12/04/2012 EastEnders

MUSIC: "You Have Been Loved" by George Michael

# She takes the back road and the lane

# Past the school that has not changed

# In all this time... #

MUSIC CONTINUES OUTSIDE

BREATHES SHAKILY

"Take care my love, she said." DOOR SLAMS

"Don't think that God is dead.

"Take care my love, she said.

"You have been loved."

-What's your problem?

-You. You're doing my head in.

-Give it back, you little psycho.

-What you say?! Say it again!

Give it back, you little psycho!

Oi, oi, oi.

We got to hold it together for one more day,

then we can put this all behind us.

You can do that, can't ya?

"We're going to get through today." Say it. Go on.

-We're going to get through today.

-Say it.

We're going to get through today.

It's time.

The funeral car's out there.

Do you think they had to reinforce her coffin?

Put it down over there.

I bet you they did.

She was a big girl.

Thank you.

SHE GIGGLES That's my glitter cannon.

Ridiculous, I know, all right? But then I can afford ridiculous.

Why don't you open one?

-No, thank you.

-Humour me, please.

I had the solicitor draw it up.

Mm.

Yes, you did.

35 pages. Pretty extensive.

Well, I had a few extra clauses put in there.

We can go and sign this afternoon.

I may need to consult my brief first.

You're stalling.

Definitely stalling.

What's up with them lot?

Keeping up a presence, ain't they? Reassurance.

She's dead, Pops. Ain't much reassurance in that, is there?

-All right mate.

-Mr Mitchell.

What? He's a nice fella.

For a copper.

Boys, just one more day, all right?

Hey, they're beautiful flowers, Shirl. She'd have loved 'em.

Shirl? Um...

Heather's things from her locker. I didn't know what to do with 'em.

Billy, not now, eh?

No. Thanks, Billy.

Stop the car.

Stop the car!

STOP THE CAR!

You!

-Shirl, don't. Come on.

-You murdering scum!

You stay away from her. You stay away!

I want to say goodbye to my girl.

-She ain't your girl!

-He's got the right.

-He ain't got no rights.

-And you do?

Kept her down so you could feel better about yourself.

She couldn't wait to get rid of you, you know that?

You're a liar! Stay away from the church!

Only way she could see to be happy was to run away with me!

You step one foot inside that church,

and I swear to God I will KILL YOU!

But we're her friends, Shirley. We're her friends.

You lost your right to say goodbye when you done her in.

-That's enough from you, Billy.

-Come on.

D'you know what you done, Billy?

Do you? Mouthing off about stuff you don't know?

-You ruined my life, d'you know that?

-You have some respect, eh?

You ruined my life!

Shirl, Shirl. Come on...

Respect. What do the Mitchells know about respect?

Let me make you a little sandwich, darling, eh?

Shirley Carter needn't think that she can stop us from saying goodbye.

BELL TOLLS

-Jay, we got to stick together...

-Don't even talk to me, all right?

They're ready.

Not one other person.

Not even Queenie could be bothered to turn up.

It's not right.

She deserves better.

Ben?

MUSIC: "Careless Whisper" by George Michael

Darren sends his love.

# Oh-whoa, oh-oh

# I feel so unsure

# As I take your hand... #

It's for Hev, innit.

Patrick said, "Keep smiling."

God bless, sweet dreams.

Yeah. Too good for this place, sweetheart.

# Calls to mind the silver screen

# And all its sad goodbyes

# I'm never gonna dance again

# Guilty feet have got no rhythm

# Though it's easy to pretend

# I know you're not a fool

# Should've known better than to cheat a friend

# And waste the chance that I've been given

# So I'm never gonna dance again

# The way I danced with you

# Oh-oh... #

Let us pray.

God of hope, we come to you in shock and grief

and confusion of the heart.

Dear Father, we know that you will give your peace to us, your well-loved children,

and your light to guide us through our darkness

as we say goodbye to our beloved Heather Trott,

friend and fiancee to Andrew.

In the name of Jesus, our beloved Lord, thank you, Father. Amen.

-Amen.

-Amen.

-Amen.

I'm not very good at speaking.

And I'm not very good at writing either.

So I've written a list...

..of all the things I'm going to miss about Hev.

Number one.

Well, it has to be number one, really.

It's the way that she was George Michael's biggest fan.

And I never thought I'd hear myself say this,

but I'll miss the way she played his records on a loop.

It was...

..Edge Of Heaven...

..when she was happy.

And it was Careless Whisper when she was sad.

Number two.

Her style.

The bright colours, the legwarmers and those headbands.

And I know she'd be really impressed

if she could see the effort that you lot have made today.

Number three.

I'm going to miss that I just can't...

pop over for a chat...

..at whatever time, it be day or night.

I'm going to miss that she was...

..such a good mum.

He's an amazing little boy, and that's all down to you.

I'm going to miss that she knew me...

..better than anybody.

Even when I was a cow, for some reason, she still loved me.

I'm going to miss you every day, Hev.

I'm going to miss your smiles.

I'm going to miss your cuddles.

But most of all, I'm going to miss my best friend.

Stupid hormones.

Yeah. Stupid hormones.

-Don't ever die.

-SHE SNIFFS

Come here.

Don't worry.

Weren't planning on going anywhere just yet.

This was one of Heather's favourite songs.

Take care my love, she said.

Don't think that God is dead.

Take care my love, she said.

You have been loved.

If I was weak, forgive me.

But I was terrified.

You brushed your...

my eyes with angels wings, full of love.

The kind that makes devil...

The kind that make devils cry...

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

-Ben...

-Jay. I've got to say it. She didn't deserve any of this.

-Let's sit down...

-She didn't deserve this!

She was always kind to everybody. She was kind to me.

She was always so nice to everybody, even when...

even when I was horrible to her.

It shouldn't have happened. Not to her.

Not to her! It's not fair!

Sorry.

I'm sorry.

Sorry I ruined the reading.

You don't find many good people in the world.

Truly good, I mean.

You know, like people who'd give you their last ha'penny

or do anything for you.

But she was one of those.

My sweet Heather Trott.

D'you want to say something, Andrew?

She...

She was my life.

I didn't really appreciate her. I should've done.

Andrew...

Leave him be.

DOOR CLOSES

Poor boy.

I will get him.

And he'll suffer.

He'll suffer the way you suffered.

I promise you that.

Walk out that door, Hev.

Just walk out that door.

# And suddenly my heart goes boom

# It's an orchestra of angels

# And they're playing with my heart, yeah... #

D'you want to get caught?

-I'm going to get caught anyway.

-You what?

-I said...

Shut up! All right? Ben, this ain't about you any more. All right?

It's about Jay, me, Shirley, Amy...

If the truth comes out,

it will destroy each and every single one of us.

Do you understand?

Now, you pull yourself together and you be quiet.

Or I'll make you be quiet.

There was no such thing as pre-nups when I got married.

No big, fancy weddings either.

I blame it on the celebrities, with their ridiculous frocks and tiaras

and just general all-round stupidity...

-Taking advice from your brief?

-Funny(!)

Oi, Jean, you got any George Michael?

I swear, if I hear that name one more time,

I won't be held responsible for my actions.

Of course we've got George Michael.

Oh. SHE CLEARS HER THROAT

Make sure that you initial every page.

-Hey, you seen Shirley?

-No, I ain't. No.

Go and find her, yeah? I don't want any more problems.

MUSIC: "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" by Wham!

-Ben, that was a very moving speech.

-Thanks.

-Come on, Ben. Fancy a boogie?

-I've gotta go.

Come out and face me, you coward! Andrew!

Shirl, everyone's been asking where you've got to.

Why couldn't I cry, eh, Jay?

I mean, everybody else was crying -

people that didn't know her as well as I did...

You know, the one thing that was never mentioned throughout that service...

is that Hev was murdered.

Cos I still can't believe it.

How stupid is that? I found her body.

And I still think she's going to come back any minute.

DOOR OPENS

He ain't here. Take a look for yourself.

-What you playing at?

-Eh? Nothing.

You seen Shirley?

-No.

-Come on.

Mitchell's back. He's at the wake. I'm going to need uniform back-up.

Like I say, he ain't here.

It's hard to believe that you can still go on...

..when you lose someone you love.

I didn't lose her.

She was murdered.

I know you're angry.

But lashing out at everyone ain't the answer.

You know, I had a best friend...

so very like your Heather.

She was flighty and silly.

And she'd drive me to distraction sometimes.

But I would've done anything for that dear girl.

Ethel only had to ask.

Because when you're close as that, close as blood,

that's what you do, isn't it?

But, Shirley, Heather wouldn't want you to hurt Andrew.

You know she wouldn't.

When I lost Ethel, she took my heart with her.

But I still see her face.

I still talk to her. I hear her voice.

And I feel that she's all around.

But Hev's not around.

I know that.

And I talk to her every day.

Just asking her for a sign to let me know that she's at peace.

But there's no sign.

And there's no peace.

Because he took her.

DOOR CLOSES

There's a bit here about pets. You haven't got any pets.

Still going to sign it, though. I was always going to.

Really? I'm confused...

As your magazine consistently points out, it works both ways, don't it?

What protects her, protects me. So, document this picky, Jean...

..gets thrown out by the judge!

-Michael Moon, you are naughty!

-SHE LAUGHS

Make sure you sign it, nice and clear.

How much longer?

As long as it takes.

Remember that woman? She come from Turpin Road.

She came in the shop, she used to talk and talk...

..and talk and talk. Tell you, we paid her no mind.

-But Heather...

-She was too polite, that girl.

"Yes, Mrs Patel. No, Mrs Patel."

-Heather could talk to her for hours.

-Too kind by half.

Silly girl.

Quiet, please, everybody!

Quiet, just for a second.

Thank you, just be a second.

Just want to make a little toast.

-We all know Heather was a lovely girl.

-Hear, hear.

-Granted, she was a bit on the plump side...

-Billy!

But she was, wasn't she? And she wasn't the brightest spark...

You can talk, Bill.

Yeah, I know.

But, come to think of it,

she weren't the luckiest girl in the world neither.

-Is this going anywhere?

-Yes, it is.

Because at the end of the day, right,

no-one could ever say a bad word about her. Hmm?

I mean, how many of you would like that?

If I was remembered like that, well, I'd be a happy man.

So let's all hope that Andrew Cotton gets what he deserves.

And that Hev's up there, eating cheese with the big guy.

Who, Phil?

No, what's-his...

Where was I?

-ALFIE:

-To Hev!

-ALL:

-To Heather.

To Heather.

To Heather.

MUSIC: "Come On Eileen" by Dexys Midnight Runners

SHE SIGHS

I've had my fill of funerals this year.

Yeah.

There you go. Let's do it.

What made you change your mind?

If this is what it takes for you to trust me,

then that's what I'm going to do. All right?

You were stalling.

Yeah.

-You know what we need to do?

-What?

-We need to celebrate.

How?

THEY LAUGH

No name, no label...

Just check, there might be a wallet. Let's have a look.

No, no, that's mine. I left it in the gardens.

There you go, young man. See? All's well that ends well.

-You want to put a label on that - save us a lot of trouble.

-Yeah, all right. Calm down.

Come on.

-JANINE GIGGLES

-Here.

Oh!

-ZAINAB:

-Come on, you.

I love you, Z. You know that, don't you?

Are you drunk?

A teeny bit. But you never tell people. And I don't...

-You're my best friend.

-OK. No. No, no...

-Yes. And I love you.

Mmmmmwah!

I love you, too.

-What?

-I didn't say anything.

I heard you!

I never said it.

Yes, you did.

Red light. That's it.

MUSIC: "Edge Of Heaven" by Wham!

It's your happy music, Hev.

-Oh!

-Oh!

-THEY BOTH LAUGH

-Oh, that was brilliant!

-Yeah.

You daft mare.

Andrew.

Andrew!

Whatever you're going to do, just do it. I'm tired of all this...

It wasn't you, was it?

You were telling the truth.

I found the tickets.

They were for the day she died. And you were going to meet her.

She was going to leave with you.

She was going to leave me.

I just... I just want her back!

SHE SOBS

I want her back, Andrew. I want her back!

I just want my Hev back!

-I want her back.

-It's all right.

SHE CRIES

Quiet, please. Can I have a bit of shush? Everyone, please.

-Just like to say a few words.

-Billy, you've already said a few words...

Bill, come on, leave it, yeah? Sit down.

No-one had a bad word to say about Heather.

Yeah, Bill, you've already said that, bruv.

-Have I?

-Yeah.

Heather wasn't the brightest spark in the box...

-I haven't said that, have I?

-Pretty much. Sit down!

-Have I?

-Mr Mitchell...

What?

Can I have a quiet word with you outside, please?

Yes. Be with you in a minute, mate. OK? To Hev.

-ALL:

-To Hev.

We need to ask you where you were the night Heather Trott was murdered.

I dunno. Can't remember, can I? Can I finish my drink now?

It's important you tell us what you were doing when she died.

I don't know.

Why you asking me now? We only just buried her. What's wrong with you?

-We didn't have to do it like this.

-Like what? Hey!

William Mitchell, I'm arresting you on suspicion of the murder of Heather Trott.

You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence...

I didn't kill her!

Honest, I didn't kill her! Lola! Phil!

Phil!

< I didn't kill Heather. Lo! Phil!

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