Play 158: Another Piece of… (aka, Can You Guess If I'm In A Good Mood?)

CHARACTERS
VINCENT, 17
GEOFF, 17

(Vincent is lying on a couch staring blankly at a TV, there is a closed laptop on a coffee table in front of him.)

(Geoff walks in.)

GEOFF
Hey.

VINCENT
Hey.

(Geoff looks at the shut computer in surprise.)

GEOFF
Woah, is your scene done?

VINCENT
No.

GEOFF
Oh.

VINCENT
Why did you think it is?

GEOFF
Normally you have it open and are staring at it about now.

VINCENT
Oh.

(Beat.)

GEOFF
So why aren’t you?

VINCENT
I can’t write.

GEOFF
So just do a cop out.

VINCENT
I’ll do it eventually.

GEOFF
Let’s guess, some strange partially philosophical discussion between your alter ego and some random person.

VINCENT
Probably not.

GEOFF
Why?

VINCENT
Because I’m in too shitty a mood to do that without it just ending up being me talking about how some aspect of my life sucks, and I really am not in the mood to produce another piece of melodramatic crap right now.

GEOFF
Oh.

(Pause.)

VINCENT
Sorry, that was kind of a conversation stopper.

GEOFF
No.

VINCENT
It was, it’s okay, I won’t be offended if you agree.

GEOFF
Okay.

(Beat.)

Yeah, it kind of was.

(Beat.)

I’m sorry though.

VINCENT
It’s okay.

(Pause.)

VINCENT
Want to come watch TV?

GEOFF
Sure.

(He sits down on a chair next to the couch.)

(Blackout.)