 Liam starts the day spraying "Hawks" onto a fence with his mate. When four "Eagles" turn up, they scarper, running past Chrissy s house. Kenny issues a warning to his brother Ray to keep clear of the gang warfare that he has heard is about to erupt. Julie s given a telling off for leading Year Sevens into a dangerous situation, after the fire in the Peace Garden shed. She also gets the blame from Alice, who isn t pleased she kept a secret from her. After Julie has left, the Head confides in Mr. Robson that the fire officers have confirmed a cigarette end started the fire. Her suspicion is that the fag belonged to one of the kids. Justine shows her token ring from Liam to Maria and Fran. Natasha continues to ignore Richard, and Maria and Fran continue to liken him to a puppy dog. In Mr. Mackenzie s design class, Jake is in Diane s bad books for accidentally breaking the handle she was working on. Ray passes on his brother s concern about Liam - he says he s worried that Justine will get caught up in the violence. Mr. Mackenzie has a chat with Jake, concerned about his school work which has become bad in recent weeks... in fact it is ever since the confrontation on the wasteground, but Jake doesn t say that. Liam and Justine go round to play "Trivial Pursuits" at Chrissy s house. While Justine is out of the room, Chrissy questions Liam about the incident earlier in the day, but he denies going there. It s getting late, and Liam needs to get home to do some coursework - he kisses Justine goodbye, and bicycles home. Justine stays there, and Chrissy tells her friend how she wishes she didn t have the responsibility. At home, Ray persuades his brother to drive him round to pick up the others and try to persuade Liam to stay out of trouble. They collect Richard, Natasha, Fran and Maria. Night falls, and still they can t find Liam. Finally they get stuck in traffic, with the police up ahead taking care of some incident. Ray goes out to see what the hold-up is, and returns with a stricken look on his face. Up ahead, there s a lad on the ground, his face bloodied, his bike on top of him... Liam is dead. The group walk to Chrissy s house, and Maria and Fran pluck up their courage and ring the bell. Inside, they break the news to Justine. The next day, Justine arrives at school, but she s in another world, determined to finish the newspaper story. A sea of staring faces pass her by. In class, Justine stares into space, tears in her eyes, but wanting to be left alone. Mr. Robson decides to call her mother. Ray approaches Justine and sits down next to her, without saying a word. Justine tells Ray that the last thing Liam said to her was a lie - a lie about not going to the fight. Finally she breaks down and sobs in his arms.