Dumped! by Helen Chapman Page B

            It looks nice …
    Narrator     Kevin and Will turn to look at Max.
    Max             … you know … if you’re a granny.
    Will             I’ll never live it down if I bring mates back.
    Kevin           You’re right. We’ll all be laughed out of school. Lily, Becca, get back here.
    Lily              What’s up?
    Kevin           We don’t want this room anymore because … um … er …
    Will             Because … um … er …
    Lily              Okay. Okay. We give in. But this is the last time we move. Got it?
    Kevin           Yeah, yeah. We get it.

    Narrator     The boys check out the back room. They get a nasty shock. Two beds are pressed against each wall, with a fold-out bed squeezed in the middle.
    Kevin          You’ve got to be kidding!
    Max             I’m not sleeping on that thing.
    Will             Nah, it’s good. If I roll out of bed I’ll land on something soft.
    Max             Well, it’s not going to be me!
    Kevin           We were conned big time. We’ll have to pretend we like our room or we’ll look stupid.
    Narrator     The girls squeeze into the room.
    Becca          Like your room, boys?
    Kevin          Yeah. It’s like being at a sports camp.
    Will             Bare floorboards are cool. We can bounce balls off them.
    Max             And there’s nothing to knock over and get broken.
    Kevin           We’re going to unpack and get ready for school tomorrow.
    Lily              Do you have to change schools now that you’ve moved away?
    Will             Nah, Dad sorted it.
    Becca          And it’s not like you’re here forever, is it?
    Narrator      The boys shrug.
    Kevin           Hope not. School’s so far away, it’s not funny.
    Max              But when we get back here it’ll be good.
    Kevin           We’ll chill out and Granny will do granny stuff, like making us snacks.

    Becca          Yeah, it’s not as if she has her own life.
    Narrator     The next day after school, the girls are amazed to see the boys sitting at the kitchen table doing homework.
    Lily             Why’s it so quiet?
    Max             Granny says no music.
    Becca           I don’t blame her. We heard you singing in the shower.
    Will             She took the radio. She said we’d get it back when we’ve done our homework.
    Narrator     The girls grab a snack and go into the living room. Then they go back to the boys.
    Becca          Have you seen anything missing?
    Max             Like what?

    Lily              Get in here and look around.
    Narrator     The boys shuffle into the living room.
    Becca          The TV’s gone.
    Will             It’s in Granny’s room.
    Kevin           Granny came home and found us watching it.
    Will             Before she found us listening to the radio!
    Max             From now on there’s no TV on a school night.
    Will             And we can’t even watch TV over dinner.
    Kevin           She’s making us sit at the table.
    Lily             And do what?
    Max             Talk about how our day was.
    Becca          How long does it take to say ‘boring’?

    Narrator     Later that night the house is quiet and the cousins are asleep. At least that’s what Granny thinks.
    Kevin           It’s half past nine! And I’m in bed! With the light out!
    Max             We’re
all
in bed.
    Kevin           But I’m the oldest. I never go to bed before eleven.
    Will             You do now. Granny’s