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I'm still here holding on too tight.

Andy Coward.

What are you doing here?

Did you miss me?

No, I thought the dog missed his mange.

You always had such a lovely way with words.

Up yours, moron.

What are you

doing, you muppet?

from the cherry. The what? It's a new dawn, Sonia. You know the council have

wrote. Stole them. Don't want to see them. Don't want to speak to them.

You're a new graphics teacher. I turned up neither.

Oh, good. My teacher in Michael Taylor. Get down now.

There's no Sonia English for it. Let alone your new deputy.

You know who you get. Hey, I've got something to show you.

Maybe it's like fate or something.

They're all throwing us together.

Back off there, child.

Don't be like that.

You've got to admit, it's becoming a bit of a habit, right? You can talk.

I just can't keep up with you.

How long are you going to get last here before getting kicked out? It's even

better seeing as you're here. You think you're some kind of big shot, don't you?

Well, you're not.

I don't have any complaints so far.

I think you're so smart.

Compared to Sean?

Kiefer? That's Ellie Einstein, aren't we?

Oh, look, I'm sorry. Why can't we just forget what happened?

Move on. You know full well why not. Hey, watch it.

No, you.

Stay out of my face.

Mum was right about you. She always said you were a loser.

Right, class, enough!

Enough!

Get to your classes, now!

All of you!

Now!

Inside, now!

So, Jay?

Are you going to take a walk, Trump?

Master speaking.

You've had your fun.

Time to get down to some hard work.

Registration.

Now.

Ah, you made it.

Good.

And you brought your bodyguards.

Nice touch.

Could you look after these two for a moment?

I need to borrow you.

You need to say a quick hello to everybody.

Um, look, I'm not really... Really sorry I'm late.

Good morning, everybody. I would like to... Car broke down.

Sorry. I'll make it up.

I'd like to introduce our new deputy, Lorna Hutchinson. I'm sure you'll give

all the support she needs.

And likewise, obviously.

It's a pleasure to be here.

Any other surprises we need to be aware of? Only, you know, tannoy systems,

chimney sweeps.

I'm not sure Audrey's heart could cope with much more.

Er, Vaughan, we seem to be slightly understaffed as well.

There's nothing we need to worry about, is there?

No, of course not. Why would there be? Right, let's get on, shall we? George,

quick word.

I thought we had a deal.

You'd get your old job back in return for not banging on about a merger.

I thought you said there wasn't going to be one. Well, there isn't. No news.

Nothing to report, therefore nothing to talk about. Except you did.

Which means you lose your job again, right?

What was I supposed to think? There's clearly something going on.

It's called work, George.

Try it.

Oh, sorry. No, George was just leaving. He is burning to get to his first lesson

where he will educate, inform and inspire.

You're not doubting our plan already, are you?

I've made some stupid decisions in my time.

George, for example.

But I've never given up on a kid.

Good. That's the vision you sold me the job on.

Second chances is a way of saving the school.

How do the other staff feel about it?

Oh, well, you know... They do know about the threat of a murder with Havelock

Hyde, right?

No.

George had heard a rumour. I told him it was false.

Look, I'm trying to protect everybody from something that may not even happen.

They'll only worry or panic or quit, possibly all three.

Better if we keep it between ourselves for now, don't you think?

Better.

Oh, thanks.

Still with me?

What do you think?

I haven't hit chin.

Oh, um... Nothing.

Shall we get him in?

Welcome back.

Welcome back, Justin. How was your holiday?

Had worse, thanks, miss.

Glad to hear it.

Onwards and upwards, young man.

Welcome back, Rhiannon, Darren.

Sean, welcome back. Oh, now, I was told we had a newcomer or two.

Your name is?

It's Mimas.

Bonnie.

Bonnie Kincaid?

Good grief, what's happened to you?

What do you mean, miss?

What did you do that for?

Window shopping.

There's no more looking for you, mate. They're the rules now.

God, you're so embarrassing.

Can you just put your tongue away?

We could all do that if we wanted.

Could you?

You really want to do this?

I should have quit while you were ahead, lad.

So, a new beginning for us all.

Let's get started, shall we?

Scott Fairchild.

Six schools.

Five exclusions, one walkout, disruptive behaviour, persistent breaches of

school behaviour code, and yet talented, if lazy.

Kenkey Calhoun.

Seven schools.

Three exclusions, four walkouts. One school you even tried to sue.

Well, they said I was mental.

No, they said you were sociopathic.

Another describes you as antisocial, and a third mentions kleptomaniac

tendencies.

There's a complete nutjob in there, too. Shut up.

You don't seem to have stayed in one school long enough for anyone to really

make sense of you.

You're running out of chances, both of you.

We're it.

Your last chance.

We'll see.

We're prepared to draw a line in the sand and move on.

Are you?

What's going on with you two, anyway?

You were both briefly at St Dominic's, right? What happened?

I don't know.

All I know is she tried to punch me in the playground today.

All I did was say hi.

Is that true?

Not exactly.

We have a zero -tolerance policy to violence out here.

But you're OK with bullying?

No, of course we're not OK with bullying.

Well, then why don't you take him in then?

Because that's what he is.

And you're OK with that?

You don't get to decide who comes to this school.

All children have the right to be able to give their opinion when an adult is

making a decision that will affect them.

And all adults should take them seriously.

UNICEF, Charter of Rights for Children, Article 12.

A couple of things.

The council... Can wait.

Oh, and your Bradley Wiggins fellow and his coach are at the schoolhouse, then

headed over here.

I told him you'll catch up with him when you can.

Aye, thank you.

Let's hope he's less of a challenge than you two.

Welcome. Aye.

You must be Dale, right?

Yeah.

Bit of a thump, isn't it?

Not exactly tactful, are you, bunny lad?

Like I explained over the phone, he's only focused on one thing.

Long -distance road cycling.

I'm breaking the law from what I gather.

That was a one -off.

Can we see what you've got in the way of facilities?

You do realise this is Greenock and not the Olympic Village?

Excuse me, ladies. Head teacher coming through. Thank you.

Oh, Ron, I just wanted to ask about my new English teacher. You're looking at

him. No, I don't mean to stand on him. Neither do I.

How long has it been since you've taught him? The contemporary author at that

time was, I think, Chaucer. Hasn't changed much, has it?

My first class is F5. I thought I might hit them with the wasp factory.

What do you think?

Progressive, I bet, maybe.

Progressive.

Progressive. Is my middle name.

Okay, your English reset is this.

Okay, no, hang on, it must be this way.

Maybe you're not a job to be teaching them. Maybe I'm a bit dazed after that

left hook you gave me.

Want to tell me what's going on with you and Scott?

Want to tell me why you didn't dub me in for the punch?

Well, for one thing, it wasn't me you were aiming at, but also, in my

experience, women tend to get violent for a reason.

I'd rather find out what that reason is. Care to explain?

Not really.

Oh, Mrs. Mulgrew, right?

Oh, last time I looked.

Well, one of yours, I believe. Kenzie Calhoun.

Well, you go then, Kenzie.

Thank you.

Um... Tread carefully.

She's complicated.

Mr. Fitzgerald and I came to build bridges.

Oh.

Okay.

Uh, listen, if you need any tips or advice...

Or would I?

Would you?

I'll be fine, thanks.

You are quite young for a deputy, though, aren't you?

Well, if you're good enough, you're old enough.

So where were you deputy before?

Edinburgh. Only not as deputy.

Were you hurt then?

Neither.

I see. Well, welcome to Waterloo Road.

And good luck.

What are you doing?

Nothing.

Exactly.

You're meant to be writing a list of texts you've studied before.

You must know them because you've already sat the exam previously.

Excuse me.

Can you take those off, please?

Hey, get your hands off them.

I'm trying to nick them or something.

Who do you think you're talking to?

You. We won't give an earful to someone who gives this stuff.

OK. Cooler. Now.

What? Oh, you like the cooler? Well, you'd better have.

I get the impression you're going to spend a lot of time there.

Oh, my good God.

Check him out.

Sex and legs or what?

What I wouldn't do for five minutes when I was that bad.

I didn't recognise you earlier.

You look really different.

Do you think so?

I wasn't sure. It's not too much, is it? No, you look great.

Really, really great.

Leo's not pressuring you, is he?

No.

I can't believe it's the same person.

She looks amazing, doesn't she?

Yeah.

You like that?

Yeah. What?

Wow. Talk about before and after.

How are you, girl?

From brown -haired, buck -teethed boy to baby -licious beauty.

Yeah.

Yeah, thanks, guys.

I think.

Hotness? I thought just about how you look, so is it?

I mean, you've got to fake it till you make it.

Right, Bonnie?

Yeah, sure.

How are you liking your own personal gym face?

Is this bike the cure?

Only Dale's bikes are worth thousands.

What, for a bike?

In my day, you were lucky if you had brakes.

Mr Spencer, nice to meet you.

And you must be Dale.

Delighted to have you with us.

Not very chatty, is he?

He's not here to chat, he's here to train. He knows the drill.

Oh, the drill.

Trials are in six weeks, so no distractions.

Isn't that right, Dale?

And you never know.

If things go well, your school will have a future world champion.

And the press will be all over it when he does well.

We'll do whatever we can to help.

And in return, of course, Dale will have to meet certain standards.

He'll pull his way, won't he?

I'm sure he will.

He's not going to get very far like that, though, is he?

It's Gerald teaching.

Voluntarily. The man's clearly deranged. Nothing wrong with teaching.

I'm proud of my career.

I rest my case.

I mean, first the loud hailer, then reconnecting with the nation's youth.

He's going to be invading Poland next.

Well, I'm very happy to take on this dear lad, but since when have we been a

sports academy?

You know, it does seem a bit strange parachuting in a new deputy who, I

say, has never been a deputy before.

Biscuit?

Don't spoil your lunch. I've made us a smoked trout salad.

A bright -eyed, bushy, pale deputy with no experience isn't a good idea, is it?

Mr Fitzgerald and myself.

I mean, she's all over the place and she's only about, what, 12?

I'm 32, actually.

Tumbleweed, anyone?

About the new intake... Mm.

The one you sent to me?

Clearly has behavioural issues.

Kenzie presents a fresh challenge. No. She has behavioural issues which we can

deal with, of course. But some sort of explanation would be nice.

Mr Fix... We are implementing a new strategy whereby Waterloo Road holds out

olive branch for difficult pupils.

And we hope that any challenges those new pupils do bring will be met without

the default settings of discipline, like sending them to the cooler.

Excuse me?

Mrs Mulgrew, if you find the new strategy a darn thin prospect and need

support, my door is always open. And if you need some friendly advice on how to

manage your staff, so is mine.

And a brown one.

If a surveyor so much as sets foot on school property, I will kick them off.

How's it going on the front line?

So -so.

Kenzie Colquhoun's already made it to the cooler.

Oh. She didn't hang about.

Olga?

Hi.

This is my new deputy head, Lorna Hutchinson. Lorna, this is my wife.

Well, ex -wife.

Still wife, actually.

Well, separate.

Nice to meet you.

What's going on? Only I am in the middle of the first day of term.

I know. I'm with my teacher.

Are you seriously going to do this? If you mean earn a living, yes.

No, I mean get back at me. I'm here to teach. I'm better, and I want my career

back. Well, what about the kids? Have you thought about them? Did you?

Look, I was just getting them back on an even keel. They're doing really well,

especially Justin.

Therapy's going very well. I know. I don't see how my being here will affect

that. Because we had an agreement. You would move back into the area. We would

see you at the weekends. We'd take it from there.

Suddenly you're here. I got a phone call.

What if they think you're going to move back with us? With me?

This is so not about you.

I do a shift, I leave. If you're not happy with that, then why don't you take

the classes yourself?

I've got a lot of classes of my own, thank you.

You've been in touch with me years. Well, thank you for that vote of

Likewise. I never thought I'd hear myself say this, but bring back Simon

I don't know where you dug your new deputy up from, but she needs to brush

her management technique.

I beg you, not now.

Can I introduce our supply teacher for the day?

Olga. Mrs Fitzgerald.

No relation, I take it?

Depends. Does wife and mother of children count?

Estranged wife.

Well, her daughter is husband.

Today is just the gift that keeps on giving, isn't it?

Let's get on, shall we? Could you show Mrs Fitzgerald where graphics and

designers? I'd be delighted. We can compare notes.

OK, who can tell me about Omega -3?

Didn't he get abducted by aliens in that computer game, Miss?

It's the fatty acid, Darren.

You like to say that?

So, you're one of the new ones we've been hearing so much about. Miss

is it?

Any idea?

Mackerel, Miss.

Mackerel? Very good.

What else?

Salmon, sardines, walnuts, tofu.

Tofu? They act anti -inflammatory, so they help ease pain.

They also help balance chemicals in the brain.

Mm -hm.

How do you know that?

Because hers are all over the shop.

Pipe down, Mr Big Shot.

So who can tell me about beans and pulses?

And don't even think about making a fart joke, Darren.

Spoke to their former school, Kenzie Calhoun and Scott Fairchild were

at different times for different reasons.

Everything OK with your wife?

It's complicated.

Relationships always are, right?

You know what?

No, I, um... Nope.

No time.

Job to do, kids to teach, staff to work in here.

Chris, we didn't mention something.

I get defensive when I'm nervous at all.

You know, you should talk to your staff.

They're unhappy about me. They've no idea why we're taking on difficult

And they don't know about the very real threat of a merger.

But at least if you tell them, maybe you'll get them on side.

OK. Thanks.

Sonia said the council called again.

What's that about?

Nothing.

Everything okay with Kenzie?

A pleasure to teach.

I don't know what everybody's going on about.

Sorry.

Thanks again.

Excuse me.

Sorry. Sorry.

Look at that peachy bum.

Isn't that a bit sexist?

Anyway, what are you slobbering over him for?

I'm not. What are you on about?

Oh, come on, you tough lad.

You know I love you, but just because I'm on a diet doesn't mean I can't look

the menu.

Ah, you can have what you want. I've got spag boli in myself.

It was a meta thingy, you muppet.

Oh, right.

All right, then, well, I'm going to go. But, Bonnie, then, all right?

Wrong.

Is that you?

Lee, cute, isn't he?

Leo.

No. Why have dog meat when you can have steak?

Rolls Royce when you can have mini?

Shouldn't that one be the other way round?

No. Me and you, you and I, we can do so much better.

You just need the swag out of you to go with it.

For what?

Then she could go for someone like Scott. She's had a makeover, that's all.

Punching above her weight a bit with him.

Ignore her.

She just wants him to herself, and that's NGH.

Never gonna happen.

But you definitely move a shout, even if you are behind me and you care.

Oh, my God, don't do that.

Hey.

How's it going?

OK, I guess.

Mum's teaching, just for today. Is that okay?

Well, it's a bit embarrassing having your mum here.

I don't see why. You see me around the place the whole time.

Exactly.

No, not really.

Hey! Uh... Are you looking out for your housemate now? No way. He needs to get

off his high horse bike thing first.

Come on, Lenny.

Remember what it was like for you and Lisa when you first arrived there?

Think about it. And you.

Mind if I join you?

Seriously?

Not got any friends of your own?

Actually, no.

It looks like you could do with the company.

Don't look like a charity case.

Why are you even here?

I want to help you settle in. It's part of my gig.

Your idea of helping me settle in is making me look like a teacher's pet.

Thanks a bunch.

How does that help exactly?

If you want me to back off, maybe you could stop shutting me out.

How's it going with Scott Fairchild?

How do you think?

Is he giving you grief?

Nothing I can't handle.

Well, I'm here.

If you do decide you want to talk, I'll just let off some steam.

Within reason.

How does he know your family?

What are you asking that for?

Well, when I saw you this morning, you were telling him what your mother

of him.

I thought he said he'd back off.

Kendi!

Oi!

What's with you, Gary?

All our lives are symbols.

Everything we do is part of a pattern. We have at least some say in.

That is a quotation from the book we will be studying. What do you think,

It's a bit heavy, if you ask me.

It is a bit heavy.

It's about a 16 -year -old called Frank, who's a murderer, who's friends with a

dwarf. Oh, and he has absolutely no genitalia.

Anyone know what the book is? Any?

Is it very... No, Lisa.

Is it King Lear?

No. No, it's a book called The Wasp Factory.

It's Scottish.

It's about identity.

Gender, alienation, the feeling you don't belong anywhere. The central

character, Frank, claims to have killed three children and lots of animals,

which makes him what?

It makes him perfect for Waterloo Road.

So, hang on a second, Mrs Fitzgerald.

Can I ask a question?

Are you and the head married, then?

It's actually none of your business.

As if Justin gets special treatment.

He doesn't. Shut it, will you? Justin?

See? Justin.

I mean, talk about keeping it in the family.

OK,

enough! Sit down, both of you! Does Mummy's little boy want to play?

Leave it out, Scott!

You're so full of it! Aren't you? Always dissing other people. Always showing

off in front of dad's little wannabes with fake tan and push -up bras. Kenzie!

Because you might have a pulse, but I actually have zero personality.

Oh, what's your problem? You're jealous?

Or are you just as lame as that sponging layabout mother of yours?

Kenzie! Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Is that worth it, all right?

You being here was a bad idea.

It's not my fault. Justin was provoked. He's meant to control himself. He did.

He stopped that Colquhoun girl from attacking someone. She's the problem

not him.

Kennedy's left the premises.

No great loss, if you ask me.

We didn't.

Right, well, I need to talk to my deputy, so if you don't mind.

I do mind. Can I at least be included in the conversation?

Thank you, but we'll take it from here.

Olga, you're a supply teacher. Please, don't start.

We're lucky no one was hurt.

Giving someone a second chance is one thing. Being naive is quite another.

You brought me here to lead this process. You can't bottle out on it now.

I can if pupils are at risk.

A public row.

How fabulous.

No, we need to see this through. And at the moment, that's just you and me.

I mean, who else is there?

Look at the alternatives.

Some middle -aged alcoholic with no ambition.

Some fuddy -duddy old...

It is my idea and my plan to stop any sort of proposed merger with Apple. Can

you believe this? He lied to me. So the second chance policy was to solve for

sure? It's a strategy. I know it's a long shot, but it might just save us.

Maybe this tannoy system's not such a bad idea after all. I don't understand.

Why would Vaughan not tell us about a possibility of a merger?

So that we don't all start looking for other jobs.

I kind of believe that Lorna woman's slagging us all off, mentioning

issues. I know.

Believe me, no -one calls me middle -aged and gets away with it.

I'm sorry about that little technical

error. I'm not sure if you heard anything.

Don't worry. We heard everything.

Haven't been entirely straight with us, have you?

When were you going to tell us that our futures and the futures of the pupils

were in jeopardy? When we knew more about it. There may be absolutely

it. We have a right to know, and so do the kids.

Christine. Don't you Christine me.

You would have known in the fullness of time.

Not good enough.

And you can tell that deputy of yours?

She won't get a second chance from me.

Nothing like kicking off a new term with all your staff on board, is there,

Vaughan?

Val!

What are you doing?

You heard what that Kenzie Calhoun said?

Who am I trying to kid?

And what?

You're going to let some gobby little mare put you back in your box?

I thought I could pull it off, but I can't.

Once I'm bored, always I'm bored.

You can't give up already.

Do not be a quitter.

That's all that old Bonnie would do.

I think the new Bonnie should stop worrying about looking hot on the

concentrate on being hot on the inside.

Mother?

Well done for not getting angry before.

But in future, can you not step in like that?

Just had to break the moment to get her attention, that was all.

Learned it in therapy.

What's happening now? Are you doing something or what?

No, it's not my night and I've got a ton of stuff to talk about, but I'll see

you both at the weekend. That's OK, isn't it? Yeah. All right, Dad.

See you figured out the tannoy, then. It seems to have turned itself on.

What are we going to expect?

Come on. We should go.

OK. I'll see you guys later.

Was it not me?

What are you still up to now?

School hours.

Boyfriend.

Home. Unless you've got any better ideas?

Any plans?

Nothing that can't be changed.

If a better offer came along.

What kind of better offer might that be then?

A boner -shaped offer.

Fancy a walk?

Yeah.

What a day.

Kenzie and the scissors.

What is it with you two?

Did she dump you or something?

No way.

Don't be soft, just forget about her.

But what, you took her way back, right?

What was that, another school or your neighbours or something?

I said forget about her.

Sure. Everyone.

You've got to be kidding me.

What are you doing here?

Did you bring the police?

Not yet.

We need to talk, so I thought... No, there's nothing left to talk about.

I lost it.

You've got to get rid of me, and I don't even want to be there anyway, so can

you please just go?

I want to speak to your mother.

She's at work.

She works nights. Mrs Kelhane, can I have a word?

What right have you got?

Coming round here and sticking your beak in where it's not wanted?

Mickey Calhoun, I'm Lorna Hutchinson from Waterloo Road.

What's happened? Are you in trouble?

No, it's OK. She just wants to talk.

What?

Mum, I don't know.

Most of the time she's fine, but she has episodes.

How long has she had it?

Why are you still here?

Do you look after your mum alone?

God no.

We get 24 hours round the clock.

An army of carers.

Everyone in the neighbourhood mocks them as well. No one has a bad word to say

about us.

All really supportive.

What do you think?

Why not meet me in the middle?

We need to do an incident report and that will stay on your file

But we have decided not to call the police this time.

I will fight for you to have another chance.

But you have to promise never to lash out, provoked or not.

Why are you doing this?

My colleagues would say because I'm naive, inexperienced and totally out of

depth.

I think those books in there say different.

I think they say that you do want to be there, really.

You had no right to snoop.

You had no right to threaten Scott Fairchild.

Don't run away. Don't throw your future away because of some bloke.

We can get you some support here.

No, I wouldn't.

I couldn't manage. I've been looking after her since I was six, so... Six?

Look, just do one.

Okay.

Whatever Scott Fairchild has over you, don't let him win.

Yeah, me too.

Meant to be meeting some mates for a five -a -side, so... Sure.

See you.

Tomorrow, I guess.

Someone there?

We'll see about it.

OK, I'm going to stop doing your homework, please. You're giving me a

And that goat complex?

No, it's these graphic design classes they've got us doing at Havelock. The

homework's mental.

You like biking next door?

Obsessed? Did you not ask Dale to join us?

Nah. He's too interested in his wheels.

Well, at least he's got an interest, unlike you two.

I'm going to go wash my hair.

What is up with you?

You're the right weirdo since Bradley Leggin showed up.

Stop it, you're going to have Maggie up here.

What's it to you?

If you want to go next door with him. Oh, Darren, shut up. You're making a

show of yourself.

What? What's stopping you?

If you want to give his peachy bum a squeeze.

Now you're just being ridiculous.

Am I?

Well, I was just for ridiculous.

I've had enough.

Eh?

Why do you get to stare at him?

And if I even so much look at someone, I get the third degree?

I'm not listening to this.

Tough.

If I can't, then you can't.

You better like it, or she can get lost end of.

All right, come on. You can all get to your rooms. And if there's so much as a

drop of drink in here, you're all grounded.

I want you off my land. It's not your land. It's the council's, and we can

access at any time.

Not when there's school in progress. There isn't. That's why we came first

thing. You'd know that if you listened to your messages or read your emails.

Day two off to a flier, then?

Anything you want to tell me? No, everything's fine.

About Kenzie? Yeah, there's no need to apologise.

I wasn't going to. I went to see her last night.

You did what?

Hear me out.

Turns out she's a full -time carer for a sick mother. I've been since she was

six. She's the adult in that household, and she needs to be at school.

It's the only time she gets to be a teenager.

Threaten people with scissors.

For which she knows there will be consequences.

We'll get the parents to discuss it and she will have to undergo counselling.

But I looked at her file. It turns out she's never had a proper educational

assessment. We could at least give her that.

One more day.

See when she turns up.

aggression towards Scott Fairchild or anyone else for that matter and I can't

help you.

Those exercise books you stole, why did you do it?

I wanted to catch up, didn't I?

Sense the cooler.

What about the ones from the other schools?

Keepsakes.

Okay. Well, let's see how we get on.

Hey, Bonnie, it's all you.

Will you stop stalking me?

You're back then.

This time, if you're going to have a go at Scott, can you let me know first so I

can get out of the way? Maybe it'll be you I go for next time.

Whoa.

Trying to be friendly.

Don't do friends.

Feed yourself.

Stay out of my way.

Wig wife.

You made it back then?

You must be slipping.

I'm not going to let you get to me anymore.

You're the one who attacked me.

Lucky I'm not pressing charges. You're not innocent.

You should know.

I wouldn't brag about it. You were no great shakes in bed.

Yeah, well, I've been around since then.

Like I care. Clearly do.

No, all I give a damn about is that you made a fool of me.

You could have my virginity. I wanted that gone.

But you took it, you blabbed about it, and you made me a laughing stock.

I'll never forgive that.

But now, you can't touch me.

Hey. Scott, what are you doing here? Why aren't you in school?

I saw Kenzie.

She said you thought I was a loser.

Is that true?

Can I come in?

Please take me.

I'm fine from Ramsden.

Darren, are you all right about last night?

Are we okay?

It's just you've been ignoring me all morning and I'm starting to get worried.

Yeah, well, so am I. You've not even said a word.

Well, I thought you had the oomph.

I just thought maybe I blew it.

What? No.

Look, I've been thinking and you probably stepped up last night.

Very manly, I have to say.

What?

Lost the time when I said that.

I can't remember a thing.

I need to prepare for my next class, so if you're here to apologise for

yesterday's debacle... I'm not.

I made to look at the work of one of your students, Paula Collins.

Like to explain why?

Kennedy Calhoun stole the English book.

I'm not sure why, so I want to try and figure it out.

Do you know if it's something she's done before?

Yeah, at other schools. But before you accuse her, I don't think it's to cheat.

Perhaps it was to copy.

Kenzie kicked off when I asked her to write something down.

Have you considered dyslexia?

Thanks.

Even middle -aged alcoholics have their moments.

Okay, so, today we're going to do a physics test.

On what?

You've not even taught us anything yet.

I just want to know where you're at.

It doesn't count towards anything, it doesn't matter if you get them all

Do what you can.

You okay, Kenzie?

Do you want to get hurt? Just shut up.

Kicking off won't work.

Whatever you do, I'm not going to send you out.

I know it's all a mess.

A strategy.

Worse yet, send it out so you don't have to... What?

Are you trying to trick me?

You asked me to come back here today to make a fool of me.

No one makes a fool of me.

I'm trying to help you.

I can't believe you did that. I trusted you.

I looked at the work you copied.

Identically. Why did you do that?

It says on your file you've been in trouble for cheating.

Stealing. Sort of punishment.

No. That's exactly what you want, isn't it?

Get punished, get sent out, but whatever happens, don't get rumbled.

That way no -one will find out you've got a learning difficulty.

That's what it is, isn't it?

You dyslexic?

Or is it dyspraxia?

Maybe you don't know.

You haven't a clue.

Because you've never been tested, you've never let anyone.

Because you've seen how people treat your mum with her condition and you

the same's going to happen to you.

Kenzie, it's OK.

I can help.

I can make a difference. Did you get off on this or something?

Here we go, the eloquent defence. See, you're bright, you're intelligent, you

can stand up to yourself. You look after your mum single -handed.

It's got nothing to do with my mum. Well, if you won't talk to me about your

issues, maybe she will. I said leave her out of it. Or what, are you going to

lash out?

Who the hell do you think you are?

You don't know the half of it. You've got it all wrong.

Let's talk about it then.

There's nothing wrong with me, OK?

Something's not right, Kenzie.

Stop it. Stop it, OK?

I'm trying for help. That's just it.

You're not. You're just picking at it like a scab.

Leave me alone. Whatever it is, we can work it out.

What are you looking for?

Something to grab.

What about me?

Why don't you hit me again?

I'm thick.

Okay.

I can't read.

I can't write.

I never learn.

I fake everything.

Why didn't you tell anyone?

Because no one ever asked.

And then it was too late.

I don't want anyone. I don't want you. I don't want Scott Fair to have the

contempt on me.

We can help you.

The possibility of a merger with Havelock High is a threat which we will

with a second chance strategy.

We'll invest in lost souls, take on pupils no other school will take for

whatever reason, pupils who will be a challenge for all of us.

But facing up to challenges is what this school is all about.

It's a strategy which will give Waterloo Road a unique place in the educational

needs of the community.

You are joking.

This is the kamikaze approach.

Taking on reprobates will affect our performance and make the merger even

likely. Or offer something no other school does.

It's high risk, I grant you, but it pays into the ethos of the school and it's

something we should try.

There is one other thing.

The council wants our land.

They own it.

They want to sell it.

So they can fund the building of a new state -of -the -art science block at

Havelock. If they sell it, then Waterloo Road will cease to exist anyway.

It'll be razed to the ground.

We can't let that happen.

The impact on the kids will be massive.

Our pupils will be swallowed up and spat out at Havelock.

Which is why the merger mustn't go through.

So how do you intend to stop it?

I don't know.

But I do know I need your help.

I thought I could do this on my own.

Welcome to Waterloo Wheelers, our new bike bank. It's for fun, it's for

off you go!

Ah!

Do you see Scott, like, out of still? What?

I'm not quite an outfit.

I saw the way she touched you.

I saw the way you touched her.

What if I transferred to Havelock completely?

We couldn't set that kind of precedent.

I just don't think... You should sacrifice his prospects to suit your own

political agenda.

You boss my bike! You boss my arm!

Oh, you're not even sorry, are you?

Sorry,

mate. Come on, you need to say something, mate.

You're going to be OK.

Where's my ambulance?

There's been an accident.

Waterloo Road continues next Monday at 8 .30.

While this Thursday at 10, we've a new comedy coming to three as we meet Luke.

He's been stitched up by his girlfriend's nightmare brother and found

locked up alongside said nightmare brother. What'll be worse, behind all

company, it's Crim.

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