21/06/2013 EastEnders

I got your message.

All right? Where's Kirsty?

I came out on my own.

Lauren, you haven't...

Peter asked me out.

Oh, did he? Oh, that's nice, isn't it?

Oh, he's still keen, then. Yeah, so where's he going to take you?

I haven't said yes yet.

No, right. Yeah. Just take it easy, eh?

He's a nice lad, though, isn't he? You'd have fun.

Yeah.

Right, guess that's it, then. I'm going on a date tonight.

Right, come on you. Let's get you back on the stall.

I thought I was here today?

You've learned enough for one day. Go on, go and get changed.

So, the outside door is locked at 11 o'clock sharp.

Breakfast is served between 7.30 and 9

and we don't do lunch.

Normally.

Ham and mustard. Extra spicy.

Oh, thanks but I'm not hungry.

You could have fooled me.

It looks perfect.

I know. No women, men, drugs or pets in your bedchambers.

And if these rules are infracted upon, you will be ejected. Clear?

Sort of.

Good. So, here are your keys. Enjoy your stay.

I don't normally get complaints.

-Sam.

-Carl.

Welcome to Albert Square.

Thanks.

Did you have a visit from a fella called Carl?

Yeah, he was asking about Derek.

Right. What did you say?

Well, nothing. Till Kat blurted it out that he was dead. He didn't know.

-Right, what time was that?

-About nine.

Nine? Did he mention me?

Don't think so. Why?

No reason.

Do you think he's trouble an'all, then?

He asked about Derek and Derek's dead, then he left!

I don't think there's anything to worry about. Do you?

No, probably not. See you in a bit, yeah?

See you in a bit.

You can't deny me.

I wouldn't! But if you really cared about him...

Course I care. Course I care. I've suffered for two years.

I'm not letting you use my boy as a stand-in for Scarlett.

Where are you going?

I'm going to get Tommy and then tell Alfie what you've done.

Wait.

Aha! There you are.

-Is this running smoothly now?

-That's cos you're the best dad in the world.

-Yeah, Chief Tractor Fixer to the rescue!

-Yeah. Tell you what.

-What?

-You can fix my tractor any day.

Peroxide, I hope that's not a euphemism for something!

-It is, actually, it is.

-Yeah?

-It's a euphemism for "Give Me Babies Now".

I'm liking the sound of that!

-Dinner?

-Yeah. Well I did ask him to take her for lunch.

Where's he going to take her, Tan? To a restaurant full of booze?

-We need to start trusting her.

-She's got to earn that, hasn't she?

Maybe this is a good chance for her to start earning it.

Peter Beale's been after her for years. All he's got to do is get her drunk and all his dreams come true!

He's not like that.

FOOTSTEPS APPROACH

What are you all doing here?

I'm going to work.

Busted. I just... I let slip about your little date tonight.

And I wouldn't let her go till I found out who with.

It's not a date. It's a catch-up.

Any sinks need unblocking?

Well, no. You've done that, ain't you? Put yourself out of business.

Is everything OK?

Well, I dunno. Kat seems to think you're here to cause aggravation.

I'm sorry to hear that. And you?

How did you find my address? I didn't give it to you.

-Walford ain't a big place.

-So why lie about knowing Alice, then?

HE SIGHS

Look, why don't I explain over coffee?

I'll be waiting in the cafe for you when you're done here.

You all right, Pete?

So, you taking Lauren out to dinner?

Yeah. It was Tanya's idea.

Right, you do know she can't drink, don't you? She struggles with it.

I see.

So, if she touches one drop, I'm going to come after you.

Do you understand me?

Good.

Max! Right from when I was a kid, I've always looked out for her.

Jack - he always goes for the blue one.

Hey! Tommy's here! Tommy, look what Daddy's fixed for you!

I've fixed your tractor, haven't I? Good boy.

Do you want to take him upstairs? Michael's got something to tell you.

Yeah, yeah, sure. Come on, buddy. Let's go upstairs with Daddy.

Let's go. Let's not forget the tractor.

Do you want to play with this? Look what I've got!

I need to pick Oscar up soon.

Got to get some decorations, you know, for Abi's party.

Well, she did ask you to wait.

-I know.

-Look, come on, you're worse than me!

Wow, you look stunning.

Well, I've got to get my bag and shoes from you later, but...

Look at you. My beautiful little girl!

No exactly the 15-year-old girl he fell in love with, though.

You look lovely. Right, I'm going to go and get Oscar.

So just...just try and have fun, you know?

Just... No pressure.

What did she mean by that?

She means relax. You know, he should be the nervous one.

Why didn't you tell me how serious her drinking problem is?

This is Lauren. She's, like, the love of your life.

-I didn't really think it was my place.

-Well, how bad is it?

She just binges a bit. It's not a massive problem.

Well, Max seems to think it is.

Yeah well, that's parents for you.

I'm going to cancel.

What? No, you have to go!

Come on, you used to draw pictures of her in your textbooks!

That was ages ago.

Look, she has to move on from Joey.

If you really like her then... Help her.

Sugar?

No, I've got to get back to do my dinner, thanks.

I lied because Derek talked about Alice so much, I wanted to meet her.

Well, why didn't you just say that?

It's complicated.

I met Derek in prison. He looked after me. Saved my life.

When you come out of prison, you think everyone's going to treat you like scum. So you lie.

Yeah, that's when people do treat you like scum.

Yeah.

I met your uncle earlier... in that lovely little restaurant.

I thought, "I'd love a place like this."

You know, what would it take? What do you reckon?

Dunno. Anything's possible. Ian was homeless a year ago!

His family hated him. He lost all his businesses and now...

I mean, he's gone from nothing to that in a year.

I suppose you've just got to have a bit of faith.

Maybe I will. Good old Ian, eh?

-Jean!

-What? Am I late?

No, you're not late. I need a favour from you.

I need you to run things from about eight o'clock.

Run things?

Yeah. Well, you said you wanted more responsibility, didn't you?

Yes, but... No Ian, no! I'm having one of my funny days.

Are you sure?

I mean, I suppose I could, at a push, run the kitchen

but front of house... No...

Jean, it's fine.

Alfie. I have an admission to make. I've got to tell you something before the boy does.

What, has he discovered the meaning of life or something?

-The origins of life.

-The origins of life? Nice one.

Not the origins of life as an umbrella term...

The origins of HIS life.

Oh, yeah?

This afternoon I told him I was his father.

You did what?

Not that long ago, Michael, you wanted nothing to do with him.

I still don't.

If I remember rightly, I called him my own when you couldn't even look him in the eye!

And then what...

The wind changed, did it?

It was a knee-jerk reaction. The thought of having two children not knowing me was just...

It was the tortures of the damned, actually, so I'm sorry.

You don't think I deserved some sort of warning?

Or deserved to even be there?

Get out.

DOOR SLAMS

Thank you.

Three times in one day.

You read my mind.

That's not what I meant. I meant seeing each other.

Which we're not supposed to be doing, are we?

Mm! Dining alone? Fancy company?

Actually, I...

Well, we really should get to know each other a bit better.

After all, we are living under the same roof, Samuel.

MOBILE ALERT

Ah. Sorry. I'm setting up a job.

Oh! All work and no play makes Sam very...

..gay...as in funny. SHE LAUGHS

Actually... Kim, I really need to go.

-Oh!

-Feel free. Tuck in.

I'm on a diet.

OK?

You know, he had no right to do that.

-Look, maybe it just slipped out.

-What?

Maybe if I sat down with Tommy and just said that he was lying...

Alfie, seriously, he's a kid. He's not going to understand any of that, is he?

I went through everything for him. I mourned him. I got him back.

-I loved him. He's my boy.

-I know. I know.

And what, then Michael just goes and blows all that out the water...

Alfie, Alfie! Look at me.

OK, I know - I know this hurts, but he was going to have to find out sooner or later, wasn't he?

I guess I just wanted it to come from me.

Can I trouble you for some service?

What's wrong, darling?

I dunno. It's just Peter, innit.

He's all...confident and manly

and then there's just me. Look at me.

How's he not going to be disappointed, Mum?

Don't be silly!

You're just going through a hard time at the moment

and Peter cares about you, in a way that's not temporary.

DOORBELL RINGS

Hello, Peter, come in.

Lauren said she was here?

Yeah, well, you know. I'm just a storage facility for her shoes lately, so...

Lauren! (Please don't let her drink).

No. Lauren!

You look... I mean, wow.

Thanks.

Right, see you later then, Mum.

Yes. Great. Well, you make sure you text me later,

you know...if you want to. If you want to come back and get any shoes or anything for Abi's party...

The party's here, Mum.

Don't worry. I won't be late.

No. Good. Right. Great. Have a lovely time.

You haven't changed a bit.

What are you doing?

I'm out. Clean too, you know?

And I'm married.

My brother told me.

Did he tell you I'm pregnant too? There's nothing here for you.

Five years. Totally straight. Kirsty, please...

I can't do this.

Who are you?

What did you just say to him?

What's the matter?

It's Alfie. He's gone.

-What, she didn't say who with?

-No. Probably just winding me up, ain't she.

You know, it amazes me that that girl still has the energy.

So you're not bothered, then?

Dunno. I dunno.

OK, well, do you fancy going for dinner? On me.

Yeah, yeah, all right. Never turn down free food, do I?

SHE CHUCKLES

What you got in mind, anyway?

I thought this was just a catch-up.

Well, if you'd rather pull MY chair out, you're more than welcome.

Right, let's hit the cranberry juice. Get this party started(!)

Thank you.

Thank you.

You expecting a hot date or something?

-How are we doing?

-I'm managing, no thanks to you.

Very nice brandy! I'm impressed.

Yeah, I'm saving it for a special occasion.

No sign of Derek yet? Not like him to be late.

You are not going to stop me seeing him! Do you understand?

That's not what I'm proposing. I'm not going to take him away from you,

I just needed to tell him, you know.

-Are you going to become violent?

-Oh, shut up.

-Can you imagine how confused the poor kid is right now, eh?

-He barely knows what a dad is.

-Then why would you tell him?!

-Because I'm horrible.

Because I'm selfish. When Kat was pregnant I behaved abominably to her.

And you know, so when Scarlett was born...

and now she's gone, I'm a dad twice over without children.

It doesn't work.

Michael, listen to yourself. They're not interchangeable!

-Do you understand?

-But they are both my children.

They're both my children.

If you had a kid of your own, maybe you'd understand that.

That's a horrible thing to say. I'm sorry! I retract that.

You're a scumbag, Michael Moon.

DOOR CLOSES

-Urgh!

-Aw, don't! This is all I've got.

Right, so anyway -

what have you been up to all these years?

Your dress sense has certainly improved.

This outfit was bought under instruction.

Oh, yeah? Girlfriend, or...?

SHE GASPS

Peter, you better not be two-timing me.

I'm a free agent now - anyway, I thought this was just a catch-up!

-You always were too easy to tease.

-Yeah, you were always too willing.

Couldn't help it with you. Like pulling the wings off a butterfly.

Butterfly, eh? So we're agreed I'm pretty?

I've missed that smile.

Something tells me this ain't a coincidence?

-I don't know what you mean.

-That's cheap, Luce. That really is.

We just got here!

Is that my sister playing games?

How should I know?

But you were right about this cranberry juice - it's not really cutting it, is it?

Waiter! Hi, can I have some vodka lemonade, please?

Actually, make that two, yeah? Thank you.

What? You're not going to make me drink on my own, are you?

Look, I really should be getting back in the kitchen.

We both know he's not coming. And neither is my ten grand.

You know, I've been racking my brains today...

thinking about why you lied to me.

And I keep coming back to Derek's little box of tricks.

Seems like somewhere you might stash a few grand.

I wouldn't know.

And yet you lied to me.

In your expensively put-together, newly-acquired restaurant,

in Derek's old lock-up.

I didn't see any money, OK? What do you want from me?

You've taken from me.

I want your blood.

Slow down.

Lauren, what's happened? Why are you not allowed to drink?

It's just rules and regulations.

Whose? Has it got something to do with that Joey?

What? No! Who told you, anyway? About the drinking?

No-one. I just... You ordered cranberry juice...

Don't lie. It was Lucy, weren't it? Obviously!

I bet she sent you like, little updates to Devon, didn't she!?

She absolutely loves it.

Hence the front row seats for her and Joey.

Waiter! Hi, can I have the same again, please?

-Why don't we give her something to celebrate, eh?

-Lauren, just calm down.

In fact, do you know what, get your phone out and take a photo

-and we'll send it to her.

-No.

-Why? She'll love that.

-She's going to want a photo of this, ain't she?

-It wasn't Lucy!

Who was it, then? Tell me!

If you don't tell me then I am gone, right.

And you can forget ever doing this again.

It was your mum, all right! And your dad.

They wanted me to take you out. They thought it might...help.

Oh.

-Thanks, buddy!

-Mummy gone?

Yeah, Mummy's downstairs...

Listen, you know when you and Michael were talking earlier?

About daddies and stuff, right?

Hey look, you know, I fixed this for you, OK, when it was broke.

Well, you see...

the thing is now - I won't be able to fix this any more for you

because your real daddy... well, that's Michael.

Michael?

And then...he's going to fix this for you.

Michael. Daddy.

Michael's Daddy, yeah.

I'd love to be an advocate for the prison system -

rehabilitated, a shining example of their success

-but truth is, I just got nastier.

-You can't prove anything.

What do you think this is? Judicial process? You're lying. You're guilty.

That money was my fresh start.

The chance for me to start a new business. And you took it.

-And you can't even do the decent thing and admit it.

-There's nothing to admit.

You can't keep this up. Too many variables.

Your own family can't even back you up.

Look, stop lying and we can work something out.

Keep lying... Things get dark.

Beautifully presented.

Go on.

Look, I had to, OK?

I didn't have any choice, otherwise this place would have fallen through.

Ah, now you're being honest, we can do business.

All right. I suggest you give me

£500 a week for the foreseeable future. Do you understand me?

Good. Business concluded.

Pass me the salt.

I'm sorry, what? Be quiet!? We're on a date here!

Just cos you two died years ago...

You are literally decomposing in front of each other's eyes

and let's face it, you're probably too polite to even let her know.

I'm really sorry. Can I get the bill, please?

-Right, come on, I'm taking you home.

-Just go back to Devon. Find a girl

and rot into middle age together... catching up(!)

-Shut up, don't talk to me like that!

-Just go home, then!

I fancy a dance, anyway.

Is he bad news?

-I don't want to talk about it.

-He's been round my house.

He's been sniffing round Bianca and Alice, we've got a right to know.

-He's someone you don't want in your life.

-I knew it.

I've been where he is, though. I mean, you know what it's like.

-People thinking you're worthless just cos you've been in prison.

-Trust me. He's nasty.

Why should I take your word for it?

We were engaged.

You all right, B? All right, Kat?

-Yeah, fine.

-Roxy said I could get going, actually.

-Fancy some fried chicken?

-Er, yeah.

-Any word yet?

No. It's only been an hour, innit.

Didn't know you liked fried chicken.

Well, I don't, no.

Alfie.

I told him, Roxy. I told Tommy I'm not his real dad.

You going to ignore me all night?

Depends, Lucy. Are you going to stay all night?

-What happened to my brother?

-Ah, Lucy...meet...

Oh, who am I kidding? I can't even remember their names.

Joey! Can I have a drink, please!

I ain't serving you.

Personality FAIL!

Will you take over for a bit here, mate? We're out of mixers.

-Is Jay in?

-Of course not.

I'm trying to win Dexter round, not start another war.

Oh. Sam! I thought I heard voices.

I was talking to myself. Bad habit.

It was a shame you had to run off from dinner.

Well, how about a nice little nightcap?

Make yourself comfy in the living room.

I've got a little something something in the fridge...

Sam!

Did he just run out on me?!

MUSIC OBSCURES CONVERSATION

Trust me. She won't drink again. She was too excited about it.

How are you doing, mate? You all right?

I thought you were going to come by and look at a motor...

Can't avoid me for ever, Kirsty.

-Sorry, have I missed something? Do you know each other or what?

-Look, just go, yeah?

I'm just settling in. I'm not going anywhere.

See you around.

What's all that about?

That's Carl.

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