Well, take care. See you. - Yeah. See you later.

Hello?

Hi.

Hey, babe.

- You all right? - Yeah.

- How are you? - Mm, good. Good.

- Hello. You all right, sweetheart? - I'm OK.

Dinner won't be long now, just a few minutes. OK?

- OK. All right, Dazza? - Yeah.

- How was school? - It was all right.

Brilliant!

How was today?

- Erm, yeah, good. Good. - Yeah?

How about you?

- Yeah, good. - Yeah? Yeah.

Just... another day.

Um, I'm going to go and get changed.

- OK, don't be long. - Yeah.

How was the meeting?

Oh, it didn't happen in the end.

How come?

Oh, it was... It didn't need to happen today. So...

Stuff, other stuff happened this afternoon, so...

We can do it tomorrow, it's not a problem.

Do you fancy a glass of wine?

Are we allowed on a school night?

I feel like one.

Really? You feeling a bit frisky?

Are you OK?

Yeah.

- You? - Yeah.

Nick?

- Hello? - Hi.

Michelle, Serena's sister.

Oh, God, Michelle!

Hi. Yeah, Serena said that you'd moved down here.

Yeah. I, er, I just wondered if you've got five minutes for a quick chat?

Erm...

Yeah, OK.

You were eight the last time I saw you.

Look, erm, I haven't come here for a chat.

I just wanted to make sure that you knew

that the reason Serena's in Margate is... to see you.

Well...

Now, I don't know if I'm doing the right thing or the wrong thing.

I don't know, but Serena doesn't know I'm here.

I know you met up and...

and you had a chat, but I think she just feels like

there are still a few things left unsaid,

and I guess a few things that she needs to say to you.

I can't get into this, so...

I know, I just don't want to see my sister unhappy.

Well...

You two were made for each other.

Look, I remember being younger and looking at you and thinking,

"Oh, I really hope I have that one day."

And I do.

I have it now and I...

You know, I wouldn't want you two to miss out on something like that.

Oh, stop it, come on. This is...

I can't even have this conversation.

Sorry if...

If I've put you in an awkward position.

Look, I'm going to give you my address.

- Don't do that. - Just in case you change your mind.

No, because what am I going to do with this?

Take it.

She'd really love to see you before she goes back to Canada.

Well, I can't.

- It was nice to see you. - And you.

- Nick? - Yeah?

- You OK? - Mm.