Thursday, March 12, 2009

Lights come up on two guys in their early twenties.
They are sitting in two recliners opposite each other in a messy living room.
ONE is holding a half-eaten piece of pizza, the other is drinking a beer lazily.
They act and speak uncomfortably.

ONE
So...
TWO
Mmm?
ONE
What are you doing tomorrow?
TWO
Kat and I have a date.
TWO
Ah. [Pause] Again?
ONE
I dunno, it's kind of a special one. Six months and everything.
TWO
Six months tomorrow?
ONE
Yep.
TWO
Oh. Hmph.
ONE
Why, what are you doing?
TWO
Nothing. Sitting here, I guess. Thought I'd make plans with you, but...whatever.
ONE
Oh. Sorry man, I made plans with her way back. I couldn't break them now.
TWO
Mmm.
ONE
[After a beat] You don't like Kat, do you?
TWO
Nope.
ONE
Thought so.
TWO
That's just the way it is.
ONE
... Okay ...
TWO
Just don't get why you two are together.
ONE
I like her. Reason enough?
TWO
Not for me.
ONE
Didn't think that was your decision to make.
TWO
[Beat] I can't believe you decided to be with her over me.
ONE
You act like you asked me out and I rejected you.
TWO
[Pause] You're so full of it.
TWO
[After a long pause] You like her better than me, don't you?
ONE
Yep. But it's not that I like her more, it's that I like you less.
ONE pops out the footstool on his recliner.
After a pause. TWO does the same.
TWO grabs another beer.
Lights down.