Sweets 4 O'Clock Club

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# Where do you go when you know nobody can understand you?

# When it's just too much to handle

# What do you do when you end up somewhere you never planned to?

# Wash that stress out like it was shampoo

# You should stay, it can change

# There's good days and bad days

# But one day down the line This time is sure to stop

# So the only time is now 4 o'clock, 4 o'clock. #

You're such a toddler!

It's a thermal mug, it's cutting-edge technology.

It's a sippy cup for baby juice.

What's in the box, Mols?

Oh, history essay, turns out I had a lot to say about Henry VIII.

Really?

No, now get lost!

Right, come on. One, two, three!

ALARM BLARES

Who did this? Who was it? Eh?

You know the school policy on junk food! Any more of this?

Empty your pockets. And the other one.

That's a total of three people who did their homework this week.

Come on, Miss, the less we do,

the less you have to mark, right? It's a win-win.

-Agnes?

-Er, yep, Miss, I was going to do my homework this week,

but then I didn't.

Right! Thanks, Agnes.

You're very welcome, Miss.

So, maybe this week's homework will be a bit more inspirational.

I want you to write a song - pop, rap, ballad, anything,

but the theme is relationships.

You could do it about how much you love your babby beaker!

Those who write songs can perform them in class on Friday

and we'll vote for a winner.

BELL RINGS

OK, so that's Friday, guys.

So, er, Miss, what do I get for winning this competition?

An enormous feeling of personal satisfaction!

Yeah, funny! Er, let's say a tenner?

I'm not paying you to do your homework.

Miss, this homework, yeah, can I do it in here at lunchtimes?

When I sing at home, my brother sits on the stairs

and makes cat noises and it's well off-putting.

You're doing a song?

And? Like, what, you're saying I can't?

-Of course you can work in here, Zoe-Marie, of course.

-Sick!

So, er, do you want to give me that prize right now?

I think I'll get an apple. No, an orange.

Or maybe I'll just chew on my maths book, it's much more exciting.

Remember long ago, when there were...crisps?

Oh! Curse you, Jamie Oliver!

Oi, where did you get that chocolate?

What chocolate?

It's great that Zoe-Marie is taking an interest, it's wonderful.

Well, no, it is wonderful, it just also feels a bit weird.

It's really weird, and I'm worried that if it doesn't go well

that she's never going to take an interest again!

Well, look, I'll help you.

I mean, I'll help her, if you like.

You're volunteering to work with Zoe-Marie?

I didn't get into teaching to help the kids who get straight As,

I want to help the kids who've fallen off the radar

get back...on the radar.

That sounded a lot better in my head.

I would be incredibly grateful.

Really?

-RAPS:

-Kind of poetic that it starts with a song

If I get that right I can do no wrong

First Zoe-Marie wins the competition

Then Miss Poppy has a vision of the things she's been missing

Specifically me and my undying charm

No qualms, I'll be calm as she takes me by the arm

And invites me out to say thanks for the hard work

Hit the road in a drop-top car first

And cruise on a romantic coastline

So high, kids wave as we go by

Drive down, hit two or three beaches

Sing in harmony with some cute sea creatures

To the rhythm of the waves as they roll in

Jump off a boat, go swim with the dolphins

Drip dry from the breeze in a sports car

Then propose in a castle courtyard

This is only the beginning and it's just getting better

J-just getting better Just-just getting better

-RAPS:

-This is only the beginning and it's just getting better

J-just getting better Just-just getting better

Stone cold chilling, laid back with my shades on

Player on shuffle, feeling lucky It's a great song

Like the one I'm gonna write Win on competition night

Send the song to Radio 1, that'll begin the hype

Then I'll win awards Get a deal to record my album

Then I'll sell a million and perform

All around the world Girls screaming at me

So I won't need no GCSEs

Me, I'll be famous Making other rappers look brainless

Everyone'll know what my name is

J hyphen C-A-R-T-E-R, that's in case you fools can't read

I'll be a legend in my lifetime

Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg, they'll be begging me to write rhymes

And I'm grinning cos I'm winning And there ain't no limit

Y'know, cos this is only the beginning

This is only the beginning and it's just getting better

J-just getting better Just-just getting better

This is only the beginning and it's just getting better

J-just getting better Just-just getting better

This is only the beginning and it's just getting better

J-just getting better Just-just getting better

This is only the beginning and it's just getting better

J-just getting better Just-just getting better.

What's going on?

We're in heaven!

Great tuck shop, Molls. How much do I owe you?

£18.50.

What are your mates rates?

Erm, let me think.

£18.50. There's no friendship in business.

Chocolate? Crisps? Where are you people getting these things?

Bogoff's coming, quick, run!

Please - five items, your choice, just help me move the gear.

Where to? There's loads of it!

And Tina Baldwin said purple's my colour,

and I was like, I'll tell you what your colour is...

Zoe-Marie, can I have a word?

In a minute, yeah. ..your colour is shut up!

All right, what?

I wanted to offer you some help with your music homework.

Help? Who'd you think you are, some kind of

music homework songwriting song expert or something?

Well, I was in the music industry for a little while,

and I had a hit record, nearly, so I do know a bit.

What's the record? What you saying?

Please, let me help you? In the music room?

After detention? What do you reckon?

OK, if it'll make you feel better about yourself.

Great!

Anyway, as I was saying before I was, like, rudely interrupted...

..sending all recommendations to...

to the governors.

And finally...

I've found a number of children eating chocolate, crisps and sweets.

Which is terrible, obviously(!)

Someone is breaking the school healthy-eating policy

and making a profit as a result, and I rather suspect I know who.

It wasn't me!

I was thinking more along the lines of some of your pupils.

What, the 4 O'clock kids?

-Mmm.

-What happened to innocent until proven guilty?

Well, see, if you're that bothered

about exonerating your little angels,

maybe you can look into this tuck shop.

Shut it down.

All right, no problem.

GENERAL NOISY CHATTER

All right, you lot, sit down.

Take a seat. Josh, headphones!

Josh!

Headphones.

Research, bruv! 100% legit!

"Dear teacher, Josh needs to listen to nuff music

"for his homework, yeah?

"Please allow him to use his MP3 player. Nice one, bruv.

"Miss Poppy."

She wrote that.

It's not even her handwriting.

So? I saved her the bother.

Right, someone is running a sweets racket in this school.

I'm not saying any of you lot are involved...

Well, actually, I wouldn't put it past you lot to be involved.

But it's not my style to accuse someone without evidence.

So, I'm going to conduct a little search.

-What is it, Ryan?

-I'm just...appalled

about this sweet thing,

I just, er, leapt up with shock and disgust.

Do you need the loo, sir? It's fine if you do,

we'll wait for you if you want.

Go strain the potato hoops, as they say.

No, thanks, Ryan, I'm fine.

OK.

What are you doing?

Got to get rid of him so we can hide the stash.

-Oh!

-Yes!

Hey, bruv, you know about the sweet thing?

You should probably speak to the street dance kids.

Yeah, I've heard they've got some new leg-warmers,

if you know what I mean.

THEY ALL BABBLE IN AGREEMENT

But, erm, it's probably nothing to go by.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight...

Put your hands up, you punks!

Frankly, Mr Carter, it was a ridiculous theory,

and now I will hit rush-hour traffic.

Yeah, I don't now what I was thinking. Huh, leg-warmers!

Did you bother to question the inmates of detention

before coming here?

Actually, that's next on my to-do list.

Round up the usual suspects, search their lockers!

If we're gonna do a locker search, we need to search

everybody's lockers, we shouldn't single any kids out.

Then do that. Tomorrow, search every locker.

Josh, I...

I've been waiting for like, forever, you're flipping well unprofessional!

You wouldn't treat Cheryl Cole like that.

I'm really, really sorry.

Yeah, well, I'm telling Miss!

No, wait, don't tell Miss Poppy, please.

From now on, you will be my main priority.

OK? Nothing is going to be more important than helping her...you!

Helping you.

BELL RINGS

Locker searches. Josh said if I'm caught with this, I'm done for.

-I couldn't handle an ASBO.

-Will you calm down?

We'll each divvy up and find our own hiding place.

Or, we could just dump this and go straight.

Not an option. My brother spent £100 on this,

he'll want a return on his investment, or else.

He seems a nice enough guy. I'm sure if we explained...

He once fought a car.

Hey, Josh! Are you any good at hiding things?

Would you hide my stash? I'll pay you.

-What do you want?

-Just give me the stash and I'll disappear it for you.

And, er, it'll only cost you five bags of crisps.

I can breathe again!

Hey. Do not disturb, right? Genius songwriter at work.

DOOR OPENS

Laptop. Thank you!

No, I need it, can't you wait?

-I've got a song to write.

-Oh, yeah? Well, I tell you what.

After you made me look lame in front of my boss,

made me burst in on a bunch of innocent dancers

and miss a music lesson - hmmm, no.

Fine. I'll go old school, do it on pen and paper.

-It's going to be sick!

-Yeah, you do that.

MUSIC PLAYS ON LAPTOP

Can't you chill in the other room?

I'm not chilling, Josh, this is work.

-I'm helping Zoe-Marie with her music homework.

-What the...?

Are you serious?

What, so you thought,

"Oh, she's so disturbed, she's bound to need help?"

-Yeah, something like that.

-Yeah, well, good luck with that.

Easy! When I'm done with this, she is going to sound amazing.

BELL RINGS

Zoe-Marie, check this out. I was thinking about your song, right?

I might have stumbled across

something that's actually quite good.

-Take a seat. Listen to this.

-To what?

-Just listen, yeah?

Here we go.

-RAPS:

-So this is me, yeah, Zoe-Marie, yeah

And I know nobody got a flow like me, yeah

Come out my face, yeah, I don't play fair

what you chatting 'bout, get the flip out my face, yeah

Everyone's so like, whatever, like, yuck

Me, I'm the queen of whatever, like stuff

I'm like so, like, I don't care. I'm...

MUSIC STOPS

-You think I suck. You think I can't do it.

-What? No.

I might not be good at lessons or whatever,

doesn't mean I'm rubbish. You don't have to do it FOR me.

-Zoe-Marie, wait.

-Nah, that's it. I ain't doing it. Why bother?

-RAPS:

-The irony hasn't escaped me

Just as Byron assumed who would take sweets

I assumed I knew Zoe-Marie I assumed that she needed me

So it would seem that she probably hates me

thinks I'm on the same team

as all the other teachers who never did greatly

Says she sees Miss Poppy and explains everything I've done

they start a campaign against bad teachers starting with me first

Local authority would question my research

I'll lose my job next Mum would have got vexed

booted me out Now things get complex.

Nowhere to sleep I'll be out on the street with fingerless gloves

Odd shoes on my feet

Fighting for an old piece of chicken with a fox

Then start up a new life living in a box

This is only the beginning and it's just getting worse

Ju-ju-just getting worse

Just, just getting worse

This is only the beginning and it's just getting worse

Ju-ju-just getting worse just, just getting worse

RAPS: This is only the beginning and it's just getting worse

Ju-ju-just getting worse Just, just getting worse

This is only the beginning and it's just getting worse

Ju-ju-just getting worse Just, just getting worse

Stayed up all night I tried to write

and now I feel my eyesight ain't quite right

Blank page syndrome Nothing came to me

Supposed to be good at this I failed truly

And I wanna play it cool but it so hurts

Can't even write a rap for my homework

So first I lose the competition

And then I instantly lose my position

As coolest kid in my year Who used to be so hard to mock

Now I'm a laughing stock

Then no-one will wanna hang properly

All my mates'll probably bail on me

I'll have to hang out with the dance crew paupers

And they'll probably make me wear leg warmers

Then I'll still have to sit my exams

Maybe I should ask Nathan for a hand.

HE PLAYS THE KEYBOARD

Hey, Josh. Have you seen Miss Poppy?

You know if she's...spoken to Zoe-Marie?

Nope and no.

Oh, OK - well, cheers anyway.

Bruv...what've you got next?

I've got to try and get the Year 8s interested in Othello.

Right, tough. But, you'll get through to them cos...

You know, you will.

-Wait. What's going on?

-Nothing.

No! You're being nice to me, that means you want something.

It's not like, I NEED your help, cos I can write a song on my own,

but, you know, but it's just...

Mmm. You need to actually say it, Josh.

OK, I need your help. I've got nothing.

You shoulda just said something.

Look, I've got half an hour, let's just riff a few ideas

and see what happens. I'll give you a little beat.

Oh, right, no, no, it's all right.

Maybe I should get on with it myself.

-I don't want to accidentally cheat.

-What?

It's tutoring. Not cheating. Check this out. Ready.

HE PLAYS THE DRUMS

Yeah, that bass drum's totally had it.

-Maybe I should just get on.

-What are you on about?

First you want my help, then you don't!

Oh!

Oh, oh, WOW!

It was Miss Poppy behind this whole sweeties thing all along!

Who saw that coming?!

Stop it. Josh, stop it! You think I'm an idiot?!

I defended you, man!

I defended the whole 4 O'Clock Club.

And now THIS!

You never consider me at all, do you?

Hmm? Selfish is what it is. And now I'm meant to care

that you can't finish your stupid little song?!

Well, I don't! I don't care, Josh! Why should I?

Because I'm your brother! Why would you help Zoe-Marie and not me?!

Unless Miss Poppy asked you.

No.

-Not in so many words.

-Unbelievable.

Look, bruv. You won't help me,

-but you'll help Zoe-Marie, just to get in with Miss Poppy.

-No.

It ain't me who's the selfish one, BRUV.

Josh.

JOSH!

How long is he going to be? Where's the stuff?

Ryan, it's lunch time, we should be out there selling!

-I've had enough of this.

-What?! You can't go in the boys' loo! Stop!

Oi! Plankshop! Where's my gear?!

I hid them. In here.

But someone must have come in and eaten them all.

That's a moronic lie even for you, Ash. I blame you, Ryan.

Me?! You can't blame me! I didn't know what he was doing!

-He told me he was watering the tulips.

-You're both fired.

You made a mistake. Like when Alan Sugar does it, he points!

-"You're fired." Not a fist.

-No mistake, Ryan.

Oh, and you better start flogging your games on eBay,

because my brother will want reimbursing.

-Hey. How's it going?

-Oh, yeah. Yeah, great.

Wow. Hate to catch you on a bad day!

You know how I was helping Zoe-Marie to do like the only homework

-she's ever wanted to do?

-Yeah.

-Yeah, now she doesn't want to do it.

-Oh.

And plus, turns out my own brother

is the KitKat king of the sweetie scams.

-So, yeah, it's been a good week.

-So, put it right.

-It's not that simple.

Well, maybe Josh isn't,

but Zoe-Marie can't have changed her mind that much in 24 hours.

Yeah, I do kind of get her. You know,

the way she kind of struggles academically,

but then at the same time, she's got this intense energy

and she doesn't know where to put it.

It's like a carbon copy of me at that age.

Well, you're a pretty respectable citizen now,

so, figure out what changed things for you and start there.

What's this?! Why have you brought me to an old barn?!

The canteen are doing pie today and I'm not there, I'm here,

-looking at a manky bar for old cows.

-Come on.

If I have to milk something,

or stand in cow jobbie, I'm not going to be happy!

MUSIC PLAYS

This is it. Zoe-Marie, this is The Stop.

This is where I recorded my first demo. After I got spotted at a gig.

What? You brought me here to tell me how brilliant and amazing you are?!

-Again?!

-No. Actually, I was terrible at that gig.

I was so, so bad. Someone threw a fish at me.

So, I could have given up. But I didn't.

You know, point being, someone saw something in me,

right? And they gave me a chance, regardless.

You see, sometimes you've got to look past the outside of things

and see what's on the inside.

Kind of like this building, or like you.

Zoe-Marie, you can't give up,

just because some idiot made you feel stupid.

-I'm the idiot, by the way.

-Yeah, I know!

Look, if you want to sing, you should sing.

SHE SHOUTS # I heard that you settled down

# That you found a girl

# And you're married now

# I heard that your dreams came true

# Guess she give you things I couldn't give to you

# Old friend Why are you so shy?

# Ain't like you to hold back or hide from the light. #

OK! Great.

Strongly...performed. Could we try your song now?

-That is my song. That's Adele. She's wicked.

-Right.

But isn't the idea of the homework that you write a song for you,

-yourself?

-Shut up! What?! Like how?!

OK, we could start with the chorus, you know, and for the lyrics,

we focus on something honest, like how you were honest with me earlier.

Yeah? Something like that.

-Oh, yeah, sure, it's fine. I'll go.

-Oi, Carter face, check me out!

I wrote a song about relationships and it's totally amazing.

Yeah. I bet Miss P will be pleased with that.

Two minutes, max.

-Josh, wait up.

-What?

So you can tell me how much you don't care about helping me again?

No, no, no, you're right, we're brothers.

And no matter what, we should help each other out.

Just like I need your help right now.

COMPUTER: # Never in my life

# Met a boy that I like

# Guess they all don't see

# We're not meant to be. #

That's not a song. That's just two lines and a beat.

Yeah, well, I was kind of hoping you might be able to help out,

you know, make it a proper track by tomorrow.

What you even saying?! I don't need Carter's big rap gob!

You're all like, I'm a teacher and I'm tall, and you're short,

and you were hit with a fish. Flip off my back, yeah!

You guys need to sort yourself out, or your band

is going to split up quicker than you can even... Actually,

I think I've got the perfect relationships idea for this beat.

-Fine, like, whatever.

-Can we reuse these sounds?

Yeah. Sure.

Oh, and get us some pizzas, we're going to be here for a while.

Your idea to get them to perform at a recording studio was great.

-Yeah.

-It's very...red.

Hey, prepare to be amazed.

# Never in my life

# Met a teacher that I like

# Guess they all don't see We're like chalk and cheese

# Never in my life

# Met a teacher that I like

# Guess they all don't see

# We're like chalk and cheese. #

-RAPS:

-They want a song about relationships

Well, how about me and teachers? They take the mick

For example, they only want your grades up

Just so it won't seem as if they suck

They have a go at you for stashing some sweets in a drum

Aint saying that's what I done

I'm just saying if I did Well, is that fair?

-As Zoe-Marie'd say

-Flip off my back, yeah!

Some teachers say they're trying to help you out

And the next thing you know they're trying to sell you out

And they wanna be down with your mates

But I'm sorry, anyone who'd choose to wear blazers

or eat a packed lunch in the staffroom

or try and teach with a face like a cartoon

No way could they roll with me

cos teachers and us are like chalk and cheese.

# Never in my life

# Met a teacher that I like

# Guess they all don't see

# We're like chalk and cheese

# Never in my life

# Met a teacher that I like

# Guess they all don't see

# We're like chalk and cheese. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Ouch! I reckon we found a winner.

This is good, Mr Carter.

Are you sure you can't tell me who's responsible?

I'm afraid not. No.

But I think I do have a way of getting the kids

under the skin of this whole healthy eating food thing.

Yes. Good. Good.

Do you genuinely think any of our pupils are suited for that?

Yeah. Actually, I think they're going to be perfectly suited for it.

Why did you have to go and dob us in, Ryan? You massive melon.

-Come on, Josh. Keep the script going.

-Yeah, all right.

Healthy eating is cool, yeah!

Big up the carrots, because they're good for you and all that stuff!

-Look, when can I take off this orange?

-Why? What's the problem?

I don't get it. Or maybe we just see things differently.

Hmm? Like chalk and cheese.

-RAPPING:

-Can't live with 'em

-And you can't kick 'em out

-When they're up, they rub it in your face.

-Kick you when you're down.

-When no-one understands them

-You know what they're on about

-Always going to be around

-Got to find the common ground

# If you know so much about me Where do I go from here? #

-You see them every day

-You can never get away

Only time that you're the boss, four o'clock!