Four Lovers (Happy Few)

Everyone hopes, even the very happy ones, that something will happen.

That something would change their life.

Rachel, I'm ready. - Well, see you tomorrow.

Bye. Are you coming, Bascar? - If you drive me.

Goodbye! - See you tomorrow.

Well then! - See you tomorrow, thanks.

OK, I'll also finish now.

Hearts with skulls? I don't know. - Don't you like it?

I find the design too banal.

I thought of mini hearts glass. You see, like this.

With a crown of thorns, what do you think? - Yes, it could be pretty.

Now I have to leave. - Have a nice evening.

See you tomorrow.

Ah, good evening. - Good evening.

Rachel? - Yes?

Can you reach to go through the changes with him?

I want to see how far they are with the stand.

Yes, no problem. - You can discuss it with her.

Should I rather come Thursday? - No, no! - Good evening.

Hello. - Don't worry, this doesn't much time.

I'm going up quick.

So, the text of the homepage is good, clear and understandable.

But what about the font? It's quite large.

It appears as a site for short-sighted. - I don't think so.

I don't care. It's attractive and yet simple.

Was it your idea with the corals? - Yes. - Looks great.

Oh yes, that has to be different. Diane wants pass word access,

so that only our customers can enter.

She wants to avoid that someone steals our ideas.

I see. But then you won't get new customers,

People coming from the main page.

We're aware of that. - Good. And the translations?

Oh yes, of course! For the fair, we'll nee the side

definitely in English too. We can clarify the rest later.

I could ask my wife. She translates my websites.

We can search the technical terms of course.

Okay, perfect! And have sent a file with the photos to you.

Did you see them? - Yes. Who modelled for you?

A cousin of Diane, why? - Just like that.

You find her ugly. So do I.

There are nicer women. I would take you.

Me? - Yes. You're looking good.

You have that certain something.

I'm not 18, no chance.

And how do you like our jewellery?

Isn't my taste. All original, but somehow too Gothic for me.

Well, to Gothic for you? With Gothic you're completely wrong.

But the skulls...

In the baroque period, they were a symbol of transience.

A bit too dark, I think.

Have I offended you now? - No.

No? I better say nothing more.

Help me please. How's the style of your wife?

Rather modern? What she wears, for example?

I'll show you a picture of her. Here!

This is Teri.

Englishwoman? - No, her mother's American.

And these are our children. Tim, Jackie, the cat and Thelma, the great.

How old is she? - Ten.

You were early to become father.

Yes. It wasn't planned. An accident.

Give me the phone, Tim!

Yes, Rachel?

I want to ask something on behalf of my husband.

He wants to know whether you like to eat spicy.

Well.

Vincent?

Too fast. - Too good.

I'll answer her.

Vincent. The one with the website? - Yes. Open it.

That's it. Comb them always well behind,

because the lice prefer laying their eggs there.

I have a stomach of steel, Teri. Who is it?

His wife. Stomach of steel?

Oh. Presumably means that she eats just about anything.

Do you feel it?

What? What should I feel? - A burning.

That hurts, because you press so hard. - Excuse me!

One of my teachers in Beijing was 96 and had more power than I in the fingers.

You've been in Beijing? - Yes.

And when? - 15 or 16 years ago.

The Olympics would have thrilled me.

Have you been a professional gymnast? - Sure.

Have you participated? - Yes, in Seoul, '88.

Do you have a medal?

No, I was very young and it was totally botched.

After that I had no ambition anymore.

You were there again? - In Beijing? No.

Unfortunately, Rachel doesn't like Asia.

That's not true, I find the kamikaze guys great.

And puzzles, I do a lot of puzzles. - You are a puzzle yourself.

He means I'm a mystery to him. - No, I wouldn't say so.

Not? What then?

I don't know what I meant.

Telephone! Rachel, it's yours. Rachel!

Phone, telephone!

Yes? Ah, hello Diane.

What a shame. Yeah, at the moment it's around.

Oh crap, that's fine. Tell her get well. See you.

That was Diane. She doesn't come. Her friend is sick.

What does she have? - She's constantly ill.

Perhaps Pfeiffer's Glandular fever, or whatever.

Or scurvy!

Or... - Shingles!

Shingles. - Trisomy perhaps.

What nonsense.

Come on, sweetheart, off to bed. Come on, sweetie, come on up!

Come on. - Wait.

Thank you.

You're sitting on the floor? - Back pain.

From our chairs? - No, I have often

especially at night. In the museum or in a concert it's unpleasant, but otherwise its okay.

Is this from the kids?

No, it's from ten years of competitive sports.

Let's see!

Stay where you are!

I'll unroll your spine, okay?

And you visualize it with me. Okay?

Take the hair to the side and bend slightly forward. Like this!

We start with the neck vertebra One, two, three, four.

This should loosen you up, not tickle. - Sorry.

That had to get out, go ahead. - Well, relax.

Put away your glass. Okay, head down.

The cervical vertebra, one...

... five, six, seven and eight. Can you feel how sharp it is?

Now the lumbar vertebra. One, two, three...

What? - Excuse me.

Damn! How awkward. - Teri, you're bleeding!

It's still bleeding but doesn't hurt.

Need help?

No, it's okay.

Which one do you want?

I don't know.

I'll choose one I usually won't wear. It's the chance!

What do you prefer? - As you see black and gray.

I also like blue. - The blue one.

Let me see, turn around!

We make it shorter. - I don't know.

Wait!

Like this the chain is prettier.

Yes.

Come to the studio next week.

That's it. - The?

The hands, the key to tenderness.

The sayings are not from me, only the photos and a few texts.

And the trick with the vertebrae? - Is there too.

If you want you can have it.

What is it? Shiatsu for couples?

We're picking clothes and books here. What next?

Will you write a dedication? - Yes, please.

It doesn't go away anymore. - We place the sofa over it.

Are you suffering from writers' block?

I've kissed Teri.

Here.

Thank you.

Is it something personal? - You could say that.

I'll read it anyway.

For Teri, for Vincent, old stories, new friendship. Frank Berry.

Beautiful.

Without her maiden name you won't find her.

Oh yes! Teri isn't so common among gymnasts.

Since when do they know each other? - You've to ask them themselves.

They met for the first time while Surfing.

Surfing? Crazy. Why not even at bungee-jumping?

But somehow hot. - Who? Them?

No, him. He. He plucks his eyebrows? - I found them.

This is her?

Not bad. - European vice-champion of the juniors.

I don't know anyone else who participated at the Olympics.

Neither do I. She's quite delicate, have you seen her joints?

Yes, I did. - Her neck, her shoulders...

I know! - I need to shorten her necklace.

Yes, that will look better.

She has very thin bones, I noticed while massaging.

You impressed her with your massage, I noticed it.

Rachel, I've kissed her. We were kissing each other.

I had Franck's book lying around in the bedroom the whole week.

Perhaps Teri has opened it, perhaps she read the dedication,

but we haven't talked about it.

On the next evening with Rachel Franck they behaved as usual.

To me she was neither nervous nor guilty nor excited.

While Rachel had fun in the bar,

with confusing our cocktail selection,

I have been thinking about the first meeting for us four.

When Diane cancelled at the phone, was I relieved or disappointed?

I don't know.

Did the four of us feel immediately comfortable with each other?

Is it possible to get so attracted to each other at once?

Did it start already then?

We aren't committed to anything. - Sorry?

We don't need to do anything.

Yeah, right.

Do you like it sweet or less sweet?

Are you coming?

Caress me!

You're awake? - I've been waiting for you.

How are you?

I'm fine. And? How do you feel?

Also good.

This time no cut wounds?