Lola Jonze - Series One - Episode 7 - Don't Stand So Close To Me

Another Lola-centered episode is Episode 7, Don't Stand So Close To Me, in which Lola's fantasy love affair with her dance teacher, Stefan is revealed. Lola's delighted when Stefan asks her to represent Britannia High in a dance competition and take extra one-to-one lessons with him after school. She accepts his offer. Meanwhile, BB notices that Lola keeps a diary and suggests to Jez that they take the diary, "and tell the whole school what really goes on in her mind" on the radio show that they both present. Jez is unsure, but has to follow BB when he sneaks into the girls’ bathrooms, where Lola has left her bag while she has her dance lesson with Stefan. They take the diary but are shocked when they read about Lola's relationship with Stefan. They take the diary back to the house where they share what they have found with Lauren, Danny and Claudine. Shocked, a few days later they follow the two of them to a coffee shop to prove themselves right. They hide behind a wall and watch, getting completely the wrong idea. They think they see Stefan caress her face, but he's actually feeling a lump on her nose to prove to Lola she doesn't need plastic surgery. The next day in the canteen Claudine and Danny go to ask Lola and Stefan on a double date, but of course, Stefan doesn't have a clue what they're talking about. He walks out of the canteen, and Lola follows. They have a heart-to-heart in the dance studio where Lola admits her feelings for Stefan and that she's been writing about him in her diary. When Lola asks Stefan if he feels the same way about her, he tells her he likes her but if anything happened between them, he could lose his job. She asks if he'd go out with her if she wasn't his student, and Stefan replies, "Maybe". The next day after dance class, Lola tells Stefan she's going to leave Britannia High so they can be together, properly. Speechless, all he can do is return her hug. The next day Lola's telling her friends about her plan to leave Britannia High when Mr Nugent walks into the classroom and tells the class that Stefan's called him and said he had to leave the school and move back to Australia. Despite Lauren's concerns, Lola runs to the airport and just catches Stefan as he's about to go through the Departures gate. He tells her that he was up all night thinking about her, and that he knows he can't turn her life upside down and make her leave school. They share a tearful goodbye and dance together in the airport, before he leaves.

However, in Episode 9, during the end of year showcase Stefan returns from Australia. Lola at first tries to dodge talking to Stefan, perhaps because she hasn't really forgiven him for leaving her, but in the end, he asks Lola to come away with him. She agrees, and during the final song, we see Stefan waiting with a pink suitcase of Lola's stuff.