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peacefully, eating their food.
"We'll just have to slow down a bit," Dan says.
"Is there anything wrong there, my dear boy?" A man passing by suddenly asks,
pointing towards Janokovic, who is asleep, sitting in an awkward position on the
bench, with his head has all the way backwards and his arms are limping down
the side and legs are wide open. The elderly couple smiles leniently and
continues to eat their sandwiches.
There are several theatre guests standing at the entrance of the park; they eat,
take pictures and talks, and a buzzing sound of life is spreading across the area.
Dan picks up his guitar.
"Let’s not play, man," says Eugene.
“Well, let me just give the guests some good old classic rock. "
"Since my baby left me," sings Dan from the top of his lungs.
The couple seems to enjoy the Dan’s music and taps their feet as they finish up
eating. Dan continues to play until the couple leaves.
“Niiice, Dan." Maria says, then goes and wraps her arms around him and they
start snogging, they don't take notice of the comments from two of the tourist-
bus drivers, who have gone out to stretch their legs and have a little wee against
the park trees.
"Hopeless junkie," says the one with disgust in his voice, nodding his head
towards Dan. The other bus driver replies:
"Yeah, London's worst Elvis imitator. If only the police could remove those
bloody junkies from the public parks..."
Both drivers turn around and walk back to their respective buses.
Matt has put his arm around Winnie; they now sit where the elderly couple sat
before on the bench. Winnie has put her head on his shoulder, and Matt starts to
whisper something in her ear.
Eugene sits and observes his friends, who’ve now become really drunk. He’s no
longer drinking; he is convinced that the three young rascals are deeply
imbedded in something eerie, and he wants to know what it is.
Eik and Bibi stroll towards him and sit down on the ground in front of him.
"Don't you think we should follow Janokovic back to your flat?" Bibi asks.
Janokovic has climbed down from the bench, and has been lying on the ground