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There's too much choice and not enough time to fall.

I won't aim for your head. Get down.

You're the only one in town.

How do you get an unwanted person out of your head?

It sounds easy enough, but it's a bit like going on a diet.

You decide you've sworn off something, and the minute you do, it's all you can

think about.

So, I want heads down and studying hard for the upcoming exams.

Not only are you expected to maintain your training levels through this

but you're also expected to step them up.

Awesome!

Impressive exercise regime, itch?

Anyway, so the good news is that to give you more time for studying and

training, you've been absolved of cooking and cleaning duties for two

weeks. You can cook your own meals and stuff, right? As long as we don't have

eat it. He made this big plate of meat.

Nothing else. And last week you made spaghetti bolognese without the

Yeah, well, you shouldn't eat carbs at night. Your body can't burn them. Okay,

okay, enough arguing about food groups. I have what looks to be a very important

piece of mail here.

For you.

Congratulations, you've been invited to compete in the all -girls reef

competition in Chaupu, Tahiti.

Oh, nice one, Bec.

Wow. Congratulations, Bec. And very much deserved.

Big time, Bec.

Chaupu.

I thought Perry would get in over Bec for sure.

Me. You're doing better on points.

Plus, the waves will be left -handed.

You're a goofy footer. They'll be backhanded for Bec.

Because I'm a goofy footer doesn't mean I'd win.

When did all this happen anyway? No one told me we could enter the competition.

You don't enter, you get invited.

Beck would have been chosen as a wild card.

Well, I think it's a great opportunity and we should all be happy for her. I am

happy for her.

Me too, of course.

I'm just surprised.

Man, that's way overhead.

Hey, chow poo Beck.

You fucked a lot.

Yep.

That's got to be 20 foot at least.

Look at that!

Oh, Beck, please take me with you in your suitcase. I promise I won't crap

style. I wish I could.

I can't imagine going without you guys.

You sure then, Beck?

No.

They're pretty big.

We don't have anything like this in Australia.

You won't? No, what's a few thousand kilos of water slamming you into a reef?

He'll be fine. That's not going to happen.

Now, go to bed and stop talking at all.

Freedom's our father!

Freedom's our father!

Freedom's our father!

Hey,

I'm right for back, eh?

Yeah, it's a good break.

What do you reckon, Edge?

Hey, quit the Rocky routine, will you?

Edge?

What? We've got an exam tomorrow.

Since when are you giving her stuff?

Since now.

So if you want to do that, go somewhere else.

What's with all the exercise, anyway?

Nothing.

Just trying to keep in shape.

So what do you reckon about Beck being invited to Tahiti?

Good for her.

You two are still talking, aren't you?

What's the point of talking if you've got nothing to say?

Hey, here she is. Miss Chapel Queen of the Reef.

Don't get too excited.

Has Edge said anything to you yet?

Like what? Like congratulations.

Ah, I don't expect him to.

You're right.

It's probably beyond him.

But he should.

I mean, you guys are supposed to be friends, and friends support each other

they do well.

See, um, that's the problem. I mean, if we just stayed friends, then we'd be

cool. There wouldn't be this weirdness between us.

Well, you don't need to worry about Edge anymore.

I mean, you've got bigger and better things ahead of you, right?

Right.

Yeah, just... I'm sorry. Yeah.

That'll do.

That's 20 Ks, man.

Are you trying to impress?

No one.

Why don't you just go and talk to her?

I'm trying to keep in shape.

It's got nothing to do with Beck.

Where are all the eggs?

Not guilty.

There were a dozen eggs here yesterday.

Yeah, I only took the whites. Yokes are in a bowl in the fridge.

You ate a dozen egg whites?

I'll get it. And that was before he's run this morning. Hello?

Oh, thank you very much.

Yeah, I'll just get it.

Beck, it's you. It's Tahid.

Hello?

Jane!

Hi, yeah.

It's Jane.

Oh, thank you so much.

Yeah, I know.

No, no, no, that's fine.

Hey, Jo!

How about Beck, hey?

That's awesome, huh?

Yeah, someone rang her from Tahiti this morning.

Jane? Yeah, she's friends with my parents. We lived in Tahiti for a couple

years. Really?

So you know the sponsors then?

A couple of them, yeah.

You're kidding. Seriously, they're friends with the sponsors.

You don't think that's how she got in?

Okay, quiet please. Take your seats.

Read the questions carefully.

You have one hour to complete the exam.

Begin.

Write a two -page creative story that answers the question, what is a risk?

A risk carries with it the possibility of danger, even death.

It's important to weigh up your chances of success.

A risk is something you don't take unless you have a certain amount of

over the outcome.

Yeah, Perry reckons Beck only got into Chaupu because her parents are the

sponsors. Ah, Perry would say that though, wouldn't she? If she wasn't

to compete.

Wouldn't be the first time someone got into a competition who they know.

Flights are booked, hotel's organised and your new passport will be processed

within a week.

Simmo, I've thought about it and I don't want to go.

What? I'm not ready for waves that big.

You've served heavy breaks before.

Nothing like Chofu.

We'll ease you into it.

We'll get there a few days early, get some practice in. If I'm going to take

this risk, then I need to know that I'm fully prepared for it.

At the moment, I'm not.

Can we at least discuss it? There's nothing to discuss.

Yes, there is.

It's called big wave fear.

It's not fear.

It's an assessment of the risk weighed up against my level of training.

Bec, it isn't the risk itself that's the issue.

What counts is how you manage it. But I don't think I can do it. I'm here to

help.

When you think about big waves of chopu, what exactly is it that you're afraid

of?

Getting hammered?

Be more specific.

Getting hammered how?

Being... Held down under a big wave.

You know, and... Not being able to get up for air.

Right.

There's nothing you can do to take away that risk, but you can learn to minimise

it. Now, the first thing I want to do is to teach you to hold your breath

underwater for a lot longer than you used to.

Bec, I can get you ready for Chopu.

Trust me.

seen the small saucepan?

Uh, here it is.

Oh, yuck.

That's my leftovers.

Leftovers? Looks like it's been there for three weeks.

This has got to go. Hang on.

Well, Jilly needs to use the saucepan. So I'll put it in the food container.

What's it to you anyway? Well, you keep leaving gross stuff in the fridge all

the time and it's driving everyone else crazy.

The two of you, out of here. No, I've got to cook my dinner.

I made a beautiful lasagna. You want to eat baked beans from a tin? I told you,

Jilly, it's nothing to do with your cooking. All those baked beans, you blow

off the face of the earth, mate.

Lasagna mixes the proteins with the carbohydrates. Your body will... Oh,

you are meant to be studying. I'll cook the baked beans and the steak. No, it's

okay, all right? It's just that I'm going to eat the baked beans first, then

a couple of hours I'm going to cook the steak, because I need two hours to

separate the food groups. Ed, you can't expect us all to live with this. I mean,

it's crazy.

I don't expect anything from anyone. I said I'd cook it myself.

Ed! What?

Don't I have the right to eat what I want?

Yeah, but you've got to remember that you live here with seven other people

that what you do affects all of us.

That's my chin -up bar. I know. I'm taking it down. Why?

Because the door doesn't shut properly.

And can you do something about those tubs of protein powder we keep tripping

over them?

I'll make things easy for you.

What are you doing?

Moving into another room.

We stuck up on the door.

Going behind, Perry!

Excellent.

Good work, Bec.

So, to get pinned under a wave, what do you do?

Don't panic. Curl up your body and use your arms to protect your head and your

face. Good. What else?

Exhale softly.

so that way you don't get water up your nose and always keep your eyes open. So

you know which way is up.

Mm -hmm. Bec, I can't promise that you won't get hurt, but if you do get

hammered, you know the safest possible way to do it.

Good work.

Hey, guys!

Wait up!

Mate,

you're not planning on eating that, I hope?

Yeah, it's tofu with a bit of seaweed.

It's really high in protein and antioxidants.

You ever tried it?

I'm not that keen on anything that started its life as a weed.

Sumo, I just got a call from Marie Antoniaire. Who? The wife of Marcus

Antoniaire, Rick Stone.

Right. They've invited Beck to stay with them at their house in Tahiti.

Aye.

Well, I guess I should cancel the hotel then.

You never say no to an Antoniaire.

Antonia is the CEO of Reef Zone, and Reef Zone is one of the key sponsors of

all -girls ReefCon.

Well, there you go. That's why Beck was invited to compete.

What are you saying? That the comp was rigged? It looks that way. I can't

believe Devin Simmer would let her go, if that's true.

Well, maybe they want her to compete.

Looks good for Solar Blue.

But that'd totally suck.

Nothing wrong with using your contacts.

I guess it all comes down to who you know.

Where is everyone?

Oh, they left five minutes ago.

Flyin' Anna?

Them too. You are late, you know. They could have told me they were going.

You

know?

Hey!

There's a sale on at that new surf store on North Street. Do you guys want to

check it out?

No, I don't really like the stuff in that shop.

Me neither.

Fly? Thanks, but I'm pretty long cash.

Think I'll head straight to the beach.

There she is.

I'm going to go out back.

You should see the swell, man. It's picking up. Have you seen that bowl of

I left in here this morning? Forget the food. Let's get out there.

There's a whole bowl full of the stuff.

Was it you?

Did you chuck my food in the bin? What food?

It was in the bowl in the fridge.

Oh, that wasn't food, that was... Whatever it was, it was off. It wasn't

Edge, it was all slimy and curdled. It grossed me out. So what?

No one asked you to eat it.

So, it was stinking out the fridge the rest of us have to use?

When are you going to stop focusing on yourself and start thinking about what's

fair for everyone else? Fair?

You get invited to compete at Chalper because your dad happens to be mates

one of the sponsors.

Is that fair?

Is that what you think?

I'm not the only one.

What's that supposed to mean?

Why do you think they're all out there searching without you?

There are two kinds of risk in life.

There's physical risk and that's scary.

But the other kind of risk, emotional risk, that's the biggest risk of all.

Can I see her?

Is she conscious?

No, not yet.

The bleeding stopped.

Edge, did you see her wipe out?

What happened?

Nosedive. Just came off head first.

After all the training we've done.

She was upset.

With me.

Because I gave her a hard time about the competition in Tahiti being rigged.

Who said the comp was rigged? Her dad knows the sponsors.

That's how she got in.

Everyone knows.

Bec was invited to compete because she won a comp in Indonesia as a cadet.

Anyone who won a reef break comp run by those sponsors in the past 12 months

automatically qualified.

It had nothing to do with who her parents did or didn't know.

You all knew Beck was nervous about tackling Chopu.

She needed your support.

What did she get instead?

Rumours and innuendo.

All of it behind her back, none of it based in fact.

Jumping to conclusions before you have all the facts is one of the most

dangerous, destructive things you could do to anyone, let alone a friend.

Beck's mum just called from the hospital.

She's conscious.

Doctor said she'll be fine.

Hi.

Hi.

You okay?

I think so, yeah.

Do you remember much about what happened?

I remember getting dumped.

Nothing after that.

Next thing I was in here.

Beck.

You know that stuff I said before about the competition in Tahiti?

It's not true.

I know it's not. I knew it couldn't be.

I don't even know why I said it.

I was mad with you about the food and...

I just lost it. Edge, this was an accident. It wasn't your fault. Yeah,

wouldn't have happened if I'd learned to keep my stupid mouth shut for a change.

No. Yes.

I stuffed up.

Maybe it's true what they say, you know?

The more you like someone, the more you're going to hate them if things go

wrong.

This whole diet I've been doing, this over -the -top exercise routine, all of

it, it's just been a way to...

Try and take my mind off you.

Why would you want to do that?

Because I really like you.

Probably too much.

It's a pretty weird way of showing it.

I thought it might have been my imagination.

It wasn't.

Instead of talking to you about it, we just got all angry and avoided you.

Bec, we're so sorry.

Okay.

Really. I got you something from that sale you were talking about.

You can take it to chapel.

I love them.

But, uh, I won't be going anymore.

Not with my injuries.

Well, um, I brought you my Cadillac CD to listen to. You're kidding.

And something to listen to it on.

You should get some good sounds going on with the holes in your head. I don't

have any holes in my head.

They've been stapled up. They should have done it in his mouth while they

at it.

Okay, come on, guys. Time's up.

Let's get out of here and give the girl some rest.

Bye. See you tomorrow.

Bye.

Edges agree to a 24 -hour limit on all leftover food.

And back.

Upstairs, there's something else we want to show you.

And another thing, I feel fine.

We figured, if you can't get to Chopo, we'd bring it to you.

Aloha. Welcome back home, Bec.

There's got to be easier ways to forget about someone than hitting your head on

a reef.

Number one, it doesn't work.

And number two, what you think you don't want can sometimes turn out to be the

best thing that ever happened.

There's too much choice and not enough time.

It's too far.

One more.