CBA by Sarah Jane Dickenson

Author:Sarah Jane Dickenson [Dickenson, Sarah Jane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Barbican Press
Published: 2014-03-07T17:40:58+00:00

TOM’s Bedroom.

TOM is looking on his laptop. He is relaxed, in a world of his own.

CHORUS 2: Bet he is!

CHORUS 3: Bet he is.

CHORUS 2: Messing!

CHORUS 3: Messing!

CHORUS 4: Who is?

CHORUS 3&4: Twin!

CHORUS 5: Which one?

CHORUS 3&4: Tom.

CHORUS 4: Is he in -?

CHORUS 5: Yeh.

CHORUS 7: Dunno.

CHORUS 5: Yeh, dunno.

CHORUS 6: Do we like?

CHORUS: Do we care?

CHORUS 6: Course not.

CHORUS 5: Manky room.

CHORUS 7: Manky computer.

CHORUS 8: What’s on it?

CHORUS 9: Manky music.

CHORUS 7&8: Manky!

CHORUS 8: On screen.

CHORUS close in.

CHORUS 10: Oh my!

CHORUS 1: My what?

CHORUS 2: Whatssamy?

CHORUS: OMG!

Enter AARON - TOM is caught out - tries to hide laptop. Realises it’s AARON - he’s relieved.

TOM: Aaron - knock you muppet.

AARON: Do I ever?

TOM: Well learn.

AARON: Do you ever?

TOM: I thought you were Mum.

AARON: If I was Mum I’da knocked.

TOM: Yeh, well, sometimes she doesn’t.

AARON: Doesn’t she? That’s new.

TOM: Yeh, I know.

AARON: (Sitting next to TOM.) What you on? (Sees page.) Oh right. Any use?

TOM: Not bad.

AARON: You get that surfing?

TOM: No way. Get a load of weird sites that way, magnet for weirdos.com.

AARON: How then? Jack tell you?

TOM: Jack’s not -

AARON: I know, just messing.

TOM: Muppet.

AARON: (Looking at website.) I didn’t know that.

TOM: What?

AARON: About that A-list celeb.

TOM: What celeb? (Looking at site.) He’s no A-lister.

AARON: Been on TV a lot.

TOM: (Looking at screen.) Strictly come Z-list.

AARON: Interesting what he says though see?

TOM: I know what you’re doing.

AARON: What am I doing?

TOM: Ah man…

AARON: (Reading.) I’ve never felt more complete since I…

TOM: Enough okay.

AARON: When you going to tell her?

TOM: When I’m ready.

AARON: I bet she’s guessed.

TOM: Just ’cos you did. That’s different, you know that’s different.

AARON: Actually… you told me.

TOM: I didn’t.

AARON: You did!

TOM: Didn’t!

AARON: Uhuh.

TOM: I’ve only just told myself, sort of, even then, there’s no way -

AARON: When Nan stayed, you slept in my room right?

TOM: Right… So?

AARON: You talk in your sleep.

Beat.

TOM: Oh man!

AARON: It’s ok.

TOM: No it’s not! It’s so not!

AARON: Not like you have to sleep with Nan.

TOM: I’ve got the football team trip!

AARON: Who you sharing with?

TOM: Jack.

AARON: There you go.

TOM: There you go? Jack’s not -

AARON: I’m sure he’d be cool about it.

TOM: Really? How do you know Aaron, I mean really know.

AARON: He’s a good mate in’t he?

TOM: (Goes to computer. Pulls up document.) Read that.

AARON starts to read.

Out loud go on, you want everything out.

AARON: Two thirds of gay youths in school are bullied, 41% have had physical attacks, 17% have had - Yeh but… this can’t be round here.

TOM: You sure? Maybe they were all good mates.

Beat.

AARON: Look you can’t live scared, tell Mum, you need people to know, so I read.

TOM: Why do I?

AARON: I’ll tell her if you like.

TOM: No! No way!

AARON: You should then and soon.

TOM: Since you’ve known you’ve been nothing but a -

AARON: I’m just trying to help!

TOM: Well don’t! I’m not a badge for you to wear!

AARON: Badge!

TOM: A ‘shag badge’. He’s gay, I’m not, but hey telling you means I’m sensitive, fancy a -

AARON: That’s so -

TOM: Is it! Is it!

Long pause.

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