Ivy's house, outside in the same place as Scene 1, except this time there is a blanket and boxes of food set out. Hailey, David, Luke, Sylvie, and Olivia are already sitting down.
Enter Ivy and August.
Ivy: Come, on, just this once. I promise you'll see something!
August: I'm only doing this because I hate being cooped up in my room. You understand this loud and clear, right?
Ivy: Uh huh.
A silence falls over the group. The only thing heard are munches as they eat.
Luke: (through food) Look! I found the Big Dipper! Or what's left of it.
Hailey: I don't believe it. It's actually gone.
Ivy: I knew it! See, I'm not crazy!
August: Wait, wait, wait, look at the star at the far end! It's - it's fading!
The group gasps and talks all at once, excited. After they've calmed down, Ivy stands up.
Ivy: (to the sky) Take that, Mr. Fitzpatrick!
August: Fitzpatrick?
Olivia: Yup. He's the best science teacher ever.
David, Hailey, and Luke nod.
August: As in Leonard B. Fitzpatrick?
Olivia: That would be the one.
Sylvie: And the only! He never lets anyone forget.
August: (standing up) If we're thinking of the same Leonard B. Fitzpatrick, he's much more than a seventh grade science teacher. Follow me.
Exit all.
End scene.
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Lights Out
AdventureWhen seventh grader Ivy Kepler watches a star disappear from the night sky, her first instinct is to tell her brother, August. Despite his intelligence, he is of no help to Ivy, so she decides to take her problem to the only other person she thinks...
