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I'm entering a writing competition.

They're paying a thousand pounds for the best story, and they'll print it.

You think you don't want to see me again?

You know I do.

Why, Data Systems, the technology company, are planning to build a science

there. Destroying the local wildlife.

Beautifully designed security system.

Impossible to crack.

Checkmate.

Hector, go home before you say something with both your grunts.

I cannot stand seeing you with him.

Um, Justin?

Delightful to receive from you.

You should go.

No, seriously.

We don't want to get caught.

Come on.

What was that?

I don't know.

Bourne Fitzgerald? Yes.

Detective Inspector Murray.

I need you to come with me to Waterloo Road School.

Why? What's happened?

We need to examine the school's computers.

They haven't woke me at six in the morning for an IT problem.

I'm afraid it's a lot more serious than that.

There's been a cyber attack on the London office of wire data systems.

The company building a science park up the road.

What's that got to do with us?

The attack came from a computer at Waterloo Road.

No one's going to believe the police kicked our door in this morning. Nobody

kicked the door in, Floyd. Don't make it worse by exaggerating.

Yeah, but it's a better story, isn't it?

I'll reopen and eat your breakfast. We've got to get going.

You all right, Leo?

Yeah, I'm just feeling a bit sick.

Maybe you've got a bug or something.

Are you going to be all right staying at home on your own?

Only your dad snowed under at school and I've really got to be there.

Tiffany, what are you doing out in the garden in your pyjamas?

I was just feeling a bit hot and sweaty.

Oh, don't tell me you're coming down with something as well. Leo's not good

either. No, I'm feeling a bit better now. I think the fresh air really did

I'm going to be OK for school as well, Ali.

Good. because we've got enough on today without that as well. Wow, what's

happened? Did you not see the police cars earlier?

They've taken Vaughan to school to open up. Apparently Waterloo Road is home to

a bunch of highly sophisticated cyber criminals.

Mum, what's going on?

After the weekend, we decide this is all I need.

It's got to be a joke, isn't it? As far as she's concerned.

I have to suspend the Wi -Fi and the internal network.

Great. Why don't you cut off the water and electricity supply while you're at

it? I'm sorry. I know it's an inconvenience, but... What are we

without our IT systems? It'll be chaos.

You got any idea when it'll be back?

There's a lot of computers to get through.

Your guess is as good as mine. Sorry.

So this could take forever?

We can start interviewing the students as soon as they get their social work

sorted.

Listen, we can't wait for the police to go through due process. We are best

placed to know who could possibly have done this.

And there aren't that many computer geniuses at Waterloo Road. No.

Officer. Detective Inspector.

Oh. Um, can I ask what's going on?

I've asked your headmaster.

That's rude.

Have a good day.

Come and see me later if you're not feeling any better, you know? Yeah.

Stephanie, listen.

You might be able to fill Mum with all this fever nonsense you're going on

about. You can't film me. What do you mean?

You and Justin.

I know you were with him last night.

No! No, no way! You really think I don't know when you're lying?

All that pizza and candles... Pizza and candles mean nothing.

Tiffany, I know.

Just admit it.

You know nothing.

Ah, there she is.

How was your weekend?

I guess it was fabulous.

You had a really lovely time.

Thanks for asking.

Don't be overdoing it, OK?

Bye, Mrs B.

And if your leg hurts, then just sit down, have a rest, listen to your body.

You're the one that told me to be the best that I can.

That's what I'm doing.

Yes, well, you don't have to achieve it all in one day.

Kevin.

See you.

Bye.

What's with the text?

We've got a problem.

What are you on about?

The hack you did with the wire data systems.

It's a work of art.

Yeah, well, the police are looking for the artist.

Yeah, well, they'll never find him. They won't even know I was in.

Why is the entire Greenwich police force tearing the school's computers apart?

Around my house earlier, they mentioned wire data systems to my dad. I broke in.

I had a little look around, but then I made sure that I didn't leave a trace.

They can't trace it back to me.

They might trace it to me.

You broke in without me.

And you didn't use a proxy.

You hacked into a massive multinational company and you didn't cover your

tracks. That's the most important part of hacking, leaving no trace.

It was perfect.

And you went and ruined everything.

You have got us into some serious trouble.

Justin. Justin.

Listen.

Tiffany's told me everything about you and her.

You're a liar.

See, now, that's where you're wrong because she just told me then and I saw

sneaking back into the office this morning. I mean, I knew anyway. So what?

It's none of your business.

See, now, that's where you're wrong, okay? Because it is my business.

And if it happens again, then it's going to be everyone else's business.

Oh, what are you going to do? You're going to tell everyone?

That's cool.

I expect that from a little fool like you anyway.

So go ahead.

You can throw a grenade into the lovely family.

But just remember, As soon as it all blows up, it'll all be your fault.

No, Justin.

You stay away from her now, OK?

Stay away from my sister.

Yeah, sister can't keep her hands off me, mate.

Yeah?

Fawn, I know that you're mad with me.

But I was wondering if I could have a word about Kevin.

What? I am worried about him.

He's so frustrated about his condition. I was wondering, can you have a word

with his teachers? Ask them to go easy on him. He needs a lot of support.

Yeah, I don't know whether you've noticed, but we have a crisis bond.

There are police swarming all over the school.

Yes, and we're talking about the boy who was our star pupil last year, OK, until

he had his stroke, and he's not...

I should tell my dad.

He's going to kill me. I'll kill you.

Leo, this is massive, OK?

It's much more serious than anything your dad's going to do.

Why are they going to want to prosecute?

We've got Britain.

Hey, Kevin.

Everything OK?

I just wanted to say, don't get too downhearted about your mock results. We

know you did your best.

Yes, sir.

We're all impressed by your progress and your guts, but it takes a long time and

a lot of patience to get over a stroke.

Yeah, tell me about it.

If there's anything we can do, any extra help you need, you only have to ask.

OK.

Some of the kids can barely spell their own name, let alone write complicated

computer code.

It's a bit harsh.

It could be someone who's not even in the school. I mean, we have opened our

doors every time, Dick and Harry. Come on, Sue.

The community initiative is the best thing that's happened to Waterloo Road.

I don't know about anybody else, but I rely on technology for my classes.

You could try more conventional methods of teaching, you know, pens, paper.

Oh, lucky for you, Ali. We'd all love to be able to daub a bit of paint on an

easel and call it a lesson, but unfortunately my students demand more

science. Sue, that's totally out of order.

Stop having a go at me, Simon.

Think of it.

Look, I know we're all feeling the strain, but this is going to be a very

pething day, so...

What was all that about?

Our weekend away, total disaster.

Arguments, silences, more arguments.

I think the school's really getting to her.

Maybe it's just you.

Look, mate, I'm sorry, OK?

I just... I mean, you can't... It's cool.

I get it.

You can't stand the thought of me and Tiffany being together, and that's fine.

But, um... You better get used to it.

Because that ain't gonna change.

Yeah,

you said that you told him about us.

What if I do a stupid thing like that?

He's such a liar.

Look, don't worry, Tiff. He's not going to get away with this.

Yeah, but what are we going to do if he tells Mum?

She'll go crazy and he'll try to stop us from seeing each other.

How can she do that? We live in the same house. I don't know, but we know.

Listen.

Listen, all right?

Nothing and no one is going to stop us being together.

I promise.

I've been on the wire data picket line, and it's perfectly obvious who's side

the police are on. Look.

Look. They are bulldozing ancient trees as we speak, turning beautiful forests

into their research laboratories and car parks, and you're all sitting here

doing nothing about it. Thank you, Audrey. I think we all know... None of

care about the crested tit. It could become the dodo of its day.

Right.

We need to help the police.

I want you all to make a list of all the pupils you think might be capable of

hacking into the systems of a world -class global technology company.

Do we have any?

Rhiannon Salt?

You know, once upon a time, I would have said Kevin Chalk, but not since he

struck. Kevin wouldn't do anything like that, whether he's had a stroke or not.

Not stupid.

Has anyone else noticed that we're into period one and we haven't had a bell?

Please, think.

One of our kids could be up on criminal charges.

No bell, no class.

And who's to say we're not off set?

Registration's all computerised, isn't it?

And so if the perpetrator comes forward now, the police... Per... Per... Per...

Per... Per... E.

Per... E.

Look it up in the dictionary later.

Life without a spell checker's not going to be easy for you, is it?

And so if the perpetrator comes forward now, the police will look more

favourably on him. If not, the consequences could be drastic, both for

individual... and for this school. Thank you. And you will also have to

photocopy the literacy target bump from the LA and distribute it by hand

after you've done that.

Oh, I'll have to write this memo out neat before I copy it. It's going to

me ages.

Yes, well, we're all going to have to go the extra mile today, Sonia, preferably

without complaining.

I ended up chucking my body, as I called it, into a policeman's face.

Sonia, I need 15 of these, 30 of these, and I would like 100 of these. I'll pick

them up next period.

Please put them in mine.

Then what happened?

I fell.

Lloyd?

Did you do this?

Yeah.

And he deserved it as well.

Stand outside. No, Mum, I'm getting sick of it now. Lloyd, stand outside!

All right, Justin, do you need to go to the medical room?

You can.

Get on with your work, please, everybody.

It's not enough to admit you did it. I want to know why.

Just really bugs me, Mum.

You're going to have to apologise.

No way, that is not going to happen. Then you'll spend all day in the cooler.

Fine, fine, send me to the counter.

You've never done anything like this in your life.

You must have been provoked.

Yeah, you could say that.

Oh, dream how sweet.

Too sweet, too bitter sweet.

Whose wakening should have been in paradise.

where souls brimful of love abide and meet.

We're thirsting... Leo?

What's that with you today?

I don't know.

We're thirsting, longing eyes watch the slow door that opening, letting in, lets

out.

Can I help? I'm looking for, um, Audrey McFall.

Audrey? Why?

Let's just say her name's been made known to us.

Is it to do with her crested tits?

Yes.

Miss McFall? Yes.

Detective Inspector Murray would like a word.

No way.

Why am I being treated like a criminal for exercising my democratic right to

protest? Is it true you had to be physically removed from the site?

They are intent on destroying beautiful woodland for their own greedy ends. It

is capitalism gone mad.

I don't think we need to add slander to the charge sheet.

Well, for two pins, I would have hacked into their offices. Good on whoever did

it. Look, Audrey can be a little outspoken, but we're looking for a

hacker here. She struggles to switch her mobile on.

What'll you do?

She could be an accomplice.

She may be encouraging a pupil to do it. I can assure you I am in no way

responsible.

Though you wish you were.

Most definitely.

You can go.

For now.

Meth, are we not doing chemistry today?

Just get on with your worksheets.

So we're thinking we're not doing chemistry today, then?

All my lesson plans were on my laptop.

I'm not going to redo them all from memory.

So until this school gets us back together... All right, everybody, leave

belongings where they are and make your way out.

You assumed you were sick.

Oh,

you two are in big trouble. Move.

You're going the wrong way. Yes, I know. Have you told them all about me and

Justin? No, not yet anyway.

No, don't, please.

I have a tooth.

Slide.

Right, the alarm has gone off because of disruption to our IT system and there's

no guarantees that it won't go off again.

But of course, we can't just ignore a fire alarm. So make sure you do a head

count at your allocated assembly points in the playground. Thank you.

We can't go on like this. We've got to find this idiot fast.

Come on, hurry up.

Still got lessons.

Simon told me about your romantic weekend away.

Said it was a nightmare.

I have to go.

Hey. Because you were thinking of me.

Is that why you're avoiding me?

Yes, because of you.

But I am trying to do the right thing. I'm trying to save my marriage. It's

I want.

Help me out here, Hector.

If you care about me, leave me alone.

The team at the station are going over the log files on your computers now.

I'll be back tomorrow morning with a social worker.

Someone will have left a muddy footprint somewhere.

Great.

I'll take it no one's owned up yet? Nope.

Here's that long list of suspects for you.

Sonia?

Sonia?

Could you assemble these students in the lecture theatre after break?

Yes.

This is impossible.

But why don't you send us all home? Because Waterloo Road doesn't close. Now

let's get these kids organised.

Stephen Caruthers, Justin Fitzgerald, Floyd Westbrook, Gabriella Walk,

Fraser O 'Neill and Patricia Lucas. Can you go to the lecture theatre now,

please?

What about me?

Your name weren't called, was it?

Why not?

I don't know.

Perhaps it's because she ain't been well.

It's because Mr Fitzgerald thinks I'm not up to it.

Excuse me, sir.

We'll, uh, mind your car for you for a tenner.

Oh, well, that's what Ronnie the shopper's for, and, uh, ten pounds

actually cover his hourly rate, so you've sold yourself a bit short.

Nice try, though.

Um, may I help you?

Uh, yeah, you can take me through your headmaster, please.

Do we know you?

No, but, uh, I think you're about to.

I don't appreciate being rounded up like a petty criminal.

Shut up, Olivia.

Are you okay?

Yeah, I'm fine. Don't worry about me, all right?

Tiff.

End it. Do one. It's nothing to do with you, yeah?

We'll see.

I don't like this.

I feel sick.

Yeah?

Miss Fitzgerald, there's a gentleman to see you.

Jackson Whitaker. I own wire data systems.

Chapter two in the inebriated adventures of Christa Meldrew.

As I staggered for freedom, the cops grabbed me.

One day I drove to school drunk as a skunk.

I smashed someone's car and had to lick it.

And if that wasn't bad enough, I ended up chucking my body, as I called it,

into a policeman's face.

I got slammed in the nick for that.

Hiya. Hiya. I've been not needing any photocopying doing because... Everyone's

wanting worksheets today and I am pooped.

Well, hmm, you're going to be a lot more than pooped if this gets out.

Stable to the back of my local authority note. And if it's on the back of

mine... Oh, no.

Uh -huh.

Written by Krista Meldrew, i .e. you.

It's not going to take a genius to work out that this, well, story, as you like

to put it, is about Christine Mulgrew.

Howay, man.

Honest to God.

What were you thinking, eh?

May I make a request?

Go ahead.

Would it be possible for me to talk to the students on this list?

I'll tell you what. You let me talk to the culprit, I won't press charges.

You'll have the police out of your hair and your school back to normal.

I'm not sure that's within your gift.

Not now there's a full -blown police investigation going on. Look, whoever

hacked our systems, I would really like to meet them.

Well, they're obviously incredibly bright.

I spend hundreds of thousands of pounds on IT experts.

Now, they told me our systems were robust.

They weren't. Obviously.

That's embarrassing for my company, my technology company. It's bad for the

customers and bad for shareholders.

Mr Fitzgerald, put yourself in my shoes.

I've lost advertising revenue, but much worse than that, if I don't resolve the

situation quickly, I lose my reputation. I'm sorry this has caused you so many

problems. I've got to make sure that that doesn't happen again.

And your young genius is best placed to tell me how.

Mum, have you got a minute?

Of course I have.

Right,

OK. You've got to promise me that whatever I tell you, you're not going to

mad.

You can tell me anything.

What's wrong?

It's me and Justin.

We've been seeing each other.

Seeing each other?

Well, yeah, I wanted to be the one to tell you, because...

Oh, love.

I know you two get on, but he's not your boyfriend, is he?

Practically your dead brother.

Yeah, no, but it's not like that. It's more serious than that.

We've... We've been sleeping together.

Dickens had a very strong sense of injustice.

It's woven into A Tale of Two Cities, as well as most of, well, if not all, of

his other novels.

So for your essay, I want you to put yourself in the position of someone in

prison, wrongly accused of a terrible crime.

Sorry to interrupt, Mrs Mulgrew.

You haven't got that copy of the literacy target report on you, have you?

What? It's just there's some wrong figures on it, and I need it back.

Please.

I can have a look for it if you want.

I mean, I know what it looks like.

Sonia, a silly early report is not my priority right now.

We've had more than enough interruptions today, so if I find it, if, I will make

sure you get it back.

Thanks.

You've done the right thing coming to tell me.

I'm very proud that you've been so mature.

No, I don't want you to go and find out from Floyd or anything, so... I'm just

still trying to get my head around it. So this has been going on under our

Well, in the garage.

Please tell me that you've used contraception. Yeah, yeah, of course.

It's all wrong, though, Tiffany.

He's your stepbrother.

It's not like I grew up with him. And he's 17 and you're 15.

Helically, he's committed a crime. No, that's just... Stupid. And what if you

were 13? Would that be a crime? Yeah, of course it would.

14?

I mean, why do you think there's a statutory age of consent to protect

girls from men? I don't need to be protected from Justin. And what about

mean, if I don't tell the police, then I'm committing a crime. You're not

seriously going to do that, are you? I'm 16 in two months, and we love each

other. And you love each other, then why couldn't you wait two months? Stop

treating me like I'm a child. I know exactly what I want.

I'm so just Justin.

I bet he does.

It's all right.

You do hate him.

I...

I'm going to

have to go and talk to him. No, don't.

I feel the same about Justin as you do about Vaughan. Vaughan and I are adults.

I love you, Tiffany.

You've got to trust me.

Look, I promise you all I want to do is chat to our clever little hacker. See if

they can help me identify the flaws in our systems.

The police will find out who did this in the end. I would advise whoever is

responsible to step forward now.

That's it, I suppose.

That's it?

Look, perhaps I could talk to them in smaller groups.

Peers, perhaps. I'm sorry. Thank you.

Look, I was prepared to let you make the appeal, but that sounds like

intimidation.

I think we're stuck with a forensic police examination.

So if it wasn't any of them, what's the way to copy a member of staff?

Every computer gate in the school, except for me.

That's good, isn't it?

It means no one thinks it's us.

No, don't you get it? Your dad thinks I'm stupid just because I've had this

stroke.

That's prejudice.

My dad's not prejudiced.

Well, why aren't I on the list then?

You're cool with going to jail.

As long as everyone knows you're this ace computer hacker.

If it all comes my fault, I'm going to tell the truth.

I don't see any guilty faces out there. Look, how about I offer a reward?

Let's set the ball rolling at 5 ,000 pounds.

Yeah. Let's make it 10. All right, 10.

Uh, no, that is not how we do things here, Mr. Whittaker. I am not going to

a precedent.

Even if someone out there has some suspicion of who it might be. She'd have

queue of students a mile long, all given false evidence. Yeah. A complete waste

of time.

Are you really satisfied to just wait for the police investigation to end?

I'm afraid we'll have to, and God knows how long that's going to take. And you

honestly believe that I'll accept that without comeback of any kind? I'm sorry,

we couldn't be more helpful.

That... It was me.

I'm the hacker.

Hello? What's in your hand?

What's in your hand?

from the sidelines.

Taking a breath, filling your lungs, keeping you alive.

Head up, head up, keep holding,

holding you. Head up, head up, keep

holding.

If you can see.

The most serious breach of our network security ever.

And it's down to you.

What protocol is used in a network ping request?

ICMP?

UDP?

You don't have a clue, do you?

What you said before, staring you in the face.

Why is it?

You had a horrible time with Simon.

Because you're in love with me.

Sue, you've got to stop pretending.

You don't love him anymore.

Yes, I do.

Listen to you.

You're trying to convince yourself.

We could be amazing together. I know we could.

He's my husband.

People split up.

Marriage would end.

I know you love me.

But tell him about us.

I can't.

His mate and his wife.

It would kill him.

Neil, why did you lie?

I didn't. Just tell me, what is going on?

You don't really think he's your hacker, do you? Uh, just, Kevin, he had a

stroke a few weeks ago. He's been under a lot of strain since then.

When's everyone going to stop treating me like an invalid?

Look, I'll prove to you it was me.

Watch this.

This is how I got in.

I got out.

Oh, that really is genius.

So how come you screwed up?

He didn't.

That was me.

I copied what Kevin did as sort of a challenge, I guess, to set myself, and I

botched it, evidently.

Which is why we were able to trace it back to the school.

Well, we will, of course.

Be prosecuting. Oh, no, no, no. Yes, yes, yes.

This is unauthorised computer access with intent to commit other offences.

What other offences?

There was no malicious damage.

I could have released a virus or built a worm, but I didn't.

I just wanted to prove to myself that I could break into your system, because

nobody else thought I could. But it's still a crime.

Now, give me one good reason why I should let this go unpunished.

Because you said you would leave the police out of it if you got to talk to

hacker. Hmm.

Should have got that in writing.

You can't be serious.

He's a schoolboy. A schoolboy who needs to learn to take responsibility for his

actions.

Thank you.

My company's been hit again.

By a worm.

A what?

Someone is corrupting our data.

Harry, are you responsible for this?

Well, yeah.

It's slow for the next hour, but then speeds up exponentially in exactly an

hour's time.

Are you absolutely suicidal?

Well, I needed some kind of an insurance, you know, if I was to admit

hack.

I was right.

School full of girls, and you have to pick my daughter.

Well, we've kind of been thrown together, haven't we?

It's not really our fault.

Come to think of it, Ali, it's your fault.

You do realise that you're committing a crime, don't you? Oh, God. Oh, yeah.

She's 15.

She's a kid.

And if you hurt her, I swear it'll be the last thing you do.

But I'm just a kid.

Are you threatening me? Are you threatening a school kid?

This is not happening.

This ends now. Do you understand me? This is over.

No.

Everything okay?

Does anybody want anything from the campaign?

No?

Christine.

I'm only showing you this as a dear friend.

Oh, this is a nice guy.

Well, mind your job, but it's me.

Are you aware that the phone is ringing?

Mm -hmm.

Well, I can't answer it while I'm drinking this, can I?

I'll get the next one.

You said that the last time and the three times before that.

Go on, babe.

Pick one for the team.

Well, that's been it. You can answer the phone.

Hello. Helping on the hotline.

Kevin, stop the worm now. This is malicious damage. You are making things

Five minutes. In five minutes, you will be excluded from this... All right.

What's your price?

You don't prosecute.

You ever heard of the word blackmail?

Four minutes thirty.

Kevin! Okay.

I'll do it.

I'll call the police.

I won't prosecute.

I want that in writing.

Of course you do.

She wants me to go down at dinner and get a chippy for her so she can keep her

rollers in her hair.

Cheeky. Welcome to these.

Some guy went up asking if we've got any dead mice to feed his python.

A little kid wants us to check for monsters under his bed.

And a woman's left her wedding ring down the toilet. And has asked if one of us

can go fish it out.

Well, it's better than history, isn't it?

Hello? Helping Anne's hotline?

Yeah.

I'm just wearing my school uniform.

Simon, have you got a few minutes already? Yeah, yeah, I've got a few

You're not hungry?

No.

What is it, though?

You're not being yourself, are you?

I really don't know where to begin.

It's taken me a really long time to admit this to myself, Simon.

I really hate teaching.

I'm no good at it. I still... I can't control my class.

And this morning, being without my computer, I was terrified stood in front

the class without all my technology bits and bobs.

I mean, you've always known I was rubbish at it.

So I've decided I'm going to leave Waterloo Road.

I want to use my science qualifications, maybe get a job in research at a

pharmaceutical company or something. I mean, there are loads of jobs in London.

But Waterloo Road is where I'm at.

And that's the other problem, Simon.

This school, it is killing you.

You should have a headship by now. You're an ideas man. You should be

your own school.

Look, Sue.

Fine if you don't want to teach, but... I'm loving it here.

And I'm hating every minute of it.

Why don't you care about how I feel for once?

I will never forget.

Very near dying of embarrassment when a pupil pointed to my feet and there on

them were two different shoes.

I hope I did the right thing.

Of course you did, Audrey.

The last thing I want is people laughing at me behind my back.

Right.

I'll have words with Miss Donegan.

Christine, Sonia's not... I'll tell you who Sonia is, Audrey.

Funny the treacherous little madam.

So I've just spoken to your mum? Yeah, and?

She's telling me to break up with you. But what did you say?

Obviously I told her that there's no way we're breaking up.

What if she goes to the police?

There's no way she'll do that.

She will.

She's deadly furious.

Why don't we just wait a couple of months?

Because I don't want to.

Do you?

No, of course not, but we still see each other every day.

I was scared.

I don't want anything bad to happen.

The staff were

laughing behind my back, but I had two slots to see.

I don't know how them... papers got in there. I mean, if I ever find out... Oh,

come on, Sonia.

You've made a complete fool of me. Why would you do that?

For the competition.

It was for the prize money.

After I helped you?

I'm... I'm so sorry, Christine.

I couldn't think of anything to write about for my own life and they wanted

something really tragic, you know, something really sad.

Have you thought of me?

Just when I was getting my life back together. Just when I thought I'd put

my bugbears behind me, you do this.

I never want to see your stupid face again.

I've just found out that Justin and Tiffany go having sex.

Oh, gee.

We're supposed to be a family. They're not boyfriend and girlfriend.

How long?

A while.

How could we not have seen this right under our noses?

Contraception? Yeah.

She's too young. Well, she might be your little girl, but she's 16 and a couple

of months. She's vulnerable and naive.

I've just been so wrapped up with making a go of things here with you. Look,

there is no point in blaming yourself.

All right.

All right, what is the best way to handle this? Believe it, her first

boyfriend and it's got to be him. He's my son.

I don't trust him an inch.

You didn't hear how he just spoke to me. He's loving every second of this. He's

doing this to get at us. You don't seriously believe that, are you? It's

happier than when we're at each other's throats. He's just a young guy and he's

full of hormones. You'll be saying boys will be boys next. He doesn't care about

us. He's just using us. All right, all right. Let's talk about this later.

we're going to talk about it later. You're going to tell him it's got to

The best way to make sure it continues is to tell them to stop.

Thanks for your support, Vaughan.

Look, Jude, I always care about your feelings. You know that.

You've stopped talking to me about stuff.

You have been so busy after school with all your community projects.

It's like you've forgotten about me.

And even at the weekend, all you spoke about was the school and your plans.

That's because you were acting like you weren't there. I was just trying to get

your attention.

So it's all my fault, then? No.

Wait.

You know I get carried away with work, but I love you very much.

If I've taken you for granted, then I'm sorry, OK?

You don't have to apologise for being a brilliant teacher.

It's not a great husband, hey?

I will make it up to you.

I promise.

Don't sit on your own, Gracie.

Come to the community cafe. That's what it's there for.

Yeah, I'll have a cuppa with you.

I'm, um, I'm very tall and, uh, with blonde hair, I'm good looking, so, uh,

you'll see me.

I'll, uh, I'll see you in a bit, then.

Right, bye.

Hiya.

Can I have a word, please, everyone?

I worked under Christine Mulgrew when she was their teacher here at Waterloo

Road.

And it's the best experience I've ever had.

She was an absolutely brilliant boss.

And I can't even begin to think how much I must have hurt her with my stupid

magazine story.

I'm sure Christine is strong enough to survive it.

Even so, I was out of order.

And I wanted to apologise in public and say cheerio to everyone.

Because after what I'd done, you ain't going to see my stupid face around here

no more.

Because I'm too ashamed to show it.

Today is going to be my last day here at Waterloo.

Thank you.

Sonia, stop.

What you said there about me, I'm very touched.

So true, Christine.

I mean, what's nice to know is that even in my darkest days, which you've

written so graphically about,

I still managed to do a few things right, so I thank you for that.

As for your story... I've shredded them all.

Well, good, cos it's a load of rubbish.

You need to start with some grammar fundamentals before you even think about

earning money from your writing.

Maybe I could stretch to some...

After a spittering.

Fair touch.

Your turn.

How old are you?

Um, 18.

I'm 47 and no one's got the better of me in 25 years. I don't know if I should

be angry or impressed.

Well, I did it for myself.

It wasn't personal.

Not until you made it personal.

All right, I'll do my level best to make sure that the police drop the

investigation. And I won't dispute the contract.

Provided... you help me to find the weaknesses in my firewall.

Yeah,

deal.

Cool.

You know, really, it's quite hard to believe that you've had a stroke.

Yeah, that's a bad bad stroke.

I would say that your brain is in mint condition.

Yes, unused.

I'll be in touch.

Pleasure. Thank you.

Oh, Kevin Chalk.

I think I'm guilty of seriously underestimating you.

Okay, sir.

I think people wind up sometimes when everybody thinks you're an idiot.

Huh? I'm sure anyone takes you for an idiot.

After everything you've been through, we all think of you as a bit of a hero,

but heroes do not go around proving themselves by committing crimes.

We're not out of the woods yet.

There may have been one whittaker around that the police might still want your

head on a plate. We'll deal with that tomorrow.

Thank you, sir, for everything.

This school's been great to me.

Then you will understand why I am sentencing you to detention.

Every lunchtime, until the end of term, you and Leo, and you will both be

writing personal letters of apology to Mr Whittaker.

All right.

All right, you sit down, Gracie.

I'll get you a knife couple.

This is Rhiannon.

Sugar.

No, thanks.

You two been going together long?

Well, we're not really official.

I mean, we argue in that, but I've got no family and neither is he.

We've got lots in common.

Two sons, five grandchildren.

Never see them.

Family? Sometimes I think you're better off without.

There you go.

Thanks, love.

I thought this place would be full of rough lads and teenagers.

I thought twice about bringing my best bag.

Your bag won't be in any danger here.

I think I might try some of that soup.

It beats a tray in front of the telly.

Oh, I do miss having somebody to cook for.

Well, you can cook for us if you want.

Or we could cook for you.

I can make beans on toast.

What about steak?

Now you're talking.

A nice bit of fillet with some horseradish on the side.

So let's take it, then.

With, um, chips and peas.

How are you fixed next week?

Um, there's nothing on the telly Wednesday.

Um, is there any chance you could bring a pair of nail scissors with you?

Nail scissors?

I haven't had me toenails cut in yonks. They're putting holes in me toes. Hide

something awful.

Well, at least I know why you've been so up and down recently.

Thought you'd gone off on me or something.

Even wondered if you might be pregnant.

Oh, well, maybe I might be soon, you know.

Once I get rid of all this stress.

See, look, there are loads of acting head jobs.

Yeah, what about Vaughan, Sue? I'd hate to do this to him.

Simon, you're a great teacher, but nobody's indispensable.

You know what? You're right.

And look, there are loads of cracking opportunities out there.

All right, if we do this, and it's a big if... We will do.

I quite fancy the idea of somewhere quieter, more rural.

Not London, somewhere good to bring up a family.

Been thinking about that a lot recently.

Think I'm ready to take the next step.

Well, you can't stop us being together, so... Oh, really?

Watch us. Mum, I told you we love each other.

Right, well, this is getting us nowhere. I want both of you to go to your

separate rooms. I don't want any sneaking around later on. Do I have your

Yeah. No.

Right. Well, we're just going to have to police the situation.

Well, that's not going to work, is it?

We can't watch over him 24 hours a day.

So what do you suggest?

He needs to leave.

He's 17.

Where's he going to go?

I don't know.

What about your mate at Brocklehurst?

Brocklehurst is a boarding school. Firstly, that's against everything I

for. Secondly... I've already abandoned him once when I left his mother. I'm not

going to abandon him again. If he wasn't targeting my daughter for sex, then we

wouldn't be in this situation.

He has started a relationship with... Start it out, Vaughan!

This is my house as well as yours, and I will protect my daughter.

I can't stop thinking about you two.

Please don't push me away.

Sending me off to some school in Aberdeen. You can't do that. You are

quite interesting.

Me? Justin says this Biden school thing is your idea. You brought it on

yourself. I honestly thought you were going to stand up to a dad. I've been

toying with the idea of plus size range for a while now.

We're going away.

Where? London.

So we'll go good?

Yeah. You had a job interview.

New start, new challenges. The B word.

Babies, Hector. Babies.

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