LIFE OF LOUGAN

by Jack the Dog Barker etc etc

Act I, sc vi

LONESOME BETTY returns - left - and walks directly across stage into the bedroom - right -

The others visibly tense.

PAUL Back so soon?

After a beat -

BOB (to PAUL) That was quick.

PAUL (quietly) I don't like it.

LONESOME BETTY enters - right - guzzling a can of beer. She sits on the couch, shakes out the backwash on the floor and puts a dent in the can at the bottom edge. She looks around on the coffee table for something, finds a nail and pokes a few holes in the dent. Then she digs around in her purse and pulls out a spoon and a miniscule amount of coke.

PAUL Where'd you get that?

LO BET Bill's place.

PAUL Did ya fuck 'em?

LO BET Nooo, I didn't fuck him.

PAUL Well, did you at least suck his dick 'cuz he ain't givin' that shit away.

LO BET (directly to PAUL) Y'know, you really should have more faith in me y'know.

She goes back to digging in her purse, gets up and exits - right - again. A few moments later she returns with a candle, glass of water and a four-litre jug of diaper bleach and sets up shop.

LO BET I go to all this trouble for you guys and all you can say is "Did you fuck him"...

She grabs a cigarette and lights it, taps some ash on the dent and uses the can as a pipe. She leans back and blinks a couple of times, then passes the can to PAUL who repeats the process as does BOB and finally REGGIE.

PAUL That stuff is shit.
LO BET It's shit alright.

They go for seconds.

LO BET Good thing I didn't have to pay for it.

BOB and REGGIE burst out laughing. PAUL looks pissed off.

PAUL Very funny. (to BOB) Got any more pot?

BOB Oop! Yes I do!