2649: Gaz threatens Newt

This is a special non-linear week. Stories throughout the week follow the same timeline, but don't play out in chronological order.

When the police turn up at school, Anita thinks that they're there for Newt. Lauren panics, too, but the police pass them by.

We flashback to one week prior
We see the gang break into school at night to find Anita's necklace. Left alone together, Anita and Newt almost kiss but Lauren interrupts. Newt then finds a handwritten story in Gaz's school record. The girls, meanwhile, leave to search elsewhere.

While Newt's on his own, he sees a message on the board which reads: 'U R NOT ALONE' but when Anita and Lauren return, the message has disappeared. Soon afterwards, Lauren finds Anita's necklace together with some other belongings in a classroom. At that moment, Gaz enters behind her. It emerges that Gaz is the one who's been sleeping in school, having been kicked out of his home.

As Gaz plays for sympathy, Lauren offers him some food. Gaz then reveals that he's allergic to peanuts. When a door bangs outside, the girls rush off in one direction, while Gaz drags Newt with him into a classroom. While in hiding, Anita finds keys and directions to Mr Mottram's holiday home and decides that they should go on a road trip. Gaz, meanwhile, turns on Newt. Newt taunts Gaz about the story he found but Gaz retaliates and vows to break Newt's gang apart.

Later, as they are left alone again, Anita and Newt share a kiss - which is secretly filmed by Gaz on his mobile…
End of flashback

Nancy tells Lauren that Gaz has gone into a seizure. Soon afterwards, Ste turns up to speak to Lauren. He's worried that she may have told someone that he was at the cottage but she reassures him and confides that she thinks she knows who hit Gaz.

Lauren tells Ste about how she sent messages to Anita and Ricky from Gaz's phone, and that she believes Ricky is guilty. As Anita listens in, we see a flashback to the cottage of her [Anita] pouring peanuts in Gaz's lager - and of Lauren in class, ominously explaining to Newt how Hamlet could have got away with murder…

Elsewhere, it's quiz night at The Dog but Elliot's not in the mood. When Leila walks in, he makes a swift exit, leaving Kris, Archie and Malachy to do the quiz alone.

Later, Archie berates Leila for ruining the lads' night. He feels guilty, however, when she reveals that she's looking for Anita who's gone missing. While Cheryl talks to her about Elliot, Archie apologises and offers to help her look.

In a ploy to get her to talk to Elliot, Archie takes her to the Evissa flat under false pretences. Leila sees through him, however, but still opens up to Archie, telling him how hard it is to have to look out for the family. As Archie comforts her, they both get a bit too close and end up kissing…

Meanwhile, when Mercedes sees her mugger is Gaz, she gives chase. However, she ends up losing her footing and injuring herself. Calvin notices and helps her back to his place, where she calls a taxi. While she waits for it to turn up, they reflect on their relationships. Mercedes mocks Calvin for being a sad singleton, while he accuses her of being in a rut with Malachy.

Malachy's on his weekly Thursday night out with Kris and his brother teases him for being whipped and to prove a point, Malachy cancels a call from Mercedes. Kris thinks that Malachy's tied down living with Mercedes and Myra, leaving Malachy with something to think about.

Meanwhile, Mercedes and Calvin are now more relaxed, having consumed a few cans of beer. They continue to talk about affairs of the heart and Calvin's adamant that all relationships eventually fall apart. Mercedes is left wondering if hers can survive…