2 (BIRD CHIRPS OUTSIDE)
(FLOORBOARDS CREAK)
Can you tell her to stop lurking out there?
Please.
(SOFT FOOTSTEPS RECEDE)
MAYA: You coming to school?
Listen, you don't have to go to school.
Might be better than...here.
(SIGHS)
ADELA: My babies.
(TENDER MUSIC)
Al?
Alan?
I'm going to work.
Why?
(CAR ALARM PIPS)
..as well as extra...
IOANE: Olive.
-Lucinda! -Morning, everyone.
Ioane's acting principal.
Well, I'm here.
Uh... (CLEARS THROAT)
We'll need an all-staff meeting at 8:30.
-Of course. -Uh...
We'll have the wellbeing team at 9:00.
Can you please make sure there's more counselling available?
And...and I'll address the school at 11.
Can you think of anything else?
Uh, the police haven't been able
to speak to Gus since Friday night.
No-one's seen him.
Ioane, have you seen him?
No.
OK. Well, we're gonna have to find him.
He's going to need some support.
Hey, maybe we don't go out tonight, hey?
Probably not.
-Right. Respectful. -Yeah.
Uh, do you two need to be here?
Um, I will show you where the tearoom is.
I only got three weeks with him.
And now he's gone.
I don't even know if it counts.
If what counts?
Oh, right.
Well, we just...
We just got started and then...
..we got distracted and then the cops came
and, you know...
Well, did he finish?
(SNIFFLES)
I think so?
I'm not sure.
Did you?
Maybe.
Almost.
How do you know?
How do you know you finished?
I don't think I've ever...
No, it's OK.
It still counts.
Guys.
It's OK, it's OK.
(GIRLS SOB)
It's gonna be OK.
KATE: Just gotta get through the day, guys.
Just gotta get through...today.
Uh, actually, I wanted to say something.
I, uh...I shouldn't have had the party, because then...
Brendan, no.
I...I gave him the pills.
Yeah, and some dickhead called the cops.
This is not on you, George.
But the last thing I also said to him was,
"I'd rather go gossip about your dick."
Yeah, exactly.
ADELA: Yeah, yeah. No, I understand.
And we'll definitely be in touch if we hear anything.
(KNOCK AT DOOR)
MO: Police?
What do they want? I already did the interview.
They want to ask Gus some questions.
He still hasn't spoken to the police?
-That fuckin'... -Mo!
They asked if you could get in touch
if you have any idea where he is.
Why would I know where he is?
They'd be asking all his friends.
He's not my friend.
It's his fault we were up there in the first place.
Mo.
Where are you going?
(VACUUM WHIRRS)
(PHONE RINGS NEARBY)
(KNOCK AT DOOR)
(SOFT CLATTER)
OLIVE: Uh, did you just...
Yeah, well, they'll come back if it's important.
IOANE: Good morning, everyone.
This is a very difficult day for our school community.
I thought you weren't coming in today.
-You guys seen Gus? -He's not here.
IOANE: ..we tragically lost a Year 11 student.
-Tully Prichard... -(GIRL SOBS)
IOANE: ..was a talented athlete...
Who is that?
IOANE: ..and a much-loved young man who enriched...
We all grieve differently, Priya.
IOANE: The library is open...
..for anyone who needs a quiet place to be alone
or gather with friends.
Please know that the school is here for you.
(DOOR CLOSES)
Mo.
-I am so sorry. -What?
(IOANE CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY)
IOANE: ..to be alone with your thoughts
and an additional...
An additional member of the wellbeing team
will be, uh...
Guys?
Uh, guys, face the front, please.
Face the front.
Guys? Everyone?
Thank you.
(IOANE CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY)
(SOBS)
(WAILS)
(BANGS ON DOOR) Gus!
EMME: Hold your horses!
(LOCKS CLICK)
-(DOG WHIMPERS) -What is it?
I'm looking for Gus.
Do you know where he is?
No, I said I'm looking for him.
The police were here.
You are his mate, yeah?
He's not in any trouble. Just tell him he can come home.
-I said I don't... -Please.
-I don't... -Just tell him he can come home.
OK. OK, OK.
(DOG WHIMPERS)
(KOOKABURRAS LAUGH)
(THWACK!)
MAN: Big night, tiger?
You alright?
See ya, mate.
Doesn't make sense.
He's so fast.
Please, Maya. No.
GEORGE: I just keep thinking if I'd gone with them,
it could have gone differently or...
Sorry.
What should we do for the memorial?
"Outstanding young athlete.
"Treasured member of the school community."
He didn't even care about that stuff.
Well, what would you say?
That Tully would be embarrassed by all this.
George, you could play something.
Yeah, you should, babe.
I don't think I want to.
We could print out photos, share our favourite memories of Tully.
If you put it in the group chat, I can put them all together.
What?
Are we supposed to use the same group chat or...
It is a good idea, Priya.
Thank you, Brendan.
Ooh, we should make T-shirts with his photo.
GEORGE: I actually know someone who could do them for us cheap.
BRENDAN: Of course you do.
GEORGE: Well, you know I have a very wide network.
PRIYA: Yes. Please.
Mo, what do you think?
What?
Sure.
Have you ever been to a funeral?
MAYA: Um, I don't know anyone who's died.
Well...I didn't.
Yeah.
You'll think of something.
For the memorial.
-Me? -Yeah.
We trust you, Kate.
(CALLS) Lou?
Lucinda?
Oh, Lou.
(SIGHS)
(GENTLE MUSIC)
(MICROWAVE BEEPS)
('BIZNESS' BY TUNE-YARDS)
♪ Beyond, up here on the mountain
♪ That I climbed to lose you
♪ I say, I saw every bit of business
♪ That business could work through
♪ I said... ♪
These 32. Indigo only.
GEORGE: That's very specific, Kitty.
Get painting, please, Puppy.
Not, like, a nice cobalt or, like, azure?
Indigo.
(CLICKS TONGUE)
Here he is!
OK, so I wanted you all here because...
I can order one for everyone who wants one.
It may not be his best angle.
Um, is there something wrong with his eye?
Priya, that's a lovely thought.
"Death is not extinguishing the light.
"It is putting out the lamp because the dawn has come."
What the fuck does that mean?
It's...
..profound, Maya.
What does it have to do with Tully?
What is wrong with you?
I'm sick of everyone pretending they knew him best.
I know you've known him forever, of course. I was...
Tully wasn't who you all thought.
It was hard for him.
And it's like there's some conspiracy
to not even talk about it.
Not talk about what?
If it really was an accident.
PRIYA: What are you saying?
MAYA: You know, Kate.
All that football star shit...
You don't know what you're talking about.
-He hated it. -You weren't even there.
You didn't see it.
Well, what'd you see?
Why won't you tell us what you actually saw?
(GEORGE CLEARS HIS THROAT) Bit intense for me.
I'm gonna go get some air.
Oh, babes.
(KEY TURNS IN LOCK)
Hello?
It's Maya.
Um, I brought some more food from Mum.
Oh, that's... That's good.
Are you OK?
I mean, of course not.
Mmm.
It's good.
Feels like he's gonna walk in here at any minute.
Hmm.
I should go.
That's his shirt.
Oh, I'm sorry, I...
No, that's... That's OK.
I always thought you two would end up a couple.
(SIGHS)
LUCINDA: Four.
Hmm?
No, you were five.
Five years old.
He thought the world of you, Maya.
Thank you.
Um, are you coming to the memorial tomorrow?
(CLEARS THROAT)
Um...
Those mine?
Thank you.
And just say thanks to your mum from me.
Oh, fuck. Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck.
MAE: Hey.
You need anything?
No.
(SIGHS)
(TENSE MUSIC)
GUS: What the fuck, man!
This isn't funny.
Come on, man, say something.
Why'd you go?
(GUS SOBS)
(SIREN WAILS)
(HORN HONKS)
Do you think the tan?
And you...you can wear the navy pants.
I guess we're supposed to be wearing black,
but I don't suppose it really matters, does it?
I mean, we can wear what we want.
Who the fuck's gonna tell us otherwise, right?
What'll we dress him in?
What? What?
I can't say goodbye to him so many times.
I'm really sorry, Kate.
Everyone left after your stupid little tantrum.
The whole point I did this entire thing
was so we could have something to do together.
MAYA: I know.
I'm really sorry.
Um, we're here now, though.
(EMOTIVE MUSIC)
Still think the T-shirts were better.
He should be here with us, though, you know?
Like, finishing school and growing up.
And doing all the things that we were going to do.
He's gone, Kate.
No, he's still with us. He's still in us.
(SNIGGERS)
He was definitely in me.
(LAUGHS) What the fuck are you doing?!
(ALL LAUGH AND SHOUT)
PRIYA: Um...
I guess all I wanted to say was...
..I think everyone who knew Tully...
..was in love with him.
Or maybe only I was.
You know the way he really looked at you?
Like he saw who you were?
I mean, he was gonna be successful,
but he didn't act like that at all.
Because...
Because I think...
..he loved us back.
So even if we all knew a different Tully,
we have that in common.
Feeling...lucky to have even known him.
(MOVING MUSIC)
(SNIFFLES)
IOANE: Tully Prichard...
..was an extraordinarily gifted athlete
and a loyal friend to many of us.
He was a leader.
He was emblematic of the potential
we see in all our students,
because he had the world at his feet,
securing an A-League contract with the Wanderers,
a proud first for Jubilee High.
Losing a friend like this... (CLEARS THROAT)
..it doesn't make any sense.
I'm not going to pretend it does.
(SINGS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
It's OK, babe.
(IOANE CONTINUES SINGING)
I know what I saw.
It was an accident, OK?
(POIGNANT MUSIC)
(INTERCOM RINGS)
('BROKENFOLKS' BY GEORGIA ANNE MULDROW)