[nostalgic pop music]
[music builds]
♪ I'm laughing on the outside ♪
♪ Crying on the inside ♪
♪ 'Cause I'm so in love ♪
♪ With you ♪
[silence]
[distant traffic]
[rumbling]
[silence]
[James sighs]
Hey.
[Alyssa] Sometimes, James feels like a boy I could love.
Like, really love.
[distant honking]
Then, other times, he feels like a total fucking stranger.
[Muzak]
It's an extra £30 for a late checkout.
Fine.
That's a lot of cash.
We robbed a bank.
[Alyssa sighs]
Keep the change.
[slow rock]
[James] Could get a train to your dad's.
[Alyssa] Maybe.
[Alyssa] What if he doesn't want to see me?
Well, shall we?
-What? -Get a train to your dad's.
[Alyssa] He probably won't even recognize me.
-Are we still going there? -Yeah, obviously.
We should lie low for a bit. Wait a couple of days
before we start getting on any trains or anything.
-Why? -Because we robbed a guy, James.
-He assaulted me. -Doesn't matter.
We should go off-grid for a bit.
Isn't your dad's off-grid?
-Why are you so obsessed with my dad? -What?
I'm not.
He's miles away.
We need to find somewhere nearby.
Somewhere nice.
Could be like a mini break.
[slow rock continues]
Holy shit.
-How do you know? -Know what?
That this one's safe.
No obvious burglar alarm.
Dust everywhere, so no cleaner to worry about.
[Alyssa] Post.
At least a week's worth.
Is breaking and entering the best way of lying low?
[glass shatters]
[door opens and closes]
[Alyssa] Cool.
[James] Think that's him. [Alyssa] Who?
[James] The guy that lives here.
[Alyssa] Yeah, obviously.
Bit uptight, isn't he?
[James] He's a professor.
[Alyssa] Whatever, it's fucking weird having a photo of yourself.
Hey.
Look what I found.
[James] Alyssa didn't have much respect for people.
Or people's stuff.
[Alyssa] I sometimes wonder if I should just become an alcoholic.
It means you've always got something to do.
[suppressed gag]
[silence]
I reckon this'll do.
[James] Yeah.
We can just chill here, plan our route, take our time.
Yep.
[Alyssa] I'm trying to think what adults do in situations like this.
Should we go downstairs and have a glass of wine?
Yeah.
OK.
Are you hungry?
Always.
[Alyssa] Well, that wasn't as shit as I expected.
It was actually really nice.
[Alyssa] Thank you.
How do you know how to cook?
Taught myself.
[hard rock]
[James] It was that or type 2 diabetes.
[Alyssa] We should wash up.
[upbeat country music]
♪ Comb your hair and paint and powder ♪
♪ You act proud and I'll act prouder ♪
♪ You sing loud and I'll sing louder ♪
♪ Tonight we're settin' the woods on fire ♪
♪ You're my gal and I'm your feller... ♪
[Alyssa] Some people get embarrassed dancing. I don't.
I think it's when I feel most myself.
I get embarrassed talking. Well, after talking.
When I realize I've said something stupid.
We should do this naked.
[Alyssa] Something like that.
♪ That never has been done ♪
♪ I don't care who thinks we're silly ♪
♪ You be Daffy ♪
♪ And I'll be Dilly ♪
♪ We'll order up two bowls of chili ♪
♪ Settin' the woods on fire... ♪
[James] As a rule, I didn't dance,
but it was hard to say no to Alyssa.
Hey, close your eyes.
-What? -Close your eyes. I promise I won't look.
♪ I'll gas up my hot-rod stoker ♪
♪ We'll get hotter than a poker ♪
♪ You'll be broke, but I'll be broker... ♪
[Alyssa] I think he is properly beautiful.
♪ We'll sit close to one another ♪
♪ Up one street and down the other ♪
♪ We'll have a time, oh, brother ♪
♪ Settin' the woods on fire... ♪
[Alyssa] But he'll never start anything, so...
♪ My tires and tubes are doin' fine, but the air is showin' through... ♪
Come here.
♪ You clap hands and I'll start howlin' ♪
♪ We'll do all the law's allowin'... ♪
Undo your belt.
[Alyssa] Whoever says all boys are obsessed with sex hasn't met James.
[music stops]
[Alyssa] I really hope I'm not bad at this.
Huh.
[James snickers] Is this OK?
[James gulps]
[breathes deeply] Um, stop. Please, could you stop.
-What? -He was putting me off.
-I thought you said that you wanted me. -I do.
-I did. -Liar.
Fuck you!
[melancholy guitar]
Alyssa!
[door slams]
[James] I tended not to feel things.
For a long time, I was good at it.
Good at feeling absolutely nothing.
I didn't even have to try.
I just...
didn't.
[low rumbling]
[rumbling intensifies]
BLEACH
[door echoes]
[doo-wop] ♪ Oooh, what a day ♪
♪ Oh, what a day Oh, what a day ♪
♪ Oooh-oooh-oooh ♪
♪ Oh, what a day Oh, what a day ♪
♪ When we fell in looove ♪
[music stops]
[Alyssa] The world is fucking bleak.
I guess I try and do things to forget that it is.
Keep busy, keep blind.
I thought that's what me and James were doing.
Don't look at that.
Hey.
-How old are you, then? -17.
Yeah, right.
[snorts] You look better in person.
Fuck off.
[Alyssa] I do, actually.
My mum says it's my secret weapon,
which I think is kind of rude, but I see her point.
-So, what was your name again? -Alyssa.
Alyssa.
Cool.
What's yours?
Topher.
What kind of a name is Topher?
It's short for Christopher.
So, why can't you just be called Chris, like a normal person?
Dunno.
Guess I'm a twat.
[melancholy guitar]
-Do you have a girlfriend? -No.
-Boyfriend? -No.
[Topher] Whoa! Is this your place?
[Alyssa] We're squatting.
[Topher] Who's we?
[door opens and closes]
James, this is Topher.
And we're going upstairs to have sex.
[James] Being with Alyssa had started to make me feel things.
She made me feel things.
And I didn't like it at all.
[guitar stops]
[Topher] Um...
[Alyssa] What?
[Topher] This isn't being filmed is it? [Alyssa sighs]
Are you actually underage and someone's gonna leap out like, "catch a pedophile"?
[Alyssa] Oh, for God's sake!
Come on, then!
[ominous music]
[giggling]
[James] Alyssa had thrown me a curveball.
[slash]
[hearty laughter]
[James] I had to bide my time.
So I decided to have a look around.
[laughter continues]
♪ Walking all day with my eyes on fire ♪
♪ Can't stop looking at you ♪
♪ Walking all day with my eyes on fire ♪
♪ That's what I've gotta do ♪
♪ Can't stop looking at you ♪
[muffled screaming]
[screaming intensifies]
[heavy silence]
Shit.
[Alyssa giggles]
[low rumbling]
You're cool, Alyssa.
You're really fucking cool.
Thanks.
[Alyssa] It's no good.
It's just no good.
Thanks, James.
-I'm sorry. -What?
I changed my mind. I'm sorry, I'm not into this.
Are you... Are you kidding?
Nope.
[stutters] That's not fair.
Uh, yes, it is.
Please, Alyssa.
I think you're amazing.
Well, then, respect me changing my mind, and fuck off, please.
[Topher sighs]
It's like... [angry] There is a word for girls like you.
I'll bet.
[door slams]
[heavy footsteps on stairs]
[Topher] She is a fucking prick-tease bitch.
Right, yeah.
I'll tell her.
[door opens and slams shut]
[James knocks]
Alyssa?
[Alyssa] Go away.
[Alyssa] It feels like sex can go from something you want to do
to a punishment, really fucking quickly.
[ominous music]
[James] I waited until she fell asleep.
[door creaks]
[ominous music builds then stops]
[James] When her eyes were closed...
Alyssa looked a lot less angry.
[gentle acoustic guitar]
[Alyssa sighs in her sleep]
♪ This is my five-string serenade ♪
♪ Beneath the water it played ♪
♪ And while I'm playing for you ♪
♪ It could be raining there, too ♪
That's great.
[ominous beat]
Thank you very... [falters] much.
[ominous music]
[door opens]
[ominous music intensifies]
[approaching footsteps]
[music builds]
[music stops]
[Alyssa] Oh, fuck.
How did you get in here?
I'm sorry.
It's OK.
[sighs]
It's OK, you just...
gave me a shock, that's all.
Are you in trouble? You needed somewhere to stay?
That's all right.
You on your own?
Yes.
OK.
[deep rumbling]
You made a bit of a mess downstairs, didn't you?
[man] Hmm?
You've been eating my porridge, as well, Goldilocks?
[snickers]
What?
Shush, shush, shush, shush. Just stay still.
Please don't.
Don't what?
[firm] Hey, you gonna make this difficult?
[whimpers]
Oh... Are you a virgin?
No.
[struggling]
[60s country pop]
♪ I'm sorry ♪
♪ So sorry ♪
♪ That I was such a fool ♪
♪ I didn't know ♪
♪ Love could be so cruel ♪
♪ Oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh, yes ♪
♪ You tell me ♪
♪ Mistakes ♪
-Are you a virgin? -Yes.
♪ Are part of being young ♪
-Me, too. -Yeah, no shit.
♪ But that don't right ♪
♪ The wrong that's been done ♪
[backing singers] ♪ I'm sorry ♪
♪ I'm sorry ♪
[backing singers] ♪ So sorry ♪
♪ So sorry ♪
♪ Please accept my apology ♪
♪ But love is blind ♪
♪ And I was too blind to see ♪
♪ Oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh, yes ♪