Act Two - Dinner

Everyone but Evangeline at the dinner table. Meatloaf, courtesy of Skyler’s meatloaf cooker (cooks in less than 5 minutes). 

Ian: How was everyone’s day?

Skyler: My meatloaf cooker worked as you all can see! (Excitedly)

Everyone but Zooey: (words of congratulations) Congratulations!

Zooey: It’s a little burned. (All the encouraging words stop.)

Skyler: (points her knife at Zooey) Shut Up! I meant for it to be well done!

Ian: Okay who’s next? Zooey. (Skyler gives Zooey dark evil stare as she puts her knife back on the table.) 

Zooey: I got a 100 on my math test today!

Skyler: (gets cup up to drink and coughs the word) Nerd.

Zooey: It’s not like your any better! (Yelling) 

Skyler: For your information I…

Ian: (cuts Skyler off) back to dinner. (Very menacing) 

Whittney: Well now that that’s over (glances at Zooey and Skyler then continues) I proved my science teacher wrong today when I pointed out that his chemical equation was unbalanced. (Then continuing more quiet) then he yelled at me for pointing out in front of the class that he was wrong. 

Everyone: (looked at Whittney weird) 

Ian: Good job, Whittney!

Everyone: (everyone looked at him weird and Whittney smiled happily to herself) 

Isabelle: I tricked my math teacher into thinking I already took the test. (shrug) apparently I got a 100. (Zooey glares at her, Ian just stared blankly at her. Not knowing what to say.) 

Ian: That’s great Isabelle.

Amelia: My history teacher and a student were arguing and I totally solved the problem. 

Isabelle: How come you can’t do that when Skyler and Zooey fight? (quietly, mostly to herself, but Zooey over hears.)

Zooey: We (gesturing between her and Skyler) don’t need any help!

Skyler: I agree with Zooey, nobody her needs help but her!

Zooey: I do not!

Whittney: Do you hear yourself?

Ian: (pushes away from the table and stands up) I’m done with this! (angrily said) (He walks out of the room). 

Amelia: Well I guess Evangeline will get her lecture after all. 

Lori: (Sighs and gets up from the table) 

Everyone: breaks out into Chaos.