THE STORY OF TRACY BEAKER SERIES 2 - EPISODE 2 BEDSIT by Laura Summers Tracy, Tracy! Please lend me your jumper For the twenty millionth time today. No! It s mine. It s my best one and there is absolutely no way that I m ever, ever going to lend it to you! Now back off! Please Tracy Off!!! Eat up Tracy. Duke made that specially for you. It s your favourite. Just because she gets dumped back here she gets the soft treatment. Nobody dumps Tracy Beaker. Tracy Beaker moves on. Can I have your jumper now, then? Are you all right there, Tracy? Never better Jenny. Thanks to us lot cheering her up all the time. BOUNCER:OK Tracy, joke number ninety five - what s blue and cries for help? NATHAN: A damson in distress!
Ah joke. My turn, my turn. What did the big aardvarks say to the little aardvarks? Oh, why don t you all just bog off.. you re always gawping at me!. Well, at least at Cam s I had my own space and privacy! You lot don t even know the meaning of the word! I ve got one. What do you call a mug full of rubbish? (BEAT) Trashy Beaker! JENNY/DUKE/NATHAN: Justine!! Sorry I m sorry Tracy s not available at the moment please try again later - Tracy! This is my office. Gold star for observation Jenny. And children aren t allowed in here - That s a relief. That rule includes you. Please don t make me go out there, Jenny. I ll, I ll dust your computer. Tracy Sharpen all your pencils? 2
Look I know it s hard for you coming back here from Cam s but She blew it. Not me. And don t you think I want to go back there, because I don t. Not ever. Well, things ll settle down. You ll soon feel at home. Not if I can help it. Seen Tracy? Not since lunchtime. Said she d be in goal - BOUNCER:Yeah, two hours ago It s like she s completely disappeared off the face of the Dumping Ground. Tracy! Surprise! Wow! Do you like it? Like it? It s fantastic! Ha! Tracy Beaker, found you!! What are you doing? 3
Pretending I m Tracy. You d better take her best jumper off. She ll go bananas. What is that? Adele s new address. I bet that s where Tracy s gone. And college is brilliant. I ve always wanted to study fashion. What about some blue? There, that looks gorgeous. So, how are they all? Who? Everyone back home. Oh them. A humungous pain in the backside sums it up pretty well. I d have more privacy living in a zoo. You re so lucky to have your own place. Yeah. I wish I could share a bedsit with you, Adele. We d have a laugh wouldn t we? It would be so cool. The first thing we d do is to invite all our new friends round for a wild all-night party I ll get it! Er..What do you lot want? We ve come to see how you re getting on Adele. 4
Oh that s really sweet! We ve just been talking about you all. You must be Lol and Bouncer? Sit down everyone. Move your fat bum, Tracy Oooh - that s it! Where you going? Somewhere I m not going to be sat on, squashed up and crowded out by you lot! You can t go now Tracy - This is just like being back home. Exactly! NATHAN: There you go, dudes. Tracy! Tea time! Your pizza s getting cold! Tracy! Has anyone seen Tracy? Duke! Duke! She s not downstairs. NATHAN: She s run away, hasn t she? Right, one last scout round then we ll call the police and Elaine. In that order. Out of the way Dolly. I know where she is. But it s a secret. JENNY/DUKE/NATHAN: Dol-ly! Tracy. Open the door. 5
You have to ring the bell first. What bell? There is no bell! You can give a couple of blows on the kazoo. It s hanging from a bit of string. Will you open the door now. Have you bought me a card? No I haven t! Then, you can t come in. Sorry. What are you talking about? A welcome to your new home card or a plant would be a nice touch. You see Jenny This is my wonderful new bedsit. Tracy, you can t do this. Too late. And don t even think about dragging me out cos I ll just tell Elaine the Pain that you used unwanted physical contact. Now if you don t mind I d appreciate it if you d all get lost. Lol! I ve never laid a finger on any child here and I m certainly not going to start with Tracy Beaker. (DUKE SCOWLS) Relax Duke. Everything ll be back to normal tomorrow. You ll see. NATHAN: Tracy, are you coming in for breakfast? 6
No ta. Mmmm scrumptious. BOUNCER:What do you think? Magic. BOUNCER: This is miles better than Tracy s bedsit. Lol? Can I come and live with you? Sorry Dolly. Boys only. This is much better. Can I come and live with you two? No! Tracy. Bog off! Everyone else is making bedsits Are they? Jenny said you d get fed up being out here. But you re not are you? Cos I want to be in your bedsit, too. No way Fleabite. Go and find your own place. I m going to have the cushions, the computer and the biscuit tin. And you, you can have the wok, the pan and the bin liners. But you ve got all the good stuff! 7
Whoops I nearly forgot. Louise, you get the very nice cuddly toy. NATHAN: Uh, what s going on? If Tracy Beaker can have a bedsit, so can we. Sorry, not today, bye bye! Bye bye Now. That s better. Justine! That s not fair! Louise. I m older than you so I get a bigger bedsit. Okay?! Dolly! Are you all right? You ve been in there ages! Course I have. This is my bedsit. Unlock the door I will do later. When I ve mixed some nice perfume NATHAN: Ooh! I left a load of cleaning stuff in there this morning, it could be really dangerous if she mixes it up. Dolly, open the door! No! Oh, we ll have to get a ladder. 8
What do you want a ladder for? Dolly won t come out of the bathroom. And she wants to make perfume out of the cleaning liquid. BOUNCER:Dolly, I ll tell you my best joke if you come out. Is it the one about the porcupine and the custard? BOUNCER:Yeah. No thanks. Tracy? Adele! - What are you doing here? Just came to see your bedsit. So how s it going? Brilliant. Um, totally cool. Well, you know Yeah I do Living on your own can be a bit lonely sometimes. The thing is Jenny thinks I m really happy What is going on? Dolly s locked herself in the bathroom and won t come out. Says it s her bedsit. That is so typical isn t it! Whatever gave her that idea? Do you think you might be able to help, Tracy? Oh, I suppose I ll have to. Come on. Ok. That looks stable. Go on then, Nathan. 9
NATHAN: Me?! Well I can t do it I m in charge NATHAN: But Listen, right, I m not making this up right but I m really, really scared of heights. NATHAN: Oh great! Go on.. Duke. Dolly, come out for Lou-Lou I ll do my elephant impression Dolly if you don t come out in ten seconds flat I ll, I ll rip Teddy s head off! Fat chance Squish-face cos he s in here! Ok, everyone, stand back. Let Tracy have a go What makes you think you can do it, Tracy Beaker? So what are you going to do, Smart Bum? Dolly. I ve got something very special for you to borrow. Something you really want. But you re going to have to come out first. Wicked! She s not in there! Are you sure? Do you want to come and look yourself? I didn t think so. She s not in there. Course I m not. 10
Dolly! Are you all right? She s fine Jenny. It was Tracy who got her out. Thank you, Tracy. And thanks Adele. You will stay for lunch won t you? NATHAN: Oh no. Lunch! It ll be charcoal by now. Jenny, Adele needs a little word. The thing is the bedsit s ok but Look I know this sounds crazy but I m missing you all so much. You lot are my family. And well, I was wondering if if it was not too late then maybe I could have my old room back? If that s what you want of course you could! You don t think I d be wimping out? You really think coming back here to this bunch is a soft option? Well. If Adele s moving back I suppose I will as well. We ll be two independent girls together But Jenny, no fussing, no hassling and definitely no cheer up jokes. We just don t need it, do we Adele? No way. Are you sure you re ready to come back Tracy? I ve got no choice Jenny. You lot can t manage five minutes without me! 11