renton lies on the floor.
sick boy and spud lie drugged up. allison and baby wait while swanney cooks up.
swanney, sick boy, spud and allison and baby all lie inert while the telephone rings.
renton hands over money to swanney. renton then begins cooking up. also present and cooking or shooting up are spud, swanney, allison and baby, and sick boy.
renton lies back, narcotized.
renton lies back as before.
renton lies back, staring vacantly ahead. tommy flops down beside him. renton shows barely a flicker of awareness.
renton and tommy slumped side by side as before.
tommy lies drugged on the floor.
swanney hands over a small bag of heroin in exchange for ten pounds from renton.
renton lies back with his eyes close. a football enters the frame to bounce off his head and out again. he opens his eyes and it happens again. opposite him, spud, sick boy and tommy stand looking down on him. tommy throws the ball again.
renton lies as before. around the room are swanney, allison, tommy, spud and sick boy. allison begins screaming and wailing. slowly, the others rouse themselves to varying degrees.
heroin is in the process of being prepared for injection: heated, drawn up, etc. an arm is prepared for injection: sleeve rolled up, tourniquet bound, veins tapped, etc. mikey forrester, sick boy, spud, and begbie look on.