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He's friend zone. So who are you gonna bonk? Who am I going to bonk?
Sam's not joining us. Ah!
Zara has got an issue with me and him being friends.
Let's resolve this, I'll never speak to you again,
and this is perfect, done. Awesome.
He doesn't want a relationship, that's the black and white of it.
It's got nothing to do with you any more! It's nothing to do with you.
I like Tristan and I... Do you, actually? I actually do.
You stick to that side of the table with Charlie,
and I'll stick over here with Tristan.
I still feel really awkward around Tristan.
Are you over him? Like, are you fully over him?
Yeah, I am fully over him.
So if we go for dinner, would that be a date?
Oh, I don't know. Let's make it a date.
♪ Listen up, yo
♪ Listen up, listen up, listen up, yo
♪ Listen up, yo
♪ Get up... ♪
Don't you think Ollie's facial hair looks good?
It is kind of contouring for the visage, yeah.
It's my... Hello. Hello! Hello!
Welcome back. Welcome home. Oh, my God!
I can't tell you how happy I am to be back, by the way.
I feel like I was there for six months.
She's grown up! Yeah, in her new business attire.
Yeah. Dressing like a lady!
I'm very proud of you.
How was the end of it? So I hooked up with Tristan after...
I thought you had a spring. Wait...!
I like Tris, I mean... No, he's really sweet.
Oh, my God, he's so hot, I keep on telling you this,
that I saw this was gonna happen. Do you actually think that?
I do think that. Very tall. Very tall.
Which is good, cos obviously I'm quite tall.
He looks fertile, I like him.
Fertile? Yeah. What...?
So like all things aside, do you actually feel...
when you see him, do you feel something?
Yeah, I more actually don't really know what he wants,
he's just quite closed about the way he feels and thinks
and like what he wants kind of thing.
Could you see yourself dating him?
On the last day, he was like, "Oh, we should go on a date,"
but I was like, "Because you're my friend as well..."
Yeah, but like good relationships start like that.
Like my relationship with Ollie, I was friends with him,
and now our relationship's developed.
Like, it's a good starting place, you know? Yeah.
I think you should go on a date
and see what it's gonna be like outside of it... Yeah.
I've got a really good feeling about it. Do you?
For some reason, I like him.
I have a feeling he might sack me off now we're back in London. What?!
If he pies you, we'll hurt him. We'll beat him up.
I know, at least I've got you two.
We'll send in the gay mafia, we'll send in the gafia. The gafia!
If things shouldn't progress, you could date Will.
You COULD date Will. Aren't you dating Will? No.
Will's a very nice guy.
He's coming to ours for dinner tonight.
Beautiful man. Beautiful. He's cute.
I'm actually quite concerned that Ollie's gonna run off with him.
We love him. It's all a clever ruse.
Drive off with him on his motorbike into the sunset.
♪ Saved your life once or twice
♪ Saved your life a thousand times
♪ No fanfare, no fanfare
♪ Hold you tight all the time
♪ Only trying to make it right
♪ No fanfare, no fanfare... ♪
This is heaven. This is heaven. Absolute heaven.
There's something intimidating about that power between your legs.
I mean, I'm used to it but....
Yeah, but that's what I live for - when I drive my bike, like...
I just said "drive", I should've said "ride".
Ride your bike, ride it, it's a style thing.
People say, "Do you fly a plane, or do you drive a plane?"
You fucking fly a plane. Here we go.
"So you ride a motorcycle - I'm James, by the way, I fly planes."
I must admit, you turned up to Liv's party, right,
and we were all just like, "Who's the new boy on the block?"
We hit it off straight away.
As soon as we got talking about motorbikes...
Oh, I love it. ..that was it.
What happened with Soph in the end?
It just never really lifted anywhere.
But, um... Did you want it to go somewhere?
Yeah, well... I mean, she's a serious woman.
She is a pretty serious woman, but we're looking for different things.
Covid dating sucks, doesn't it?
It really does, it's quite difficult.
What about you and Liv? What's been going on? Well, we're friends,
and I think neither of us are sure if it's something more. Yeah.
And I really don't know where her thoughts are on that at all.
Is it something you wanna pursue, investigate those feelings?
I'll be honest, like boys' chat,
coming out of my relationship with Verity,
I promised myself I needed to be single, I needed some time for me.
Definitely. And everything's going 1,000 miles an hour,
and I feel like being back in London
and kind of being apart from each other for the last few days
has really given me clarity that I'm not ready for anything more.
That's a very long-winded way to say that you're not into her.
Well, no, I am into her, but I'm really not ready for a relationship.
I think you've just had a bit of a rebound, Tris.
That's what you've had, you know. But I would hate to label that,
because we got really close, like maybe there's something there.
The thing is I've never gone further with a girl who was a friend first.
Yeah. I've met them and straight into something romantic.
Yeah. So it's such a bizarre concept for me to have a friend
and then it transition into something more. Yeah.
I've got no experience with it, I don't know how I should be feeling.
Keep communicating with her. James, exactly that.
Honesty is the best policy, just get it all out on the table
and just talk with her about it.
You guys are friends, you might get your answer there.
Maybe she doesn't, maybe it's something that isn't meant to be.
I've never been this confused about a girl ever.
MUSIC: Someone New by Tayo Sound
So I know you saw Zara didn't you?
Yeah.
How did that go?
It went down like a lead balloon.
Hmm. It was awful.
As you can imagine. Lead balloons go down pretty quick.
They go down quick. There was a lot of tears.
Yeah, she was absolutely devastated, as you can imagine.
She couldn't get her words out. No.
It was pretty tough, to be honest... I'm sorry, mate. ..to even deliver the news.
Yeah, that's horrible for you... No, it's not your fault.
Don't be, don't be sorry it's not nice to see
and I don't think it's nice for you to hear either obviously
but I think you guys, no matter what now,
she needs to take some space and time out of the situation,
because it's not gonna do her any good. I agree.
Hi. Hello. Hey. Tiffany Watson.
I didn't, I thought I was just meeting you, Ruby.
We're all here. What, don't, don't sound too excited to see me.
Yeah.
And, Sam, obviously. I don't think you two have seen each other
since Liv swilled him with a, with a drink.
Are you dry? Just about.
The last time we saw each other we were like, "Let's never speak again."
And then Ruby organises coffee for us so.
Hey. It's a clean slate, people. There you go.
It just sucks, because I've always tried to
be your friend from the start, and I know this sounds very "woe is me",
but like I've now just been left with nothing.
Yeah, I know, but...
And the one person that I've tried to be friends with, to the
point of getting in arguments with my ex-girlfriend, is now
friends with my ex-girlfriend. I know, but, obviously, me
and Zara have become friends now and we are gonna continue to hang out.
Awesome. I, I get you don't wanna be around her but...
You don't give a shit. Say it.
Well, just because I know how I felt in that situation.
Like, it's the worst feeling in the world.
So you feel more sorry for Zara than you do for Sam?
Not that I'm asking for your sorriness. In a way, yeah.
I think that's weird, Tiff. Yeah, but...
No, it's not, because, honestly, I've been cheated on and I've
cheated, it's, you feel don't, you feel so much worse when you cheat.
You do.
I would've thought it would be like, OK, Sam got cheated on,
that's dark, and then you could reacquaint yourself which is
always what you wanted anyway.
But now it's gone the, the opposite direction that as soon
as we've broken up it's like you guys have now become really pally.
And it hurts me because I'm like, I've always, I've only
ever wanted to be your mate, which I thought was what you wanted.
No, I get... OK, I get that but I'm just like.
I'm not gonna make you be my mate, though, like...
It's just, it's confusing to me.
Right now I feel very confused about the whole situation,
so I just need to, like, gather my thoughts in my head
and just figure out how I'm feeling.
OK.
MUSIC: R U 4 Me? by Middle Kids
It is just so good to have you in London.
I just love coming up to see you, I haven't seen you for ages.
I know, we need a big debrief.
I know. So much has happened in this house.
Like, it turned out Liv and Tristan, like, slept with each other,
and they were all over each other at this dinner party.
Oh, wow. And it really upset me.
Oh, God. Yeah.
So you have, still have feelings or...?
It's not feelings.
It's not like I wanna be with him at all. No.
But I think Charlie thinks that I still...
Something's going on with Tristan.
But it's not. It's not, so are you totally over it?
Yeah, I just don't, I just can't be around him.
Can I ask you now, are Liv and Tristan together now?
I don't know, I really don't know. I mean, I presume
so, the way they were acting round each other.
Really? Yeah. Wow.
And she said that she liked him.
I actually don't know what's going on between them.
I really feel that you should talk to Tristan, just to dissolve
any past feelings.
You finished with him, you've moved on.
Yeah. Charlie's really good.
He comes across as a very, you know, "look at me" type person.
Yeah, but he's a model, so...
Well, he's got, uh, he's very ripped, he looks very fit.
Yeah, he is, he's very fit.
So is he a serious guy or is he just?
What do you feel that it portrays him in a different light?
I think so, he seems one of these guys that just wants
to like, you know, flex his pecs.
It's, you know, it's more to life than this.
There's so much more to him than his, like,
what you see on social media, and, like, how you perceive him.
I'm sure. Um, and I do think you'll quite like him, yeah.
Is he an earthy type of guy, would he come and dig my potatoes?
I haven't quite... Quite figured that bit out yet.
When you look at Tristan...
Oh, gosh.
..he had so much...
I don't know, he's...
When he'd come home he had beautiful table manners and...
Hang on, why are we bigging up Tristan here? I'm over him.
I'm just comparing the two of them, cos he was your last love. Yeah.
And you did have so much feeling for him I know.
And they're so different.
Charlie and Tristan completely different people, absolutely.
I've seen it.
And that's why it's like a breath of fresh air to date someone else.
Well, I guess I'm gonna have to meet this Charlie guy.
MUSIC: Lifetime by Romy
Oh, don't worry I have washed my hands.
Thank you. Well, what a night, huh?
Well, I still wanna know what happened with all the, uh,
tomfoolery. Want the goss, do you?
I do massively.
Well, after me and Liv left you guys...
One minute, let's start with, one minute.
So what the, uh, what I, what I remember and when I left
you and Liv were like, I mean, that was flirty mcdirty.
And I hadn't known Liv that much until the evening
and then, you know, just things happened.
Things, things happened.
She is so fun, as well. I know.
She's hilarious. Yeah, she's really funny.
She's got such good chat. Yeah.
We have a lot in common.
And we get along.
This is, I kinda love this in every way, this is, but...
But it's, but it's a predicament.
You can, you can realise the predicament I'm in.
You know, I was talking in the morning with Tristan about Liv,
and Liv and him,
and then in the evening I've ended up getting closer with her.
So, so, uh...
Obviously, I wanna go about this the right way,
because I would like to pursue something with Liv. I, I think...
What, what do you think, do you think that's a good idea?
I think it's a good idea, why not?
I, uh, the impression I got from him
was that he didn't want a relationship with Liv.
Well, then there's absolutely no reason why you can't pursue that.
Right?
At the beginning I thought that her and Tristan made quite a good
couple, until I saw you guys last night.
And it made so much sense,
and it's just, it was really lovely to see her as happy as she was.
Yeah.
So I actually think - go for it.
♪ Stupid boys with broken hearts
♪ Love to watch you fall apart... ♪
This is delightful, girls, getting to see you back in London.
I want to know if you and Tristan have been upkeeping your honeymoon
period now you're on the outside.
Honeymoon period. The holiday romance.
The holiday romance has come crashing down.
No!
So, yesterday, I realised
I hadn't actually heard from Tristan in a while, so I texted him
to see how he was and he was like,
he replied, he was like all nice and stuff.
He then called me "love", which I don't like being called "love".
I think it's a bit. Yeah. I just don't like it, so I replied going,
"Please don't call me love."
He then replied saying, "Go and have another rose."
I mean... Basically saying, "Go and have another drink."
Yeah, that's so... It's a low blow.
But I just don't, I can't get my head round it.
It doesn't really make sense. Like, it went from being, like,
really nice when we're away and then now we're back and it's like...
Yeah. ..he thinks he's got the right to be a dick to me. It's like, what?
Liv, if he doesn't want to take, if he hasn't taken you on a date yet,
if he hasn't, if he's sending you arsy messages like that...
Yeah. Yeah. ..fuck him off. Literally. Yeah. Yeah, I would.
So, anyway... So, anyway, what?
THEY LAUGH
Just sweating. So, anyway, what? Let's just get to this.
So, this... So, obviously, this happened and I was a bit, like,
"This is so annoying," so I went over
to go see Ollie and Gareth for a drink.
Anyway, Will Higginson was there.
Right. Right.
Anyway, we got chatting and he's actually really sweet.
I was quite surprised actually. Like, the boys ended up actually
going to bed and just left me and Will talking. Like he's... Really?
And he's very like, he's just, he's just a really nice guy.
So, is there, like, chemistry between you and Will?
Is there a bit of, like, eye flirting or something? I don't know.
I mean, he is... I mean, he's really attractive actually
and he's got, and he's really nice. Like, he's, he's funny,
he's very much someone I would, like, go for.
But it's still, I'm still a bit confused about Tristan
and I don't like the way that he's made me feel like an idiot.
Hm. And I don't like being made to feel like that. Yeah.
No, I get you.
Mate. What is this for service? I have to make my own coffee.
I'm really sorry. I probably should've helped you then.
To be fair, you haven't invited me here for a very long time.
You actually seem quite chipper. I was expecting to open the door
and just, like, tears.
I think, do you know what? I think it gets easier every time.
What have you been doing?
Honestly, just trying to, like, be with people.
So, you know Rez? Hm.
I've been, like, hanging with him, like, THE whole time.
But I actually saw Tiff actually as well.
So, actually, I had quite a nice chat. I think she was expecting me
to sort of like...spiteful Sam it.
So it could blossom into, you know, a lovely friendship that could...
then in turn... HE LAUGHS
Hasn't she got... She's got a boyfriend, hasn't she?
Yeah, she's really loved up with him. How annoying?
Me? How annoying?
Hey, he looks like me, so she's obviously picking well.
You know?
But I know for a fact we were never meant to be together,
but I definitely believe that we were meant to be pals, for sure.
Is she not wanting to be friendly now?
I think when she arrived and saw me, I think
she was probably expecting an argument.
But what I'm not going to do is say, "Tiff, I want you to pick me over...
"Like, if you want to be friends with Zara, I would just like us to also be in a nice place as well."
So, you know, I've been doing a lot of work with my gin. Yes.
I'm actually seeing Tiff's dad, Clive, basically. Clivus!
Yeah, yeah. Clivus Maximus.
So obviously, you know, he owns and runs loads of pubs.
Yeah, I used to work for him.
Um, I want to get it into his pubs.
I think we can do that.
I've never really sat down and spoken to him, so I don't know, like, what makes him tick.
Right, mate. What can I do? Mate, I've been there.
Tell you what, I might bring you as the sort of, like, the ice breaker.
I love breaking ice. And then I'll apologise, say, "I'm so sorry"...
I'll say, "Clive, good to see you again.
"We're here for business... and pleasure."
I went to meet Ruby for coffee. Turn up and Sam Thompson
and Rez were there, so I was, literally, like... Oh, no.
"Oh, God! It's too early for this."
But then...he...he really surprised me
and turned around and was like, "I want to be friends."
Kind of went round in circles a bit, but then Rez just like...
Rez was like Sam's little agent and was literally like...
Oh, Rez is so annoying.
He was like, "So, Sam's been cheated on by Zara, he's lost you
"as a friend and now you and Zara are friends -
"honestly it's not right."
Do you actually miss your friendship with Sam at all?
I think it's hard because before me and Sam dated,
we did have a friendship, so that's always going to be there like that.
You've got a lot of history really. Yeah, and I think it would just be
nice not to have to avoid each other
in, like, social situations or at my sister's wedding or something
like that, do you know what I mean? It's nice for us to get along.
It does take a lot of energy to dislike someone. Yeah.
Yeah, life's too short. Really? I find it so easy.
Liv's just like, "I hate everyone."
Guess who's just text me. Who? Will. TIFF GASPS
Saying what? Saying what?
Asking if I want to go for a drink. You're saying yes.
Yeah, I know, I will. I might have to... That's nice!
Look, see, Tristan, you're a hot girl
and you snooze you lose, honey. Bye.
Did you reply?
Yeah, I just said, "Sure."
Oh, my God.
I mean, I don't really know what to do about Tristan. Like,
whether to... I don't really want to say anything to him but...
Then don't.
Just... I think park that for now and just...
Enjoy your date with Will. Yeah.
Do you know what? It'll be really interesting to see if you
spend a bit more time with Will and you think, "Oh, I really miss Tristan." Yeah.
Or if you actually think, "You know what?
"I'm, I'm actually really enjoying this."
Yeah.
♪ Got what I want Take it from me
♪ Got what you came for... ♪
Lay down. Lay down.
Lie...
Oh, I can't be bothered!
Lie. Spin.
Spin.
You going to be a good boy? Are you going to listen to me?
OK? Uh?
Good boy. C'est quoi ca? C'est quoi. C'est quoi ca?
It's my little lion.
I'm glad to see you. Oh, I'm very happy to see you too.
I know, usually, it's not really your normal
environment, to meet in a park.
And especially in meeting my dog!
To be honest, I don't even know what I'm doing with him,
because I'm not his master. It's James.
Arrete, ce n'est pas possible! Arrete de manger! Oh!
Arrete! I'm sorry. I'm strict with him but he doesn't listen to me.
Which languages does he speak?
When I'm annoyed, when I'm really, really mad, I'm...
I'm going to talk in French with him. Yes.
But otherwise, yeah. Do you think that may be part of the problem,
that he hasn't been to French class?
Well, I try to, to teach him a little bit of French.
Teach him a bit of French.
Sometimes he replies to me.
Since I got him, I feel that I'm basically having a kid.
The only difference is he's not going to grow up.
But then, that said, a very cheap alternative.
No school fees. You're right. No caviar.
No 18th birthday party. No caviar.
Do you think it's a sort of question of, this is practice
and then have a child? Well, I... Is that what one does?
Well, I'm 28 now. I don't want to rush things
but, you know, like, it's the age where you start thinking about
having your, your first kid and then... Well, getting married first.
So he's proposed or almost?
No. Not yet. Unfortunately. But you've chosen the ring.
No. Not even. No?! No.
God. I thought people did that in the first week.
Stop it.
It's, it's eating a stick. Stop it. Arrete. Arrete!
I saw my mum actually.
I'm actually quite looking forward to meeting her. Are you?
Yeah, it'll be quite funny.
Um, well, you can meet her if you want. Yeah. You want to?
Yeah, why not? OK, cool. Do you want to meet her tomorrow? Tomorrow?
Yeah. Whoa. Hang on a sec. Tomorrow?
Yeah, tomorrow. She up tomorrow, is she? Yeah, she's coming tomorrow.
OK. No, I'll be up for that. Are you excited? Are you nervous?
Look at his nervous energy right now! "I am." I'm not... Like,
I'm just apprehensive about the whole thing, you know? It's very soon.
Oh, I'm sure you'll smash it. Just be... Yeah, she's lovely.
..like, yourself, be kind, be honest. Yeah, for sure. No, I will be. Yeah.
Oh, I had a nice little lunch with, Liv and Emily, Tiff earlier.
Oh, yeah, how were they?
Um, yeah, I guess just Tristan and Liv a bit of...trouble in paradise.
Paradise?
That situation was never paradise.
I thought they really liked each other. Why what's happening?
I don't really know. I mean, it's not really my place to say,
but I just know that like she's kind of being speaking to Will.
Oh, what, so she's not with Tristan?
This is brilliant. Um... So she's already speaking to another guy?
No. So, basically, they just had, like, a nice chat, but
they didn't pursue anything. Oh, OK. Or, like, had a kiss or any...
And then, Will messaged her and was like, "Oh, do you want to come on a date?"
So Liv and Tristan are over. Oh, my God.
Well, we don't know that. We don't know that at all. Called it early days.
If you've got feelings for someone, do you do that?
I think that's a little bit disrespectful.
Tristan might be thinking that something's still going on with him and Liv.
Like, if he doesn't, if he's not kept in the loop, how's he going to know?
He might have feelings for Liv. Yeah, but it's not really our... Why do you care so much? Yeah.
I don't care so much. I've been delivered some news
and I'm just reacting to it.
I do feel a bit bad for Tristan because...
Oh, my God. ..a guy that... What?
How can you sit there and say you feel bad for Tristan?
This is so frustrating for me, because you said, "Yeah, I'm fully over him." Yeah.
You just asked me to meet your mum tomorrow. Yes. And you're sat there...
I'm just looking at this, his point of view. Hang on... No, but you're sat there,
you're sat there defending the guy's feelings. I don't give a shit about Tristan.
How can you be sat there defending some guy's feelings,
who's your ex, who's slept with your best friend?
You've got to understand, from my point of view, listening to this is pissing me off.
Like, how can you sit there and feel bad for him?
Well, it's a bit awkward for him, no? Why do you care that it's awkward for him?
At least I'm being open about it.
Well, I'm just fed up with talking about the guy.
Cool. Well, let's not talk about it.
I'm wearing my three-piece, you're wearing a, what's going on?
I just went for like, casual.
But you said that we were gonna go smart.
Well, I thought we were joking.
How've you been I feel like I haven't seen you in ages?
Well, things in my personal life aren't great
but work is going really good, I've just been signed by Storm in LA.
That's amazing.
As soon as I can go I'm, me and Ruby are going to LA.
Have you been before?
Uh, yeah I've been before like, twice but never done it properly.
I love LA.
That's just like an ideal place to be.
Oh, it's sad, me and Sam always said we were gonna do like, a few
months out there and just like, live there for a bit so...
Maybe on my own. Yeah. I might have to.
I actually bumped into him or, I went for coffee with Ruby
and she invited him along.
Obviously, the last time I saw him
was at the country house where we had that horrible argument.
But he was like, I'd like to be friends, I'd like to put
this behind us, I'd like to like, move on from that whole situation.
And I just think it might be easier for me if I can be friends with him.
Yeah, fair enough. Yeah.
But, yeah. It's the best thing. Yeah, definitely.
Also like, you and I are friends now. Exactly.
And I know you, you have my back. Yeah.
And I have yours so to be honest I, I think
that it's good that you and Sam can get on now, I think,
so much happened and I think to be honest, for Sam, he's probably
sat there thinking, like, "oh, I just want a bit of an easy life."
Yeah. You know? No, definitely.
I feel like though the last few weeks I've been here
so much in Chelsea and trying to like, be close to him
and actually I think the best thing for me to do
is just take a bit of a step back and focus on me for a bit.
Definitely, I think that's the best thing you can do.
I'm nervous.
I'm a little bit nervous, I think I'm like absorbing a lot of your,
I feel like you're more nervous, not necessarily cos of the business
aspect but because of the underlying family, family feud that's going on.
I, I want, I wanna hug him but obviously we can't.
Dude, I'm, I'm worried that he's gonna think it's a bit random
that you're here. No, why, don't say that.
He also, I believe is a bit of a, is still a fan of mine.
I think that's him there. Is that him?
That is him, mate, but the table's a mess, table's a mess.
OK, stay calm. But the table's a mess.
No, it's not, it's fine.
Hello, sir. Hello. How are you?
Um, did not expect to see you. Hello, sir.
This, this is my uh, untrusted associate, Sam Thompson.
Untrusted. You guys know each other I believe.
I, we have, our paths have crossed, yes.
They have indeed. How are you?
I wish we could hug, I really, really do.
Hey, do you know what, guys, well, Clive may I just say
that I think you, you look younger than when I fir, last saw you.
Well now, you always were very charming, so thank you very much.
And this, this is why I brought you, cos you know.
Oh, yes. In with the compliments. Yeah.
Help get the deal over the line. Exactly.
Excellent. But gin. Gin. Yes.
The de, the devil's juice, as some say, as some call it.
Yeah, gin. Mother's ruin. Mother's ruin. Yeah.
So are you part of the business?
I am a willing helper for today.
You're the hard man and you're the soft man, is that right?
I can get hard if you need me to, Clive. Ooh, golly.
Good cop, bad cop, yeah. Yeah, OK.
That's, that's basically it.
So, look, obviously you'd like to get your gin into our company. Yes.
Yeah, we would.
Thank you for sending those samples. No, yeah, yeah not at all.
I mean I brought some more. Oh, brilliant.
I do like the packaging actually.
The uh, so the, the top is actually a piston head hence where the,
the name comes from. Ah, ok.
So it's inspired by like sort of classical...
What's, what's a piston? It's in an engine.
Look, it tastes great. Let's give it a whirl.
Uh, let's just try it maybe two or three places just to see...
Yeah.
..if it gets traction with, if it does, then fantastic. Uh.
And you'll give me a special price, won't you? Yes.
Very special. I see what you done there Clive.
Super special. Well, I mean you know.
A Sam price, give me, give me a Sam price.
Sam's going through a breakup
so he'll be in the pub a lot drinking gin. Ah.
To forget.
I thought this was a business meeting, I, I... Sorry, yeah,
Uh, they don't mix business with pleasure.
I, I overstepped the mark there.
We don't mix business with despair!
I did ask to be here I'm gonna be honest with you
just because it has been a really long time
and, and I feel like without getting too deep,
I connected on such an amazing level with your family.
You know, and the same goes with Tiff really as well that I would,
I'm trying to sort of rebuild a friendship there.
Because I believe that myself and Tiff were actually,
we were never meant to be together, I think we were always meant to be
quite good friends. Yep. And we get along so well. Yeah.
I, I would also love to, you know, see you a little bit more
if you wanted to like. Yeah.
We could have a game of tennis or something just
because I've never beaten you.
And it's something that's logged in my head. I mean, you never will.
You never will but you know, I'm, I'm happy for you to try.
Clive you're, game on. Bring it, bring it on.
Bring it on.
And, please don't take this the wrong way
you are like a second dad to me. Oh, I'm...
You always have been so, so... What a compliment. Thank you very much.
I would love to have a chat whenever you're free.
I'm gonna start crying in a minute I mean that's...
Hey, don't, don't, you'll make, you'll set me off.
And trust me, when I go, I go.
I feel like, I feel like a spectator at something beautiful,
oh, wow, this moment. Like a waterfall.
Can we go back to business now? Yeah, yeah go on, gin.
Oh, God, sorry, that was...
I'm crying as well.
Oh, hello. Like your mask.
Thanks. How are you?
Good. How are you? Good, thanks.
Is this for me? That is for you, yeah.
Thanks, what is it? Green tea, you know, your favourite?
Ah, you remembered. I remembered.
That's good of you. How you doing?
Um, yeah good. How's it being out the house?
Um, liberating, I forgot there's a real world out here.
No, it's, it's nice to be out, I do miss it a bit though.
Um, I just thought the way we left everything just wasn't nice
and I just don't think we should be like that with each other.
Like, I was crying, you were screaming across the table.
Yeah, I mean obviously, the last interaction we had was
horrible to say the least, I think for both of us, I just, I just don't
know where and how we go forward from this though I just, it's just.
I just don't want there to be like any animosity between us
at all cos I just, I hate hating people and like...
I know you like to, it's just difficult for me because
obviously it's incredibly hard to stop loving someone, I'll always
care for you, it's just where do I draw that line for me,
for my own sanity. Yeah.
It's just like, I, I can't care as much as I used to obviously.
Yeah, and I'm not...
But uh, again you know, it's just probably the same for you,
you can't just switch it off which is why we're here today. Exactly.
Well, glad we patched that one up.
What?
What's happening with you? How's, how's your PT?
Um, no, he's good, yeah. Yeah.
Things are going really well and like, super chilled.
Although he is meeting Denise tomorrow.
Oh, God. Whoo!
She's just not fully sold because she was like, is he gonna,
is he an earthy guy kind of thing and then
she started comparing basically you and Charlie to each other
and was like basically favouring you a bit more over Charlie, which...
I can get that. No!
Well. It's in the past. I mean realistically.
But it was quite funny, I was like, Mum, come on look,
I know you really like Tristan cos she did actually really like you.
Did she really like me? Yeah, she did really like you.
I never got that impression. Did you not?
I really never got that impression with Denise.
Well, I think she thought we were well suited.
I mean, I thought the same.
Thought the same too. Ah.
Um, so go on then, what's going on, how's Liv?
I've got absolutely not idea, I think I started maybe to like her
more than I would've let myself do, would've let myself done.
Because you wanna be single. That, because I wanna be single.
Yeah, I get it.
I'm kinda nervous to let anything else happen.
Because it happens really quickly.
Cause it happened so quickly and I'm, I'm basically a bit
confused, I don't really know where she's at or where...
Yeah, how she feels.
She hasn't really, she's not very good at communicating that with me.
So it's not ideal. Yeah.
Thank you. Thank you very much. Cheers.
This is beaut, by the way. I know.
Thank you, I'm really glad you liked it.
Is this where you have many of your dates?
You bring them on your motorbike and then you just bring them
up here.
Um, by the way, I completely forgot our conversation the other night.
How weird that you used to work on the farm next to my house.
Yeah, yeah. How weird is that?
It's such a small world.
It's, so I, I was 14 years old and my parents are very, very tight.
Yeah. With their, with uh, with pocket money.
That's good though. My parents were the same.
They were like, made us, I used to work in the garden centre.
Yeah, so I, so I was like, right I've gotta go and find a job.
So you're quite, are you quite like an outdoorsy sort of person,
more of a like, the country?
Uh, yes, I mean, I'm born and raised in the city. Yeah.
But I, my heart belongs to the countryside, I love it.
Feel like you're one of those people who goes and like does,
does yoga naked at like the top of some mountain.
Well, we could do that together one time. Crumbs!
Honestly, Ollie and Gareth seem to be your biggest fans.
Really? Yes.
They, do you know what they, they love you so much.
No, no, they love you.
Every time I speak to them, they're like have you heart from Will,
have you spoken to him? I'm like, they're like nosy.
They're our, they're our biggest fans. They are.
But they're also my like, nosy parents.
Like, they need to know.
But I'd say, they really, really care about you.
It's so nice that you've got really good friends like that.
So I ended up going over to Ollie's, yesterday for a,
a bit of you know, a cup of tea and a bit of gossip and stuff.
Um, he's so protective over you but,
he doesn't have to worry about anything cos I am a decent bloke.
Well, that seems to be a rarity around here.
I know you've met Tristan, haven't you?
I have, yes.
And I know you guys had like a thing going on in Surrey.
Yeah, we did, it's all a bit of an odd situation, like,
I'm sort of confused by the whole thing
because it went from one thing to then getting back to London
and not hearing anything from him so, yeah, it's weird.
But I'm, yeah, I dunno, I think I'm just
pretty fucked off about the whole situation.
Like moving forwards you know, I mean. Let's not talk about it.
We've, we've got, we've got...
the stamp of approval. Yeah, by everyone.
By my...
From most of, most of everyone. No, it's good.
And I don't think we need to worry about what Tristan thinks about us.
Oh, I'm surprised at like, how you and I are quite like,
not similar but we get on quite well like, for me. We do, don't we?
Yeah. Am I ticking boxes at the moment?
You are ticking a lot of boxes. That's good. Am I?
Well, you're, you're ticking mine, yeah.
That's good. It's just a shame that,
obviously dating with covid, you have to keep two metres apart.
Keep our distance.
Otherwise I'd give you a big old kiss.
That is weird actually, isn't it?
How do you like progress in anything if you can't even do anything?
Right, I'll order two covid tests. No, two.
And then we can bubble.
Goodness me!
So I'm not the one to tell you about what's going on with Liv
but like, I know a little bit about what's going on.
I feel weird telling you this cos I don't think it's my place to say
but then I've just heard so I should tell you and now we're like,
I dunno, friends again, maybe not friends.
See, I don't know how to phrase it so...
Do you know what, V, I think just spit it out.
Just spit it on out. Just spit it out.
OK, apparently Liv,
she's met a guy called Will who she found a connection with,
I think they're going on a, on a date with each other.
Will?
Will.
Right.
That's so snakey.
From both of them. Yeah.
I, I spoke to him in depth about how I felt about Liv.
But do you not feel like a bit betrayed from Liv? Mmm, yeah I do.
You don't know what's going on with you, you haven't heard from her
for a while, right? She's dropped off the face of the earth.
We arranged to make plans and then nothing, didn't hear from her.
And now.
I think she's on a date.
Uh, well, thank you for telling me.
I mean it'd be quite nice if Liv had the decency to tell me,
that would be nice.
MUSIC: Finally Feel Alive by Skye Emanuel
Think we need to stop soon, babe, he's getting tired.
I know he doesn't look it, but...
Here, look, assertive.
Sit. Sit.
Sit. You really are the master.
Well... OK, look... But I'm not the master of us two, am I?
No, of course not. But sometimes it's annoying because I can see
that he doesn't listen to me at all. Yeah, but it's the deep voice,
though. That's what you need. You need assertive tones.
I've got a deep voice sometimes... OK.
When I say, "No. No, Clyde, stop it." "No!"
No, he's great, he just has so much energy. He's great.
So much energy. When I went for a walk with him
and I... Mark was there, so we saw each other,
so he was like, "Oh, Maeva.
"Do you know what that means, having a dog?
"Like, it's the first step. And then the next stage is obviously
"having a kid."
And I was like, "Hey, you know what? You're right!"
And I'm not going to lie, of course I don't want a kid right now,
and I don't want to get married.
Well, I mean, get married. Yes, I'm ready, like...
Maeva, you're speaking a million miles an hour.
So, he said, "You get married, you have kids."
Don't stress, it's fine. I'm not stressed. I'm not saying like,
"Marry me." Relax. I'm not stressed!
Don't freak out. I'm not stressed, honestly. BARKING
Yes, boy, bark. Good boy.
I just wanted to know if we're on the same page.
Look, OK, I know that you're of age. Like, it's soon. Yeah.
Yes, I do see a future with you, a very, very serious future,
but I don't want you to... No, don't wince or anything!
What Mark's saying, he's right, like that's... That's...
I see us going that way.
It's chilled, you know? It's not chilled. You've just...
"James!" HE GABBLES
Because I'm trying to explain my... That's what you do.
Because you know that it's such a tricky subject, and I hate it!
You're looking towards the future. You know me, I look six months
ahead always. But you can propose to me in six months.
I could. I'm ready for marriage. I'm ready for that.
I don't want you to take this the wrong way.
We aren't on the same page.
It's really as simple as saying, "I'm not ready yet."
You are perfect for me, you are. I just don't want to talk about
marriage. I don't want to talk about kids. I know, I know.
I want to just be a 25-year-old bloke with
a lot of commitments, including dog. That's what I want for a while.
I know, I was just...
Sorry. It's OK.
I know what you want, Maeva. It's fine. I know.
It's just a random conversation,
and then I...
I'm glad that maybe one day we're going to be on the same page.
This is really positive. Exactly, exactly.
Positive. Positive thoughts. Shall we go?
MUSIC: Round & Around by DMA'S
How's things with Liv?
Mate, your guess is as good as mine.
Mate, it's been a very weird couple of days.
So, I saw Verity yesterday and she asked me to come and see her to... I
I don't know, to chat about what happened in the house. I spoke a bit
about what happened with Charlie and stuff at that dinner party.
And then she said that Liv has now decided that she quite likes,
and would like to take on a date, Will Higginson, who's the same
bloke who I had a chat with, with James, about how I felt about Liv.
Why's she...? Why has she done that? How's that make any sense?
I've got absolutely no idea,
but I probably liked her more than I'd let on.
And now I'm kind of stuck here.
She's obviously taking this Will guy for a date.
I was enjoying what we were doing and, like, how it was going,
and the way it was progressing.
Has she reached out to you?
No. No. I actually sent her a message earlier.
She lives just round the corner. See if she wants to pop down here.
She's inbound? How long have we got?
She hasn't responded but I assume... Well, I hope she's on the way.
Oh, boys' night over.
Do you know what? If she comes, that's...
I'd be intrigued to see how she plays it, as well.
I'm intrigued, yeah.
MUSIC: Cat's Pyjamas by Caro
So, I'm excited to see your mum, obviously.
But I'm also a little bit apprehensive. I can't lie.
It's your mum, and, you know, you're super close,
and I want to impress her, obviously.
I think it is better now that we're, like, chilled though, cos...
Yeah, so... Yeah, but that... That's the thing, like it is so chilled
between me and you, so...
It's just like kind of a big deal, isn't it?
Yeah. Hi, babe.
Hi, guys. Hey, Mum.
Hi, how are you? I'm good, thank you.
How are you? You're late!
I'm sorry. Gosh.
Thank you for ordering me a drink, I'm sorry I'm late.
Take your mask off! Oh, yeah.
Let's do a little air cheers. Little cheers. Cheers.
Cheers, nice to meet you, finally. And nice to meet you too, Charlie.
Charlie. Charlie, cheers.
So, are you a bit of a city boy, are you, Charlie? City boy?
Yeah. I'm actually not. Aren't you?
I'm a country boy at heart, yeah.
So, are you into horses and...? My mum has horses, yeah,
I'm not so much of a fan, I'm not going to lie. I used to ride.
So, do you ride? I used to a long time ago.
So what have you two actually got in common, besides the obvious spark?
We just get on really well. Yeah. We get on really well.
Same sense of humour. Yeah.
I think the same outlook on life as well.
We're pretty chilled, I think. Yeah.
There's no... It's not intense at all.
We're both, like, very positive people. Do you see other girls?
Not at the minute, no.
God, I knew this was going to happen.
MUSIC: Preach by Saint Motel
To new best friends. No!
I think. Why did I cheers that?
Because you agree with it subconsciously. No.
Hm.
Hm, I just swallowed a pip.
That was rank. Clive gave me permission to be best friends,
so I was like well... Did he? If your dad said, "Yeah", then...
What did he say? Well, it started off like this.
He went, "Sam, I've missed you so much." No, he didn't.
And I went, "Clive, look, you know,
"you're like a second dad to me." Oh, God.
And he was like, "If you ever want to talk, then you know where I am."
I was like, "OK, great." OK.
So, that's where we're at. Where are we at?
Yeah. Um, well, no, I think it's... I think
it's good that we can, like, put things behind us.
As we've said so many times, we've got all the same friends,
we've known each other for, what, six years now,
and you know, you're best friends with my future brother-in-law.
We're going be walking down the aisle together, to be honest.
We're not. Well, we are. No, no, no. But we are.
No, no, no. We're going off track.
Look, I'm glad that we can be friends.
I think we can go further than that, though.
What do you mean? Good friends. I don't mean... Oh! Yeah.
No, but genuinely, like... OK, let's take it one step at a time.
And I think that... I think you won't take this the wrong way,
I think that we were always meant to be...
Friends. ..good friends. I actually was thinking that the other day.
I was like, "We get along so well."
I actually think that's why we lasted so long together
because we got along so well. Yeah.
And I think that... Completely not compatible in a relationship, but...
But managed to string it out for a good three and a bit years,
which must mean that the friendship's pretty high-end.
Yeah, exactly. Exactly. No, I completely agree.
I'm glad you agree with that because I was panicking
when I was saying it. My mouth went dry.
I could've easily taken it the wrong way. Yeah, I am so glad you didn't.
I've grown. You have grown. Look at you.
I know. Look at us.
Just... Hey, look at us.
We're grown-ups.
HE RASPS: I've got no more drink in there, so...
So, Verity, after our conversation the other day, did you actually
meet up with Tristan?
Yeah, I saw Tristan. Do you know Tristan? Yes.
Unfortunately. Charlie and Tristan don't really get...
You don't get on! He's quite self-centred
and quite self-absorbed. I don't think he's much of a good bloke.
Well, met him yesterday,
and we just, like, drew a line under everything. We sort of apologised
for, like, hurting each other. Yeah, just said that we'd move on.
No feelings came back at all, so it was just quite a nice, chilled...
And also I was, like, consoling him about Liv.
Liv's actually going on a date with someone else and Tristan didn't know about it.
Oh, my goodness. So, I instinctively just sort of was like, "Oh,
"how is Tristan feeling about that? That's not that cool." So, then,
we had a little bit of tension cos Charlie was saying like, "Why do
"you care so much?" But I feel like we've drawn a line
under that anyway. I honestly don't want to talk about him any more.
Hmm. Right.
Nice to see you. How are you?
Yeah, pretty shit. I heard from Verity yesterday,
Verity of all people, that you've got a date lined up with Will.
It's already happened.
This is exactly what I didn't want to happen. OK.
So, we get back from, whatever, the countryside,
I hear from you once.
We then speak. It was all nice, all this stuff, then you're just...
You're quite patronising. You called me "love", and I said,
"Please don't do that." And then you said, "Go and have another rose."
Like, do you know how fucking insulting that is? That is so rude.
I think you're taking that so out of context Liv. I'm not.
I sent you a kiss afterwards, I was trying to... No, no, no,
you said it in a very patronising way.
And you were sort of basically like... I felt like you were just
pre-warning me that you were going to mug me off. I'm sitting here,
telling you now, that is not the truth. That is
not how I felt. I'm upset about how this has played out.
If I'm being perfectly honest, when I came back I wasn't...
I realised I wasn't ready for something, and I thought, "No,
"do you know what? This is probably just something in the house
"cos I thought that's what you wanted as well." Honestly, it is. Why didn't you just say that?
We don't... I'm not a mind-reader, how am I meant to know that?
And likewise, Liv. Yeah, but I was very much more open
with how I felt than you were, and for me, like, not hearing
from you, I was like, "OK, great, it was a bit of summer fun, that's it."
I thought I was... I thought I was a bit of summer fun for you.
Tristan, I stood in front of our entire group of friends
and said that I liked you. Do you have any idea how much
that's taken me? I don't fucking do that for anyone.
Yeah, I know, Liv. I understand what that meant.
But now you like this Will guy, and we seem to have lost
something that could've been lovely. Yeah.
There were definitely feelings that I was trying to push down
because I was confused or, like, wasn't quite ready for them,
which I think is what was going on with you as well,
but we really didn't, like, open up about that together.
Yeah.
So, are you going to see Will again?
Oh, God, I just don't fucking know.
I don't know. I'm just fucking confused.
Anyway, listen I think it's good that we've spoke, but I just...
Feels like there's just a lot of stuff I've got to think about,
I think.
I understand.
♪ This is the last time. ♪
I saw Charlie getting really flirty with this girl.
Thank you for telling me. I haven't done anything.
You haven't done anything? I've not slept with anyone, no.
I think you're a complete joke. You're a prick.
You were my first love. Yeah.
And we grew together, we grew up together.
Weird that this is like the one thing
that Zara would like really hate.
I would like to pursue these feelings with Liv
and see where they go. The problem is that everybody keeps butting in
when they quite frankly shouldn't. Are you telling me
to not butt in, then? You can do what you want, but don't...
Yeah, I will do what I want.
I don't want to fight over you, but I will fight for you
and I need you to know that.
I've just moved in with Maeva, have I made the right decision?
Oh, right. We don't talk to each other.
He's really cold.
I told you before moving in with you. I said, "Are you sure
"you want to do that?" Have your single life.
Fuck you.
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