No.24
Brett is confused to see that Lou isn't at work. He tells him that he and Cheryl are taking some time off together (he has breakfast prepared for them on a tray)

Lou tells Brett to get to school, but he is looking shifty. When Lou has gone, he pretends to shut the front door, then sneaks back into his room.

Lou and Cheryl's bedroom
Cheryl is pleased by the breakfast in bed.

LOU: Look, I know I'm pretty thick, but...how did this happen?
CHERYL: Oh, well...when a mummy and a daddy realllly love each other...
LOU: Oh, yeah?! Well, at least you're smiling. That's a good sign.
CHERYL: Well, I don't know whether to laugh or cry, I feel like I've had the best news and the worst news all in one go!
LOU: It's confusing, isn't it.
CHERYL: A little. Me and a baby...
LOU: Yeah. Something special.
CHERYL: That it is. But...it's going to tie us down for some time.
LOU: Oh, we've got loads of years left in us yet!
CHERYL: And what about in fifteen years' time, do you think we'll still feel like being parents?
LOU: Yeah! Keep us young, I reckon.
CHERYL: It was exhausting enough the first time round.
LOU: You don't regret it though, do you?
CHERYL: No. Except that they grow up and get minds of their own(!)

Lou laughs.

CHERYL: What do you really think?
LOU: I think, times have changed. For both of us.
CHERYL: A second chance. If we want it.

They kiss.

Newsagent
Hannah is giving Phil advice about laying out the childrens' stock. She starts angling for money and he says she's too young to be employed!

No.30
Annalise comes in and says that the swimsuit section of the beauty contest has been cancelled, thanks to Mark. He says she's beautiful enough to win through the other two categories. She is determined to win.

School
Sally is telling Rick off for not studying. She suggests that he drops Japanese but he doesn't want to.

Brett's bedroom at No.24
Cheryl comes in and is surprised to see Brett there. He tells her that he's sick. She knows better, so he tells her he doesn't want his head smashed in by Stonefish. She sends him off and tells him to just avoid Stonefish.

Living Room at No.24
Lou is on an exercise bike and gives Brett some advice about standing up for himself. He had to when he was in school and ended up getting pulverised(!) Lou offers to teach Brett some defensive moves after school.

Lassiter's Complex
Annalise and Mark are bickering about the charity fundraising. Gaby is sitting at a table and tells Annalise off for being sexist about the contest.

School
Brett and Rick are trying to avoid Stonefish by creeping about the corridors on their hands and knees(!) Brett tells Rick about the defensive moves from Lou.

BRETT: It's fight or die. What choice have I got?

Car Yard
Cheryl is announcing that Lou is now the sole owner of Carpenters Cars!

LOU: Hey, you are pleased about the baby, aren't you?
CHERYL: One minute all I see is happy families, and the next all the problems of a new baby hit me right between the eyes.
LOU: Any particular problem in mind?
CHERYL: The loss of freedom, the added years of responsibility and I don't even know how the other kids are going to feel about it.
LOU: Well...perhaps we should keep it quiet for a while.
CHERYL: Another pregnancy? I mean, it'll be a bit of a strain.
LOU:(concerned) You are OK, aren't you? You're fighting fit.
CHERYL: I'm fine. And I'm going to the doctor's this afternoon. So let's wait and see what he has to say before we start worrying.
LOU: Yeah.

Office
Gaby and Sally are having lunch together and talking about Rick. She advises Sally to be careful.

They talk about work and Sally says she turned down teaching Aboriginal Studies. Gaby is surprised, but Sally says she can no more teach Aboriginal culture as a descendant than Gaby can teach the Celtic culture of her ancestry.

Car Yard
Brett is improvising some karate moves when Lou arrives(!) Lou says karate is no good and starts advising Brett with boxing moves. Brett is unimpressed and says Stonie will just laugh at him!

Office
Gaby has called Mark in to suggests that they hold a black tie event to raise money for the competition. Also, she will take him shopping.

Newsagent
Brett and Rick are discussing Stonefish. Hannah comes up and demands her share of the profits. But they say they haven't made any profits yet(!) and mock her.

Kitchen
Annalise comes in to see Mark and moan about the competition. They call a truce and say that the competition shouldn't come between them.

He quickly hides his shopping bags!

Newsagent
Phil tells Rick off for reading magazines and not buying them(!)

Sally comes in and Rick tells her that he wants to join the Aboriginal Studies class. He's surprised to hear that she's not teaching it.

Lassiter's
Hannah tells Jesse off for not selling many cards.

He tells her worried about the initiation ceremony at school. She says if he sells enough cards, she'll tell the bullies to lay off him.

Brett's bedroom
Brett shouts for Cheryl and Lou - Jeffrey the rat has had babies!

BRETT: And all this time I've been undressing in front of her(!)

They coo over the babies a bit and Cheryl tells Brett he'd better find out who the father is(!)

No.30
Annalise is practising her speech for the beauty competition. Mark comes in and notices that Annalise has new shoes. She says that they're ones she's had for ages.

Newsagency
Jesse has made enough money for Hannah to buy a kite. Phil overhears and tells Hannah that she has to give Jesse a share of the cash.

No.24
Lou and Cheryl are alone.

LOU: There's something I want to say about the baby. It has come along at a funny time in our lives, caught us both on the hop. And it will change our lives, there's no two ways about that. But I want you to know something. I am *not* sorry this has happened. We've got a great thing going between us and this is only going to make it better.

They hug and Cheryl starts to cry.

LOU: Oh you went to the docs, what did he say? Come on, tell me.

Pub
Gaby and Sally are having a drink. Sally has been thinking about the Aboriginal Studies class, and more than that, thinking about how she's lost touch with her family and the friends she grew up with. Maybe she needs to get back in touch.

Rick comes over and starts fawning over Sally. She tells him straight that she's her teacher and nothing could ever come of it.

Rick looks crestfallen as she walks out of the pub.

RICK:(to himself) Yeah, but Sally...I love you.