02x10 - Episode 10

[bunniefuu]

[moody pop music playing]

[Mom] Pietro! Where are you going?

I'm going to study with Giulio.
Is that all right?

- Come here just a moment.
- Why?

I've received the report card.
I'm going to open it.

[sighs] But... right now?

Of course, right now.

- Then maybe I'd better call Giulio...
- Stay here. Mm?

Well...

[Mom] Where are you going?

I was going for a run.

Dressed like that?

[moody pop music continues]

Right, I should go up and change.

Come sit here. You can change later.

But why?

Because I got your report card.

Right now?

Right now. Yes.

[sighs] My, horrible report card.

There should be some passing grades,
at least.

Listen, Pietro, please have some decency
and shut it. Mm?

This report is horrible.

Come on, it can't be that bad.

Starting today, we'll change things.
All right?

Well, for now,
no more after-school outings,

for a month at least.

No way!

I'm seeing you failed math.
Worse than your sister.

Well, that's not my fault.
I'm being punished by the teacher.

Livia, please.

Given you got this F,
you'll take the catch-up class.

I'm sure I'm not the only one.

No, you'll both be there.

Giulio, right?

No. Pietro.

No, Livia.

Pietro?

Livia?

[theme music playing]

♪ Ooh, oh, oh ♪

[in Italian]
♪ Colorful graffiti among broken glasses ♪

♪ And running uphill
But drying our eyes ♪

♪ You said it's over
And now my life is dark ♪

♪ It's mid-July
But winter's dampened all my spark ♪

♪ Pick me up
And take me back to the beach ♪

♪ Our sandcastle we shall reach ♪

♪ Of laughter and caresses
Do you remember me? ♪

♪ Come on
A relationship like this can't end ♪

♪ We wrote about it
In our diaries, oh, oh ♪

♪ We even shouted it out to the sky
Oh, oh ♪

♪ I draw a pastel-colored heart ♪

♪ And we go back inside our sandcastle ♪

DI4RIES

FEBRUARY
- 17 WEEKS TILL THE EXAM

MONDAY

[Katia] Hi.

I haven't seen you in a minute.

What's up? You're not answering.

Livia.

It's normal to fight.

Come on, tonight, let's go out somewhere
and we can clear things up.

- I'm not meeting up with you.
- You may regret walking out on us.

When that ever occurs,
I'll keep you posted.

[Katia] Who do you think you are?

Can you tell that I'm nervous?

Livia!

You think "Miss Perfect" broke my heart?

And your blue hair doesn't fit you.
It's so bad.

I think it's dope. I love it.

[sighs]

Pietro! We need to talk. Come here.

Didn't you see Katia was harassing her?

So you still like Livia?

- No!
- [plays drums]

No, Pietro! Stop! I have to talk to you.

We're best friends, right?

- Best friends tell each other everything.
- What are you getting at?

You and Isabel are seeing each other?

[emotional music playing]

What? Me and her?

Yes or no?

No!

I mean...

[sighs]

I'll tell you because
you are my best friend, okay?

- Isabel and I made out.
- Ha! I knew it!

Okay, but it's not like I'm dating her.

It's more complicated than that.

Whatever.
You always make it complicated with girls.

[school bell rings]

- Let's go to class, we're late.
- Okay, let's go.

And then, I'll give you some advice.

- [Pietro] About what?
- About that. Girls!

- Listen, I... will send you my poems.
- Your poems?

I'm a poet!
You know, with girls, I go crazy.

"Be quiet. At the edge of the forest,
you will not hear words spoken by humans,

but hear newer words
that speak of faraway drops and leaves."

"Be quiet.
Rain falls from scattered clouds."

"It rains on tamarisks briny and burnt,
it rains on pines scaly and thorny."

"Be quiet,
because it rains on the myrtle divine,

on the flaming broom of welcomed flowers,

on the dense junipers
of fragrant embrace."

"It rains on our ligneous faces,
it rains on our hands kept bare..."

- Sorry.
- No, don't worry.

[teacher] "...thoughts
that the spirit unfolds anew..."

Is it me who's making it too complicated?

[teacher] "...fable that yesterday
entranced you, that today eludes me."

"Oh, Hermione. Do you hear?"

"The rain falls on the lonely grass
with a rustle enduring,

shifting in the air,
making the stiffest branches less stiff."

[school bell rings]

"G. GALILEI" MIDDLE SCHOOL
MARINA GRANDE

[Katia] Did you bring a change of clothes?

Leave me alone, I gotta run.

So you started running again?

You're much more lame without us.

I'm actually much happier.

- Sure, I can tell!
- [chuckles]

They even put you in the catch-up class
with Pietro.

[Pietro] Everything okay?

- Here he is.
- The bodyguard.

More like the body wash.

Come on, let's go.

Let's leave the losers alone.

May I?

[emotional music playing]

Why are they messing with you now?

Mm... Nothing. It's nothing.

Never mind.

No need to tell me, I get it.

But those two are the worst.

But how does Pietro always know?

So it looks like you are
in the catch-up class with me.

[chuckles] Yeah. My mother has, uh,
grounded me at home for a month.

[laughs] I'm so sorry.

Ask your father to soften her up a bit.

Sometimes,
having separated parents can help.

That way, you can use their differences.

Sick. You got very clever.

No, I've seen my sister.

I just hope that the catch-up class
with the principal isn't a total drag.

- [chuckles]
- I'm going.

- Bye.
- See ya.

Actually, the idea of the catch-up class
is now appealing to me.

[upbeat music playing]

TUESDAY

Dad, why did you have to bring me?

Wait a minute. Pietro. Wait.

Your mother's the one who decided...
Well, she actually ordered me.

And, about Mom...

Uh, what did she tell you...
about what we talked about?

If your mother decided this,
then it's right.

You never agree with Mom
on anything at all.

Except for punishing me.

You know a month is too much.

One month goes by fast, right?

'Cause the month isn't yours.

Listen, this afternoon, if you want,

you can pass your... confinement time
with me, at Claudia's.

Yeah? Maybe...
you can get to know each other better.

It would make her very happy.

And me too.

- I'll... think about it.
- Great.

Okay.

When I grow up,
I hope I won't be like this.

[pensive music playing]

- Someone enchanted you?
- What?

You're staring at the void here,
all alone.

Don't worry, there are...
too many things on my mind, you know?

I'm sorry about the catch-up class,

and how you're feeling,
and that we don't train together anymore.

Me too.

But today I gotta build... "family ties"
with the partner of my father.

Ouch! So everything is miserable.

Well, yeah.

Except for us.

[gentle music playing]

There, I said it.

Listen, Pietro...

I feel really bad... for Livia.

But why?

She left me, didn't she?

You're really not helping me.

It's better to live with remorse
than what-ifs.

[school bell rings]

I'm gonna need some time.

Bravo, Pietro. Keep making her anxious.

That was a fail.

Completely.

[gulls calling]

[Pietro] Getting back together with Livia
was the thing I wanted most in the world.

And now?

It's crazy how my love for her
turned into friendship.

[Livia] How should I deal with Pietro?

It's difficult to admit,

but it's nice
to spend time with him again.

Are we really just friends?

Maybe I should stop thinking about it.

But why can't I?

[Pietro] I don't know how it happened,

but even though it seems unbelievable,

I like Isabel.

I can't pretend anymore.

All I do is think of her.

Am I in love?

[Livia] Maybe I just need to give myself
time to figure out what I really want.

All the mistakes I've made
should take me somewhere.

At least, I hope so.

- [Pietro's dad laughs]
- [Claudia] Tell me the truth.

- You've been there with someone else.
- Absolutely not!

- Who did you take?
- No one!

[Pietro] It's a long time
since I saw my father so happy.

[Claudia] I do too.

[Pietro] I'll have to get used
to his new partner.

[Claudia] Absolutely.

[Pietro] But never to her daughter.
I will never be friends with Katia!

Not today.

Not the day.

[moody pop music playing]

PIETRO: I HAVE TOO MUCH STUDYING TO DO,
I'LL STAY AT MOM'S HOUSE

WEDNESDAY

[principal] Open parentheses,

one-fifth,

plus two-fifths,

a, close parentheses,

equals...

I did my best
to distance myself from Pietro,

Instead, here we are.

[emotional music playing]

I'm here thinking about Isabel,

but spending time with Livia.

[laughs]

[principal] Guys, it's easy.

I'm going to give you some more time.
You have 20 minutes.

The sooner we finish,
the sooner we go home.

Otherwise,
we're gonna be here all afternoon.

That's sadistic.

Maggi, I heard you.
You should know I have perfect pitch.

Principal, but...
isn't that used regarding music?

Well, it makes sense to me.
I meant my hearing is sharp.

- Keep going.
- [phone rings]

Excuse me.

Hello?

No, no, no, no, you're not bothering me.

I'm just teaching a catch-up class.

You're taking it seriously, math.

Didn't you hear the principal?

The sooner we finish, the sooner we leave.

You're the one who got clever now.

Who would have thought?

[alarm clock rings]

And... stop!

Maggi, come here.

Bring me your notebook.

Come on.

Well... I didn't expect that, Maggi.

Who knew?

Good. You can sit.

Mancini. Come on.

Let's see.

Oh God...

Um... no.

No, no, Mancini, no.
All wrong. Go back to your book.

You need to redo it.

Because like this,
I'm telling you, you're in hot water.

Go. Go sit down, go.

Maggi, if you want, you can go home, huh?

All right, then...

Ah, listen, Maggi.

Don't let it get to your head
because you managed to do something right.

Got it?

Go!

Mancini,
I'm staying with you a little longer.

And we'll try again, okay?

- Fine.
- [phone rings]

Excuse me.

My friend.

Right. Are we doing
those safe driving courses, then?

What about the money?

Oh, sustainability grants, of course!

[emotional music playing]

I'm sorry for leaving you alone.

- I have to stay anyway, you heard him.
- I may still wait for you.

No, go. I'm okay, thanks.

- Are you sure?
- Yes.

- Bye then. See ya.
- See ya.

But why did I send him away?

[foreboding music playing]

What are you doing here?

Why do you even care?

Are you afraid to tell me?

We're waiting for Roby. Got a problem?

[phone chimes]

ISABEL: HEY, PIETRO.
COME TO THE USUAL SPOT?

I NEED TO SEE YOU...

[sighs] No. No.

[upbeat pop music playing]

Hey. How was the catch-up class?

- It wasn't that bad. What's up?
- Well, it's, um...

Tell me.

[sighs]

[emotional music playing]

I've been thinking
about what you said yesterday.

And I don't want more what-ifs.

'Cause I really like you, Pietro.

[sighs]

Okay, I just ruined it.

[romantic music playing]

[music stops]

[Sara] Livia!

Here you are, all alone.

How 'bout your bodyguard, is he gone?

Please leave me alone.

You have no other friends than us.

I gotta stop this now.

What do you want from me?

What do we do from now on?

Well, whatever we want.

Without fear or what-ifs.

What about Livia?

What about her?

We should tell her.

I would like to do it. She's my friend.

[emotional music playing]

Perhaps it'd be best if I spoke to Livia.

Okay.

Although... I'm super worried about her.

- I'm so tired of you being so mean.
- Is this how you treat your friends?

My friends?

We were never friends, Katia.

- You only want subjects.
- Shut it!

What was that?

[grunts]

[yells] Stop, it hurts!

Stop! Let me go, Katia!

Katia! Katia, you're hurting me! Katia!

[gasps] Katia, you...

[shrieks]

[whimpers]

I can't... I can't move it.

- [gasps]
- That's good.

[whimpers]

You deserve it, prick.

[groaning]

Now we're even.

[Livia crying]

[sobbing]

THURSDAY

BIANCA: HEY, LIV,
ARE YOU COMING IN LATE?

[teacher] If you remember
from the previous lesson, okay,

I reproduced the same drawing
as last time.

- [phone vibrates]
- We are talking about matter.

NO, I FELL OFF MY BIKE YESTERDAY
I BROKE MY WRIST

- Dani.
- [teacher] Matter is made up of atoms.

- Dani.
- Huh?

It's a text from Livia.

- What?
- She says she had an accident.

- And her wrist is broken.
- What type of accident?

- [teacher] Neutrons...
- [Bianca] She fell off her bike.

That's not possible.

- So we have the electrons...
- Silverio.

- ...outside the nucleus...
- [Arianna] Giulio. Livia got hurt.

- [Giulio] You're kidding.
- Livia got hurt.

Yeah, broke her wrist.

- [teacher] But neutrons and protons...
- Pietro.

- Pietro.
- [teacher]...are internal to the nucleus...

- and have respectively a positive...
- Livia got hurt. Her wrist is broken.

- She fell off...
- [teacher] Silence!

What's that? Do I need to write you up?

Continuing.

- Protons have a positive charge...
- She fell off the bike.

[teacher]...and neutrons have
a neutral charge.

What do you mean, she's hurt?

[teacher] Okay?

[pop song in Italian playing]

PIETRO:
HOW ARE YOU? CAN I COME OVER?

LIVIA:
I'M FINE! NO NEED TO COME OVER...

[song continues through earbuds]

[soft thud]

[tap at window]

[song stops]

[upbeat music playing]

I just want to be alone, okay?
Why did you come anyway?

Because I don't usually do
what people tell me.

I was positive he was going to come.

- [Pietro] What did you say to your mom?
- The truth.

After class,
I fell off my bike on the way back home.

In the end, it's just
a very small fracture,

and I just have bruises.

Livia, don't lie to me.

[emotional music playing]

But how come he always knows?

How come she won't tell me the truth?

And the marathon?

With the wrist, I can't do it.

It'll have to be next time.
As soon as I recover, I'll practice more.

The Livia I knew
wouldn't have given up so easily.

It was those two, huh?

They can't get away with it.

Don't meddle, Pietro. It's my business.

You know something I loved about you?

You always have marched
to the b*at of your own drum.

Even when others said
it wasn't the right path.

Like in a marathon.

I made a mistake by not stopping.

I saw them waiting for you,
Katia and Sara.

Okay, but you shouldn't feel bad.

It's me who asked you
not to wait for me, right?

You mustn't always live with remorse.

FRIDAY

[upbeat music playing]

[boy] Yeah, yesterday was amazing.

[laughing]

Hi, Livia.

Hey.

[boy] Come on!

- Livia!
- Hi, Liv, how are you?

- I'm fine.
- Sit down so you can rest.

Giulio, she got her wrist broken,
not both legs.

Eh. [chuckles]

Thanks for the welcome.

My wrist, soon, will be back to normal.

Listen, Ari...

We have to speak with the principal.

[somber music playing]

And tell him what?

We have to stop pretending.

It wasn't your fault.

But we can't pretend it didn't happen,

or they'll never stop.

Arianna, Livia is right.

[Livia] Look, this isn't revenge.

It's what we have to do.

Guys, I don't understand what's going on.

We don't have time to explain.
Let's go with them.

We have to stick together, come on.

[hopeful music playing]

But what are we doing?

- What happened?
- We'll see in a minute.

Hey!

Oh! Wait, stop, what are you doing?

Don't worry. Wait for us in class.

What did you say?

Guys, don't bother the principal.
Go back to class! Hey!

Are you listening to me?

Guys! What are you doing here?

- Teacher, what's happening?
- I'm sorry, I couldn't stop them.

- [principal] I noticed!
- We need to speak with you.

Livia, what is happening?
Are you occupying my office?

- We need to speak.
- Are you the leader of the pack?

- Instead of Maggi?
- You must listen to us!

You must know this wasn't an accident.

I was bullied.

By Katia and Sara.

- We have to do something!
- Those two?

- [Bianca] That's right.
- Did you know?

Sh! Sh!

Katia and Sara from 3A?

And that's not all they did.

They spread that harassing picture
with the whale,

bullying another one
of our partners in class.

Arianna.

Yes, Principal,
and they started mocking my physique.

They wrote some nasty stuff.

- Oh my God.
- In the bathroom, in the girls' one.

And after, they took a photo of me,

edited it and posted it on social media.

They pushed me into a puddle,
and they made me fall,

recorded a video
and threatened to publish it.

Could you call those girls, please?

Thank you.

Continue.

Well, then they made me
give them my allowance.

And... they made me give them my coat.

It was so humiliating that I was ashamed
to talk to anyone about it.

But why didn't you tell us?

- [Isabel] You should have talked to us.
- [Michele] That's right.

[Giulio] We are all here for you now,
don't worry.

[sighs]

[Arianna] Hiya!

Snitches.

- [Giulio] Bye-bye!
- [Bianca] Good luck!

- [Giulio] Tell me how it goes.
- [laughter]

Livia.

I wanted to tell you
that you were very brave.

And you did great.

[emotional music playing]

Well, thanks for the support.

Livia and I will be best buddies.

Yeah, I still like Pietro.

[door opens]

[school bell rings]

Livia?

Do you have a minute?
I need to talk to you.

Of course, tell me.

I'm not sure how to tell you this.

Hmm?

The other day, when...

when Katia pushed you,

Pietro was with me.

So what?

He couldn't know that after he left,
that would happen to me.

No, it's not that.

He was with me because...

'cause me and him...

You and him what?

We are a couple, Livia.

[dramatic drumbeat]

You're a couple?

Yes.

I wanted it to be me who told you.

I appreciate it.

- [voice breaking] That's great, I'm happy.
- Are you sure? We're all good?

Yes, yeah, sure. We're now... just buddies.

And you're gonna make
a great couple, I'm sure.

Thanks, Livia.

I love you so much.

[hopeful music playing]

Well, maybe you can
always live with remorse.

DI4RIES

[in Italian] ♪ And then comes the wind
On the thousand-daisy meadow ♪

♪ I was climbing into the sky
To launch myself from a cloud ♪

♪ And the city was small like this ♪

♪ And the two of us here ♪

♪ Even a bad Monday
Felt like Sunday to us ♪

♪ I see us there, under the scent of trees
As you reach for my hands ♪

♪ You entwined them with yours
Making two pairs of wings ♪

♪ Which then got b*rned in the sun
In fact, I'm better if it rains ♪

♪ Though I fall down, down
Always deeper ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ It's not true ♪

♪ I'm alone at the bottom of the sea
I just want to breathe ♪

♪ And you let me go
Far away from myself, far away from you ♪

♪ We run after the sunset
Until we lose our breath ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ We are stuck in time
Locked inside a photo ♪

♪ Swear that it isn't true
It isn't true ♪

♪ No, it was never true ♪

♪ It isn't true ♪

[music fades]