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SHERLOCK: Gavin Lestrade? He’s a man, and good at it.
JOHN: It’s Greg. And he’s not my best friend.
SHERLOCK: Oh, Mike Stamford, I see. Well, he’s nice, um, though I’m not sure how well he’d
cope with all ...
JOHN (interrupting): No, Mike’s great, but he’s not my best friend.
(Sherlock looks thoughtfully at him as if he can’t think of another friend to suggest.)
JOHN: Look, Sherlock, this is the biggest and most important day of my life.
SHERLOCK (dubiously, pulling a face): Well ...
JOHN: No, it is! It is, and I want to be up there with the two people that I love and care about
most in the world.
SHERLOCK: Yes.
(John nods. Clearly oblivious, Sherlock waits for him to tell him who these people are.)
JOHN: So, Mary Morstan ...
SHERLOCK: Yes.
JOHN (sighing tightly): ... and ...
(He looks up at Sherlock, who is still patiently waiting for further information. Eventually John
pulls in a long breath.)
JOHN: ... you.
(Sherlock blinks rapidly several times but otherwise doesn’t move or react.)

RECEPTION.
SHERLOCK: I confess at first I didn’t realise he was asking me. When finally I understood, I
expressed to him that I was both flattered and ... surprised.

FLASHBACK. Sherlock has frozen solid, staring blankly in John’s direction but not actually
looking at him. John taps his foot patiently.

RECEPTION.
SHERLOCK: I explained to him that I’d never expected this request and I was a little daunted in
the face of it.

FLASHBACK. Sherlock is still motionless.
JOHN: Sherlock.
(Sherlock doesn’t react.)

RECEPTION.
SHERLOCK: I nonetheless promised that I would do my very best to accomplish a task which
was – for me – as demanding and difficult as any I had ever contemplated. Additionally, I
thanked him for the trust he’d placed in me ...
(John frowns as if unable to remember this conversation.)
SHERLOCK: ... and indicated that I was, in some ways, very close to being ... moved by it.

FLASHBACK. Sherlock is still fixed in place, staring sightlessly ahead of him. The silence drags
on for long seconds.
JOHN: That’s getting a bit scary now.

RECEPTION.
SHERLOCK: It later transpired that I had said none of this out loud.
(John laughs, and some of the guests join in.)

FLASHBACK. Sherlock’s brain finally begins to reboot and he takes a breath. He swallows and
narrows his eyes slightly as he refocuses and looks at John.
SHERLOCK: So, in fact ...
(He thinks for a moment.)
SHERLOCK: You-you mean ...
JOHN: Yes.
SHERLOCK: I’m your ...
(John nods.)
SHERLOCK: ... best ...
JOHN: ... man.
SHERLOCK (almost simultaneously): ... friend?

Transcripts by Ariane DeVere (arianedevere@livejournal.com)