Chloe

Becky.

DISTORTED TENSE MUSIC

Becky.

I need your help.

SHOWER RUNS

MENACING MUSIC

Hi. Thanks.

Morning.

Sleep OK?

SHE PANTS

Have you got the money? I'm sorry, I can't get it right now.

Wait.

Who are you?

And what the hell is THIS for?

Sorry.

Don't apologise. It's fine.

That guy Josh called you last night.

Yeah, I saw that. It's really weird.

Do you guys still talk?

Erm, we haven't in ages.

OK. Well, let me know if he's bothering you.

The writ was issued this morning.

Congratulations. Thank you.

How are you feeling?

Excited.

Nervous.

The campaign launch is this week.

I'll...I'll make time for us. You're the only one that keeps me sane.

Oh, here he is - the man of the moment.

Hello, hello. Come sit.

PHONE RINGS Oh, sorry.

Talk to me. Clarity. Yeah.

Yeah.

Can you do the poster we talked about last week?

You have the campaign photo, right? Yeah, yeah. OK, good.

I know, she's an absolute pig.

LIVIA LAUGHS

Mm. OK.

OK, great. Well, we'll talk later.

OK, thanks. Bye-bye. Bye.

OK, we've got a date. It's really happening. Brilliant.

I'm going to start to put together a schedule for the week.

Let me run a few things past you. Sure.

Working towards the end of the week...

TENSE MUSIC

Yeah, good idea. You should talk to Nish, too.

He's got a list of party people to add on.

I'll make sure I call Nish later.

Hey.

All right. See you.

I'm going to head off.

See you later.

PHONE RINGS

Yes?

No.

I literally don't care.

Maybe hummus?

OK. Bye.

Liv...

..are we OK?

Yeah, of course. Why wouldn't we be? What's the matter?

Erm...

I took down a photo of me from the work account.

Would you mind not posting photos of me online? What?

The stalker, remember? Oh, for God's sake. Sorry. Just delete it.

I have. Well, then, fine.

You know, I don't know how you think you're going to manage

if you can't have any photos of you anywhere.

You do realise there are going to be photographers at the launch?

I just won't be in any of the photos.

But you are dating Elliot Fairbourne, so...

Are you sure we're OK? I'm not over the moon, no.

No.

But I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt, so just...

Just let me get over it.

Erm, do you want me to do the guest list for the launch?

I can take it off your plate, talk to Nish. Yeah, that would be good.

Thank you.

OK, so they want plus ones for... We've starred the ones

from the union list, the councillors, the Chief Constable

and a couple of people from his office.

Yeah, I think that's good.

Cool. Thanks.

How have you been finding it?

Yeah, it's awesome.

The start-up world's been really fun, you know?

But the business sort of runs itself now

and, yeah,... Are you excited for the launch? It'll be great.

Yeah.

I just hope Elliot manages to enjoy himself.

I think he finds those events quite difficult.

It... It reminds him...

Yeah.

Did you speak to her that night?

Chloe?

Yeah. Yeah, of course.

You ask a lot of questions about Chloe, don't you?

Really? Sorry.

Sorry.

Erm, I... I guess it's...

It's just been such a trauma for Elliot. I want to support him.

Well, you scared him the other night.

Disappearing like that.

He's a sensitive guy and he's my best friend.

I don't like to see him get hurt.

Fritz Zwicky was the first person to posit its existence

in the 1930s.

You see, he observed the speed of revolving galaxy clusters.

Essentially, discs of stars rotating around the centre of the galaxy.

And he saw...

ATMOSPHERIC MUSIC

DOOR OPENS

Hello. Hi.

Good day?

Yeah.

You? Mm. Good.

Nish told me you guys had a nice drink.

Yeah. Speaking of which.

Do you want one? Yeah.

Erm, just... My podcast's nearly done.

What sort of scale are we talking about?

By our current calculations, we're talking about five or six times

the amount of matter that's currently accounted for.

So most of the universe is dark matter? Mm. Yes, that's correct.

So, why exactly can't we see it?

Oh, well...

SHE LAUGHS

Erm, so, Natalia's in town tomorrow.

You know, my friend from Japan. Oh, that's nice.

I'm very excited to meet her.

Erm, actually, I think she's got me tickets for a gig.

But I can see how long she's around for.

OK, sure. No problem.

Cheers.

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MENACING MUSIC

DREAMY MUSIC

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Can I get a beer?

Oh, my God, Sasha!

Tara? Yes! Tara! Yes! Wow!

It's so random to bump into you here. I know. Random!

Oh, my God, do you remember the dinner? We met?

That night was the most awkward night of my life.

It was so awful. Awful! TARA LAUGHS

I was, erm... I was just going to go and have a smoke.

Do you want to join me? I don't smoke. It's bad for you.

Come on. Tara, we need a debrief.

OK, fine. Of the awful night!

I just don't think we should have been there.

They were so deep in their grief.

Yeah. Erm, so, were you dating Nish before she died?

We actually met the night it happened.

Oh, my God. So did you meet her that night?

No... No.

Nish talks a lot about her, right?

Yeah.

I never got why he hated her so much.

Yeah... Yeah.

That's so weird. What was THAT about?

He's got oblique energy.

He's got what?

He's always angry at the wrong thing.

Maybe it's because he's terrified that at any point

he's going to be thrown off the ride.

I should get back in.

Who are you here with? Just some friends.

Did Nish ever mention anything about some money?

No. Or a chocolate box?

What? I just heard there was something weird

about the chocolates that Chloe brought Elliot that night.

I don't know what you're talking about.

So Nish never mentioned anything?

I should go and find my friends.

Sure.

I hope you don't mind me saying...

..your energy is a bit oblique, too.

Have a good night.

I know everything about you and I still like you.

Yeah, but it's different with you.

You don't judge.

You mean I'm your grimy friend you can tell anything?

THEY LAUGH

I need coffee.

My head is pounding.

Overdid it a bit last night, did we? A bit, maybe.

So, am I going to get a chance to meet her, or...?

She's actually had to rush back to London.

Shame.

How come?

Work.

Never mind.

Erm, I wouldn't go in there if I were you.

Why? What are you hiding from me?

Just how truly messy I am.

I'll drive. You're not insured.

Oh, my insurance covers it.

You might still be over the limit and with the launch on Friday,

I've just got to be careful. I'm fine. Really.

I'll drive to the meeting and then you can go on from there.