House Rules Ask Lara

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-TANNOY:

-Flight 315C ready for departure.

PLANE TAKES OFF

I can't believe that was our last rehearsal.

Chill, Akira, it'll be fine.

I have my lucky brooch. See?

Me too. I've got a lucky coin.

That's nothing. You want to know who has a pair of lucky underpants?

Urgh! Tony!

We don't need lucky charms. We need practice.

-PHONE RINGS

-We only have two days.

Hola? Oh. Buenos dias.

Si. Si.

Oh, no, wait.

No. No, puedo...

My host family's going to a wedding this weekend.

Tenemos el...

um, er, er...school play.

-Estoy...er...rehearsing muy duro...

-Hm.

SHE GIGGLES

They say if I can stay with one of you, I don't have to go.

Have my spare bed.

I need to ask Jose and Ramidios first, but they'll say yes.

Mi amiga Akira says... I mean...

It's fine.

I can help her learn her lines.

Ah!

-Here you go.

-Hey, yay!

This one's yours.

MUFFLED: Your toothpaste is lovely.

Don't!

That's my best bubble bath.

Oh.

CLOCK ALARM BEEPS

Ah!

HE YAWNS

Hi, guys. Learnt your lines?

-BOTH:

-If you didn't...

-It's her fault!

MOBILE PHONES ALL RING

SHE GIGGLES

Ah, sweet!

Gabriel's going to be furious.

Hang on. Is that my T-shirt?

Oh, of course. She put mine in the wash.

I had to, it was walking around by itself.

But you can't just take my things.

-You can't just wash mine.

-Guys?

It's not just that.

-You should see the state she left the bathroom in.

-But...

-And her music, it's so cheesy.

-SHE SQUEALS

-What?

-Have you heard hers?

Guys. What's going on?

Whoops.

Who rattled her cage?

Cute underpants, by the way.

-Uh?

-The text, from Tony?

That teddy of yours is toast!

SHE SIGHS

First question.

What you do when a friend invades your privacy?

Do you

A - invade theirs?

They need to know how it feels.

B - dump 'em.

You'll never trust them again.

Or C - tell them they've hurt your feelings,

and carry on as before?

And I have to be completely silent all the time.

Look, it's not up to me, but couldn't you, you know, compromise?

Meet her halfway, you mean?

That's just what Akira said you'd say!

-I didn't say anything of the...

-Oops!

Ah! You've been reading my diary!

I haven't!

That's it, I am never going to speak to you again.

Oh!

-THEY LAUGH

-Oh, Monica.

Tell me you didn't?

Oops.

I was only trying to find out what I'm supposed to have done wrong.

And she's so selfish.

Please, don't. Can you stop...

-HE PANTS

-Have you seen Gabriel?

I think he went home early.

TRAIN HORN BLARES

HE WHIMPERS

-What's up with him?

-Look.

I hate this as much as she does.

So, I'll have to stay with you.

Uh? Oh, no. I don't think that would be a good...

Just till my host family gets back.

I don't want to take sides.

OK, then, I guess I'll just have to sleep in the park.

You want to sort this out, right?

So, one of you has to make the first move.

What! You mean, say sorry?

HE WHIMPERS

Mr Jelly-Belly!

Akira, I...

What are you doing?

Rehearsing.

SHE RECITES SPANISH

MUSIC STARTS

SHE SHOUTS IN SPANISH

CLOCK TICKS

DOG BARKS

SHE SIGHS

DOG BARKS

SHE SHOUTS LOUDER

Argh!

MUSIC CONTINUES

My lucky brooch. You bent it!

I wouldn't have, if it hadn't been stuck in my foot at the time.

You did it on purpose.

You what? That does it.

KEYPAD TONES

MOBILE RINGS

She's totally out of order. I am so not her friend any more.

Look. I know you're stressed, but...

BEEPING

Hang on, I've got another call. Hello?

-I'm not her friend first.

-Monica?

I tried, Lara, I did. But...

-Just...tell her.

-Tell her what?

-BEEPING

-Hang on. Akira? Monica says...

Oh! You're on her side now?

No, I'm not! I'm trying to help, but...

BEEPING

-SHE SIGHS

-Hang on. Monica?

She's a monster. I'm just...

BEEPING

Fine! Take her side. See if I care!

BEEPING

Akira? Akira?

Let her go. Who cares?

Monica. That really didn't help.

Help who? Help her, or help you?

You're as bad as she is!

In fact, you're worse! PHONE BEEPS

Second question.

What do you do when your friends fall out with each other?

Do you A - tell them who's right and who's wrong,

and tell everyone else too?

-B - get really upset by it?

-SHE SIGHS

Being stuck in the middle is no fun.

Or C - keep out of it.

But talk it over with someone who isn't involved.

It's awful, Mum. And I don't know what to do.

'I think you should tell them how it makes YOU feel, darling.'

You're right. Thanks, Mum. I will.

'Good. Let me know how it goes. Night, Lara.'

-Night.

-SHE BLOWS A KISS

HE BREAKS WIND

Urgh. Eeuuw.

MONICA'S PHONE BEEPS

AKIRA'S PHONE BEEPS

BOTH: Lara!

-BOTH:

-"Meet me in the cafe, or else!"

I'm not saying you took him,

but he was on my bed yesterday.

And now, he's not.

I'm sorry.

I shouldn't have done it.

You should have thought of that

before you texted photos of my underwear to everyone!

Hmm.

-She broke my brooch!

-She's a mess!

Stop it! You're both being a total pain.

I tried to stay out of it, you wouldn't let me.

I tried to help, you wouldn't let me do that either.

So, I'm not talking to either of you till you sort it out.

And...

goodbye!

HE REHEARSES INAUDIBLY

So much for my lucky coin. And Monica's brooch.

-You should try lucky underpants.

-Hmph.

-Erm.

I'm sorry, Gabriel.

So you should be.

Mr Jelly-Belly?

What happens at home, stays at home. Right?

Right.

-She's, like, really mad.

-Yeah.

-Sorry.

-Still friends?

-Still friends.

But what about Lara?

Come on, we'd better go find out.

Oh, no! The play!

Where are they?

It's...it's my fault.

I said I wouldn't speak to them until they'd stopped arguing.

Wow. Brave of you.

Stupid, more like.

Ooh, look! A Lara sandwich!

-I'm sorry, Lara.

-We both are.

We didn't realise.

-So, you've made it up?

-Yeah.

-When am I on?

-Like, now!

APPLAUSE

Third question.

In an argument, do you

A - state your case and hold your ground?

This is important.

B - back down straightaway

If you don't, your friends might like you any more.

Or C - look for a compromise?

If you answered mostly A,

you're not afraid of an argument.

That's good.

But don't forget to look at things

from the other person's point of view too.

If you answered mostly B, it sounds like you really don't like rows.

But don't worry,

it's natural for people to disagree with each other sometimes.

And if you answered mostly C,

you seem to be a give-and-take kind of person.

You try to talk it through and come up with a solution.

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