Been So Long

-Hey. -No, Dad.

Mandy!

Nuts.

Ben! Ben!

Give me a kiss.

- Hey, have we got maths today? - Yeah.

Our homework was so hard.

Yeah, it's tricky.

-Morning! - Thanks, Miss.

The hardest ever...

How's that? That's not too tight?

Okay, so the hours of your curfew

are 10:00 p.m. till 7:00 a.m. to accommodate your job.

So the equipment is actually your responsibility.

So don't tamper with the strap or the unit,

and don't let anyone else tamper with it.

Um, otherwise, yeah, you will be in breach of your probation.

-Would you like a cup of tea? -No, no, I'm fine.

It's actually, uh, in case you poison me.

Oh.

No, that is actually policy.

Um, if you wouldn't mind following me

just so the unit can get a sense of the location?

Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.

We need to-- Get up!

So, what happen, Simone? You no have no man yet?

Let me tell you something about men.

Them is genetically programmed

to be horndog!

True she talk!

So don't let them cock up them leg and piss up on you.

I will try not to.

Hello, Doo-Doo.

Mm-hmm.

Me make myself pretty for you.

Hmm.

Stop that!

Listen, you know you see me being a bad girl already.

Mm-hmm.

You wait.

Rah! You love to pretend like you ain't seeing me calling you.

Simone! Don't make me come and pull you out by your ear, you understand?

Call me back.

What's up, Yvonne?

Mmm.

How you living?

Just a kidnapped princess trying to find my country.

-How you living? -Oh, my, it's hot out there.

-Mmm. -I need a shower.

Here's my package.

That's my number.

Forget the swipe right...

and call me.

Who was that boy at school?

Oh, yeah, Ben. He's in my maths class.

Ben...

Roisin's mum's getting married again. She's gonna have a little brother.

-Oh. Oh, no. Poor Roisin. -She wants a little brother.

I'm just joking.

How's that? Is that all right?

Simone! Simone!

What's the matter? What's the matter?

It's cold outside. You love to pretend like you don't see me calling you, huh?

I'm sorry, I thought it was an emergency!

Yeah, it is! Your vagina called and told me it's dying.

Hi, honey! How you've been?

What are you doing?

You get more and more beautiful every day.

-Yvonne! -Mm-hm?

-What are you doing? -Nothing. You?

Mandy, I got a question for you. How bomb would your mum...

look in... this!

- I'm too tired for this, babe. -Woo.

-Yvonne. -Yes?

-What are you doing? -We are going out.

-Auntie Vonnie? -Yes?

My mother has no interest in going out.

That's a clever girl. Look at that.

Oh.

Go to sleep before I pitch you off the balcony. Mm-hmm.

Yvonne, even your mum has more fun.

Yeah, because my mum has zero responsibilities.

-I've got responsibilities, thank you. -She got another responsibility.

- -Ooh!

Never fear, the babysitter is here.

-I'm sorry I'm late. -Hey, Martina.

Hello, Martina.

Mum?

Mum? Yeah, It's fine. I don't-- We're here tonight.

-Want a chicken nugget? -No!

She's had dinner. She had steamed fish and kale.

That's no food for a growing girl.

No, it is food for a growing girl. Not chicken nuggets!

Come on, Mandy. Let's go upstairs.

We're going out. And we're gonna par--

-What you looking at? -What are you wearing?

Tomasz bought this for me.

-Tomasz? -Yeah, he's the new caretaker.

Oh, God.

What?

I don't know.

So spiky. Uptight.

-Not like you, sweetheart. -Nothing wrong with being uptight.

Maybe that's what attracts blokes like... Kestrel, eh?

Oh, okay. Maybe I'll avoid them if I dress like a pineapple.

Happy little pineapple.

-Come on, Mandy! Bedtime! -Mandy?

Come out on the town with us, babe.

I'm nine.

You go out, we're staying in to play.

-We're not going out to play. -I'm not here for nothing.

The mother is pregnant 22 months.

And will breastfeed...

Simone, this is so dead. This is so upsetting.

You need to change your perspective, babe.

I don't need to change my perspective.

Yeah, you do. This is adulthood.

I am an adult.

I go to work, I pay my bills, I pay my rent,

I buy vibrators, I have sex, and I drink.

No, I don't want blueberries or anything that's gonna make me more like you.

You need to get your piece wet!

You're vulgar.

Yes, I am vulgar, and that's a good thing. I am so happy!

Look at how happy I am.

I am un-stressed.

You...

You're tense. You know why? 'Cause you never let nobody rub up on you,

giving you a transcending experience.

If I want a transcending experience, I'll go to church, Yvonne.

Simone, what are you saying?

I'm saying me and Mandy walk to school.

I get back at half nine.

-Yeah? -I walk back to school.

Pick her up around five!

-So your day's done. -Mandy's homework, hon.

Mandy ain't one! Hit the town!

But Mandy's on her own!

Make her stay with Mum! Sim, what's your sell-by date?

You ain't had a date since the end of Myspace.

You forgot how rum tastes.

Burning throat's not a taste. Mandy needs a stable place.

And if I'm off my face looking wasted--

Then Mum will take your place, bae.

One day.

Do you remember younger days?

-High grade Alizé? -Yeah?

Ten sips, free drinks, last drinks in the rave.

Padded bras, no shame. Mum's place getting laid.

Sim, what you really, really saying?

I can't breathe.