Chapter 21
Agnes - 8 am
Atth stops suddenly and turns to Dard who is limping because of her shoes.
Atth: Ok, where do you want to go?
Dard: Anywhere. (She bends down adjusting her boots, her skirt rides up at the back, Atth looks away embarrassed.)
Atth: That's helpful. Ok, how bout your place.
Dard: No way. How bout yours? (Standing up straight)
Atth: (Putting his hands on his head annoyed.) Ok. (Hesitating) As long as you do what I tell you when we get there.
Dard: No way, I don't take orders.
Atth: Do you want to end up dead?
Dard: (swallowing) No.
Atth: Then learn to take orders.
Dard: How far is your place?
Atth: Um, I don't really have a place.
Dard: (turning to him shocked) What do ya mean?
Atth: I don't have a house or anything, now anyway.
Dard: Where are your parents?
Atth: My mum's dead and my old man's in gaol.
Dard: Oh. So where are we go gonna stay?
Atth: I'll find a place. (he starts walking down the street, Dard follows)
Dard: (wanting to know more details) Where?
Atth: I'll get Tommy to find us a squat.
Dard: (Screwing up her face in disgust.)A squat!
Atth: You can always go back to Horizon.
Dard: Squat it is. How far is it?
Atth: (Remembering from when he and Peter drove to Horizon.) About 6 hours by car.
Dard: (sighing) How long's that walking?
Atth: Too long. We'll get a bus. (He bumps into someone and says sorry.)
Dard: (rolling her eyes.) We don't have any money.
Atth: (holding up a leather wallet.) Yes we do.
Dard: (looking back at the man Atth bumped into.) You stole that?
Atth: Shhh! You want someone to hear you?
Dard: I can't believe you did that.
Atth: He didn't need it, he's probably loaded.
Dard: How much is in there?
Atth: (looking in the wallet and smiling.) $600.
Dard: Shit!
********************************************************
Horizon - dining hall - 8 am
Clarence and Rhys walk in late and sit down.
Maddy: (looking around) Where's Atth?
Clarence: Dunno. (No one says anything) Shit.
Mystic: He's run, hasn't he?
Clarence: Yeh.
Mystic: Terrific, we should tell Peter.
(Clarence nods and stands up, then stops and looks around.)
Clarence: Where's Dard?
Nick: Getting some action from Atth obviously.
Maddy: They are so scunted.
(Everyone gets up to tell Peter, Clarence and Rhys still haven't had breakfast.)
****************************************************
Lodge
All the Cliffhangers, minus Atth and Dard are sitting in chairs.
Peter: When was the last time you saw them?
Rhys: After your meeting thing, bout 9 last night
Maddy: I saw Dard at lights out, so 10.
Peter: Ok, do any of you know where they would go? (Everyone shakes their heads.) Did they have any money? Any drugs?
Clarence: Atth was clean; he didn't have any money either.
Rhys: He'd probably stole some though, they could be anywhere by now.
Peter: Ok, I'm gonna have to call the police.
Clarence: Wait, don't! Atth's broken parol, he'll go back inside if you call them.
Peter: I'll give them until tomorrow and if any of you know anything tell me, it's important, if they're not back soon, they'll be in serious trouble. (He walks out)
Nick: I should have run, so easy to.
Clarence: Like you'd survive out there, you wouldn't survive one second with out your mummy. (Rhys gets up and walks out, without saying anything.)
Nick: This coming from a rich prick like you.
Clarence: I'm not gonna bother with you, all you want is attention, you make me sick. (He stands up and follows Rhys.)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Please review!
Ug, feel shitty cos I just broke up with my b/f, then cried afterward in front of 40 people in band.
Thanks to everyone who's reviewed, especially to those who have suggested names for Rhy's brother. I am tossing up between Jay and Ryan, donated by hopelessromantic and shelbybarringer. Keep the names coming for I haven't made up my mind yet.
Agnes - 8 am
Atth stops suddenly and turns to Dard who is limping because of her shoes.
Atth: Ok, where do you want to go?
Dard: Anywhere. (She bends down adjusting her boots, her skirt rides up at the back, Atth looks away embarrassed.)
Atth: That's helpful. Ok, how bout your place.
Dard: No way. How bout yours? (Standing up straight)
Atth: (Putting his hands on his head annoyed.) Ok. (Hesitating) As long as you do what I tell you when we get there.
Dard: No way, I don't take orders.
Atth: Do you want to end up dead?
Dard: (swallowing) No.
Atth: Then learn to take orders.
Dard: How far is your place?
Atth: Um, I don't really have a place.
Dard: (turning to him shocked) What do ya mean?
Atth: I don't have a house or anything, now anyway.
Dard: Where are your parents?
Atth: My mum's dead and my old man's in gaol.
Dard: Oh. So where are we go gonna stay?
Atth: I'll find a place. (he starts walking down the street, Dard follows)
Dard: (wanting to know more details) Where?
Atth: I'll get Tommy to find us a squat.
Dard: (Screwing up her face in disgust.)A squat!
Atth: You can always go back to Horizon.
Dard: Squat it is. How far is it?
Atth: (Remembering from when he and Peter drove to Horizon.) About 6 hours by car.
Dard: (sighing) How long's that walking?
Atth: Too long. We'll get a bus. (He bumps into someone and says sorry.)
Dard: (rolling her eyes.) We don't have any money.
Atth: (holding up a leather wallet.) Yes we do.
Dard: (looking back at the man Atth bumped into.) You stole that?
Atth: Shhh! You want someone to hear you?
Dard: I can't believe you did that.
Atth: He didn't need it, he's probably loaded.
Dard: How much is in there?
Atth: (looking in the wallet and smiling.) $600.
Dard: Shit!
********************************************************
Horizon - dining hall - 8 am
Clarence and Rhys walk in late and sit down.
Maddy: (looking around) Where's Atth?
Clarence: Dunno. (No one says anything) Shit.
Mystic: He's run, hasn't he?
Clarence: Yeh.
Mystic: Terrific, we should tell Peter.
(Clarence nods and stands up, then stops and looks around.)
Clarence: Where's Dard?
Nick: Getting some action from Atth obviously.
Maddy: They are so scunted.
(Everyone gets up to tell Peter, Clarence and Rhys still haven't had breakfast.)
****************************************************
Lodge
All the Cliffhangers, minus Atth and Dard are sitting in chairs.
Peter: When was the last time you saw them?
Rhys: After your meeting thing, bout 9 last night
Maddy: I saw Dard at lights out, so 10.
Peter: Ok, do any of you know where they would go? (Everyone shakes their heads.) Did they have any money? Any drugs?
Clarence: Atth was clean; he didn't have any money either.
Rhys: He'd probably stole some though, they could be anywhere by now.
Peter: Ok, I'm gonna have to call the police.
Clarence: Wait, don't! Atth's broken parol, he'll go back inside if you call them.
Peter: I'll give them until tomorrow and if any of you know anything tell me, it's important, if they're not back soon, they'll be in serious trouble. (He walks out)
Nick: I should have run, so easy to.
Clarence: Like you'd survive out there, you wouldn't survive one second with out your mummy. (Rhys gets up and walks out, without saying anything.)
Nick: This coming from a rich prick like you.
Clarence: I'm not gonna bother with you, all you want is attention, you make me sick. (He stands up and follows Rhys.)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Please review!
Ug, feel shitty cos I just broke up with my b/f, then cried afterward in front of 40 people in band.
Thanks to everyone who's reviewed, especially to those who have suggested names for Rhy's brother. I am tossing up between Jay and Ryan, donated by hopelessromantic and shelbybarringer. Keep the names coming for I haven't made up my mind yet.