Last Swim

There's a picture of the Earth from space, it's...

it's called The Blue Marble.

And that's exactly what it looks like.

A marble.

This beautiful, intricate globe.

I would stare at that thing for hours and hours.

The earth is mostly made up of water.

I remember being surprised by that

and other obvious things.

The blue of the oceans.

And the vastness of space.

We had this photo of it in the bathroom.

It's not until you pull back

that things start to make sense.

You notice that it forms part of a bigger picture.

My imagination would run wild,

looking, staring, studying it.

Endlessly, for days on end.

I guess that's what sparked me to want to know more

and led me here.

That's good to know.

Is it Zee... Ziba?

Ziba. It's Persian.

Does anyone in your family

have an interest in astrophysics?

No...

I mean... not in my school either.

And you live here in London?

Yes. I think my mum loves the idea of UCL

because she can still feed me!

What's the Hubble Constant?

Sorry, could you repeat the question?

The Hubble Constant. What is it?

Okay, so the velocity of the galaxy

is proportional to its distance.

And the Hubble Constant is a scaling factor

of that relation.

Hubble's law led scientists to the conclusion that

it's not individual galaxies flying away

but it's actually the whole universe which expands.

Correct.

Well done.

This asteroid, which passed closer to the earth

than any others have in the past forty years

left behind a trail of debris.

And tonight, our planet

will pass through that debris trail

resulting in one of the most spectacular

meteor showers ever seen.

So, in about 12 hours' time,

get up high to get uninterrupted views of the sky

and check out those shooting stars.

Morning, stranger!

So... you excited?

Right you're gonna need to remind me of the plan

because I've forgotten it already.

But I trust that it is all in the hands

of our great organiser, Zibi Softie.

Er, anyway... tell me what I need to bring.

Because I seem to remember a bikini

being mentioned at some point but I can't find it,

so I'm swimming in my knickers.

What are you wearing, please?

What do you even wear to collect your envelope of failure?

I went with... she's fucking sexy

even if she ain't the smartest.

Alright. I've missed you.

Please don't cancel on me again.

So excited to see you today.

Okay, love you.

Love, love, love! Over and out!

Sorry I didn't make it out.

Wanted to save my juice for today.

And I'm wearing what I always wear.

And fuck off about you're not the smartest.

You're street smart. That's better.

And yeah, I'll bring the itineraries.

They're printing as I speak.

Busy day ahead, so... go and eat your breakfast.

Over and out.

Hello?

Miss Soofi?

Yes?

It's Dr Nolan. Are you with Ziba?

Hi Doctor. Yes, yes. Ziba is here

and you're on the loudspeaker.

Good. Good...

Mona, I need you and Ziba to come in again today please.

Not today. You promised.

Doctor, is it possible we come tomorrow?

It's A-level results day.

We're on our way to school.

Oh! Of course, yes. Okay, well, best of luck.

Not that you need it.

I'd like to discuss Ziba's latest bloods

and I can't do that over the phone.

I'm going to hold some time this aft...

Eh! Ziba!

No.

Will you let me have this one day?

Please. Maman, please.

That's fine. Thank you. Thank you.

Love you, Maman.

- Oi, Ziba! - Hello.

Where the fuck have you been all summer?

Missed you too.

- Hello mate - You alright?

Er, Taz says you got a little plan for us today, yeah?

I do, I do.

- What's that? - Here, here and here.

Alight listen. I'm only here for you, Z.

Otherwise I would've swerved this.

None of my brothers even came to school on results day.

I'm flattered, Shea.

Yeah, you should be.

9:32, meteor shower. Oh what, a light show?

It's not a light show. It's a celestial event.

Celestial event. It's celestial.

Alright, Professor Zib over here.

Look, tonight's astroid is going to be the closest

it's been to Earth for over forty years.

We can't miss it, okay?

I've got an audition later, so I need to...

need to factor that into your little plan, alright?

- Audition? - Yeah.

This girl stopped me in the street,

took my Insta, and dm'd me about this modelling gig.

Told ya I had something special going on with these cheekbones.

Nah, it's probably nothing, but... money if I get it.

No, where is it?

Central, 11:30.

Fine, is your dad's car here?

It's my car now.

But yeah. His audition's congestion zone though.

We'll split it.

Ah, there she is.

Come here!

Where have you been, you mad woman?

Ah!

Kiss.

You three split it, I already paid for petrol

You're so fucking tight!

Yeah, don't you work at your dad's garage?

I ain't started yet...

but I'm gonna be Price & Co's most skilled mechanic.

- Oh yeah? - Yeah.

Exhausts, filters, body work. You name it.

I bet your mum and dad are well proud.

- Alright, fuck you man! - Make an orderly queue...

- At least I've got a job! - Thank you very much.

- Yeah, Merf please. - Peter Curtis.

- Peter Curtis. - There you go. Good luck.

- Tara Dean Miss. - Tara Dean. Right at the top.

- Right at the top. - Good luck. Of the list.

- Ziba Soofi? - Ziba...

- Thank you, Miss. - Good luck.

Shea Price.

Shea Price. Of course, there you go.

- You alright? - Yeah.

She's excited, look at her. Look at this little face.

- I'll miss you, Miss. Bye! - Shut up.

Right, well, who's gonna go first then?

I don't even know if I'm gonna open mine to be honest.

Rip off the bandaid, Shea.

You fucking Yank, what?

She doesn't even watch TV.

Blue Planet does not count.

David Attenborough is a national treasure and you know it.

- Can't argue with that. - Sorry, who?

- Shea. - What world do you live in?

I'm just gonna pretend like I didn't hear that, Shea, but...

Let's do it. I'm doing it.

Alright.

Oh shit!

I ripped mine.

Shit.

Fuck.

They're not as bad as I thought, to be fair.

So, yeah...

Yeah. I don't even need these to be a dancer.

Zib?

Yeah, I did alright.

Come on then.

Yeah. Two A stars, two As. She's a genius.

- Mate, well done. - Yeah, congrats.

- Thanks. - Huh.

What's the matter? You smashed it!

You bummed about those As?

No, no. Just shocked, I guess.

Well, we're not. Right?

- No. - No.

We always knew you were a genius.

You're the only one of us that's definitely

gonna do something big with their life.

That's not true.

You alright?

Huh? Yeah. Yeah!

Yeah...

Nah, I mean... I don't even need these to be a mechanic, do I?

I didn't even tell my dad I was coming today.