Uno para todos

Your spiked coffee, Manolo.

This is the new season of the first news programme of the day.

It's ninth of September and this is the week

we return to the normality.

Your packet of cigarettes, kid.

Thank you. Could I get another coffee, please?

Of course!

Coffee coming right up.

- Good morning. - Aleix?

- How are you? - Fine.

Sorry for the rush,

I know it's not the way to do things, you know how this goes.

I'm used to it.

Look, here's the file with the school's regulations.

Please read it carefully, some don't as it's temporary...

- Don't worry, I never break the rules. - Great.

Here's the timetable, list of pupils and school planners.

The books are in the classroom.

I'll help, you're on the second floor.

Go ahead. - Thank you.

- How was the trip? - Fine.

- You've come by train? - No, car.

Much better, you might have not arrived by train.

You're in the bilingual programme, right? I saw it outside.

- You have a B2, right? - Yes.

- Struggle with English? - No, I just wanted to know.

It's on third year, so you're lucky.

So no Cinca River, Ebro River, or "Caspe Compromise School."

Finishing primary school being bilingual is great, right?

Yes.

If they ever become bilingual...

Go ahead.

Here's your home for the next months.

Any questions or anything else, don't hesitate to come see me, ok?

That's what I'm here for.

Anything else you need to know? - No.

These weather changes worry me for the little ones.

Little ones? They're sixth-graders?

Yes, but for me they're my little ones.

This is a village, I know many of them since little.

Welcome. - Thanks.

Aleix, we have to go down and prepare the queues.

Oh.

Come on, let's go!

Sixth-graders!

Come with me to the queue.

You've left your sandwich in the car again.

You're such a scatterbrain. - Mum!

Come.

I'm Marta, fifth-grader teacher.

Nice to meet you.

Did you have them last year?

No, Maria did, the one you're replacing.

I hope it wasn't sick leave due to stress.

No, a high-risk pregnancy, just four months,

but she needs complete rest.

Well, I hope I last the whole year.

Paula, sit with me?

- Do you sit here? - Yes, yes.

Camping was fine, but my cousin didn't come.

What about your holidays?

Look, my aunty gave it to me.

What are you doing? Stop!

- Let's see the crap. - You'll pay for it.

- What are you doing? - Relax yourself.

Victor, this year you're not sitting at the back.

You'll sit next to Romén. I'm sure it will do you good.

Marcos, can you switch with Victor? - Man...

Who's that?

And Verénica...

...caps off in class, OK?

I like seeing your eyes properly.

Thank you.

OK...

And Julia?

Here.

Oh, you've cut your hair.

Yes.

Looks great.

What's your name?

My name is Aleix.

I'm your new teacher as Maria is on sick leave.

I know you'd rather have her,

but we'll make the best of it, ok?

And I'm missing...

Carlos.

Does anyone know why he's not here?

You wanted to speak with me?

Carlos Esteban, right? - Yes, I think I should have known.

You're absolutely right, I forgot with the rush.

He was diagnosed with lymphoma last year in April.

A kind boy,

responsible, a good student...

It was a big shock for all of us.

- Will he be back? Shall I count on him? - I don't know.

The family requested a home-teacher while the chemo lasted, but...

I'd like you to visit him.

No, I don't know him.

Go and see him.

You also have to coordinate with the home-teacher, ok?

Carmen...

Any flats to rent?

Ask Joaquin, the one from the bar.

Joaquin from the bar?

It has two rooms.

A large one and a smaller one.

But it's just for one person, right? - Yes.

Well...

- How much? - E300.

Great.

By the way,

the washing machine is broken.

Bring it to the bar and my wife will wash it.

Don't worry about it, I saw a laundry.

No, just bring it to the bar and my wife will wash it.

And don't be so formal!

Hi Sir!

Selua.

You're high up, aren't you?

Be careful.

You're giving me vertigo.

No way! This is my favourite spot.

- Well, bye. - Bye.

Darling, your new teacher has come to see you.

- Hello. - Hi.

Soffy...

Don't worry, everything is fine.

It's for his immune system...

I see that you're a gymnast champion.

- Was. - And will be!

Look at his astro-chart... - Mum!

Well, I'll leave you to it.

Let me know if you need anything.

Do you like video games?

Not really, to be honest.

What's this one? - I created it.

I learnt how to programme Croc at the hospital.

Izan taught me.

I didn't know they taught that at the hospital.

I couldn't compete with Izan then, right?

No.

He died a month ago.

Shit!

- Sorry, when you get a chance... - One moment!

A beer... Excuse me...

Ram, a beer.

Two! RaUI.

- Two beers. - Thanks.

Thank you.

- Aleix? - Mm-hmm.

A-L-E-I-X... AIeiX.

- But the "I" is silent. - Right.

- What's it there for then? - It gives it extra character...

Hello.

I'm heading home.

Want to come up?

I swear I live alone. There's no one else.

Well, there used to be. But not any more.

I've put them in a drawer, and it's no longer a bother.

You kidnap people?

I have an exciting life. I'll tell you more upstairs.

I actually just wanted a beer.

Likewise.

- Good evening. - Good evening.

What are you doing? Drawing?

None of your business.

Please be seated.

That's good.

Move your bag, idiot.

Victor!

It doesn't bother you.

- But“ - No buts, sit down.

Is it yours? - Yes.

Could you please remove it from Carlos's desk?

But there's nobody there, it's empty.

It's not empty, it's waiting.

Carlos will sit there. That's why your desks have names.

That's what I said.

Victor, is Carlos your close friends?

- Victor is no one without Carlos. - Shut up...

Victor, help me think aloud.

If we occupy your friend's desk,

what are we saying to Carlos?

I don't know.

Let's see...

Does the future exist? - No.

- Why? - Because it hasn't happened yet.

There's only the present. Carpe diem.

I've watched Dead Poets Society.

Humans have an ability that allows us to project the future.

Does anyone know what it is?

The horoscope?

No, the horoscope is not an ability.

Anyone else?

- Imagination? - Precisely, imagination.

Thanks to our imagination our mind depicts situations,

stories, emotions, images that don't exist,

as either they have already happened or they haven't happened yet,

or simply they will never happen.

And to imagine our friend's return we need to leave his desk free.