2 (CRICKETS CHIRP)
It's like an itch.
PRIYA ON PHONE: You should probably get that checked.
-(KNOCK AT DOOR) -MAYA: Mo!
Go away, Maya!
You're so mean to her.
MO: Easy for you to say.
You don't live with her.
PRIYA: But, no, I have no intention
of ever living in Sri Lanka.
-MO: Really? -Really.
My cousins are fucking weird.
One of them has a crush on me.
Yeah, I believe that.
You know how there's a difference between
home and, like, home-home?
How do you know if you've never been?
Well, maybe I go and realise
that it's neither of these places.
But...I'll be new
and know.
Mo, when you try to be new, do you know what happens?
You just end up being the same, just...different.
Are you saying people don't change?
Yep.
Like Tully, for example.
Same forever.
So are you saying that Tully's gonna be a sook forever?
(CHUCKLES)
(GENTLE PIANO MUSIC)
Mo, does Maya hate me?
No-one could ever hate you, Priya.
She just hates herself at the moment.
Sometimes I wish I could just
reach into her head and scream...
"Chill!"
Like...
PRIYA: Are you actually gonna leave?
MO: No.
I'm gonna stay here forever.
-(BIRDS WARBLE) -(FOOTSTEPS THUD)
OPHELIA: Oh, they're jealous.
-JED: They're jealous? Of what? -Oh, yeah. Of... Look at you!
JED: You are such a martyr.
-OPHELIA: I'm not! (LAUGHS) -(DOOR SLAMS)
OPHELIA: It's fine.
Shit.
-It's fine, it's fine. -Mm?
It's fine. Don't worry about it. Shh, don't worry about it.
She's...
(SIGHS)
-Just tell me now. Come on. -Tell you what?
-Admit it. Admit it! -Admit what? Admit what?
-Admit the truth. -Huh? (LAUGHS)
-You're very good. -Yeah?
You're very, very good.
-I know that. -(LAUGHS)
You're top ten. You're definitely up there.
But you can't... You're not the best. I'm sorry!
The best is a very special woman that I once knew.
(OPHELIA CHUCKLES)
OK, I'll be back.
Alright, I just gotta take the dog
for a cute little poo-poo walk.
You know, his are, like, so small, they're like...
..like little beans and you can just, like,
pick them up and eat them, like, "Munch, munch, munch, munch..."
(GIGGLES)
-MO: Alright, no, no. -ADELA: No, you need...
-MO: Let me park in peace! -This is definitely in the test.
-Mo, you need to pay attention! -I don't care!
-I am paying attention! -You're not paying attention!
-Open your eyes! Spin it! -It doesn't do more!
-It's locked! It's locked! -It does do more!
I don't know what you want. It's locked.
-It doesn't spin any more. -ADELA: It does spin more!
MO: The wheel doesn't do more!
He's posting all the time. What even is this?
What app even is...
Mum, as if you're talking about Dad right now!
(GEARS CLICK)
You gotta rip the bandaid off, Mum.
These apps, they're dead-arse rotting your brain.
-What are you talking about? -They are!
(LINE RINGS)
-(PHONE TRILLS) -MOSES: Hello?
Adela?
Hi.
('DEVOTION' BY BIG SCARY)
♪ This ain't out of a four-letter feeling... ♪
-Maya! Maya... -Oh, my God, Mum!
I can see you. We made eye contact.
-I did it! -Did what?
I told your dad that I'm divorcing him.
Bitch, you what?!
I just said, "No more.
"You know, I deserve to be happy."
Oh, my God! You do!
-I do! (LAUGHS) -You're kidding me.
I'm really proud of you.
-Yeah? -Yes!
('DEVOTION' CONTINUES THROUGH HEADPHONES)
(BUZZING)
But only because I'm in a good mood
and this is the last one, OK?
Yep.
-Give me your hand. -Oh, my God.
-Can you chill, please? -I am.
-You are? -I am.
I am! I am!
(SCREAMS)
It doesn't hurt.
It's a natural reaction, right?
WOMAN: Sure.
-I'm sorry. -WOMAN: Don't be sorry.
(CHUCKLES) Who are you?
(CLICKS TONGUE)
OPHELIA: You were gone for ages.
I didn't think you were coming back.
Any of these good?
Uh, I have no idea.
-You haven't read 'em? -Nope.
Well, why do you have 'em?
'Cause they make me look clever.
(LAUGHS) Mmm.
Um, I...
..I've got to get ready for work so you can't stay tonight.
Sorry.
Oh, what a shame he's gone.
-Oh, here we go! -Oh, my God! No!
This is my really good friend's older brother.
And he's not really just my good friend.
This is a potential love of my life, OK?
Right, OK. Are you done?
(SOFT MELANCHOLY MUSIC)
(MESSAGE WHOOSHES)
(PHONE DINGS)
Told you.
-(GRUNTS) -(DOG YAPS)
Found him a couple of blocks up.
You're alright.
You know...
..your brother came around asking for money.
For what?
Come on, Gus.
You went on an adventure, didn't you?
(WHINES SOFTLY)
Are you hungry?
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
Did you run away?
(BELL RINGS)
(KIDS CHATTER INDISTINCTLY)
(P.A. SYSTEM CHIMES)
This is...
..a friendly reminder to all students...
-Hey, Priya. -Hey.
..to have a good day.
-That is all. -What is he saying?
Thank you.
That was weird, right?
-So, um... -Yeah?
What you doing for lunch?
Mo. Can I have a word?
-Oh, 'bye. -I'm in the middle of something.
-It'll just take a second. -Sir, do you reckon...
-About the other night... -Not now, sir.
PRIYA: Kate's got infected and she said
that it smelt like absolute shit for a week straight.
MAYA: Not to be hyperbolic,
but the only infection in my life is Mo.
OK, stopping you right there.
You know I don't like it when you talk about your family
in a pejorative sense.
Well, I'm not changing anytime soon.
(SNORTS)
What?
All you've done all term is try to change.
Not that it's a bad thing.
I'm just saying, like, the least you could do
is be real with me.
So you're saying I've changed?
No, tried to. And it's not a bad thing.
-And I'm lying about it? -OK, I didn't say that.
No, I'm hearing you, Pri. You're saying I copied Kate.
OK, inspired, potentially.
But you're being completely dramatic.
I didn't even mean it like that.
I'm sorry.
It's fine.
The sex is so loud! It's traumatising.
I have to, like, perma-wear noise-cancelling headphones now.
It's really weird, Gus, don't you reckon?
How long have they been hanging out for?
It feels like an eternity.
No, like, a week? Two? A month?
Does it matter?
Yeah, it does...
..if he's back on the drugs again.
Yeah, my parents do drugs.
It's different.
Is it? Are we really still doing the whole drug hierarchy thing?
It's still different, OK?
Why, though? It's not like they're our responsibility.
And, also, I just told my mum that we were a thing.
But you're not listening to me.
If he's back on it,
I don't know what it means for your parents,
but for Jed, he's going back to jail.
I'm sorry.
I didn't know.
What were you expecting?
He's South African. Like, the worst kind of white.
Plus, George, it's actually normal to hate your ex.
GEORGE: OK, he's not my ex.
And not when you're queer.
I don't know - I just feel like a whole generation of us
were forced to be friends with our exes
because "Love wins" and "Community,"
and it just doesn't!
Love loses every single time
and I hate the community anyways.
OK, let's not spiral.
It's just a break, right?
Yeah.
I'm not letting go of this hot-water bottle
until it's over.
Aww, George!
You want me to do baby voice?
-(CHUCKLES) -No.
(BABYISHLY) Is baby hungry?
-Baby want a chip? -No!
No, seriously, George, you're withering away.
-You need to eat. -Mn-mn.
-Mm-hm. Eat the chip. -Mn! Mn-mn!
Eat the chip, George. Just eat the chip!
Eat the friggin' chip! Let it happen!
-Eat it! -(GRUMBLES)
(LAUGHS)
Oh, God.
(PRIYA CHUCKLES)
I'll never be the same.
Mm, men are the worst.
-Especially the white gay ones. -Mmm.
Faggots, the lot of them. Faggots.
And I'm using that slur
is the most discriminatory way possible.
No comment on that.
Aww, my new hot-water bottle.
(BOTH LAUGH)
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACH)
Don't play with it!
I'm not.
Hey, what are you doing?
(SNIFFLES)
It doesn't suit me.
No.
I think we look good.
Maya?
(TEARFULLY) Do you like who you are?
Um...
I don't think anyone's asked me that.
Why do you ask me that, darling?
(SNIFFLES)
Sometimes I just...
It's just...
I just...
What if, like...
Sometimes I just think about if I didn't exist
and how everyone else in the world would be without me
and all our friends and Mo and you
and...and I think you'd just be happier.
Every time...every time I think about it,
you're just better off without me and...
..and I'm not annoying and I'm not embarrassing.
I don't...
Like, what if...
..what if I'm just nothing,
like a loser?
-(SCOFFS) -You know what I mean?
Maya...
..you are not a loser.
Did someone at school call you a loser?
You are not a loser! You are the opposite of that.
(SIGHS)
I think, um...
..I've been...
..really guilty all day.
Like maybe...
..I failed you by leaving Dad.
But, Maya, I, um...
..I didn't stay because of you or Mo.
I stayed because...
..no, I...
..I didn't like me.
But seeing you, Maya...
..me copying you...
I like who I am today.
(CHUCKLES)
As long as I get to hang out with you,
I will always...
..always be happier.
-So you're wrong. -(LAUGHS)
So you have to take it back, please,
and say you're sorry.
-I take it back. -Yeah?
(BOTH CHUCKLE)
(SIGHS)
Kate!
Can you come here, please?
Kate!
Kate...! Oh, Jesus.
Where is my Buddha? You know, my special Buddha that Dad gave me?
Where is it?
This is your fault for dating a junkie.
What?! Fuck, Kate! What did you...
You do not call anyone a junkie!
Jed is an addict who just got out of jail!
I already know and I don't care.
Why are you defending a guy you met five days ago?
You know what?
-Dad was right. -Oh!
Was Dad right, was he? What has Dad said about me this time?
What you're doing is emotional abuse! You are a narcissist!
Where the fuck did you learn that?
I've been reading about it online, actually,
because men are victims of violence too!
OK, so you're gonna let a 10-second
fucking TikTok video diagnose me?
What's next, Kate?
I'm a bipolar, fucking schizophrenic,
autistic kleptomaniac?
You have no idea what that man did to me!
Yes, I do! I was there!
-(DOOR SLAMS) -Do you know what I think, Kate?
I think that this is the first time
that you've actually seen me happy
and you can't stand it.
-You don't get it. -Oh, I don't get it?
Because I'm a fucking idiot?
I HATE YOU!
Why don't you talk to me when you can talk normally?
I've got a botox party to get to.
(FOOTSTEPS RECEDE)
(EXHALES)
Oh, Jesus!
Jed.
How did you get in?
The front door's open.
Ohh.
Um, you can't... I have to...
You can't stay. She's gonna bite your head off.
Um, hey, listen. You know that, um... (CHUCKLES)
You know that Buddha that was on the bookshelf?
-Yeah. -(LAUGHS STIFFLY)
Have you seen it or done anything with it?
Are you accusing me of stealing?
-Hm? -No, of course not.
I'm just won... I just... I don't know.
'Cause you looked at it before, I thought... It doesn't matter.
('SAKURA - REMIX' BY DIAMOND THUG, KAY FAITH, SIPHO THE GIFT)
-Uh, uh, uh! -(CORK POPS)
(ALL CHEER)
-Oh, amazing. -OK!
-To being single. -New beginnings.
-ALAN: Yes. -LUCINDA: New beginnings.
How good. Very, very proud of you.
(CHUCKLES)
ALAN: I'm just gonna get some food.
-LUCINDA: Oh! -I'll be back.
-LUCINDA: What a treat. -ALAN: One sec.
(BOTH LAUGH)
-LUCINDA: New beginnings. -New beginnings.
Mmm.
He's doing OK.
Working seems to suit him.
Oh, Lucy, Maya and I had the best day.
I mean, she...
..she finally, finally opened up to me.
We just... I...
(SIGHS)
Oh, fuck. Sorry.
Oh...
You can tell me.
You don't have to never tell me about them.
That would be really weird.
('SAKURA - REMIX' CONTINUES ON STEREO)
Mm.
This is Tully's music.
(CHUCKLES) Oh.
('ANGEL EYES' BY HABIBI PLAYS QUIETLY THROUGH HEADPHONES)
Let me in.
I can't get in the back. The back's locked.
-(MUSIC STOPS) -Mum's not home.
(WINDOW RATTLES)
(BIRDS CHIRP)
(EXHALES)
(MUFFLED MUSIC PLAYS INSIDE)
(PEOPLE CHATTER AND LAUGH NEARBY)
(DOOR OPENS)
Hey. You good?
Yeah, yeah.
Do you wanna...
MAYA: Hey, Mo! Have you seen the group chat?!
Huh?
Oh, hey.
-Hey. -Have you seen the group chat?
-I think Kate's off chops again. -(PHONE CHIMES)
"Gem tries get in house"?
-Who's Gem? -Gem from Year 10?
Sorry. I was gonna let you in.
Oh, yeah. Hey, sit down. Sit down.
Well, come eat. Eat.
Wow. That looks good.
What's that? Got some, uh, avocado and tomato and stuff?
-Mm-hm. -Is that pesto?
Nice. Where'd you... where'd you learn how to cook?
Um, I guess I just, like, observed my parents and stuff.
Right, nice, nice. Yeah, same.
Um, where...where is your mum?
Uh, she said she would call you later.
JED: Right, right. You, um...
You know I'm mad in love with her?
-Your mum? -Mmm.
I, uh... Yeah, I love her lots.
Hey, I'm actually not very hungry
and I have to get ready.
-So... -Yeah, yeah, all good.
-All good. -Great. Cool. Thank you.
Hey, what's that?
Hey, Kate, give that to me.
-Kate! Kate! -Jed, stop. Jed!
-Give me the phone. -Jed!
(SCREAMS) Fuck! Help me!
-Come here, you fucking bitch! -Help! Help!
-Come here! Kate! -Help! Help me!
-Kate, come here! -Help me!
-(DOOR SLAMS) -JED: Let me in!
-(BANGING AND THUDDING) -Come here, you fucking bitch!
Open the fucking door!
ALL: Cheers!
-(LUCINDA AND ADELA LAUGH) -ALAN: Salud!
(PHONE CHIMES OVER SPEAKERS)
-Mmm... -(PHONE CHIMES)
-LUCINDA: What's going on? -I'll get that. Leave it to me.
Oh, he's a tech whiz too.
-ALAN: Right. -(LAUGHS)
-GUS: You're driving 40km/h man! -It's a 60 zone!
MO: If I get caught speeding, we're fucked and Kate dies.
-Who cares?! -We're fucked either way!
-You're on your L's! -MO: Shut up. I'm trying!
You're on your L's! It doesn't matter. Just drive.
Don't talk to me. Driver makes the rules.
-(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS) -(PHONE CHIMES OVER STEREO)
LUCINDA: What's happening?
Uh, it's alright! I'm fixing it.
-(PHONE CHIMES) -"I'm really daddy.
"Life's G buddy, hope..."
I don't even know what she's saying anymore.
I think Jed's going back to jail.
Wait. What?
Your brother was in jail?
What for?
-Did he, like, kill someone? -No!
He just does dumb shit like this.
Hey, I need some help!
I need some real help here, hey?
Fuck!
Hey!
Hey, Kate, come on now.
I need some help. Please help me now.
OK, when does she get back from work?
When does she get back from fucking work?!
Hey! Let me in the fucking room!
(SOBBING) No! Go away!
-(HEAVY THUD) -You fucking...
(SCREAMS) Stop it!
Tell Kate we're two minutes away.
-(PHONE CHIMES) -What the fuck?
-Tully's reading the group chat. -What?
-Isn't he dead? -MAYA: Yeah, obviously.
LUCINDA: What happened to the music?
-(MUSIC RESUMES PLAYING) -What happened?
Why don't...why don't the three of us have, like, a group chat?
I don't have a group chat with anyone.
-(LAUGHS) Can you... -It'd be just, like...
We could give it a name. You can call it whatever you want.
-A name? -LUCINDA: 'L-O-L'.
No, no, no! 'Single Steve Slutty...'
I think that's my cue to go home.
-BOTH: No! No! -Yes, I'm going back!
ALAN: No, no, no. Stay.
LUCINDA: No, there's still a drink.
-Just stay for a little while. -And...and...and...
-I'll do a little dance. -Alan's still got a sexy dance.
You gotta see it!
-(LAUGHS) -LUCINDA: Ride, cowboy!
-(PHONE CHIMES) -Why does Kate always do this?
She never wants to do drugs with us,
then when she does, she just messages the group chat.
Do you think she's OK?
She kind of just stopped messaging.
GEORGE: Well, I don't know,
but it's annoying.
MAYA: She's not responding to the chat anymore.
-GUS: Wait. What do you mean? -MAYA: I don't know.
She's just not replying. Mo, hurry up!
MO: Don't fuckin' rush me!
GUS: Come on, come on!
MAYA: Nice one, Mo. Your parking's getting better.
GUS: My fuckin' seatbelt's jammed!
-MO: Wait! -GUS: Finally!
-Maya, stay here. -Um, wait.
If you get in trouble for taking the car,
you better not snitch me in.
If I get caught, I absolutely will be snitching you in.
Stay here.
JED: Kate! Kate, open this door now!
-(THUDDING) -JED: Goddammit! Open the door!
GUS: Kate!
Gus!
How's it going, Gussie?
You fuckin' dog!
(GRUNTS)
Ugh!
(BOTH GRUNT AND YELL)
(PANTS)
MO: Gus!
I'm sorry, Gussie.
-(CHOKES) -MO: What the fuck?!
-Ugh! -Get off of him!
(ALL GRUNT)
MO: Let him go!
-Ugh! -MO: Fuck!
(GUS GRUNTS)
(STATUE CLATTERS)
MO: Holy shit, Gus.
(JED GROANS WEAKLY)
Fuck!
What do we do now?
GUS: There's a rehab place
he always goes to to straighten out.
(JED GROANS)
-(DOOR RATTLES) -(KNOCKING)
MAYA: Kate?
-(KNOCKING) -Kate?
(LOCK CLICKS)
(MAYA WHISPERS) Oh, my God...
(SOBS)
-(KATE CRIES) -What happened? What happened?
(LUCINDA AND ADELA LAUGH NEARBY)
LUCINDA: Hey, Alan, put the music back on!
Yeah, in a second. Hang on, hang on.
-And come and dance! -Yeah, I'm coming, I'm coming!
('SOME OF US ARE BRAVE' BY DANIELLE PONDER)
Alright, I'm coming, I'm coming, I'm coming, I'm coming!
-Here we go! -(WOMEN CHEER)
ALAN: Ohh-hoo-hoo! Yeah!
♪ Ain't no choice
♪ But to be brave
♪ Peace and love to the ones who give praise
♪ Take a bow as the sun hits the face
♪ See me now
♪ Golden hour
♪ And to those who
♪ Fear leads them to hate
♪ What a pity to be locked in a place
♪ You see me now
♪ I'll show you how
♪ Show you how
♪ I'll show you how
♪ I'll show you how...
♪ I'll show you how. ♪