Me and Mum are loving our new life in Cooksea, and our dog, Alfie.
All right, Flo?
We live with Flo, and Mum manages her shop.
You two have made so many improvements around here.
How about a new name?
BOTH: No!
It's called The Dumping Ground.
Now is not a good time. To be honest, it'll never be a good time.
OK, bye.
Who were you speaking to? Just Cam.
Who where you really speaking to? I just said - Cam!
Hey! Hey, come back here - thief!
I met this girl, Jordan...
Argh!
Whoever you are, I shall be speaking to your parents about this.
Good luck, I don't have any. ..who ran away from care.
Is that why you have to take food out of bins?
No, I found it on a table outside a caff.
I let Jordan stay in our beach hut.
You can't tell anyone. If they catch me, they'll send me to
a secure home.All right, fine,
yeah, I swear. On your mum's life?
Whatever, yeah, on my mum's life.
Jess, is everything all right? Mm-hm.
You know you can tell me anything, don't you?
But then she shoplifted and we had a big fight about it.
You little snitch! You big crank! You what?
And then the shop lady saw us.
Sorry!
You've made me into a thief!
Now we'll both go to prison!
If you tell anyone about me,
you'll be sorry!
I was desperate to talk to Mum,
but when I got back to The Dumping Ground, we had guests.
Hey, Beaker.
Tyrone!
Hey, Jess!
WHISTLE BLOWS
Did you say you and Tracy used to be an item?
Why didn't you tell me you were coming?
Tyrone wanted to surprise you.
Surprise! I've missed you, Beaker.
Oh, I've missed you, too!
In a moment...
TRACY: Right, come on, then, let's go!
..my best friend and my ex-almost stepdad are about
to walk out of the door and discover my worst-ever secret.
What? Where?
We're going to have a barbecue by the beach hut.
Flo, if you scoot down to the end of the promenade, we'll help you
the rest of the way. Come on, I'll give you lift.
SEAN: Thank you, Flo.
Do we have to go back there? You're not bored already, are you?
Me and Peter just spent ages sorting that clutter out.
It looks really good, by the way.
I-I know, but so does the shop.
I thought we could show Tyrone and Sean around.
They've just driven all this way, they want to see the sea.
Right, come on.
BELL RINGS
Sorry, we're closing for lunch. Can you come back later? Thank you.
Right, come on, then, gang!
Big step here, Flo. Thank you.
Thank you, darling.
Thank you, darling, that's lovely.
THEY TALK IN DISTANCE
And then she was gone.
LAUGHTER
Of course, Sean Godfrey came in a fancy new car.
Look at all this stuff!
Yeah, Sean's shopped big-style!
Can you boys manage? I need to pick up some bits from the shop.
Yeah, we're fine.Which shop? The shop, the one we always go to.
Do you want to come? You can help me carry.
Actually, I need to help Sean. Are you sure? It's a special lunch
so I thought we could pick some desserts for after.
I'll come with you. All right, come on, then. Come on, Alfie!
Can you manage that? Yeah, of course.
I can take stuff to the edge of the beach!
Oh, thank you, Flo! You can take that.
Hm. Thank you.
Bye-bye! See you later.
Nice wheels, by the way.
Thanks, Flo.
OK...
..what's really going on?
Nothing. I don't expect you to tell me, but you know you can
talk to your mum.About what?
Whatever. Look, you've got the best mum in the world.
She won't take you back, you know.
You really think that's why I'm here?
Don't know, don't care.
I didn't care why he was here,
I just wanted him to go away so I could talk to Mum.
Who wants steak? Me!
Yes, please!I-I'm OK, thanks.
Sure?
You've hardly eaten anything. Here, try the chicken, it's really good.
Erm, actually, I ate loads yesterday,
I'm honestly fine.
Peter, what are you doing?
I thought I'd take a better look at that leaky roof.
Don't worry about the roof, come and join us!
I don't want to gate-crash... You're more than welcome.
I'm Sean, by the way.
HE LAUGHS
Oh, I know who you are!
No, no, I didn't mean, like, because of the...
Well, I know that...
Well, Tracy did tell me that...
Yeah. She told me all about you, too.
Do you want a drink? What are you drinking?
Oh, anything. Fresh juice, OK?
Great!
Go on, Peter, stay and have a drink.
Yeah, juice would be fantastic.
So who is she?
What? Who?
That girl that's been hanging around. You keep staring at her.
Er, excuse me! She's the one staring at me. I don't even know her!
How do you like your steak, Pete?
Actually, I'm one of those annoying vegetarians...
Oh, saving the planet? Good for you!
Well, we've got bread, salad, fruit.
Oh, that's very kind.
I'm thinking of getting one of those electric cars.
What do you drive, Pete?
Oh, well, I try not to. Mostly.
I'd much rather be on my bike.
Oh, you're a biker?
SHE SCOFFS
He's a cyclist.
Did you see them at the Olympics - the BMXs? So good.
Peter's got a folding bike.
Well, they're good for trains.
I can travel almost anywhere, really.
Except motorways. True.
Hey!
Give that back!Just let her go!
Get off me! Got you, thief!
Get off me! Hey, what's going on?
She stole our food! Just let her go!
TRACY: OK, we get it, she stole some chicken.
Are you hungry?
Come on, then, we've got loads of food. Come and help yourself.
TYRONE: She's got to be joking!
No, she's not. I don't get it!
She should call the cops, not ask her to a picnic!
I know it seems unfair, Tyrone, but I think this girl needs our help.
So? Why do WE need to help her?
That's Tracy.
Yeah. Always fighting for the underdog.
Chicken?
Yeah.
Looks like you needed that.
Yeah.
You could have just asked! Tyrone!
Well, she could!
My mum would have killed me if she found out I was begging.
But stealing's fine, yeah?
Jess... You know, if your mum's struggling,
there are places where she can get help.
Yeah, our school runs a lunch club.
Maybe your school does, too?
Great idea. Maybe you should ask your "mum" to tell your "school".
We don't need your charity. My mum's just at work.
She made me some food, but I got locked out.
But she'll come back and I promise, she'll pay you back for all of this.
Will she?
Yeah. I know where you live - The Dumping Ground, right?
Yeah, that's right, yes.
See? I notice these things. I saw you at the corner shop with him.
But not her, though.
But she was there this morning.
No, I wasn't!
Ooh, you liar, cos I saw you there.
Didn't she tell you?
OK, now you've stuffed your stupid face, can you just go now?
Jess!
Bye, Jess!
Right, what is going on? Do you know her?
Yeah, she's the girl that stole my ice cream.
I thought you said that was a boy? I was wrong. It was her.
So she's got form. Jess, you should have said.I'm scared of her.
She's probably not as bad as she looks.
You don't even know her!
But we know that she's hungry enough to keep stealing food.
She looks like she hasn't washed in days. Yeah, seems as
though things aren't great at home,
so she takes that pain, turns it into anger
and then takes it out on the world.What would you know?
We've been there, haven't we, Trace? Yeah.
Jordan's nothing like you! Oh, so you do know her name, then?
Do you know anything else?
Where she lives or if she's...?
I don't know anything! Just stop going on at me, all of you!
We're not having a go at you, Jess, we're just worried about Jordan.
She could be in trouble. Just stay out of this.
You always make things worse, Sean Godfrey.
Are you Sean Godfrey?
Yes, but not now.
Will you play football with me? I've got a ball!
All right, let's go.
The price of fame, I suppose.
Yes. It was the same when I was doing the telly.
You were on the telly?
Was I on the telly? Darling, I'm Florence Garland.
"Let me scrub your mucky corners."
No?
That was me catchphrase! I was in all the sitcoms.
Ask your mum. Or...your granny.
I remember.
And it's our secret?
Yeah. Swear on your life.
No, no, no, your mum's life.
I'm not doing that.
So you're just going to snitch on me?No.
So then swear! All right, fine, yeah, I swear.
On your mum's life?
Whatever, yeah, on my mum's life.
SHE SIGHS
Hey.
Hi, Mum.
So, tell me about this Jordan girl.
I don't really know anything about her. Why do you care so much?
Cos nobody else seems to.
Maybe that's her fault.
Look, I know she seems like a big bully to you,
but really she's just a frightened little girl.
And what would you know?
You don't...you don't know anything!
Well, tell me what I need to know, then.
There's nothing to tell!
Jess? Whoa!
Maybe just give her a moment?
She used to tell me everything!
I didn't think it would last forever,
but I wasn't expecting it so soon.
Kids grow up, they need to reset the boundaries, it's normal.
Well, I don't want normal, I want the best mother-and-daughter
relationship in the whole wide world. How do I get that?
HE LAUGHS
Yeah, I'm not falling into that trap. It's not a trap!
I'm asking for advice. Parenting advice?
No, thank you, I want to get out this beach hut alive.
HE CHUCKLES
It's not a joke. I'm worried about Jess.
Sorry.
Seriously?
Teaching gives you a sense for when young people are in trouble.
I don't get that feeling with Jess.
Whatever she's going through,
I'm sure she'll tell you when she's ready.
But I don't want her to keep secrets, not yet.
She's still my little Jess. She's 11, Tracy.
SHE SIGHS
HE CHUCKLES
I remember when you were that age.
No. No, no, not that. I mean, I'm expecting some karma to come my way,
but please don't tell me she's going to turn into me.
I don't see that happening, but...
..would that be so bad?
Er, yeah! I was a little horror.
Breaking things, throwing tantrums if I didn't get my own way,
fighting anyone who was in authority.
You were my hero.
I bullied you.
Did you?
I always just thought you were helping me be more like you.
You were so naive.
And you were lucky to get fostered when you did.
I wrote to you, you know.
Yeah, I know. I'm sorry.
But I really am a better person now.
You were always good enough for me.
Try telling that to Elaine the Pain. HE CHUCKLES
Is everything OK?Hm? Yeah.
Beaker, come play with us!
No, thanks. I'm going to go on a walk.
You can come if you want. OK.
Trace! Come over here.
Come show me what you've got.
Come and show me...
See? Who's the pro now?
HE CHUCKLES
You just kicked it out of nowhere then!
I'm trying to play with these kids.
Ooh, nearly!
Yes!
I think I'll head back to the shop.
Do you need a hand back to your scooter?
You're a real old-fashioned gentleman, aren't you, darling?
SHE CHUCKLES
I do my best.
I can't believe that girl.
Just something about her stuck in my head.
So she was hungry...
I get hungry, I don't just help myself.
Can't believe they just let her get away with it.
Can we not talk about her?
Just saying, Sean needs to watch himself.
He's too nice. People take advantage.
Is he still buying you clothes?
That's different. I need proper kit for training.
He knows that cos we're mates.
Mates? He's old enough to be your dad!
Wish he was!No, you don't.
I do, though! You could talk to Sean.
He could foster me, like Cam fostered your mum!
Tyrone, stop it, you've got a family! You've seen my family.
But you must love them, really.
Yeah, I "must".
Cos that's, like, the law.
You know who I love?
Your family.
You and your mum, Alfie and your grannies, I love you.
I love you, too.
Oh, no, don't do that!
I thought you wanted me to.
No. People will think you're my boyfriend
and it'll spoil everything.
Like Mum and Sean Godfrey.
You said you loved me, though.
As a friend. You're my best friend.
So you trust me? You know I've always got your back?
I know. So, then, tell me about this Jordan.
What's she done to you?
OK, but don't tell anyone else.
I promise.OK, so, it started when she stole my ice cream.
Obviously, I was very mad.
And then she kicked sand in my face, and that's when I met...
VO: It was a relief to finally tell someone.
Talking to Tyrone made everything less scary.
You're such a mug, Beaker!
No, I am not, I was just being nice.
You let her stay in your hut, you give her all your money,
she frames you for shoplifting and nicks your lunch.
It wasn't like that. Is that the shop?
Yes, so walk faster!
You going to run past that shop every day of your life?Maybe.
Beaker, you need to deal with this!
How? For a start, just talk to your mum.
I can't. I swore on her life.
That doesn't mean anything.
I know, but... What?
Is that Sean's car?!
Who would do this?!
Oh, everyone saw me yell at Sean Godfrey!
Nobody's going to blame it on you.
Whoever did this is total scum.
Aw, did someone trash your rich daddy's car?
You! You did this! No, I didn't!
Don't lie, you wanted to get me in trouble!
Well, I'm telling Mum everything
and she'll call the police and they WILL send you to prison!
Yeah, what she said. You tell her, Beaker!
I didn't do it!
OK, tell Sean that.
Sean, come here!
I told you, I didn't do this!
Why do you blame me for everything?
Cos nobody else would do this.
What on earth happened here? "Pig"? It's pretty childish!
It wasn't Jess, she was with me the whole time.
TRACY: Of course it wasn't Jess. It was Jordan.
Did you see her do it?
No, no, but it's obvious. I know she looks like a troubled kid,
but there's no need to jump to conclusions.
Looks like a hate crime!
Well done, Beaker,
that's exactly what it is.
LION GROWLS
CAT YOWLS, GLASS SMASHES
Justine? You did this?
Don't act like you don't deserve it.
Jess, why don't you show Tyrone round the shop?
Now? TYRONE: Ah, come on, Tracy.
TRACY: Yes, go now, both of you. You, too, Alfie.
VO: Mum never wants me to see grown-ups shouting,
even when it's really interesting.
I don't believe... How? What are you even doing here?
Well, I tracked your phone, didn't I? You tracked my phone?
Yeah, and I saw you with her, playing happy families on the beach.
You just can't leave him alone, can you? Er, Sean called me and
he invited himself. It's true, I did. You cheating pig!
Sean, are you still seeing Justine? No! Yes! Tell her the truth!
Justine, I thought we agreed it's over! Yeah, you always say
it's over, then you always come crawling back! Not this time,
not after this, I'm deleting you.
You're not deleting me, I'm blocking you! Do it!
I will! So am I! Good, I never want to see you again!
Good, because this isn't normal!
Well...you made me do it!
We make our own choices.
I never did anything like this, nor did Tracy,
even if I deserved it!
Yeah, cos you two are just so perfect!
Justine, what is wrong with you?
I...
I'm... OK, that's enough.
Sean, call the garage. Justine...
Yeah? ..let's go and have a cup of tea.
Have they got decaf? Yeah, I'm sure we've got decaf.
LINE RINGS
You know, he chased me and...
..we'd split up and he'd come back every time
with flowers and presents and gifts,
and then I'd think, "Oh, maybe he means it this time..."
Maybe he does...at the time,
but this is Sean we're talking about.
What would you know, Beaker?
Well, he did break my heart, too, remember?
But I had Cam and Jess.
I don't think I could have got through it on my own.
Well, I'll be OK. Will you?
I mean, have you got someone to talk to? A friend or your dad?
Dad...
Dad's got dementia.
Oh, I'm sorry.
You know, he has good days and he has his bad days.
Sometimes he's my dad and...
..sometimes he doesn't even know me.
That's tough.
I miss him.
You know how he used to be and...
Well, yeah, he let me down, but we had good times as well.
You know. Yeah, I know.
And then we both grow up and let Sean Godfrey do the same thing.
Oh, I'm so stupid! Just pathetic, I'm just a pushover.
Try telling that to Sean's car.
I can't believe I did that.
I can. No, it's not me.
Well, not any more. I'm...
I'm not myself at the moment.
Oh, Tracy, tell me I don't need him!
Justine Littlewood, you don't need him or anyone else.
But if you do need someone to talk to, you know where I am, OK?
Tracy, I need to tell you something.
Sure.
I'm...
Comparing notes?
On you? Don't flatter yourself.
What did the garage say?
They can clean it off, but I can't drive it in that state.
They're sending a hire car.
HE SIGHS
Justine, look, I'm not angry with you,
but I mean this with love when I say, you do need help.
Look, don't patronise me, yeah?
You don't know what love is and you never will.
Thanks for the tea, Beaker.
Any time.
Really?
DOOR OPENS, CLOSES
So she trashes Sean's car and now they're best mates?
They're not mates, they're... they're more like family.
And...and you can't choose your family.
So are you going to talk to your mum?
When I finally got Mum alone, I told her the whole story.
And then the lady caught us
after she'd stolen all that food,
so we had to run with the bags
and I felt like such a thief!
I thought you'd never say no to a special dessert.
Mum, can you please just go and explain?
We'll go together.
Don't worry, nothing to be scared of.
We're just going to tell the truth.
You always tell me the truth, don't you, Mum?
Of course!
So who were you really talking to...
..on the phone? It wasn't Cam, was it?
Or was it Sean?
Yeah. Yeah, we were making plans for today.
We wanted it to be a surprise.
Really? Really!
And so we went to the shop.
Thanks, bye! Bye!
See? I told you it'd be OK.
It's always better to face up to these things.
Just tell the truth and explain.
Yes, Mum.
That's her, isn't it? Jordan?
Mum, just leave... Mum!
It's OK, I just want to talk!
No! Leave me alone!
No! Jordan!
Jordan, it's OK, we're just trying to help! No!
No! No!
Get lost! Leave me alone!
I can't do that. See, I know you've run away from care.
You snitch!
Look, I'm sure you had your reasons,
but you can't keep running away forever!
Jordan!
Right, you stay there, I'll handle this.
Leave me alone! She said they're going to lock me up!
I didn't mean it, I know you didn't trash the car.
So why are you chasing me? Look, we just want to help you.
You don't know me! You don't know what I'm like!
No, I don't, but I know a little bit about what you've gone through.
I ran away from care once, too. You're lying!
I wish I was. Come on, I'll tell you all about it
once we're warm and dry, yeah?
No. No social workers, no police.
Nobody except us.
You can trust us, I promise.
Oh, you're shivering!
Come here.
It's OK, all right? It's OK.
You're coming home with us.
What? For how long?
For as long as you need.
You're safe with us. But I've heard that all before!
I bet you have.
But I'm never going to lie to another care kid.
When I say I'm here for you, that's a promise.
OK?
Come on.
Of course I wanted to help Jordan,
she couldn't keep living on the streets, but...
Come on, let's go home.
Your mum's amazing.
I know she is, but...
..she's my mum...
..and nobody else's.