Play 2: Waiting for Something (aka, Lockers)

CHARACTERS
1, male, 16
2, male, 16

(They sit with their backs to a row of lockers in an empty hallway.)

1
How come?

2
I dunno

1
Nothing bad happened to you today or anything?

2
No, not really. Just one of those random shitty moods.

1
That blows.

2
Yeah.

(Beat.)

I guess I’m just bored.

1
That’s it?

2
What do you mean?

1
Well, everyone’s bored sometimes, just part of life.

2
Doesn’t mean it doesn’t suck

1
True

2
I just wish something would happen.

1
Yeah, I know what you mean.

2
I don’t even mean anything good necessarily, just something.

1
Wouldn’t it suck a lot more if something actually shitty happened to you?

2
Sometimes I think it might be better, interesting at least. Maybe I should just do something crazy, see what happens.

1
That’s a terrible idea.

2
Why?

1
It probably wouldn’t end up well.

2
Maybe that’d be for the best.

1
What are you talking about?

2
Maybe I need something bad to happen to me to remind me my life isn’t so bad.

1
Maybe it’d just make it suck even more.

2
Maybe.

(Beat.)

But maybe not.

1
I doubt it.

2
Yeah. I just wish something would happen though.

1
Yeah, don’t we all.

(Beat.)

2
So, how you doing?

1
Ehh, it kinda blows.

2
You have any idea why?

1
Yeah.

2
How come?

1
Something shitty happened.

2
So I guess it doesn’t just take away from the monotony and make it feel better?

1
No.

2
Damn.

1
Yeah.

(Fade Out.)