Phil thought about Eddie buying Rachel a bracelet and wondered what he could get Flick, he thought of a scarf, or maybe some jewellery, but he had no money. He looked around the house to see if there was anything, he could give her from there and soon found himself in the Utility room, he seen some of his Aunt's underwear and thought they would be good for a gift. He hid them under his arm and made his way back to his room. He found some brown paper and wrapped them and put them into his school bag.

The next day he was looking forward to giving Flick her present and going to his theatre trip to see Animal Farm, he got out of Rachels car.

"All right Philip, I'll see you later, be a good boy" Rachel said as she closed the car boot

"yeah" he replied sullenly and walked away until he seen Mr Budgen stall his old car and couldn't help but laugh as Ms Allen drove in behind in her sports car.

"I've stalled all right" he yelled as he looked over to Philip laughing

"What are you gawking at are you simple" Grantley yelled over at Philip.

Phil ditched French with Miss Haydock to find where Flick was and give her the present, he eventually found her in the hall during an exam, and her bag was sitting outside, he slipped the gift into her bag and walked down the English corridor.

Suddenly he met Mr Budgen

"And what are you doing out of class?"

"Miss Haydock…" he started to say but Grantly interrupted

"Liar"

"No, I'm not"

"She is not in school today, unlucky"

"Unlucky, have you looked in the mirror lately" he said quietly but loud enough for Grantly to hear

"I bet your pardon, is that how you speak to a member of staff, to a head of Department? Detention, Lunch time"

"I can't Sir, Theatre trip"

"Oh, that's easily solved, you're not going"

"What"

"Insolence to a member of staff, being out of class for no good reason, all privileges revoked"

"You can't do that"

"I just have" Grantly smirked "And if you have a problem with that we will go to the head, seems to be all the rage at the moment"

Philip considered briefly taking him up on the offer and going to the head, but he soon thought better of it, he knew Rachel would be less than impressed.

A few moments later the bell rang and Ms Allen spotted Philip looking glum

"Hay Philip, what's up?"

"Mr Budgen says I can't go on the theatre trip"

"What have you done?"

"Nothing" he shook his head in response

"Tell you what, leave it with me, Mr Budgen and I have a pretty good understanding"

"Yeah" Philip smiled

"Though you may not want to come when you hear who else is going, Mr Lawson is sending me along"

"Oh Cool" he responded as Jem noticed her car being toed away and ran off

Rachel was sitting in her office with Eddie,

"you sent a supply teacher on a school trip, Eddie she barley knows those kids"

"They pay more attention to her than to Grantly, did you hear he banned Philip from going"

"Yeah I know and he was really looking forward to going, wasn't he"?

Eddie moved behind Rachel to massage her neck

"Look on the bright side after a full afternoon of detention you get to play good cop for once"

"That's gross, are you sure it's Philip" Chlo said as she held up the bra that Flick found in her bag

"Yeah,who send me second hand underwear, it so lame it's got to be"

"Maybe he's just trying to be nice" Chlo handed the bra back

"That's even worse, this is his idea of nice, I can't believe I slept with him, it's just sad, and creepy" Flick replied as she held up a pair of pants.

"Where are we going for lunch"

"As far away from Philip as possible"

Philip had hoped that Ms Allan had managed to talk Mr Budgen round, so he went on to the school bus and sat up the back with Paul and Bolton once the bus was on route they started to carry on.

"That's enough" Grantly said standing up, and noticing Philip "Eh, what the hell are you doing here? I specifically told you, you were not allowed on this trip

"No Sir, I got permission"

"No, you didn't" Grantly said.

"Yes, I did, Ms"

Jem interrupted "That's not what I said Philip, you must have misunderstood"

"No, I didn't" Philip shook his head

"I couldn't do that Mr Budgen, as a supply teacher I would never presume to go over your head" Jem said, but Grantly had thought on this occasion Philip was probably telling the truth.

"No Miss, I only came when you said…"

"Philip that's enough!" she shouted

Grantly and Jem both sat back down

"Odd that, the lad seemed genuinely aggrieved"

"No, he is trying it on"

"What you mean lying" he said with a sly smile

Rachel walked by detention and noticed Philip wasn't there, she got a little worried and then thought maybe she had picked up Eddie wrong. She walked to his classroom where he was preparing for his next lesson

"Eddie, I thought you said Grantly had sent Philip to detention"

"He did"

Rachel sighed as she placed her hands on her hips

"Don't tell me he's not there?" Eddie said

"Well no one's seen him"

"Right I'll have a scout about, see if I can't drag him there"

"I think you might be wasting your time though"

"What do you mean"

"Well where did he say he wanted to be today?"

"Theatre trip, that little so and so"

"Great, so much for me being good cop for a change, eh"

They arrived at Jem's house, and it wasn't long before Philip, Bolton, Paul and Michaela were causing chaos, Rachel tried to call, but Phil declined it, and then tragedy struck when Bolton fell into the pool, Mr Budgen saved him before taking a suspected heart attack. Thankfully Philip managed to help Mr Budgen and soon he was off to hospital and everyone else as back in school.

"Bolton are you OK?" Rachel asked as he came off the bus

"Yeah" he nodded, the paramedics had checked him and were happy he could return to school and his Mum

"Ms Allan, Mr Lawson is waiting for you in my office" Rachel said as Jem came off followed by Philip.

"Are you OK?" Rachel asked her nephew

"Yeah" he nodded in response

"Look, I know you were partly responsible for what just happened, hmm" Philips eyes were cast to the ground

"But at the same time, I heard you did really well with Mr Budgen so I'm proud of you" she rubbed his arm and he smiled, it was nice to get some praise as it wasn't something that happened often. The moment was short lived when Flick appeared.

"Philip" Flick shouted from across the playground

"Here take them" she said as she shoved the underwear into his hands, his face started to turn red as did Rachels.

"I don't know where you got them or what made you think I want them, what's wrong with you!"

Philip started to mumble but was interrupted by Flick turning to Rachel

"How sick is that, giving away second-hand knickers" she turned her attention to Philip "You need help, I don't want them and I don't want anything to do with you, Got it!"

"Werido" she said walking away.

Philip looked at the ground and then at his aunt

"Please tell me those aren't mine" she said as she recognised them. "Just get in the car" Rachel said to Philip

The car ride home was in silence, both embarrassed about what had happened. Philip realised he had made a mistake, and Rachel was embarrassed, she knew she was going to have to talk to Phil, but she was not looking forward to it.

Soon they arrived home, Rachel pulled into the driveway, but didn't get out of the car. "I am going to visit Mr Budgen, and I don't want you to leave the house, we need to talk about today"

"Rach, we don't can't we just forget it"

"Sorry, I don't think we can, just go in and do your homework, I won't be long. If you get hungry make a sandwich and ill bring something in" Phil nodded to his aunt and got out of the car.

Rachel placed her head in her hands and let out a sigh, she had no idea what she was going to do, suddenly her phone rang

"That's Jem been sent packing" Eddie said

"Thanks for sorting that"

"Are you OK Rach, you don't sound right"

"Not really, Phil just gave Flick Mellor a present"

"That doesn't sound too bad, I gave him that idea"

"I bet you didn't tell him to steal my underwear and give her that"

"No, I bloody well didn't, I told him to get her something like a stuffed toy and I didn't know it was her, he just said a girl"

"I just don't know what to do, I said I would talk to him after I visit Grantly, but I have no idea where to start"

"Rach, if your out, I'll pop round, let me see if I can talk to him"

"Eddie that would be great, he really needs a positive male influence in his life, now more than ever"

Eddie drove round to Rachels and chapped the door, Phil answered a few moments later

"Aunt Rachel isn't here" Phil replied

"Good, I'm here to see you"

"Why?"

"To chat" Eddie said as she walked into the kitchen "Do you want a cuppa?"

Eddie set the kettle on to start making the tea

"I have a lot of homework"

"Nonsense, you have been out of class all day, look Rachel told me what happened"

"She had no right to tell you"

"Look Mate, you either talk to me about this or you talk to Rachel, your call?" Eddie put a cup of tea in front of him and the sat at the kitchen table

"I just wanted to get her a gift, I mean I gave her a card, and that was fine, but I had no idea what to get her"

"But Phil, you can't give a girl underwear unless you are in a serious, committed and stable relationship"

"We had sex remember"

"Sex once when you were both drunk is not a serious, committed and stable relationship, and second-hand underwear, especially when it belongs to a female relative is never OK"

"OK I get it now, I just don't get girls"

"I'll let you into a secret, no man gets females, you need to just relax and when the right girl comes around then you will know"

"Thanks Eddie"

"So, in future, keep your hands off your Aunts underwear and keep away from Flick, she is with Marley and isn't interested in you"

Phil nodded just as Rachel came in, Eddie smiled at her and helped her with her bags.

"I got Chinese" she said before getting the plates out for the 3 of them.

This episode always made me cringe and writing this did so again, I always thought they should have followed up on what happened after Flick gave Phil his aunts underwear back.