Play 280: I Have to Go to Class

CHARACTERS
ADAM, 17
NICOLE, 17

(They walk towards each other in a hallway.)

ADAM
Hey.

(She walks past him without saying anything.)

ADAM
(Muttering.)
Fuck you too.

(She turns around.)

NICOLE
What?

ADAM
What?

NICOLE
What did you say?

ADAM
I didn’t say anything.

NICOLE
You muttered something.

ADAM
No I didn’t.

NICOLE
You did. I heard you.

ADAM
I just said hi.

NICOLE
It didn’t sound like hi.

ADAM
If you heard it so clearly then why are you asking?

NICOLE
Why are you getting so hostile?

ADAM
Hostile?

(He laughs.)

NICOLE
What?

ADAM
You want to hear why I’m hostile? Because you say I’m one of your best friends and then you don’t even look at me when you walk by. I say hi and you act as if it never happened. You want to hear what I said? Fuck you too. That’s what I said.

(Long pause.)

NICOLE
(Stunned.)
I have to go to class.

(He smiles.)

ADAM
I bet you do.

(She opens her mouth as if to talk, but says nothing.)

ADAM
See you later.

(He exits.)

(Pause.)

(She exits.)

(Blackout.)