Episode 13 Worst Year of My Life... Again

# I'm amazed at the things that you say

# I'd heard it all before

# Just another day

# January, February all the same

# March, April, May's coming back again

# Oh, why?

# Cos it's the worst year of my life again

# It's looped around and pulled me back in

# Now yesterday has come again

# Oh, no

# Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

# Worst year of my life again. #

ALARM BUZZES

Last day of the holidays. You can just smell it, can't you?

Hang on, that's you.

Ha-ha yeah, you're very funny.

Come on, let's grab a good spot by the pool before it gets busy.

Where are your bathers, Maddy?

Mum put them in the washing machine last year,

and they never came out again.

I don't like swimming anyway. People wee in the pool.

It's disgusting.

Yeah, but they've got chemicals in the water that turn purple if you do.

-Actually, that's an urban myth.

-You're kidding me!

I've been wasting my life.

All these years I could have been weeing in the pool...

Wow, look here, that's perfect!

Well...

I can't believe we're back at school tomorrow.

It does seem unfair that the new term

always immediately follows the holidays.

They should leave a little gap first.

Try having your birthday on the first day of term.

That's unfair.

Oh, whatever.

The big one-five tomorrow.

After the year I've had, I can't wait.

From tomorrow, everything's going to be different.

Hey, there's Nicola.

Oh, everything's going to be really different.

OK, look mate, why don't you just ask her out?

No more stupid plans to impress her.

You'll ask her out, she'll say "no," we'll get on with our lives.

Look at me, it's Nicola Grey!

You can't just ask her out.

I'm going to get us some drinks.

While thinking up a stupid plan to impress her?

No.

OK, so you know what we're doing tomorrow, right?

For Alex's surprise party.

You've told me 100 times, Maddy. It's not complicated.

OK, so I've got everything else set.

Now all I need is a photo of his face.

Thank you.

-Whoa!

-Oh, my God, he's amazing!

Ah!

-Alex!

-King!

Sorry, Mr Norris. Sorry, Sam.

Don't touch me!

I didn't know your sister worked here.

Yeah. She was asking about you the other day, actually.

Was she?

She said, "Is that Simon as stupid as he looks?"

My name's on her lips.

She's thinking about me.

Nice one, King. Thanks.

Now get out of my seat.

It's mine.

No, it's not. It's mine.

Howe reserved them both with this towel.

That's your towel?

Yeah. My mum bought it.

-You can't reserve two seats with one...

-Doesn't matter.

King's not going to need his while he's showering.

Showering? Why would I be...

That actually looks pretty cool, mate.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

Leave it in.

-BEE BUZZES

-It really does, Alex. Here, smile.

I don't know why you let those two meatheads push you around.

About time you stand up to them.

Tell them to nick off.

Brilliant idea, Si.

I'd have your back. I'd be straight in there.

Overpower them both for you.

-Boosh, boosh!

-Boosh, boosh?

That's the noise of me overpowering them.

Sounds more like a seagull.

Boosh! Boosh!

No, forget Parker and Howe.

Nicola is what matters.

And I know just what I need to do to impress her.

You saw Troy's dive. That's what girls like.

Daring, extreme sportiness.

Troy's dive wasn't so special.

Now, if it was me, I'd have done a double somersault and a backflip.

If you weren't afraid of heights AND water.

In fact, you wouldn't go off the high dive

if it was your last day on earth.

I'd do a lot of things if it was my last day on earth.

-Zorbs.

-I am not.

I've seen these things on TV. They're awesome.

It takes total lower body strength to stay upright.

This is how I'm going to impress Nicola.

Forget the high dive.

These things are extreme!

How'd you go?

Did you have fun? Yeah?

You're right, Alex. Extreme!

-It's not quite what I saw on TV.

-Hey, you guys, how's it going?

-One of you want a go?

-No, no, just passing by...

Yeah, he does! No, he's got lovely hair.

-No, no...

-Go on. No, go on. Do it, do it.

Just take your shoes off and jump in the hole.

OK.

BUZZING

-Hang on, just a sec.

-Bee!

Don't, don't... Stop!

Use your lower body strength!

Well, actually it's more extreme than I thought.

Use your lower body!

Your lower body strength!

Become one with the ball, Alex.

Up the hill, Alex.

Sorry!

No time for Indiana Jones!

Run the other way!

The other way!

THEY SCREAM

BEE BUZZES

CAMERA CLICKS

Hey, there was a bee in there too, Alex.

Was there?

Oh, man, if I'd just leaned left

I would have zipped over right in front of Nicola.

Totally impressed her.

Either that or you'd have hit the juice bar

and looked completely stupid.

King!

-Alex!

-King!

Still got my back?

A little bit tired from the running, to be honest.

All right, righto, one o'clock. Super-jet hour.

SIREN BEEPS

King!

OK guys, who's first for the super jet?

Sorry, mate.

Can I call you mate?

Do you mind if I push in here?

Yeah, go on.

I wanted a private word with Nicola anyway.

Come on, mate, there's a queue.

-You're holding up everyone.

-I... I, um...

So, uh, Nicola...

Private word about what?

There's something I've been meaning to ask you for weeks...

Nicola, wait! Go out with me!

He's lying!

Oh, whoa!

Alex?

I'm in here. My boardies have come off.

You're wearing bathers under your boardies, though, right?

Oh, no!

Oh!

Why are you getting undressed in the tube, Alex?

That's shocking!

I'm not doing it on purpose!

What's going on down there?

My mate's stuck in the tube!

Right, the slide's closed until I get this thing sorted.

Everyone off.

How did he get stuck?

Alex, you still there?

He wants to know how you got stuck.

I'm not stuck, am I?

I'm holding on to the sides.

It's all right, he's not stuck.

He's holding on to the sides.

I'm going to put the super jets on full.

It's all right, Alex, he's turning the super jets on full.

What?!

Dude!

Where are my bathers?

See? It's just like my washing machine.

Get out quick before you get sucked into a vortex!

I can't get out like this!

Looking good, Alex!

THEY LAUGH

Just burn it when you're done!

I went to lost property, Alex.

They didn't have much, but I did find these.

Sorry.

Never mind, Alex.

The big one-five tomorrow.

I've got a feeling next year is definitely going to be your year.

Could hardly be any worse, could it? Ow.

See you guys tomorrow.

That was the worst year of my life.

ALARM BUZZES

Why did you lean left?

I was trying to get to Nicola.

You missed, Alex. You hit the juice bar.

Did I?

-King!

-Alex!

King!

Should we run away, Alex?

That's what we usually do, Mads.

Come back, King!

-You are toast, King!

-Alex!

Stop, stop, stop, stop!

I'll tell you what...

I'm done with all this loop year nonsense.

It never works.

No more stupid plans to impress Nicola.

I'm just going to ask her to be my girlfriend,

plain and simple, before Troy does.

-King!

-Alex!

King!

No, Alex. Let's hide in here.

I'm sure that wasn't there last time.

Oh, who cares? Let's go.

-King!

-Alex!

-King!

ALL: Surprise! Happy birthday, Alex!

But it's not my birthday till tomorrow.

Wouldn't be much of a surprise then, would it?

This is why I've been taking all the photos of you this month.

This is the best one I got.

That was?

It really was, mate.

Though I still liked the one where he's choking on the chips.

Actually I was going to do all this tomorrow,

but I thought I'd better bring it a day forward.

You know, in case you loop again tonight.

Hang on, what?

Well, if he loops, it'll end up

being his 14th birthday again tomorrow.

He's already had one of them, twice.

He deserves to celebrate his 15th at least once.

So, happy 15th!

Where are you going?

To ask out Nicola before Troy does,

because once she sees those T-shirts, I'll be a joke.

And who knows what will happen tomorrow?

I might not get another chance.

I don't think the T-shirts are a joke. They're fun.

Fun? This coming from someone who goes to a water park

and then won't even go in the water.

Alex!

Tomorrow I'm either going to turn 15 with Nicola as my girlfriend,

or I'm going to start the loop again

knowing what her answer would have been.

At least then I won't have to waste another year again.

I didn't think last year was a waste.

Loop again?

No-one ever told me anything about looping again.

Me and Alex talk about it all the time, Simon.

Whether the loop ends or restarts, whether it can be broken or not.

All of it.

You do stuff without me?

Alex!

Maddy, Maddy, Maddy, wait!

If he does loop again, what happens to us?

Do we die?

No, we just reset along with the rest of the world.

Only we won't remember anything that happened.

Which right now seems really nice.

But that's pretty much the same thing.

It's like our last day on earth.

There you are, King!

Think you could get away with treating me

like a bowling pin, did you?

Yeah. Did you?

I don't have time for this. So, do us a favour, Parker.

Nick off!

I'm going to force feed you your own legs, King!

Boosh, boosh!

Ah! It's a seagull!

Always got your back, man. Now, go on, find Nicola!

Oh, go on. Do your worst. None of it matters.

See? I don't care any more.

Invincible today, invincible... Hello!

Hi. Thanks for inviting me.

Where is he?

Gone.

Gone? No way.

Well, give him my card when you see him, would you?

Sure.

Where's Nicola?

Gone to your stupid party.

Your weirdo friend invited her.

Maddy? Asked Nicola to...?

I'm such an idiot.

Yeah, we know.

Nicola.

Oh, no, Troy. Not again.

Invincible today, invincible today...

Invincible today.

Ooh...

Hey, Nicola.

Is that Simon Birch?

BEE BUZZES

No... Stop..

Ahh!

Whoa! He's even better than you, Troy.

I did it. I really am invincible.

Samantha!

What are you doing here, anyway?

Why aren't you at your party?

I wanted to talk to you.

You did?

Yeah. In private.

I'll save your spot, shall I, Nicola?

Nicola!

Hey, Sam.

Oh, yeah, hey.

So, listen, this whole you and me thing.

I reckon it's time we stopped hiding our feelings.

What?

What do you say, huh? Shall we give it a go?

It'll have to be soon, though,

because this time tomorrow I'll have forgotten all about you, again.

That didn't come out quite how I meant. Well, actually...

Oi! That was mine!

-Hey, Simon.

-Hey, Simon.

-We saw your dive.

-And we were wondering if...

Wondering if what?

-Never mind.

-Disgusting.

No. No. That's just an urban myth!

It's an urban myth!

I know that it's been a bit of a weird year between us.

I was wondering if we could start again.

-Start again?

-Yeah.

Starting again is something I've been getting pretty used to lately.

And this time round, I wanted to start again by asking you out.

I don't mean like a date,

because we've been there and we've done that.

I mean, like becoming a proper couple.

Boyfriend, girlfriend.

It'll never be boring, I can promise you that.

I bet it wouldn't be, either.

So, what do you say?

Go out with me and we can have the best year of our lives.

SIREN WAILS

'All right, line up. One o'clock, super-jet hour.'

Hey, you know something, Alex,

-I've actually always...

-Is that Maddy?

Uh, yeah, I think so. So what?

It's happening again.

Um, we were kind of in the middle of something here, Alex.

I...I am so sorry.

-Sorry, what are you...

-I've got to stop her!

-Alex King!

Whatever they tell you is a lie. It was a purple drink.

The universe is course correcting,

but this time it's going to be Maddy.

Excuse me. Pardon me.

Sorry. Sorry, guys.

Sorry, guys.

Move, move, move. Maddy, what are you doing?

I'm having fun.

You said I couldn't, but I can.

People wee in the pool, remember?

Not from up here they don't.

Maddy, don't!

The universe is course correcting.

I thought it didn't matter what the universe wanted.

I thought having fun was all that counted.

No!

You're wearing bathers under your boardies, though, right?

Yes.

And undies, too.

I came prepared this time.

-SIREN WAILS

-Oh, no!

Thinking about it, two pairs of bathers might have been better.

Or a wet suit.

Go and grab them before they vanish.

-Why would they vanish?

-Just grab them, will you?

Alex?

Was that going to happen to me?

-You saved me. You're my hero.

-Great.

-I'll go get your bathers before...

-Don't bother.

If I don't grab my undies now, I'm going to lose them, too.

At least I'm not completely naked this time.

Let go!

Why do you want these? Let go of them.

You let go!

Agh!

No!

THEY SCREAM

Well, that's that, then.

You mustn't touch that pole!

I'm sorry you never got to celebrate your 15th birthday, Alex.

Last time I never got a 15th.

Thanks, Mads.

I kind of hope the loop does restart.

If it doesn't then this time tomorrow

everyone's going to have heard I weed in the pool.

You weed in the pool? That's disgusting!

No, I didn't really. It's an urban myth.

And I'm only messing with you, mate.

I hope you do get to turn 15.

Imagine having to do all this again.

Oh, I don't know. Some of it was fun.

And I did finally get to ask out Nicola.

Even if I didn't get her answer.

Oh, she asked me to give you this at your party.

Go on, open it.

It might give you some clue to how she feels.

No.

I think I'll open it tomorrow.

So... Well, do we...

Do we say... Do we say goodbye, or...

Or...

you guys could come in and spend the last day on earth with me.

Yay!

Here we go.

There is no hope for you!

Yay!

Hello, I'm Mr Norris.

Har-har-har. Right... Shut up!

Thanks, guys.

Ah, just go...

-Mate!

-Hugs are good, too. Yeah, yeah.

Right...

Oh, come here!

Come here, you!

No, that's just plain cheeky! No, no!

-Get out!

-Bye!

-See you, guys.

-Goodbye, Alex!

I'll see you tomorrow!

ALARM BUZZES

You are one with the ball, Alex!

Hey, Sam... Sorry.

It's mine. I reserved them both with this towel...

HE SPLUTTERS

Cut!