Chapter 8
Progress Reports
Lodge - Morning
Peter walks in.
Peter: Ok, gather round. (All the Cliff-hangers get up and walk over.) You've all been here for a few days so I thought I'd start my progress reports.
Atth: Oh joy.
Nick: Can we do it later? I was winning poker!
Clarence: No you weren't! Atth was.
Peter: You can play later. One by one I want you all to come into my office.
Maddy: Who's first?
Peter: You decide. (He leaves.)
Mystic: Great.
Clarence: I say Nick goes first.
Atth: I second that.
Nick: Fine, at least I can say I know what I'm thinking and you don't! (He leaves, all the Cliff-hangers look at him confused.)
Atth: (Under his breath) Just stop thinking when it starts to hurt, too late, oh well.
(Maddy is the only one who hears him and she smiles at him. He just raises an eyebrow at her and looks away.)
Peter's Office
Peter to Nick: How do you like it so far?
Nick: It's cool.
Peter: Have you made any friends yet?
Nick: Yeh, tonnes. (lying.)
Peter: Who in particular?
Nick: Um, Clarence and Atth mainly.
Peter: (Knowing that they don't like Nick.) Ok, how about you try to get to know the girls a bit more.
Nick: I thought inappropriate touching was inappropriate.
Peter: It is. I meant get to know them as human beings, not as sex objects.
Nick: Fine, spoil my fun why don't you.
Peter: Is there anything you want to discus?
Nick: No, should there be?
Peter: No, ok, you can go. (Nick leaves.)
Lodge
Nick walks back in.
Nick: the next person's next.
Atth: You think. (Maddy smiles at him, he looks away.)
Clarence: Ok, who wants to go next?
Mystic: I say Atth.
Atth: No way, boy girl.
Mystic: Fine, I'll go. (Gets up and leaves.)
Peter's office
Mystic walks in and sits down.
Peter: Hi Mystic, so how's it been going so far?
Mystic: It's not as bad as I thought I'd be.
Peter: That's good to hear. So have you made any friends?
Mystic: No. I told you, I walk alone.
Peter: Ok then, have you talked to anyone?
Mystic: About?
Peter: Anything.
Mystic: Well, I talked to Atth about the tutoring and he blew up, I then convinced him not to run.
Peter: (interrupting) He was going to run?
Mystic: Yeh, but he won't, at least for a little while.
Peter: Ok, anyone else?
Mystic: I've had some interesting conversations with Maddy and Dard.
Peter: About?
Mystic: (smiling) Dard's sex life.
Peter: Excuse me?
Mystic: Dard's plentiful sex life. She's very open about it; most of it is probably bullshit though. Like sleeping with her teacher.
Peter: Ok, you can go now.
Mystic: She did, didn't she!
Peter: Did what?
Mystic: Sleep with her teacher!
Peter: I'm not at liberty to say anything about another student.
Mystic: She did. (Mystic walks out.)
Peter: (Shouting after her.) I didn't say that!
Atth walks in and sits down.
Peter: How's it going so far?
Atth: Ok I guess.
Peter: Have you become friends with anyone in particular?
Atth: Clarence I guess.
Peter: Interesting.
Atth: Why?
Peter: You two are complete opposites.
Atth: Why, cos he's rich and I'm a bum, sponging off the government?
Peter: I didn't mean it that way.
Atth: Sure.
Peter: Have you talked to any of the girls?
Atth: A bit.
Peter: What have you learnt about them?
Atth: Dard scares me that she's so. (Searching for a word) forthcoming, Mystic always acts superior and Maddy is caught between being a bitch and being an innocent child.
Peter: Why do you say Dard is forthcoming?
Atth: Ever since we've been here, she's been cracking onto me and it's getting really annoying.
Peter: Why don't you just tell her to stop?
Atth: I have! But she won't listen!
Peter: How do you feel about Nick?
Atth: He's a prick.
Peter: Why?
Atth: Because he makes comments bout things he knows nothing about.
Peter: Have you gotten into any fights yet?
Atth: Yeh.
Peter: Why?
Atth: (annoyed) What do you mean why?
Peter: Horizon isn't like juvie.
Atth: You think.
Peter: You don't need to prove yourself to anyone here. (Atth glares at Peter.) Have you told anyone about your family?
Atth: What's there to tell?
Peter: (knowing Atth doesn't want to talk about it.) Ok, you can go now.
(Atth leaves)
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Progress Reports
Lodge - Morning
Peter walks in.
Peter: Ok, gather round. (All the Cliff-hangers get up and walk over.) You've all been here for a few days so I thought I'd start my progress reports.
Atth: Oh joy.
Nick: Can we do it later? I was winning poker!
Clarence: No you weren't! Atth was.
Peter: You can play later. One by one I want you all to come into my office.
Maddy: Who's first?
Peter: You decide. (He leaves.)
Mystic: Great.
Clarence: I say Nick goes first.
Atth: I second that.
Nick: Fine, at least I can say I know what I'm thinking and you don't! (He leaves, all the Cliff-hangers look at him confused.)
Atth: (Under his breath) Just stop thinking when it starts to hurt, too late, oh well.
(Maddy is the only one who hears him and she smiles at him. He just raises an eyebrow at her and looks away.)
Peter's Office
Peter to Nick: How do you like it so far?
Nick: It's cool.
Peter: Have you made any friends yet?
Nick: Yeh, tonnes. (lying.)
Peter: Who in particular?
Nick: Um, Clarence and Atth mainly.
Peter: (Knowing that they don't like Nick.) Ok, how about you try to get to know the girls a bit more.
Nick: I thought inappropriate touching was inappropriate.
Peter: It is. I meant get to know them as human beings, not as sex objects.
Nick: Fine, spoil my fun why don't you.
Peter: Is there anything you want to discus?
Nick: No, should there be?
Peter: No, ok, you can go. (Nick leaves.)
Lodge
Nick walks back in.
Nick: the next person's next.
Atth: You think. (Maddy smiles at him, he looks away.)
Clarence: Ok, who wants to go next?
Mystic: I say Atth.
Atth: No way, boy girl.
Mystic: Fine, I'll go. (Gets up and leaves.)
Peter's office
Mystic walks in and sits down.
Peter: Hi Mystic, so how's it been going so far?
Mystic: It's not as bad as I thought I'd be.
Peter: That's good to hear. So have you made any friends?
Mystic: No. I told you, I walk alone.
Peter: Ok then, have you talked to anyone?
Mystic: About?
Peter: Anything.
Mystic: Well, I talked to Atth about the tutoring and he blew up, I then convinced him not to run.
Peter: (interrupting) He was going to run?
Mystic: Yeh, but he won't, at least for a little while.
Peter: Ok, anyone else?
Mystic: I've had some interesting conversations with Maddy and Dard.
Peter: About?
Mystic: (smiling) Dard's sex life.
Peter: Excuse me?
Mystic: Dard's plentiful sex life. She's very open about it; most of it is probably bullshit though. Like sleeping with her teacher.
Peter: Ok, you can go now.
Mystic: She did, didn't she!
Peter: Did what?
Mystic: Sleep with her teacher!
Peter: I'm not at liberty to say anything about another student.
Mystic: She did. (Mystic walks out.)
Peter: (Shouting after her.) I didn't say that!
Atth walks in and sits down.
Peter: How's it going so far?
Atth: Ok I guess.
Peter: Have you become friends with anyone in particular?
Atth: Clarence I guess.
Peter: Interesting.
Atth: Why?
Peter: You two are complete opposites.
Atth: Why, cos he's rich and I'm a bum, sponging off the government?
Peter: I didn't mean it that way.
Atth: Sure.
Peter: Have you talked to any of the girls?
Atth: A bit.
Peter: What have you learnt about them?
Atth: Dard scares me that she's so. (Searching for a word) forthcoming, Mystic always acts superior and Maddy is caught between being a bitch and being an innocent child.
Peter: Why do you say Dard is forthcoming?
Atth: Ever since we've been here, she's been cracking onto me and it's getting really annoying.
Peter: Why don't you just tell her to stop?
Atth: I have! But she won't listen!
Peter: How do you feel about Nick?
Atth: He's a prick.
Peter: Why?
Atth: Because he makes comments bout things he knows nothing about.
Peter: Have you gotten into any fights yet?
Atth: Yeh.
Peter: Why?
Atth: (annoyed) What do you mean why?
Peter: Horizon isn't like juvie.
Atth: You think.
Peter: You don't need to prove yourself to anyone here. (Atth glares at Peter.) Have you told anyone about your family?
Atth: What's there to tell?
Peter: (knowing Atth doesn't want to talk about it.) Ok, you can go now.
(Atth leaves)
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