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I suspect you're pre-menopausal.
- Impossible, she's only 41.

- You don't get it.

I don't want this baby.

- Well, I think it's make-your-mind-up
time, don't you?

- Are you saying you could never feel
the same way?

- That is exactly what I'm saying.

- I'm more concerned about our
daughter than I am about your...

sordid little affair.

- It's over.

With Maria.

All right, bro?
- Still meeting at yours for poker
tonight?

- Yeah, course. We've got

a warm-up here at lunch as well.

- I could come before the others.
Practice card counting.

- Yeah, cool. Why not?
- Guess who?

Morning, boyfriend. Are you avoiding
me? I haven't seen you all week.

- No, I've just been busy, that's all.

- You can make it up to me tonight,
yeah?

- Er...
- Cos my parents are away,

so I was thinking we could get to know
each other better?

- I've got plans with Finn, actually.

- So you'd rather spend your night
with him?

- Er, no, course not.

- Good, cos it's not like he can offer
you what I can, is it?

And I've been saving myself for

someone special, Josh Stevenson,

and I think that's you, so you don't
let me down, yeah?

- Karen, I meant what I said about
making things work.

I know it's not going to be easy

and I know I screwed things up,

but I do want it to work.

- Well, we're going to need each
other's support more

than ever today, aren't we?

- It'll be fine.

I promise.

I'm sorry.
- No, I'm sorry.

- Bit soon, eh?
- Yeah.

But...thanks for the effort.

- Oh, check him out.

- Yeah, he is pretty fit. Better get
in there before someone else does.

- Morning, ladies.
- Connor?

- Dad, erm, I don't need a lift home
tonight.

I'm going to go to Vicki's and have
tea there.

- I'll deal with this.

No, dinner at ours, remember?
- Dad.

- No excuses, Jess, you'll be there.

- You all right?
- Er, no, not really.

It's my precious sister's 18th
birthday today,

so it's pretty much all my parents can
think about.
- Sorry, Jess.

- We're having a stupid party for
someone that probably isn't even alive
any more,

like it's the most normal thing in the
world.

It's worse than a funeral.

- Look, I'm always here if you want to
talk, you know.
- Morning.

- I was wondering if it might be worth
going out for dinner tonight,

try something a bit different.

- Well, we always celebrate Bex's
birthday at home.

It's tradition. Why change that?

- Yeah I know, I just worry that the
kids might start to

find the whole party thing a
bit...morbid.

- Morbid?

It's the one time of the year where we
get together as a family,

in our own home, to remember her.

I think that's important, don't you?

- Of course. Whatever you think. It
was just a thought.

- Right then, ladies. Quick warm-up,
straight into a match.

Year 12s to kick off.

- Yes, Mr Clarkson.

- THEY WHOOP AND CHEER

- Check the skills on that Connor,
boys.

Yeah, not bad, that, mate. Not bad.

You signing for the team, then? Could
have done with you a while ago.

- Maybe. See if any of you boys are up
to standard.

- Where'd you learn skills like that?

- Coleview. My last school.

- Yeah? My brother used to play there.
Says they've got a homo on the team.
THEY LAUGH

- Right. That'll be me, actually.

- THEY LAUGH

- You being serious?
- Yeah, why?

- You never said.

- I didn't think I had to.

It's not a problem, is it?

- Er, no, we just...

- Well, you don't look like a gay, do
you?

- What do you want me to do? Print it
on a T-shirt?

- Is that why you left Coleview, then?
People giving you grief?

- No, just moved home, didn't we?

Believe it or not, some people don't
have a problem with it.

- Whoa.
- I know.

Gay and good at football. Who'd have
thought it, eh?

- You can't trust anyone these days.

Might have had an easy ride at
Coleview. I doubt he'll get the same
here.

- I don't know, mate. With skills like
that he might just get away with it.

- Oh, Mrs Fisher, Mr Kirby's here to
see you.
- Pleased you could make it.

- Four-week review, as promised.

- Well, hopefully you'll be pleasantly
surprised by the progress they've
made.

- Being impartial, I think you'll have
your work cut out.

I've worked in education long enough
to know I can offer my children a
better education.

- Let's see how they're settling
before we draw hasty conclusions.

- Sharkey! Use your players.

- Tom, sorry to interrupt.

This is Mr Kirby, Jonah's dad.

- Nice to meet you.
- Come to see how he's settling in.

- Well, see for yourself.

Proving to be a little dynamo on the
wing.

- Nice one, Jono!

- And as for Connor, settling in like
a dream.

Yes! Well done, Connor! That's more
like it.

- Jonah seems to have found his niche.

- Yeah, well, we'll see.

- Come on, Josh, get stuck in.

- Here.
- Shoot! Shoot!

- Josh!
- Josh, you flaming idiot!

- Well done, mate(!)
- You screwed the pass up.

- What?
- Course you did, you poof!

- Oi!
- What? Who are you calling poof?

Me?
- What?
- Come on, then.

- Come on, now, calm it down. What's
going on?

- All right, listen up, guys.

If anyone here thinks that's just a
bit of harmless name-calling, then
think again.

Because there's zero tolerance towards
homophobic language like that in this
school, OK?

- It's all right, Miss Fisher, honest.

- No, it's not all right, Connor. It's
abusive and bullying and it's gone
unchecked for far too long.

- The bench. I'll deal with you later.

- Anyone found using that kind of
language again will be fast-tracked to
a third strike,

which means exclusion. You got that?

Let's go and see how Ruth's settling
in.

- Right, come on.

- Back on the game now, yeah?

- It's heartening to see Jonah's
fitting in,

but he was never going to have as hard
a time as Ruth, was he?

- Ruth could do just as well if she
wasn't so resistant to being involved
in life in the school.

But who can blame her when her own
father isn't prepared to lead by
example?

- Let's not be naive about this, shall
we?

Ruth's abilities will always single
her out

for bullying and discrimination.

The large peer-group situation of
state education only serves to
exacerbate that.

- So you're prepared to see her unique
and potentially ostracised for her
whole life?
- Of course not.

- This school doesn't have the
softly-softly approach to bad
behaviour it once had.

I operate a three-strike policy.

We give them their chances, but if
they don't reform...

- Easily said in principle, but...

- We can debate the pros and cons all
we like but it's meaningless

unless we actually ask Jonah and Ruth
about what they're feeling themselves.

- Cess?

Hi.

Listen, I...appreciate things have
been

a bit...awkward the last couple of
weeks.

- That's one way of putting it.

- I don't think that's a reason for us
to avoid each other.

- No, erm, you're right. I'm sorry.

- Hey, I've still got some photos and
letters of Maria's that she might want
back.

I could post them to her myself or...

- Put them in an envelope and I'll
drop them off next week.

- You haven't spoken to her, have you?

I just want to make sure she's all
right.

- As well as you can imagine. I don't
know what you expected.

- No, no, no, course not.

Tell her I asked, yeah?

- Tell her yourself if you have to.

I'm done doing your dirty work.

- Connor?

About what happened with Josh...

- I'm sorry, Mr Clarkson, I didn't
mean to, it's just...

- It's him that should be apologising.
He was way out of line.

I don't know what got into him.

- No worries. It's just football,
banter.

Never thought it'd be anything else.

- Good, but I want to reassure you

that we don't tolerate it in this
school, ever.

- It's nice of you to say, but you
don't have to worry about me.

I can look after myself. Thanks.

- I'll talk to you when you're
changed.

- You played well today, mate.
- Cheers, man. I try.

Probably give you a run for your money
at poker tonight.
- What?

No, we don't need any more players.

The table's full.

- It's cool, bro. We can fit one more
in.

- Why not? As long as some of your
boys don't mind me being there.

- No, ignore him. He's just jealous
cos he can't make it.

Joshey's got a hot date with Lauren
tonight.

- THEY CHEER

THEY CHATTER AND LAUGH

That's funny, she usually likes to be
in here during her break.

- Hardly the socialisation you
promised.

- Hardly the fair chance you said
you'd give her, either,

as she spends most of her time

catching up on e-mails and extra work
you've been sending her, apparently.

- What can I say? I'm finding it hard
to let go.

- So why did you drop out of
mainstream education if you're so
motivated to make a difference?

- I spent my entire career climbing
the ranks from secondary teacher

to university lecturer,

and all I saw was the same government
interference and tedious bureaucracy
at every single level.

It crystallised for me that I wouldn't
waste

my children's lives or futures

in the same flawed system.

Now, don't get me wrong - I loved my
job, I loved teaching.

I just didn't see it working the way
it could do.

- Whoa, slow down, mate, what's up?
- Nothing.

- You've been acting weird recently.
What's the matter with you?

- Just let me in, mate.

- Ah, getting a bit of cold feet, are
we?
- Something like that, yeah.

- Josh, what are you doing?

Josh, what's up?

- I've got something to tell you.

- Mate, we all get stage fright the
first time. It's only natural.

- It's not stage fright.

I just don't fancy her, at all.

- It doesn't matter. Still a lay,
innit?

- It's not that simple.

- It is. You've pulled a desperado.
Cool!

- Finn, you're not listening to me.

- You're not listening to me.

Chances like this don't come round all
the time.

You need to make the most of them.

- Finn...

- Look, you just need to grow a pair
and get on with it, OK?

What?!

- Finn.

Finn!

Finn! Finn!

Finn!
- Oi! Oi!

What's up with him?

- I don't know.

- I want a word with you,

about what you said to Connor.

It's totally unacceptable, Josh,

and you know that.
- Not now, Dad, please.

- You did it in front of Mrs Fisher,
which makes us both look bad.

You're really lucky to escape without
a strike, Josh.

Josh!

- <
- Jonah?

Have you seen Dad's in school?

Come to rescue us, finally.

- Some of us don't need rescuing, I
told you.
- Well, I do.

I hate it here and as soon as he sees
that he's going to take me out.

- Grow up, Ruth. Dad just wants us to
succeed, whatever we do.

Do you not get that? As long as we
keep our noses clean, we're staying.
There's nothing he can do about it.

- He hates us being here. You're
deluded if you can't see it.

- Well, he didn't look too fussed when
he watched me on the pitch just now.

Really made up, actually.

He's happy if we are.

Just stay out of my way and don't try
and sabotage it for both of us.

Hi, lads. I'm not too late, am I?

- Where's Finn?
- I don't know.
- Right each stick 20p, yeah?

- Doesn't look like you were good at
keeping it a secret.

- Oh, for...
- What are you doing?

- In.
- In.
- In.
- Poker tournament. What's

it look like? Warm-up for tonight.

Why don't you run along, leave the
grown-ups to their game?

- Er, I think I can probably handle
myself, actually.

I've got some cash.

I mean, it can't be that hard to pick
up.
- Yeah? You reckon?

- All right.

Put your money where your mouth is.
Show us what you've got, eh?

- Finn.
- Don't talk to me, Josh.
- Finn, please...

It was a mistake.

- Damn right it was a mistake! Touch
me again and I'll kill you.

- Finn.
- Don't touch me!

- I was just messing around. Please!

- You stay away from me! Have you got
that?

- Oh, Finn!
- I said stay away from me,

you creep!

- CROWD:
- Fight! Fight! Fight!

- Finn, get off me! Finn!

- Oi, what are you doing?!

- What the hell's got into you?

- Cooler. Both of you.

- Get to your class, Lauren, please.

- You each get dealt two cards each,
yeah? Have you got that?
- Yeah.

- All right, shall we play? You'll
learn it as we pick up. Yeah, easy.

I'm taking all her pocket money off
her.

- HE LAUGHS

- Right.

- SHE MOUTHS

- In.
- In.
- In.

- Haven't got a chance this time! Nah,
mate.

Beginner's luck!

She's absolutely wiping us out!
- Well, get in then.

- That's it, I'm over.

Take two!

- Aw, please!

- Folded.

- Nightmare.
- Not got much left to bet with, you.

- Proper hustled us, then.
- Me and my dad studied body language
for ages

when we were doing psychology.

You can tell when someone's bluffing,
easy.

He does that ear-touching thing when
he's nervous.

He kept looking to the left when he
raised you. You couldn't even look

me in the eye and...

you kept playing with your tie.

- Well done, little girl. Looks like
you've your uses after all.

- There you are.
- Ruth?

What's going on?

- Erm, we were playing poker.

I won.

- What have you got there?

- That's no concern of yours, Janeece.

- Well, it is if you're using the
school copier.

20p if it's personal.

And I'll have to enter it into my
little log book.

- OK...

How about you enter this in your
little log book?

It is none of your business, OK?

Or I will report you for invasion of
privacy.

- PHOTOCOPIER WHIRRS

- We can wait all day if we have to,
but someone's going to tell us what's
going on.

- Him, I'd expect the silent treatment
from, but you?!

You practically lived at ours over the
summer.

I think you owe me a little bit more
respect.

- Well, that's why I'm not saying
anything.

If you want to know what happened, ask
Josh.
- Finn!

- Josh?

- I haven't done anything.

He's totally lost it, he just attacked
me out of nowhere.
- You're the one who's lost it.

Pretending to be my mate then putting
your tongue down my throat.
- Liar!
- What?

- Your son tried to kiss me this
morning, that's what!

- He's lying, Dad!
- Why can't you just tell them, Josh?

Just tell them what a little gay you
are?
- Hey, that's enough!

- You can't talk! You're the one
always sucking up to Connor!

- Hey, hey!
- Enough!

- Oi, sit down!

Whatever's gone on, there's no excuse
for that kind of behaviour.

You heard what Mrs Fisher said this
morning - zero tolerance.

Now whatever Josh has done to upset
you, you do not lie.

- Why would I lie about him trying to
kiss me!? Why would I do that?

- There's no excuse for you attacking
him like you did.

You can have a detention at lunch and
one after school for your troubles.

See if you're so keen to pick fights
then.

And just be thankful it was us who
caught you and not Mrs Fisher,

because anything like this happens
again, Finn, and you WILL be excluded
- do you understand me?

Now go on.

Just wait there one second, Josh,
please.

What's all this nonsense about you
kissing him?

- I don't know what he's on about.

Seriously, Dad, he's been acting

jealous ever since I got with Lauren.

I think he probably fancies her as
well.

Probably trying to split us up.

- Right, well you keep your distance
from him.

I don't want to have to keep you out
of trouble again today.

Now, go on.

- There will always be kids like that
who will mess things up for the rest
of them.

I've taught enough of them to know
that.

- That's the one thing we agree on.

I'm as opposed as you are to one

pupil disrupting the needs of others.

I've got 600 of them to look after.

- Well, now you've got 598.

- I'm not going, Dad. I don't want to.

- Fine. Stay if you want to.

At least one of you has the common
sense to recognise a bad thing.

- Look, it was HER hustling us.

She's not the precious, little
innocent Ruth you think she is, Dad.

She picked up the game so quick and
no-one forced her to join us.

SHE wanted to.

- Something new to learn, isn't it?

And, yeah, I might have enjoyed it,
what can I say?

I was applying the skills YOU taught
me to a real life situation, just like
you told me.

- Ruth!
- What? You want to take that away
from me as well?

Besides, it's about time I started
having some fun round this dump.

Made some money too while I was at it.
- Can we talk about this now in my
office, sensibly?

- So did you manage to get any more
sense from Josh, then?

- Oh, just some daft falling out over
Lauren, apparently.

- Are you sure that's all it was?

- What?
- Well, you know kids can often
experiment with their sexuality at
this age, it's not uncommon.

- It was a complete wind-up, Charlie.

You heard what Josh said.
- And you believed him?

- Well, I know my own son. And I know
he's not that way inclined, OK?

- OK. If you say so.

- Proper dodged a bullet with the
poker game there, Sharkey.

Fisher rumbled it, didn't she? Blew us
all out.

How come you and Josh didn't make it?
Did you get a tip-off?

- We're not mates any more. End of.

- Why, what happened?

Thought you two were well tight.

- Not any more.
- You two had a lovers' tiff?

- The only gay boy round here is him,
do you get that?

- All right, don't have to take it

out on me. Did he touch you up?

- Did he tell you that?
- No.

- He tried to kiss me this morning, if
you must know.

Now I'm getting done for it.
- No way.

- He'll do the same to you if he gets
half a chance.

I want you to spread the word and warn
everyone.

No way is he getting away with this.

See how easy it is for him to deny it
when the whole school knows what a
liar he is.

- CHATTERING

WOLF WHISTLING

- Morning, guys.

- Are you all right?
- Yeah, are you?
- Yeah.

- And you, Sam, good, yeah?
- Yeah.

- OK, last week's modular assignments.

Finally got your grades back.

And clearly some of you need to work
on your periodic tables, never mind
your genetics.

Congratulations, Jess. That's a really
good effort.

Keep that up and it'll be an A next
time.

- Thanks, Sir.
- Not so great for you I'm afraid
though, Vicki.

Look, is everything OK?

It was just... I know you've had
trouble balancing schoolwork

and home life in the past, yeah?
- No, it's fine. Honestly.

I just wasn't concentrating.

- OK, only you need to try a bit
harder next time, yeah?

- What happened there, Vic? I thought
you were all over this.

- You try looking after your sick dad
and aceing your coursework at the same
time.

It's not like I can take short cuts to
getting good grades like you can.

- What are you on about? You know I
worked really hard for this.

- I seen you leaving his flat the
other day, Jess.

I know there's something going on
between you two.

- Both quiet, please, girls.

Anything that important, you can share
it with the rest of the class.

Tina, need to work harder next time on
that.

- Listen, I'll talk to you about it
later, yeah?

Could you just not tell anybody,

please?

- MISS FISHER: You are clearly an
accomplished teacher

and passionate about your children's
education,

but why not use that passion and drive
to try and fix the problem rather than
attack it?

- Are you suggesting I return to state
teaching?

- There is a vacancy here if you want
it.

Well, think about it, Marcus. Why
limit your talent to Jonah and Ruth?

Jonah is clearly settled here, Ruth is
heading that way.

So you could continue to oversee their
education and help me out with all my
other kids at the same time.

Will you give it some thought?

KNOCK AT DOOR

- Oh, sorry to interrupt, Karen.

Can I have a word with you about Vicki
MacDonald?

- You get back to me when you've made
a decision?

- In your seats, please.

Chapter four.

- Not A Picture Of Dorian Gray again.

- More like A Picture Of Josh Is Gay
by Oscar Bender.
- What was that, Amy?

Any more comments like that and you'll
be straight to Mrs Fisher, do you
understand me?

- Why are you saying that?
- Turns out you kissed a boy and made
him gay.

- Josh tried to kiss Finn this
morning, did you not hear?

The whole school's talking about it.

- Josh?

- Quiet, please, just get on with your
work.

- Look how red he's gone. It MUST be
true.

- So what if he did?
- There's not a problem, because it's
not true, is it, Josh?

- Why am I getting all the grief when
HE'S the gay one?!
- Josh,

Josh, Josh!

Get on with your work!

- Whatever you saw, you've got to
promise me you won't tell anyone.

- Tell them what, Jess?

You've not even told me, remember?

- OK, erm, it was a one-off, yeah?

And it happened before I knew he
worked here.

- So you did? You slept with him?

Oh, I don't believe this.

- Vicki, please, just don't say
anything!

- Why? He's a pervert, and everyone
should know.

- It was a mistake, OK, and it wasn't
his fault either.

I told him I was 24.
- So?

- He'll lose his job, Vicki.
- What do you care?

He's not YOUR responsibility.

- So for me then?

My mum WOULD kill me if she found out.

- You promise me that it's over?

Look, of course I won't tell anyone.

I just don't want to see you getting
burnt again, Jess.

Look, you've learned your lesson,
yeah?
- Yeah.

- Dad, what's the conclusion, are you
getting us out or not?

- Erm... We're still in negotiations
at the moment, love.

Maybe... Maybe give it another week,
yeah?

Hey, hey, hey, whatever happens, I
will always be here for you. OK?

That will never change.

Come here.

Off you go, OK? Have a good day.

- HE SOBS

- Sorry, mate, I'll just...
- It's not

true what they're saying.
- Oh?

I'm not gay.

I didn't say you were.
- But you were thinking it.

Same as the rest of them idiots.

- Is this why you had an issue with me
this morning?

If something is going on, mate, I've
been through similar.

You know I can always help.

- Nothing's going on, mate.

Don't worry yourself.

- You don't have to make this harder
than it needs to be.

It's not worth the heartache, mate,
believe me.

- I'm nothing like you, will you leave
me alone?!

- Josh?

What's going on?

- I think you need to ask your son
that.

- Josh, what are you playing at, mate?

- Nothing, I just...

- You know that by acting like this
you're making things worse for
yourself.

I am trying to help you, Josh.

But I don't see how I can do that if
you're going to make things difficult
for me.

Is there something else going on here
that I should know about?

- He wasn't lying, Dad.

I did kiss Finn this morning.

- So it's true...

What they were saying in the class?

What... You think you might be gay?

- No, I don't think so. No.

- Well, then why would you do
something like that?

I mean, what were you thinking?

- It was just a joke.

I was just messing, honestly.

Anyway, I've got a girlfriend, haven't
I? I can't be gay.

- Right.

Well, maybe you should concentrate on
kissing her...

..and not messing around with one of
your best mates.

- KNOCK AT DOOR

- Do you have any spare lever arch
files, please?

- Is this for your surrogacy
questionnaire?

You left the originals on the
photocopier.

I thought you were trying for your own
baby. Why do you want to mess

around with this nonsense?

- I have told you, Janeece,

it is none of your business, OK?

- There's some ugly freaks there, I
don't know how you can do it.

- Janeece!
- What!? It's true.

Finding another woman to have your
baby with your husband's sperm.

That's just weird.
- Yes, yes, it is, actually.

But you know, we don't all have the
luxury of choice, some of us just have
to make do with what we've got.

We can't all knock out babies that we
don't even want like they're going out
of fashion.

How you deserve to get pregnant when I
can't...

Ah, it's beyond me.

- WOLF WHISTLING

Lauren.

- What's all this crap about you
kissing Finn then?

- I don't know, he's completely lost
the plot.
- Really?

So is that why stormed out of class
when everyone was talking about it?

- No, it's cos I don't like being
called gay.
- Whatever.

- Let me make it up to you.

You said you wanted to get to know me
better, right?

- Yeah, but...
- Why wait until tonight when we can
have a warm-up now?

- Lauren, where the hell do you think
you're going?

- Where's it look like? To enjoy
myself.

- And what about what everyone said
earlier?

Do you seriously think you can trust
him?!

- It's lies, he told me.

Why do you care so much anyway? It's
not like you were looking out for me

earlier, is it?

- There he is, Georgie Peorgie's dad.

It wasn't the girls your lad's been
kissing and making cry.

- Grantly!
- You know better than to pay
attention to pupil gossip, Grantly.

- It's not funny to joke about a
pupil's sexuality, Grantly.

- Yeah, especially when it's not true,
which it's not.

So drop it, you got that?

Whatever you think you've heard,
you're wrong. Do you understand?

- Easy, Tom. You'll start to sound no
better than this dinosaur if you carry
on like that.

Listen, Josh is probably hearing all
kinds of crap from the students

without getting it from the teachers
as well.
- It was just a joke.

- You wouldn't joke about someone's
skin colour.

- What?
- It's racist. And joking about

someone's sexuality is homophobic.

And it's all unacceptable now,
Grantly.

We've moved on a bit since the '80s.

- Josh'll be going through hell right
now.

He needs all the help

and support the school can give.

- Come on.

What's wrong?
- Nothing.

- Look, this was your idea. You don't
want to, do you?

- I do, it's just...

- Just what? What was this to you,
just some sort of experiment?

- I can't do it, I'm sorry.

- Whoa. What's going on? Josh?

Cooler. Now.

- I've been looking for you.

Mr Mead mentioned something about your
grades slipping in the last couple of
weeks.

- Oh, so he's grassing me up to
everyone now, is he?

- No, he's showing his concern as your
teacher.

Which is a concern that I share as
your head teacher.

It's my job to make sure all our
A-level students are on track to

achieve the highest grades possible,

and at the moment you seem to be
falling short of that.

Is there something going on at home we
can help with?

- No, nothing's going on, Miss.

I just didn't put enough effort into
my last assignment.

I'm sorry, it won't happen again.

- Well, if you need extra tuition,
will you please ask?

Myself and Mr Mead are only here to
help.

- Is everything OK?

Lauren, Lauren, what's happened?

- Nothing, he just wasn't the person I
thought he was.

Look, if he is gay, I wasn't the one
that turned him.

You got that?

- Yeah, we was only messing about.

- I just can't believe how stupid I
was.

I really liked him.

I thought he could be my first.

- He doesn't deserve you, all right?

- MR STEVENSON:
- I don't believe this.

What was he playing at?

- Would it have anything to do with
these rumours about him

and Finn by any chance?

Tom?

- They weren't just rumours.

He did kiss Finn, he told me this
afternoon.

I tried talking some sense into him,
but...

What if he is gay? How do I deal with
that?!

- Tom.
- Ah, c'mon, Charlie, don't play the
bleeding liberal with me.

You can't pretend you'd be OK if your
lad was kissing boys.

I'm OK with the gay thing, but when
it's your own flesh and blood...

- Tom, you can't behave like this. You
have to be OK with it. You're his dad.

You need to talk to Josh and deal with
it, don't you?
- I've tried that.
- Honestly?

- What if I don't like what he tells
me?
- You deal with that as well.

And you get over yourself because you
can't keep running from this, Tom.

Josh will be doing enough of that
himself and you are meant to be the
grown-up.

You try and bury things or ignore them
and they only get worse.

Could even drive him away for good.

And believe me, you really don't want
that to happen.

I learnt the hard way.

- All right, still joining us for the
poker?

Definitely a spare place now that wet
blanket's been knocked out.

- I think I'll pass, actually.

I think I can do without people who
can treat their best mates

like crap so easily.

- Leave it, Ruby, they're fine.

- They're not fine. The place is a
tip.

- DOORBELL RINGS

- That'll be them.

Let's go meet the mums.

Take a seat, make yourself comfy.

I don't quite know

what the protocol is for this kind of
thing, but, er...

- I picked up on quite a lot of
proofing errors in your application.

Does dyslexia run in your family?

- Well, just the obvious questions,
really.

Where do you come from, what's your
background?

- Have you suffered with depression,
addiction, high blood pressure in the
last

five or ten years?

- Not an easy decision for either
party, I guess it's just a case

of finding the right mix of
personalities that, you know, gel.

- Would you have a problem doing an IQ
or lie detector test, at all?

Well, there's one last applicant left,
so,

well, it isn't over yet, is it?

- Surprise!

- Josh, what's going on, mate?

What's with the stuff?

- I'm going to my mum's. You don't
have to worry about me any more.

- Look, don't be daft. You don't have
to do that.

- I can't go back to school and it's
obvious you don't

want anything to do with me.

- Look, Josh, just talk to me for a
second.
- We tried that.

A fat lot of good it did us.

All that crap you said

about not treating people differently
for their sexuality.

You can't look me in the eye cos I
kissed Finn.

- Do you expect me to jump for joy?

- No, but a bit of help and support
would be nice. You're supposed to be
my dad.

You remember?

- I'm sorry, Josh.

I should have been there more for you,
but I just...

I can't stand the thought of you with
another man.

- Don't exactly fill me with joy at
the minute.

I didn't ask for this any more than
you did.

- So is that what we're saying, then?

That you are...

- I don't know.

Don't know what I'm supposed to be,
any more. What I'm supposed to think.

All I know is that I kissed Finn and I
wanted to.

And I wanted him to kiss me back.

So if that makes me gay, then, I'll
just have to deal with it, won't I?

And if you or anyone else can't...

..I'll just have to do it on my own.

- You don't need to go anywhere.

I want you to stay here with me,
please.

You're my son and I love you,

I just... I can't promise it's always
going to be easy, that's all.

- Well, whatever happens you're going
to have to start coping a LOT better
than what you did today,

cos if you can't, I won't be staying
round for any second chances, next
time.

JANEECE:
- It's funny, that.

I always thought you would have

lived somewhere bigger.

Oh, check that out.

My mum's got one just like this. She
had it off a boot sale.

- I seriously doubt that. It's an
antique.

Crisps are for serious-minded
applicants only.

- I am serious, you can't snub me.

And you couldn't have thought I was
that bad a candidate with my
application.

- Oh, please! You filled in this with
a false name.

- I still got a baby though, haven't
I?

I mean, you clearly want one bad
enough to go through this,

so have mine, solve two birds with one
stone.

Look, I'm being serious, Rube.

I know I was a bit off about the
surrogacy thing earlier, but I never
knew how desperate you was.

- I'm not that desperate, thank you.

That is enough entertainment for one
evening, go on.

- Hang on, Ruby.

Can we just have a word out the back?
One minute?

- All right, Vicki. Is everything OK?

- Yeah, fine thanks.
- You're still here?

Oh, is this about extra tuition?

It's probably a bit late for that,
isn't it?

- Didn't seem to be a problem in the
past.

Only I heard you're not too shy about
giving one-on-one to students these
days.

- I'm sorry, what are you talking
about?

- You know what Jess is like.

Can't keep her mouth shut any more
than her legs.

Don't worry.

Your secret's safe with me.

Just make sure you start helping

me out with my grades in the future,
yeah?
- Vicki...

- This way, you get to help me out
with any problems I might be having

in my private life and I'll make sure
I keep quiet about yours.

- Have you completely lost your mind?

- No, I just think that it's an option
worth considering.

Well, Ruby, the truth is that you've
never exactly been sold on

the idea of surrogacy, have you?

And it's not exactly as if we could
afford it.

- If I couldn't bear the thought of a
baby that was only half ours,

how am I going to be with one that's
100% Janeece's?

- Because adoption is the only real
option we've got left

and this is the offer of a newborn
baby right on our doorstep.

You see, nature's only a small part of
the equation.

It's 100% ours when we're raising it.

- # Pour me a heavy dose of atmosphere

# Cos I'll doze off safe and soundly

# But I'll miss your arms around me

# I'd send a postcard to you, dear

# Cos I wish you were here... #

Go on then, Harry. It's your turn to
make a wish.

Anyone got anything they want to say?

- Err, yeah.

This is weird.

- Jess.
- It's all right, Charlie.

Jess is entitled to her opinion.

Why do you think it's weird, darling?

- Well, because she isn't here and
she's not coming back

so I don't understand why we have to
have these stupid vigils for her...
- Jess!

- No, Dad, you're no better.

You think the same as me so I don't
know why you're pretending you don't.

- Is it so wrong that I want your
sister to come back?

That I hold out hope for her?
- Yeah.

Because it's all you ever talk about,
you crazy old...

You swamped her when she was here

and now she's not, you're swamping us.

You can hardly blame her for leaving.

- Jess is right. There's just no point
to this, any more.

I'm sorry, Karen, but I've tried to
act like everything's all OK,

but, you know, it's just not.

You might not be ready to move on, but
the rest of us are.

Nothing any of us try and do is ever
good enough for you.

And then we just keep coming back to
all this.

- Charlie.
- I'm sorry, Karen. I need to get some
air and I don't want to talk about
this.

- DOOR SLAMS

- It appears I may have been a bit
hasty dismissing your offer, Janeece.

And obviously, it is not the surrogacy
that we planned,

but perhaps we could come to some kind
of agreement.

Though I presume it's not going to be
for free,

is it?

I mean, just bear in mind that I'm on
a teacher's salary.

- I don't want your money, keep it.

All I wanted was for the baby to have
a proper family,

that's all the payment I would have
needed.

You know what, shove your money, shove
your stupid arrangement!

- No, Janeece... No, oh, God...

Oh, I'm so sorry.

I didn't mean to offend you.

It's just the most amazing thing that
you're prepared to do for us.

- I suppose this means you need to
start being more nice to me

from now on, yeah?

- Well, I think that calls for a drink
then, yeah?

- Just a soft drink for her.

Well, I'm going to have to keep a
closer eye on you from now on, aren't
I?

That's my baby you're going to be
having, yeah?

- Am I just expected to be the
part-time lover

or is this another goodbye?

- I'm sorry.

I thought she might change once she'd
found out, but everything's just the
same.

And maybe I didn't want it to change.

I just need someone I can talk to.

You know, honestly.

And I know that's not her any more.

- DOORBELL RINGS

- If we do it this time, Charlie, we
do it properly,

and you need to tell her.

- Yeah, of course, it's just finding
the right moment, isn't it?

- Hello?
- Karen Fisher, Charlie's wife.

- Karen?

- Call me naive but I thought you'd be
at least 15 or 20 years younger

and a hell of a lot prettier.

I presume he's here?

- Yes, I'll...

- I thought you and I could have a
word first.

- But my kids are in bed.
- I'm not here to cause trouble.

I've come to tell you that can have
him.

And I wish you well and I hope you
have better luck with him than I did.

- I'm so sorry this has happened,
Karen.

Really.

It was never meant to come to this, I
wanted him to tell you.

- Well, he wouldn't. He's a coward,

he doesn't have the bottle

and that's something you'll have to
live with.

Would you mind if I just said goodbye?

- Karen.

- I should have done that the first
time I found out.

- Karen...
- Save the crap, Charlie.

I've packed a bag for you.

I think that's about it.

- What about the kids?

- Leave them to me, I'll handle it.

I won't mention the affair,

I'll find some other excuse for the
separation

that won't make you look like such a
coward.

- And work?
- I'll see you tomorrow,

bright and early.

- I never thought I'd be teaching in a
place like this.

- Oh, here he is, sweet boy Stevenson,

looking for a new boyfriend now I'm
not interested?

- Your mate, Vicki, she knows about
us.

- Don't worry about it, yeah? I'll
sort it.

- Me and Maria have been talking about
me maybe moving in to her place.

- Very sensible.
- Look, Karen... Karen.

- I'm getting out of Rochdale for
good. Thanks to your dad

it looks like I'm going today.

- I took this job so we'd see more of
each other.

- I came here so we wouldn't!

- Get in the car.
- Calm down.

- You're my son, get it?

- You're not taking that boy anywhere!
- Who's going to stop me?

- Looks like that's going to be me.

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