play write.

Characters-
Darla (mom) - She’s short, 5’0 she has short dark hair, and pretty deep set brown eyes.
Carl (dad) - He’s about 5’7 he’s short tempered, and strict with short dark hair.
Jessica (sister) – She’s short like her mother, very quiet, long curly copper hair, she keeps to herself.
Haley (me) – short like mom and sister, very opinionated, brunette colored hair and big brown eyes.

Stage Directions-
The Scene takes place at an oak wood polished dinner table. The family is sitting about to have dinner all together for the first time in a month. The lights kind of dim, and there’s a candle in the middle of the table. The Mom sits in her usual seat on the far end side of the table, the sisters sit In the middle on the one side of the table and the Dad sits on the other side.

Dialogue-
Carl-“Haley, Pass the dish please?”
Haley-“here...” (Passes rice to dad)
Carl- “so have you went out and applied for any jobs yet?”
Haley- “NO! Why do you always ask me that? I go to school you know.”
Darla-“let’s not fight at the table right now.”
Carl-“no I’m sick of this, she’s sixteen she should get a job.”
Jessica- “Shut up.”
Carl- “Don’t tell me to shut up. You need to get on it too.”
Darla- “can’t we just eat without you freaking out on them right now?”
Carl- “WHATEVER” (sits quietly with one hand holding his head eating fast)
Haley- “I don’t see why your freaking out so much, you just got over saying I need to focus in school more so why would you want me to get a job which takes up more time”
Darla- “Haley, just drop it and eat”
Haley- “ew I’m just saying its stupid.”
Carl- “Yep, everything I tell you to do is stupid I just think you should make some money, and yes you do need to focus on school more your grades are horrible”
Jessica-“I’m going to eat downstairs.”
(Jessica picks up plate and walks downstairs; you hear the door close behind her)
Darla-“lovely family dinner we’re having.”
Haley- “Yeah well ill apply for a job and get my grades up if he would leave me alone about it for two seconds…”
Darla- “okay, that’s nice just eat.”
Haley- “im done, im going out for a while”
Carl- “With who?”
Haley- “My friends?”
Carl-“you think you can just leave whenever you want to?”
Haley- “I’m leaving to go hang out with people because I don’t want to be here and you’re annoying me.”
Darla- “Just go and stop arguing both of you, your giving me a headache.”
Carl-“yea well im going to take a shower, I don’t care what she does she never listens anyways.”
Darla- “okay you never know when to drop anything do you? She’ll get a job when she wants to just let her get her grades up or she won’t pass high school.”
Haley-“okay bye!”
(Grabs car keys, opens front door, and walks out.)

THE END.