Dumped! by Helen Chapman

Scene 1
D UMPED !
    Narrator      Kevin, Will and Max are not happy. They’ve been kicked out of their home and are off to stay with their granny.
    Will             It’s all Dad’s fault.
    Kevin           Yeah. Just because he can’t pay the rent doesn’t mean we should suffer.
    Will             He could have got a second job.
    Kevin          Or worked nights.
    Max             You guys could get weekend jobs.
    Will              Good one, Max. And what about my football matches?
    Kevin           As if my basketball team could win without me.
    Will             It’s okay for Dad. He gets to move in with his mate Terry.
    Kevin          Yeah, why can’t we do that?
    Max             Because you hate Terry.
    Kevin           So? He doesn’t know that.
    Max             You called him dog-breath to his face.
    Narrator      He did too. But in fairness to Kevin, Terry isn’t big on using a toothbrush!

    Kevin           Will is right.
    Will             Am I? What about?
    Kevin           About moving in with a mate. We’re not allowed to.
    Max             Terry lives close to Dad’s work. Dad will save loads of money by not having to catch the train every day.
    Will              Nah, he just doesn’t want to live with Granny.
    Narrator      Across town, sisters Lily and Becca come out of the train station. They’re having much the same chat as the boys.
    Lily              I can’t believe we’ve been kicked out of home.
    Becca          It’s all Mum’s fault. She’s so selfish.
    Lily             I know! She gets to go on a business trip overseas and we get to suffer.
    Becca          Having to stay with Granny for a whole month!

    Lily              At least Mum didn’t make us go and stay with those awful cousins of ours.
    Narrator      Both girls shudder.
    Becca           Urghh! Don’t even joke about it! I bet they’re still not  house-trained.
    Narrator      As the girls walk to Granny’s house, a bus pulls up. Some boys charge out and push past them.
    Becca          Hey! Watch it!
    Lily             Who let you apes loose?
    Becca          Yeah, does the zoo know you’ve escaped?
    Narrator      The boys turn around to face the girls. Then the cousins all recognise each other.
    Will             Don’t start! We are
not
having a good day.
    Max             I am. Hi Lily. Hi Becca. You don’t live around here, do you?
    Lily             Not likely.
    Becca          We’re going to Granny’s place.
    Max             Cool! Just like Red Riding Hood.
    Kevin           So are we.
    Max             What? Like Red Riding Hood?
    Kevin           No. Going to Granny’s.
    Lily              How come? You won’t get any money – it’s not Christmas!
    Will and Kevin (
together
)
  We’ve been dumped!

    Becca          What do you mean?
    Max            We’ve got to live with Granny until Dad finds us  somewhere cheap to live.
    Becca          What? You mean
you’re
staying with Granny?
    Lily             But you can’t!
    Max             Watch us!
    Will             Anyway, what’s it got to do with you?
    Lily             A lot. We’re staying there too.
    Kevin          You can’t be. She must have confused you with us.
    Becca          That’s
so
wrong in
so
many ways.
    Lily             Mum told Granny weeks ago that we were staying.
    Narrator     She did too!

    Max             Well, Dad told Granny weeks ago that we were staying.
    Narrator      He did too!
    Becca           I