#nsb1.5

emery: well, lookie here, huh… austin: … i’m gonna head with toby. to… help him with some stuff before politics. if… that’s cool? emery: (smiling) of course! (nodding at toby) i think chad might be coming with you for now, i’m guessing you two are friends? he said he left his stuff with yours… um… i’ll probably go and see if i can find ronnie and fin before they go in! austin: sounds good. i’ll see you after class? emery: sure thing!

???: (standing up) i’m toby. i missed the induction day last month, but i’m in your politics class. the teacher sent me an email saying you would be able to catch me up on everything? austin: they did? toby: (laughing) yeah! she said she could already see you were going to be a ‘star pupil’ and said you would be able to help me out no problem! austin: (smirking) well, we were basically just introducing the idea of simspolitics and how the government is set up and - toby: woah man, slow down! sounds great, but i’m gonna need to make some notes before the lesson, so could we do it later? austin: we have it first... toby: well... we have about half an hour till the first lesson. the rest of our crew are sat inside, so we could do it now? my stuff is there so... austin: ...sure. toby: great! you could meet the guys too!

austin: you make protein shakes for fun? eldin: i make them for chad. i bake for fun. corey: eldin’s gonna be a chef. or a baker. or a chocolatier? or - eldin: i want to be a pâtissier. corey here, is hopefully going to be getting his facts straight by the time he graduates as he wants to be a scientist. corey: … i actually want to be some form of chemist but - eldin: (sighing) … what about you… austin is it? what do you want to do after high school?

toby: awwww… come on guys, i’m not that good… eldin: i swear you can play every instrument under the sun… i’m surprised the new guy here hasn’t heard you humming some abstract acoustic song yet! austin: well, now you come to mention it… all: (laughing) toby: it’s what i want to do, you know? music is my life - always has been, and i hope it always will be. nathan: you a true virtuoso, you’ll get in the business no problem! chad: a what? austin: it means someone who’s talented at music… chad: well, trust ‘mr i read books for fun’ to speak like shakespeare rather than godamn plain english…

austin: (following toby into the common room) you know your way around here already? toby: yeah, i’ve been here a few times with my sister - she used to go here… chad: oi oi boys! ???: ch-chad - cover me! chad: errrrrr… corey, how? toby: (shaking his head) corey, come on. i told you to stop messing about with my guitar! corey: i-i know… but i think i’m getting better! ???: (sighing, head in hands) don’t kid yourself, man… ???: (laughing) oh, come on nathan, it’s only a bit of fun! nathan: well, toby is the only one who can actually play it… corey: (laughing) he’s the only one who can play anything! eldin: and everything…

first day of high school…

wish we could turn back time, to the good old days...

emery: so, you nervous? austin: aren’t you? emery: (laughing softly) a little. i’m kinda excited though! the induction day was pretty fun and - austin: you better not leave me, okay? emery: why would i? anyway, you’ll be fine - you’ll make new friends in no time! austin: (sigh) i know but - emery: (stopping him) they won’t be briar... i know. and it’s cruel how you guys won’t be able to talk until the weekend... austin: i can’t believe they take their phones off them during the week for the first term, to “settle them in”... stupid private schools... emery: but you’ve got this! (smirking) you’re a big boy now! austin: (rolls eyes) i know. and i’ve got you...