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Mum? Mum, wake up, please.

She's unconscious. Asha?

Asha, call for help! Asha?

All summer, I've been stressing about growing up,

wanting to be cool and independent.

Now, I knew that only one thing really mattered.

I couldn't lose my mum.

Dad.

Dad, help us, please.

It's OK, Mum. The ambulance will be here soon.

No. No...

Mum. Mum, it's OK, Mum. It's OK.

Jess! Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

OK. All right. How is she?

She's awake. Hey, hey. No, no, no.

Don't move. Don't move. Don't move. Mike?

No, it's not Mike. It's Si.

Just keep your head straight for me, OK? Mum. Mum.

Mum, it's me. You remember me, don't you?

Yeah, course. Say my name, please.

Jess, Jess, Jess.

Keep your head straight. OK.

Now. Give me your hand.

Put it here. Hold her head straight.

Straight, straight, straight. OK. OK.

I just need to find Asha.

Good. OK. The ambulance is on its way.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. Where's Tracy?

It's all right. She's fine. She's awake. She's talking.

And what about Jess? She's fine. OK? It's my fault!

It's not your fault. None of this would have happened

if I hadn't run away. It is not your fault, OK?

Tracy Beaker has always been an accident waiting to happen.

It's not fair. I know it's not fair. I know it's not fair.

I know it's not.

No, no, no, no, no, Mum!

Mum! Mum! Mum! I don't need an ambulance. Mum, stay here.

Dad, tell her! Dad!

Hey. Hey. No, no, no, no!

Stay down. Stay down. Stay down. OK?

APPROACHING SIREN

You hit your head.

You're going to the hospital. All right?

There's no arguing. Yeah. All right?

I thought she was going to...

I thought she was going to... I know, love. I know.

It's OK.

She's all right.

How bad is concussion?

Look, your Mum...your Mum's going to be all right.

She's going to be fine.

They're just keeping her in as a precaution.

Here, take that.

And listen, why don't you come and stay at ours tonight?

There's no need. Cam's here.

No, I know...I know Cam's here. I know she's here.

But maybe you want to come be with the family.

Cam and Jordan are family.

I know that. Yes... I...

Jess, please don't be upset. I didn't mean that like that.

You know I...

No, look...

Jess, are you...?

Sorry. Sorry. I'm sorry. Jess!

Jess?

KNOCKS ON DOOR

DOOR OPENS

I'm staying here. It's what Mum would want.

And also, we've never spent a night apart before.

What?

No, you're kidding. You must have spent one night...

Seriously?

Well, I'm not going to lie, it does make me feel a little bit better

that she...she never let you come and stay at mine.

She would have let me. You just didn't ask.

Yeah, sure.

Oi-oi-oi.

As long as you remember, Jess Beaker,

that the world is much bigger than this flat.

But that means that...

..I need to do whatever's best for you.

There's a chance that sometimes that means that you might hate me.

If only parents would just say what they mean,

it would save everyone a lot of trouble.

How are you feeling?

Yeah, a load of fuss for nothing.

There's plenty more ice in the freezer.

Just keep holding this to your head.

Look, there's really no need. Yes, there is. Yes, there is.

Don't blame Asha.

It was me that told her to hide that Mendi's Tan.

It's totally my fault.

Mine too. I shouldn't have snuck off like that.

Girls, it's no-one's fault but my own.

I can't believe I ran behind a horse, what an idiot.

Hey, accidents happen.

Yeah, especially to me.

Tracy, can we talk about me and Asha?

I'll make everyone a cup of tea.

Yeah. I've been thinking about that, actually.

I can't say I'm thrilled about everything that she's done,

but kids are allowed to make mistakes.

And I know how you feel about her, so...

So we can see each other?

As long as you promise me to be honest and no more secrets.

I promise.

There's nothing to tell right now.

Simon and Priya won't even let her message me.

Really?

Wow.

I'll speak to Si tomorrow.

I'm sure he can make Priya see sense.

Yeah. Look, um, we don't think

that Asha and Jordan are very good for each other.

Oh, we don't, do we?

No, we don't. OK?

And it's not just Asha, all right?

It's...it's Jess as well.

Look, please don't tell me what's good for Jess.

Trace, don't start another argument.

You really... You can't keep shutting me out, all right?

I'm her dad.

Yeah, now you are. But for how long?

Forever, Tracy. That's...that's for how long.

I'm not going anywhere.

I'm really sorry if that's a disappointment to you,

but it's not happening. All right?

You can...you can...you can keep not believing me.

That's your problem.

Yeah, maybe. Cos I'm scared people will leave.

And you know why.

Didn't stop you, though, did it?

I'm not going to keep apologising for the past. All right?

We...we have to start moving forwards.

And what does that mean?

It means, Trace...

I've got to know that Jess is safe. Well, good news, she is.

Yeah, but is she, though? Like, is she? Is she actually safe?

Like...like the way that a kid should be safe?

Do you know what I mean?

Because I'll be honest with you, Trace, sometimes I feel like Jess

is the parent and... What, and I'm the child?

Yeah! I mean, look at the room with the floorboards.

Trace, I warned you!

That was weeks ago! You could have died, Tracy!

You could...

It wasn't safe.

Well, I'm sorry I'm not a professional builder.

No, but you don't back down. Ever. Ever!

You literally...you never back down. And that's the problem, isn't it?

Even when you got arrested, you didn't back down.

There were no charges.

Because your daughter, a 13-year-old girl, got you out of it!

That's why. That was a one-off.

There's been a lot of one-offs, haven't there?

Been a lot of one-offs in the life of Tracy Beaker.

You made a list?!

It's all there, Trace. What a load of rubbish!

Oh, yeah, great. Great.

That's a that's a really mature way of dealing with this, isn't it?

I'm sure the judge is going to be very impressed with you.

Judge?

Sit down.

No! Sit down, Tracy.

I've spoken to a solicitor, and I've...

..I've applied for a child arrangement order.

What?

I want to be Jess's resident parent.

You can't.

OK, or...or we can talk about joint residency.

No! We don't get to talk about anything.

You are not taking my daughter away from me.

That's the thing, Tracy. She's not just your daughter, is she?

And the sooner that you see... She's got a whole family here.

Please. We have tried again and again with you, but you just...

You refuse to come and visit.

Yes, cos you're like a stalker!

I'm like a dad, Tracy. I'm like a dad.

You have had 13 years...

..to turn her into a Beaker.

Please...

..can't I just have my chance to be a parent?

You did.

You don't get another one.

Dad can't take me away from you.

Can he?

No, no, never. I promise.

Look, he could try, but he's not going to win.

I just don't understand why he's doing this.

Because he doesn't trust me.

So he's come up with all these lies about how Jess isn't safe.

What lies?

He's got this file on me. What sort of file?

A list of everything that's gone wrong this summer.

But the way he puts it makes me look so bad.

Look, he walked out on you. Nobody cares what he thinks!

They might. Why?

It's just your word against his. And Priya's.

And in case you've forgotten... What?

I realised what was on Mum's mind...

..her care files.

Look, people like us, we're always being labelled

with other people's words.

"Tracy deliberately chooses to cause chaos," it says it here!

That was years ago!

It's still part of who I am. Always will be.

But that's their story.

We can't let our care files define us.

That's nice.

But back in the real world, how am I supposed to fight this?

First of all, stop assuming the worst. Yeah?

You literally won an award for fostering.

Yeah. And remember everything you went through

to be approved as a foster carer.

I mean, the panel looked at evidence from everyone who knows you.

They don't think you're chaotic, do they?

No.

And it gave me an idea.

Simon was working on my side then.

Now he's against me.

I'll never forgive him for this.

And I knew she wouldn't.

Even if we won, Mum and Dad would never be friends,

and I would always be stuck in the middle.

Unless I found a way to save my family.

Hi, Ajay. Hi.

Hey, Ajay, where's Asha?

Grounded for life. Maybe longer.

Can you give Asha a message...? Later.

OK, I'm calling this meeting to order.

What? She means, shut up and listen.

Thanks, all of you, for agreeing to help me...again.

Always here for you, Beaker.

Um, so we all know that adults never listen, even to each other.

But we need to make them listen.

So I'm going undercover for a few days. Huh?

Right, this is what I need you all to do.

You're saying you want to live with your dad?

Yeah. But here in Cooksea.

I'm never going to stop fighting for you, Jess. Do you not understand?

That's the thing. I don't want you to.

Are you happy now? You scared her into this.

It was her idea, Trace.

Was it?

You said you'd do anything to keep me safe.

Yeah, and I meant it.

What are you thinking?

Um...that maybe we could find a compromise?

I'm sorry, Mum.

But it will solve everything.

Don't even say it, Jess. I don't want to hear it.

I'll talk her round.

It wasn't easy, but I managed to persuade Mum that the best thing

to do was to stay with Dad...

..for now.

See you soon, Mum.

WHISPERING: Be OK. Trust me.

But are you...are you sure you don't want to bring Alfie?

This is his home.

ALFIE WHINES

Come on. We've...

You're going to see her every day.

She can come and sleep over sometimes.

DOOR CHIMES

Just go.

Whoa, whoa.

Peter?

Jess.

Si.

Flo. Cam. Jordan.

Ooh!

Tracy Beaker.

Oh, no, er...

Hold those, please. Yeah, sure.

Well, they're...they're... they're for you. Obviously.

Um...

Tracy Beaker...

What, now, seriously?

Yes, now, Tracy. This...

It's always been you, and that's never going to change.

I love you.

And I would be deeply honoured if you, Tracy Beaker...

..would be my wife.

Peter, I...I'd love to.

JESS CLEARS HER THROAT

Jess?

Um, last time, you let me choose.

Yeah, and look how that turned out.

Well, this time it's Peter.

So it's yes from me.

Me too.

And me.

Love is love.

Mate, congratulations.

Ah! Wait, wait, wait, wait.

Sorry. This isn't a democracy. Um, what I wanted to say was,

Peter, I would love to, but...

..I can't.

What? Why?

Why? It's Peter!

You should be happy.

A head teacher's wife would make a great impression in court.

Isn't that a good thing? Peter...

..I don't need you to save me.

You think that's why I asked you?

Yeah, I do.

Even if you don't know it yourself.

But this...this is a safe and stable home for Jordan and Jess.

We're perfect the way we are.

So bring on your court case.

I will fight for my girls with every breath in my body.

Come on.

Poor Peter.

His plan might have worked.

But if you've got one important thing - the best way to help Mum

is to not let her know you're doing it.

So I thought for dinner we could have pizza tonight.

Proper takeaway pizza, not home-made.

Sounds nice.

Where's Asha?

In your room. You're sharing with her.

Is that OK? Yeah. Of course. We're sisters.

I'm so sorry about your mum.

She's fine.

It's just a...mild concussion.

No, I mean what Si's doing.

That's my fault, too.

No, no, no, it's not.

Something like this was always going to happen,

which is why we need to save them from themselves.

Oh, and this should help you and Jordan too. How?

We've got work to do.

Of course I missed Mum and I wanted to go back...

Cheat! What? Cheat! Cheat!

Why are you...? I'm not cheating! Cheat! Cheat! Cheat!

Don't shout at me! OK, fine! Fine!

It was two fours. Yay! Yay! Yay!

..but I had to admit I didn't hate living with Dad.

It felt safe, comfortable and...familiar.

Like a home.

But how could I ever be at home without Mum?

And when the day came, I had just one chance to put it all right.

So this is where I'll show you everything we've learned this summer.

We've already done the big show.

Um, well, this isn't the show.

OK, well, what is it then?

All will be revealed. This way.

What is this?

Jess, what is this?

I got the idea from the fostering panel.

I want you to hear all the evidence in Mum's defence.

And who's going to be the judge?

I am.

Welcome to the trial of Tracy Beaker.

We will now hear testimony of our first witness, Mrs Joanne Cook.

Oh, you've got to be joking.

Mrs Cook, can you tell me about Ms Beaker's parenting skills?

I must admit, I had my doubts.

But to see the change in Jordan is nothing short of miraculous.

Of course, I nurtured Jordan's talents as a writer and performer,

but she would never have found the confidence

without Tracy's encouragement.

And I see that confidence in Jessica too.

Call the next witness.

He's not here! What?

His train's delayed.

Yeah, but we've got other witnesses, right?

OK, um, move onto the next one, then.

On it.

The trial had just started and we'd lost our star witness.

I hoped it wasn't a bad sign.

As you know, the last time I saw Tracy, I proposed to her.

And she shot me down...brutally.

But I'm still here to tell you that she's...

..one of the best mums I've ever known.

Speaking as a social worker,

I wish I could clone Tracy and hire her out to other families.

I always wanted my mum to be like Tracy,

cos Tracy always puts Jess first.

Our lot know what it's like to be judged unfairly,

and Tracy's better than that.

And she deserves better than that.

Jess is a good kid with a good heart.

Tracy's brought her up proper.

They are perfect together.

You can't split them up.

Next witness, please.

Have you heard from him?

No. You're going to have to go next.

I'm supposed to be grounded.

Forget about that.

Just go in there and...

..just be amazing.

Asha?

Please, Mum...just listen.

Before I came to Cooksea, I wasn't happy.

Jordan and Tracy helped me to talk about it.

They even helped me to talk to you about it.

They've been amazing for me, and so was Jess,

even though I bullied her.

Of course you didn't. I did.

I made a nasty video about her and sent it around

and she still kept my secret.

Did everybody know about this?

Tracy?

Jess told me a couple of days ago.

And you didn't tell us?

Well, the young people sorted it out.

I trusted them.

Maybe you should try that one day.

All right.

Is that everything? Or do we have to listen to more?

I think that concludes the case for the defence.

No, it doesn't.

We still have one more witness.

Mike?

BREATHLESS: Hi, Tracy.

Justine.

I'm sorry I'm late. Trains.

OK. Please give us your evidence, Mr Milligan.

Oh, yes, of course.

Hi, Mike.

Peter?

Right, um...

For those of you who don't know who I am, my name is Mike

and I'm a care worker. I've known Tracy...

..since she was a little girl.

Now I... We know that she's brave and she's strong.

She knows her own mind.

She can be a tiny bit loud and attention-seeking.

Ah, rude!

HE CLEARS HIS THROAT

But if you were to ask me to choose her most...

..remarkable quality, I would have to say...

..a capacity for love.

And although she's been let down time and time again...

..she keeps on loving.

When she was a young care worker, she...she threw her heart and soul

into looking after those kids.

There was nothing that she wouldn't have done for them.

I know the same is more than true for...for Jess and Jordan.

I cannot imagine a better mum.

Or a better foster mum.

Nor can I.

Jess.

And here...is the living proof.

How many daughters do you know who would have done so much

to support their mum?

Well, I mean, it...it wasn't just me.

I've had loads of help from Cam, Jordan and loads of my...

Jess. Jess. Jess. I...

..I thought you wanted to live with me.

I want you in my life.

Forever.

And...I want to stay with Mum.

But most of all, I want you just to stop hurting each other.

So one day we can all be one big...

..weird...

..family.

And nobody has to feel left out or stuck in the middle.

And that concludes the case for the defence.

No. Um, there's one more thing.

I need to say something else.

To you, Si.

I'm sorry.

I've not been fair on you.

Or Jess.

To be honest, I didn't want to share you with anyone.

Kept you away, even from your own dad.

But maybe if I just tried to trust you, you would have trusted me too.

No, you did the right thing.

You were just trying to protect Jess.

Yeah.

At the time.

But now I know you love her, and I just didn't want to admit it.

You are so lucky that you have so many people who love you.

I know.

Ah, powerful words, Tracy Beaker.

There's just one more question to ask.

Did you break my clock?

Justine!

Yes, Justine. By accident...I broke your clock.

Thank you!

Right. I've done my bit.

Now, ladies and gentlemen of the jury...

No, no, no, no.

Trace, can we, um...?

Let's talk.

All her life, Mum's been judged by people who don't really know her,

and nobody can really understand what she's been through

unless they've been in care too.

But Dad was finally beginning to get it.

What did you decide?

Mum?

We, um...

We've come to an agreement.

You're coming home.

Finally, everyone was happy and actually getting along.

We really did it.

Cheers. Cheers.

Cheers, everyone. ALL: Cheers.

Cheers. Cheers.

Well done. Cheers.

Thanks for what you said.

I meant every word of it.

You came all the way from Ireland?

For you...

..I'd have come all the way from Mars.

Same.

You know, if you ever need me...

I know.

I can't believe that's little Peter Ingham.

Not so weedy any more, is he?

Think I've got some unfinished business.

Go and talk to him.

Yeah, I will. Thanks.

I'm afraid I haven't been fair to you.

It's OK. I'm used to it.

So what will you do now?

Well, we've been talking,

and we're going to stick to the plan and move here.

I can do my A-levels at Cooksea College with you.

So we'll be able to see each other?

Well, Asha keeps telling me you're a good influence.

Now's your chance to prove it.

Yeah. Yeah. I'm going to make sure she studies every night

and she gets those A-stars.

Well, you don't have to do that.

Just...

..make her happy.

I'm sorry.

I shouldn't have put you on the spot like that.

I...just hoped that we...

Hoped that you'd sweep me off my feet in a big, dramatic gesture?

I'm an idiot. I know.

I don't know. Some of it was hot.

But your timing was a little bit, um...

Er, Beaker-esque?

Yeah.

Was there any part of you that was tempted?

Yeah.

Even just to stick it to Si Martin.

He married a teacher, but I get a head teacher.

But that's why I couldn't go through with it.

That's no reason to marry someone.

I love you too much for that.

You love me?

Come on.

Like, really love me?

So are we going to do this?

Mm-hm.

Are you ready?

Never been readier.

Is it time?

It's time.

Right.

Goodbye, care files.

Right, one page at a time or all at once?

One at a time.

It'll burn much better.

Right, you heard the man.

Let's go, everyone.

Really? Oh.

What about this? Tracy?

Aw! "The Story Of Tracy Beaker." Did you write this?

A very long time ago.

Right. Go on. Chuck it in. Oh, no, you have to keep this.

It's hilarious.

We're supposed to be forgetting about our past

and moving on with our lives.

Um, Mum, could I keep it?

Look, it's got loads of empty pages at the back.

Yeah, I was never good at finishing things.

Hey, why don't you write the next chapter?

Maybe I would. Maybe I would write a whole load of chapters.

But I already knew how it would end.

Because there's only one way to finish a story -

happily ever after.