Skins, Series 3

Anthea Stonem:
Are you Effy's friend?

JJ:
I think so. Are you her mum?

Anthea:
[nods] Can I sit? [sits down] JJ, right? The magician?

JJ:
Oh, I used to do magic. Not anymore though.

Anthea:
I used to be married, not anymore though.

[JJ draws a deck of cards from his pocket]

JJ:
Pick a card, any card.

Anthea:
I thought you gave up.

JJ:
Some things are quite hard to let go of.

Anthea:
Effy likes magic.

JJ:
Are you sure?

Anthea:
Well yeah, not the, you know, stupid abracadabra sort... I... I'm so sorry.

JJ:
It's okay. I've come to terms with the facts.

Anthea:
You know, she was four years old the first time she beat me at hide and seek. Four. I was looking for her for hours. When I finally found her she just smiled. You know, that Effy smile that means "you don't know me at all, you never will". See that's a kind of magic. She's so good at concealing things, hiding, avoiding.

JJ:
Yeah.

Anthea:
I do know her. And I know that she has got so much love in her heart. But the thought of letting it out, showing her cards, scares her to death. I never knew it would be possible to miss someone this much.