A House Is Not A Home

**A House Is Not A Home** (104) is the fourth episode of the first season of the Younkers series.

Previous Episode: **Communication Breakdown** (103)

Next Episode: **Battlefield** (105)

## Full Story

Jace and his brothers are bringing boxes out of a truck.

* Jace: Drew! Let's go!
* Drew: I've been doing this all day.
* Jace: So what?
* Lance: We gotta take a break.

They all sit down in the truck.

* Ashton: Guys, I know this is a lot. I'm not trying to sound soft, but we gotta talk about this. We're all we got now.

Drew starts crying.

* Ashton: See, like that. You guys gotta comfort him.
* Chase: Is this our fault?
* Ashton: When you guys get older you'll understand. It wasn't our fault.
* Jace: So then why did this happen?
* Ashton: I don't think you guys are ready for that.
* Lance: Can I know?
* Ashton: Later. They're kids. It's just gonna hurt them.
* Chase: Hey, we can handle it!
* Blake: NO YOU CAN'T!
* Ashton: Yo, chill out. This is hard enough on all of us.
* Chase: Are they ever coming back?
* Ashton: I don't know. I really don't. But we gotta talk about how we're gonna make this work.
* Lance: How's that?
* Ashton: At very least, three of us have to get jobs.
* Jace: It should be every high schooler here.
* Ashton: Once you guys get old enough, start looking. The more people we have here working, the easier our lives will be.
* Chase: How?
* Ashton: If me, Blake, and Lance are working, we'll be able to pay the rent and get enough food for all of us. Even pay some of the luxuries.
* Chase: What luxuries?
* Ashton: Phones, stuff like that. But then, say Chase and Jace get jobs. Now me Blake and Lance don't have to stress.
* Chase and Jace: AND?
* Ashton: And we get more stuff. I think we should all combine our paychecks at the end of the week like a family fund.
* Blake: Nah, we gotta be in charge of our own money. Split up the bills so we know what we have to give.
* Ashton: What's the difference?
* Blake: I just don't want to be working knowing it's not gonna be my money. I want it to feel like it's my money.
* Ashton: Whatever.
* Chase: So we don't have parents anymore. We can do whatever we want.
* Ashton: Oh yeah. Listen up. I'm not gonna try to be like mom and dad. I'll give you guys brotherly advice but if you guys wanna screw up your lives, I can't stop you. I don't wanna kill the vibe here. We gotta make the best of this. Like you said, we have freedom.
* Jace: We only have two rooms.
* Ashton: Three beds each room. Me, Blake and Lance in one room. Chase, Jace, and Drew in the other room.
* Jace: Why is it arranged like that?
* Lance: Because we're the men, you are the boys.
* Chase: What's the difference?
* Ashton: Great question.
* Jace: From what I see, the difference is boys get girls. Men think they don't need girls.
* Lance: You idiot, men don't need girls. The difference is men are mature.
* Jace: I'm mature.
* Lance: You're really not.
* Jace: I'm more manly than you.
* Lance: You're REALLY not.
* Jace: How do you figure that?
* Lance: Cuz I'm gonna be the one working for the family while you continue to disgrace the family name.
* Ashton: Aye, knock it off. Like I said before, we're all we got now. We gotta stay together. Close knit.
* Lance: He's right.
* Jace: I'm still more manly than you.
* Lance: I'll be the bigger man and just let you think that.
* Jace: That doesn't make sense.
* Lance: Exactly.
* Drew: Can we call them?
* Ashton: ...They're gone man. I'm sorry.
* Lance: They're not dead. We can't find them?
* Ashton: They left the country!
* Lance: Where'd they go?
* Ashton: I saw the order. It said British Columbia.
* Chase: They went to England?!
* Jace: No, you idiot. It's in Colombia.
* Chase: Colombia?
* Jace: Yeah, it's like a country in South America. I guess it's like the British part of-
* Ashton: Oh my god, can you guys shut up?! British Columbia is in Canada.
* Jace: Why is it called British Columbia then?
* Ashton: I don't know. Why don't you-
* Blake: Ask mom and dad? Oh yeah, we can't!
* Ashton: I was gonna say look it up. You need to relax.
* Blake: How can I relax? Our parents ditched us!
* Ashton: Okay and we can't bring them back. We've been trying to get into contact with them all week. It's not happening man. It's just not happening. They're gone. They're tired of us. We're all we have left and going off on each other isn't gonna help anything.
* Chase: We probably made them leave. We were always getting into trouble. We would always talk back and not listen.
* Ashton: It doesn't matter. Parents don't leave their kids. Don't you guys ever think that's okay. What they did was inexcusable.
* Jace: So what? You want us to hate them?
* Ashton: No, I don't want you to hate them. I want you guys to learn from this. I want you guys to understand what it really means to be a family. We're all brothers. I know we like to be asses to each other but we need each other now more than ever. I'm not saying we all gotta hug and sing songs. I'm saying we gotta have each others backs.
* Jace: Yeah, that's cute and all, but what happens when we see everyone else with their parents when ours are gone.
* Ashton: That's what I'm saying. You gotta fill the void for each other.
* Jace: Fill the void?
* Ashton: Yeah. If we all become really close then we won't miss mom and dad as much.
* Chase: But what if we still miss them?
* Ashton: Honestly, we're all gonna miss them at very least a little bit. But we gotta be strong. If you guys gotta join stuff to get your minds off of it, do it.
* Chase: Like what?
* Ashton: I don't know. Play a sport, you know? Join the basketball team, meet a girl, start drawing. Whatever it is, do it if you want to. If it'll make you feel better. But listen, I'm sorry we have to go through this. Chances are not a lot of people will be able to relate.
* Jace: What he's saying is we're the only freaks with parents that run away from them. Don't kids usually run away from their parents? Isn't that how it's supposed to go-
* Ashton: YOU'RE NOT LISTENING! THERE'S NO WAY THIS IS SUPPOSED TO GO. FAMILY SHOULD NOT RUN OUT ON EACH OTHER.

Everyone in the truck starts tearing as Ashton is talking.

* Ashton: Nothing about this is normal. I'm sorry, but it happened to us. The best thing we can do is try to keep it off our minds, and when we all have kids, be better parents than ours are.
* Blake: Let's get the rest of this stuff out of the truck.

### Scene 2

Jace and Chase are sitting outside during lunch.

* Chase: Remember how Ashton said we should find something to do to distract us? I think I'm gonna take his suggestion and find a girl.
* Jace: I know what girl you're thinking of.
* Chase: Who am I thinking of?
* Jace: Eliana Camp. She's everything you like. She's everything I like.
* Chase: Hey, come on. I saw her first.
* Jace: Oh, well that settles it then doesn't it? I don't care who saw her first.
* Chase: She won't like you. She'll like me.
* Jace: You don't know what to do with a girl like that.
* Chase: Bet I know more than you. You're just a seventh grader. You don't know how to deal with an eighth grade girl.
* Jace: You're forgetting i'm a stud.
* Chase: Nah, I'm the stud here.
* Jace: Okay stud. Go talk to her.
* Chase: Watch... and learn.

Chase walks up to Eliana nervously.

* Chase: Hey, what's up?
* Eliana: Hey.
* Chase: What you doing?
* Eliana: Waiting for my friend. Hey Cynthia.
* Cynthia: Hey. Can I help you?
* Eliana: Rude.
* Cynthia: You're just going to stand there?

Jace is seen in the background laughing.

* Chase: I just... wanted to talk to...
* Cynthia: Ohhh, you wanna talk to Ellie? You like her?
* Chase: No. I just-
* Cynthia: No? Then why are you standing here?
* Chase: Can't I just talk?
* Cynthia: Okay, go ahead. Talk.
* Chase: ...Nevermind.

Chase walks back over to Jace.

* Jace: That didn't make you look stupid at all.
* Chase: That? You mean her bitchy friend?
* Jace: I mean that happens. You need game.
* Chase: Let's see you do it then. You'll get all sweaty. She'll make you nervous.
* Jace: Is that what happened to you?
* Chase: Feel my hands!
* Jace: I'm good.
* Chase: Go.
* Jace: See, I'm just gonna find a good time to go up to her.
* Chase: No, I had to go up to her now.
* Jace: No, I tempted you to go up to her. If you were more secure, you would've ignored me and done with a smooth person, like me, would do and go at your own pace.
* Chase: You're such an expert but don't have a girl.
* Jace: I could have one if I wanted one.
* Chase: I can be smooth.
* Jace: Oh yeah, I'm sure Cynthia can vouch for you on that.
* Chase: I'm gonna get her. You'll see.
* Jace: I could get her before you get her.
* Chase: We'll see.

### Scene 3

Chase goes to the bathroom during class and writes Chase + Eliana on all of the bathroom stalls. Later, he meets up with the group.

* Chase: Hey guys.
* Sebastian: Wassup. So I hear you and Eliana are a thing?
* Chase: Where'd you hear that?
* Daynah: (*laughing*) From your handwriting on the bathroom stalls.
* Everyone: (*laughs*)
* Chase: That's not my-
* Jace: That's the smoothness you were telling me about?
* Everyone: (*laughs*)
* Chase: You told them?!
* Jace: Yeah, and it's funny.
* Sebastian: Yeah, and you're not slick.

Cynthia calls Chase over to her and Eliana.

* Jace: You want us to back you up? You know Cynthia can be pretty scary.
* Everyone: (*laughs*)

Chase walks over to Cynthia who is standing a good distance from Eliana.

* Cynthia: What's up?
* Chase: Nothing much.
* Cynthia: I hear you like Ellie. Don't even deny it. She can't hear us.
* Chase: Okay, fine. I like her. But I probably don't even have a chance with her.
* Cynthia: How do you even know that?
* Chase: Because she's really hot.
* Cynthia: Aw. That doesn't matter. She doesn't go after that stuff. She looked kinda happy. Everyone's talking about her going out with you.
* Chase: Can I be honest with you about something?
* Cynthia: You wrote those things in the boys bathroom?
* Chase: ...How'd you know?
* Cynthia: Guys all think they're slick. It's so funny.
* Chase: But how'd you hear about this?
* Cynthia: I just know a lot of people.
* Chase: And which people told you-
* Cynthia: Who cares. Just go up to Ellie. Talk to her.
* Chase: Okay.

Chase walks up to Ellie.

* Chase: Hey.
* Eliana: Hey.

A bunch of people walk by and give them a happy look.

* Eliana: So everyone thinks we're dating now.
* Chase: Yeah. I don't know why.
* Eliana: I think Cynthia does but she won't tell me. Everyone is saying it's written somewhere.
* Chase: Yeah, I think someone wrote it on the bathroom stalls.
* Eliana: Who told you that?
* Chase: I saw it.
* Eliana: Why do you think they did that? Maybe they think we're cute together.
* Chase: Maybe. I don't know. It wasn't me.
* Eliana: Well... you wanna... make the rumors true?
* Chase: Like... you be my girlfriend? I be your boyfriend?
* Eliana: Have you ever done that?
* Chase: Well, yeah. But not with anyone that I-
* Eliana: That you what?
* Chase: Really liked.
* Eliana: Seriously?
* Chase: Yeah. Usually I'm really good with girls because I'm not nervous. I don't feel like there's anything to lose. But... I don't know. With you... I cared too much about messing up.

The two kiss. Cynthia runs over to them.

### Scene 4

At Hawk Hill, Jace walks up to Eliana.

* Eliana: Hey, where's Chase?
* Jace: I don't know, why?
* Eliana: Well, I kinda want to see him.
* Jace: Hey, you don't have to see him. I'm right here.
* Eliana: I'd kinda rather see him.
* Jace: Why?
* Eliana: He's my boyfriend.
* Jace: Oh... well... that's cool.
* Eliana: Where is he?
* Jace: He's at the beach.
* Eliana: What's he doing there?
* Jace: We live near the beach. He just goes at night sometimes.
* Eliana: Without anyone?
* Jace: Yeah, he'll just go and look at all the stores and just walk in the sand for hours.
* Eliana: Does he go in the water?
* Jace: No. He doesn't really like the water. He just likes being at the beach. I don't know why.
* Eliana: That's hot. It's kinda mysterious.
* Jace: So how did you and Chase happen?
* Eliana: He just came up to me today and we started talking and he was telling me how much he liked me.
* Jace: Oh. What about the bathroom stall thing?
* Eliana: Oh yeah. He told me about that. I wonder why someone would write that.
* Jace: He likes you.
* Eliana: I understand that. I just don't know why someone would do that.
* Jace: It worked.
* Eliana: Yeah, but when it's not the person's business it doesn't make sense.
* Jace: How is not- Ohhh. Oh oh oh.
* Eliana: What?
* Jace: Nothing, I was just hearing you wrong.
* Eliana: Really?
* Jace: Yeah, I'm just kinda slow.
* Eliana: So where do you guys live?
* Jace: We live near the beach. You know where the beach is, right?
* Eliana: The small one or the big one?
* Jace: The big one.
* Eliana: Oh, yeah. I live near the small one but we go to the big one sometimes. I know where it is. How far do you guys live from it?
* Jace: We literally live like a block away.

### Scene 5

The Bell brothers are all sitting in their living room. Jace and Chase are sitting next to each other.

* Jace: You didn't tell me you were dating Ellie now?
* Chase: Oh, well yeah. I am.
* Jace: And she must've liked how you set the whole thing up writing that stuff in the bathroom.
* Chase: Oh, yeah. Totally.
* Jace: Yeah. You didn't tell her.
* Chase: How-
* Jace: I saw her at Hawk Hill.
* Chase: What? You didn't tell her did you?
* Jace: Why don't you want her to know?
* Chase: Did you tell her?!
* Jace: No. I saw that she didn't know. I didn't tell her.
* Chase: Oh okay.
* Jace: But why don't you want her to know?
* Chase: She's so normal. I don't want her to chase her away with all of our weird antics.
* Jace: Yeah, I figured that.
* Chase: What did you guys talk about?
* Jace: She just asked where you were. I told her you were at the beach.
* Chase: What did she say about that?
* Jace: She didn't seem weirded out about it.

Lance walks up to them.

* Lance: So what you guys talking about?
* Jace: Chase has a girlfriend.
* Lance: Who is it? Is it that Ellie girl?
* Chase: How do you know that?
* Jace: You don't even go to our school.
* Lance: Equinas goes to Hawk Hill. One of my boys told me that one of you was with her.
* Jace: You gotta see. He's all sprung.
* Lance: You sprung?
* Chase: I'm not sprung.
* Jace: You were scared as hell.
* Chase: Because of Cynthia not her!
* Jace: I knew you were scared of Cynthia!
* Chase: I wasn't scared of Cynthia, I didn't want her to screw everything up.
* Lance: When did you become so insecure?
* Chase: I don't know man. I'm just starting to feel like everyone is normal, and I'm not. I'd never want her to know where we live.
* Jace: I told her.

Chase grabs Jace's shirt.

* Chase: YOU WHAT?!
* Jace: I just told her we live a block away from the beach.
* Chase: Did you tell her about... you know?
* Jace: Nah, I didn't tell her that. I would've felt weird telling someone that.

Ashton comes over to them.

* Ashton: Weird telling people what?
* Jace: About our situation.
* Ashton: You guys are feeling weird about it?
* Chase: Well, yeah. I'd hate if Ellie found out about this.
* Ashton: Who's Ellie?
* Chase: My girlfriend.
* Ashton: You got a girlfriend?
* Jace: Yeah, we're passed this.
* Ashton: Oh, but look. I told you. It's not our fault.
* Jace: Yeah, that's great and all but we still don't have any parents.
* Chase: Yeah, and Ellie would probably think I'm all weird if she finds out.
* Ashton: I don't wanna sound like a parent but if she doesn't like you even with your situation then you don't need her.
* Jace: You really sound like mom.
* Ashton: You guys don't understand. Having 5 young people's development in your hand makes you think hard about everything. It teaches you about life. It's crazy. I don't even feel like a high schooler anymore. I feel like I'm thirty.
* Lance: You're gonna make a great dad one day.
* Jace: He already got one hell of a head start.
* Ashton: Let's go figure out how to hook up the TV.

## Trivia

* This marks the first appearance of Cynthia Suarez, Eliana Camp, Ashton Bell, and Blake Bell.
* In this episode it is revealed that the Bell brothers live by themselves due to their parents abandoning them to live in Canada.
* This episode is named after "A House Is Not A Home" by Luther Vandross.