The 7.39 Page #2

Please?

Let's go to bed.

Let's sleep on it, yeah?

I shouted at this woman on the train

today. Like a nutter.

That's me.

The nutter on the train.

You're tired, that's all.

And it's only Monday.

Let's go out. Just me and you.

Somewhere that's not a parents'

evening or a school play.

Are there places like that?

I could meet you in London,

get a hotel,

go for dinner, go dancing.

What, in a nightclub?

A special club for old people.

Glen Miller and orthopaedic chairs.

I haven't danced since our wedding.

Ah, the day the music died.

Love you. Love you too.

Argh...

I've told you a million times,

you've got to rinse the plates

before you put them in.

See you later.

That was completely

out of order yesterday.

I really don't want to have

that debate again.

No, me neither. I wanted to

apologise. Oh.

It's this journey, you know,

it makes people tense.

Especially me on a Monday morning.

Veins popping out of my head,

tingle down my left arm.

I was probably a little abrupt too.

Yeah, you were terrifying.

Quite rightly, though.

It's just you had the Holy Grail -

front-facing,

near the exit, big table. That's

like a lifeboat on the Titanic,

you've got to fight for it.

I'll bear that in mind.

Bye. Bye.

We seem to be walking the same

direction. Yes, we do.

Bit awkward. Yeah.

So how long have you erm...?

Week four.

Was I ever so young, so naive?

So, old-timer,

how long have you been...?

12 years, no parole.

Five weeks off for good behaviour.

Portugal usually.

I'll let you go on. I'll see you

tomorrow, 7:
39.

Just don't let me find you in my

seat, all right?

Joking. Sorry.

Well, what can I do?

I'm at work!

Yeah... I know.

Look, I will try to come home

early.

Yeah.

Well, as soon as possible, yeah.

Right, yeah.

Can we talk about this later,

please?

Right.

This train is for

London Waterloo.

Sorry, someone's sitting there.

It's a colleague. We're having a

meeting. So, erm... OK.

Pssst...

Thank you.

How is it?

It's all right.

Do you know it well? Yeah.

Well, I've seen it on telly.

Same thing.

I saw you reading yesterday

and it inspired me.

Some people on this train

just pretend to read

so they don't have to talk.

I carried Harry Potter

around with me for five years.

If it's so you're left alone,

I don't mind.

No, no, it's not that.

I thought, now that I've

got this commute,

I'll read all the books I should

have read at school.

But I've been on the same

page for 10 days now.

Yeah, you look a bit distracted.

Did I?

Is she the one who throws

herself in front of a train?

Oh, well. Who could blame her?

Sorry, I think

I just gave away the ending.

Oh, I don't think I'll be getting to

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