Cleaning fluid? Alfie drank cleaning fluid?
That is what the hospital said.
Yeah right.
Perhaps you would care to enlighten us on exactly
What you think was in that bottle miss williamson?
Pass.
Trudykins. How are you today?
Old enough and wise enough to know when you want something, jerome. Out with it.
Well you know how alfie and me are best mates yeah?
And now he's in a hospital bed
Probably bored to death with no-One to talk to
Except old men with hacking coughs and bad breath.
I want the day off to go and visit him.
Fine.
Come on, trudy! It's not like i've been... Fine?
But not the whole day though.
You can have a couple of hours this afternoon.
Erm, trudy? Can i do that as well, please?
I feel a bit bad that he's not got something nice to look at whilst he's in there.
Oh okay. I'll see what i can clear with mr sweet.
Erm, trudy. How,
No! I can only get permission for two of you to go.
You'll have to fight it out amongst yourselves.
Of course i should be the one to go. Alfie loves me.
Amber, watch my lips. I am going to the hospital, not you.
"the only place where yesterday always follows tomorrow"
What is it, what is it, what is it?
I mean, what if it's not a book?
Nina, who do you think should go?
Guys, i'm out, remember.
Besides, i'm busy reading "pink pony parade"?
Alfie needs someone to cheer him up, not to shout at him.
And that's why i wore this lipgloss.
Who's gonna be shouting?
I won't be shouting amber, i'll be interrogating him. That's all.
Don't try to confuse you me with your fancy words.
Err, it's in the dictionary, amber. It's not fancy.
In the dictionary. Of course.
"the only place where yesterday always follows tomorrow."
A dictionary. You genius, genius, genius, genius girl.
Okay, that happened. But i'm still out guys.
So the clue means your dictionary?
Not my dictionary, a leather-Bound clasped dictionary.
Do you want to help me look for it nina?
I have to finish reading this article on... 'winter pony grooming."
Nina, sarah gave this to you - Not me.
Ah!
Yes!
Yo, dude, whassup?
You know. Been better.
Quit play-Acting you goof.
We just saw you obliterating aliens.
We brought you some grapes.
Jerome ate them all.
You did you mean!
Here. Go and buy him some chocolate.
Chocolate. Yum-Yum!
So come on. Tell me what you saw down in the cellar.
I can't remember.
Don't give me that.
It's true. It's like a total blank.
Hang on, why am i buying the chocolate? You go!
Err, because i'm paying for it.
So!
No matter what,
I'll take care of you for ever and ever
Because i am your best friend.
Looking good, alfie.
Always do, nurse delia.
I think it's safe to say we'll soon be saying goodbye to you.
Argh! Um. Feel sick. Ow!
So what was the official diagnosis?
We never heard at school?
The doctors still aren't sure. Some sort of allergic reaction to something he drank?
I thought he drank cleaning fluid?
The tests are still with toxicology.
Leave the thermometer in. I'll be back in a sec.
You know, nurse delia makes getting sick kind of appealing.
Keep your eyes off my nurse.
Your nurse? Alfie, you are way too unversed in the laws of flirtation - Unlike moi.
Don't worry. I'll show you how it's done.
I'm going to the coffee shop. Losers!
Oh, think i might be coming down with a case of delia fever.
Oh, miss robinson, miss robinson,
I need help.
What with?
Preparing for my scholarship.
My times are down. I'm behind with my project work,
I thought mara,
She's abandoned me.
Okay. Well, if you want a training partner, i'm happy to help.
But it'll be my rules, my exercises. How does that sound?
Yeah.
Right,
First training session this evening yeah?
Meet me outside school at 4.30.
Thanks i really appreciate this.
We'll see if you still feel that way after you've done a few of my drills.
Yeah, ha ha.
Phew. Is it me, or is it hot in here?
My heart is pounding. You know, i think it might be palpitations.
Feel how fast my pulse is racing.
My word. That is exceptionally fast.
Is it?
Dangerously so, i'd say...
In what way dangerous?
I think you need an injection of beta blockers straight away.
Beta blockers?
Don't worry. Just because the needle is gigantic, doesn't always mean it hurts more.
Although, in this case it does.
No nurse, i haven't really, i mean, i was only,
What? Joking? Gotcha.
Nice one nurse delia.
This colour doesn't really suit my complexion.
Can't i be a blue budgie instead?
Howard carter took his canary to tutankhamen's tomb, not a budgerigar.
Dramatic license?
No!
About time guys. Rehearsals were meant to start ten minutes ago.
Well?
Why are you dressed as a duck?
I'm a canary.
A canary dressed as a duck?
Did you find anything?
Well, we were looking for an old english dictionary,
But then mastermind here thought we should look for an arabic dictionary and... Ta-Da!
What's with all the squealing? Can we set up for a run of act one, please?
I don't think we can. I mean,
I know we don't have alfie,
Or jerome.
Or patricia.
Or mara.
Fantastic.
We can always do my scene again.
I suppose we'll have to.
Mara's here. We can do our scene as well if you like.
What's with the stupid chicken outfit?
Okay. Mr winkler. I really do need to talk to you about this costume.
Do you want to run some lines?
No.
Mara i'm not sure what i'm supposed to have done.
Oh really?
Yeah, we were getting on great, then we kissed...
And you regret it. Yes. You've said it all before mick.
No need to go over it.
No, but now you've gone all weird and i've lost a training partner and a friend.
Thought you'd got a new training partner?
Miss robinson?
So much for "can't do it without you, mara".
Are you jealous?
Why - Is there anything to be jealous of?
Oh mara you are so funny.
Don't you laugh at me. Don't you dare laugh at me.
No, i'm not, i'm saying...
Wow! It's a superpower clasp.
It's really stuck. Try the locket!