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Question 1

Lights fade in

Answer 1

SURPRISE!

Question 2

Dara
Still though.

Answer 2

Is there more of a plan than that?

Question 3

Dara
The plan is: Frankie’s off now, to pick Antonio up get him to come here but not explain why.

Answer 3

How?

Question 4

Dara
So everyone else is getting here for half-past, if they’re coming, I don’t now if they’re coming.

Answer 4

Who else?

Question 5

Dolly
So it’s us, Frankie, Antonio…

Answer 5

And a load of randoms off Facebook we don’t even know.

Question 6

Dara
And maybe AJ, actually, still waiting on AJ.

Answer 6

AJ’s coming?

Question 7

Dara
Her mum caught him practising graffiti in their garage.

Answer 7

Shit.

Question 8

Dara
…I got red plastic cups in case.

Answer 8

And he’s definitely coming?

Question 9

Dara
Should be.

Answer 9

Right. Great.

Question 10

Dara
What’s up with AJ?

Answer 10

She’s a dick.

Question 11

Dara
Yeah, obvs, but apart from that.

Answer 11

Matilda?

Question 12

Dara
…But at the same time it probably is best to just try and move past it, if you can, pretend it never happened.

Answer 12

Pretend what never happened?

Question 13

Dara
Oh. Well. Pretend Matilda never asked her out.

Answer 13

She didn’t.

Question 14

Dara
Yeah, AJ said you’d say that, and like loyalty’s a really ace quality, Magda, so -

Answer 14

What?

Question 15

Dara
Just saying, AJ’s offering Matilda this white flag, she doesn’t have to do that.

Answer 15

She’s lying.

Question 16

Temi
Please can we just…
It’s fine.

Answer 16

Really though?

Question 17

Dara
Exactly. So if we can all just get into the party spirit.

Answer 17

In here?

Question 18

Dara
…completely amazed and delighted that we’ve done this super mega immense thing for her.

Answer 18

You have.

Question 19

Dara
Well.

Answer 19

Id’ve probably just dropped a card round, had a chat.

Question 20

Dara
Oh.

Answer 20

In case he’s not up for it. Partying and that. After the saddest month of his life.

Question 21

Dara
Right. Um.

Answer 21

But then I’m not completely in love with him, trying to get out of the friend zone every minute for the past four years.

Question 22

Dara
Out with it.

Temi
Well. Er.

Answer 22

Let’s be real for a minute, Vinny: this place is shit.
Deflate balloons.

Question 23

Dara
Bit harsh.

Answer 23

It is though.

Question 24

Dolly
if I’m being honest, it isn’t screaming ‘party’ as a place.

Answer 24

If anything, it’s screaming dodgy! Like you’d come here to do dodgy things.

Question 25

Dolly Read about it online, it’s like a hotspot for dealers.

Answer 25

The car park or the woods?

Question 26

Dolly There’s sort of three big bits, three separate strands.

Answer 26

Shall we put some through there, like the entrance as well?

Question 27

Dolly Good plan.

Answer 27

Right, someone else grab that, who’s helping? *Exit.*

Question 28

Dolly It was Kate really.

Answer 28

Awesome.

Question 29

Dara …Not quite the hip sixteen-year-old urban-party vibe I was imagining, but, yeah.

Answer 29

Antonio isn’t hip Or urban. I’m fairly sure he’s not even up for a party but- *Dara interrupts.*

Question 30

Dara …You just get it. And then you deal with it. Like life.

Answer 30

Had quite a lot to deal with, though, hasn’t he, just lately, don’t you think?

Question 31

Dara Which is why he deserves a party.

Answer 31

Okay.

Question 32

Dara AJ’s sorting drinks, she says.

Answer 32

Music?

Question 33

Dolly Yeah, music. Dara Shit.

Answer 33

What?

Question 34

Dolly Magda’s got her guitar. Maybe we can have some actual music? Dara The guitar’s here?!

Answer 34

Don’t.

Question 35

Dolly Maybe we can have some actual real-life music. Maybe that’s cool and better than remembering to bring speakers.

Answer 35

I only know one song.

Question 36

Dara Come on then, let’s hear it.

Answer 36

Thing is, I should probably explain: I was thinking like, what’d get Antonio for his birthday, he’s had a roperly shit year, but also, it is his birthday so, something special, obvs. But then I’ve only got like thirty-seven p, in the world, which does limit my options a bit. To like, a Freddo. So then I started thinking about my actual skills, decided: write him a song, just write him a song, just do it.

Question 37

Emily She does like Skittles.

Answer 37

And this might be awful. I just… You’ll tell me if it’s bad? Then I know before I try and sing it to him, ruin his day?

Question 38

*Song Scene.* Dara Deal.

Answer 38

Okay. Okay. *She gets ready to play.* Before I start-

Question 39

Dara Mate, just play it.

Answer 39

No, I just, I should explain that, I know I’m not like the best singer in the world. And in terms of the guitar, I only know three to four chords, depending on if you count D7, so also not that good. and then this is only the first song I’ve ever written, so its a bit of a work-in-progress.

Question 40

Phoebe What? I can’t.

Answer 40

It’s called: ‘Stuff’. *Sings.* That’s it.

Question 41

Phoebe Not a word. Dolly Magda!

Answer 41

It’s not phenaynay.

Question 42

Phoebe What’s phenaynay?

Answer 42

As I was singing it I was like: Magda, this is actually worse than you originally thought, lesson learnt, stop singing. On the plus side, it’s not long.

Question 43

Dolly Really catchy. Also, you know: True. Sometimes shit stuff does happen. Good stuff too, obvs.

Answer 43

Well cheers. You’re my mates and you’re fibbing but.

Question 44

Dolly No its not- You just, you can’t.

Answer 44

We don’t smoke. Any of us. It like a thing we don’t do.

Question 45

Phoebe I’m not asking you to smoke.

Answer 45

We’re anti-smoking, strongly.

Question 46

Phoebe I’m anti-singing, strongly. Didn’t stop you.

Answer 46

Put this away then. *Puts the guitar away, looking hurt.*

Question 47

Dolly She doesn’t mean it.

Answer 47

Stace?

Question 48

Dolly Got all the stuff about, you know… Phoebe What?

Answer 48

Well. Cancer.

Question 49

Dolly I better go after her. Brooke Why?

Answer 49

*Panicked.* Well, she’s not from here and she’s just disappeared, by herself, into a renowned dodgy hotspot, as night falls.

Question 50

Me …Renowned dodgy hotspot, as night falls. Dolly Don’t.

Answer 50

D’you want a hand?

Question 51

Brooke Say it, say it and I’ll let you go. You’re a loser.

Answer 51

AJ!

Question 52

Brooke That’s what a Slytherin would say.

Answer 52

AJ, just-

Question 53

Brooke Since when are you the sorting hat?

Answer 53

AJ, you know so much about Harry Potter. Like a disarming amount.

Question 54

Brooke Pretend you can’t see. *Dolly arrives back.* Dolly Oh, um.

Answer 54

Stace, are you okay?

Question 55

Emily She’s not been back.

Answer 55

What happened?

Question 56

Emily Have you rung her? Dolly Straight to voicemail.

Answer 56

We’ll help. *Huddle in middle.*

Question 57

Dolly Thank you.

Answer 57

If we all just spread out a bit, look for her. Does that sound…?

Question 58

Dolly Thank you.

Answer 58

If we all just spread out a bit, look for her. Does that sound…?

Question 59

She’s probably just gone back to mine, I do know that, it’s probably stupid.

Answer 59

We’ll come now.

Question 60

Brooke It’s basically the Triwizard Tournament, Tess, you’ll love it.

Answer 60

Again. So much detail.

Question 61

Phoebe Shut it. Temi Are you all okay?

Answer 61

Bit traumatised.

Question 62

Emily Dani’s mum and dad were out walking and we saw them kiss. AJ What?

Answer 62

Yeah. They were doing some full-on tonsil-tennis action there. Ugh.

Question 63

Brooke You are kidding me. You are having me on. This has to be karma, has to be.

Answer 63

How?

Question 64

Dara This is officially our one-minute warning. Dolly Argh!

Answer 64

Can’t believe it’s happening.

Question 65

Dara Yeah. Well. Sort of. AJ What?

Answer 65

Vinny, you’ve done it. Enjoy it. Come on.

Question 66

Dolly What’s up? Dara No nothing it’s…

Answer 66

Vinny. Seriously.

Question 67

Dara …How we’re quite weird for doing it, I’m just starting to think, like: yeah.

Answer 67

Now? You’re thinking that now?

Question 68

Frankie …So I had to be like, ‘No, it’s your birthday, we need trees. Birthday trees.’

Answer 68

Is that a thing?

Question 69

Frankie …But in the end, no. You could see it meant a lot to him, but just…

Answer 69

No.

Question 70

Dara Right. I mean, it was a bad idea so.

Answer 70

Not that bad.

Question 71

Dara You literally said this place was crap.

Answer 71

Yeah but not the, the thoughts not crap. The thoughts decent.

Question 72

Dara Magda wrote a song.

Answer 72

It’s nothing.

Question 73

Frankie Magda wrote a song? For Antonio?

Answer 73

Didn’t have any money for a prezzie so I just thought…

Question 74

Frankie What kind of song?

Answer 74

Um. Short?

Question 75

Dolly And good.

Answer 75

Ish.

Question 76

Frankie So we’ve got the words here- *Sheet with lyrics held up behind.* -and then Magda’ll sing it so you know how it goes. Magda?

Answer 76

*Sings ‘Stuff’.*

Question 77

Frankie Ready, Vinny? Everyone? One, two, three, four.

Answer 77

*Everyone sings ‘Stuff’.*