The waiter turns up��.
Michael: Ah, bonsoir!
Nick: Are we having starters?
Michael: Nick, we're supposed to be on diets for the video! ( the 'Say it Once' video)
James: (Thrilled) We're doing the video in Miami! We're going for four days!
Michael: We're filming it on a boat. We'll get seasick!
At last, the boys order. They all go for the Bruschetta(tomato-topped bread) for starters. Then for the main course, James has a creamy spaghetti affair, Jon and Michael go for the penne with spicy sausage, and Nick plumps for the salmon����
James: I had a quiff yesterday, but when I tried to do the same this morning it fell over.
Michael: James, your hair has always been exactly the same, mate! I remember coming to see your old band in Watford Town Hall and you had some sailor suit on.
Nick: No, no, he had a Jimi Hendrix jacket with tassles. He used to wear a beret back-to-front as well, hahaha!
Jon: It had naval stripes on it too!
Michael: Don't laugh, that's what our manager wants us to wear in the video!
James: Our manager has a very strange idea of what's cool. He wants us dressed as sailors with Pina Coladas(ie. Cocktails).
Nick: The bit I like is that there's going to be lods of gorgeous models there. I can't wait to go to Miami---it's so exciting! We went to New York to do the last video and that was my first time to anywhere decent.
A big fella comes in and they all fall about laughing. Then the food arrives��
Michael: (Spilling food down himself) Oh no, I'm having a bit of a 'mare. (Sniffing aroung) Has someone farted? Has someone ralphed? There's really a funny smell around here�are we sitting near a bin or something?
Nick: More wine anyone? You shouldn't mix your wines, should you? What is it they say---'wine and hops give you the plops'?
The others make fun of James for drinking lemonade while on holiday in Tenerife, then discuss a theatre director who recently died�.
Nick: That's what we need to do---if we fake our own deaths, we'll become absolutely massive overnight!
Michael: I've got a better idea�why don't we just kill you, Nick?
Nick: That's cool. I'd do anything to be famous!
Michael: (Abruptly changing the subject) Apparently human flesh tastes like chicken. I read it in that book, Alive�the one about the plane crash.
As Nick and Michael polishes off James' leftovers, we realise practically every table around us is empty�..
Nick: (Overcome) This has been on of the highlights of my career. I'm not joking. I've never ever in my life been this happy. I'm on cloud million.
The phone rings, Michael answers�
Michael: (on the phone) You're joking?! Oh no�but there'll still be models, won't there? (To the others) Miami's off. We're going to Majorca instead.
Ultra console themselves with cappuccinos and ice creams, before gathering their bags and disappearing into the London traffic����..
