Chapter 12
Family
Lodge - 1:30am
Atth and Maddy are asleep, Atth wakes up suddenly and falls off the couch, swearing as he hits the floor, hearing the noise, Maddy wakes up.
Maddy: (sitting up and seeing Atth on the floor) Are you ok?
Atth: (getting up.) Yeh.
Maddy: Did you have a nightmare.
Atth: (annoyed) No! (Lying)
Maddy: Sure. (Not believing him.)
Atth: I didn't!
Maddy: Whatever, goodnight.
(She turns over and closes her eyes. Atth lies on the couch for 10 minutes then gets up and walks over to the window and sits down near it. Maddy still not asleep, turns back to face Atth.)
Maddy: Can't you sleep. (Atth jumps and turns around.)
Atth: I'm not tired.
Maddy: Fine. (Annoyed that he won't show any sign of 'weakness'.) What are you thinking?
Atth: I almost killed my dad once. (He bites his lip when he realises he said it out loud.)
Maddy: (shocked) You what?
Atth: He was stoned and I got out a knife. I just held it to his neck.
Maddy: (Slightly scared of him.) Why didn't you do it?
Atth: Dunno. I should've. (his voice full of hate.)
Maddy: How old were you?
Atth: Seven, it was the 24th of August to be exact.
Maddy: You know the date!
Atth: (hostile) It was my birthday. He'd been out of it since the day before; I just couldn't take it any more. I don't know what stopped me; I would've got away with it too. The whole little kids not knowing right from wrong thing. (Maddy doesn't say anything.) I knew what I was doing though.
Maddy: What did you go to juvie for?
Atth: What, is this like a past time for people?
Maddy: (ignoring his comment) If he was here now, and you had a knife, would you kill him? (Scared of what his answer might be.)
Atth: Nuh. (Maddy breaths a sigh of relief.) He can't suffer if he's dead. (Maddy stares at him, he looks at her.) What? (He stands up and goes back to his couch. Under his breath.) I don't know why I bother.
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Maths room - 5:00 am
Dard and Nick walk in.
Dard: This sucks.
Nick: I'm quite enjoying it.
Dard: (Glaring at him) You sick pervert.
(Nick grins. Dard sits down while Nick unrolls his sleeping bag.)
(Atth walks in, seeing Dard and Nick he groans. Dard looks up and smiles. She jumps up and runs over to him and throws herself on him.)
Atth: Get off! (pushing her off.)
Dard: Thank god you're here! I was afraid I'd have to kill Nick with my bare hands, but now that you're here, you can do it for me!
Atth: (walking past her, silently cursing Peter for putting them in the same group) Nuh, drug him, call it an accident.
(Atth throws down his bag and collapses into a chair. Dard walks over and sits on his lap. He pushes her off.)
Atth: Get the message, I'm not interested!
Nick: (looking up) I am!
Dard: (pointing at Nick) You stay away from me, you, you sick freak!
Atth: Wow! What you do this time!
Nick: I'm too good in bed for her.
Dard: You prick!
(Lunging at him. Atth pulls her away before she can scratch his eyes out. Dard, feeling Atth's arms around her waste turns and kisses him, he pushes off and onto the ground.)
Atth: For god's sake!
(He walks to the other side of the room and lies down to catch up on some sleep.)
Nick: (looking at Dard) I guess it's just you and me baby. (Dard glares at him.)
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Drama room - 5 am
Remy is already in the room when Maddy walks in, followed shortly by Rhys.
Rhys to Maddy: Hey. (He puts down his bag.)
Maddy: (Whispering) Great, we're stuck with Remy.
Rhys: I'd rather be with him than Dard or Nick any day.
Maddy: Why? What happened?
Rhys: She wouldn't shut up, then she invited me to shower with her, which I declined of course, but Nick took it upon himself to join her, which she wasn't too happy bout.
Maddy: Slut.
(Remy walks over and joins them)
Rhys: Yeh, so, are you and Atth together?
Maddy: What? No! Who said that?
Rhys: Nick.
Maddy: Typical.
Remy: I think Dard is quite nice.
Rhys: (raising an eyebrow) Nice physically or nice personality?
Remy: Both.
Rhys: (shaking his head.) Good luck with her, but come to think of it, Dard did say you have better chance with her than Nick. (Remy smiles.) But that's not saying much.
Maddy: Why does everyone like her anyway?
Rhys: No one likes her, except Remy, oh and Nick, but he's delusional.
Maddy: Atth does.
Rhys: He doesn't, why do you think he's not screwing her yet, it's not as if she hasn't offered enough.
Maddy: Yeh.
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Lodge - 5 am
Clarence & Mystic arrive together at the lodge.
Mystic: So, what do your parents do?
Clarence: (putting down his bag and sits down.) My father is a barrister and my mother owns a chain of department stores.
Mystic: (Sitting down facing him.) Do you get on with them?
Clarence: I'm not entirely sure; I haven't spoken to them in quite a while. Whenever I can home for the holidays, they were always on business trips. Lets just say my mother spent more time wondering how the men's socks were selling than spending time with her one and only son.
Mystic: Oh.
Clarence: What about yours?
Mystic: I haven't seen my real parents for years and I've had about 6 foster parents in the last 3 years.
Clarence: Oh. New topic?
Mystic: (smiling) Yeah.
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Chapter 13 - Nick does something (don't know what to say that won't give it away.) Maddy learns something about Rhys. Mystic and Clarence talk.
Family
Lodge - 1:30am
Atth and Maddy are asleep, Atth wakes up suddenly and falls off the couch, swearing as he hits the floor, hearing the noise, Maddy wakes up.
Maddy: (sitting up and seeing Atth on the floor) Are you ok?
Atth: (getting up.) Yeh.
Maddy: Did you have a nightmare.
Atth: (annoyed) No! (Lying)
Maddy: Sure. (Not believing him.)
Atth: I didn't!
Maddy: Whatever, goodnight.
(She turns over and closes her eyes. Atth lies on the couch for 10 minutes then gets up and walks over to the window and sits down near it. Maddy still not asleep, turns back to face Atth.)
Maddy: Can't you sleep. (Atth jumps and turns around.)
Atth: I'm not tired.
Maddy: Fine. (Annoyed that he won't show any sign of 'weakness'.) What are you thinking?
Atth: I almost killed my dad once. (He bites his lip when he realises he said it out loud.)
Maddy: (shocked) You what?
Atth: He was stoned and I got out a knife. I just held it to his neck.
Maddy: (Slightly scared of him.) Why didn't you do it?
Atth: Dunno. I should've. (his voice full of hate.)
Maddy: How old were you?
Atth: Seven, it was the 24th of August to be exact.
Maddy: You know the date!
Atth: (hostile) It was my birthday. He'd been out of it since the day before; I just couldn't take it any more. I don't know what stopped me; I would've got away with it too. The whole little kids not knowing right from wrong thing. (Maddy doesn't say anything.) I knew what I was doing though.
Maddy: What did you go to juvie for?
Atth: What, is this like a past time for people?
Maddy: (ignoring his comment) If he was here now, and you had a knife, would you kill him? (Scared of what his answer might be.)
Atth: Nuh. (Maddy breaths a sigh of relief.) He can't suffer if he's dead. (Maddy stares at him, he looks at her.) What? (He stands up and goes back to his couch. Under his breath.) I don't know why I bother.
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Maths room - 5:00 am
Dard and Nick walk in.
Dard: This sucks.
Nick: I'm quite enjoying it.
Dard: (Glaring at him) You sick pervert.
(Nick grins. Dard sits down while Nick unrolls his sleeping bag.)
(Atth walks in, seeing Dard and Nick he groans. Dard looks up and smiles. She jumps up and runs over to him and throws herself on him.)
Atth: Get off! (pushing her off.)
Dard: Thank god you're here! I was afraid I'd have to kill Nick with my bare hands, but now that you're here, you can do it for me!
Atth: (walking past her, silently cursing Peter for putting them in the same group) Nuh, drug him, call it an accident.
(Atth throws down his bag and collapses into a chair. Dard walks over and sits on his lap. He pushes her off.)
Atth: Get the message, I'm not interested!
Nick: (looking up) I am!
Dard: (pointing at Nick) You stay away from me, you, you sick freak!
Atth: Wow! What you do this time!
Nick: I'm too good in bed for her.
Dard: You prick!
(Lunging at him. Atth pulls her away before she can scratch his eyes out. Dard, feeling Atth's arms around her waste turns and kisses him, he pushes off and onto the ground.)
Atth: For god's sake!
(He walks to the other side of the room and lies down to catch up on some sleep.)
Nick: (looking at Dard) I guess it's just you and me baby. (Dard glares at him.)
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Drama room - 5 am
Remy is already in the room when Maddy walks in, followed shortly by Rhys.
Rhys to Maddy: Hey. (He puts down his bag.)
Maddy: (Whispering) Great, we're stuck with Remy.
Rhys: I'd rather be with him than Dard or Nick any day.
Maddy: Why? What happened?
Rhys: She wouldn't shut up, then she invited me to shower with her, which I declined of course, but Nick took it upon himself to join her, which she wasn't too happy bout.
Maddy: Slut.
(Remy walks over and joins them)
Rhys: Yeh, so, are you and Atth together?
Maddy: What? No! Who said that?
Rhys: Nick.
Maddy: Typical.
Remy: I think Dard is quite nice.
Rhys: (raising an eyebrow) Nice physically or nice personality?
Remy: Both.
Rhys: (shaking his head.) Good luck with her, but come to think of it, Dard did say you have better chance with her than Nick. (Remy smiles.) But that's not saying much.
Maddy: Why does everyone like her anyway?
Rhys: No one likes her, except Remy, oh and Nick, but he's delusional.
Maddy: Atth does.
Rhys: He doesn't, why do you think he's not screwing her yet, it's not as if she hasn't offered enough.
Maddy: Yeh.
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Lodge - 5 am
Clarence & Mystic arrive together at the lodge.
Mystic: So, what do your parents do?
Clarence: (putting down his bag and sits down.) My father is a barrister and my mother owns a chain of department stores.
Mystic: (Sitting down facing him.) Do you get on with them?
Clarence: I'm not entirely sure; I haven't spoken to them in quite a while. Whenever I can home for the holidays, they were always on business trips. Lets just say my mother spent more time wondering how the men's socks were selling than spending time with her one and only son.
Mystic: Oh.
Clarence: What about yours?
Mystic: I haven't seen my real parents for years and I've had about 6 foster parents in the last 3 years.
Clarence: Oh. New topic?
Mystic: (smiling) Yeah.
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Chapter 13 - Nick does something (don't know what to say that won't give it away.) Maddy learns something about Rhys. Mystic and Clarence talk.