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and there's too much choice and not enough time

Sometimes I think having a boyfriend is like owning a dog.

Except dogs are a lot easier to control.

Eric, this is a really dumb idea.

What if Simo finds out?

Simo's not here.

Besides, it's just a bit of fun.

Here, can you plug that in?

Like dogs, they're always getting themselves in trouble.

But they'll never be told.

Eric, sit.

Stay.

Did you just tell me to stay?

I don't think you should do this. You must have the helmets for training

purposes only.

James, James, James, James, James, James, James. You worry too much. Do you

that?

Hello. I tried.

Eric's got the helmet, has he?

Uh, Simo.

Um, yeah, he wanted me to give him some training tips.

Good to see him showing some initiative.

Don't worry about it. I'll take over from here.

Eric, Simo here.

Let's do some work on your aerials, mate.

Eric, get off that wave, mate. It's too small. There's a bigger set out the

back.

Eric, get off the wave. Let's do some work on your aerials.

What's wrong with the stick?

Maybe he has it turned off.

Why would he have it turned off?

No, I thought... Then why couldn't you hear a word I said? Come on.

Got the volume turned right down.

My office.

After train.

I knew I shouldn't have let him off the leash today.

And the thunk with the training helmet was just typical.

You know, you're coming last on the scoreboard.

Last? But I'm doing okay in the comps. Last.

The comps are not your problem. The problem is your attitude.

You're turning slacking off into an art form.

I'm sorry, Simmer.

Simmer, the new fins have arrived.

Yeah, good. Just put them anywhere.

Mate, there are so many surfers out there that would give anything to swap

places with you, so you better start pulling your weight.

I'm not just talking about a training, I'm talking about around the house, at

school... And like dogs, boys never seem to understand how much trouble they're

in until it's too late.

Isn't he adorable?

His name's Nicky. He's been in the pound for a month, so if someone doesn't take

him today, it's over.

Over?

You mean... Yeah.

I'd take him myself, but I've already got four stray dogs, three cats, a sick

possum and a psychotic parrot.

Mum's threatening to leave home.

He's so cute.

Amy, wouldn't you love to take him home?

To be honest, one pet's enough.

You've got a pet.

Not exactly, but sometimes it feels that way.

Brooke, can you take him?

Sorry, Ella. Solar Blue won't let us have any pet. No exception.

Don't say no yet.

Just come see him today.

After school.

Please.

Corey, well done.

Amy, that's improved. Very happy.

Eric, disappointing, mate.

Disappointing.

Annabelle. Eric, you can't afford to lose any more points. Angus?

No.

Mr. Arlen?

Is there any way I can turn this into a pass?

Well, I suppose you could repeat it, but you'd need a good reason.

How about my likely murder when Simo finds out my mark?

All right.

As long as you have it to be by Monday the latest.

Monday? But that's a whole weekend blown.

It's up to you if you don't want a pass.

Monday. Monday's cool.

Eric got a big lecture from Simo this morning. Yeah, it was pretty full on.

Simmo told him to start pulling his weight or else.

Or else what?

I don't know.

Hey, isn't that Dan?

Dan who?

Dan Coleman. Remember? The hot shot surfer that was originally picked for

Blue?

Oh, yeah.

But then he took the sponsorship from Stilton Sports instead.

I wonder what he's doing here.

Maybe Simmo has something to do with it.

Simmo?

What would he be talking to Dan about?

That's what I was wondering.

Hey, guys.

Jilly around?

Nah, she went down to the shops.

Okay, Nicky. Coat this clean.

What's this book? Did it fly you home?

Hippage! Come here.

Come here. I know.

Whose dog is it?

Well, mine, kind of.

Yours. What happened to the no pets, no parties rule?

I know, but when he looked at me with those big brown eyes, I couldn't leave

at the pound.

You know Jilly's going to freak when she sees him?

Well, then I just won't let Jilly see him, will I?

Hey, Dan.

Hey, Amy.

How are things at Solar Blue?

Pretty good. How are things with you?

Yeah, not bad, not bad.

Had to give Stillsons a flick, though, so I'm looking for a new sponsor.

Any luck?

I'm not too sure yet, but you never know.

Could end up seeing a lot more of each other.

What do you mean?

I can't talk about it right now, but I'll see you around.

Where are you going to hide him?

How about the gym?

Jilly hardly ever goes in there.

Simmo does.

Yeah, but Simmo's a big softy. I reckon we can talk him round. I don't know

about that.

Hello?

Hello?

Where is everybody?

Hi, anybody here?

Hey, Jilly, just tidying up, you know, give me a fold.

Wow, bad time.

Be quiet. What was that noise?

Uh, Mr. Mick, must be getting pretty close to tea. No, no, no, it came from

there.

Actually, it was my stomach.

Brooke, what are you doing behind the couch? Just looking for my bag.

Does your bag have a tail?

Come on, Nicky.

Say hello to Jilly.

Wherever that dog came from, he has got to go back.

But Jilly... No, Brooke, I'm sorry.

But he's from the pound on death row.

If I take him back, he's history.

It's just for the weekend until we can find him a new home.

All right.

Just for the weekend.

But if he's a problem, he goes.

Thank you. He won't be a problem. He's an absolute angel.

That angel is eating your bag.

Nikki, stop it.

G'day, Andrew.

Yeah, I had that meeting with Dan.

You're right.

He's asked us to take him on.

Yeah, I know. The sponsor's joint.

Major Coop.

Yep, absolutely. I couldn't agree more.

I just wanted to run it past you first, so if you speak to the legal people, I

can get back to Dan.

Are you serious?

I don't believe that. Neither do I.

Don't you see it all fits?

The lecture Simo gave you, the secret meeting with Dan, another phone call

Andrew. And if they're taking on Dan, someone's got to go and guess who's at

bottom of the board.

I've been having a bad run. Simmo can't do this. It's totally unfair.

It's dark.

And if it's Eric now, he'll be next to go.

Nicky, no.

I'm going to go talk to Simmo right now. You can't.

He's gone out for dinner.

Don't worry.

We'll all go talk to Simmo tomorrow.

We can't let this happen.

We won't.

Go on, Eric. Up and at them.

Don't want to be late for training.

I want some points. I'm not going to be chopped anyway.

You can't just lie there all day.

Yeah, why not? Because that'll just make Simo think he's doing the right thing.

Yeah, don't give him the satisfaction.

It's not like Simo to be late. He probably can't face us.

So much for loyalty. I'm going to tell him exactly what I think of him. You and

me both.

Guys, I don't think this is the smartest way to handle this. Why not?

Well, Simo doesn't know you know, which could be used to your advantage.

How? This is Derek's chance to show Simo he can actually lift his game without

Simo knowing why.

What's the point? It won't do any good.

No, Corey could be right.

Dan may not be signed yet.

You can use this time to turn Simo around.

I don't know. Right now all I want to do is blast.

You can get ready, because here he comes.

Eric, how much do you want now?

What does solo glue mean to you? You know what it means. If I can't be a

I don't know what I'll do.

Then prove to Simmo you can change.

Sorry, mate.

Let's get stuck in, shall we?

Go!

Come on, guys. Push.

Harry's really going for it today.

I've noticed.

They're not all your clothes, are they?

No, but there's no point leaving them for someone else to pick up.

Good on you.

Now, Julie, I was wondering if you could put me down for some extra chores.

Did he say extra chores?

That's what it sounded like.

Are you not feeling well?

Would you like me to get the thermometer for you?

Seriously, it's time I did my share.

And I can show you a website where you can get the rest of the info from.

This time the assignment's going to be so much better.

I'll show you what I've done already.

Have you seen the pages I've already finished? They were right here.

No.

I never thought I'd say this, but I think the dog ate the homework.

Bad, bad Nicky. Very bad Nicky.

I'm going to have to do it again.

Dog, man, not a goat.

Hey, what's going on here?

Oh!

The mutts chewed through my internet cable.

Brock!

Brock!

Burn it.

Burn it.

I

know,

I don't... want to do this either.

At least there's nothing here you can destroy.

I'll take you for a walk later, okay?

I promise.

Where's Eric?

Oh, he's up in his room.

Redoing an assignment.

He's up there while everyone's watching a movie.

Yeah. This is Eric we're talking about.

Yeah, Eric.

Oh!

Can I have a word?

What's the problem?

What's the story with Eric?

Is he all right?

Yeah, he's fine. Why?

Well, he's training like a maniac.

volunteering for extra chores, and now he's being a model student.

Something's got to be going on.

Simmo hasn't told you.

Simmo hasn't told me what?

Come on, Amy.

I want to know.

Simmo! Why? Can you give us a hand for a sec?

Not unless you tell me why you're replacing Eric.

Replacing Eric? Everyone knows Simmo. What? Amy saw you with Dan Coleman, then

she heard you on the phone to Andrew.

Right. Look, I know Dan's a hot surfer, but what about poor Eric? Hello, earth

to fly. I'm not replacing Eric. I never was.

But... Dan's talking to Solar Blue about sponsorship.

Got nothing to do with the Academy or Eric.

Wouldn't be much of a coach if I just replaced people every time they're

problems, would I?

Oh, that's great.

Poor Eric's been knocking himself out trying to impress you.

I'll go tell him.

Just hang on a sec.

What?

I just see a window of opportunity.

And I think we'd be foolish to slam it shut.

What does that mean?

It means don't say anything about this yet, OK?

Simmo, you are going to tell him, aren't you? Yeah, of course.

Just not right now.

Morning, Simmo.

Eric. Brought you coffee, couple of bickies if you're peckish.

Mate, that's very considerate of you.

Just put it down here like the mess.

Oh, this office is looking like a bit of a disaster, isn't it?

Yeah.

Yeah, I don't know where to start, really.

Filing to be done, magazines to be sorted, folders put away. I don't know

I'm going to find the time.

Well, I could do it for you if you'd like.

You sure?

Yeah, I think.

Eric, that'd be awesome. Why don't you start with the filing down there on the

floor? Thanks, mate.

Hey, Simo, here's Mel.

Thanks, boy.

Eric, what are you doing?

Just cleaning Simo's office.

Oh.

Well, uh, that's very nice of you.

Here you go, Nicky. Breakfast.

She's chewed through it.

Nicky!

Nicky!

I can't find Nicky.

He's run off.

And that's a bad thing? Yeah.

If he gets caught, he'll wind up in the pound again.

You know what that means, don't you?

It's alright, Brooke. We'll help you find him. Thanks. But we better go now,

before he gets too far.

You guys coming?

Okay. We're coming.

Please be aware that your dog cries in hell.

And if it's raining, I'll be around the house.

I beg the neighbors and their dogs.

I don't think it's very happy with them.

Tired on every short beat.

You want me to comb it for you?

Yeah, good.

What's going on?

Oh, my shoulder's a bit sore.

Eric offered to carry them aboard.

You're surfing them now?

So? Every now and then I feel like a Malibu moment.

Right.

Okay, I'll get back to washing your van now, Simo. Good on you, mate.

Yep. He's washing your van?

He offered.

He said it's gone too far, Simo. You have to tell him. Yeah, I will.

Sorry.

Very soon.

Nicky!

Nicky, thank goodness.

Come here, boy.

Nicky. Nicky!

Nicky, stop that. Come with me.

Come on.

Okay, we have to go now.

Oi! Come back here!

Come on. Come on.

Hurry up, Nicky. We can't let him catch you.

Yeah, no, no, no. Watch here he comes.

Oh, he took his head off.

Are they similar shirts?

What do you reckon, Fly?

Is he going to be seen dead in this?

Okay, I can't take this anymore.

What's wrong?

Eric isn't for the chop.

He never was.

What? Timo told me yesterday.

Well, that's awesome.

How come you didn't tell us this before?

Timo wouldn't let me.

He's been enjoying having his own personal slave.

I can't believe he'd do that. I had no idea.

He sucked me right in.

That guy is good.

Okay, now I'm definitely going to tell Timo what I think.

No, no, no, no, no, no. Leave it to me. I know how to handle this.

Not a word to Timo, okay?

Nicky, no.

My good runners.

What am I going to do with you, hey? Brooke, there's some people here to see

you.

Hi, Brooke.

This is Mr. Wilmoth.

Nicky, no.

Look, hi.

I'm sorry about what he did to your washing. He's normally much better

Nicky, stop that.

Hello, darling.

Oh, I've missed you too.

Mr. Wilmoth is Nicky's owner.

His owner?

He was away in hospital.

A neighbour was supposed to look after Nicky, but he ran off.

Hope he hasn't given you too much trouble.

Oh, no.

He's been an angel.

But I'm glad he's found you at last.

We'd better go. Thanks for looking after him, Brooke.

Yeah, can't thank you enough.

I don't know what I'd do without him.

Bye, Nicky. I miss you.

I miss you too.

Won't tear up.

Just think what he would have cost you in shoes.

You may see my... Eric.

What's with the mail?

I've long still made them on.

Any selling, sir? I thought you might be interested.

Yeah. Maybe.

Why don't you take her out for a spin?

Because we're about to start training. Oh, come on. It won't take a minute.

She's all waxed up, ready to go.

You all right?

Why not?

Hold this.

Watch and learn, guys.

Watch and learn.

Watch and learn.

What are you up to, Eric?

Yeah. I thought you said you weren't going to do him any more favours.

Oh, I'm not?

Believe me, this is the oldest trick in the book. What trick?

Soap instead of wax, mate.

So I told you, didn't you?

Yeah.

And I suppose you think this makes us even. No.

No, I think you got off lightly.

Shouldn't we be training?

We need to talk.

About the Dan Coleman thing?

You shouldn't jump to conclusions without all the facts.

All you had to do was ask, I would have cleared everything up.

Yeah, um, I know.

I'm sorry.

But you shouldn't have let Eric go on thinking he was for the chop.

I needed to put a rocket under him, and you provided it.

I might have gone on with it just a little bit, but I don't think it did him

harm.

Where have you been?

Went for a run.

Bit of extra training.

Off to your own bat?

Yeah, well, I guess I'm in the habit.

That's impressive.

Can you get the point?

You know what, mate? I could really use another cup of coffee.

Simmo! What? It's all right.

I'll get this one, but this is definitely the last one.

Pity. Could have had a whole new career as my butler.

I'll tell you what I will do for you, Simmo.

Oh, yeah? What's that?

I'll wax your board any time you want, mate.

Funny guy.

Yeah? Yeah.

Okay. Tea towels.

Tea towels?

Free shot. What have you got?

You want it? Yeah, I think you want it. Bring it.

Okay.

Maybe I was wrong about boyfriend.

They're not really like dogs.

No. Dogs are much, much easier to understand.