Goldsmiths, Thursday 12.10...
"...We're not actually talking"
"What the fuck, again? Why the fuck not this time? No wonder Ems has been so miserable, what's going on now?"
"Oh, I don't know, stuff, you know? Long distance relationships, Goa in the background, white noise, you know?"
"Goa? That was months ago, what the fuck happened in Goa, Noams?"
"It wasn't all lovely, Goa"
"Really? Why? I thought you two were sorted, now this? What happened?"
"Yeah well, I thought so too, Turns out we weren't, we had a massive row"
"About what?"
"Oh, you know, everything. Sophia, Mandy, You. Lots of stuff, All that shit with Freddie, Cook, that Doctor, It all felt a bit shit, leaving you to pick up all the pieces , Tommo and Panda fucking off to the states, JJ's no help, us legging it to Goa, it was all a bit crap"
"It wasn't that bad"
"Oh, really?, Eff didn't, you know, loose the plot completely; you haven't spent all this time looking after her, like 24/7, sorting out her life, then?"
"Well, she's a mate..., we're mates, what d you do?" Anyway you didn't ring me to blow sunshine out of my arse, what the fuck are you doing, what happened?"
"Like I said, arguments, it wasn't all bad, at first it was cool, we were happy, really happy, but then there was a late night drunken 'discussion' that got... out of hand, way out of hand, we... I said stuff, pretty stupid stuff..."
"Such as?"
"Nothing that I'm going to repeat to you katiekins. Let's just say nothing I'm proud of, it's too late now though, Goa's background... anyway"
"I've spoken to her"
"Thought you might have, that's partly why I called. "
"Don't you want to know?"
"Part of me does, part of me couldn't give a flying..."
"I don't believe you think that"
"I don't really, it's too fucked up, I'm here, she's down there, She comes here at the weekend, we try to cram it all in, end up pissed, having angry sex.."
"Angry sex? How does that...Actually I don't want to know"
"No, you don't. It's done, I'm done, We didn't part on great terms last time she was here, She got a text from some random, I more or less accused her of seeing some-one else, she didn't deny it, hence..not talking"
"She's not happy, thought you didn't care"
"Really...hmmmm, its shit"
"I dunno, Noams, she's not happy, can you not sort it out?"
"I don't... I'm tired, Katie, is it worth it?"
"I don't believe you two sometimes, why are you calling me then?"
"Ok, so I'm not done, I dunno what to do though"
"Come up, at the weekend, stay with me an' Eff, she'd love to see you, that's a not so subtle hint by the way"
"I dunno; never go back, all that shit"
"Oh come on, this is me you're talking to, come on, it'll be like old times, only, you know, without the booze and drugs, and the shagging... Ok, so nothing like old times. Just come up, I can, you know, call her, get her to come over, you can talk, neutral ground, all that bollocks"
"Next project?"
"Oh fuck off then, if you think..."
"No, sorry, we're talking this weekend, yeah?"
"Right, yeah, that's more like it, Noams? You know, right, No booze, No spliffs, we...Eff can't do that anymore, OK?
"Fuck sakes, it'll be a right party of laughs, Ok though. Katie? "
"What"
"Thanks, for this, I mean, listening to me go on"
"S'ok, lezza, don't fuck it up, yeah?"
Costa Coffee, Thursday 12:45
"Are you seeing someone else?"
"Fuck sakes, Katie"
"Are you? What the fuck, Emily?"
"So what if I am"
"Who? Not whatshername? Mandy?"
"NO, no, not her, no one you'd know, it's nothing really, random, she's keen, I'm not"
"Well, I've spoken to Naomi; she's coming up actually, staying here"
"I'm sure you'll have fun, twister, with you and Eff"
"Fuck off, bitch, I thought you could talk, you know? Come over, she wants to I think.
"Really?"
"Ems, what happened in Goa, Noams said you had a massive bust up, what happened?"
"She said that? Well, yeah I s'ppose, It was coming, you know? We never really sorted out all the shit from before, that and all the stuff with Freddie, and Cook, we never had time, Then one night out there, we got pissed, started being honest with each other, it went way beyond fucked up.
"Stupid cow"
"It gets worse, last time I was up in London, I got a text from Steph, the girl I was sort of seeing, Noams went bat-shit"
"What a fucking surprise, what you doing Ems?"
"I dunno, stupid really, it's hard the Uni thing, her new mates..."
"Her new mates?"
"Oh you know, uni mates... in jokes, smart arse arty types"
"You're jealous, aren't you? You possessive cow!"
"No, black, thanks"
"What? Where are you?"
"Getting coffee"
"Ems, concentrate, yeah? I'm trying to sort out your relationship here"
"Yeah, sorry. I'm not jealous, Katie... I'm trying not to be jealous, ok?"
"So you'll come over, at the weekend, talk, yeah?"
"Yeah, Ok"
"Cool...Ems? You still, you know, love her, right?"
"Katie, don't..."
"What the fuck, Em, Naomi's stupid for you and you're chucking it away"
"Stupid for me? What does that even mean? What did you two talk about?"
"She's tired as well Ems, the long distance thing is hard for her too, you know? Anyway, what's angry sex? Weirdo"
"Angry sex? What the fuck?"
"Something Noams said, you get pissed, end up having angry sex, something like that"
"Jesus, she's been discussing our sex life with you? Since when did you get all chummy?"
"I dunno, she needs some-one to talk to I suppose since her girlfriend seems to be a fucking idiot"
"Thanks"
"Welcome, she's here Saturday, be here. Ok?"
"Do I have a choice?"
"No"
"Right...How's Eff by the way?"
Oh, you know, up, down. Mostly down at the minute, be cool to see Noams though, I hope"
"I went to see Cook"
"Did you? When? How's he doing?"
"Not fantastic, really, I'll come over later to tell you, ok?"
"Yeah, ok. Cook? Really Ems?"
"Yeah, I know weird, I just thought I should, you know, dunno who was more surprised, me or him"
"Ems, not in front of Eff, Ok?"
"Katie, I know, I'm not stupid"
"Yeah, sorry"