- The computer game tournament ends and Sam wins, but the winnings are confiscated by Mr. Robson. Maria spends the night with a bloke she met at a party and has a huge row with both her father and with Richard.
- Mr. Parrott tells off Maria for playing her Walkman in the library - she calls him a prat, and she's brought before Mr Robson. Mr Parrott adopts a new, fiercer tone, getting his Year Seven class to stand and put their hands on their heads. Mr. Hankin talks to him about his smoking - and finds out that he's given up. Sam and Joe are playing each other in the computer game finals - if they can ever get enough time with a working tv. Lucy tells Jessica that she can't go to Germany. Sam just manages to win his victory, when Mr. Parrot bursts in. The entrants are taken to Mr. Robson who decides there will be no action, provided the entrance money goes to a worthy cause rather than Sam's pocket. Lucy goes to Josh's house and sees his collection of war memorabilia - she breaks the news that she won't be going to Germany, and is disappointed in his disinterested response. Maria and Justine go to a party in the evening: Maria makes a new black friend, Finch, and talks about her annoyance at being treated as an object by Richard. Justine tries to get her to come home, but it's a lost cause - she sees the light go on in the bedroom, and the curtains close. The next day, Richard is on his way to see Maria who he assumes spent the night at Justine's house. Before he can get to the door, he's accosted by Maria's father, angry at his missing daughter. Justine pulls him off, and Richard protests his innocence, then Maria turns up in Finch's car. There follows a showdown, Maria telling her father that she's had enough of being told what to do. In his turn, Maria's father tells her she is a slag. When he's gone, she turns to Richard, but he merely agrees with Maria's father. Justine and Finch give Maria and Richard some breathing space. They drive off a short way and talk. Maria insists that she and Finch just talked all night - Richard doesn't believe it, and walks away. Maria goes back to Justine's house and Justine shows her autobiographical wall - a place where hundreds of photos of her life are arranged. There's also a map with pins ready to be placed - locations where Justine will one day go. Also, there's her cheque - prize money for her second place in the journalism competition. Richard goes to school to tell Mr. Manyeke that he doubts Maria will be going to Germany - or if she does, then he won't. Martha goes round to speak to Maria, and insists that she must go...—Geffers
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