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SUMMER BAY HOUSE

BRODIE is on the computer. RHYS and KIRSTY walk in.

RHYS

Have you been there all night?

BRODIE

Ah, I just got up.

RHYS

There’s places you can go, you know. Computer nerds anonymous. I’ll just look them up in the phone book, shall I?

KIRSTY

Dad, leave her alone.

RHYS

Sorry.

KIRSTY

Hey, Brods. Do you want some?

BRODIE knocks over her glass of orange juice.

BRODIE

Aw, no thanks. Aw, no.

KIRSTY runs over.

RHYS

Or of course, you could just spill orange juice over it. That will stop you using it.

BRODIE

Sorry. It’s only gone on the desk.

RHYS

Here. Catch.

RHYS throws over a towel.

KIRSTY

So, em, anything from Miles?

BRODIE

No. Great way to start the day, hey.

KIRSTY

Ah, well. He’s only just got there.

BRODIE

Yeah, I guess.

KIRSTY

I mean, you and Dani are going to be so high maintenance if you keep carrying on like this.

BRODIE

Aw, sorry.

KIRSTY

You’ll probably recover, but Dani will spend the rest of her life in bed now.

BRODIE

Aw, don’t be hard on her.

KIRSTY

I’m not being hard. I’m being realistic.

DANI walks in.

DANI

Morning everyone.

RHYS

Ah, good morning and where are you off to?

DANI

Power walking.

KIRSTY

Power walking. You?

DANI

Yes, me. Come on Brodie. Let’s blow their socks off.

BRODIE

Aw, why not? I won’t be a sec.

DANI

I’m just going to be outside stretching OK.

BRODIE and DANI walk out.

RHYS

Kirsty.

THE LAWSON HOUSE

HAYLEY and NOAH answer the door. GLADYS, CHARLOTTE’S gran walks in.

GLADYS

What are you doing in here? Get out, get out or I’ll call the police.

SEB is in the kitchen.

NOAH

Aw, sorry, but I live here so.

GLADYS

Where’s John? He’ll soon sort you out. John.

SEB

There’s no John here.

GLADYS

Where is that boy?

GLADYS walks into the kitchen.

GLADYS

Aw, look at the state of the kitchen. Doesn’t anyone ever clean up after themselves?

NOAH

Ah, excuse me. I think you’re a bit confused.

CHARLOTTE

Gran.

CHARLOTTE walks in.

SEB

She’s in here.

CHARLOTTE

Come on gran. Got to go. I’m so sorry.

CHARLOTTE leads GLADYS out.

DON’S HOUSE

DON sits at the table reading the newspaper. There is a knock on the door. He answers it. JUNE is there.

JUNE

Well, if it isn’t Dale Guard.

DON

June. Good grief.

JUNE

Yes, me. Large as life etc etc.

DON

Don’t you ever let anyone know you’re coming?

JUNE

No, I prefer to see the look of  horror on their faces when I just turn up.

DON

Don’t be silly. I’m delighted to see you. Come on.

JUNE walks in.

JUNE

Thanks.

DON

So, what is all this? What is going on?

JUNE

Well, I am having a holiday.

DON

Oh right. Yes, yes, of course. You come from the Whitsunday’s to have a holiday in Summer Bay?

JUNE

Well, it’s different, isn’t it?

DON

Yes, it certainly is. I would have thought that Paris or Capri would be more your style.

JUNE

They’ll still there next year. Besides they lack a certain something.

DON

Oh, what’s that?

JUNE

The wit and wisdom of Donald Fisher Esquire.

DON

Oh dear.

JUNE

Now then, tell me what’s been going on in your hectic life.

DON

Eh, well, quite a lot actually.

THE BEACHSIDE DINER

ALF is there. COLLEEN walks in.

ALF

Morning Colleen.

COLLEEN has a sore throat.

COLLEEN

Morning.

ALF

Eh?

COLLEEN

I said good morning.

ALF

Are you crook or something?

COLLEEN

I’ve got a sore throat, that’s all.

ALF

Well, go to the doctors then.

COLLEEN

No, I’ll be all right.

ALF

How do you know you’ll be all right. You might have the flamin’ Black Death. Go on. Off you go.

COLLEEN walks out. SHAUNA walks out the kitchen.

ALF

Oh, good day toffee.

SHAUNA

Aw, no tea thanks.

ALF

Ah ha.

SHAUNA

Listen Alf. I just wanted to let you know to that I’ve pretty much made up my mind about going to Melbourne.

ALF

Oh, are you sure?

SHAUNA

Yeah.

ALF

Em, you know, I said before I wasn’t exactly thrilled about you going and nothings changed there, but you’ve got to do what you want to do. It’s just, it’s going to be a bit odd isn’t, you and Jude both going to Melbourne at the same time. He is still thinking of going, isn’t he?

SHAUNA

Em, actually, I’m not really sure. Ah, excuse me a sec.

SHAUNA walks over to a table where HAYLEY sits.

SHAUNA

Hayley, hi. Have you got a minute?

HAYLEY

Yeah, I suppose.

SHAUNA

Em, I was just wondering if you knew whether or not Jude was still planning on going to Melbourne?

HAYLEY

I don’t know. I mean, he’s got other stuff to worry about at the moment.

SHAUNA

Really.

HAYLEY

You haven’t heard, have you?

SHAUNA

Heard what?

HAYLEY

Well most of the time you can’t get a paper cut in this town without anyone knowing. Jude’s back in hospital.

THE HOSPITAL

JUDE is lying on the bed. SEB and NOAH are there laughing. CHARLOTTE walks in.

CHARLOTTE

What are you two doing in here disrupting my patient?

NOAH

Ah, yeah, you know, the usual.

CHARLOTTE

OK. Is there any particular reason why you can’t come during proper visiting hours?

NOAH

Hey, this guy practically lives here. You know, we deserve special consideration.

SEB

How’s your gran?

CHARLOTTE

She’s fine, thank you. How are you feeling this morning?

JUDE

Like I’ve been in a traffic accident. How do you expect me to feel?

DR CARLINGFORD walks in.

DR CARLINGFORD

Well, well, what do we have here? Getting a second opinion Dr. Adams?

CHARLOTTE

No, em, this is Jude’s family.

DR CARLINGFORD

It doesn’t really matter who they are, does it?

CHARLOTTE

No.

DR CARLINGFORD

Visiting hours are posted up in the waiting area. You can come back then.

NOAH

Nice bedside manner man. Em, I’ll see you later, OK.

SEB

See you Jude.

SEB and NOAH walk out.

DR CARLINGFORD

A word, doctor, please.

DR CARLINGFORD and CHARLOTTE walk out the room.

DR CARLINGFORD

The last thing I need is families standing beside a patients bed when I’m doing my rounds. I find it distracting and we both know that distraction can lead to mistakes. Do I make myself clear?

DR CARLINGFORD walks away.

A PARK

DANI and BRODIE walk along.

BRODIE

He still hasn’t sent me an e-mail. He said he would send as soon as he got there.

DANI

Guys and promises, please. You know, it’s good that Will let me down now. Saves him from doing it later.

BRODIE

What do you mean?

DANI

Well, you know, we could have got full, joint back accounts or something, and then he would have let me down.

DANI sees HAYLEY walking along the beach.

BRODIE

What’s the matter?

HAYLEY

I don’t even want to be close to a Smith at the moment.

THE BEACH

DANI and BRODIE walk through some bushes. DANI moves a stick knocking down a clothes line.. A man, called JIM is sitting on the beach.

JIM

Aw, can’t you watch where you’re going?

DANI

What a stupid place to put a clothes line.

JIM

Open your eyes next time.

BRODIE

Are you camping here?

JIM

Well, someone can see that.

BRODIE

Well, you’re not allowed.

JIM

Says who?

BRODIE

Says the council.

JIM

And what are you, the mayor?

BRODIE

No. I just thought you should know.

JIM

Your observation has been duly noted, thank you very much. Now if you would both like to clear off before you do anymore damage.

DANI

Fine.

JIM

Stay away.

DANI and BRODIE walk away.

THE BEACHSIDE DINER

ALF is in the stock room. SHAUNA walks.

ALF

Ah, good walk?

SHAUNA

Yeah.

ALF

Doesn’t seem to have cheered you up any?

SHAUNA

Well, Jude being in hospital again has just made me realise that I really need to know what he plans on doing about moving to Melbourne?

ALF

Well, why’s that?

SHAUNA

Well, he might not want to go if he knows that I’m going to be there too.

They walk into the kitchen.

SHAUNA

I know it probably doesn’t seem like a big deal. It’s just I don’t want him to feel uncomfortable about my decision to go.

ALF

Look love, I know I keep saying to you that I’m not exactly thrilled about you going, but nothings changed there. It’s just that you’ve got to do what you want to do for you instead of worrying about what everyone else is thinking.

SHAUNA

Yeah, I know Alf. It’s just, I’ve hurt him so much already, if he think it’s inappropriate for me to go to Melbourne then I just won’t go.

ALF

But mucking up your life, just because you feeling a bit guilty isn’t going to solve anything love.

SHAUNA

I am willing to do whatever it takes to make it up to him. I owe him that much at least.

SHAUNA walks away. ALF walks out to the counter. COLLEEN walks in.

ALF

Aw, what did the quack have to say?

COLLEEN writes something on a pad of paper and show it to ALF.

ALF

Aw, well, that’s encouraging. I thought for a while there we might have to put all the customers down. Well, are you off home now?

COLLEEN shakes her head.

ALF

Well why not? You’re not going to be much use here if you can’t even ask them what they want to eat.

COLLEEN points at the menu.

ALF

Well, you’re not Marcel Marseille, but at least it will be quiet around here I suppose.

DANI and BRODIE walk in.

BRODIE

Ah, a couple of Fanta’s please, Mr. Stewart.

ALF

Yeah, sure.

BRODIE

I am right that aren’t I, that there’s no camping allowed down on the beach?

ALF

That’s right. No four wheel drives, no fires and no camping.

BRODIE

Because there’s some guy down there at the moment and he’s a bit of a creep.

ALF

Aw, all right. Well, I’ll slip down and have a Captain Cook a bit later on and if he’s still there move him on.

BRODIE

Thanks.

BRODIE and DANI walk out.

THE HOSPITAL

FLYNN and JUDE are there.

FLYNN

OK, so I’ve got a bit of a rock climbing read here, a bit of goss, a bit of glamour, in case you want to keep in touch with your feminine side. Guess not.

CHARLOTTE walks in.

FLYNN

Hey, so, what’s the prognosis? Is this chunk of manhood ever going to play violin at Carnegie Hall again?

CHARLOTTE

I don’t know about that, but he will be able to go home by the end of the week.

FLYNN

You hear that. Can’t wait to get rid of you. Who knows mate? Might have a relapse. Spend another couple of weeks in a cot.

CHARLOTTE

Oh no, Dr. Carlingford’s patients don’t have relapses. They don’t dare.

DR CARLINGFORD walks in.

DR CARLINGFORD

Thought I find you in here.

CHARLOTTE

I was just.

DR CARLINGFORD

Yes, whatever it is, I’m sure it can wait.

CHARLOTTE

Right.

DR CARLINGFORD

You are on the infection control committee. There’s a meeting at one pm. I would like you to collate these facts and have them back to me by midday.

DR CARLINGFORD walks out.

FLYNN

Well, you get all the luck, don’t you? He’s no patch Adams, is he?

CHARLOTTE

I’m supposed to get home to gran, not do his damm paperwork.

FLYNN

I can give you a hand.

CHARLOTTE

What?

FLYNN

Well, get you back to grans.

CHARLOTTE

Honestly.

FLYNN

Yeah, no problem. Love doing stats. Lets get started.

JUDE

Hey, don’t mind me.

FLYNN

Somebody say something.

FLYNN and CHARLOTTE walk out.

THE BEACHSIDE DINER

DON and JUNE sit at a table. COLLEEN walks up to them.

JUNE

Hello Colleen. How are you?

COLLEEN shrugs her shoulders.

JUNE

Slaving away as usual.

COLLEEN nods her head and then points at the menu.

JUNE

What’s that?

COLLEEN points at the menu again.

JUNE

You’re saving your voice for the Yabbie Creek choir.

COLLEEN points at the menu.

JUNE

Oh, you want us to order. OK, sorry. I’ll have the fish.

DON

Yes, em, I’ll have the salad thanks.

SEB walks in.

DON

Oh, em, there’s Seb now.

JUNE

Aw, big boy. Must take after his grandfather.

DON

June, June.

JUNE

Colleen, do you think Seb looks like Donald?

DON

Can we save this for later.

COLLEEN walks away.

DON

I wish you hadn’t said that.

JUNE

It was meant to be a compliment.

DON

Not that. Seb being my grandson isn’t common knowledge.

JUNE

Oh, I see.

DON

Yes, and now Colleen knows the whole town will know. I might just as well announced it on the radio.

THE BEACH

JIM sits on a log reading a book. ALF walks up to him.

ALF

G’day.

JIM

G’day.

ALF

You do know that you’re not allowed to camp here.

JIM

It has been pointed out to me, yeah.

ALF

It would probably be best if you moved along before someone the council spots you.

JIM

Not that you’d tip them off or anything.

ALF

Look mate, this is just a friendly warning, all right. I am the president of the surf club. I do care what happens here and it is a family beach and if it’s a camping ground you’re looking for there’s one about a ten minute walk along Yabbie Creek road.

JIM

A country this size and you have to pay to camp inside it’s paddock. Doesn’t it strike you as ironical.

ALF

I don’t know what it is mate. All I’m saying is that you can park yourself here.

JIM

Story of my life. Wrong place at the wrong time. Don’t worry. I’ll move on.

ALF

Look, no one likes to see a bloke down on his luck.

JIM

Huh. Save your sympathy for someone who deserves it.

ALF walks away.

THE SURF CLUB

NOAH and HAYLEY are there.

NOAH

You want some company.

HAYLEY

Hi.

NOAH

So, have you been here all morning?

HAYLEY

More or less. What have you been up to?

NOAH

Ah, popped down to see Jude. Still depressed.

HAYLEY

Yeah. Oh, em, I saw Shauna earlier and she didn’t even know Jude was in hospital.

NOAH

What does it matter to her? It’s none of her business.

HAYLEY

Yeah, and she also wanted to know if Jude’s still going to Melbourne.

NOAH

Where does she care where he goes?

HAYLEY

Yeah, I know, OK. I’m just telling you what she said.

NOAH

Yeah.

GLADYS walks up to them.

GLADYS

John, what are you doing here? You should be at work. Who’s that?

NOAH

Em, this is Hayley. You met her last night, remember.

THE CARAVAN PARK

DANI and BRODIE run along.

DANI

That was exhausting.

BRODIE

It was only here to the diner and back.

DANI

Yes. I really outdid myself. You know, we should do this everyday. Make a big effort to get fit. Nah, guess I really don’t have the energy to start a health kick in. Knowing my luck I’ll probably just injure myself in the process.

JIM walks out the shower block.

DANI

Excuse me. What are you doing here?

JIM

I’ve just come out of the shower block. I’m sure you can work it out.

DANI

But this is private property, for guests only.

JIM walks away.

DANI

Excuse me, this is private property.

JIM

I’m ignoring you.

SUMMER BAY HOUSE

DANI and BRODIE walk in.

DANI

The guy is seriously weird don’t you think?

BRODIE

Yeah.

DANI

Em, can I have a shower first?

BRODIE

Yeah, sure, don’t worry.

DANI

Thanks.

DANI walks upstairs. BRODIE checks the computer. She has no new messages.

THE LAWSON HOUSE

HAYLEY, SEB, GLADYS and NOAH are there.

GLADYS

Mmm, this is a nice cup of tea. Most boys can’t make a good cup of tea.

NOAH

Thanks.

GLADYS

Well, they always forget to warm the pot.

SEB

Yeah, well my mum taught me. She reckoned there was nothing better than a good cup of tea.

GLADYS

Best drink in the world. Now, aw, I was telling you about when I was a nurse and I had hardly finished my training and they posted me to Darwin.

There is a knock on the door.

HAYLEY

Em, I’ll get.

HAYLEY gets up to answer the door.

GLADYS

And there I was. I’d hardly ever been very far away from Mandy Beach and I was hundreds of miles away from home, surrounded by soldiers and the Japanese were going to invade.

NOAH

Must have been scary.

GLADYS

It certainly was.

HAYLEY and CHARLOTTE walk in.

CHARLOTTE

Hello gran.

GLADYS

Ah.

CHARLOTTE

You seem to like it here quite a bit. Everything all right?

GLADYS

Yes, I’m just having a cup of tea with these nice young people I met on the beach.

SEB

She was telling us about when she was a nurse.

GLADYS

Probably boring them to tears.

SEB

No, no, of course not.

CHARLOTTE

Come on gran. We better go get some lunch.

GLADYS

I came out to get, I came out to get some bread, but I haven’t got it.

CHARLOTTE

That’s all right gran. We’ll manage. Thank you very much guys.

CHARLOTTE and GLADYS walk out.

HAYLEY

Not a problem.

The phone rings. SEB answers it.

GLADYS

Noah makes a good cup of tea.

CHARLOTTE

Good, good.

SEB

Hello.

CHARLOTTE

What happened?

NOAH

She was sort of wandering on the beach.

HAYLEY

Yeah, and she was really confused.

NOAH

And then she sort of snapped out of it.

CHARLOTTE

Thanks guys. I owe you.

NOAH

No worries.

CHARLOTTE walks out.

SEB

Fisher wants to see me.

NOAH

About what?

SEB

Didn’t say.

THE BUSH

BRODIE is walking along. A dog barks at her. JIM walks behind her.

BRODIE

Watch out, watch out. The dog.

JIM

Aw, of this old thing. Nah, just guiding your turf. That’s a fellow. See, see.

JIM calms the dog down.

JIM

He knew you were scared. Thought you were guilty of something.

BRODIE

Thanks.

JIM

No worries.

BRODIE

I always use the shortcut. The dogs just normally behind the gate.

JIM

Must have jumped the fence. I’ll take him back.

BRODIE

Thanks.

BRODIE walks away.

SARAH MCKAY DROP-IN CENTRE

BRODIE walks in. SALLY is there.

SALLY

Hey, what are you doing here? Brodie, you all right?

BRODIE

Yeah, it’s just this dog. He got me really scared, that’s all.

SALLY

You OK?

BRODIE

Yeah, it wasn’t going to hurt me.

SALLY

Come on. I’ll make you a cup of tea. Looks like you need it.

BRODIE

Yeah, I’ve had a bad day really.

SALLY

Oh.

BRODIE

Em, I wanted to talk to you about this actually. I’m totally stuffed it up.

SALLY

Why? It was a good essay.

BRODIE

I only got a B minus.

SALLY

Yeah, but the top mark was only a B plus.

BRODIE

Aw.

SALLY

Yeah, it was a hard question. I  think I got a bit carried away. It’s a bit more like a second year Uni question.

BRODIE

Aw, right.

SALLY

Your days a bit better then.

BRODIE

Yeah, I guess.

SALLY

What else is making you stay so awful?

BRODIE

Aw, it’s Miles. He promised to e-mail me as soon as he got to Italy and nothing.

SALLY

How long has he been there for?

BRODIE

Long enough.

SALLY

Well, why don’t you e-mail him?

BRODIE

Aw, because he’s overseas, and you know, I don’t want to cramp his style.

SALLY

Brodie.

BRODIE

Well he is. He’s in a foreign country and you know, doing all sort of different and exciting things and the last thing he’s going to be thinking about is little me in Summer Bay.

SALLY

All you have to tell him is that the weather is fine and your history teacher gave you a lousy assignment to do. Just see what he says in reply.

BRODIE

All I want to do is tell him I’m crazy about him, not talk about the weather. I just want to tell him I think about him and I want him to tell me the same thing.

DON’S HOUSE

JUNE walks out the kitchen. There is a knock on the door. DON answers the door.

DON

Seb. Come on. Oh, this is June Reynolds. June is an old friend of mine.

JUNE

I could make a joke about less of the old, but I won’t. Hello Seb.

DON

I’ll get straight to the point. Through a series of unfortunate circumstances Colleen Smart has found out that you’re my grandson.

SEB

Oh, right.

JUNE walks into the kitchen.

DON

And Colleen as you probably know isn’t the most discrete of people so I thought it would be better if everyone heard it from me first rather than her.

SEB

It sounds OK to me.

DON

You don’t mind.

SEB

They’d find out sooner or later.

DON

Well, yes they would. Well good, good. I’m glad you feel like that.

SUMMER BAY HOUSE

BRODIE walks in. RHYS is there.

RHYS

Hey, there’s a postcard for you on the table.

DANI and KIRSTY walk out the kitchen.

DANI

And I wonder who its from.

KIRSTY

Want to bet you can guess where it’s from?

BRODIE

Well, Italy of course.

DANI

Wrong, not that we’ve read it or anything. I just always thought the Acropolis was in Athens.

BRODIE

No, I didn’t get on the wrong plane. It’s a long story, but I’ll tell you about it when I get my e-mail sorry.

KIRSTY

Come on. What else does it say?

BRODIE

I miss you like crazy.

DANI

Yeah, right.

BRODIE

Yeah.

SARAH MCKAY DROP-IN CENTRE

SALLY, NOAH and FLYNN are there.

NOAH

Yeah, it was really weird. She actually thought I was this guy John.

FLYNN

Yeah, Mrs Adams suffers from Alzheimer’s. Not the happiest way to spend your retirement.

SALLY

No, I don’t even want to think about. So, how’s Jude? Have you been in to see him today?

NOAH

Yeah, he’s OK. He should be out by the end of the week.

SALLY

Yeah, and then he’ll be doing the HSE.

NOAH

Yeah, I reckon so.

FLYNN

And the off to Melbourne if the scholarship comes good.

NOAH

Yeah, that’s what everyone keeps asking. Even Shauna wants to know.

SALLY

Shauna.

NOAH

Yeah, I don’t know why. It’s none of her business.

SALLY

No. Hey, will you guys be all right. I’m just going to pop out for a few minutes.

FLYNN

Sure.

SALLY walks out.

THE BEACHSIDE DINER

SHAUNA is having a drink. JUNE walks up to her.

JUNE

Right. I want to know everything that’s been going on in your life. Spare me no details.

SHAUNA

Hi. How are you?

JUNE

I’m in top form as usual.

SHAUNA

And Harry?

JUNE

Harry. Aw, my son Harry. Well, I think we saw more of each other when we lived on opposite sides of the country.

SHAUNA

Right.

JUNE

He’s really found himself up there.

SHAUNA

Aw, that’s good.

SALLY walks up to them.

SALLY

Excuse me for interrupting. I won’t be a second.

JUNE

Well, why don’t you sit down and join us?

SALLY

No, no, no, thanks. Shauna, I hear you’ve been asking whether Jude’s still going to Melbourne?

SHAUNA

Pardon me.

SALLY

Well, he’s not giving up on his scholarship if that’s what you’re hoping for. He deserves it.

SHAUNA

No Sal.

SALLY

Where do you get off being so selfish? You are not allowed to interfere in his life anymore. You gave up that right when you betrayed him and lied to all your supposed friends. I won’t let you ruin things for him time and time again Shauna. I just won’t.

SALLY walks out. JUNE puts her arm around SHAUNA.