Play 75: One of Those Days

CHARACTERS
VINCENT, 17
GLENN, 17

(They’re sitting at a table in a courtyard at school.)

GLENN
Just one of those days?

VINCENT
Yeah.

GLENN
That sucks.

VINCENT
Yeah.

(beat.)

I’m just so fucking tired.

GLENN
Same here.

VINCENT
And today’s just been weird.

GLENN
Yeah, too much free time.

VINCENT
Exactly. Which is odd to say cause the problem with school is normally too little.

GLENN
It is a little weird.

VINCENT
And where the hell has everyone been?

GLENN
I dunno.

VINCENT
It feels like no one’s been here today.

GLENN
Yeah, the school’s felt a little dead this whole week.

VINCENT
And it was even worse at lunch, since almost everyone went off.

GLENN
Yeah, I went out myself.

VINCENT
Yeah. I didn’t.

GLENN
Why?

VINCENT
Thought I had something I had to be here for during lunch. Turned out I didn’t.

GLENN
That sucks.

VINCENT
Tell me about it. I ate lunch alone.

GLENN
That’s a little antisocial.

VINCENT
No, not intentionally.

GLENN
Oh.

VINCENT
Yeah.

GLENN
That sucks.

VINCENT
Eating alone is always depressing. Especially when there’s people all around so you just feel even more alone, it’s not so bad when your at home or something.

GLENN
I know what you mean.

VINCENT
Yeah.

GLENN
This week needs to end.

VINCENT
Took the words right out of my mouth.

(Blackout.)