Chapter 3
Lodge
The remaining Cliff-hangers are all in the lodge.
Shelby: Where is everyone?
Daisy: Ezra, Scott and Juliette are at home with their dysfunctional families and Kat has escaped from the clutches of Peter.
Auggie: So this is it?
David: Perfect time for some one on one bonding. (Winking at Daisy)
Daisy: (ignoring David) I over heard Peter telling Sophie that there were summer kids coming.
Shelby: Great, more newbies, wasn't David enough.
David: You know you love me.
Shelby: (monotone.) I'm overcome with emotion. (David smirks at her) (Sophie walks in.)
Sophie: Cliff-hangers, this is Tara, Ashleigh and Joey.
Daisy: Come and join our happy little party. (They all sit down. Daisy stares at Joey intrigued.)
Shelby: Look Daisy another Goth.
Daisy: A soul mate, how nice.
Ashleigh: He's not Goth.
Shelby: Oh yeh, and how would you know?
Ashleigh: I'm his sister.
Sophie: Can we get started please? Ok, Joey, Tara and Ashleigh will be here for the summer and I expect you to all treat them with respect.
Auggie: (looking at Joey.) It's kinda hard to respect someone who's stoned.
Sophie: (ignoring Auggie.) Who wants to start? (No one says anything.) Ok Daisy, thank you for volunteering.
Daisy: (Sarcastically) Your welcome. I'm Daisy Gra. Lipenowski and I'm here cos my parents couldn't stand my sunny disposition. (Sophie shakes her head at her) Ok yeh, and I tried to kill my dad. Shelby. (Ashleigh stares at Daisy amazed.)
Shelby: I'm Shelby and I'm here cos I ran away. Auggie.
Auggie: I'm Auggie and I had a choice between here and juvie. David.
David: I'm David and I'm here cos I went on a killing spree.
Sophie: (interrupting.) David.
David: (smirking) Fine. I didn't enjoy boot camp; whoops did I say that out loud, I meant my childhood, so the general sent me here.
Sophie: Ok, Tara, you want to go?
Tara: I'm Tara and I'm here cos I was planted with drugs. (Everyone looks at her, she seems sincere.)
Sophie: Ashleigh.
Ashleigh: I'm Ashleigh and I'm here because my parents got sick of my brother and me.
Sophie: Joey, your turn. (Joey doesn't say anything. He has his head down.)
Ashleigh: Um, he's here cos of drugs.
David: Never would've guessed.
Sophie: Ok, we'll leave it there. Auggie, can you take Joey to your dorm and get him to sleep it off, Ashleigh, you can go with him. Juliette, show Tara to your dorm. Dinner's in half an hour.
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Guys' Dorm
Auggie walks in first followed by Ashleigh and Joey.
Auggie to Joey: (pointing to an empty bed.) That'll be yours. (Ashleigh looks at Auggie. He takes the hint.) Ok, and I'm just going to go to dinner, you know where that is don't you? (Ashleigh nods. He leaves. Ashleigh takes Joey's hand and leads him over to the bed, they both sit down.)
Ashleigh: Everything will be alright now, I promise.
Joey: (slurred) Bullshit.
Ashleigh: It would help if you were sober for more than a couple of hours a day.
Joey: (Glaring at her) Don't lecture me.
Ashleigh: (Smiling) Someone's got to.
Joey: I don't want your advice, I want your absence.
Ashleigh: Fine, I'm going to dinner. (She gets up and leaves him sitting on the bed.)
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Dining Hall
Ashleigh walks in and sits with the rest of the Cliff-hangers.
David to Tara: Seriously, why are you here?
Tara: I was too good and my parents couldn't stand it.
David: Come on.
Tara: I plotted to kill the president.
David: Seriously
Tara: I think I have aliens living in my brain.
David: Please!
Tara: I'm doing a case study on screwed up teens.
Shelby: This is getting really boring.
Tara: (quietly, looking down.) I was rapped.
David: (Thinking she's joking.) Yeh right. (Tara starts crying.) Shit, don't cry! I believe you.
(She continues to cry then suddenly bursts out laughing. David looks at her confused.)
Tara: (laughing) You're so gullible!
David: (glaring at her.) That wasn't funny.
Tara: You should've seen your face!
Shelby: You shouldn't joke bout stuff like that.
Tara: I'm so sorry Cindy.
Shelby: It's Shelby.
Tara: I know, it's just you act and think like a Barbie doll, but I can't call you Barbie cos they're like perfect and your not, you're the cheep imitation, Cindy. Do you get it or should I explain it slower. (Shelby glares at her.)
(to Ashleigh.) What's up with your brother, if he wasn't brain dead he'd be hot.
Ashleigh: He's not brain dead.
Shelby: Seriously, what is up with him, is he always stoned or did he just do it today to impress us.
Ashleigh: He didn't do it to impress you and if someone being stoned impresses you, you're sick.
David: Oh, she's getting liberated.
Daisy: Come on guys; leave her alone, it's her first day.
Shelby: We apologize.
Daisy: Shelby, just cos you have pmt, doesn't mean you can take it out on us!
Shelby: I don't.
David: (interrupting) She's got a point.
Daisy to Ashleigh: They're not always like this, they're just bored.
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Girls' Dorm
Just after lights out.
Tara: Hey, I'm sorry bout what I said at dinner, this whole change has just overwhelmed me; I'm not usually like that.
Daisy: That's ok, we'll survive.
Tara: Shelby?
Shelby: What no Cindy this time.
Tara: I shouldn't have said that, I don't know anything about you.
Shelby: Damn right.
Tara: Forgive me?
Shelby: Yeh.
Tara: Ash?
Ashleigh: Yeh?
Tara: I'm sorry bout the stuff I said bout your brother.
Ashleigh: That's ok.
Daisy: Sisterly bonding, how nice.
Tara: G'night.
All: Night.
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Lodge
The remaining Cliff-hangers are all in the lodge.
Shelby: Where is everyone?
Daisy: Ezra, Scott and Juliette are at home with their dysfunctional families and Kat has escaped from the clutches of Peter.
Auggie: So this is it?
David: Perfect time for some one on one bonding. (Winking at Daisy)
Daisy: (ignoring David) I over heard Peter telling Sophie that there were summer kids coming.
Shelby: Great, more newbies, wasn't David enough.
David: You know you love me.
Shelby: (monotone.) I'm overcome with emotion. (David smirks at her) (Sophie walks in.)
Sophie: Cliff-hangers, this is Tara, Ashleigh and Joey.
Daisy: Come and join our happy little party. (They all sit down. Daisy stares at Joey intrigued.)
Shelby: Look Daisy another Goth.
Daisy: A soul mate, how nice.
Ashleigh: He's not Goth.
Shelby: Oh yeh, and how would you know?
Ashleigh: I'm his sister.
Sophie: Can we get started please? Ok, Joey, Tara and Ashleigh will be here for the summer and I expect you to all treat them with respect.
Auggie: (looking at Joey.) It's kinda hard to respect someone who's stoned.
Sophie: (ignoring Auggie.) Who wants to start? (No one says anything.) Ok Daisy, thank you for volunteering.
Daisy: (Sarcastically) Your welcome. I'm Daisy Gra. Lipenowski and I'm here cos my parents couldn't stand my sunny disposition. (Sophie shakes her head at her) Ok yeh, and I tried to kill my dad. Shelby. (Ashleigh stares at Daisy amazed.)
Shelby: I'm Shelby and I'm here cos I ran away. Auggie.
Auggie: I'm Auggie and I had a choice between here and juvie. David.
David: I'm David and I'm here cos I went on a killing spree.
Sophie: (interrupting.) David.
David: (smirking) Fine. I didn't enjoy boot camp; whoops did I say that out loud, I meant my childhood, so the general sent me here.
Sophie: Ok, Tara, you want to go?
Tara: I'm Tara and I'm here cos I was planted with drugs. (Everyone looks at her, she seems sincere.)
Sophie: Ashleigh.
Ashleigh: I'm Ashleigh and I'm here because my parents got sick of my brother and me.
Sophie: Joey, your turn. (Joey doesn't say anything. He has his head down.)
Ashleigh: Um, he's here cos of drugs.
David: Never would've guessed.
Sophie: Ok, we'll leave it there. Auggie, can you take Joey to your dorm and get him to sleep it off, Ashleigh, you can go with him. Juliette, show Tara to your dorm. Dinner's in half an hour.
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Guys' Dorm
Auggie walks in first followed by Ashleigh and Joey.
Auggie to Joey: (pointing to an empty bed.) That'll be yours. (Ashleigh looks at Auggie. He takes the hint.) Ok, and I'm just going to go to dinner, you know where that is don't you? (Ashleigh nods. He leaves. Ashleigh takes Joey's hand and leads him over to the bed, they both sit down.)
Ashleigh: Everything will be alright now, I promise.
Joey: (slurred) Bullshit.
Ashleigh: It would help if you were sober for more than a couple of hours a day.
Joey: (Glaring at her) Don't lecture me.
Ashleigh: (Smiling) Someone's got to.
Joey: I don't want your advice, I want your absence.
Ashleigh: Fine, I'm going to dinner. (She gets up and leaves him sitting on the bed.)
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Dining Hall
Ashleigh walks in and sits with the rest of the Cliff-hangers.
David to Tara: Seriously, why are you here?
Tara: I was too good and my parents couldn't stand it.
David: Come on.
Tara: I plotted to kill the president.
David: Seriously
Tara: I think I have aliens living in my brain.
David: Please!
Tara: I'm doing a case study on screwed up teens.
Shelby: This is getting really boring.
Tara: (quietly, looking down.) I was rapped.
David: (Thinking she's joking.) Yeh right. (Tara starts crying.) Shit, don't cry! I believe you.
(She continues to cry then suddenly bursts out laughing. David looks at her confused.)
Tara: (laughing) You're so gullible!
David: (glaring at her.) That wasn't funny.
Tara: You should've seen your face!
Shelby: You shouldn't joke bout stuff like that.
Tara: I'm so sorry Cindy.
Shelby: It's Shelby.
Tara: I know, it's just you act and think like a Barbie doll, but I can't call you Barbie cos they're like perfect and your not, you're the cheep imitation, Cindy. Do you get it or should I explain it slower. (Shelby glares at her.)
(to Ashleigh.) What's up with your brother, if he wasn't brain dead he'd be hot.
Ashleigh: He's not brain dead.
Shelby: Seriously, what is up with him, is he always stoned or did he just do it today to impress us.
Ashleigh: He didn't do it to impress you and if someone being stoned impresses you, you're sick.
David: Oh, she's getting liberated.
Daisy: Come on guys; leave her alone, it's her first day.
Shelby: We apologize.
Daisy: Shelby, just cos you have pmt, doesn't mean you can take it out on us!
Shelby: I don't.
David: (interrupting) She's got a point.
Daisy to Ashleigh: They're not always like this, they're just bored.
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Girls' Dorm
Just after lights out.
Tara: Hey, I'm sorry bout what I said at dinner, this whole change has just overwhelmed me; I'm not usually like that.
Daisy: That's ok, we'll survive.
Tara: Shelby?
Shelby: What no Cindy this time.
Tara: I shouldn't have said that, I don't know anything about you.
Shelby: Damn right.
Tara: Forgive me?
Shelby: Yeh.
Tara: Ash?
Ashleigh: Yeh?
Tara: I'm sorry bout the stuff I said bout your brother.
Ashleigh: That's ok.
Daisy: Sisterly bonding, how nice.
Tara: G'night.
All: Night.
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