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| - Amber: Did anyone see you come in? Bray: Nobody sees me if I don’t want them to Salene: She can stay can’t she Amber? Amber: Do you want to stay,Trudy Trudy: Yes, please Lex: Polite, the answers still no! Jack: Hang on a minute I think I should have a say this is my place after all Lex: Not anymore nerd Salene: You can’t chuck her out just like that Lex: Why not Zandra: She’s going to have a baby Lex Lex: Who rattled your cage Zandra: I just thought Lex: That’s a novelty you thinking just shut it Zandra Zandra: Ryan you come with me Lex: Are you lot thick or something we need people who are useful I am she’s not Bray: Yeah you’re very good at shooting your mouth of what else do you do that makes you so special Lex: You want me to show you Bray: Try me Salene: Kids go and play Cloe: What with Salene:Find something Amber: Stay in the mall go ahead guys have a fight make a lot of noise get the Locos in here and have us all caught Trudy: Don’t Bray Salene: You look half starved when was the last time you had a hot meal Trudy: I don’t remember Salene: Come with me I’ll fix you something Lex: Hold on we haven’t said she can stay yet Amber: It’s just one meal Lex go on Salene Salene: Don’t worry she’ll be alright with me we won’t go far we’ll be in the café Bray: Thanks Patsy: Look what I found catch Cloe: Catch Patsy: You have to make sure that he’s looking at you before you can throw it Cloe: Sorry Patsy: Jack we’re hungry Jack: Later okay Zandra: Lex he treats us like muck and I’m not having it I hate him Ryan: I think he fancies you Zandra: In his dreams what do you think then Ryan: What about you and Lex Zandra: The baby I think it would be really nice to have a little baby around all those little clothes, little booties and stuff Ryan: Don’t know anything about babies Zandra: You could be like it’s uncle you could teach it things Ryan: Like what Zandra: Anything Ryan babies don’t know anything when they’re born even you could teach it something Ryan: Lex wouldn’t like that Zandra: Lex he doesn’t own you Ryan and he certainly doesn’t own me Ryan: Yeah Zandra: Actually this place might not be to bad if it was done up a bit Salene: So when’s the baby due Trudy: I don’t know soon I think do you want to feel it Salene: Can I Trudy: Yeah go on oh it’s moving again it must like it here Salene: That’s amazing what do you want a boy or a girl Trudy: A boy definitely a boy Salene: Like his dad he seems really nice he’s very good looking isn’t he Trudy: Yeah Salene: He’s really taking care of you it’s lovely to see there’s not many guys like that Trudy: Bray’s been really good to me I don’t know what I would have done without him Bray: I don’t expect you to take us in empty handed Amber: Well what have you got Lex: Whatever it is we don’t want it Bray: And I can get more Lex: I’m sick of this are you gonna let him buy his way in here with tins of peaches and chocolate I can get us anything we want we don’t need you and we certainly don’t need your girlfriend and her brat now get lost Bray: I’m talking to the organ grinder not the monkey Amber: Wait a minute I’m not in charge here anymore than Lex is it’s for everyone to decide where are you going Dal: You don’t need me for this Amber: Well you can’t just leave you haven’t said anything what do you think what’s that suppose to mean Dal: It means I don’t care either way Amber: Well you can’t just not have an opinion Lex: We’ll take that as a no then Salene: You been on the move long Trudy: Seems like it I feel safe here it seems like a good place have you been living here long Salene: We’ve only been here a couple of days except Jack he’s been here the longest thinks he owns the place here it’s just hot dogs and beans but it’s good food Trudy: I’m sorry I can’t eat that Salene: Why not it’s good food Trudy: I’m a vegetarian I don’t eat meat Salene: oh well just have the beans then you don’t believe in making things easy for yourself do you I eat anything I can get Trudy Trudy: Salene I’m so scared I don’t know what to do I’ve never had a baby before Salene: Don’t worry I’ll help you Trudy: I thought we might find a doctor somewhere but there’s no one just kids Salene: It’ll be fine I mean babies have been getting born for a long time now it’s natural isn’t it Trudy: Not in this world it isn’t Cloe: Hello are you lost where’s your mummy wait there don’t run away I’m coming here come here come to Chloe don’t run away come back Paul: Yeah, yeah Salene: Patsy, Paul I need to talk to you it’s important you know Trudy’s going to have a baby well she needs our help people to look after her we’re going to be her new family you know I told you we have to share sometimes well this is one of those times Patsy: Have you given her our breakfast Salene: No but we might all have to have a bit less for a while you understand Dal: Still fiddling with that radio I don’t know why you bother there’s no one out there Jack: There must be I can’t be the only one to get a radio to work Dal: And if you do make contact will you like what you find Jack: What do you mean Dal: For a clever guy you can be pretty stupid that signal is an advert for where we are I mean all I’ve seen are mad men and crazies and just cause they’re crazy it doesn’t mean there stupid if they pick up that signal they’ll follow it straight here where you going Jack: To get some peace this used to be my place I wish I had never let any of you guys in here Amber: Are you sure Trudy wouldn’t be better of somewhere else Lex: I’ll go tell her Amber: Shut up Bray: If there had been a better place I’d have found it the whole city is controlled by the tribe’s Amber: Well some of them are well organised they have there own food stores wouldn’t they be a better bet Bray: There’s a war for control going on and no one can be trusted and it’s no place for a baby I thought you lot looked different Amber: And that’s why you’ve been watching us Bray: Yeah it’s safer here out of the war zone everywhere else there’s just Locos and they’d use us as target practice Lex: Look harder Amber: We’re trying to make something work here Bray: Well seems to me your on your own Amber: It’s not easy Bray: I can see that maybe I could help Amber: You with a baby to look after your gonna be a dad soon hadn’t you better go and see how Trudy is Lex: What’s all this Zandra: I’m making the place look nice Lex: For me oh Zan baby did Lexi upset you come here let me kiss it better Ryan: Lex Lex: Lighten up didn’t mean anything by it Zandra: What are you staring at come on we’re not finished Bray: Trudy Salene: Let her sleep she’s really tired she said she’s been getting cramps she’s scared Bray: I know Salene: Have they said she can stay yet Bray: No Salene: They will I mean it’s the future isn’t it this babies the future they can’t turn there backs on that Bray: Have any of us got a future Salene: you have your gonna be a dad Paul: Yeah, yeah Lex: Shut up Patsy: He can’t hear you he’s deaf Lex: Read my lips shut up you got it Thank you, thank you, thank you Cloe: Come back don’t run away I won’t hurt you I’m your friend Zandra: I’m not sure about these blues but we’ll try them you know I think I’ve got a flare for this sort of thing Ryan: What are these Zandra: Scatter cushions Ryan: What do I do with them Zandra: Scatter them Ryan scatter them Patsy: Sshh bob someone will hear you sshh Jack: I’m not having it this is my place they follow my rules or they’re all out oh hello what’s he saying Patsy: It’s fantastic all this food here all the time we can have a party come on Paul Jack: Where are you going Patsy: To tell Salene and Amber Jack: Wait this is mine Patsy: Yours Jack: Yes mine Patsy: But we’re suppose to share Jack: Who says that Patsy: Salene Jack: Well Salene is welcome to share her stuff if she likes but this stuff is mine get it I didn’t ask you lot in here I’m not sharing this I can live for months on this if I have to share it, it wouldn’t last five minutes what’s he saying now Patsy: L.E.X Jack: No I don’t want him up here your not gonna tell the others about this will you they don’t have to know this could be our little secret or something couldn’t it what’s he saying Patsy: He says he’s deaf he’s not stupid Jack: Oh good Patsy: But it’ll cost you Jack: Yeah can of peaches Patsy: Thank you Jack: Macaroni and cheese, chocolate Lex: Where’s lover boy Amber: Checking on Trudy Lex: Pity he’s already spoken for isn’t it Amber: What do you mean Lex: You fancy the pants of him don’t you Amber: Don’t be a moron Lex: So why you so keen on him staying Amber: Lex this isn’t about if they go or stay it’s about how we make decisions I’m not letting you bully and blackmail the rest of them just so you can get your own way this is going to be a democracy right Lex: And what you say goes does it some democracy Amber: Democracy’s need defending Lex: I’m not attacking you Amber I think you and me could work together matter of fact I think you and me could get on really Well if you know what I mean Amber: Back off Lex: Your loss I’m just trying to defend what we’ve got you don’t know anything about them they just turn up out of nowhere and you roll out the red carpet they could be with the Locos you just don’t know Amber: No decisions been made yet Lex: You fancy him and it’s destroying your judgement Amber: Let’s get the others this needs sorting Cloe: There you are come on bluebell sshh come on it’s okay come on Amber: How is she Salene: Tired Bray: Well can she stay Amber: We’re just going to have a vote Salene: I’ll go find the kids Cloe: We better get you back you lucky girl you could have been hamburgers Zandra: Welcome to our humble abode make yourselves at home we’ve given the servants the night off or it would have been cocktails and conservatory well what do you think Ryan: I know what’s missing I know Amber: Ryan we’re going to vote where is he gone now Lex: Let’s start without him Amber: He gets a vote Lex: He agrees with me Patsy: Chloe’s not here Lex: To bad Cloe: Bluebell come on this way, this way good girl come on follow me Amber: Look this is the problem to many people not enough to eat the more people there are the more mouths we have to feed and if we let Trudy stay that’s two more Lex: Three don’t forget daddy Salene: There are still quite a few cans in the café Patsy: Paul and I have some chocolate Amber: Thanks Lex: Great that should just about do us for a mid morning snack look if we don’t eat we die Salene: We’ve managed so far Dal: There’s still food out there Lex: Oh yeah there’s plenty of food out there some of it’s walking around the streets but can you get it you can’t just pop down to the supermarket withyour shopping trolley you know Cloe: You’ll just have to stay here I can’t take you inside okay come on I’ll bring you some food when I can now be a good girl please and don’t worry I’ll look after you Lex: And it’s not just about the food this is a baby we’re talking about you know babies that cry all night and won’t shut up it could put us all in danger Salene: Rubbish Lex: Yeah well don’t come crying to me when the Locos hear it and come after you Ryan: Guys, guys look what I found I knew there was something missing Zandra: Ryan that’s a cardboard television Ryan: Oh there were real ones to but I couldn’t carry them Jack: Ryan there’s no electricity the real ones wouldn’t even work Ryan: I know, I know I just feel better with it there that’s all Amber: We need to vote we’ll do it by a show of hands one vote per person Lex: What they get to vote to kids Amber: They live here to Lex: Oh and the dog does he get to vote as well Bray: Well they’re letting you vote Lex: Wait a minute he doesn’t get to vote and neither does she Amber: Agreed Bray: Why not Amber: Your not part of the tribe yet Lex: And you might be a bit biased Bray: And you aren’t Lex: Well I’m part of the tribe aren’t I Amber: Everyone gets a vote except Bray and Trudy so all those in favour of Trudy staying Lex: Zandra what are you doing put down your hand Zandra: No I won’t this is a democracy I’ve got rights and I like babies Salene: Dal you must be on our side Dal: I just think it’s to risky the more of us there are the more chances of getting caught Amber: Okay four all those against Zandra: Wouldn’t you know it all the guys Salene: Wait a minute Amber you haven’t voted Amber: I’m against Salene: Amber Zandra: I don’t believe it Lex: Neither do I Amber: We’re talking about a baby here not a dolly we’re a bunch of kids babies need looking after they need feeding we don’t even know if we can feed ourselves there must be somewhere else Bray somewhere better sorry Trudy Bray: Keep your sympathy and you know where you can stick your democracy what sort of people turns away a pregnant girl what kind of world are you planning one with no babies in it cause you won’t last long then will you, you people make me sick your no better than the Locos at least they don’t try to pretend to be anything come on Trudy and you can keep your food I hope it chokes you Lex: What’s happening now Salene: Trudy Trudy: Bray it’s coming the baby’s coming
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