Episode 2: New Year’s Eve at the Cods’
At last, the second episode is here! This time, we will talk about what happened at the Cods’ in the last hours of 2008.
Reminder:
Things are written like this: “Ben: Blah blah blah” when characters are speaking normally.
Things are written like this: “Ben: Blah blah blah” when characters are whispering.
Things are written like this: “Ben: BLAH BLAH BLAH” when characters are shouting.
And now, let the story begin.
That evening, in the Cod household…
Ben was cooking dinner, as he did every night since Sandra came home to find him doing so in Episode 1.
Meanwhile, Melly was having trouble getting into the holiday spirit.
Sandra: “Come on Melly, smile! It’s New Year’s Eve!”
Melly: “Well maybe I would smile if I’d gotten a mobile phone for Christmas instead of this lousy MP3 player!”
Sandra: “I despair of you sometimes.”
Sandra: “I know it hasn’t been fun having Mother around for Christmas…”
“…but surely…”
“…she’s not THAT bad?”
Ben: “Dinner’s ready, everyone!”
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Sandra: “Mmmm! This is lovely! Isn’t it, Mother?”
Grandmother Cod: “Lentils? Who made this?”
Melly: “Ben did.”
Now, if there was one thing Melly enjoyed more than complaining, it was seeing her multi-talented little brother being told off.
Grandmother Cod: “If I had wanted to eat like a prisoner, I would have gone to prison. But this, young man, is supposed to be a New Year’s Eve dinner. What on Earth possessed you to cook lentils?”
Ben: “Sorry, Grandmother Cod.
Melly: “Bye.”
Her five-minute attention span had struck again.
As she went to her room, she picked up the phone and typed in her best friend’s number.
… : “Hi Melly!”
Melly: “Hi Tallulah. You won’t believe what happened at Christmas. You know how I told you I was like, FINALLY getting a mobile phone? Well turns out I got an MP3 player instead!”
Tallulah: “Oh darling, that’s like, SO unfair!”
Melly: “Like, OMG, I know! And you know the worst part? My Grandmother from Hell was there and she kept ruining everything! Anyway, how was your Christmas?”
Tallulah: “Well, I woke up and my parents were bringing me breakfast in bed. So I ate it and then I said, can I have my presents now? And they said come downstairs and blah blah blah blah and it was like, the best present EVER and I was going to make a start on the 27 others when…”
Tallulah: “…my mother came in with five more and she said she’d forgotten to put them under the tree! And then blah blah blah blah and Christmas Dinner was SO delicious because it was all my favorite foods and blah blah blah and then my boyfriend came round with a present and it turned out to be the cutest little necklace ever and-”
Melly: “Shut up!”
Tallulah: “Yes Melly.”
Melly: “Argh! She’s so STUPID!”
Meanwhile, in the kitchen…
Ben: “I’m going to walk Cookie!”
Ben: “See you later!”
Sandra: “Okay Ben!”
Grandmother Cod: “Is that how you do the washing up, Sandra? It makes no sense at all. Get out of the way, I shall do it.”
Sandra: “Oh! Thank you Mother!”
Sandra dried her hands.
Grandmother Cod: “Oh, thank you Mother… Not even trying to help, the ungrateful child… She has always been like this…“
Sandra: “Would you like some help, Mother?”
Grandmother Cod: “Are you insinuating that I am too old to do the washing up?”
Sandra: “N..No, of c-”
Grandmother Cod: “Go away, you are taking up all the space.”
Melly was reading a magazine in her room.
Sandra: “Hi Melly dear!”
Melly: “Didn’t you see the sign? It says No Parents Allowed!”
Sandra: “But I came to tell you your favorite film is on!”
Melly: “You mean Middle School Musical?”
Sandra: “Yes! Come on, you’ll miss the beginning!”
In the living room…
Grandmother Cod: “What a ridiculous film! They were much better in my day.”
Melly: “Oh no, I missed the beginning!”
Melly: “Like, OMG, I love this film!”
Ben: “I’m back!”
Ben: “Okay, okay, calm down Cookie! I’m letting you go!”
Grandmother Cod: “Aaah! Get off me!”
CRASH!
Sandra: “What was that?”
Sandra: “MOTHER! Oh no!”
Melly: “Oooh ooh ooh ooh oooooooooh…”
Sandra: “Hello, I need a doctor, quick! … What do you mean, no one’s free? … Yes, I know it’s New Year’s Eve but… Well send them here! … I don’t care what they’re like as long as they’re medically trained! … Oh, do whatever you like, but HURRY UP! My mother’s on the floor!”
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*Ding dong*
Sandra: “Finally!”
The doctor: “Good Evening. I am le Docteur Chapeau!”
Sandra: “Hello doctor Chapeau, I’m Mrs Cod… I’ve called you for my mother, she’s in there… She fell.”
Doctor Chapeau: Ah, tombée! I know it well. Le Docteur Chapeau tombe très souvent, you know?”
Grandmother Cod: “Aaah… My foot…”
Doctor Chapeau: “Ah… You are la maman Cod? You have a lovely chapeau! Now, voyons ce foot…”
Grandmother Cod: “DO NOT TOUCH ME!!!”
Doctor Chapeau: “AAAAH! What is this? Madame Cod, vous vivez avec le diable!”
Sandra: “Mother! Don’t worry, Doctor Chapeau is here to help!”
Grandmother Cod: “You know what I always say! Never trust doctors, dogs…”
Sandra: “…or the French. I know. But- Hey, where is Doctor Chapeau?”
Doctor Chapeau: “That house is maudite! Le diable! Le DIABLE!”
Sandra: “Come back, doctor Chapeau! You forgot your hat!”
Ben: “Oh, this is all my fault… If only I’d waited for Cookie to calm down before taking her lead off… Now Grandmother Cod is hurt…”
Ben: “I’m going to see her and say sorry, okay?”
Melly: “Yeah, whatever.”
Meanwhile, in the living room…
Grandmother Cod: “Hahaha! Alone at last! Now you are mine, my dear!”
Grandmother Cod: “And that stupid dog is locked up, as it should be…”
Grandmother Cod: “Heeheeheehee… HEEheeheeheeh-”
Grandmother Cod: “BEN!!! Uh… OH LOOK, my foot is better!”
Sandra: “How could you, Mother?”
Melly: “Hey everyone, the New Year program is starting on TV!”
Ben: “Great! I love the New Year program!”
Sandra: “Yes! Come on everyone!”
Grandmother Cod decided it would be wise not to say anything at this point.
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Melly: “It’s midnight!”
Melly: “Happy New Year, everyone!”
Ben: “Hmmm? What?”
Ben: “Oh… Happy New Year…”
Sandra: “HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!”
Grandmother Cod: “Hmph! Happy New Year indeed…”
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And that’s THE END of Episode 2! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
CREDITS (in order of appearance):
Ben Cod: Silkydog
Melly Cod: Silkydog
Sandra Cod: Silkydog
Grandmother Cod: Silkydog
Cookie: Silky
GUEST STARS:
Tallulah: Fionnuala
Doctor Chapeau: Etteniotna
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