Play 257: The Only Thing Stranger Than Fiction…

CHARACTERS
ANDY, 17
WILL, 17

(They sit at a table, Will is reading some papers. He finishes them and puts them down.)

(Beat.)

ANDY
So?

(Beat.)

WILL
It’s okay.

ANDY
Okay?

WILL
Yeah.

(Beat.)

ANDY
What?

WILL
What?

ANDY
You’re not saying something.

WILL
It’s just…

ANDY
What?

WILL
It seems a little (beat.) unrealistic.

ANDY
What does?

WILL
Well (beat.) the story.

ANDY
The whole thing?

(Beat.)

WILL
Yeah.

ANDY
How is it unrealistic?

WILL
I don’t know. (beat.) I just didn’t buy it.

ANDY
What do you mean you didn’t buy it?

WILL
It’s kind of self-explanatory.

ANDY
No, that’s not what I meant. (beat.) It’s real.

WILL
What?

ANDY
It happened.

WILL
The story?

ANDY
Yeah.

WILL
Really?

ANDY
Yeah.

(Beat.)

WILL
Oh.

(Pause.)

ANDY
It seems unrealistic?

(Beat.)

WILL
A little.

ANDY
Damn.

WILL
Sorry.

ANDY
Don’t worry about it.

(Pause.)

It’s kind of funny, if you think about it.

WILL
Yeah.

(Beat.)

ANDY
Guess I should rewrite it though.

WILL
Probably.

ANDY
What part of the story should I change?

(Beat.)

WILL
Honestly?

ANDY
Yeah.

(Beat.)

WILL
Everything.

(Blackout.)