Sit. I'm ready for marriage.
I don't want you to take this the wrong way.
Like, we aren't on the same page.
What have you two got in common besides the obvious spark?
We just get on really well. Yeah, we...same sense of humour.
Do you see other girls? Not at the minute, no.
It's incredibly hard to stop loving someone, I'll always care for you.
You can't just switch it off, which is why we're here today. Exactly.
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 he thinks he's got the right to be a dick to me. It's like, what?
I've never been this confused about a girl ever.
I was talking in the morning with Tristan about Liv and him
and then in the evening I ended up getting closer with her.
Am I ticking boxes at the moment? You are ticking a lot of boxes.
That's good. Now you like this Will guy
and we seemed to have lost something
that we could...could've been lovely.
There's just a lot of stuff I've got to think about.
Go on, Sammy.
Lovely return. Come on, Tiff.
Yes.
It's yours.
THEY LAUGH
So match point.
Is that yours, Sammy? I think it is. Oh, no!
Victory. I can't believe it.
Do you know what today's reminded me of?
When I came out to see you two when you were in south of France
and we had a game of tennis. In Cannes!
That's right exactly. On the clay court, I remember it very well.
And you were... It was that young love and. Oh, Dad, stop.
No but it was... Oh, I remember then, that was...you guys were...
No. ..quite cute.
Sam, when you were dating Zara, did you ever think you'd be
back on this tennis court?
I'm sure he wasn't really thinking about that.
I was. I always thought me and Tiff could you know, be really,
really, really good friends. Yeah, no, it's nice.
It's nice and, like, easy. And do you know what Tiff, I...I've got
to say as well, I...massive respect to your boyfriend,
obviously I've never met him but, you know,
I think it takes a lot of character to be, like, cool with, you know,
rekindling a friendship and stuff and not being around and stuff,
so massive props to him. Yeah. Well, I'm sure your paths will cross, so.
I hope so, I really do. Yeah,
I'm sure you guys will meet at some point.
Maybe we could have a tennis game between him and Sam.
No, that's a step too far. Oh, a step too far? OK.
We should! Oh, my God. I mean, that would be.... We should so do that.
Well... Have you beaten him? I did beat him, yes. Yes!
He's got a better game of tennis than you,
you've probably got a bit more, you know, je ne sais quoi.
THEY LAUGH
Whatever that means. Oh, I can go home now. Lovely!
On that note, Clive, I think it's really important that you
find out how Tiff met her boyfriend.
Oh, yeah.
Tiff, how did you meet him? Um, on Instagram.
Oh, really? Yeah. What did he do?
He slid into my DMs. HE LAUGHS
Slid in the DMs. What, your...? Do you know what that means?
Doc Martens?
THEY LAUGH
Think. DMs... He basically direct messaged Tiff.
Oh. This is how people do it nowadays, Clive.
It's a saying. It's... No, but Dad has Instagram
but he doesn't know his log in or anything.
I manage it for him. You have the Gram? I have.
So many women slide into his DMs.
I'm literally like, "Decline... Do they?
You dog! "..decline." Are you checking the thing?
Yeah, I vet them. Do you reply? Really? Yes. Oh, thanks.
Clive knew what sliding meant. THEY LAUGH
That was a good bluff, wasn't it? Well played.
MUSIC: HEAD LIKE A SIEVE BY BALL PARK MUSIC
There's something about a bike, dude, like, that's...
He says standing next to his Ferrari.
Yes! This is fun, but you get, like, the snide looks and you're
like... It is fun.
"..That's a 25-year-old in a Ferrari, I don't respect that."
With that, that's a whole lot of man.
Good stuff. Thanks man, thanks for coming for lunch.
No, pleasure.
So, I've heard through the grapevine that you
and Liv have hung out, maybe once or twice.
Yes. Um... You're a naughty boy.
No, I know how it looks, James. Yeah. I'm totally aware of that.
OK. Totally aware of that.
However, when I spoke to Liv, she kind of said that everything
was kind of over and, you know, she's a single woman and...
But you did take her for a date... I did.
..before asking or telling him, not that you needed to, but...
Mm. Obviously, I would really like to have a conversation with
Tristan, because I'm not a snake, I'm not that kind of person.
I want to make... He will respect that. Yeah. He will respect that.
I want to make sure that everything is transparent and stuff. Yeah.
And as you said, you're not a snake, but you're in the grey area.
I'm in the grey area.
Anyway, what about you?
I'm great, other than just moved in with Maeva, and it's...
Yeah. ..it's got to a new level of serious.
Oh, right. Yeah, and I signed that bit of paper for 18 months on a flat
and I'm like, "Have I made the right decision?"
It's a pretty terrifying prospect, I know.
It's terrifying cos of the commitment.
But yesterday she was talking about kids and marriage.
Wow. And I was like, "I'm not there yet,"
and that conversation to her is fireworks and it's, like...
See I think...I think those feelings are normal.
Really? I've lived with several partners before.
Yeah. Um, I mean, I don't want to say it can make or break.
But it can. But it can.
Yeah. You don't want to build that stuff up.
You really, really don't, because otherwise you'll just...
it will weigh you down. Yeah. I'm sure if you
just really think about what you actually need to say...
Yeah. ..and you put it across in a way that's not going to ignite
any French... OK. ..fires... OK.
Yeah. ..then you can move forward.
MUSIC: WHEN WE'RE IN LIMBO BY LEE RICHARDSON, TOM FORD, JONATHAN MURRILL
Come here, please. Good boy.
Good boy.
Didn't' want to go for a pink drink, then?
No and, and it's alcohol free. Well, I did.
Hmm. So what's happening with the wedding, then?
Oh, God. It's still going ahead. Yeah.
But what's happening with numbers and stuff?
Well, now we've got... We're only allowed 15 guests now.
No, that's a lie. We're allowed 13 guests,
because 15 includes us. Includes us.
I suppose you both have to be there, really, don't you?
I mean, I... I could Skype in.
SHE LAUGHS Gareth on Zoom!
Yeah. "I do." I think, looking at the positives, we're going to be
surrounded by the people who mean a lot to us. Yeah.
And we can do another big thing another day,
but it's going to be beautiful...
Can I tell you the really weird situation?
After the ten o'clock curfew,
so once we get married at 8:30 at night, at ten o'clock,
we then go, "There's nowhere to go." So we'll go home,
I'm going to get absolutely rat-arsed
on very expensive champagne
and I'm going to curl into bed and not brush my teeth.
Um, well, I hope you are. On your wedding night?
No, almost certainly. No-one has sex on their wedding night.
Well, that's it, you and me straight down the registry office.
No-one has sex on their wedding night. I'm not pushing myself
to make sure that I can be a thorough lover on that night.
"Thorough lover"? Well, you haven't yet so why, why try now?
Gave me shudders. Um, I had my date with Will, by the way.
It was nice. He's sweet. OK.
That doesn't sound particularly enthusing.
Doesn't sound particularly enthusiastic, does it?
He is really sweet but it's just there's.... Sweet's not, like...
He's very nice, he's charming, and he is... Yeah, no, he's great.
I think he's a wonderful guy and I think
he's a very good suitor for you. Suitor. Suitor.
I do. 1,000 years old.
But I think that would work, no? A suitor.
He's good looking. You're stepping out together.
He's fun. He's handsome, he uses a great Instagram filter,
which I stole this morning, it's fantastic.
He seems kind and I... He does.
..I really appreciate that. I just think
whether you were to put Tristan there or Will there.
HE WHISTLES
Really? Straight to Will.
Do you think? No, he is...
Gareth's disagreeing.
He actually... You know what, the one thing about him
that's really nice is that he seems very genuine.
I think he's a good guy. Oh, I forgot to tell you this actually.
So, I got a text from Tristan.
He basically said that he does have feelings for me.
When heard that I'd gone on a date with Will, it did make him...
..I think he said it did make him jealous, and that
if it was to continue, he would be jealous. I just can't work out
if he's genuine or not.
You basically have to, I think, put the ball in his court,
otherwise you shouldn't be, like, wondering, what if?
I think you're in the middle of a situation right now where,
it's almost one or the other.
I know.
I've got to say this is...this is really lovely.
No, it's so nice.
It's, like, been so long since you've been here or anything,
so it is really nice.
And, do you know, I understand when...
..when your dad, like, starts
talking about like the south of France... Yeah.
..and, like, young love and stuff, like,
I understand that it can get a little bit dicey.
Yeah. But I think what he means,
and what I take away from that is,
you know, you were my first love. Yeah.
And I think that we grew together, we grew up together, right?
Yeah, definitely. And I think that we....
We went through a lot together. Yeah.
That's why I messaged you during lockdown asking to meet up
because there was a few things that I wanted your advice on,
and, I dunno, I've never had a relationship before where
they're still, like, in my life but I think it's a really nice thing.
I think we can do it. Yeah, I do as well.
And, you know, Zara...and even now you guys aren't together, I know
she has nothing to worry about and... I mean,
with the Zara stuff, I just think that time...
I know this is so cliche again.
But, like, time heals all. No, it does. But it also reveals all.
Definitely. Definitely.
So, yeah, I think just the best thing you could ever do is
just give each other space and see what happens.
Yeah, figure out what you want and how you're feeling.
You know, I imagine it's probably just going to
be, like, you know, it didn't work and no hard feelings
and onto the next. Well, you never know.
Onto the next. Onto the next?
Onto the next disappointment.
THEY LAUGH To the next break up.
At least you won't be, like, single and unhappy at Christmas.
Yeah, I am. That's exactly...
Are you taking the piss? Are you trying to mug me off?
Because that's exactly what's going to happen.
MUSIC: SPA BY ICONA POP AND SOFI TUKKER
Aw, that looks amazing. You are looking fabulous.
One more jump.
Perfect.
Ah! Well done.
Thank you. You look like a lovely little ballerina.
Oh, you're too good to me, Amelia, thank you.
I know. I've always been not in awe,
but I've always really highly commended your confidence.
Like, the first thing I noticed about you was, like, your energy
and your aura and I just think, if I were to do it,
I'd just look like an absolute fool.
Why? I'd just be like...
THEY LAUGH
I love it, honestly. It feels like a miracle to wake up every day
and want to go to work and to be... Yeah, of course!
..so passionate about it, like, I wouldn't want to do anything
else. I saw Verity and Charlie the other day.
I absolutely adore them as a couple. I am... Yeah?
No, I love them together, I think they're very sweet
and obviously he's like my big brother
and she's my little sister. Yeah.
Yeah, do you...do you trust him?
Like, do you trust both of them? Well, I hope so.
Specifically him. I dunno... Obviously, cos you know Verity more.
Yeah. What about Charlie?
Do you trust that he's got good intentions for Verity?
I feel like he has respect for her, why?
Why? I feel like you're not telling me something.
I don't know, I just don't really trust him.
MUSIC: DEAD WEIGHT BY PVRIS
THEY LAUGH
I love your top. It's so nice.
Thank you so much. You know what it's called?
What? It's a pussy bow.
Oh, my God. Pussy bow? Mm.
I like what you've done with your little...
Well... ..spaghetti number over the blouse.
Harvey told me that I looked like a waitress, but I was like...
Harvey shouldn't judge. Because he doesn't know the trend.
I was like, "You don't know fashion." "You don't know fash..."
Harvey looks like a nerd most of the time.
How is it going? Yeah, you know. Yeah?
It's been all right, you know what it's like.
We're about to move in together.
Um, we've had so much trouble moving in
and finding somewhere, that I think it's, like, semi built up
a load of pressure and we're kind of overthinking everything.
Well, I think I am overthinking things slightly. Me too.
I'm just like, "Oh, gosh, like, is this happening?
"Like, am I actually..?"
I've never moved... I've never lived with a boyfriend before.
Yeah, but you already had, like, six months of practice now.
I know, yeah, I know. Yeah. Which is great, actually.
Maeva likes to be a French house frau.
Are you guys all good, you've moved into your house now?
No, it's a nightmare. Oh. What? Wait what?
Oh, for fuck's sake.
Basically, as soon as we moved to the new flat,
it got weird. Really?
It got weird. Why? We don't talk to each other.
He's really cold.
So, basically, we kind of, like, ignore each other.
When we're around people, he's actually acting really well.
Yeah. Not well, but he's fine with me. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
As soon as we go, only together, it's just me and him,
he's cold. He's just switched.
That's strange.
Fucking weird. I got to this point where I was like,
"Oh, my God, if we are at this stage where he's actually regretting...
"..he's now regretting... Regretting the...
"..regretting the moving in with me, um,
"what the hell is going to happen?" Because it's kind of too late.
Yeah, it's scary, and I think, for guys,
it...they panic a bit, you know?
Cos... Yeah. Also... It's, like, the real deal for them.
It's a big thing and they're...
men struggle to commit.
Do you think he's hiding something?
Oh, uh, for sure, I mean... Really?
Well, hopefully, because if it's not the case,
well, he's obviously, like...
..he's a fucking weird guy, so I hope he's hiding something,
because otherwise I don't understand why he's doing that.
Mm. But if he does, if he does hide something,
well, what is it?
♪ Let time follow you
♪ In your pursuit of happiness
♪ You're never going to get
♪ Never get what you're never going to look for
♪ Let time follow you... ♪
So, Rez, I had one chance to prove myself on Clive Watson's court.
I have never beaten him before at tennis
and I get paired off with Mytton.
I thought I did all right considering.
How was Clive with you in general?
Brilliant, mate.
Like you never left? Sam's reassured me there's literally,
like, zero coincidence
the fact that he's just broken up with his girlfriend and, like,
he's trying to, like, speak to his ex...
Apparently it's nothing to do with that whatsoever.
It's not at all. Mytton's actually completely right.
Like, zero to do with that. Thank you for that, mate,
I appreciate you saying that because it's true.
Weirdly it's just like the one thing
that Zara would, like, really hate but he says...
SAM LAUGHS Solid verification.
I believe him.
He painted that day - he crushes Clive.
Scoops Tiff up. He leans over the net
and literally picks Tiff up with one finger,
starts snogging her and they're going back out.
If there's one silver lining of everything that's gone wrong,
it's that I can at least try and explore a friendship,
and nothing more than a friendship, mate.
Don't look at me, mate. You do what you want to do.
And that is have a friendship.
How did you get back to London after tennis?
Well, Tiff actually gave me a lift. Wahey! There you go.
She offered and I accepted. In a car again for the second time,
this time it's slightly more platonic, then? Yeah.
"Get in here, buddy. Jump in the back."
I literally had my backpack. I went, "Wait for me!"
I was a little bit apprehensive. I sat in the car
and I went, "This could either get a bit awkward or actually..."
"Or we could get married." "Or we could just hook up."
"Or we could just go back to my house."
No. I think it's a rubber stamp, really,
on how great this new path could be.
Well, you know what they say, it's not about the journey.
No, it's not about the destination, it's about the journey.
It's about the journey. That's right.
Yeah, and I love a journey. And you had a great journey.
I love a journey, mate. Yeah.
♪ Baby, I'm just no good at getting over you
♪ It's only a love like yours... ♪
I want to get my feelings across now. I want to explain
to Tristan what's been going on.
Theoretically, that's a good thing to do. Yes.
I'm here to back you up.
OK. Because obviously you need the muscle.
WILL LAUGHS
Hello, buddy. Tristan, hey. How are we?
Yeah, good, man. How are you? Yeah, good. Very good.
Good. Thanks for coming, man.
Absolute pleasure. Yeah.
Interesting text to get. Let's get down to brass tacks.
Um... No small talk. Yeah, I believe that... Straight in.
..I owe you an explanation.
Um, so basically after your... After the chat we had
on the roof of Harley-Davidson, I went for a drink with Ollie
and Gareth, and Liv turned up and we got talking, and there was a bit of
chemistry there. It was just nice to get to know her.
No, she's a fantastic woman. Yeah.
I don't know what to say to you, man. Yeah, I've got very
similar feelings. Yeah. And...
..it's not something that I'm going to let
kind of just, you know, disappear. I see.
Didn't you say that you didn't want her?
No, I said, "I need to know how she feels
"because she's never opened up."
End of the day, Tristan, I think you've blown your chance here.
Um, I would like to pursue these feelings with Liv
and see where they go. I think we're a little bit more suited.
She's... From how much you know me and how much you know her.
You've known her for a couple of weeks? I don't know that much, but I've spoken to Liv
and she's told me she likes sort of an older guy. OK.
The only thing I worry about is that she doesn't think
you like her at all.
I think you have messed with Liv's emotions a little bit, you know?
How so? Yeah, you know, you say you want to be with her,
you say you like her and all this kind of stuff,
and then as soon as another guy comes along, all
of a sudden you've got something you've got more interest in.
I think you'd like to think that's the case, Will.
I wouldn't flatter yourself. It's not you coming around that's put my hackles up,
I've known her a long time. I see these scenarios all the time, man.
The problem with Liv and I is that everybody keeps butting in when they quite frankly shouldn't.
Are you telling me to not butt in? No. You can do what you want...
I will do what I want. Don't have an opinion on what's going on...
I can look after her a lot more than you can. I'm sure you can.
I'm not going to mess around with her. Great, but you don't really know the story and you
have an opinion that you probably shouldn't have quite frankly.
I have it anyway. That's fine, you can have it
but you don't have to share it with me, because it's not true. OK.
You think what you like, you know. Liv is not a prize to be
fought over, so you crack on. No. You do what you want.
She's my mate and I'm going to continue things
how I think is appropriate.
You do that, mate. I don't think you'll get very far,
but you do that. Fantastic, good news.
Right, well, anything else you want to talk about?
Nope. No.
Well, I think that's the end of that conversation, then.
♪ Tell me where the fight is
♪ Tell me where the high is
♪ Can you hear me now?
♪ Tell me where the fight is... ♪
It's lovely to see you. One to one as well, finally.
It's been a while, actually.
It's quite nice just to catch up one on one, I think, every now
and then without the craziness of, like, Amelia or Freddie.
Or third wheeling!
Oh, yeah, Charlie!
Poor you. No, don't be silly. It's nice to see people happy.
Do you think, like, things are progressing to something
a bit more serious now? So, I asked a question when I was with my mum
cos we haven't really spoken about what's going on between us
at all. Like, we've just been enjoying hanging out
with each other. I was like, "I don't even know if you are speaking
"to any other girls." And he was like "No, I'm definitely not."
So, I guess that sort of confirmed that we're going
in a certain direction.
But then at the same time, I'm just a bit confused what is actually
going on between Charlie and I at the moment.
He's been quite aloof, like with his communication.
Do you feel like it's different?
Like he's been different compared to when you guys were in the house?
Yeah, definitely. Really?
Yeah, we were just really close in that house, and then that
closeness hasn't necessarily, like, followed on out of the house.
I mean...
It's not really the most comfortable thing to say, but I can't like...
You being my friend first... What?
I mean, like, I basically saw Charlie out.
I don't know, I just saw him getting really, really flirty
with this girl.
Like really flirty? Like unacceptably flirty?
I mean, I don't know. In my eyes, it would be unacceptable
if someone was doing that and I was dating them.
Yeah, you're dating... But they sort of went into this VIP room
together, like you needed, like, a code or whatever.
I would never dream of doing that with anyone. It is
really quite hurtful, like the guy that you are dating and you like...
You trust. ..flirting with someone else. And you trust.
And also the fact that he saw my mum and he literally looked her
in the eye and was like, "No." Well that's...
"Nothing's going on with me and other girls."
I just want you to make sure that you protect yourself
and you know who you're dealing with.
I mean, did you ever have to deal with any of this with Tristan?
No. No?
I never used to have to deal with this. I think
I just need to figure out, from his point of view, what
is going on between us. I mean, I'm not the type of person who would
date two people at once, maybe Charlie is.
Maybe we haven't clarified that.
But if that's the case, he's not the kind of person
I want to be dating.
♪ And the wolves outside
♪ They come at my door
♪ Cold like the snow
♪ As they breathe on me... ♪
I like the experience of coffee.
What? You like going for coffee with me?
In general, like... OK, with you, it's probably preferred with you,
but other people as well.
OK. Well, I'm glad.
Oh, good.
I saw Emily. Mm.
And actually she texted me.
"Hey, honey, would you and James like to hang out with Harvey
"and I tomorrow? Double date."
Not really. Why?
Of course I'll do it, but between... Since when you don't
like having out with Harvey? No, look, look.
OK, let's cut the crap because there's obviously something going on
and I don't understand.
Since we moved in, you are so weird.
You're cold, you're ignoring me.
I know.
I think you talking about marriage and kids...
..it did put everything in perspective for me,
and it has made me realise that we are at different stages.
And I don't want you to tear up because it's...
OK, wait. I'll stop you right there. Are you fucking kidding me?
You just realised like, "Oh, my God, it's fucking real with Maeva.
"Oh! What am I doing?"
No, see, it's not that dramatic. It isn't.
All I'm saying is the life I used to live, which was a very single
guy, as you know... Oh, my God. Listen, please, please.
Please, cos this is where things go wrong between us -
is misunderstanding.
I'm saying, like, going out and having that independence where
I can come back at four in the morning and not worry about what
you're thinking or something like that. What the fuck are you
talking about? I'm talking about having like... I don't give a fuck.
When you go out, I never text you. I never text you to see...
I know you don't. "What time you're coming back? Is everything OK?"
I think I'm a fucking great girlfriend with you.
You are in that regard. I'm just saying it's something that
has changed very dramatically in my life. I've gone from here to
being an adult very quickly and I... Look, you know I can be responsible.
Oh, wow. Maeva, please.
But this is typical. This is typical kid talking right now.
You speak like a kid. I told you before moving in with you.
I said, "Are you sure you want to do that?
"Are you really sure you want to do that?" Because I've been
through this before... I know you have, but don't compare them.
Of course I have to compare for fuck's sake! Are you fucking
kidding me? You don't, because it's a different situation.
You're still not listening to me. You get angry at your own voice.
I didn't say I miss my single life. You said that. I'm saying...
So, why are you talking about your
fucking single life then if you don't care about it?
Maeva, I'm very committed to you and I look towards the future.
Listen, listen, listen. You're full of bullshit!
I am not. Please! I'm not saying I don't love you,
I don't this, I don't that. I'm just saying I've had two
weeks of a bit of a wobble. I can have a bit of a wobble.
I can't accept that. You have to.
No, I can't. I can't. Well, then what now? I can't.
Should I move back to my family flat for a few weeks? To be honest, yes.
Like, you know what, you've got cold feet,
you're stressed, you want a break, then breathe!
Go there for a few days, think about it.
Take the dog if you want. I don't care.
Maeva. But right now, I can't... No, I can't!
Because, listen to me, I can't accept that right now.
You know why I can't accept that? It's because I knew it.
Deep down I was like, "You know what, he's actually young.
"I'm sure at some point he's going to change his mind or he's
"going to get scared or something will happen."
I accept that. Do you know what? I know I'm dramatic,
I'm drama queen, I'm crazy sometimes.
I know that, but you can count on me.
I will always be here. And when I say something,
you can trust my word, you can trust what I say
because I'm not a fucking bitch.
Maeva, calm down, please. No, I'm not.
Do you know what? Go to your flat.
Breathe. Have your single life.
Go back and forward, yeah. Nobody will be here.
Fuck you.
That's it. Asshole.
SHE LAUGHS
Why don't you just pick it up and drink it?
I'm really tempted to do that.
So, Liv, are you fond of fondue?
Funnily enough, I am, actually.
Oh, right. Apart from it's quite messy.
Like, I'm not going to sit here covered in chocolate.
No, so I'm actually quite clumsy.
I just want to see you just, like, you know...
Honestly, you're the one who says I make things sexual,
you make it so sexual.
Pfft. Also choosing a fondue. THEY LAUGH
Um, have you seen the boys?
Uh, yes, I actually bumped...well, I mean, I didn't bump,
I, uh, saw Ollie yesterday and I,
uh, I invited Tristan along to clear the air.
Crumbs. And it went...
..I wouldn't say well.
It was a bit of a confrontation, I suppose.
Right. Um, and obviously
I brought to his attention, like, you know, what was going on
and I wanted to clear the air and make sure
that he knew that I wasn't, like,
you know, you and me, we just kind of... Yeah.
..clicked a bit and, you know, bit of chemistry there,
and I wasn't actively going... Pursuing me. Yeah, yeah. Yeah.
But, I mean, obviously things have changed now.
Well, you are now, you've got the fondue out.
Now I've got the fondue out like.
Um... But, I mean, what's your view? I mean, you're...
So, I honestly don't know, like...
Bit of a love triangle going on here, I guess.
That is a situation I'm not quite familiar with but...
It's... It's a hard one.
Do you think if Tristan was to ask you out on, like,
another date or something like that, do you think you'd go for that?
Or do you think, like, this has all been a bit too much?
I don't... It's all a bit... I don't know, I can't work out
if there's, like, too much drama's happened that it's just... Yeah.
Is it even worth it? And obviously I like hanging out with you,
so it's a bit, like, I'm sort of torn. It's hard, isn't it?
It's... When I addressed Tristan and said that, "Yeah,
"I'm just going to pursue these
feelings and see what happens and..."
And what did he say he was going to do?
Pretty much the same thing. Oh, goodness.
MUSIC: HIDE IT AWAY BY WILL BUTLER
So... Yeah. ..I have a monumental plan.
This was actually Liv's idea, but...
Never a promising start to a conversation.
..but the idea of going down to Cornwall for half holiday,
half bachelor do.
Oh, I love this idea. To be honest with you,
it had literally gone to the back of my mind
because I hadn't even thought that it was going to be possible
to fit it in before the wedding. Yeah. OK.
I mean, I don't want it to be
kind of bachelor party, as in, like... No, no. "..Strippers, woo."
Well, that's, that's not us at all. INTERCOM RINGS
Oh, who's that? Who on earth is that? Go find out.
You all right, mate? Buddy. It's Tristan.
Hello, gentlemen.
Hey, buddy.
Hi, guys, sorry, hope you don't mind me stopping by.
I thought I'd come over and just have a chat, really,
after last night with Will and kind of speak to you guys
about this whole Liv situation.
Quail's egg? Away from...
Um. No, you can't, it's Covid, you can't.
No, you can't. I would actually love one, though, it looks lovely.
Um, no, I feel like we should've had a chat.
Yesterday was obviously a bit weird with Will there,
and the reason, kind of, for me stopping by is just,
I know how important Liv is to you guys
and I just wanted to come to you guys, as her best friends,
and kind of just set the record straight.
The only worry that we have properly
is that only a couple of weeks ago, you told Will that you didn't want
to be in a relationship and you wanted to be single.
And so we're sitting here being like,
"How have you, like, u-turned so...?
"How has that changed?" Yeah.
I think both of us were very much on the same page, where
we're very surprised about how these feelings started to develop.
You know, I've known Liv for years now and nothing has ever happened
in that sense. Yeah. But, you know, when you spend time
with people and it's different stages of life,
you know, we've both come out of relationships and
now we can actually maybe look at each other in that romantic sense.
But, at the same time, I think both of us were, you know,
deciding whether or not it was what we wanted.
So do you want to be in a relationship with her?
I want to explore the possibility
of being in a relationship with her, yes,
and if it's the right thing for both of us.
That is what I want. I don't know, really, what she's thinking.
The last thing she said to me is "I need time to think about it."
And obviously, chatting to Will yesterday,
he seems pretty sure that they've got something going on there,
but I need her to know that I do see her in that way.
Liv is literally waiting for you to give her a sign as to what's
going on cos she's got her guard up now
and is just thinking, "Right, is this just going to fizzle out
"or is this guy going to turn round and make some sort of gesture
"which makes me a bit more confident
that there could be something there?"
And I think you need to do it sooner rather than later. Yeah.
I wouldn't wait because I know
that Will and Liv are on a date right now.
Are they, right now? Mm-hm.
MUSIC: MATERIAL BOY BY SIR SLY
Hey. Hey. How are you?
You all right, babe? Yeah, good, thanks. Good.
Good, you? Yeah, not bad, thank you.
Getting myself together, I've been gym this morning,
a meeting as well. What about you?
Um... Been all good?
Yeah, I guess so. Well, I don't...
I'm just a bit confused, like,
what's going on between the two of us right now.
Like, I'm not sure where your mind-set is with everything.
Yeah, of course. I've literally been thinking about this
so much, I've been talking to Holmes about it a lot as well,
cos I don't know what's going on either. I think,
since meeting your mum, like, I just feel like you've been so distant.
You've not text me once to be like, "Oh, what you doing today?"
You barely speak to me through the week.
I feel so weird about what's going on with you.
I don't know, I feel like you're hiding something from me.
I'm not hiding anything.
So, I spoke to Paris and
she said that she saw you being overly flirty with another girl.
Paris, when have I've been in the same room as Paris?
Um, you were at The Goat with Paris. Paris was not at The Goat.
Whether she was or not, anyway, I'm out and I'm drunk,
like, yeah, maybe I did have a flirty conversation
with someone else. What, the day after I see you and sleep with you?
That's not cool! What, having a conversation with someone in a bar?
What's wrong with that? Being overly flirty.
What exactly is overly flirty? Well, apparently you were holding hands
with her and then went into, like, a secret...
Holding hands with a girl, are you kidding me?
So nothing happened with you and this girl? What girl?
I've not held a girl's hand in a bar! That's ridiculous.
You haven't held anyone else's hand? No.
You haven't been overly flirty with anyone? The thing is, Verity,
we're not in a relationship anyway, regardless of if I have or not,
which I haven't and you've been so distant. Oh, my God Charlie!
No, this is my point. Is there anything you want to tell me
about anything you've done? There's two points to this story.
I haven't done anything. You haven't done anything?
I've not slept with anyone. Right. Today I found out you were actively
seeking out and pursuing another girl. Pursuing another girl? Yeah,
called BLEEP. Mm.
Tristan just text me. Tristan?
Fucking hell.
Are you OK? Like, do you just want to be honest with me?
Yeah, I do obviously want to be honest with you.
So are you going to? May... Mm, yeah, OK.
Right, Charlie I'm shocked, the fact that you've just stood
there and lied to me and you're still not telling me.
I feel disgusted. I've... I've never let...
Yeah, obviously I feel bad but I didn't know what was
happening with us, did I? I didn't know what was going on, so how...?
Are you joking, you feel bad?
No, I feel bad right now, about this situation, obviously.
Made a mistake, I shouldn't have done it. I just didn't know where
my head was at. I'm a single guy, I'm enjoying myself.
Obviously I don't want to see you upset,
I hate seeing you upset but I... Well, you've made me upset.
Well done, Charlie. And I feel bad for what I've done, Verity.
I don't really know how to come at this from another angle
cos I feel really bad. You can't come out of it,
you just can't, like... Have a good life. Fuck it.
I'm fully done.
SHE SIGHS
HE SIGHS
Absolute prick.
MUSIC: OLD FLAMES BY STATS
So, obviously, you guys haven't seen each other since Surrey.
Well. Wow. Well... OK, then.
..I said to Liv that, you know, you know, me and you have sorted
things and, I think,
obviously you guys have been friends for a long time
and I think it's a shame if you guys continue this negative energy.
Yeah, I think... I mean, I don't know about you,
but for me, and at the time,
obviously, I was very angry with you,
but I think not speaking to you made me realise how much I actually
do sort of cherish our friendship.
There's not a great amount of people I'd, like, want to talk
to about certain things,
whereas with you, I feel like
you've always been there for me and I feel...
Yeah, I don't know. It's weird.
The thing is, Liv, right,
I walked away from that just almost embarrassed for myself,
and I was like, "I don't...I've just...
"I've got drink in my face and I'm 28 years old.
"What the hell am I doing?" Yeah. I don't hate you or anything, but...
I do just think Liv was fully just having my back
and it all just got so heated. I full understand that,
and I think that that's a great friend thing to do.
I would say is there's a difference between
having someone's back and chucking a drink in someone's face.
Can I be honest? I don't look back and think,
"Wow, that was a fucking great idea at the time."
But I do really, really appreciate you as a friend.
Well, I really appreciate that. It's nice to hear.
And I appreciate you, too. Aw! So...
We're friends now. We're back, baby.
No, I'm joking. I was going to pick up my glass and thought, "No."
Do you know what, I don't have the energy.
Honestly... I'll do it to myself. No, don't.
Um, well, listen, a group of us are going to go down to
Cornwall for a few days and I'd love it if you'd come.
An invite. To make up for lost time.
I thought you were going to say make up for lost numbers.
I'm like, "Do you know what?" And that! So many people have cancelled.
I would've been there anyway. It's fine. Just an invite's great.
Yeah, cool, I'd love to, Cornwall, baby. Cornwallis. Oh, God.
What's Cornwallis? None of those things.
Cornwallis founded Cornwall. No, he didn't.
Just let me have it.
Actually, now that we're friends, I can get your advice. I...
..basically, when we were away, sort of started hooking up with Tristan.
We get back to London, I don't hear anything from him.
So I was like, "That's a bit weird."
So I then got asked out by this bloke Will,
so I went on a date with him and he's very sweet.
What does he do? He's a model. There you go.
Oh, my good Mary Jesus.
You can't touch it. No, you can't touch it. Sorry.
Wow, he's a stallion.
He is very attractive.
So now I'm sort of in a situation where I'm going on dates with
one bloke, but there's sort of still this thing with Tristan.
Mm. And I don't know what to do.
Who do you...? Feelings-wise, who do you prefer?
I think I have more feelings for Tristan
but I'm not sure I trust him.
What I would say, not that my advice matters, dick, but...
No, no, can I tell you something honestly?
I really actually appreciate what you have to say.
I would probably say that I'm wary of this guy, Tristan,
sort of just being...me and...
Using me? I know... Well, just, not even so much.
Just being like, "I don't really want a girlfriend,
"but I'm going to say the right thing so she sticks around. Yeah.
"Because it just gives me comfort in a time where I'm probably
"still hurting a little bit from Verity."
And the annoying thing is that he changed his tune
as soon as he found out I'd gone on a date with Will.
Yeah, it's a man thing. He wants what he can't have kind of thing.
It's a boy thing. That's a pride thing. Yeah.
I think you need to be careful, actually, personally. Yeah.
I don't think you want to get hurt by that.
Actually, Tristan text me and he wants to see me later so I'm...
Really? ..intrigued to see what he has to say. Go! Busy day.
Look, Liv... It's been a long day. No, you're a strong independent lady
and I think that you are the one making decisions round here. Yeah.
You're the captain of your own ship. Definitely.
And I think that you need to just follow that little thing there.
I guess, yeah.
I don't like seeing you sad.
But then again... I feel so much better now I've seen you guys, like.
Yeah, you just need a little... It was so shit earlier.
Why is every single guy the fucking same?
Like I thought he was a really nice person and different
from, like, the rest of everybody that you come into contact with.
Well, different to, different from his reputation.
Yeah. But you are that person, you're a definition of a fuck boy.
Yeah, well. He wasn't even, like, remorseful about it.
He wasn't even that apologetic, he was like, "Yeah, I'm sorry,
"I should've have done that".
Audacity is on sale, that is ridiculous.
It just proves everything, like, if he really liked me
he would've gone, "Oh, my God, V, I am so sorry". Grovelled.
I was fully crying. And if he didn't like you and was a man,
he just wouldn't have gone through this whole bullshit process.
Do you think he would've said anything if, if,
if we didn't bring it up? No. No. No, but that's the thing...
Thank God you fu...like you saw him doing what he was doing.
But it's better that you see his true colours now rather than,
you know, if you had got in a relationship...
Six months down the line.
..and then you really are cheated on, so. Yeah.
Haven't had a curry since Surrey. Have you not? No.
You're a little... I'm a little rapper.
I'm actually not a massive fan of curry.
How dare you. I just got excited.
It's not my favourite cuisine, I won't lie.
Shall we order our mains or?
What time's James getting here?
He's not coming.
We...we're having a break.
Oh. A break?
Yeah. Oh.
Basically, he got scared.
He's got cold feet.
He's freaking out of the commitment of living with someone.
So I told him to pack a bag
and then go for a few days to his family flat.
Basically, what I want is him to realise
and fight for our relationship...
Yeah. ..and just to regret what he did because...
I think by you doing that, it will make him see,
like, that there's something there to miss.
Do you think? Coming from James' side, like,
he's probably quite scared, not from how you'd react but, the fact
that you have just moved in. That's like a big investment and he's,
like, having cold feet and didn't, maybe he wanted to try and deal
with it himself first before telling you there was any issues because.
This is what he...this is what he said.
Yeah, because it's like, you don't
want there to be issues two weeks after moving in, do you?
Because it's like, "Fuck, have I just made a stupid decision?"
So then you're kind of like, "Right, let me just try
"and figure this out on my own before I mention anything".
It's good for me to have your point of view because I need,
I need a boy's point of view.
Yeah, but I think... Yeah. So...
..what happens with guys is you are all pussies.
What? Like, you literally won't say what you think you...until
we take the words out of your fucking mouth.
And it's so annoying and we just know straight away,
we have this feeling. Because we're terrified of you.
No, but there's no need you, you just,
it makes it worse by doing that.
If you're just honest from the get go.
As soon as he started feeling weird and said,
"Maeva, I'm freaking out". Say it, just, just say.
And was communicating with you. This's exactly what I said to him.
It wouldn't've have got to this point.
Exactly I said to him, "You know what, you're scared, just tell me".
No? It's a tough one.
Guys I'm sorry, I think I'm going to go, I want to go home.
Are you sure, are you sure you're OK?
Not really, so I will, I will see you soon.
Well, text Em if you need anything, and I'll be with her.
I'm, yeah, I'm sorry. Enjoy your evening, guys. All right.
It's nice to see you, Maeva. Bye.
I feel bad for her.
Yeah, poor Maeva. I think what they're doing
though is the right thing to do, just have that little time
apart realise you miss each other that, like, just have a bit of...
Yeah, because I guess they've never really had that, have they?
No. But, yeah, I mean, I hope you wouldn't be scared to talk to me.
No, but I know that you would.
Yeah, I would, wouldn't I? Yeah. But you're just like James.
You're like another one of those.
Well, I...I voiced my concerns previously about, like,
moving and stuff.
But now it's getting close to the time, obviously,
it's not great hearing their side of the story.
I hope we don't follow in those footsteps.
Hello. Hello.
How are you?
I'm good, how are you?
I'm good, I'm good, thanks for coming.
Thank you for your message.
Obviously, our last meeting wasn't ideal.
And I have been thinking about you a lot and about us a lot
and I wanted to get together and kind of set the record straight.
I'm...
Yeah, I have feelings for you, Liv, I'm not going to ignore them.
I think it would be unfair for us
to just pretend that nothing happened in Surrey
and just sweep it under the rug
because that's not what I want to do. Yeah.
But why can't we just talk about it and see what happens?
Cos I don't want to waste an opportunity that might be quite lovely.
Yeah.
I mean, you're saying all the right things, Tristan.
However, I don't want to be in a situation where, you know,
I admit to you how I feel and then sort of get a bit fucked over again.
Why don't you admit to me how you feel?
Because I just get nervous, I think...
I also get nervous, Liv but why can't we just say it?
I'm not a bloke you've just met who's trying to get
you into bed Liv, like. You're my friend first.
Is that what you think Will is? Yes.
That is what I think Will is.
Um... How was your date?
My date was good. Was it good?
Hm. Hm.
I sort of wrote everything off with you and I just because I just,
my impression of the whole thing was that you weren't that
interested and so I agreed to go on that date with Will.
I'm like, he actually is a really nice guy.
But then, it's hard cos obviously that doesn't, I don't know,
yeah, I don't know.
Another thing that plays on my mind is are you 100% over Verity?
Have a little faith in me.
I'm so over her.
For example I...we've been messaging the last few days,
the reason being because I was given information
about Charlie which I felt I was inclined to...to...to tell her.
Yeah, I mean, what do you actually want?
I want to see what happens between us. I am ready to make the effort,
I do want you to know that.
Well, listen, I'm going to go with a group of us down to Cornwall.
And as friends, or whatever, you can come, if you'd like to.
You'll be in my bubble and that's when you can...
I've missed being in your bubble. ..prove yourself.
I'd like to prove myself.
Will's also invited.
I can't wait.
Tristan is actually being really sweet through this whole thing.
OK, thank you, Tristan. You got each other's backs. Yeah.
I think Charlie did come between, like, you and Tristan becoming,
like, friends again do you know what I mean?
Cos obviously he does get so salty about you even speaking about him,
let alone if you guys wanted to become best mates.
Yeah, Charlie's always like,
"I don't understand why you're, like, caring about his feelings
"any more. Like, he's such a horrible person."
I know he's not a horrible person at all, sometimes he's just misunderstood. Mm-hm.
After I saw him and like, we like sort of made up
and drew a line over things and I told him about Liv,
we sort of...we're back on this, like, mutual level of respect.
But then on the way home, he sort of said, "It's a bit of a shame
"we never got to have break-up sex, that's the best bit".
I was really. Wow.
I was really quite shocked. Ew.
What did you say back?
I was like, "Well, that was never going to happen".
That's not only, like, slightly disrespectful to you, but also Liv.
I swear, he was sort of meant to be talking to her round the same time.
Yeah. Yeah, you're right. That's inappropriate.
I was obviously quite shocked and confused why he said it,
but it did make me think "Oh, we're back
"to sort of our relationship kind of thing".
And I feel like there is a
bit of a spark still there which is quite hard to just sort of ignore.
You were the love of his life definitely. Was I?
I don't think that he will ever get over that. Really?
I do have feelings for you and I am willing to put the effort in.
I don't want to fight over you,
but I will fight for you and I need you to know that.
Welcome to the countryside.
Slightly niche that we've got both Will and Tristan here.
Why are we playing games, then?
My feelings have been a little stung.
I'm really sorry about that.
Having a family would make me the happiest. Good.
I absolutely want to have children with you.
I was thinking that I might go down to Cornwall.
Are you kidding me?
Habbs might be going down to Cornwall.
Am I being completely mugged off here?
This could be quite a good little bridge building exercise.
Maybe.
This was a big moment and he's basically shat all over it.
Just heard that, like, he might've said to Verity he wished
they had make-up sex.
The one person that I just finally, like, stood there
and said that I liked.
I'm a fucking moron.
My ex-girlfriend has told me that you're...
I don't give a fuck about your ex. Liv, please?
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