Play 205: Nothing

CHARACTERS
VINCENT, 17
BRYAN, 17

VINCENT
I can’t believe it.

BRYAN
What?

VINCENT
That it’s over.

BRYAN
School?

VINCENT
Yeah.

BRYAN
Yeah, it is hard to believe how nice it is.

VINCENT
I meant it’s literally hard to believe it’s over.

BRYAN
Long year.

VINCENT
Definitely.

(Beat.)

BRYAN
Wow.

VINCENT
Yeah?

BRYAN
It is hard to believe it’s summer.

VINCENT
Yeah.

(Beat.)

BRYAN
But awesome.

VINCENT
Very.

(Beat.)

BRYAN
What’re you planning on doing?

VINCENT
Practicing a lot of music, reading, relaxing, but mainly

(Beat.)

Nothing.

BRYAN
Nothing?

VINCENT
Nothing.

BRYAN
That sounds like a good idea.

VINCENT
I thought so.

(Beat.)

What’ll you do?

BRYAN
That whole nothing thing sounds beautiful.

VINCENT
It really does.

(He smiles.)

(Blackout.)