Groundswell (Danyka)

Her husband's lovely.

I can't believe you don't remember him.

There were a lot of people there.

Did he end up vomiting in the bathroom?

Of course not!

I'm sure I'll remember when I see him.

I mean it was five years ago...

-Four. -Four.

I'll remember him when I see him.

But I did introduce you.

You even talked to him for a while.

Oh, my dear.

Trust you to wear black to the beach.

PARKING LOT

Could you get my sandals out?

They're in the bag.

-And my hat! -OK.

I'm here!

Ugly!

-I missed you! -Me too...

Just look at you!

You're a beach bunny!

-My dear! -Careful, I'm wet!

-Just a little. -Hi.

-Armando! How are you? -Hi.

Good, Ernesto, you? Here, babe.

You look so slim!

What have you been doing?

-I told you I'd lost weight! -I told you too!

-Let's get a beer! -Let's go.

-How have you been? -Great thanks!

Let me get my...

What are you drinking, you alcoholic?

Mezcal-tonic.

You're the alcoholic!

-Want one? -Yeah, give me one.

What kind of beer would you like?

-I mean... -I'll have a clear one.

-You look stunning. -Oh, no! I'm so big.

-No! You look great! -Do you think?

-You're a hot brunette! -I'm just brunette.

But I look fat...

DANYKA GROUNDSWELL

-It's so cool. -Stay! Stay the night!

-No, sorry. I can't! -Come on!

-What do you mean you can't? -We've got a room ready for you.

-I swear I can't! -Bloody Teresa!

When you asked us down, we went.

I know, but I did snuck out or work, didn't I?

-She did. -Please! You're the boss!

-You can call it off. -No, no, no.

Yesterday was the convention, but I have to get back tomorrow.

You have the power.

-That's the power I'm showing. -Yeah, of course!

We can't, we would if we could.

We can come back on vacations.

-You'd love that, right? -Anytime.

-You'd like to come and write. -I'd be thrilled.

-I could totally stay. -Anytime.

Oh, shit!

-What's that! -Sorry, Tere!

Meet Iggy Pop.

It's name's Iggy Pop?

Yeah, it's Iggy Pop.

Only you...

There are a few of them around here.

There's Iggy, there's Marianne Faithfull...

Marianne Faithfull!

And there's another one called Thin Lizzy, who's this fat!

Eww...

-Come here, Iggy! -How are you?

-I'm good. -Iggy!

You're flat out, aren't you?

He won't take food from strangers.

Yeah, but I really love it.

Of course you do.

It's a great job.

How many states are you in charge of now?

The whole southeast region.

Jesus, that's incredible!

-Did you hear that? -Yeah.

How are you guys doing?

-Is it fun in here? -Bloody great!

-Oh, yes! -That's great.

We wouldn't go back to the city.

-Absolutely. -Never!

-Really? -Never.

I mean we've got the beach at our front door.

The girls have gotten used to the rhythm of life here.

Of course. Where are they?

Amanda's still in Canada,

she gets back next month.

And Sofi stayed over at a friend's house.

That's nice.

Have you heard from any of the gang from university?

No.

Since we moved up here, I stopped reading Facebook.

But you did hear about Mariana?

The one I told you about.

-What? -She got divorced.

No!

What?

-Just like that. -Yeah, she just divorced.

Apparently they'd been on the rocks for a while.

She never liked Germany.

Then, her dad fell ill over here.

She poor kid. And the kids?

She brought them with her.

Didn't she have cancer or something?

Breast cancer, but they treated it.

-Is she's OK? -She's fine.

She's sad about the divorce, but she's fine.

-She's fine. -Oh, well.

It's great that kids are going to grow up here,

because Europe's in a mess.

Horrible, horrible.

I never thought I'd say this, but here, we're in heaven.

I know, right? Poor people.

Yeah...

Sorry, where's your bathroom?

Here, on the other side.

-I'll be back. -Yes, love.

And you've had no problems with hurricanes here?

No, not at all.

-We're really happy. -Yeah.

I can tell!

-You look beautiful! -Shut up! I'm fat!

-Hey. -All done?

-Want to go to the beach? -Yeah, great.

Help me with this.

-We'll be back later. -OK!

Careful with that step...

You like American football?

Not much.

Soccer?

Sometimes I watch the world cup.

I love it.

Thanks.

-Cheers! -Cheers, Armando.

Great to see you.

This is great!

It is great.

You needed to get out of the city?

Could you tell by my pale skin?

I love the sea.

You're welcome to come whenever you want.

Thanks.

-Is it always this quiet? -Yeah.

Almost always.

You'll get

the occasional jogger,

but it's usually quiet.

There are 20 houses.

The owners have them as weekenders.

So they're hardly ever here.

Except on vacations, then it's full.

But we're almost always on our own.

On your own.

It's fantastic!

It really is a luxury.

Do you like to live in the city?

So?

Why don't you move up here?

Because of Tere's job.

Right, she's still in Walmart.

Yeah...

Yeah, was named director of human resources

for the whole South East.

She was saying that.

That's great!

Yeah, it just happened. She's really happy.

Yeah...

But still, Mexico City is no sort of life.

Tell her to change to Coppel.

Their head offices are here.

You can work from anywhere, right?

That's true.

Just look at that.

Imagine living here.

Here you'd really get some inspiration!

Yeah, right?

-Let's go in. -OK.

This really is a luxury.

Absolutely nobody.

Sometimes people go by.

People from the village, mostly.

What are they building? A hotel?

They were 10 years ago, but they abandoned it.

Really?

It was well advanced.

Yeah, but there was some problem between the partners.

Were they laundering money?

No.

Why would they abandon something so advanced?

Well...

Supposedly they didn't take the groundswell into account.

What's that?

They're waves that start on the other side of the world,

in Australia.

When they make landfall here they erode everything.