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I'm putting it out into the universe

that I did not just like a post from six months ago.

Thank you.

♪ Bright lights, feel alright

♪ I'm gonna see her

♪ Again tonight

♪ And now you've got me started

♪ I'm gonna shake it right tonight

♪ But then I see you and

♪ I wanna go where the beach is warm

♪ And I won't get stung

And I won't get stormed by

♪ Memories of you

♪ Baby, is this how you feel?

♪ I wanna know, wanna know

♪ Is this how you feel?

♪ Wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna

♪ Wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna

♪ Wanna, wanna, wanna... ♪

Hello, my loves. Repeat after me.

I go beyond other people's

fears and limitations.

I go beyond other people's fears and limitations.

I claim my power and I move beyond all limits.

I claim my power

and I move beyond all limits.

♪ Is this how you feel?

♪ In each of us there are always these two

- ♪ The one who stays... ♪ - Heads!

♪ The one who's leaving you

♪ I could keep on with the same mistakes

♪ Or I could make them with... ♪

I'm finished.

Can I have some phone time?

No, you can have some bonus questions.

Do it, Jamie!

Yeah!

- Uh... - Jamie!

This isn't America! It's called a 'formal' here.

Mm-hm. Also...

And why is there an exclamation mark here?

It's so overused.

Hey, it's alright.

Huh. Go on, then.

You can do it, Jamie. Go on.

Um, so will you?

Of course, you idiot.

Alright, OK!

That's enough, thank you.

It's not daytime television. Back to work, please.

I go beyond other people's

fears and limitations.

I claim my power and move beyond all limits.

♪ I move up, it's called awake

♪ And then down to the heavy nights

♪ But never forward

♪ Baby, is this how you feel?

♪ I wanna know, wanna know

♪ Is this how you feel? ♪

I was just borrowing them.

Huh, Randall's just posted a video on Facebook

asking Sophia to the formal.

Oh, my God!

I definitely asked for almond milk

and he got me soy.

I felt like it was deliberate.

You know those people who make fun of you

because you drink almond milk?

It's not my fault I'm lactose intolerant.

You know, I say to him I want something,

but I don't really mean it

and he just goes off and... and does what I say

when actually I'm saying the opposite.

Do you know what I mean?

But I can't get rid of him 'cause

they've got too many rights, don't they?

Workplace... Darling, you're making that much worse. Here.

Mum, stop hovering!

Well, what is this for?

I'm asking a girl in my class to the formal.

Hooray.

That's...

I'm gay.

Mum?

You're such a bigot!

I go beyond other people's fears and limitations.

I claim my power and move beyond all limits.

That went really well.

Look, if anyone should be upset, it's me.

How would you feel

if your own niece didn't recognise you?

How would you feel if a strange woman showed up

in your bathroom claiming to be your dead aunt?

Well, I wouldn't have hid in the shower.

The door was right there.

No matter what I do with her right now,

I just can't win.

You know I listened to a podcast about this...

You should probably go check on your mum.

She's been ranting for, like, an hour now.

Oh, classic Mum.

I'm in the bathroom with a stranger

and she's out there having a secret cigarette,

worrying about herself.

I am so upset

and now I'm smoking,

which I would never normally do.

Brutal!

Actually, why don't you go and scare her?

I'm sure she'd love to see you.

Yeah, it doesn't really work like that.

- How does it work? - Oh, God, I'm sorry!

I can't believe I forgot to do this.

Congratulations on coming out.

I am Tara, your fairy godmother.

Get it?

Fairy, gay, fair... Get it?

Fairy's gay. Gay fair...

Anyway, so coming out is hard

and I have been sent here to help you through it.

Let's bring it in.

Come on. There you go.

Come to Aunty T.

There we go, there we go.

Cool, I get it. Yeah, not yet. We just...

A fist bump? No.

No!

Hello!

So I take it not everyone who comes out

gets a fairy godmother?

No, only those who are lucky enough

to have a gay relative who died before they were born

and never got to pass on their wisdom.

So, for example, if you had a gay uncle, or a 'guncle',

or in this case a lesbian aunt, or a 'lesagna'...

Um, OK, well, please don't take this the wrong way,

but I just don't think that...

Look, it get it. This is a really scary time for you.

I'm not scared. I'm fine.

There's, like, five other gay kids in my year,

so it's not really that big of a deal.

I get it. It's different to when you were alive.

But I don't really think that

there's anything you could do to help.

OK, sweet Ellie. Yeah, sure.

So, um, let's just talk about today, then, shall we?

You were there for that?

Oh, I've been there since the beginning.

The assignment on Australian politicians?

Spew town!

Wait. Where were you?

Right here!

Of course, you couldn't see me then.

Hey, I'll type these up all ready for tomorrow.

Thanks.

See ya.

And there it was,

the moment you realised you were gay.

I couldn't interfere

until you actually said the words out loud...

..which luckily you did

before you had a chance to go through with this.

What on earth were you thinking?

I'm gonna make a video,

post it to my Facebook page.

OK, I don't know what that is, but it sounds terrifying.

All the straight kids in my class are doing it.

If the straight kids were gonna jump

off a bridge, would you...

Never mind. What if she doesn't wanna go with you?

What if she doesn't like girls?

She does.

I think.

Someone told me that she does.

- Have you spoken to her? - Of course.

No, not about George Reid,

the fourth prime minister of Australia.

Sometimes if you want something,

you just have to put it out into the universe

and it will happen.

- Forget it. - Look.

Let me help you with this.

Just give me one shot. That's all I ask.

That, and that you don't post anything.

I guarantee you I give better advice than a planet.

If she had just stayed for a second longer,

I would've apologised,

but she'd much rather blame me.

You know, it's just about grandchildren.

- What? - Your mum.

Yeah, I figured that probably had something to do with it.

So go out there, tell her you'll have a grandchild

and she'll be fine.

No.

OK.

Heads!

Sorry!

It's fine.

Not in public, not in public, not in public!

It's alright! I'll talk, you listen.

I feel like I'm in a crime podcast.

- What's that? - What do you want?

My shot!

Look, if this works, you have to let me help you. Deal?

"Yes, Tara, deal!"

So first things first -

we need to find out if she's into girls.

Luckily, I have a fail-safe technique I used to use

to find if a girl played for the same team.

Ugh, what?

Ask her who her favourite AFL player is.

If she knows any, there's your answer right there.

That's such crap.

I'm just saying. You'd be surprised.

I have to find the right time to talk to her.

She's in afternoon detention all week.

For a week? Into bad girls, are you?

I'd like to pretend you never said that.

Yeah, me too.

Detention, huh?

I mean, if it were me...

School captain in detention, hey?

- Yep. - What did you do?

Oh, you know...

No, that's why I'm asking.

Littering.

Really?

Yeah, apparently it's a pretty big offence these days.

Yeah, it is. It's pretty fucked, actually.

I mean, there's, like, 50 bins in the schoolyard

and you couldn't be bothered to take the five steps

and put your rubbish in one of them?

Sorry, I just feel pretty strongly about it.

That's OK.

It ends up in the ocean, birds eat it and stuff.

No, you're right. You make an excellent point.

Actually, didn't you lead that assembly on the environment?

Like, tell everyone to take

three pieces of rubbish with them?

Yeah, yeah, that was... that was me.

Ah, the irony.

What did you do?

I, um...

I dropped a C-bomb in the principal's office.

- By accident? - No, to his face.

How come?

Being one.

Right, yeah, I totally think he's one of those as well.

Really? I actually think he's pretty great.

We were just having a heated debate. I got angry.

Like, he deserved it, but I'll never call him that again.

- You know? - Yeah, totally.

Anyway...

Yeah, totally.

Hey, um, I wonder... I wonder when we'll find out

what we got for that assignment.

It was interesting. We had so much to work with.

Wait, are you talking about the guy

who almost passed that referendum and then didn't?

Yeah, I mean, I guess I find it really interesting

when men almost do something and then... don't.

Hey, I tell you what.

The, um... the assignment I'm doing for history

this time is really grim.

It's about a woman who was killed

just for standing up for what she believed in.

- Does sound grim. - But I love that stuff.

I'm so invested in it.

Like, I can't stop reading about it and researching it.

It's like... it's like watching a car crash.

You know, you just can't look away.

- Who you doing? - Faith Underwood.

Is she the one who does, like, the affirmations and stuff?

Yeah, I think she's amazing.

There's a whole science behind it. It's not just spiritual.

I don't really understand it,

but I do her affirmations and they truly helped me

get school captain and good grades and stuff.

You don't think that's because you're, like,

really smart and nice and you study hard?

No.

Are you into AFL at all?

Yeah.

Who's your favourite player?

Roger Federer.

He's a very famous tennis player.

Is that so?

Ellie, is that you?

Miss Trimble. Yes, uh, hi.

Hi. What are you doing in detention?

It's not a social club, you know.

I know. I'm... I'm actually in detention today.

What? Oh! Uh, oh. Um...

No, no. Uh, no.

No. I've got three names on my list

and there's four people in detention.

- You're not on the list. - Are you sure?

Yes.

Oh, dammit.

No, you're not on the list.

You're absolutely not in detention.

Oh, well, I... I must have misunderstood, then.

I can't imagine how that's happened,

but it seems that is the case.

- So come along, get out. - Yeah, what a mix-up.

You almost gave poor Miss Trimble a stroke.

Yep.

I mean, it almost seems like you were pretending.

That's dumb.

Uh, I'll see you later... or not.

I hope you were...

..'cause I could never be into someone who littered.

So...

OK, cool. Well, I'll see you later.

And then she called me a bigot, my own daughter.

I mean, she's never said anything

like that to me before.

I don't even know where she learned that word.

Well, it gets thrown around a lot these days.

Yeah, well, you should've seen the look in her eyes.

Yeah, she doesn't mean it. She's just upset...

Are you crazy? Don't smoke in my car!

She just took me by surprise. That's all.

I mean, I don't...

It doesn't bother me if she's, you know...

It was just a bit of a shock.

I mean, I just want what's best for her.

I want life to be easy for her.

Well, that's impossible.

But that doesn't mean that I don't love her regardless

or respect her choices.

Yeah, maybe don't say 'choices'.

And now I'm smoking,

which I would never normally do.

Is that an Uber job?

We can pick them up on the way home. I don't mind.

That is not at all how it works.

I mean, she's my only daughter!

- I know. - My only child.

I know.

What about grandchildren?

I'm not gonna get any grandchildren.

Oh, come on. Shut up! You know that's not true.

Anyway, I don't have grandchildren

and I have a wonderful life.

Grandkids are just parenting again except with a sore back.

Fuck. I'm being so rude.

I have no self-awareness sometimes.

Here you are, sitting with me

while I basically insult your life.

Yes. You have always been a terrible friend.

You're this smart, brilliant woman

who's done more with her life than I could possibly hope for

and here I am crying

because my daughter has a crush on some girl.

What's wrong with me?

Hi, darling.

You should pick that up, Mum. It's littering.

Are you gonna tell me what all this was about?

- Aunt Patty? - Yes, darling.

Why do you put up with her?

- It means she hates you too. - She doesn't hate me.

Don't feel you have to answer that question.

And don't you keep avoiding my question.

What has gotten into you?

Where as my sweet daughter gone?

I mean, you're like a different person

and all I can seem to think is it must be that...

OK, let's not say anything that we might regret.

It must be that girl.

I'll walk home, thanks.

Don't. Just... don't.

Oh, yeah! What did I tell you?

To be fair, I'm not sure how much you actually helped.

I just have one little criticism.

You didn't ask her to the freakin' formal!

- It didn't come up. - Ohh!

That was your chance! The momentum was there.

It's OK. I'll just ask her tomorrow.

I feel like it'll be easier now.

Well, that's because you've never had

a follow-up conversation before.

- What? - The follow-up.

You know, the first time that you see each other

after a first date, a first kiss

or first-time admission of feelings.

Follow-up conversations are remarkably awkward,

no matter how comfortable you were the day before.

That's not a thing anymore.

I think you're wrong.

We have this thing now called texting.

Abolishing the awkward

follow-up conversation forever.

I'll just text her.

It's one of the great things about being a millennial.

What's that?

So I'm assuming texting is you just staring at that thing?

Shh, I'm concentrating!

Would you say that 'great'

is too strong of a word to use?

No.

- I feel like it is. - Can you use it in a sentence?

"It was great to see you today."

You're right. Too strong. Take it out.

Yeah.

What a simpler time you live in.

Actually, I think I'll just talk to her tomorrow.

I prefer face to face anyway.

Mm-hm.

Anyway, I should probably be heading home.

I meant what I said about us talking in public.

It's too easy to forget that you're a ghost.

I'm not a ghost!

I'm your fairy godmother.

La!

But I do agree that you

should go home and talk with your mum.

Are you kidding?

- Are you on her side too? - No!

I thought you came back from the dead to help me.

I did. I did!

You of all people should be appalled by her behaviour.

What is it with you old gays and your tolerance?

Hey, I'm 28!

First Aunt Patty, now you.

Huh? Aunt Patty? Wait. You have another aunt?

No, Patty's just an old friend of Mum's.

They were lawyers together or something.

But Patty's retired now.

I just call her Aunt Patty

because I love her and she's the best.

Patty?

Is that short for Patricia?

Of course. What else would it be?

Well, it could be for, like, Patrice or... Patches.

No, but if it would make you feel better,

I can ask her if her name is short for Patches.

It must be hard.

Being dead.

No.

It's just... nothing.

Mum never talks about you.

Well, it was a long time ago

and a lot has happened since then, so...

Not really. Just me.

Well, you're a pretty big thing.

Big hair, big limbs, big personality.

I would've given anything for your hair.

Your mum had it once.

So your mum has never told you about how...

You died? Car accident.

Oh.

- Did you not know that? - No.

I don't remember much, really.

Just your mum.

Everything else is pretty vague.

Well, I should probably actually get going.

Hey.

Sorry to just bring up your death and then leave.

It's fine. I asked.

Oh!

Ellie! What are you doing?

I... I wanted to talk to you.

Oh, good, I...

'Cause I wanted to talk to you too

about, um... all of this.

- 'This'? - Oh, God. Give me a break.

I'm doing my best.

OK.

Oh, this is ridiculous!

We used to... we used to talk about everything.

You're my best friend.

I thought Patty was your best friend.

Well, she's my second best friend.

No, she's my second best friend.

- And who's your best friend? - You.

Right?

But you don't wanna talk about this?

I do, but you... you just keep yelling at me.

- I'm not yelling at you now! - Well, you are, actually.

Well, that's 'cause you're not being supportive.

Well, I am trying, but you're making it very difficult.

Oh, well, I'm sorry it's so difficult to love me!

This is ridiculous... No! No.

I'm not handling this new 'storming out' thing.

So just feel free to leave,

but, please, just no... storming.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

- What? - Go away!

I forgot to give you my next piece of advice

and it looks like I am just in time.

I said you could help once, OK?

That's it. Now I've got this, OK?

- Go away. - I must have missed that.

Anyway, here is a list of conversation topics

to prevent the awkward follow-up conversation.

"Who do you prefer,

"k.d. lang or Melissa Etheridge?"

Oh, my God.

You're making this a big deal. It's not a big deal.

It's just two people having a conversation.

It's not a special gay conversation.

Fine!

If you don't need my help, just go talk to her, then.

Go on. Just pretend like I'm not here.

I'm basically not anyway, physically or emotionally.

Oops!

That stint in detention clearly taught you nothing.

What you doing, school captain?

Nothing. Just going to class.

- Oh, it's... it's lunch. - Yep.

- How's your day going? - You too!

You OK? You seem a bit on edge.

- What you got there? - Which?

- The book. - Oh, this? It's my journal.

Sometimes I like to just sit here

and watch everyone socialising on the playground,

like, finding their friends, you know,

some of which they may have for the rest of their lives.

Like... OK, these two girls here, right?

They just look like any other pair of friends.

But think about it.

That could be her future bridesmaid

or... or the one she calls when her first child's born

or the person she calls in tears

when her husband leaves her.

I just think it's so interesting

to see these things from the very beginning, you know?

Wow. Really?

No, of course not!

It's my fucking science textbook.

Oh, man, that was good, though.

You were very convincing.

For a second, I was like, "What?!"

I bet you were thinking, "Why'd I follow

"this chick into detention?"

- Yeah, exactly. - Totally.

- Ah, so you admit it, then? - What?

About detention?

No.

So, um, what did you do last night?

Nothing. Just worked on my assignment.

Oh, yeah? How's it going?

You know we have to present them to the whole class?

Yeah, but only 'cause Miss Trimble

kept saying "oral exam" and I kept laughing.

I'm sorry. I'm not actually proud of that.

No, I love oral sex jokes.

So I was actually gonna message you last night.

- You were? - Mm.

Why didn't you?

If I'm being honest, I just didn't know what to say,

so I guess I just didn't message you.

That's silly.

I know, 'cause I wanted to,

so it's just dumb that I didn't.

Well, next time, you should.

Alright.

Yep. I'm going to the bin.

Oh, that's OK. I'll... I'll chuck it.

No, I'm sure you will chuck it. That's the problem.

I'm seriously starting to worry

about you and your littering habit.

Thank you.

- Actually, um... - What?

- What is on this note? - Nothing.

'Cause you seem to not want me to have it,

but you were perfectly happy

just to chuck it on the ground over there.

- It's just... - Maybe...

Maybe I should read it so you fully understand

the consequences of your littering.

- No! It's... You can't... - What? What?

It's really important you don't see what's on that note!

Give it back! Don't be such a cunt!

Oh!

Nope.

Is everyone OK?

I cannot believe you called me that.

I mean, there are many acceptable things

that I deserve,

but not that.

That's debatable.

I'm really sorry if I upset you.

I just genuinely didn't think

there could be anything important on that note.

It's fine.

You don't really strike me as the swearing type.

I'm not. I hate swearing.

Right.

So I guess for you to say...

..that word

it must've been something really personal.

Hey, I'm sorry.

Thanks.

Right.

Well, I have discussed this with the principal

and, amazingly, he's decided

this will not affect your position as school captain

due to your almost perfect record.

But we have called your mother.

- Ugh, that is so much worse. - Yes.

Well, maybe that will make you think twice

before you call a classmate... that word...

..over a list of conversation topics.

And for what it's worth, I would always choose

k.d. lang over Melissa Etheridge.

As would the principal.

And as for you, Miss Abbie, you've only got a couple

of detention days left, so let's not add to them

by taking other students' property, OK?

Of course, miss.

A list of conversation topics?

Ellie, you can always just, like...

I don't understand why you're trying so hard.

OK, no, that came out wrong. Ellie?

Ellie, you can't just leave detention!

That's, like, the point of... detention.

Ah, yes, did she send you to deal with me,

one lesbian to another?

Well, those weren't her exact words.

Are in the middle of a food delivery?

Uh, yeah, we're gonna have to make a stop, sorry.

That's modern retirement for you, babe.

You might not be at that age yet

where you realise your parents are just human.

Flawed, everyday humans.

Do you remember Daniel Claris?

Of course, that sweet little boy

who sent you flowers to your classroom.

It was the first year of high school.

All the girls in my grade were so jealous.

I was so embarrassed to carry them home.

And when I got home,

you and Mum gave me so much grief.

Those flowers were bigger than your little body!

"Ooh, Daniel, Daniel!

"What does Daniel look like? What does Daniel like doing?

"Is he blond? Does he have brown eyes?

"Ooh, I hope he has brown eyes."

I know. We were so mean.

Oh, you were so upset, you poor little thing.

She hasn't teased me about her.

She hasn't asked me what she looks like.

She hasn't even asked me what her name is.

Oh, El.

"Faith Underwood is a disruptor.

"Five years ago, she crashed into the digital space

"with a program bringing the laws of the universe

"to a new generation.

"Faith spent five years in the foster care system

"before building her empire."

Wait for shocked reactions.

"That's right.

"I think we've all learned not to judge a book by its cover."

Ooh-ooh!

That is an interesting plot twist.

- Stop doing that! - Oh, sorry.

I don't mean to interrupt.

I just wanted to stop in and check that you were OK.

What, after your stupid list got me in detention?

Not to mention completely humiliated?

- OK, in hindsight... - No hindsight.

Foresight could've told anyone that you

showing up at my school was a stupid idea.

Yes, I can now see where

you may have got that idea from, sorry.

Will you please just go away? I have so much homework.

And I don't wanna think about anything else.

Sure. Yeah, OK, I'll go.

I'm sorry. I just...

Look, just remember, if you need me, I'm here.

Need you?

All you have done since you got here

is make everything worse.

I was fine.

I was excited about what I was feeling

and just asking the person I liked to the formal,

and... and now I hate how I feel.

I feel anxious all the time

and I'm second-guessing everything

and I feel like I'm making everything

harder than it needs to be.

What is the point of you?

What do you want from me?

All you have done is make me feel different.

Yes! Uh, not yes, but that is exactly the point.

I'm not different, OK?

I realise that life was probably

really hard for you growing up

and maybe you were different and maybe you were a freak.

But I'm not, OK? I'm just like everyone else.

Of course you are just like everyone else, El.

But you are also different, and different is wonderful.

- Stop saying that! - El...

Shut up! I'm just like everyone else, OK? Shut up!

Just... just go away, OK?

I just think it's for the best.

I need to go through this stuff on my own.

OK.

Hey.

- Hi. - What you doing?

Just going over my assignment.

- Cool. - You ready to do yours?

Yeah, yeah.

So, um... so, actually, I messaged you last night.

I know, um...

Actually, I messaged you many times.

- I know. Yeah. - Bit rude.

Especially considering you specifically

asked me to message you.

Yes.

Look, I just wanna preface this upfront -

I have absolutely no interest in being messed around.

I know. I'm... I'm sorry.

I know it wasn't cool of me not to reply.

I just had to do all my homework

and there was a lot happening at home and...

- Alright. - Wait, no, stop.

OK.

I think I just had a bit of a freak-out.

In the last three days, I've been in detention twice,

I've been fighting with my mum for the first time ever,

I've been dealing with dead relatives

and I think I just got a bit overwhelmed.

But...?

Oh, I, um... I didn't have a 'but'.

I... I was just venting. Should I have had a 'but'?

Yeah, you... You were meant to say,

"But I like you."

What?

I don't know. I got awkward and laughed.

Um...

But, um... I like you.

Feels really weird to say that out loud.

I feel like people don't say that to each other, you know?

I do.

No, it's great. It's great. It's great.

Um... Uh, why is this so hard?

No, I'm messing with you. It's weird.

So what now?

There was actually something I've been meaning to ask you.

Oh, yeah?

Oh, Ellie, great. You look ready to go.

Oh, um, but you...

You'll just watch your language this time, yeah?

Of course, miss.

I am... I am absolutely not calling you a liar.

I am simply saying it's not a day rate

I believe I would ever quote.

I need the Zimmerman quote on my desk asap.

I...

I... I am very sympathetic to your case.

And it's true - we do offer services for clients

who are in financial hardship.

But it's in the form of a payment plan

or prearranged pro bono.

So, yes, I am more than happy

to offer you a payment plan as well, sir,

but, you know, I would never...

What the fuck?

No! No, sorry. That was not meant...

Uh, no.

Look, I'm... I'm gonna have to call you back.

Fuck!

Christopher!

Do you still have those cigarettes?

The ones you asked me to throw out?

- Yes. - No, I threw them out.

Thanks.

OK.

- Hi. - Sorry, are you driving?

Oh, no, I opted to do a, uh, bike shift.

I knew I couldn't get through today stuck in a car.

Yeah, I'm not handling it very well this year.

Well, why don't you go home?

You know, maybe later, me, you, and Ellie

can go out for dinner or something.

You know, it never used to affect me, the date.

You know, I never let it have it any power.

I don't know what's going on with me this year.

How are you?

Go home, darling.

And, um, let me know if Ellie

finds herself in detention again.

Maybe just start heading there.

It'll take longer if you have to get her home on your bike.

OK.

After reaching 1.2 million women around the world,

Faith Underwood had shown

that you can have anything you want.

You just have to put it out into the universe.

Thank you.

Thank you, Ellie. That was a very interesting choice.

Abbie, you're up.

Um, for my presentation today,

I've decided to talk about an amazing woman

who sadly lost her life at the Reclaim Oxford Street march

run by the Conservative Party on Oxford Street in 1989.

It was an anti-gay and lesbian rally

designed to protest the growing national support

for the LGBTQ community.

They had reported that they would be expecting

a turnout of 100,000 people,

however, only 1,500 people turned up,

which was trumped by the 5,000 gay and lesbian allies

who showed up to protest the march.

So while the day proved to be somewhat a success,

it sadly ended in a tragedy.

Tara Tilden was a much respected

spokeswoman for the community

and by the time she died,

she'd been appointed head of the New South Wales Alliance

and was running regular meet-up groups for teenagers.

She was also known for her radical attempts

to get her message across.

Sadly, Tara lost her life at the end of the rally in 1989

when she was intentionally run down by a car full of men,

who have never been identified.

Where did you hear this crap?!

- Ellie, wh... - Turn that thing off!

What on earth are you doing? Sit down.

Where did you get that photo of my aunt?

- Your aunt? - That's my aunt.

But that's not her. You've got the wrong photo.

Ellie, I did my research.

Ellie, could you please sit down?

Everybody was very well behaved

during your presentation,

which was actually quite long, if I'm honest.

My presentation was real. That's my aunt.

But she wasn't murdered at some rally.

It was an accident.

Uh, Ellie, maybe you would feel more comfortable

going to the library during Abbie's talk.

No. I... I want her to admit that she made it up.

Ellie, I'm sorry. I didn't know.

What did you say this story was like?

A car crash that you couldn't look away from?

What an excellent pun.

Where are you? This is crap, right?

Oh, what, suddenly when I need you, you're not here?!

Come on. Come out and tell them they got it wrong.

- It's OK... - Don't touch me.

Ellie, I really think you should...

Go to hell.

Come on. Where are you? I know you heard that.

Come on. Don't be such a coward!

Ellie, what's wrong?

I need you to tell me what happened to Aunt Tara.

- What? - How did she die?

She died in a car accident, right?

Darling, what's happened?

Mum, please.

What did Patty say to you?

Patty? Nothing.

I need you to tell me what's going on.

How did she die?

I don't...

You never even met her.

I don't understand why you're so upset.

Mum!

I don't wanna talk about it, OK?

I tried very, very hard to protect you from that story.

What will it achieve? I mean, look what's happened to Patty.

She won't even retire.

She won't even let herself deserve that.

She doesn't need to be a fucking Uber driver.

Patty?

Patty and Tara were a couple. That's how I know Patty.

I've already told you that.

Well, they were together for years,

since they were teenagers.

I've never met two people who were so good together.

And, um, after,

well, uh, we never really

left each other's side after that day.

Mum...

Mum, a girl in my class did an assignment on her.

How did I never hear about this?

Oh...

Well, sadly, it was like a lot of terrible things

that happened during that time.

If you wanna know their stories,

you have to go looking for them.

You know, we tried to prove it wasn't an accident,

but, um...

It just went down as a hit and run, so...

But it wasn't?

It was not.

We watched them as they steered towards her

and we watched them as...

..as they ran her down.

Well, who was it?

- Why didn't you find them? - Oh, we tried.

We tried incredibly hard,

but then some other witnesses came forward,

said it was an accident and then that was it.

So you just... you just dropped it?

Ellie, I...

Mum, that's... that's pathetic!

That's why they could get away with stuff like that!

- Ellie, you... - You let her down!

- You... you let her down. - Hey!

You just... You shut up!

You have no idea what you are talking about. None.

You have no idea what it's like

to spend every day fighting for justice.

It killed your grandparents.

It was like a... a cancer that destroyed this family.

Knowing that something this awful

has happened to someone you love,

knowing that you were so powerless to stop it,

replaying that scene over and over in your head,

it just... it just guts you

of everything you ever were as a person.

And in the end, when no-one will help you,

when you hit dead end after dead end for years,

Ellie, years,

the only kind thing you can do for your sister

is the one thing that you can control.

You can let her rest

because she deserves it.

Just don't.

- Hey! - How you doing?

Alright!

- Whoo! - You look amazing!

This is good.

Hey, sis.

Yeah!

Today is not about violence.

It's not about anger.

And for us at least, it is not about aggravation.

They claim they are taking back Oxford Street,

as if they own it,

as if we are taking something that was theirs,

as if they've got nothing left.

What they fail to understand

is that Oxford Street is all that we have.

It's our safe space. It welcomes us.

It provides us with a place to dance,

a place to fall in love.

It provides us with a place

where we can truly be ourselves.

Today, we are not fighting.

We are simply showing up.

We are standing in solidarity with our street,

a reminder of our community strength,

and we can continue to hope for more safe spaces,

for a time when we will have

more places to dance, more places to fall in love,

for a time when we will no longer

have to show up and defend our place in this world.

But while we do, well, let's just make sure

we have a bloody good time doing it.

Am I right?

Take your bigotry away!

Oxford Street is here to stay!

Take your bigotry away!

Oxford Street is here to stay!

Take your bigotry away! Oxford Street is here to stay!

Take your bigotry away!

Oxford Street is here to stay!

Take your bigotry away! Oxford Street is here to stay!

Whoo-hoo!

Whoo!

Tara?

Tara, are you...

..around?

I'm sorry for what I said.

I wish I hadn't said it.

That's all.

Hi.

I'm sorry, but those are really great pyjamas.

Yeah, I'm a horse girl.

What are you doing here?

Sorry to just drop by,

but you weren't replying to my messages,

so I thought I'd...

You thought you'd just rock up at my house?

- Pretty creepy. - I know.

When you didn't reply to my messages,

I didn't rock up at your house.

I know, I know, but I have been here before

when we did our assignment, so I didn't

have to find out your address or anything.

That would've been way worse, right?

How did you know that stuff about my aunt?

Where did you hear it?

I, um...

I met this woman at a meet-up group

and told her I wanted to do someone

from the community for my assignment

and she suggested her.

I can't believe so many people knew about her and I didn't.

Yeah, she did some pretty amazing stuff.

We were lucky to have her.

Also, I'm, um...

I didn't mean what I said

about the whole car crash thing.

I don't know why I said that.

I wish I never said that.

Like, I really am sorry about that

'cause she sounds really amazing.

You have no idea.

Well, I did my whole assignment on her.

True. She's practically your aunt.

So there was something I wanted to ask...

How did you know?

That it was... safe to like me?

- What do you mean? - You know what I mean.

Remember Jen Brinly?

She left in Year 9?

So we were, like, best friends in Year 7.

We did everything together.

I had a massive crush on her,

but even then I knew better than to say anything.

Plus, I was still so young,

I was pretty confused about my feelings.

But even as intuitive as I was not to say anything,

I was still dumb enough to write it down.

I had this stupid diary.

It didn't even have a lock on it.

I'm sure you can tell where this story is going.

Anyway, um, one of the girls in my group

took it out of my bag and told everybody, obviously,

'cause teenage girls are the fucking worst.

Sorry, language.

But I didn't know.

I didn't know anything had changed

until I went to hug her.

So... so that's how I knew.

Look, I know you were upset

when you told me not to touch you,

but that's where it takes me back to.

And I meant what I said

about not wanting to be jerked around.

Like, I get it. I get it, Ellie.

I get this all really new and exciting for you.

But it's not for me.

I never got to come out. I was outed.

And I've managed to get through high school

pretty much unscathed because I never even dreamt

of dating or liking someone since then.

I'm so sorry.

But that was then, you know?

No-one cares about that stuff now.

Oh, if no-one cares, I guess I'll just

get the fuck over it, then, shall I?

And, no, I'm not gonna apologise for that.

I'm sorry. You pursued me.

I was fine and then there you were,

just actively pursuing me.

I told you I liked you.

That's a massive deal for me.

I felt open enough to respond and then you just fucking...

I'm so sorry.

I don't know how we got here.

I just wanted to ask you to the formal.

Yeah, and I wish you just fucking had, Ellie.

Sorry. Fuck.

Did Abbie say yes?

No.

Oh.

Mm...

♪ Even the highs feel like lows

♪ I'm sick of all of my clothes

♪ I'm getting tired of the same conversations

♪ I can't accept the feelings of elation

♪ I'm flying high, but am I self-sabotaging?

♪ I'm leaning further in than ever

♪ Let you in, but now I need to be guarded

♪ Every day is a revelation

♪ Sometimes I feel

♪ Like my heart has been split open

♪ You see everything I'm hoping

♪ I'm a river running high

♪ Sometimes I feel

♪ Like there's a freeway running down my neck

♪ There's traffic passing through my chest

♪ And through my mind

♪ Sometimes I feel

♪ Like my heart has been split open

♪ You see everything I'm hoping

♪ I'm a river running high

♪ Sometimes I feel

♪ Like there's traffic passing through my chest

♪ And through my mind. ♪

Repeat after me.

I go beyond other people's fears and limitations.

This is not how this story ends.

♪ This is new I am not used to happy love

♪ When did choice... ♪

Please read my sign to see an important message.

Dammit.

♪ I will paint your portrait, though

♪ When we're moving slow... ♪

And... action.

I have something important to tell you...

Darling, you need to speak up. And you're mumbling.

Mum, I was on a roll!

Sorry. I have so much glitter in my nose. OK.

♪ Because I couldn't understand what you meant... ♪

It is plugged in!

Oh, good.

Um, I think we should have the... the sex talk again.

No.

Because lesbian sex is very different.

Nope!

And I don't want you to learn about it from porn!

♪ Counting down, I feel contrived

♪ On the behalf of every love

♪ That I ever have dreamed of

♪ I don't know how to read books anymore... ♪

I'm gonna do it.

That terrible idea that you told me not to do

is happening.

You better show up and stop me.

- 1956. - Mn-mn.

First Australian combat troops in Vietnam? It was!

- It was 1956. - 1965!

You are off your game, girl.

You and Tara were together in high school, right?

Yeah.

I suppose she never asked you to the formal?

Huh! No, it was never an option.

They put one in my bag even though I told them not to.

So I'm just gonna use it.

Ends up in the bin regardless, right?

I was gonna suggest you take that back to the store.

- That's what I should've done. - Shit, I was joking!

It's only one straw...

..said 18 billion people.

Oh!

- I'm so stressed. - Darling!

If she had asked you to the formal,

how do you think she would've done it?

Well, we were pretty practical people.

Sorry to be boring, Ellie.

She was thoughtful.

She had a way of remembering little things I said

and turning them into something.

That's actually how she asked me to the formal, I think.

♪ When I was 17, I fell in love

♪ We had anniversaries each month

♪ He was my first kiss

♪ The real kind of kiss

♪ Where I kissed back

♪ Remember driving Stafford Road

♪ A message popped up on my phone

♪ Said he thinks he likes me and my world stood still

♪ And my eyes grew wider than a party pill

♪ I think I'm gonna love you for a long time

♪ Boy, I can't go a minute without you on my mind

♪ I think I'm gonna love you for a long time

♪ Can I build my life around you? ♪

♪ See me walkin'

♪ Got you talkin'

♪ On

♪ And on

♪ You call me up

♪ Midnight, wake up

♪ On

♪ And on

♪ It's coming over

♪ It's on again... ♪

Mm, so we went to this...

..we went to this hairdresser in the city

and it cost an absolute fortune,

but I didn't have the heart to tell her

that I couldn't see any difference.

So you just have to...

Shh!

Just... just when she comes out,

you just make sure that you are...

- Your hair! - Isn't it amazing?

- It's amazing. - Thank you.

I'm gonna... Mmm!

Mmm! Get some more champagne. Do you want some?

How are we getting to the venue? Am I driving or...

Oh, God, no. We'll get an Uber driver that isn't you.

- Actually, do we need to book? - No, it's way too early.

OK.

- You really look beautiful. - Thank you.

Thank you for always including me.

Of course.

Oh, my God! Where have you been?

I actually thought I was quite quick.

What kind of fairy godmother would I be

if I didn't show up for your ball?

Pour that champagne quick. I'm so pumped.

- OK. - You look beautiful.

And your hair!

- Oh! Oops! - Oh, oh, quick, quick!

Get something to clean that up. Patty, quick.

- Mum, go to the kitchen too. - Um, really?

- I've got it. It's alright. - That's very rude. Sorry.

I know.

Ellie, can you... can you just get off your phone, please?

Alright, here we are.

To Ellie...

- We need to book the Uber! - What's that?

- Quick, quick! - I thought it was too early.

No, that was ages ago.

Um, why don't you go out the front?

- I'll meet you out there. - Why out the front?

It's easier for the driver. Right, Patty?

- Sure. Yep. - OK.

- What's going on? - Come on.

I think she got a surprise for us.

- Oh! - So let's, um...

Oh, we should've brought the bottle with us.

It's about what happened to you.

We found new information and...

Is it OK if I say that I don't wanna know?

- Right. Of course. - I know that seems strange.

But I think it's awesome, what it is that you're doing.

I just...

..I just really wanted to be here today for you.

Totally. Totally.

So tell me, are you attending this event

with a certain horse-loving girl?

No, I... I never asked her.

What? Ellie, why not?!

You were right.

My whole idea was based on this stupid thing

that I'd gotten from copying other couples

and I realised that I wanted to do something special

that was just for us,

something different... because I am different.

But I couldn't think of anything. Nothing.

And then I started thinking, "Well, what does that mean?

"Maybe... maybe I don't know her at all

"and maybe I'm just assuming that... that she'd say yes.

"Maybe I'll just ask when

"there wasn't as much pressure."

Then I thought, "Maybe I'm

"overthinking the entire thing."

- Is my chest getting blotchy?! - OK, OK.

Ellie! The Uber's almost here!

Damn, it's way too early.

Alright?

Now, if there's nothing else we need to do,

let's have that toast.

To my beautiful daughter,

who not only surprised everyone

by topping her history class

with her beautiful speech on Faith Underwood,

but who has just turned out so good,

better than I could have hoped,

and, uh, that's despite having me as her mum.

Oh, Mum, none of that! Come on.

I agree. Can we just cry at the venue, please?

- Cheers. - Cheers.

Heads!

God, I am sick to death of this.

- Are you kidding me? - Wait, Mum!

I... I need that.

And I need a pen and paper.

I mean, I'm fairy godmother of the year!

I could just teleport there! This is such moral support.

♪ I feel contrived

♪ On the behalf of every love... ♪

Saddles may be balanced

different ways for different horses,

different riders or different disciplines.

So for example...

..if we're jumping and we have a saddle

that's built for jumping,

the balance on that saddle

is going to be slightly more forward...

I lied. I'm not into AFL.

But I am into you.

I'll be at the formal. Meet me there if you like.

P.S. I really hope you do.

- Was she there? - She was there.

Just give me a second and then we can go.

OK.

I mean, I'm a ghost. I'm fine.

I'm just sympathetic panting, but...

Make the only high you have tonight a sugar high.

We're offering students a chance

to trade in their drugs for chocolates.

I don't have any drugs, but I'll take a chocolate.

That's not really how it works.

Your pupils are really large.

OK, take a chocolate.

- Hi, miss. - Oh! Uh, hello, miss.

Hello, miss... Hello, Ellie! Hello.

Um, the formal's inside.

I know. I was just getting some fresh air.

Yep. That's good.

Weird, it smells a bit like pot out here.

Ha-ha! Um...

Yes, well, I will see you back inside, Miss Ellie.

Good luck with your future!

You have got to be kidding me!

- Oh! - What?

Oh, my God. You scared me.

Is that your horseriding outfit?

Well, you left it pretty last-minute.

This is the fanciest thing I own.

It has a pocket, see?

Jealous.

Out here having a ciggie, are ya?

No!

Oh, it was... it was a joke.

Right. Right.

Though it does smell a lot like pot out here.

I'm really glad you came.

I'm glad you asked, although talking about

leaving it to the last minute...

I'm so sorry... about everything.

Oh, me too. Um, I have many regrets.

"Never regret anything because at one point in time,

"it was exactly what you wanted."

Um... no.

No, I never wanted you to find about

your aunt's death in my history speech.

Yeah, that sucked.

I think I might be done with the inspirational quotes.

No, don't be like that.

"Be yourself. Everyone else is taken."

I do like that one, though.

Um...

You look really pretty.

Thanks.

You look... like you belong at the Olympics,

in a good way.

Oh, by the way,

Adam Goodes.

That's an AFL player, just for future conversation.

Do you wanna dance?

Yeah. Oh, maybe not in there.

I'm... I'm pretty shit.

Fine by me.

♪ Baby, the waves were crashing down on me

♪ Felt like I forgot how to breathe without you

♪ But, baby, with you I'm hanging out at 10:00

♪ It's easier than when I'm not around you

♪ Around you

♪ I'm gonna take you to the beach... ♪

What you doing?

Just checking we're alone.

Who could be watching?

Oh, just my family.

- Wait. What? - No, no! It's...

It's... I'm just joking. I'm just joking. It's OK.

♪ I'm gonna take you to

♪ I never had a summer with another

♪ I never had a summer with a lover

♪ I never had a summer with another

♪ I never had a summer

♪ I'm gonna take you to the water... ♪

♪ I'm gonna take you to the water

♪ I never had a summer with another

♪ I never had a summer with a lover

♪ I never had a summer with another

♪ I never had a summer with a lover

♪ I never had a summer with another

♪ I never had a summer with a lover

♪ I never had a summer with another

♪ I never had a summer with a lover. ♪

♪ There you go, letting me down again

♪ Take off that crown I made

♪ You don't deserve it

♪ I know, I know that it's all pretend

♪ Maybe I'm only afraid

♪ 'Cause I wanna preserve it

♪ We walk two steps forward

♪ We fall 10 steps back

♪ And I feel like screaming

♪ 'Cause I know we can never go

♪ Back to that space we used to hold

♪ Before you made me feel alone

♪ We're so far from there

♪ And I'm a long, long way from home

♪ I'm a long, long way from home

♪ I'm a long, long way from home. ♪

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