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[ Indistinct conversations ]

Come on.

Oi!

[ Engine revs ]

If you care about your future,

then join our rally this weekend.

Your country has become

a dumping ground by Muslim extremists.

Join us, as we fight back to keep England English.

Oh, I'm getting really good at this now, eh, na?

Yeah.

Ah. Oh, morning, Mr. Nawaz.

Morning. Have you seen this?

-REECE: Join us this Saturday. -Yeah.

2:00, Ackley town center.

Hello. No, I don't think so.

Not on school property.

We're not on school property.

Where's your permit saying you can distribute

racist materials, then, lads?

It's not racist.

It's free speech, innit?

-Oi! I paid good money for them. -Hey!

You were robbed. Now move it along.

And if I see you 'round here again,

it'll be more than just the flyers you lose.

That's not exactly the welcome we had planned for you.

But you've hit the ground running, eh?

Now, look, I was thinking of shadowing you today.

You know, don't worry. I won't get in the way.

-I assume that's all right. -Yeah. Of course.

Well, we'll catch up after Period 1.

All right.

MISSY: Oh, he's getting the ring resized.

How sweet is that.

Yeah, it's cute.

I mean, it is just practical.

It's her.

What?

Hold on.

Hi. I'll, um -- I'll have those back.

-What? -They're my sister's trainers,

and I saw you take them.

-At the mosque. -It weren't me.

Yeah, it was you. You know it was you.

You were all dressed up as a chicken.

It. Weren't. Me.

Go on, Nas. Let the lezzer have it!

Think you can all have a go at me, do you?!

Whoa! Whoa!

[ Indistinct shouting ]

Start on my cousin, and you start on me.

YOUNG MEN: [ Chanting ] Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!

Fight! Fight! Fight!

Lesbian wrestling.

We could make a fortune.

Break it up! Break it up!

Get off her! Aah!

JAVID: Go back to class -- now!

Go on! All of you!

NASREEN: What's the matter with you?

-You started it! -You two, my office -- now!

-What?! -Go on.

-Off you go! -[ Screams ]

She stole my sister's trainers.

Her sister called me a lezzer.

Is that true, Nasreen?

Think it's okay for her to use language like that, do you?

No. Of course I don't.

MANDY: I heard there might have been a bit of a commotion.

Are you all right?

-Are you sure? -Mm.

Nasreen. And Samantha.

Sam.

Yeah, there's been a scuffle, but Mr. Shah's dealing with it.

Sam was actually about to apologize to Ms. Keane.

So, what would you do

if you were in my shoes, Saman-- Sam?

Give us another chance.

Got kicked out of your last two schools for fighting.

Who's to say it won't happen again?

It won't.

'Cause I'm sorry.

MANDY: Right, well, here at Ackley Bridge College,

we do believe in second chances.

So you can be on report to me

and then spend the rest of the day in isolation.

[ Clears throat ] Nasreen, you're also in isolation.

Yeah, of course.

Off you both go.

Who runs the LGBT support group?

If we're keeping her here, she should at least be going to it.

There's been one at every school I've taught at.

I'm happy to help set one up.

Well, sounds like a good, practical solution.

Well, yes, but we need to be sensitive

about how some members of the community might react to that.

Don't be pandering to people

who aren't willing to get with the times.

It's not about pandering to them.

It just needs managing carefully.

Yeah?

So look into all the options, and then we'll all talk again.

Oi!

MANDY: Sadiq is doing my head in, along with Javid.

You knew it was gonna be like this, Mand.

-[ Breathes deeply ] -You need to relax.

Imagine what all that cortisol's doing to your body.

MANDY: [ Chuckles ]

-Have you had your period yet? -No. Shh.

See?

Stress.

Messes everything up.

[ Laughs ] Thanks.

Thanks for your input there, Dr. Bell.

[ Both laugh ]

And she took my crisps.

Get off! Don't touch me!

What are you doing?! Get off!

[ Indistinct shouting ]

Stay still!

This is what you get for touching my sister!

YOUNG WOMAN: Keep that girl down!

YOUNG WOMAN: Stop moving.

Get off! Off her -- now!

Get off her!

You're gonna regret this!

-All of you. -[ Laughter ]

Pathetic.

-You all right? -I've had worse.

What?

Cheese and pickle. I remember.

[ Laughs ] Thank you.

Um, whilst we're here,

I was wondering if I could have the honor

of taking you for a driving lesson.

Oh, but Ms. Keane, she...

Has a lot on her plate.

Oh. Oh.

-Okay. [ Chuckles ] -[ Chuckles ]

-[ Whispering ] Thank you. -[ Cash register beeps ]

Thanks.

Uh, mind if I, uh...

Oh, no. Of course not.

[ Laughs ]

Didn't fancy school dinners, then?

Too many bad memories of chips and spotted dick.

[ Chuckles ]

I've got some great resources I used

when setting up the LGBT group in my last school.

You could probably use them as is.

Hmm.

Well, there's no harm in looking, is there?

So, what are we gonna do about this, then?

[ Chuckles ] As if they believe halal food funds terrorism.

This food's more terrorizing than we are.

[ Laughter ]

You all right?

Yeah.

I was just thinking about, you know, earlier,

when Razia said to Sam about being...

a "lezzer."

I just thought -- Well, maybe I hoped --

that something like that wouldn't be that big a deal

to her, you know, but...

Oh, my God.

Have you all had a good look?! Yeah?

This is what a dyke looks like!

You think you can embarrass me?

Scare me? Well, you can't.

'Cause I'm a lady-loving, no-you-can't-watch,

raving lesbian, and I don't care who knows!

-EMMA: Sam! -JAVID: Get down -- now!

-Oi! -YOUNG WOMAN: Are you serious?!

Aah!

Want another go? You're gonna have to go through me first.

[ Students "ooh" ]

Don't think we're not gonna find out

exactly what has gone on here.

Homophobic bullying will not be tolerated at this school.

Did you put them up to this?

No! Of course I didn't!

I would not do that!

Well, I bet they regret it now.

Shut them all up, didn't I?

Here you go.

You, uh...

You know, what, um, you said in the canteen.

Have you -- Have you done that before?

Not to so many people, but I've never had "dyke"

written on me head either, though.

I get called it all the time.

So I just say "and what?" as loud as I can.

You should try it.

What?

What do you mean, I should try it?

-I mean, it's not like... -Yeah, right.

Oh, my God. You are so full of yourself.

Do you know, if you actually stopped

getting up in people's faces and stealing people's things,

people might actually start to like you.

Have you ever thought about that?

Get lost.

Yeah, but how did she know?

Gaydar, innit?

You knew she was.

Yeah, she literally had it written on her head!

[ Laughs ] How's your luck, eh?

You want some lady lovers to appear,

and you end up with a Murgatroyd kissing you in a toilet.

You what? Who's kissing you?

Just some angry girl from school.

Oh. Right.

Nas. What are my mum and Hayley doing?

[ Breathes deeply ] Weekly shop?

MISSY: [ Laughs ]

-Oh, my God. -NASREEN: [ Laughs ]

They're throwing a party.

An engagement party?

What?!

N-No, Missy!

We agreed we weren't gonna make a big deal of this.

Like, we've not even set a wedding date or owt.

Oh, but...

do you really want to let those sweet little cherub faces down?

Well, I don't have a choice, do I?

-[ Scoffs ] -[ Laughs ]

Oh. Sadiq.

I didn't know we had a meeting in the diary.

We don't.

So, to what do I owe this pleasure?

I've just come back from an emergency meeting

-with the governors. -Well, that's the first

I've ever heard of it.

It was about the investigation into Riz's accident.

Right, well, I know that Steve

was distracted with the Wilsons,

-and I think that... -He told Cory to wipe Riz out.

That constitutes gross misconduct in my book.

So...what did the governors recommend?

That Steve's suspended whilst they carry out an investigation.

[ Sighs ]

But, of course, the final decision rests with you.

[ Door opens ]

That was a long meeting.

I waited to start tea.

Thanks.

Picked up a fajita kit. Not the spicy one.

We can use that chicken up.

What's wrong?

You're gonna get an e-mail from the governors.

They're looking at suspension

while they investigate Riz's accident.

You can't be serious.

I'm so sorry.

Well, you can stop this. Appeal.

Tell them that they've made a mistake. I mean...

Head teachers do it all the time.

You don't get it, do you, Steve? This isn't just a school matter.

This is -- This is bigger than that.

So you're not gonna defend me at all?

Well, no. You have to follow procedure,

respond to the allegations properly.

I can't do that for you.

Well, it's good to know where your priorities lie.

I am in an impossible situation here.

I'm -- I've got Sadiq and the board on my back.

I've got a responsibility to the whole school,

including its students -- one of whom could have died!

Oh, so you think that that was my fault?

I'm [Sighs]

I think that Riz deserves a proper investigation.

As do you.

Just call in sick tomorrow. Speak to the union.

Prepare your written representation.

Just give yourself every chance of fighting this.

Steve?

What about dinner?

Just make it yourself.

[ Sighs ]

-Are you gonna go? -[ Laughs ]

Well, if I do go, then I may as well write "lesbian"

-across me forehead. -Mm.

That look's becoming quite fashionable, I hear.

Well, if we don't go to that one, then maybe we could...

make up our own.

-What, just you and me? -[ Clears throat ]

-So. Switch on. -Mm-hmm.

Start by talking about any social issues.

-Eh? -You know.

Like, uh, living in a Brexit austerity Britain

and having to contend with the twin shackles of racism

and homophobia that binds our lives.

Right. [ Chuckles ]

[ Laughing ] Right.

And where did that come from?

-Divamagazine. -Divamagazine.

Seriously. That's where I learned it.

Wow. [ Chuckles ]

You knew I wanted to deal with this situation sensitively,

so putting these up has completely undermined me.

I didn't meant to do that.

But after what happened to Sam,

it just felt too important to wait.

Well, it is, but I want to make sure we're doing it right.

We are. I'm using the resources Mr. Shah gave me

-from his previous school. -So you knew about this?

He didn't know I'd gone ahead with it.

I'm sorry. A student was assaulted in school

for being gay.

We can't let that happen again.

So, I'd like a full debrief after the first session, please,

and, Mr. Shah, I'd like you to deal with the students

-who did this to Sam. -JAVID: Already done.

Isolation for two days.

Thank you.

It's the first LGBT meeting, so...

...we'll just wait a few more minutes.

What? What do you think you're doing?!

You wanted to come to that meeting.

No, I didn't. I-I needed to talk to Ms. Keane.

Sure.

You should learn to take a risk some time.

You might even enjoy it.

Oh, what do you think you're doing?

SAM: [ Sighs ]

Text me when you're ready to take that risk.

-Boo! -[ Gasps ]

As if you'd text her.

-You haven't? -No.

Not yet, anyway.

No! No, I won't allow it.

You, Nasreen, are a 10.

She's a three on a good day.

Is that why you're walking slowly?

Hoping you might see her?

No. She rides her bike home.

So, why are you...

Hang on. It's not...

[ Chuckles ]

-Is it my party tonight? -Mmmm...

[ Gasps, squeals ]

If you think I'm going to my own engagement party

dressed like this, you've got another thing coming.

[ Door opens ]

TOGETHER: Surprise!

Oh, my Missy! [ Smooches ]

What's all this?

[ Gasps ]

You knew, didn't you?

I can't even get a stupid surprise party right.

It's perfect, Mum.

Absolutely perfect!

Show off your fiancé with a big smooch.

What? Well...okay.

Right. Let's get this party started!

[ Up-tempo music plays, group cheering ]

Ooh, I love this one!

Whoo!

-All right, yeah, yeah. -WOMAN: Oh.

♪ Sit back, let it flow ♪

♪ Like a music video ♪

♪ When you're with someone you love ♪

♪ Sing it with the stereo ♪

I'm getting married!

♪ Nobody fool about ♪

-♪ Hey, hey ♪ -[ Cellphone whooshes ]

-[ Chicken clucks] -[ Door opens ]

SHANNON: I'm dying for a wee.

Right, sorry.

♪ No, no, no, no, no, no, no ♪

♪ No, no, no, no, no ♪

-Are you coming dancing? -No, thank you. No, no, no.

These are the spicy ones.

Buffet is my favorite food.

-KANEEZ: Yeah, I love this. Oh! -[ Mid-tempo music plays ]

[ Cellphone chimes ]

Oh! This is the best bit.

-No, you go. -Come on!

All right, well...

Well, if I'm doing it, you are, too. Come on.

[ Engine revving ]

[ Dog barking in distance ]

Hi.

SAM: This is what you came for.

So...you can go now.

If you want.

I was, um...

I thought you might have some more rubbish chicken jokes

for me.

Try it on?

Uh, no, I do not think so. [ Laughs ]

[ Laughs ] Why?

Too...chicken?

[ Imitating chicken clucking ]

You are so weird.

That's why you like me.

What's all that for?

This? Oh, um...

Well, we threw Missy an engagement party, so...

It's called mehndi henna.

It's kind of a...tradition. [ Chuckles ]

I like it.

[ Slow music plays ]

-Come on. -No.

-Come on. -No, I don't want to.

Come on.

-Come on. -I'm not very good at dancing.

I'll show you.

[ Both laugh ]

-Okay. -♪ Tick-tock, tick-tock ♪

I mean, it's not like you're not dressed up for it.

[ Both laugh ]

That's true.

♪ When you come, when you come, when you're coming around ♪

♪ My heart is soaring, and my feet have left the ground ♪

♪ Time stands still ♪

-Close your eyes. -♪ When you leave ♪

-♪ And I find myself ♪ -Okay.

♪ Can't stop myself ♪

-♪ I can't stop ♪ -♪ Daydreaming ♪

♪ Oh, thinking of you, baby ♪

♪ I want you here, I'm missing you ♪

-♪ I can't stop ♪ -♪ Daydreaming ♪

♪ No, I've got to have you with me ♪

-♪ Want to fall into your arms ♪ -♪ Daydreaming about you ♪

-♪ I can't stop ♪ -♪ Daydreaming ♪

♪ Oh, thinking of you, baby ♪

♪ I want you here, I'm missing you ♪

-♪ I can't stop ♪ -♪ Daydreaming ♪

♪ No, I've got to have you with me ♪

-♪ Want to fall into your arms ♪ -♪ Daydreaming about you ♪

-♪ Daydreaming about you ♪ -♪ I can't stop ♪

♪ Daydreaming about you ♪

♪ Daydreaming about you ♪

-♪ I can't stop ♪ -♪ Daydreaming about you ♪

♪ Daydreaming about you ♪

-♪ I can't stop ♪ -♪ Daydreaming about you ♪

♪ Daydreaming about you ♪

-♪ I can't stop ♪ -♪ Daydreaming about... ♪

Did you kiss?

Nas, tell me!

Well, we did a bit more than kiss.

-What? -We did like...everything.

Oh!

Oh, my God! You dark horse, you!

I need all the details.

Actually, no, I don't.

Yes, I do. What was it like?

Well...

it just felt right.

It felt like...

like we were the perfect fit.

-You know. -[ Chuckles ]

Is that what it was like with you and Aaron?

Um, I was just pleased to get it out the way, to be honest.

-Okay. -Not that it weren't great,

'cause it was.

It is. But you know.

No, I know exactly what you mean.

I've just -- I've never felt so...

good.

I think I really like her.

Mum!

I'm going into town with Nas.

Do you want anything?

[ Sniffs ]

Mum?

Mum.

[ Sighs ]

What have you taken?

Not again, Mum.

[ Sighs ]

Night, Missy.

Night.

Nas.

I...

I-I can't go with you.

Those Scotch eggs from last night,

they're playing havoc with me.

Um, make sure you send me pictures

of everything you try on, though, yeah?

Okay.

MISSY: Mum?

[ Sighs ]

[ Indistinct shouting ]

-MAN: Oi! -This is our England!

Our parents and our grandparents

went into Europe to fight the Nazis.

We are dealing with a different form of extremism here.

[ Cheers and applause ]

We are heroes.

We are keeping our children safe.

I stand here today for our children.

To stop them falling prey to this stain...

NASREEN: What the hell do you think you're doing?!

You don't think they deserve it?

We get told our views aren't welcome,

but the public response says...

-Don't. They're not worth it. -SPEAKER: ...they arewelcome.

In any town, any city, and especially in Ackley Bridge.

[ Cheers and applause ]

Oh, look who it is.

GROUP: [ Chanting ] Our streets! Whose streets?

Our streets! Whose streets? Our streets!

Whose streets? Our streets! Whose streets? Our streets!

-Whose streets? -It's time we took back control

of our country.

-[ Cheers and applause ] -WOMAN: Whoo-hoo!

♪ We are England till we die ♪

♪ We are England till we die ♪

♪ I know I am, I'm sure I am ♪

♪ We are England till I die ♪

-YOUNG MAN: Yeah! -[ Laughter ]

Whoo!

[ Indistinct shouting, laughter ]

Go get 'em!

-Get 'em! -Go!

[ Slurping ]

[ Cellphone rings ]

Missy, you're not gonna believe what's happened.

MISSY: Mum's missing. She's done it again.

She used to stay here all the time.

AARON: Hey. No, no.

I'm sorry.

I'm useless. I know I am.

-I'm useless. -No, you're not.

SIMONE: I am.

It's just...

so hard.

Everything I do, I mess it up.

-The party. -Everybody loved the party.

You don't understand.

Why don't you tell us, then, yeah?

Make us understand.

I just wanted a smoke, all right?

Nowt's as good without a smoke.

Nothing's changed at all, has it?!

-It has! I swear! -No.

-Missy! -Missy.

-Listen. -How many times

have we heard this? Eh?

I can't do it anymore, Mum.

Me and Hayley, we need to be able to move forward.

And you, you just keep dragging us 'round

-in circles. -[ Screams ]

Hayley. Baby, tell her.

We can get through this.

If you love us even a little bit,

you will leave us alone.

Missy.

Please.

Hayley.

Hayley.

Please!

Please?

[ Water boiling ]

CLAIRE: [ Sighs ] I'm so sorry, Steve.

That place doesn't know how lucky it is to have you.

-Oh, thanks. -I mean it.

You're, hands down, the best teacher I've ever worked with.

STEVE: [ Sighing ] Oh.

I really don't know what I'm gonna do.

I don't -- I mean, teaching is all I know.

Well, what's the boss said?

Mandy, you know what she's like.

She does everything by the book.

Yeah, but it's not a normal situation, is it?

You're not just some random employee.

You're her husband.

Well, maybe you should tell her that, then.

You deserve better.

Do I?

Yeah.

Someone who's willing to fight for you.

I'm sorry.

That's not a good idea.

CLAIRE: [ Sighs ]

Hey, I'm really sorry. It's my fault.

[ Sighs ]

[ Door opens ]

Back early.

Yeah. Yeah. I've had a bit of a day of it.

What have you been up to?

Nothing. Just...

writing what I'm gonna say at the suspension meeting.

You are such a liar.

Excuse me?

Claire was here.

[ Sighs ]

Nothing happened, Mandy. I swear.

Right, so, she was just here

to help you sharpen your pencils, was she?

Oh, here we go! I knew.

I knew you'd just assume the worst.

Well, what am I supposed to think?

I don't know, Mandy. Maybe try trusting me.

Says the man who's just lied to my face.

'Cause St. Mandy never lies, does she?

I mean, I have your lies shoved in my face

-every single day at work! -I'm not having

this same argument!

I'm not having it!

You're the one that came in and started it.

Stop it! Stop it!

What was she even doing here?

[ Breathes deeply ]

I just needed someone to talk to.

-Talk to? -That is it.

Right. Right.

So, I have been breaking my back trying to do the right thing

by everyone in this awful situation,

and this is what I get in return, is it?

-Oh, that is not fair. -I know.

-I don't deserve it. -No, you don't, no.

-Stop it. -Right.

MANDY: [ Scoffs ]

Do you know, I-I [Scoffs]

I honestly thought that we were past all this,

but we're not, are we? Maybe we never will be.

Maybe we're just destined to have the same argument

-over and over again, aren't we? -Mandy.

I'm a good teacher.

I'm a good teacher, and you make me feel like

I'm some sort of mistake.

Like I'm just some big headache.

No. That's ridiculous.

You're doing it right now, darling.

-Right now. -Steve, I can't do this.

I can't live like this.

Oh. Okay, well, I'm gonna make it really easy for you.

What? You're just gonna walk out, are you?

You're gonna...

[ Breathes sharply ]

Bye.

You can't be here.

Why'd you throw an egg at me?

-Because you're a racist! -No, I'm not.

If I were, we wouldn't have had sex, would we?

[ Lock disengages ]

[ Door closes ]

Never been in an Indian house before.

It's a Pakistani.

But I suppose all brown people

do look the same to you, don't they?

Just like another one of those, um,

Muslims that you were shouting to get out of your country.

It's all right for Muslims to stick together,

so why can't whites do it?

It's a racist march, Sam.

Those people hate me.

Why on earth were you on it?

Me mum gets called a slapper

when she walks past the mosque wearing a skirt.

Me grandpa got spat on 'cause he walked down a street

where no whites were allowed.

It ain't right.

This is our town.

Look.

Okay, what happened to your family, that's wrong.

But any decent person would say that,

no matter what color they are.

And this is our town, too.

And there are some places that you just can't --

you can't go if you've got brown skin.

No, you'reall right.

You try and fit in.

It's just the extremists we want gone.

The ones who wanna make everything halal.

Why does it matter if something's halal?

It funds terrorism.

Oh, my -- No.

-No, it does not! -That's what me grandpa says.

Have you ever thought that maybe your grandpa could be wrong?

There's nothing wrong with wanting to keep Britain British.

Iam British, Sam.

Eating something halal does not mean that you hate this country.

Wearing a hijab doesn't mean that you hate this country.

You can be more than one thing, you know.

Just not gay.

Wow.

You need to go. If Razia catches you here,

it'll be more than an egg you get in your face.

It's all right for your family to be against gays,

but it's not all right for mine to be against Muslims?

Whoa. They're not against.

Oh, so they doknow about you?

And me?

No.

But does yourfamily know about me?

Because I would love to know what your grandpa would say

if he knew you were sleeping with a dirty Paki.

Every time, Sam.

Every time there's one of those anti-Islam marches,

for weeks, I am scared, or I've been,

"Hopefully I won't get shouted at today.

Called a terrorist. Told to go back to my own country." Me!

And that is because of people like you.

Why did you ask me out, Sam?

Why did you sleep with me?

'Cause I like you.

But I've never felt like this before.

I don't know what to do.

[ Voice breaking ] You can't be with me

and be in that group.

Why were you even walking around

in some halal fried chicken costume?

It's a job.

There's nothing else.

Oh, my God. I don't know who you are.

But if you're the same person that was on that march,

I don't want anything to do with you.

[ Sniffles ] Fine.

Get lost, then.

[ Door opens ]

[ Door closes ]

[ Sobs ]

-Aaron. -Yo.

Whoa. [ Laughs ]

Hey!

What's up with you, mardy bum?

Are you angry with me?

No.

What is it, then?

Are social gonna take me away again?

No.

How do you know?

'Cause we've still got an adult living here.

I'm moving in.

Right.

We cannot truly understand energy

unless we use some ourselves.

So I'm gonna split you into two groups,

and we are gonna conduct a short experiment.

I'm not working with her.

What's your problem?

She's a racist. You both are.

-Tahira. -No, we're not.

-They were at that march, sir. -Ah, yes.

The anti-"Muslamic" march, if I read the flyers correctly.

-That doesn't mean we're racist. -'Course it does.

If she's a racist,

why'd she sleep with one of your lot, then?

[ Students "ooh" ]

O-kay.

I'm here for the meeting.

So are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

Steve. Thanks for coming.

Nas.

-We've got a problem. -What's going on?

Nobody believes you slept with an Asian.

Made it up so people won't think you're a racist.

-[ Zain laughs ] -Just tell 'em who it is.

Shut 'em up.

You think I'd throw her under the bus

so you can hassle her as much as you hassle me?

She don't deserve that.

Steve, wait!

Why?

Are you gonna formally escort me off the premises?

No. So that we can talk.

Where have you been all weekend?

At Will's.

At least someone 'round here's got my back.

Don't. I tried.

-You know I tried. -Tried?! Not hard enough!

This is my career done.

[ Sighs ]

It's done.

Isn't it?

Suspended. Could be for months.

[ Laughs ]

There's no coming back from that.

Where you gonna go?

My brother's.

Why don't I drive you? So we can talk.

-There's things I wanna say. -Talk?

-Steve. -Shut up.

I'm done talking.

Hey.

Thank you.

For what?

For not saying that it were me.

But do you understand now?

You understand why I can't...

I can't be who I am.

Not 'round here.

You can be yourself 'round me.

We could...

...go somewhere where you don't have to pretend.

Come on.

You're not...

chicken, are you?

[ Chuckles ]

You know, you're the first Indian...

Pakistani girl I've ever really spoke to.

-Really? -Yeah.

My schools were all white,

and I've always lived in a white area.

So...

What about your job, though?

Yeah, but nah.

Not properly.

Most people - I don't just mean Asians --

but most people don't really wanna talk to me like that.

Yeah, I've met other girls who are, like...

gay, but...

-...none around here. -[ Sighs ]

You're actually the first one my age.

So you only like me 'cause there's no other choice.

No. I don't think so.

[ Chuckles ]

It would actually be easier if I didn't like you.

Why?

'Cause this can't work.

What? 'Cause I'm white?

Because I'm Muslim.

And when we're on our own, and no one else is around,

we can pretend that none of that matters, but it does.

Doesn't have to.

Sam, your family hate me literally for being who I am.

Maybe if they got to know you like I have...

[ Chuckles ]

Sorry.

[ Sighs ]

It's just not enough.

[ Sighs ]

My name is Naveed, and, um, I --

I'm gay! I'm gay!

-Oh, hi. -[ Laughs ]