TITLE: ONE MORE
INT. SISTERS’ BEDROOM – EVENING
A cluttered teenage bedroom. Clothes on chairs. Schoolbooks everywhere. Two sisters are inside.
DARCEE (16) – thoughtful, responsible.
STELLA (14) – curious, dramatic.
Stella is lying on the floor scrolling her phone. Darcee is doing homework.
Stella suddenly stops.
STELLA Wait.
Darcee keeps writing.
DARCEE What?
Stella sits up slowly.
STELLA
Why would Mum search "how to prepare your kids for adoption"?
Darcee looks up.
DARCEE What?
Stella turns the phone around.
STELLA
It's in the shared tablet history.
Darcee grabs the tablet from the desk.
Scrolling.
Her expression changes.
DARCEE Oh.
Stella watches her carefully.
STELLA
That’s an "oh something is happening" oh.
Darcee scrolls again.
DARCEE
There's more.
Stella scoots closer.
STELLA What?
Darcee reads.
DARCEE
"Helping siblings adjust to a new adopted child."
Stella freezes. A long pause.
STELLA …child?
Darcee slowly nods.
Stella processes STELLA Wait.
STELLA (CONT'D) WAIT.
Stella jumps up.
STELLA (CONT'D)
We're getting a sibling?!
Darcee stands too.
DARCEE
I think we might be.
Stella starts pacing.
STELLA
No one told us!
DARCEE
Maybe they were waiting.
Stella counts on her fingers.
STELLA
That means there's going to be three of us.
Darcee nods slowly.
Stella gasps.
STELLA
They could take my room.
DARCEE
No one is taking your room.
Stella points dramatically.
STELLA
That’s exactly what someone who is about to lose their room says.
Darcee laughs.
Stella sits on the bed thinking hard.
STELLA
How old do you think they are?
Darcee shrugs.
DARCEE
No idea.
Stella imagines possibilities.
STELLA
What if it's a baby?
DARCEE
Then you'll have to learn how to hold it.
Stella looks horrified.
STELLA
Absolutely not.
Darcee scrolls again.
DARCEE
Wait… here.
Stella leans over.
STELLA What?
Darcee reads.
DARCEE
"Talking to your daughters about welcoming a new brother."
Stella freezes.
STELLA Brother?!
Darcee nods.
Stella stares at the wall processing.
STELLA
We are getting a brother.
Darcee slowly smiles.
Stella suddenly grins.
STELLA Okay.
Darcee looks surprised.
DARCEE Okay?
Stella nods.
STELLA Yeah.
Beat.
STELLA (CONT'D)
But if he touches my snacks…
Darcee laughs.
DARCEE
He's definitely touching your snacks.
Stella sighs dramatically.
Then she smiles again.
STELLA Fine. A pause.
STELLA (CONT'D)
But I'm teaching him all the annoying things.
Darcee raises an eyebrow.
DARCEE
Like what?
Stella grins.
STELLA
How to knock on your door at 6am.
Darcee throws a pillow at her.
They laugh.
Stella flops back onto the bed.
STELLA (CONT'D)
This is going to be chaos.
Darcee smiles.
DARCEE Yeah. Beat.
DARCEE (CONT'D) Good chaos.
The sisters sit quietly, imagining the future. FADE OUT.