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BILLY: I've told the police it was me.

I know you think I'm a wasteman, but I'm not!

That boy's not good enough for you.

Bee! Where's Dad going? The car's back there.

BILLY: Look, I've decided I'm joining the Army.

This hearing's going to go badly, babe.

If you open your mouth to a single person, you'll be sorry.

Get out!

PANTING

HE CRIES OUT

LAUGHTER

BILLY: Don't look so scared. We're your mates!

Why were you running? I thought... It doesn't matter.

Come on, let's get back to the tent.

We've got to make the most of Billy boy's last night of freedom.

Not that anything bad's going to happen in court.

Shame. The detention centre will probably be a relief

after a night here with you lot. LAUGHTER

Come on, then. Cheers, cheers.

HE YELLS

(LAUGHTER

# Wake up in the morning We rise

# When the early bird calling, yeah We rise

# When we get up in our feelings Do what the phoenix do

# So, of course We rise

# When we got to get to class We rise

# When we stuck under the ash We rise

# All my friends gonna see this through

# Cos we just do what the phoenix do

# We rise! #

BILLY: Well done, lads. Well done.

CALEB: Right, Khaled, give us your bag.

Where's the scran? I'm so hungry, I could eat a scabby horse.

If you don't stop whining about your stomach,

we'll knock you out and eat you,

like them footballers whose plane crashed in the Andes.

I'm starting to feel really faint.

Like, I think I might pass out if I don't eat any food soon.

MUSIC PLAYS NEARBY Well, erm...the thing is...

..when I got the snacks, I was hungry...

..and then I got lost and...I got more hungry, so...

..I kind of ate everything. Everything?! You're kidding, right?

Hey, maybe we can forage! I swear...!

NEARBY CHEERING Sh-sh-sh-sh!

Oh, they'll never let us in there.

Look at the state of us.

Caleb, give us your kecks. Huh?

BELL PINGS

HE LAUGHS Dad!

What happened to the Range?

Ah, it's in the garage. I had to get an MOT.

You don't mind slumming it tonight, do you?

Nah. Scooters are better for the planet, right?

That's my girl. So, where are we going, then?

I thought we'd have dinner in one of Cov's hottest nightspots.

That place all the Cov City Wags go to?

Better.

Dinner at the cathedral? Wow.

Do you want to take a closer look?

Yeah. Yeah?

BILLY: There you go, they fit a treat.

You'll be fine. You're good, you look great. You got it.

He'll never pass as a waiter.

He's a smart kid. If he gets busted, I'm sure he'll think of something.

PHONE BUZZES

Aw! LAUGHTER

PHONE BUZZES

TV PLAYS FAINTLY

YAWNS LOUDLY

I think I'm going to have an early night.

All right, babe.

Don't spend too much time staring at your phone.

Where's the scran? Have you got the food? Where's the food, bro?

Thing is, it's a wedding,

and I couldn't pretend to be a waiter, cos...

Surprise! What?!

Wait, what? You two got married?

Well, I thought it was about time I made an honest man of him.

He's been begging long enough.

You going to congratulate us or what?

THEY CONGRATULATE

Ah! You get this on one condition.

Steer clear of our reception for the rest of the night.

Thank you.

Have a nice night!

Don't do anything we wouldn't! Don't be late for school!

LAUGHTER, CHEERING

Mr Kothari! THEY LAUGH

LAUGHTER

Oh, what's this greasy orange stuff?

Smoked salmon. That's mingin'!

Can I have one? OTHERS: No!

You didn't even... Whoa! Keep...

Oh... Oh, man!

BOTH LAUGH Nice.

So, how's the security biz? Looking after anyone big this week?

Oh, I was meant to be going back to Monaco, but it got cancelled.

So...does that mean you'll be in Cov for longer?

A bit. But I've got to keep working.

If I want to give my girl the finer things,

build up that trust fund, well, I've got to find something else.

You will. Yeah, once I've updated my CV.

I just wish I didn't leave my tablet in London.

Got to be online to do anything these days.

Can't you just borrow one?

Shops just don't lend 'em out.

Well, my school lends out laptops for special assignments.

That's great.

The most I got at school was the class hamster during the holidays.

Look, don't stress. I'll find something.

CATHEDRAL BELLS CHIME

PHONE BUZZES

SNORING

What are you doing here? I thought I'd see you before tomorrow,

remind you of something. What?

That I'm always going to be here, whatever happens.

You should get back home. I don't want to get you in trouble.

You're going to be at court, though, yeah? Try and stop me.

VEHICLE APPROACHES

POLICE RADIO CRACKLES

Do you realise this is a youth dispersal zone?

Oh, sorry, we didn't know.

Could I see your IDs, please?

Er, I'm 16.

OK, Billy.

Me too. I haven't got my ID on me, sorry.

OK, so you were born when, exactly? 2004. So you're 20?

All right, I'm 15.

Then, I'll need to take you home.

Bit late, isn't it? Is it?

Where have you been? Er, mind your business.

It is my business if you're up to no good,

cos then Mum will blame me.

I've just been out with some mates from school. Chill!

Hazel Bailey?

I'm afraid your daughter was in a youth dispersal zone.

Is she usually out this late?

You've been out all this time?

Who with?

She was with a lad. Billy Hopkins.

Mum, I can... Thanks for bringing her back.

I'll take it from here.

You've been seeing him all along, haven't you?

You've both been laughing at me. No, it wasn't like that.

Anything could've happened to you out there!

That boy!

I've got a mind of my own! It was my decision to go out!

I don't want to hear it! We'll sort this out in the morning.

I'm... I'm sorry, Mum.

Phone.

Oh...

PHONE BUZZES

PHONE CLATTERS ON SURFACE

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. What time is it?! What time is it?

Er, almost 8.00.

We're going to be late for school!

I've got court at 9.00! 9.00! I'm going to be late for court!

Can't you just go straight there?

What, are you joking? He looks like a tramp, his breath is toxic.

He's a walking crime against humanity.

Well, good luck, yeah?

What did I miss?

I don't think so. I've got to get to school.

Give me your bag.

That apology last night meant nothing.

"Hope your mum didn't kick off.

"See you outside court."

How... How could you?!

I only gave you my passwords cos we had a contract!

A contract of trust, which you broke!

Besides, I pay the bills. I have every right.

This is so unfair.

What's unfair is me having to worry about what plans you're cooking up

with Billy behind my back.

Well, hopefully, the magistrates will see to it

he gets what he deserves, but in case they don't,

you're not going back to school until I've seen the new head,

worked out how we can keep the pair of you apart.

Oh, where is he?

He'll be here.

Or he misses court and then they punish him for it,

then he goes, and he's on the run for the rest of his life.

Where is he?!

DOOR OPENS

DOOR CLOSES Five minutes, five minutes.

Told you he'd be here.

As the late, great George Michael once said, "You gotta have faith."

Nathan! Wait, Nathan!

# Here comes the bride

# Here comes the bride! #

SINGING CONTINUES Yes, yes, OK, thank you.

# Here comes the bride

# Here comes the bride... #

Thanks, everyone. # Here comes the bride... #

Watch it! Never had you down as a swot.

Please. Unlike you and your thicko friends,

I don't need to sweat over this kind of stuff.

I'm A-star in every respect.

Later, losers.

Erm, I wanted you to have something, in case they send you to jail.

My lucky key ring.

I'll be back at school in a few hours,

on your case, like always.

I filled in the form. Why can't I just take a laptop now?

I've got important work to do.

It's not like you to care so much about your schoolwork, Leila.

Well, that's not true.

School can be fun...when it's not maths.

What's the urgency?

I've got a big idea for a science project.

I need to get it down while I'm feeling creative.

So use one of the computers here, or pen and paper.

You don't understand. I need it for my dad...

Erm, so he can do it with me before he moves on to his next job.

Well, I'm sure it won't take long for them to process your request.

Did you just say your dad's going off again soon?

Where's he going?

LA. Or he might've said Milan. I can't keep up.

Whoa!

Late night, miss? Shouldn't you be on your honeymoon?

Or is Edwards going to take you up to the geography room

to show you where you could've gone?

Funny.

I don't remember you mocking us last night

when you wanted to eat half the buffet.

Here you go, miss.

And I've got the other coursework too.

Glad to see you're finally taking your GCSEs seriously.

Her essay won't be as good as mine, miss.

I've worked extra hard.

They're about to adjourn! Where's Summer?

I don't know. Have you tried calling her?

Nah, my battery's dead.

Hi, I'm Sunita, Billy's Youth Justice Service officer.

I'm Bev, Sagittarius.

Oh, and I'm his appropriate adult.

Although I'm pretty inappropriate most of the time.

SHE LAUGHS Right...

Duty solicitor's already inside.

She has all your information and she'll speak on your behalf.

Has she got my dad's statement?

Yes, and she'll make it clear why he can't be here.

And she also has the statement from your head teacher.

You're going to go into that courtroom

and show them the Billy Hopkins I know,

the good kid who's there for his family and friends

and just wants to make things right, yeah?

You got this. Let's do it.

Now you've put initial thoughts in your essays,

who wants to talk me through the main themes?

How about you, Cassidy?

Erm, well...

..obvs, it's about a boy...

...like, his life...and the stuff that he does,

which is mainly, like...

..boy stuff? GIGGLING

That's quite a vague interpretation.

Caleb?

Why don't you give us your take?

So, fun fact -

er, the kid in the film is a major actor now.

He was in X-Men: First Class.

Mmm, but your essay was on the book.

So how did you feel about Will as a character

after reading the first chapter?

I really...

..liked...him?

Despite him being so selfish?

Yeah, but he's 12.

I was that way too.

I'm much more mature now.

It's Marcus who's 12. LAUGHTER

Will is middle-aged.

Er, yeah, that's what I meant. LAUGHTER

CLASS FALLS SILENT

OK, so I'd like you to work through the questions on your study sheets.

We'll discuss the book some more near the end of the class.

I mean, it's just not going to work without Billy.

Last night, I asked Bev to help me cook dinner.

She tried to do fish fingers in the toaster.

What? Oh, just...forget it.

PHONE BUZZES

Mr Edwards!

I have had an amazing idea...

What are you doing?

Billy, we hope you'll take today as a warning

of where you could be heading if you don't make changes.

Do you really want to live your life in and out of custody?

No decent job, no prospects?

Er, no, Your Honour.

Sorry, erm, Madame.

CLEARS THROAT: M'lady?

We appreciate that you pleaded guilty to the theft

and expressed a real desire to make amends.

We want to support that, help you make better choices.

That being so, we decided to give you a referral order

lasting four months. Yes!

Sorry.

CLEARS THROAT: Sorry.

Sorry, it's just... Thanks.

Honestly, thank you so much.

The Youth Justice Panel will be in touch

to work out the exact details over the next few days.

It's the barefaced cheek that astounds me!

She tried to take it right in front of my eyes.

Well, there's no excuse for stealing.

I wasn't! It was sticking out from Mr Kothari's bag,

so I was trying to push it back in. That's all!

Nonsense. She wanted that laptop.

She'd been pleading for one in the library earlier.

Fine! But I was borrowing it for my dad, not stealing.

OK.

Leila, I want you to go to the school office.

They're going to take you to reflection,

whilst I think about the next steps.

Reflection?

Yeah, it's like a... It's like a time-out,

a place for you to go and cool off and...

..think about your behaviour.

DOOR CLOSES

Can I have a go?

Since when did you play?

I love football.

HE SCOFFS

It doesn't mean I'm any good at it.

About the other day...

If you wanted to talk...

Nothing to say.

Any news?

Billy can charm his way out of anything.

I mean, he would've been back by now if they were letting him go, but...

Billy!

Ah!

What'd I say?

Hey! What's all the fuss about? I told you it'd be OK.

So what'd you get? Four-month referral order,

which is kind of like community service.

Are you going to be wearing an orange jumpsuit, then?

I don't care if I have to dress up as a Teletubby, bro,

as long as it's over.

And that's it? After the referral thing, you're done?

If I stick to it. And I will stick to it.

Look, I won't forget you taking that bullet for me, mate.

That's a promise.

Billy swerved jail. Can you believe it?

You may have got off today, but go anywhere near Summer again,

and you'll have more than a magistrate to worry about.

Come on.

Erm...

Mr Jacobs?

Bee Rivers, Leila's sister.

Well, I really would have preferred to speak to your mum.

She's at work.

She's got a lot on her plate, so whatever it is,

can't we sort it?

You know, it's just Leila tried to steal a laptop, so...

Leila? She wouldn't.

She said she was borrowing it for her dad.

Look, I'm sure you can understand that we can't just let this slide,

so, er, you know, before we speak to the police, I...

The police?

Hang on, Leila would never do anything like this normally.

So then why was Leila in a referral unit before coming to Phoenix Rise?

Because of me.

My mistakes.

Get the police involved, and she'll...

..probably end up repeating them.

Please, Mr Jacobs, she's only 12.

Give her a chance.

Why are we here, miss?

Yeah, I've got things to do, people to see.

I've had a look at both of these.

They're good, they're really good.

And yet, in class...

..it was like neither of you had even read the book.

How do you explain that?

Well, once it's down on paper, it's like my mind moves on.

CASSIDY SIGHS I just don't like public speaking.

I know cheating when I see it.

Neither of these essays are in your voices.

It's like they've been written by other people,

so, come on, what's going on?

Right, I don't know what the deal is with her, but mine's legit.

As if! I'm smarter than you!

Yeah? Er, yeah. Mind you, it doesn't take much.

You typed a few words into a search engine, right?

Big deal! We can all do that.

What do you mean by that, Cassidy?

Er, nothing. I mean, everyone goes online for a bit of research, right?

Did both of you use AI to write these essays?

So? Half the school does it.

Is that right?

MOBILE GAME PINGS

I've just had to give two Year 11s detention for using AI

to write their essays.

The technology drives me mad!

KNOCK AT DOOR

Miss Santos took my phone. Can I have it back?

At the end of the day. Oh, but, Miss...

Oh, you can survive a few hours without your phone!

See what I mean?

Don't you wish we could go back to the days

before technology hijacked everything?

Mm-hm, yeah.

Hey! What did I just say?

From now on, I want your guarantee that Billy and Summer

are in none of the same classes together,

and I want them kept apart at break times, too.

Ms Bailey, I'm not sure we've got the staff.

My daughter came home in a police car last night because of that boy,

and who's the first person she sees when she walks in today?

That boy!

OK. Look, I'm sure there's something we can do.

I just need to check the timetables

and I'll come back to you, all right?

Summer?

Is there anything you'd like to say?

Whatever.

We're going to clear your locker, make sure you've got all your books.

I don't care if they fine me.

You're not coming back until they've sent me a new timetable.

What are you doing here? Saving your skin.

I'm the reason the police ain't here.

Talked the head out of telling Mum and all.

Nice one, Bee. No, it isn't.

Maybe she should know, then she could stop you.

Doing what? Hanging out with Leyton.

Five minutes he's back, and he's already landed you in trouble.

You're so jealous. Just cos your dad doesn't care about you,

that doesn't mean I can't get close to mine.

What did you expect?

I can't just stand by and watch you throw your life away.

BILLY: Ms Bailey!

Look, about last night, it was...

We didn't get up to anything dodgy or...

I swear. When are you going to get the message?

You and Summer are finished. What?

Look, get off me! What are you doing?

You're never going to stop me seeing him! You'll never stop me!

Never! Ms Bailey! Summer!

Come on, I just want to talk to her! Get off me!

Summer! Ms Bailey, come back!

Get off me, man. Summer!

'90s day is going to be...interesting.

I ain't no snitch.

BOTH: Yes!

Ri, if you know where she is...

We just want to know if she's OK.

I know you probably don't want to hear this,

but I'm going to have to call the police.

# Wake up in the morning We rise

# When the early bird calling, yeah We rise

# When we get up in our feelings Do what the phoenix do

# So, of course We rise

# When we got to get to class We rise

# When we stuck under the ash We rise

# All my friends gonna see this through

# Cos we just do what the phoenix do

# We rise! #

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