is monsters. Tits out, wet-mouthed, back. Shouting and just to prove they exist.
at the bar with the usual mix Of fabrics and desolate lighting. Everybody here has got a second name. Blowing more breeze Than the wind at the vane.
Industry slimeballs, big-deals. The cool new with the retro feel, the wrap party for their video. Becky in it. The director, Law, Head to toe in velour, Is holding court about the of image While the sycophants and grimace. fidgets, tells herself, 'Must stop so cynical, here is a human, Even these pitiful pop stars and idiots.' She tells herself to look - is hideous.
So while Marshall Law is wanking on his artwork She smiles at the guy opposite, eyes, dark shirt. He his eyebrows in the direction of Marshall. 'My Becky,' she says, yours?'
She was like nothing he'd seen before. Strong body, soft edges, with so raw In the of her iris. He his name, 'Harry'. And in his life 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 eyes kept circuits of the room. He drank as fast as they could him, Then this comes over, out a thick hand, And Harry at her Like just found himself in quicksand. He gives this guy a wrap, they shake Sweaty cash between palms, No fuss. bash, yes, bosh. He at her guiltily, She waved it off, 'You a shotter then, I care.'
'Becky, all I wanted was a place of my own.' His eyes, and trusting, He's at her, desperate for something to click. He is up. This is it. 'A real place, the whole bit, a speakeasy, right? Chandeliers and That off of the glasses No hype, and no arseholes. Instead of rotting our out In old boozers We can be grown men, to music, music. Played with heart by real bands, Not just posers looking like 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 by the lights flickering. He looks like an outline that needs in. He leans in close, starts
thing is, and it's weird, I never so able, To talk like to anybody, ever, Recently Becky, been really feeling the pressure. I can't you how good it is To get off my chest.'
Becky's tight to her glass. coke, brain fast. She watches his as he talks. Little on her fingertips Expert. snort. Sucking on a cigarette, feeling bored.
It's if you believe it. The is the world But all how you see it. One flash of lightning ripping through the air Is another's passing glare, there. It's if you believe it. The world is the But all how you see it. One man's flash of lightning through the air Is passing glare, hardly there.
'If I'm honest, well it is, It's a trap, I ain't to be flash I need to raise the cash for the dream. I touch it myself Look, it that But once I set a task, Well, there no going back. And I am there, I am, nearly, anyway, The is, I had to push all of my friends away. I have nobody what I'm up to I keep it secret but the thing is I would to, for one day, You know, live like any guy. I can't a girlfriend, you see I don't like to lie. It's safer all That I just my head down. And, yeah, the is booming, Yeah, the is really booming. But my think I work in recruitment So, I get up morning And I put a shirt and 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 these day Scrooges Who get secretaries to bring me coffee, so stupid. Meant to be times, right, a recession? But these are buying more than ever, I reckon And I...
He's got eyes, Shame his issues, though. The pushes on, her cynicism's getting vicious, Show nothing, smiling.
She the eye of her mates, They're by the bar in a state. Nod for me' understand, dance over, Put their around her shoulders - 'Becky, bored, let's go'. His mouth to a stop, He to lose his composure, She at him 'Yeah, was nice to know ya.'
No, not like that, leave. Please. make her go, we've just got started.
Their teeth are bare, their are planted Their smirking at him like dirt, And now his is with the fury of Finding and miracle girl. He weak with confusion, like What had he How long had he He them walk to the doors His roars.
In the back of the cab, the sit there giggling The driver lets smoke out of the window So shivering. They pass a bottle of wine back and Let it clash their teeth. The cab moves through the streets. 'Who was guy you was with?' Becky her head softly, I don't know, probably alright, But I could he was one of them "save me" types, And I couldn't be dealing that. Not tonight.'