I failed to mention in 'part 1' that none of the characters (other than Lizard, Joe Brown, and Lizard's grandmother) are mine. They all belong to Fox Family Channel, i guess.
Previously: Lizard has arrived, been a pain in the butt, and is currently getting a drug test.
Later on that afternoon.
Sophie: I don't know Peter. A dog? Headphones? That's against the rules. If we allow Lizard to keep them, what are we telling the other kids?
Peter: Sophie. She's a runaway. Her therapist called me to place her in this program because he was worried she'd run again. The last time they found her, she was living with a drug dealer. This girl is heading for destruction, real fast too. I agree that the headphones are not necessary but you saw how she acted with her dog. She opened up to you, she actually talked when you brought up the dog. Obviously the dog means something to her. And until we can figure how else to get her to open up, the dog can stay. Besides, the kids could use a dog, it could give them extra responsibility. And about the headphones. How were you planning on getting them away from her? From what I've read in her file, she can be rather deadly if she wants to be.
Sophie: ::sighs:: What else is in her file that I should know about? And what if she kills one of our kids? I just don't know, Peter. This seems like a bigger risk than we normally take.
Peter: Cheer up, Sophie. Like you said, we have handle tough kids before. And about her file...
Sophie: yes?
Peter: her parents are dead, her father committed suicide.
Sophie: Wait a minute? Is there a history of suicide in her family?
Peter: no not exactly.
Sophie: that's not a good enough answer! if there is a possibility she might commit suicide, then she shouldn't be here!
Peter: relax, Sophie! She's never attempted suicide.
Sophie: (interrupting) that we know of!
Peter: Sophie (patronizing tone) This girl has just gotten under your skin. we will watch her extra careful and make sure she doesn't do anything she's not suppose too.
Sophie: Fine. Since you seem to know so much about this girl, who do you think her buddy should be then?
Peter: I was thinking Daisy and Shelby.
Sophie: Those two? Do you really want there to be a fistfight?
Peter: perhaps they will be able to provoke her into speaking. ::smiles::
Sophie: hmph. I hope you know what you're doing!
In the cafeteria.
Shelby: a newbie?
Juliette: yeah! She's suppose to be really rich and famous. ::big cheerful smile::
Auggie: really? What's her name?
Juliette: uh…
David: Elizabeth Mentzer.
Juliette: yeah! That's her name! (Shelby rolls her eyes at this)
Daisy: The Elizabeth Mentzer? That can't be right! She's like 70 years old!
Scott: it must be her granddaughter. She's really nice.
Daisy: oh! You mean Lizard Mentzer is coming here? Isn't she suppose to be a genius?
Scott: yeah. She took over her father's business after he died when she was like 10 or 11 years old. They always call her the Biz Whiz Kid in the papers.
Shelby: You've met this girl?
Scott: yeah, she and my father use to do business. He would always drag me along. I think he tried to use our friendship to get her to make a deal with him or something, because she suddenly stopped all business with him and ended our frienship.
Daisy: Same here, but knowing my father, it was a dirty deal. They always underestimated her.
Auggie: Well I wonder what a girl like that could be doing here.
David: probably cause she's screwed up like the rest of us.
Shelby: (rolls her eyes) You have an amazing way of stating the obvious.
David: why thank you, Shelby.
Sitting in the dorm (Shelby, Daisy, Juliette, and Sophie)
Shelby: So when is the Whiz Kid coming?
Sophie: (gives Shelby a stern look) In a few minutes. Now Shelby and Daisy, Peter thinks that you two should be Lizard's buddies.
Daisy: the two of us? I've never heard of two buddies before.
Juliette: What about me?
Sophie: I think a little tough love is necessary right now. Juliette you should be her friend rather than her keeper.
Shelby: What? I can't be her friends with the new rich kid?
Sophie: (sharply) Now you know I didn't mean that. (angrily) Don't go twisting my words!
Daisy: Sophie, calm down. Shelby was just being Shelby, you know that!
Juliette: What's wrong, Sophie?
Sophie: nothing! Now this new girl might seem a little scary…
Shelby: (interrupting) the newbie scares you does she? What did she threaten you? Hit you? Hurt your feelings?
Sophie: (distracted) something like that. Now about this new girl.
Daisy: (interrupting) Sophie, you're keeping something from us.
Shelby: What's this girl's story? I mean if we are going to be her keepers then I think we need to know what we are getting ourselves into.
Sophie: ::sighs:: She's a runaway like you Shelby. She lived on the streets and in a drug dealer's place for two years. She's just got this… (at a loss for words)
Shelby: What? A blank look in her face that scares you? Always wears this slight smile like she knows something about you that you didn't tell her?
Sophie: (looks at Shelby) yeah.
Shelby: It's ok. It'll go away in a while.
Sophie: Well maybe you can help her.
(Peter walks in)
Peter: hey Sophie, could I talk to you?
Sophie: (walks over to Peter) What's taking so long? Where's Lizard?
Peter: There were some problems with the drug testing and such.
Sophie: What kind of problems? Did they find drugs in her system? I thought her file said she didn't do drugs!
Peter: no drugs. Apparently Lizard just isn't a big fan of doctors and nurses.
Shelby: (yelling from across the room) She lived with a drug dealer but didn't use drugs. Now that's a funny thing if I've ever heard it.
Peter: Shelby, this is a private conversation.
Shelby: (muttering) Well excuse me!
Peter: (looking toward the door) and here comes Lizard now. ::smiles::
(Lizard walks in. Her headphones are on her ears again. Her dog is trailing behind her. She is neither smiling nor frowning, almost as if she's on some other world)
Peter: Now see Lizard, that doctor wasn't so bad! And that nurse was very nice, wasn't she?
Lizard: (looks at him blankly)
Peter: Everybody, this is Lizard. Shelby, why don't you show her where her stuff is? And then you all can come to dinner. After dinner we'll have group, so we can all introduce ourselves to Lizard.
(Peter and Sophie leave, but not before Sophie gives Shelby a stern look)
Juliette: (walks up to Lizard) Hi! I'm Juliette and it's very nice to meet you! ::her usual perky self::
Lizard: (nods her head slightly to acknowledge Juliette)
Shelby: I'm Shelby and this is Daisy.
Lizard: (look of surprise on her face when she sees Daisy, but it quickly disappears)
Daisy: Hey! How long has it been?
Lizard: (no answer, but she smiles)
Juliette: Well it's time to go dinner, you can meet the rest of the group!
Previously: Lizard has arrived, been a pain in the butt, and is currently getting a drug test.
Later on that afternoon.
Sophie: I don't know Peter. A dog? Headphones? That's against the rules. If we allow Lizard to keep them, what are we telling the other kids?
Peter: Sophie. She's a runaway. Her therapist called me to place her in this program because he was worried she'd run again. The last time they found her, she was living with a drug dealer. This girl is heading for destruction, real fast too. I agree that the headphones are not necessary but you saw how she acted with her dog. She opened up to you, she actually talked when you brought up the dog. Obviously the dog means something to her. And until we can figure how else to get her to open up, the dog can stay. Besides, the kids could use a dog, it could give them extra responsibility. And about the headphones. How were you planning on getting them away from her? From what I've read in her file, she can be rather deadly if she wants to be.
Sophie: ::sighs:: What else is in her file that I should know about? And what if she kills one of our kids? I just don't know, Peter. This seems like a bigger risk than we normally take.
Peter: Cheer up, Sophie. Like you said, we have handle tough kids before. And about her file...
Sophie: yes?
Peter: her parents are dead, her father committed suicide.
Sophie: Wait a minute? Is there a history of suicide in her family?
Peter: no not exactly.
Sophie: that's not a good enough answer! if there is a possibility she might commit suicide, then she shouldn't be here!
Peter: relax, Sophie! She's never attempted suicide.
Sophie: (interrupting) that we know of!
Peter: Sophie (patronizing tone) This girl has just gotten under your skin. we will watch her extra careful and make sure she doesn't do anything she's not suppose too.
Sophie: Fine. Since you seem to know so much about this girl, who do you think her buddy should be then?
Peter: I was thinking Daisy and Shelby.
Sophie: Those two? Do you really want there to be a fistfight?
Peter: perhaps they will be able to provoke her into speaking. ::smiles::
Sophie: hmph. I hope you know what you're doing!
In the cafeteria.
Shelby: a newbie?
Juliette: yeah! She's suppose to be really rich and famous. ::big cheerful smile::
Auggie: really? What's her name?
Juliette: uh…
David: Elizabeth Mentzer.
Juliette: yeah! That's her name! (Shelby rolls her eyes at this)
Daisy: The Elizabeth Mentzer? That can't be right! She's like 70 years old!
Scott: it must be her granddaughter. She's really nice.
Daisy: oh! You mean Lizard Mentzer is coming here? Isn't she suppose to be a genius?
Scott: yeah. She took over her father's business after he died when she was like 10 or 11 years old. They always call her the Biz Whiz Kid in the papers.
Shelby: You've met this girl?
Scott: yeah, she and my father use to do business. He would always drag me along. I think he tried to use our friendship to get her to make a deal with him or something, because she suddenly stopped all business with him and ended our frienship.
Daisy: Same here, but knowing my father, it was a dirty deal. They always underestimated her.
Auggie: Well I wonder what a girl like that could be doing here.
David: probably cause she's screwed up like the rest of us.
Shelby: (rolls her eyes) You have an amazing way of stating the obvious.
David: why thank you, Shelby.
Sitting in the dorm (Shelby, Daisy, Juliette, and Sophie)
Shelby: So when is the Whiz Kid coming?
Sophie: (gives Shelby a stern look) In a few minutes. Now Shelby and Daisy, Peter thinks that you two should be Lizard's buddies.
Daisy: the two of us? I've never heard of two buddies before.
Juliette: What about me?
Sophie: I think a little tough love is necessary right now. Juliette you should be her friend rather than her keeper.
Shelby: What? I can't be her friends with the new rich kid?
Sophie: (sharply) Now you know I didn't mean that. (angrily) Don't go twisting my words!
Daisy: Sophie, calm down. Shelby was just being Shelby, you know that!
Juliette: What's wrong, Sophie?
Sophie: nothing! Now this new girl might seem a little scary…
Shelby: (interrupting) the newbie scares you does she? What did she threaten you? Hit you? Hurt your feelings?
Sophie: (distracted) something like that. Now about this new girl.
Daisy: (interrupting) Sophie, you're keeping something from us.
Shelby: What's this girl's story? I mean if we are going to be her keepers then I think we need to know what we are getting ourselves into.
Sophie: ::sighs:: She's a runaway like you Shelby. She lived on the streets and in a drug dealer's place for two years. She's just got this… (at a loss for words)
Shelby: What? A blank look in her face that scares you? Always wears this slight smile like she knows something about you that you didn't tell her?
Sophie: (looks at Shelby) yeah.
Shelby: It's ok. It'll go away in a while.
Sophie: Well maybe you can help her.
(Peter walks in)
Peter: hey Sophie, could I talk to you?
Sophie: (walks over to Peter) What's taking so long? Where's Lizard?
Peter: There were some problems with the drug testing and such.
Sophie: What kind of problems? Did they find drugs in her system? I thought her file said she didn't do drugs!
Peter: no drugs. Apparently Lizard just isn't a big fan of doctors and nurses.
Shelby: (yelling from across the room) She lived with a drug dealer but didn't use drugs. Now that's a funny thing if I've ever heard it.
Peter: Shelby, this is a private conversation.
Shelby: (muttering) Well excuse me!
Peter: (looking toward the door) and here comes Lizard now. ::smiles::
(Lizard walks in. Her headphones are on her ears again. Her dog is trailing behind her. She is neither smiling nor frowning, almost as if she's on some other world)
Peter: Now see Lizard, that doctor wasn't so bad! And that nurse was very nice, wasn't she?
Lizard: (looks at him blankly)
Peter: Everybody, this is Lizard. Shelby, why don't you show her where her stuff is? And then you all can come to dinner. After dinner we'll have group, so we can all introduce ourselves to Lizard.
(Peter and Sophie leave, but not before Sophie gives Shelby a stern look)
Juliette: (walks up to Lizard) Hi! I'm Juliette and it's very nice to meet you! ::her usual perky self::
Lizard: (nods her head slightly to acknowledge Juliette)
Shelby: I'm Shelby and this is Daisy.
Lizard: (look of surprise on her face when she sees Daisy, but it quickly disappears)
Daisy: Hey! How long has it been?
Lizard: (no answer, but she smiles)
Juliette: Well it's time to go dinner, you can meet the rest of the group!