Chapter 5
Outside
The Cliff-hangers are all standing around in a group, except Joey who is lying on the ground a few metres away. The painkillers are wearing off and he's coming back down. Tara isn't involved in the conversation, she's staring at Joey. Peter walks up.
Peter: Ok, we're going to have a competition.
Daisy: Oh fun.
Peter: (ignoring Daisy.) I'm going to break you up into two groups and each team have to follow a map through the forest until they find a flag, the first group back gets out of kitchens next week.
Daisy: Maybe it won't be that bad.
Peter: It'll take about you'll have to spend the night outside and come back tomorrow. The first group will be; Auggie, Shelby, Tara and Joey, your flag colour is blue. Daisy, David and Ashleigh, you'll have to find the red flag. Ok, you can go.
(They all gather their bags. Tara walks over to Joey and kicks him in the side. He sits up shocked.)
Tara: We're going.
Joey: Fuck, you could've just told me. (He gets up and follows the others, leaving Tara behind. She shakes her head and follows.)
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Two Hours Later
Blue Group (Auggie, Shelby, Tara, Joey)
Tara: (out of breath) Can, we, rest, please!
Auggie: Yeh, ok, 5 minutes only though.
(They all sit down on rocks. Joey undoes his bag and searches through it, frantically.)
Tara: Whatcha looking for?
(Joey sighs relieved as he finds what he's looking for. He pulls out four pills and takes them.)
Auggie: Don't make it obvious you're taking drugs or anything.
Joey: What, you gonna tell on me.
Auggie: I will if you don't stop taking.
Joey: It's none of your business, so you don't have to tell anyone.
Shelby: What are they?
Joey: What, you want some?
Shelby: Maybe.
Auggie: (annoyed) Lets go, we've wasted enough time. (They get up and walk off.)
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Red Group (David, Daisy and Ashleigh)
Daisy: (to Ashleigh) Do you know why your brother takes drugs?
Ashleigh: Can we not talk about it.
Daisy: Fine. (David walks up and puts his arm around Daisy's shoulders.) Get off me. (pushing his arm off. He smirks at her and walks ahead.)
Ashleigh: What a sleaze.
Daisy: He's not that bad, when he's not acting I mean.
Ashleigh: What do you mean acting?
Daisy: He acts really tough and stupid, but he's not.
Ashleigh: Joey does that. He acts like a brain dead druggie so people don't get to know him. (Daisy nods)
Daisy: Understandable. Easy way out I guess.
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Night -Blue Group
Tara wakes up suddenly and looks around, she slowly gets out of her sleeping bag and walks over to the fire, Joey is leaning against a rock with his eyes closed. Tara sits down opposite him and chucks a rock at him to see if he's awake.
Joey: (not opening his eyes. slurred) Can you not.
Tara: Sorry. Can I have some? (Referring to the pills Joey has obviously taken.)
Joey: No.
Tara: What'd you do to get chucked in here?
Joey: Nothing.
Tara: Yeh right.
Joey: I didn't do anything.
Tara: Ok then, why's your sister here?
Joey: (Too stoned to care about what he's saying.) She's depressed.
Tara: Why? (*This might be useful*)
Joey: She feels guilty cos her father used to hit me.
Tara: Her father?
Joey: We got different dads, both assholes though.
Tara: Where's your dad?
Joey: Dunno, probably fucking another prostitute.
Tara: Oh.
Joey: She thinks I take drugs cos her dad used to hit me, but I don't, I don't care. I could've stopped him, but then he would've gone after her.
Tara: Why do you take drugs then? (Joey doesn't answer, she looks up at him, he has his eyes closed, she watches as he slides off the rock and falls on the ground, unconscious.)
Tara: Typical. (She gets up and goes back to her tent.)
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Morning - Red Group
They've been walking for two hours.
Ashleigh: How long til we get to the flag?
Daisy: Not sure, about 2 miles I think.
David: Do you know where we're going?
Daisy: (annoyed) Yes.
David: Then where are we?
Daisy: Well, the river should be right through those trees.
David: I don't see a river and it's not something you'd miss.
Daisy: It'll be there. (They walk through the tree and stop.)
David: (sarcastically) It seems to have moved to spite us, how annoying.
Daisy: (looking at the map.) You're not helping.
David: Neither are you.
Ashleigh: Are we lost?
David: No, just misplaced.
Ashleigh: Where was the last place you knew where we were?
Daisy: Um.
David: She doesn't know.
Daisy: Shut up! I knew where we were yesterday.
Ashleigh: Ok, then lets go back to the camping site.
(They turn around and start walking, after a while David stops.)
David: We didn't come this way!
Daisy: Yes we did!
David: (pointing to a large rock) I don't remember passing that rock.
(Daisy stops and looks around.)
Daisy: Great.
Ashleigh: We can't be that far from the camp site.
David: (sarcastically) Only half a day walking, not long.
Daisy: Why don't you take over army boy?
David: (glaring at her.) Shut up.
Daisy: You should know all about this stuff, or did you fail at that as well.
David: Shut the fuck up!
Daisy: Oh I'm sorry, did I step on your poor little bitty ego.
(David walks off, giving Daisy the finger.)
(Daisy turns back to Ashleigh, she looks stunned.)
Daisy: What? He had it coming.
Ashleigh: We've got to try and get back.
Daisy: Well der.
Ashleigh: We can't leave him here; we'll have to go find him.
Daisy: Fine. (They walk in the direction David was headed.)
Outside
The Cliff-hangers are all standing around in a group, except Joey who is lying on the ground a few metres away. The painkillers are wearing off and he's coming back down. Tara isn't involved in the conversation, she's staring at Joey. Peter walks up.
Peter: Ok, we're going to have a competition.
Daisy: Oh fun.
Peter: (ignoring Daisy.) I'm going to break you up into two groups and each team have to follow a map through the forest until they find a flag, the first group back gets out of kitchens next week.
Daisy: Maybe it won't be that bad.
Peter: It'll take about you'll have to spend the night outside and come back tomorrow. The first group will be; Auggie, Shelby, Tara and Joey, your flag colour is blue. Daisy, David and Ashleigh, you'll have to find the red flag. Ok, you can go.
(They all gather their bags. Tara walks over to Joey and kicks him in the side. He sits up shocked.)
Tara: We're going.
Joey: Fuck, you could've just told me. (He gets up and follows the others, leaving Tara behind. She shakes her head and follows.)
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Two Hours Later
Blue Group (Auggie, Shelby, Tara, Joey)
Tara: (out of breath) Can, we, rest, please!
Auggie: Yeh, ok, 5 minutes only though.
(They all sit down on rocks. Joey undoes his bag and searches through it, frantically.)
Tara: Whatcha looking for?
(Joey sighs relieved as he finds what he's looking for. He pulls out four pills and takes them.)
Auggie: Don't make it obvious you're taking drugs or anything.
Joey: What, you gonna tell on me.
Auggie: I will if you don't stop taking.
Joey: It's none of your business, so you don't have to tell anyone.
Shelby: What are they?
Joey: What, you want some?
Shelby: Maybe.
Auggie: (annoyed) Lets go, we've wasted enough time. (They get up and walk off.)
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Red Group (David, Daisy and Ashleigh)
Daisy: (to Ashleigh) Do you know why your brother takes drugs?
Ashleigh: Can we not talk about it.
Daisy: Fine. (David walks up and puts his arm around Daisy's shoulders.) Get off me. (pushing his arm off. He smirks at her and walks ahead.)
Ashleigh: What a sleaze.
Daisy: He's not that bad, when he's not acting I mean.
Ashleigh: What do you mean acting?
Daisy: He acts really tough and stupid, but he's not.
Ashleigh: Joey does that. He acts like a brain dead druggie so people don't get to know him. (Daisy nods)
Daisy: Understandable. Easy way out I guess.
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Night -Blue Group
Tara wakes up suddenly and looks around, she slowly gets out of her sleeping bag and walks over to the fire, Joey is leaning against a rock with his eyes closed. Tara sits down opposite him and chucks a rock at him to see if he's awake.
Joey: (not opening his eyes. slurred) Can you not.
Tara: Sorry. Can I have some? (Referring to the pills Joey has obviously taken.)
Joey: No.
Tara: What'd you do to get chucked in here?
Joey: Nothing.
Tara: Yeh right.
Joey: I didn't do anything.
Tara: Ok then, why's your sister here?
Joey: (Too stoned to care about what he's saying.) She's depressed.
Tara: Why? (*This might be useful*)
Joey: She feels guilty cos her father used to hit me.
Tara: Her father?
Joey: We got different dads, both assholes though.
Tara: Where's your dad?
Joey: Dunno, probably fucking another prostitute.
Tara: Oh.
Joey: She thinks I take drugs cos her dad used to hit me, but I don't, I don't care. I could've stopped him, but then he would've gone after her.
Tara: Why do you take drugs then? (Joey doesn't answer, she looks up at him, he has his eyes closed, she watches as he slides off the rock and falls on the ground, unconscious.)
Tara: Typical. (She gets up and goes back to her tent.)
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Morning - Red Group
They've been walking for two hours.
Ashleigh: How long til we get to the flag?
Daisy: Not sure, about 2 miles I think.
David: Do you know where we're going?
Daisy: (annoyed) Yes.
David: Then where are we?
Daisy: Well, the river should be right through those trees.
David: I don't see a river and it's not something you'd miss.
Daisy: It'll be there. (They walk through the tree and stop.)
David: (sarcastically) It seems to have moved to spite us, how annoying.
Daisy: (looking at the map.) You're not helping.
David: Neither are you.
Ashleigh: Are we lost?
David: No, just misplaced.
Ashleigh: Where was the last place you knew where we were?
Daisy: Um.
David: She doesn't know.
Daisy: Shut up! I knew where we were yesterday.
Ashleigh: Ok, then lets go back to the camping site.
(They turn around and start walking, after a while David stops.)
David: We didn't come this way!
Daisy: Yes we did!
David: (pointing to a large rock) I don't remember passing that rock.
(Daisy stops and looks around.)
Daisy: Great.
Ashleigh: We can't be that far from the camp site.
David: (sarcastically) Only half a day walking, not long.
Daisy: Why don't you take over army boy?
David: (glaring at her.) Shut up.
Daisy: You should know all about this stuff, or did you fail at that as well.
David: Shut the fuck up!
Daisy: Oh I'm sorry, did I step on your poor little bitty ego.
(David walks off, giving Daisy the finger.)
(Daisy turns back to Ashleigh, she looks stunned.)
Daisy: What? He had it coming.
Ashleigh: We've got to try and get back.
Daisy: Well der.
Ashleigh: We can't leave him here; we'll have to go find him.
Daisy: Fine. (They walk in the direction David was headed.)