Play 122: Over-Zealous

CHARACTERS
JOSHUA, 18
ALAN, 17

(Alan and Joshua are sitting on a couch in front of a TV.)

(Joshua stands up.)

JOSHUA
(Yelling.)
It just fucking pisses me off so much!

ALAN
Calm down.

JUSHUA
Why?

ALAN
(Annoyed.)
Cause I fucking agree with you!

JOSHUA
You do?

ALAN
(Frustrated.)
Yes!

JUSHUA
But you said--

ALAN
(Interrupting him.)
I was just playing devil’s advocate for a second.

JOSHUA
But you agreed?

ALAN
Yeah, I said that from the beginning.

JOSHUA
Oh.

(He sits back down.)

(Pause.)

Sorry.

ALAN
It’s okay.

JOSHUA
No seriously, I’m sorry, I went kind of overboard.

ALAN
Kind of?

(They laugh.)

JOSHUA
Yeah, guess sometimes I just get a bit over-zealous when I care about something.

ALAN
It’s okay.

JOSHUA
Thanks.

ALAN
Don’t worry about it.

(Pause.)

JOSHUA
So.

ALAN
So.

(Beat.)

JOSHUA
TV?

ALAN
Definetely.

(Joshua picks up the remote from the couch were it had been resting and turns on the TV.)

(Blackout.)