Play 338: Could’ve Fooled Me

CHARACTERS
VINCENT, 17
DAN, 17

DAN
Pretty awesome.

VINCENT
Yeah.

DAN
Makes you feel a little less pessimistic, doesn’t it?

VINCENT
I guess.

DAN
You don’t sound too enthused.

VINCENT
It’s just hard to feel that optimistic.

DAN
Why? They got the house.

VINCENT
I know.

DAN
It’s the only political thing to go our way in years.

VINCENT
True.

(Beat.)

VINCENT
Probably didn’t get the senate though.

DAN
So what? It’s still huge.

VINCENT
I know.

(Beat.)

DAN
Then why aren’t you feeling good about it?

VINCENT
I am.

DAN
You know what I mean.

(Beat.)

VINCENT
It takes more than one night to erase a lifetime of political disappointment.

(Beat.)

DAN
It’s something though.

VINCENT
I know. I may still be a pretty disillusioned person, but I am happy about it.

DAN
That’s good.

VINCENT
I got a little optimist in me.

DAN
Could’ve fooled me.

VINCENT
Nothing’s that simple.

DAN
True.

(Beat.)

VINCENT
I’m a complex man.

(They laugh.)

(Blackout.)