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Authors: Helen Chapman

Dumped! (3 page)

Kevin
          You mean the one Granny always keeps locked?

Will
            Yeah, it’d be perfect for Max.

Max
             I’m out of here. You coming?

Kevin
          Why waste the effort? I’m the oldest. The best room is mine.

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     Will gives him an icy smile.

Will
             You mean
ours
don’t you?

Kevin
           Yeah, yeah. Just kidding.

Scene 2
T
RICKED
!

Narrator
    Max races into Granny’s house. He trips over a black glove with a long cuff.

Max
            What’s Granny doing with this? It looks like something a knight might wear.

Kevin
          Don’t mind me.

Will
            Or me.

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    Kevin and Will push past Max and look for the girls.

Lily
            Granny’s bed is
so
comfy, isn’t it Becca?

Becca
         Yep. Soooo big and soooo comfy.

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    Will and Kevin rush into Granny’s room.

Will
            You’re dreaming if you think you’re keeping this room.

Kevin
          Yeah, if it’s the best room it’s mine …

Will
            
Ours
.

Kevin
          So get out!

Narrator
    The girls leave but talk loudly so the boys can hear every word.

Becca
         Losers! They think that’s the best room.

Lily
            Maybe they like wallpaper with flowers on.

Becca
         I’d just die if my friends saw me in it.

Lily
            Quick. We’ll take the back bedroom. It’s wicked!

Becca
         Yeah and it’s away from Granny’s room, so we can be noisy.

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    The boys are confused. More than usual!

Max
            That back room sounds better than this one.

Kevin
          I’m not backing down. They’ll think I’m a loser.

Will
            We’ll all be losers if we take this room. Can it have any more flowers?

Max
            It looks nice …

Narrator
    Kevin and Will turn to look at Max.

Max
            … you know … if you’re a granny.

Will
            I’ll never live it down if I bring mates back.

Kevin
          You’re right. We’ll all be laughed out of school. Lily, Becca, get back here.

Lily
             What’s up?

Kevin
          We don’t want this room anymore because … um … er …

Will
            Because … um … er …

Lily
             Okay. Okay. We give in. But this is the last time we move. Got it?

Kevin
          Yeah, yeah. We get it.

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    The boys check out the back room. They get a nasty shock. Two beds are pressed against each wall, with a fold-out bed squeezed in the middle.

Kevin
         You’ve got to be kidding!

Max
            I’m not sleeping on that thing.

Will
            Nah, it’s good. If I roll out of bed I’ll land on something soft.

Max
            Well, it’s not going to be me!

Kevin
          We were conned big time. We’ll have to pretend we like our room or we’ll look stupid.

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    The girls squeeze into the room.

Becca
         Like your room, boys?

Kevin
         Yeah. It’s like being at a sports camp.

Will
            Bare floorboards are cool. We can bounce balls off them.

Max
            And there’s nothing to knock over and get broken.

Kevin
          We’re going to unpack and get ready for school tomorrow.

Lily
             Do you have to change schools now that you’ve moved away?

Will
            Nah, Dad sorted it.

Becca
         And it’s not like you’re here forever, is it?

Narrator
     The boys shrug.

Kevin
          Hope not. School’s so far away, it’s not funny.

Max
             But when we get back here it’ll be good.

Kevin
          We’ll chill out and Granny will do granny stuff, like making us snacks.

Becca
         Yeah, it’s not as if she has her own life.

Narrator
    The next day after school, the girls are amazed to see the boys sitting at the kitchen table doing homework.

Lily
            Why’s it so quiet?

Max
            Granny says no music.

Becca
          I don’t blame her. We heard you singing in the shower.

Will
            She took the radio. She said we’d get it back when we’ve done our homework.

Narrator
    The girls grab a snack and go into the living room. Then they go back to the boys.

Becca
         Have you seen anything missing?

Max
            Like what?

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