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How could you be so stupid and fucking ruin everything before we even started?

Scott!

Tell me! Fucking tell me!

Fucking answer me!

It's a long shot, okay?

I fucked up!

You're a fucking idiot, Scott!

You are a dreamer, Scott. Do you know what? You are a fucking dreamer.

Why don't you just tell me you didn't have any money?

It's the cuts I can't do!

Don't you get that I can't do any of this without you?

You can't do anything without me. All on your own. You're useless.

And you can fuck now because I'm not staying with you anymore. I can't do it anymore.

I can't do it anymore!

Find someone else to be your fucking little rat.

What?

21st of April.

Dear sir, some morning she's fine.

I hear her downstairs up even before me.

And I lie there waiting for my alarm to go off.

Praying that this will be the day she decides to go sober.

She always hums the same song.

And it haunts me for the rest of the day

because I know that her good mood won't last forever.

Especially not today.

Today is the anniversary of the day Nana was buried.

You were long gone by then.

It's the day that gets to mum the most.

More than the day Nuno actually died.

Though there were howls and screams and swearing blind and a fit of rage that made our little house shake on that day too.

But the day of the funeral, that's when everything really changed.

I was too young to have a right to remember the details like I do.

A broken umbrella that didn't stop the rain.

And my mum's tears making puddles in the soil.

I was only five, but I remember it perfectly.

It was the beginning of the vodka years, and there's no romance in it.

It's filth.

And it's been our life for the past ten years since my mum watched her mum being lowered into the ground.

Sometimes I wonder if it would have been different if you'd still been around.

My nana would still have got ill, her cancer would have come, would have spread.

But you would have held my mum close and got drunk together.

Or not.

And you would have been able to mend her in a way that I couldn't and everything would have been okay.

She'll be back in bed now.

Her third glass already half empty.

I could run home, check on her, be back in time for physics, say I had the dentist or something.

Or you could come home.

I miss you, Dad.

When does it get easier to win?

It doesn't, Sid.

You want it easier, go get a job and a DVD section in your local supermarket.

Seriously, I can't do it again.

It's not for me and you anymore, okay?

It's for them.

It's to show them that it can be done.

Yeah?

I just thought it would get easier.

So what are you boys up to?

We, uh, got a really important meeting, Mikey.

Is that right?

Who's the pretty boy?

So I just want you to be friendly and give Scott a warm welcome.

It's not easy starting a new school.

So today we're going to look at how Shakespeare uses disguise for comic and dramatic effect.

Disguise. Who uses disguise?

The way he said it, thank you.

As though it was a big deal.

Not thanks or tar, or we could have just said nothing.

It was the first class in months where I didn't think about home.

Scott, his name is.

He had this weird habit of chewing the end of his pen

and flicking the bits of plastic off the edge of the desk.

It was kind of a rank, actually.

When he practically ran out of the door at the end of the lesson,

I noticed two things.

One, that he'd written this Shakespeare quote on the wood.

And two, that he'd left his pen behind.

It made me feel sick to look at it.

So after class, I grabbed a tissue from Mrs. Finn's desk,

wrapped up the spit-covered pen, and chucked it away.

The quote, though.

That was the thing that really got me.

He just sat there, tracing over and over the words for an hour.

I don't know if you know the quote, but it's from Twelfth Night by Shakespeare.

And it was this:

"Be not afraid of greatness.

Some are born..."

- See me pen, sir? - Me pen?

No.

What are you doing in here? You been naughty.

You in detention?

No, nothing like that.

I just... I prefer it up here. It's quieter.

I get you. What's food like in this place?

I don't know. I've never eaten it.

Were you writing?

I think it was just work.

You know, it doesn't matter how many schools I go to, they're all the same.

How many have you been to?

Loads!

Too many, really. I mean, just...

Thank you.

Smarties. Or...

Yorkie.

What?

Smarties or Yorkie?

- Are you okay?

- No smarties.

I'm fine. I'm not hungry. I've got my sandwich.

What, Stacey?

So what are you into, eh?

What?

You like movies? Music?

Yeah, I like... I like movies.

I don't get to go to the cinema much, though.

Oh, you showing me where library is?

I want to get a film out, and apparently it's like life and death that you got to register before two.

What's the deal with Olsen, by the way?

I can show you to the library if you want.

You see them? He's a little like ex-military.

I just need to go to my locker first.

Yeah.

Can I borrow a pencil?

Oh, yeah.

I'm Sid, by the way.

Scott, Elliot.

I said Sadowski.

Sadowski? Hmm.

You gotta do something great with a name like that.

Sadowski!

Sadowski!

Come on!

Two o'clock, Sadowski.

What's up?

Sorry, sir.

I'll tell you where I'm at. I'll tell you again.

I think that one's free.

If you speak to the caretaker, he'll sort you out with a pub.

Why, Sadalski?

Cock!

Boyfriend gonna kiss it better?

He's not very nice.

He's a prick.

You know I made a joke up once?

What?

It's the highest mountain in the world.

I don't know.

Mount Everest.

I don't get it.

Oh, you like the slash?

Are you Jewish?

What?

No.

Why?

Your last name?

Sadowska.

Oh, no. No, that's not Jewish. That's Ukrainian.

You have foreskin?

Um, well, no, but it's not 'cause I'm Jewish.

- You sure you're not Jewish? - I'm sure.

Yeah.

What did you do after school then?

For fun like?

Um, not much.

I want to have a career, so I study quite hard.

Yeah? What do you want to do?

I don't really know yet. Maybe...

- Engineer. Foster dad's an engineer. - Foster parents?

- Yeah, Harry Potter. - Oh.

Works on big cargo ships.

You know, travels all over the world on 'em.

That's pretty cool.

Eh, it is for him. I don't get to see him that much, though.

You know, he's always, like, flat-out busy.

You're a wizard.

Harry.

Harry Potter.

Must be like that with your dad, isn't it?

Uh, yeah, he's never, uh...

You know we've got mocks next week.

Mocks? I hate mocks.

All they make you do is wait and queue, you know?

I don't like queuing.

No, so...

It's like they told you to get there at 1:30,

they don't even let you in till 2:00.

I think they're trying to freak you out or something, you know?

It's like when you go to cinema,

and you have 30 minutes of trailers, but...

The thing is, if...

The film's crap, trailer's the best bit, usually.

Yeah.

Right, uh, see you then.

Right, see ya.

Last time again?

Thanks.

For God's sake, what are you doing now?

Malcolm has to be up in two hours. Don't you dare wake him.

Sorry.

Just keep quiet. You can sort these out in the morning.

I don't know why you keep doing it. It's disgusting.

*BANG*

Got your stomach?

Thanks.

I love these bowls. Reminds me of monks.

Wanna watch Terminator 2? At my place after school.

Got the deleted scenes version.

Got the what?

Think they shaved their own heads.

Who?

Monks.

Oh. Yeah, maybe.

You know, Dalai Lama was once asked what surprises him most about mankind.

You know, you're a little different.

You'll be pulled out of the lesson to go and see her. There is no timetable as of yet, so you'll have to wait.

The careers advisor's time is valuable, so I want you to be prepared.

You'll only have a few minutes with her, so you need to have a good think about what you want to do, okay?

Christopher Babbage, let's start with you. Me, miss? Yes, you.

Um, a plumber, miss. Plumber? Why a plumber?

Don't know, really. What do you think you learn?

I reckon about £30,000 a year.

What plumbers charge? I don't think that'll be a problem.

Right, Lucy.

What about you?

Any ideas?

Uh, nails, miss.

Nail technician.

Nails. Ambitious.

Let's see if we can't squeeze that C- in geography to a C.

Nice. I'll give you a discount, miss.

My cousin's mate works at Hollywood Look.

She gets loads of discounts for our mates.

What do you need to see in geography to be a nail technician?

What about our new student, Mr. Elliot?

What would you like to do when you're older?

What, me, Miss?

Sorry, am I interrupting you?

You need to concentrate in my class.

I'd love to see what's more important than your future as an employee.

What is this on the table?

A scene from Lost Highway.

I reversed the angle.

Well, I didn't reverse...

Um, reversed it.

Faggot.

That's enough, Mr. Ball.

Scott, what do you think you'd like to do when you leave school?

Hmm?

I'm going to make movies, Miss.

Yeah, I'm going to travel.

And earn about 300,000 a year.

Are you serious?

Suppose you want to be an astronaut?

Well, I could be a teacher like you.

I think you need to have a talk with the headteacher.

Come in.

Yes.

Take a seat.

No.

You again.

Yes, sir.

Well, the problem with aiming for the stars, Scott,

is that you're going to land with a bomb.

It's excellent and commendable to have a positive outlook and all,

but look at your grades.

Fs.

And a possible D.

and look at you as a person. Four schools in four years. Do you really think...

I'm going to show you something.

I earn 47,000 pounds a year, Simon.

Scott.

Scott.

And that is a lot of money. That's 20,000 pounds above the average salary. Do you follow?

Yes.

So, you want to work in the film industry.

Why not work in your local supermarket in the DVD section?

You never know, one day you could be manager.

Or even make it to regional manager.

So, why have you been to so many schools then?

Because I'm disruptive, I'm a dreamer and a nuisance.

Well, that's according to my last three teachers, anyway.

Oh, you don't seem disruptive to me.

Well, I'm not. You know, look, I don't mean to be.

It's just, what's the difference between me and Spielberg?

And me and Schwarzenegger?

You know, people just laugh at me when I compare myself to them,

but, I mean, why can't I do what I want to do?

You know? Why can't I be great?

Yeah. See you then.

What? I thought you were coming out of mine.

I'm gonna watch Terminator 2.

Um, I can't tonight. Maybe another night.

That's cool.

Sidney Bombidney, my brother owes your mother a book. Go round her back.

What? A book. Are you sure?

Go, go, go, Jaldi. Go, go, go, go, go.

Hello?

Sydney. Sydney were concerned. Your mother, she needs help.

Not this stuff.

I know. If I don't get it from you, I've got to get it from someone that I don't know.

I don't know why you care so much. You're just the person who sells it.

This stuff, it's for fools. Your mother's not a fool. She needs help.

You're not helping her.

No, but I've got to go, so just give me it now.

I'm on condition.

I'll give it to you.

You come with me in social services.

You tell them exactly what's happening.

Hey, yeah, I will.

What about Nanda?

You are under arrest for supply and illegal alcohol.

- -

Hey, Sid.

Listen to music, actually.

- No. - No?

- It's awesome. - Takes you off into this whole other world.

Here.

- What? - Have it.

It's a mini display.

Thanks mate, looks amazing.

You alright though?

I mean you're looking rough.

Yeah, I just didn't get much sleep.

Oh, who's out of the laylabs?

Cory bastard!

What's Cory bastard, man?

I don't know.

Didn't sound good though, did it?

Ah, who is he?

His dad owns the corner shop.

He needs to work on his marketing skills.

No, he doesn't. He's a good guy.

Yeah, well, he seems upset.

17x plus minus 12 equals 114 plus 3x is not you.

Let somebody else have a go.

Come on, then.

Come on, then, genius.

Come on.

Let's see if we can succeed where four other schools have failed.

Come on.

You can start to break it down, can't you?

Don't you dare show him the answer.

Oh, what's the matter with you, boy?

What's the matter?

I'm poorly.

Yeah?

I'm ill.

He's ill.

Take him to sickbay to see the nurse.

Go on, get out!

I knew you was ill.

I asked you, didn't I?

No, I'm not ill.

What?

I'm not ill.

I faked it.

What for?

So that you didn't have to do the equation.

You look terrified.

What, you saved me?

Why were you so scared?

Why they always blue.

What?

Furniture, medical places.

They always have old magazines everywhere.

I just can't read the numbers.

What numbers is the chair?

On the board.

I don't know, it's not that don't try, I just can't.

You can't read numbers?

No.

Look, if you can write it down on a page for me,

We'll dance across.

Hello.

Sid.

Right, you can get back to your lesson then, thank you.

Oh, actually, miss, I wondered if you could stay with us.

No, off you go.

Do you think I'm like James Bond, miss?

No.

Oh, that's a shame.

Could have been my bongo.

All this stuff and you're playing with a ball?

Ball helps me think.

How'd you get all this stuff anyway?

You must be loaded.

No. I owe money for him.

Wish I could owe money.

You can. Just do it.

Doing what?

I do all sorts. I get jobs round the house, paper rounds.

I was selling gerbils last summer.

Did you really?

No.

Look, I mean, it's simple. I got a Robert Welsh fork here,

which, I mean, I think is stunning.

And I see how much it costs, and then I just get jobs to pay for it.

Well, wish I could do that.

You can.

How?

Can you tie your own shoelaces?

Yeah.

And if I said go out and earn £10, could you?

Yeah, yeah, I could.

And what if I said £1,000, huh?

Or £10,000?

No, but that's different, isn't it?

Why not? What's the difference, Sid?

I mean, we're told we can't do something,

we believe we can't do it,

and then the next thing is we just end up not doing it.

That's it. Let's do it.

Do what?

Let's go earn £10,000.

How? We can't just do that.

You're not listening to anything I've just been saying.

It's a pattern.

You know, we're born, we enter this system,

and teachers and parents keep piling on just this big influence.

And guess what?

I'll put some Mile Manor DVD store clerk, Simon Smith.

Who works nine to five.

Who earns 20k a year.

Who goes on holiday for two weeks in Spain all the time.

Why can't we be fucking crazy?

Who's Simon Smith?

No one.

I don't see what that's got to do with any of this, really, Scott.

You want to be in the...

driving seat for yourself, Sid.

I mean, you don't want to be sitting there as a passenger.

Don't be led.

Don't be normal.

You give me a problem, you little bastard.

He still gets panic attacks about that, don't you, shouldn't he?

Not panic attacks.

Your face comes up all red.

That's asthma.

You have asthma?

My kid has asthma.

Well...

No.

Not really.

Look, anyhow, these massive folks wanted Sid to sell their firewater.

They wanted him to sell what they were shifting through the shop.

How many was it, Sid?

Ten bottles.

How am I gonna sell ten bottles a day?

You see, that's what you're not getting, Sid.

I don't care. That's your problem now.

I didn't know.

You get caught and you exposed my distributor to the police.

No, I didn't. I was just fucking...

I don't want to fucking talk about this.

I've given you a fucking job to do.

Now you do your bit. Understand?

How much is a bottle worth?

They're four pounds each.

What the fuck are you doing?

Just making some notes.

Just you worry about moving them bottles.

I will be back to snap a couple of small bones.

I'll take one now then, just for now.

No, no need. There's a crate near a garage at home.

A garage? How do you know where I live?

Then there'll be another one there tomorrow.

Leave the money under the crate.

Better get to work.

Oh!

You're late!

I said, you're late!

Mum, I'm here! What do you want?

Don't talk to me like that.

Where have you been?

There was a queue at the shop.

Have you eaten anything?

Have you had any food?

It's quite a queue that makes you an hour late.

Mum, slow down. You want an empty stomach, please?

If you got home one time, I wouldn't have an empty stomach, would I?

I'm sorry.

- What, it's bloody awful.

I'll be glad when I've had enough.

- Mum, you don't need any more, stop.

- Just go.

- Oh.

- Fuck off.

- I hate you.

-

I'm sorry.

It's fine.

Yeah, but you're not.

No.

Come on.

Yeah, it's fine.

Come on.

What are you doing?

I've got to cook.

I'm not doing that.

Come on.

Dance with you, Mom.

This day seems great.

One thing remains.

Beyond your veins, your freedom rise.

You see it's the great love

Waiting for us

- What time did you get in here? - Six.

- Good sleep. - Certainly.

- Yeah. - I've been thinking about what we said yesterday, Scott.

- What? The fighter jet thing? - No, the money. Dying for it.

- Yeah. Now if you want. - I can't miss school, though.

- School's for wimps. - What?

Say something.

So, er, you want to earn some money, right?

- Yeah. - Yeah?

- Yeah, I do. - Cool.

- Scott, just give me a minute.

- Right, I'm going for a piss, yeah? - Yeah.

- Cool.

- Hey, Leila, Lucia.

These two men came to see me about-- about a shot.

- You're on your own.

My dad and uncle are in real trouble.

They've had to close the shop.

We don't have any money.

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to get you into any trouble.

- Come on. - Rishan, please.

Whatever.

- What was that about? - Nothing.

I wanna do it.

So how much do you wanna earn?

We. It only works if we're equal partners.

Why don't we become partners in business?

Yeah, that's what I'm saying.

Awesome.

So you want to earn, what?

Forty. Forty pounds a day.

Anything else is a bonus.

Well, it's all bonus, isn't it?

What do you want the money for?

Need, not want.

Can we get that?

Of course we can. We can get anything.

It's just about connecting the dots, you know?

Finding the right product, service for the market.

Come on, you read it, can you?

Okay. Um, well, we've got mechanics and hairdressing

gardening and lost dogs, loads of lost dogs.

I've got some more handymen.

Colon cleansing. What's colon cleansing?

Oh, yeah, me mum had it then.

They clean your back door out.

Your back door?

What about your front door?

I don't know.

What about cleaning?

Cleaning?

Have you done it before?

How can it be? We'll just clean it till it's clean.

No, I don't think that's it.

I think it's more specific than that.

It's more specialist, like something that no one in here has done at all.

Like a unique selling point.

We've got to have someone give us an edge.

Yeah, exactly. What do people hate to clean?

Toilets.

No, well, yeah, but only the public ones, and that's different.

I once saw this programme where this old man goes into people's houses

and he asks them about their house and their jobs and stuff,

and it was really boring, but I remember one thing sticking out,

and that was that everyone hated doing their own ovens, cleaning their own ovens.

That's what we've got to do. We've got to clean ovens.

Boom! We'll do it. Five quid a go.

Twenty. Twenty pounds.

Easy peasy.

If we spend about 30 minutes and then with a bit of travel time in between, that's two hours.

So I reckon we could start at three after school.

No, no, no. We go all day. We want to make more money.

I can't go all day, Scott. I've got to go to school. I've got to get an education.

Well, we don't need to go to school.

I do. It'll get me options for university.

Well, I don't. I mean, I don't want some dissatisfied bully trying to tell me stuff.

I've got all the options in the world. Doing this is one option.

I mean, do you want to earn you 40 quid?

Yeah, okay.

There we go.

Are you sure your dad won't mind me wearing his suit?

Nah.

Right, what are we going to say?

I don't know.

What shall we say?

Um, we clean up.

ovens no that's that's too brief we need something more professional oh no you you

knock and I'll say good morning mom we're in the area offering a four five five

star oven cleaning service would you like your oven cleaned where'd that come

from you don't talk and next minute you Tony Robbins it's different isn't it

It's acting.

Who's Tony Robbins?

Ah, he lives at 23.

Oh.

Right, come on.

Three knocks, Scott.

Ooh, what was that?

No.

What?

We do ovens.

What?

What happened to Mr. Personality?

It's with...

Can we do your oven? 20, please.

What is it?

It's a cobweb.

Oi! I'm on ice, you pittas, you ass! Piss off!

What are you doing? Cobb-erb chopping.

I don't want to get it in my mouth again.

I think it might have been the cobb-erb chopping that put her off.

You think?

Avons.

Where there's muck, there's brass, lad.

What?

But we persevered.

We didn't allow ourselves to stop.

We didn't accept defeat.

Scott! Scott!

I've done it! I've got one!

Come on! That was all we needed.

Just one small break.

Once we could say we were working for the neighbour,

everybody's attitude changed. It was a viable lesson.

Once we got one, we knew we could get 100.

What about the family who had the shot?

The facts?

Well, that was the beauty of the whole thing. I mean the business went ballistic and we needed help

We had 412 ovens to clean in the first week. It was crazy

We had 12 oven cleans on the books within the first month. So the family

Yeah, well we gave Rishan shares in the company. It was the right thing to do

We were growing exponentially and we needed reliable workers and they needed to be rewarded

Hello?

Sit down, Scott.

Where is it?

Your mother and I are separating.

I've already moved my things out.

I'm going away on business tomorrow.

I'm sorry, Autumn.

I'm really, really, really sorry.

Champagne? Anyone?

Oh, look. Who's got your upset? Don't say anything.

You've been a complete disappointment to me.

I dislike everything that you do.

Please, can we just talk normally?

So it is your fault that this marriage has broken down.

Great! Because you're a fucking abortion!

No! No! You bastard!

Dad!

Oh, I'm so sorry.

Mom?

- Mr. Saraborski, Mr. Saraborski.

- Hey.

- What?

- Come on, sit down.

- Yeah, I will.

- No, she's gonna be out in a couple of days.

She'll be fine.

I hate it.

I hate it, I hate it, I hate it!

I hate living here and I hate being here and I hate...

giving her that stuff, giving her the booze.

And I hate the mood swings and the lies and the secrets.

And the...

And I hate cleaning up the sick when she's been sick and...

And I hate taking her to hospital and seeing her like that.

I don't want to see her like that anymore.

And the tiptoeing around and the fucking shitstorm that this all is.

- I know. - No, you don't know.

You don't know. It's not...

It's horrible.

I wish I could be like you, Scott. I wish I could, but I can't.

Look at what she's done to me. She's ruined me.

I'm fucking use. I've got no confidence. I've got no dad.

I'm useless. I'm nothing. I'm nothing.

I'll hold you there.

- Shut up. Shut up! - Nothing!

Nothing! Nothing!

You ain't nothing!

I am!

Nothing.

You ain't nothing.

Just...

Just have a look at what we created.

You created it. I'm just... I'm just your mate.

No, you're not.

Do you think I would have done any of this if it wasn't for you?

You were already doing it, Scott.

What? They're already building cars.

It doesn't mean they can't get better.

What? What does that mean?

It's the parents' split up.

What?

You serious?

Yeah.

Oh, man, and then all this with my mum.

I'm sorry, man. Why didn't you say anything?

Because you're my best mate in the whole world.

As far as I'm concerned, that's just more important.

And I've been thinking about it a lot anyway.

For some reason, it feels good.

It feels...

It feels amazing.

How can it feel good?

Because we're products of our environment.

I know, you've said that before.

And my dad said I was a dreamer.

And words to that effect anyway.

And?

And I am.

No.

I am and so are you.

We're dream chasers.

Let's make a list.

What?

A list.

A list of what?

A list of everything we want to do.

Yeah?

Okay.

Yeah.

A list of everything we want to do and see, and let's just go for it.

Okay.

What am I writing?

Things you want to see and things you want to do.

Okay. Like what?

Like, er... I don't know, make a movie, yeah?

Or we can go stay at Buckingham Palace.

I don't think you can actually stay there.

Well, no, but just having seen it would be cool, so...

Yeah? Well, I'll write London.

Why London?

Well, you might as well see the whole place while we're there.

Yeah. I want a good suit as well.

Put a suit down. One suit.

Yeah.

I want to see a girl.

I want to see a girl naked.

Well, that's it. Just naked.

I want to have sex with a girl.

Yeah, have some sex with a girl.

Okay. Sex with a girl.

Sex with a girl.

How about we go to a pub?

Welcome, Martini.

Shaken, not stirred.

But I've been shaken, not stirred.

Sid, I know you're not the best of weeks, but like, I just wanted to say, seriously,

you're my best mate.

I just think you're amazing.

And...

Scott.

You know I'm not gay.

No, no, no, no, it's not a gay thing.

- Oh, okay. - Yeah, just kind of take it as a compliment.

Okay.

Stop. Oi, oi! Oi!

Who's the gorilla?

There's no one, it's fine.

Then I had to tell him all about the Watson brothers.

- Well, what'd he say? - Oh!

It was pretty embarrassing actually. I felt like a right idiot.

He was just too close to it, you know? It's like when you're too close to a painting to be able to take it all in.

You just kind of see brush strokes and, you know, not the whole picture.

Is this what your mum got into?

I think so, yeah. But I'm sure I locked the door. I don't know how she got in.

I think we got a job for Nigel.

Hope he likes Strauss.

Nigel Bore? Strauss?

Why? He's got them.

Why?

Half now. Rest on completion.

It's a deal, faggot.

How did it go?

Good.

What next?

Give them a couple of days, they'll find you.

But, uh, we got shipped that stuff.

By this time, we'd already moved into full house cleaning and gardening.

And we had a couple of vans in a storage unit.

We gave Alfredo a lot of cash to do a night job and keep quiet.

Stop. Why are you wearing these masks?

Just thought we looked like ninjas.

Really?

And his English was appalling.

No one could understand him, even if he did blab.

What?

Lock up 794 next to where the others were, okay?

Yep.

And if they ask me, I'm like the one who doesn't understand.

What did he say?

No idea.

Not a clue.

I mean, we wanted them to lose production and be baffled about how it happened.

We didn't know what Nigel was going to do, we just left him to do the job.

And of course they'd run out of supply after a while and then they'd be looking for a solution

We set about having some fun. We took a six-day trip down to London. I

Got measured for a really sharp suit. I wish I didn't go commando that day

We bought cigars are that they were discussed that made me feel sick awful. I mean truly awful

My stomach was killing.

No, no, really.

I threw up.

He got his eyes lasered, though.

That made him very happy.

It's all the fuss about pubs, anyway.

It's just like a big living room that stinks.

I don't really know.

Can't even see.

5.20.

You gonna buy me a drink?

Er, no.

So it just says "sex with girl"?

Yeah.

We find out as much as possible about them.

What about...the sex?

What in here?

Oh.

Back at their place.

What if it smells?

What?

Their place.

I wouldn't...

I don't know, but...

No.

Can't do it.

Let's just see if they'll even let us sit down first.

Excuse me.

Do you mind if we sit down?

Yes, I do.

Grab a seat.

What's with the drinks?

Your Jehovah's Witnesses?

No, we're cleaners.

Yeah, right.

What are you looking at?

What makes you orgasm?

Well, um...

I never really have from my, well, a guy.

How come?

They just never really done it.

So you never had an orgasm?

Yeah, I have. Only by doing it my special way.

Why not from a boob boy?

What's your special thing?

Special thing?

To make you all excited and stuff.

I'll have to show you sometime.

Ooh, me too.

Yeah, you know because you got big boobies does that mean you got big nipples?

Not really

They are quite big

So are you getting the drinks in?

What would you like?

I left it at the bar. I forgot it

Do you like orange juice?

I don't really like orange juice.

Yeah, you do.

Do I?

Yeah.

Oh.

Yeah.

So do I.

Do you?

Yeah, with alcohol.

I just like orange juice.

Here's your drinks.

Mmm.

Thank you.

What is it?

Pineapple juice.

And what else?

Ice.

You're the cute one.

How's the pineapple juice?

You know, pineapple juice is supposed to make your cum taste nice.

Really?

Yeah, really.

I'll try that sometime.

You read to Bob Dylanit?

Bob Dylanit?

Yeah, we got a lot of things to do.

Like what?

You know.

I just need ten minutes.

Fancy her joining me to the toilet?

Don't worry, I'm on the pill.

Yeah.

What's the pill?

I don't know.

So, do you want to go to the toilet?

Yeah, my stomach hurts. I need a poo.

No, I mean to, you know.

I need a poo.

Did you think we should get a room?

How are you sweetie?

Do you fancy coming over tonight?

What? No!

I don't think you should put that on the floor.

What are you wearing?

Clothes?

That's a bit...

Let me call you back.

I've got some fucking loony talking to me.

Faggot!

You're joking, right?

Oh.

Hey, I was young.

So was I, and I didn't need to wear nappies.

-Anyway. -Anyway.

The parties were awesome.

That's when we decided what would be next on the list.

Party planners. Boom.

I will find out. When I do, somebody's gonna be very fucking sorry.

-Why would we have anything to do with it? -You wouldn't.

That's why I haven't burned your fucking eyes out.

So why are we getting choked?

Send a light message, you little fuck.

If somebody decides to talk, we'll find out.

And where we do?

Okay, okay.

When will we get more stuff, then?

I'll let you know.

Well, if someone else fills the gap.

What?

I mean, you've created a market, but if you can't service it, then, I mean...

Hold on.

What are you saying?

What he's trying to say is that if you lose your patch,

then your customers will be taken on by someone else,

and then you'll never get them back.

No, they won't.

No!

How many have you got left?

Me?

No, nothing.

But I've got a customer who's got loads left and I could ask him if he could sell us some back.

No, you fucking do that.

Well, better than expected.

Yeah.

We sold it back to them.

Two crates at a time.

For six pounds a bottle.

We had a lot of fun, but then we had to face the music.

I am deeply disappointed in the both of you.

Sydney, I had expected your grades to be high enough for you to choose any university in the country.

Oxbridge material if you knuckle down.

As for you, young man, it's obvious to all why you've been expelled from four previous schools.

You are an appalling influence.

disruptive and a distraction to others

given that you have not only jeopardized your own future

by skipping so much school and going off to London

and God knows where doing God knows what

but have also made a sizable dent in Sid's prospects

I have no option but to expel you

well

Huh?

Have you nothing to say?

How long is this gonna take?

What?

I mean, I got more important things to do.

My goodness. How much you have to learn.

Your parents will be informed today.

And you will attend until Friday.

Get out.

Sid, you are a good student.

But you've come very close to throwing your education away.

I won't be so lenient again.

I suggest you get back to your studies and don't be led by a fool.

Life is not a game.

Go on.

Ah, well, I suppose it had to happen sometime.

What did he say to you?

Not much.

Oh.

Well here he is, the little bugger.

I'm sorry, Mr. Land.

Sidney, born with me.

How's your mother?

No, really, I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to get you into any...

Sidney, we should not have let those boys bully us.

We did things that we shouldn't.

We were bad men.

We were not strong enough to stand up.

You're very good to me and my family.

With the job and the money you gave to Risha,

he tells me all about you.

And the other one, Scott,

I'm eternally grateful to you.

You are good, good, good boys.

What about food? Have you done any cooking?

I will do.

I just haven't felt up to it.

You have to push yourself, Karen. Only you can do it.

Everything will just pass you by if you sit and wait.

I know.

I'm sorry.

I so, so.

I love you.

I love you.

I just want options.

I want to get a good education.

I see my mum and I get so scared that I could end up like her.

I won't let you.

No, that's not your job, Scott.

Look, I'll make it my job.

No, you're not listening to me. It's not about that.

I want to be normal.

I want to have more than one friend.

I don't want to be the geek or the weird kid anymore.

You're not weird.

I am, I am, and it's fine, so are you.

Why do you care what people think?

I know you asked me what Mr. Olsen said.

He said, don't be led, right?

And don't be like everyone else, and that's the same thing, isn't it?

From now on, I'm just going to do what I want to do.

I wish that you could be there and do it with me, but you can't, Kenny Scott.

You can't do school, and I can, and I want to.

No, no, we can do both.

What do you mean, both?

Well, you help me and I'll help you.

I just know what I can do.

What?

Well, anything, and so can you, and just so can anybody else.

I mean, why should we feel bad about being different?

You know, we're dream chasers.

We prove that, and, you know, we shouldn't be anything else, ever.

I'm gonna make you a deal.

I will go to phase two with you.

But you've got to promise me you'll put some of your money towards private schooling.

Scott, come on, it's, I don't know, maximum a couple of hours a day,

and then you've got your A-levels, and we've got options, and we can do anything.

Okay.

I've always said this only works if we're 50/50 in this.

And this isn't any different.

And we can give Risha and the cleaning business, I guess.

We owe him that, don't we?

Okay, but Layla gets my shirt.

Yeah, I was gonna say.

Deal?

Come on.

We burnt the candle at both ends,

working on party planning during the day and A-levels at night.

I've got to admit,

I did get a hell of a buzz out of doing the schoolwork.

I just had to do it my way.

We pitched our events to big companies.

I think they thought we were just the sales guys.

It was incredible.

Dream chasing changed everything.

We was plowing through the list.

Sid ticked off some things more than once.

We passed our A-levels, organized over 100 events.

It was time to go full throttle.

But Sid had other plans.

It's just stupid.

It's not stupid. It'll be fun.

I mean, what do you even want to study?

I don't know. I don't mind. It's more about the experience.

Well, like film. I mean, I think I can handle that.

It's going to help with our movie.

I knew you'd say that, so I checked. It's fully booked.

I was thinking...

Events management?

It could be fun.

Are you serious?

What the hell have we been doing?

We got the best client list in the north.

I know that.

But we can do it the right way this time.

What? It's the right way?

Mr. Hi, I'm a pretend academic called Dave

who just wants to sleep with all the hot students.

He's going to show us how it's done.

What?

No.

Well, just treat it like a holiday.

Jesus, you want to go on holiday? Let's go.

We can go anywhere in the world.

I don't want to. I want to go to university and get a degree.

But they're ponytails.

What? You haven't been, so you don't know, Scott.

No, it's not for me. Can't do it.

Then I'll go on my own.

University.

It's back to school.

And what are they going to teach you anyway?

You pay someone to tell you what's on the internet for free.

And what are we doing right now? I mean, seriously.

If you want to be a doctor, a lawyer, I get it. Yeah, get a uni, but...

I want to meet people.

You're surrounded by people!

Okay.

Go for a month or two.

Yeah, no, that'll be cool. We'll both take a month off. That'll be cool. No, I

Want to go

Okay, six months, but that's ages

The full thing so three years

Three years

Fuck Sid that's a long time

But why don't we just work our arses off now learn business learn life meet people for the rest of our lives not just at uni

I mean life should be a canvas full of dots and different sizes and colors

So I'm putting on the list

I'll give you my share the event money. No Scott you're missing the point entirely

Please just give it a try for me. It'll be fun. It'll be a blast honestly

Where are you going?

To the toilet.

Right, hold on.

Let's go in on the list, Scott.

Fuck's sake! Really?

Thank you.

- Guys, guys, guys, guys, guys, guys, guys, hi.

Hi guys and girls.

How are we doing?

I don't feel nice, Scott.

You must welcome you out to year one of your events management degree.

Now don't worry, year one.

Shh, Scott.

You knobhead.

You collapsed.

The doctor said you had some sort of panic attack.

I'm sorry, Sid.

It's fine, just relax.

How long have I been here anyway?

About five minutes.

Five minutes?

Yeah.

Stop. What are you doing?

Can I have some of your water?

Anyone see me naked?

No. Why would they?

I think my university days are over.

What?

Are you serious?

I'm sorry, Sue.

Scott, relax. Chill out.

What are you doing?

I can't.

Scott, I'm supposed to be on my first day of uni now.

But I'm sat here with you again, just lie down.

Why, Scott?

It's going to take too long.

It's three years.

For what, a piece of paper?

I know that you want to be great,

but you don't always get what you want.

We had fun.

We did well.

But it's time to stop being out of sync with everyone else.

I want to be normal again.

I'm great, Sid.

And so are you.

and we're going to have a spectacular life,

but this is not what we're about.

I don't want normal.

I want to wake up in the morning and do something I love.

I want to go to bed at night, look in the mirror and go,

that was a great day.

And there's a great day ahead and there's a great future ahead.

That's what I'm doing now.

No, you're not. You're just trying to fit in and go with the flow.

You might be happy in a month or two.

You might be happy in a year or two,

but you're basing your fate for the next ten years

on your weaknesses and your misdirection today.

Scott, come on.

I know that you want to go.

It's not for me!

No.

Look, if you want to go, then...

Then go.

You know, be the best you can be,

but if it's because you're too chicken shit

and you're choosing something

just so you have somewhere to go

for the next three years,

then you're going to look back on your life we'll regret.

It's what I want.

Okay.

Okay.

Cool.

Go.

Go for it.

We didn't talk for ages.

I hoped he wouldn't go through with it, but...

he did.

I went off the rails a bit.

Drugs?

Booze?

Was he gambling?

No.

I got a job.

For fuck's sake!

Don't make me regret this, Scott.

And don't use that farm yard language in my school.

I lasted just over two months.

I don't know if it was just the people that I was with,

the classes that I took or what,

but it was lonely.

Come in.

Sorry, man.

I've got something to show you.

So I added something to the list.

Magazine, publishers.

I tip-exed out university.

That was stupid.

It wasn't stupid.

It had to be done.

It was part of the process.

We start local, deliver monthly,

revenue from the advertisers,

regional stories, and then grow it.

It was a step closer to making movies.

Pictures, stories, distribution. I got it straight away.

Do try to keep up.

How much truck can we need?

At least 16 grand.

How much you got?

Nothing. With mum's rehab and university, there's nothing left.

What about you?

I think I can cover it.

Yeah?

Fifteen grand. That's a chunk.

Yeah, and I'll have it back in no time.

It's got to be worth doing, though.

What's wrong with the bank?

They don't do business loans to people like me.

Well, like you, how?

No collateral.

Well, why should we, then?

I mean, we have history.

You know, and you know I can do it.

It's short-term.

300%.

God of the nature.

It's like a payday loan.

It's expensive money, Nicholas.

You're a risk.

Give me two months.

If I can get it all back, I don't get charged.

After that, 300%.

Two months, you pay me back 20 grand.

After that, 600%.

Six weeks, flat fee, 20 grand.

After that, 100%.

Month on month.

Hmm.

We didn't have a clue how to put a magazine together.

The software, the design, printing, the delivery.

So Clark Kent over here went undercover at the local newspaper

by filling in a work experience form from his photocopying job.

Can you get that beard shaved?

Then we got an office and started sales.

- Well done.

- Boom, got another customer.

- Awesome, man.

- So, I think we should, what, get samples?

- Yeah?

- What?

- For when?

- Soon, yeah.

- Soon, yeah?

- Yeah.

- What's wrong, Scott?

You seem a bit jittery.

- Nothing.

- I can tell something's wrong, you know I can.

What is it?

- It's just tough, isn't it?

I mean.

But we're getting there, we're doing it.

Yeah, but how many sales do we have now?

Um, 316 before profit.

No, now. How many sales do we have now?

Uh, what, now?

How many sales do we have now?

Seven.

Seven?

Yeah, but it's fine.

Still, yeah.

Okay, how long before we break even, how many?

116.

How long will that take?

Erm...

I reckon about...

maybe three editions, but that's normal.

That's three editions, that's three months.

Maybe a bit more.

It's 100 grand.

100...

What did you say?

100 grand?

Scott?

Scott?

Where did you get that figure from?

It's not 100 grand.

I'll go see.

Where did you get 100 grand from?

Hey, where are you going?

I'll be back.

I was devastated.

So upset with him.

Come fucking tell me!

Come to me!

It's a long shot, okay?

I fucked up.

You're a fucking idiot, Scott.

You said I'd have failed before we even fucking started!

We had so much on this, I can't fucking do it anymore!

I should have listened to Mr. Olsen when he was at school and he told me,

"You are a dreamer, Scott. Do you know what? You are a fucking dreamer."

I had so much going for me, Scott, at school and I had so much planned ahead

and university and you fucking took that all away from me.

I threw it all away from you.

How could you be so stupid as to fucking deal with those two guys again?

I'm not running for those meatheads again.

Why didn't you just tell me you didn't have any money?

- It's simple as hell you can tell me! - What's wrong with you?

Don't you get that I can't do any of this without you?

You can't do anything without me.

All on your own. You're useless.

And you fuck now because I'm not staying with you anymore.

I can't do it anymore.

I can't do it anymore.

Find someone else to be your fucking little rat.

Sid.

My best mate.

Wait.

On this board is the solution to our problem.

It's gonna kill us trying to get there.

But...

I'm willing to give it a go if you are.

Subject to a few new ground rules.

Yeah.

Anything you want.

Don't you ever, ever lie to me again, Scott.

No, I won't.

I know I messed up.

I won't.

I want full and frank disclosure from now on.

We've always said it's 50/50 and the problems are the same.

I'm sorry.

Sorry.

You're my hero, aren't you?

The most reliable workforce that we know currently work for Rishan and the cleaning business.

But, from what I hear, they are looking for more work.

So, they work nights?

No, Scott, they can't work nights. They're the main business.

They can't work nights. They've got to work full-time with us.

Sweet. Indian outsourcing.

You can't say that.

No.

No, it's not PC.

I'll just think it then.

Keep it in your head.

I will.

But we all outsource them.

We go into Mumbai with the designs

and then the delivery's being done by a specialist team.

It's perfect.

I love it.

Scott, this is a firefighting plan.

It's got to work.

We spend nothing, we save up and we pay them back.

Then we grow.

Sydney.

If you're a woman...

Dirty bastard.

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There's a quote from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night,

and it's been with me in my head for years,

and whenever I have a pen in my hand,

I'm always writing it down.

Be not afraid of greatness.

Some are born great.

Some achieve greatness,

and others have greatness thrust upon them.

This is my best, mate.

You see, I messed up.

I messed Summer up between us.

I took our relationship for granted

I thought I was doing something for us when really I was doing it for me.

My mind isn't good enough without his mind.

And what I took for granted was how much he gave me.

When you leave here today, I want you to do one thing.

That's it, just one thing.

I want you to look up at the sky.

Because there's someone somewhere else looking at that same sky,

and they do not have the choices you have.

You know, after we have our freedom,

I believe we have a responsibility to dream.

You know, to look up and to say what's next.

To dare.

to be great.

I need you to help me.

We're not fighting no war.

We're not fighting for our lives,

and you might not even be fighting for your dreams,

but I need

you to help me fight for mine.

Because this is a war

for us.

Ladies and gentlemen,

You have your freedom now.

Will you go out and chase your dreams?

Will you help me chase mine?

It was fucking mental.

It was.

It really was.

- Yeah, good morning.

There you go, fellas.

20 grand.

Business must be good.

Yeah, well, I mean, there's room for improvement, but, you know...

Lucky for you, you have a bank like us to help you out.

Yeah.

Anyway...

I think that's gotta be worth something.

I think it's worth the commission that we agreed upon and I've paid.

That'll take $1.50 this month.

What? Um...

No, no, no, we had a deal, and I've honoured that, so...

No.

50 grand by the end of the week.

Well, that poncy office of yours might get a bit too hot for work.

We've got air con.

I mean, flaming hot.

I mean, they're pretty good units.

It means we'll burn the lot down,

and then we'll come after you and your wee boyfriend

and that packy piece you fancy.

We need a bigger premises, so we just brought our plans forward.

We had responsibilities, people's jobs, their livelihood, not to mention personal safety.

We couldn't risk bluffing the Watson brothers.

They were stupid enough to hurt someone.

We moved overnight on the day the payment was due.

We knew they'd want to show us their teeth.

- -

Hey, look at this.

Looking good. I like it.

I think more phone.

Hey.

Hey.

Hey.

Hello.

Hello.

Hello, everyone.

I'm waiting.

All right.

Let's get through.

Hey.

What's first?

I love you in the car.

I love you.

Everything's going up to time.

Hey, Scott!

Scott!

Scott!

Why weren't you in the meeting?

Hey!

Scott!

What's up?

Have you gone deaf?

What's wrong?

Nothing.

Just thinking.

You're always thinking.

What is it?

I saw Shane Lawson at the supermarket.

Oh.

Right.

Lunch or two, yeah?

Make it 1.30 and I'm in.

Deal.

What's the difference between me and Spielberg?

And me and Schwarzenegger?

With your outlandish thoughts and your stupid dreams

and your irresponsibility, you bounce around your life

without thinking about anyone else with no care.

After we have our freedom, I believe we have a responsibility to dream.

You know, to look up and to say what's next.

You want to be in the film industry?

To dare to be great.

Why not work in your local supermarket?

I mean, life should be a canvas full of dots and different sizes and colors.

Is there?

Hey.

Hey.

I was in the supermarket the other day.

Saw Shane.

Yeah, you said.

Talking about work, girlfriends, you know, small talk.

Then, uh, just said goodbye, walked off.

I'm actually a bit busy, Scott.

I went outside, I rushed for my car,

and I parked it outside the supermarket

and waited inside it for him to come out.

He came out and I waved at him and drove off.

As interesting as the story is, I'm trying to work.

I wanted to show off, okay?

It's not like you.

No, but you know what? It felt good.

I don't know why I did it, but for those ten seconds,

you know, I felt better than him because I had a fancy car and he didn't.

That's normal. I get that.

Yeah, but I've been thinking about how crazy it sounds,

and I'm getting my kicks out of making other people feel like shit.

The more I think about it, the more crazy I'm going.

Yeah, I had a nice car, but I wanted to make him feel bad.

I'm getting pleasure out of making people feel like shit.

Here I am buying fancy cars, watches and clothes

and none of it has any substance.

I'm bored at work. I've got nothing to do.

Calm down. Put things into perspective for a second.

Look at us. You run this company at 24 years old.

That's a good thing.

Yeah, but it's not enough.

What? What are you trying to say?

I'm fucking coasting along.

I'm going like this.

And this is not what I was meant to do.

I'm not here for this.

Because I want to make my movie, Scott.

For fuck's sake, honestly.

Life is just one big fucking movie to you, isn't it?

All you want to do is edit out all the bad bits, the boring bits.

You can't just do that. That's not how it works.

That is life.

It can be boring and repetitive at times.

You have to go with it.

Do you know what, Scott? You're great. I love you.

But sometimes I just can't stand the way you think.

You know, we created a monster here, OK?

This is a monster and it needs feeding.

If I was 19, I would make a different decision.

I would not start this company up.

But I'm not 19 anymore, but I still have a decision to make,

and that decision is ongoing.

And you can come with me, or you don't have to,

but I am not staying here.

What? Have you gone mad? Are you insane?

But this is not who we are! We've never been this!

Dream chasers.

Yeah, I know. Do you know what, Scott?

Grow up. You need to grow up. The dream chasers thing.

Don't fucking laugh at me.

Don't fucking laugh at me, Scott.

One dream chaser walking out the door.

I can't deal with you when you get like this, Scott.

I'll fucking be the same.

Get back in the...

Scott!

We're dream chasers.

Let's make a list.

What?

A list.

A list of what?

A list of everything we want to do.

Yeah?

Okay.

Yeah.

A list of everything we want to do and see and let's just go for it.

Okay.

Yeah?

Oh, my God.

Scott.

Get us their end, please.

So?

The Dalai Lama was once asked what surprised him most about humanity.

He replied man.

Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money.

And then he sacrifices his money in order to recuperate his health.

And then he's so anxious about the future that he doesn't enjoy the present.

The result being that he doesn't live in the present or the future.

He lives as if he's never going to die.

and then dies having never really lived.

So...

What's next?

So that's why we're here today.

Why?

To see if we can get investors onto our phone.

- Have you got anyone on already? - Nope. Not one.

Well, how many have you seen already?

- Yeah, I think about 39. - 53.

- Have you ever made a movie before? - Never.

Well, you're in the big city now, lads.

Oi, oi, that's it.

How hard can it be? You know, we'll make it till it's made.

Keep the change.

Let's burn the boat, yeah.

I'm sorry.

Thank you.