But what Doherty lacked as a lover, he more than made up for when it came to wooing Evelina. He penned love poems about her and bought her a second-hand jumper. Every time she spent a night with him, he insisted on making her breakfast and then sang their favourite love song, Gorecki by Manchester-based Lamb. He would even wash her hair to show his devotion.
Then in August Evelina flew home to Stockholm to see her family. When she returned a month later Pete had set up home with guitarist Carl Barat, whom he was to form the Libertines with, in Camden, North London. The boys shared a bedsit and Carl hated it when the lovers got intimate late at night. Evelina said: “Pete started kissing me once in the middle of the night and Carl shouted, ‘Be quiet’. He then stormed out and made himself a cup of tea. Pete told me Carl didn’t like the effect I had on him and somehow our relationship seemed to change. Pete started playing games and saying stuff like, ‘Oh I mustn’t spoil you’, or, ‘Don’t fall in love with me’.
Jealous!Carl
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