8. DIXI: Series 2, A Dark and Stormy Night

## A Dark and Stormy Night - Dixi

Mimi's investigation takes a shocking turn - has she caught 'Alice' in action?

### Writer

Dan Berlinka Melanie Stokes Henrietta Ashworth Jessica Ashworth

## Episode Transcript and Timings

Hey, guys.

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So we survived our creepy camping trip in the woods... Just.

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And made it back to the even creepier games room. Yay!

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So, it turns out Kevin has a secret pass to our school,

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which makes him my new prime suspect.

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Plus, he's always lurking about in the woods.

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-IN SLOW MOTION:

-Hey.

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Did he leave to take a masterclass in creepy?

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He's definitely hiding something.

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But I'm going to need my man on the ground to figure out what.

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Syd? Syd?

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SYD SCREAMS

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Hey, Syd. Nice horns.

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Just got back from a GWARPL meeting.

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HAHAHOO!

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Good turnout?

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We're very exclusive. How's Chloe?

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She deliberately got in trouble

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and freaked us all out,

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just so she could get her own room.

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Smart, selfish, ruthless.

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HE SIGHS

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So, can you do some more digging for me?

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There's this boy, Kevin Bates,

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he used to go to our school.

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I remember Kev, he was in my year.

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Do you know why he left?

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Maybe cos he had no friends.

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He was a bit weird, so he got picked on.

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This all makes horrible sense.

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Your year were so mean to him that now,

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he lives in the woods plotting his revenge.

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Kevin basically is Alice.

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Thanks, Syd, good intel.

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I just infiltrated a rebel dwarf clan

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by lurking in a cave for 16 hours.

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This was nothing.

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I've just had a breakthrough.

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The curse, Alice, everything that's been happening, it's all Kevin.

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You think he played that music in the woods this morning?

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Well, it wasn't Alice.

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Obviously. I never thought it was.

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Oh, OK, so you guys ran around,

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screaming in the woods cos you just don't like that tune?

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That sounds very...rational.

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OK, fine, I was a little bit scared.

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And, because you admitted it, you get a marshmallow.

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I can't believe you won the marshmallows.

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We need to interrogate Kevin.

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-Scary, lurks in the woods, Kevin? No, thanks.

-But he's Alice.

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Oh, then let's definitely confront him in the woods after dark.

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We're not going to accuse him of anything.

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We just need him to open up, talk about his past.

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And then maybe he'll admit to being Alice.

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He only hangs out with the boys, he won't open up to us.

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Oh, why don't you get Lewis to ask him and film it?

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He likes doing all your vloggy stuff.

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I'm not asking Lewis anything.

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There was a thing, I'll tell you later.

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Why don't you ask Ash!

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Cos I'm not speaking to him.

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He stood me up! I thought he liked me.

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He does, it's so obvious!

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I bet he'd love to make it up to you.

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Or he'll make up some rubbish excuse, again.

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Well, there's only one way to find out.

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Ash, Isla wants to ask you something!

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-Ash, will you...

-Yes!

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You don't even know what I'm asking.

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I know, but whatever it is, yes.

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Ask him about his past and about Alice. Make him open up to you.

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Oh, and make sure you film it all.

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Ask, past, Alice, film, got it!

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Be careful!

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He'll be OK, right? Right?

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Or did we just send Ash alone into the woods with Alice?

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BIRDS SQUAWK

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This is going to be fine, right?

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I mean, going undercover's not so hard.

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You just need to be smart and cunning and cool under pressure.

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Ash can totally do that.

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I'm Lewis and you're watching my bro, Ash, shoot a backwards hoop.

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You got it in, dude!

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I did?

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Yes!

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HE IMITATES ROBOT

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I am Ash.

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This guy!

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Erm... Maybe not.

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I think Kevin is behind it all too, IndigoFireyOwl.

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I hope Ash finds out the truth.

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Hi, guys. Ash went to question Kevin about the Alice curse yesterday.

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He should be here any second to tell us what he found out.

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It was brave of Ash to talk to Kevin, don't you think?

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After all, Kevin could be possessed by Alice.

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-No, he couldn't.

-Yeah, like in that show

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I used to watch with Shari about that girl in that school

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who was possessed by an evil spirit.

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What if that happened to Ash? He put himself on the line for us.

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I am literally unable to even.

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Does this mean you're going to go to the disco with Ash?

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Shall I get an, "Ooh" ready?

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Maybe, have an, "Ooh" on standby.

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-Hi.

-THEY GASP

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Oh, hi, Kevin. How's all the trees?

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They're OK, except you can't see the wood for them.

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Forest humour.

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Anyway, Ash asked me to give you this.

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It's a memory stick.

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It must be Ash's footage from when he questioned Kevin.

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Why didn't Ash bring it himself?

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I don't know. Let's have a look.

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Hey, Kev, how's it going?

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All right.

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Better than being at school, right?

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-Definitely.

-That's what I thought.

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Tell me about your time at Drew Fletcher Academy, Kevin.

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I know you went there. It's funny how you never mentioned it.

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I don't like talking about it.

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I hated it. The other students weren't very nice to me.

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That made you angry, didn't it?

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At first, but more than anything, I felt sad and alone.

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Even when I got home, they'd be on my Dixi page, calling me names.

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How would you like it if you got picked on every day?

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-I wouldn't like it at all, that's horrible.

-It was horrible.

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I told my mum and, in the end, she took me out of school.

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So now you're home-schooled?

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Yes, after I left school, me and my mum moved to Hollow Tree.

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I like it here in the woods, away from everyone else.

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I don't find it that easy making friends.

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Well, I'm your friend, bro.

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You're awesome, with your woodcraft skills

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and your whole forest guide thing.

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You're total narvy.

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Poor Kevin, he's had such a hard time.

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Or is that whole story just to make us feel sorry for him,

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while he plots his revenge?

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Hey, Kevin. I thought you were with Ash?

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No, I was talking to my plants.

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Talking to plants is a thing.

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It is, if you do it quietly and soothingly.

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Do you know where Ash is? You were the last person to see him.

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Yes, he said he was going into town to buy strawberry laces.

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-That's ten miles away.

-Why would he go so far for strawberry laces?

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I don't know. That's what he said.

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Anyway, I better go, into the woods, where it's peaceful.

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Good luck finding Ash.

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Would Ash really walk ten miles into town to buy sweets?

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I don't know, Isla. How much does he like strawberry laces?

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Something's not right.

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We have to find Ash.

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'I hope Ash is OK too, CeriseCreativeCroc.

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'Maybe he did go all that way just to buy strawberry laces.

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'Everyone loves sweets, right?'

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Hey, guys. This is our top five sweets.

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Number five, jelly love hearts!

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Number four, jelly bean!

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Coming in at number three, foam teeth!

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Number two, cola bottles!

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And number one, strawberry laces!

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Isla!

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Sorry!

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'OK, make that, Isla loves sweets.'

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'The important thing is

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'we don't panic, AmethystGlowingHippo.

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'Ash has to turn up somewhere.'

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Hey, guys. We've looked everywhere and we can't find Ash.

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The only clue we have is that Kevin said

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he went ten miles into town to get strawberry laces.

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It's pretty weird, he's just gone.

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I never got to tell him...things.

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I'm going back to find Kevin.

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-But if Kevin's lying...

-And he's kind of scary!

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I don't care, I have to save Ash.

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We're the ones who sent him out there.

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Oh, well, we're coming with you.

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-Boo!

-THEY GASP

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Sorry, didn't mean to scare you, I was just...it was just a joke.

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Ash, where have you been?

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I've been so worried about you.

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I mean, we all have.

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Didn't Kevin tell you? I was buying strawberry laces, for you, Isla.

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-You went all that way for me?

-Yeah.

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Thank you, they're my favourite.

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And I thought I might ask

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if you would like to go to Disco Inferno with me?

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That was a nice thing to think.

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I think I might say, "Yes" to your thought.

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I think I'd be really pleased if you did.

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-Well, I think...

-OK, that's enough thinking for both of you.

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-And I bought sweets for you two, too.

-Aw! Thanks, Ash.

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MIMI SQUEALS

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OMD, you know what we should do?

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Forget about Alice, for one night and have a onesie party.

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That's an awesome idea!

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And I have an awesome onesie.

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It's a dark and stormy night outside,

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but we're all having an amazing time inside.

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And Mr C even let Chloe out, to join the party.

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Oh, and Isla text Ash to say he looked cute and he text back to

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say that she looked cute too and they are totally nearly going out now.

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Ooh!

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PHONES BUZZ

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Oh, no, a Dixi message from Alice.

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She had to crash our party!

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CREEPY MUSIC PLAYS

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Is that Kat?

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How did Alice find this picture?

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-This was ages ago!

-I think you look nice.

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If you're trying to make me feel better, it's not working!

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-That's not who I am!

-Oh, Kat, wait!

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THUNDER CLAPS Kat!

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Kat?

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Oh, Kat!

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-SHE GASPS Ash!

-Mimi!

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-What're you...

-It's not what you think...

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Ash? What are you doing?

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Come with me.

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You're going to isolation. Now.

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Don't tell Isla, I swear, this isn't what it looks like.

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Please, Mimi!

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It can't have been Ash all along, can it?

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I'm Lewis, that's Ash and this is the bro-nut challenge.

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-Mm.

-Mm-hm.

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-Mm, mm-hm.

-Mm-hm.