Play 110: Numbers

CHARACTERS
VINCENT, 17
ANTHONY, 17

(Vincent is lying on his back on a couch watching television, a laptop is resting on his stomach. Anthony is sitting on a chair next to the couch.)

ANTHONY
I’m bored.

VINCENT
Yeah.

ANTHONY
You writing?

VINCENT
Trying to.

ANTHONY
Any ideas?

VINCENT
Not really.

ANTHONY
That sucks.

VINCENT
Especially today.

ANTHONY
Why?

VINCENT
Cause it’s number 110.

ANTHONY
So?

VINCENT
So it’s a nice even number.

ANTHONY
Are you serious?

VINCENT
Yeah.

(Beat.)

I like numbers like that.

ANTHONY
I guess that’s not that weird.

VINCENT
I don’t think so.

(Beat.)

Even this book I’m reading right now talks about how every number has it’s own feeling, it’s own soul almost.

ANTHONY
I guess. It’s still just a number though.

VINCENT
I guess.

(Beat.)

I’d still like to do a good scene for this one though.

ANTHONY
Well shouldn’t you always?

VINCENT
Well yeah, of course, but, as I said, 110 is a nice number.

ANTHONY
Not as nice as 100.

VINCENT
No, but that one’s already done. Not as nice as 120 either.

ANTHONY
To me 110 and 120 are pretty much the same.

VINCENT
Funny.

ANTHONY
What?

VINCENT
I don’t know, just seems a little weird to me.

ANTHONY
Are you serious?

VINCENT
What?

(Beat.)

ANTHONY
I sound weird to you?

VINCENT
Yeah.

(Beat.)

ANTHONY
Just write your scene.

VINCENT
I’m trying to.

(Blackout.)