Play 362: That Long?

CHARACTERS
MARTIN, early 30s
HENRY, late 20s

MARTIN
Is he in there?

HENRY
Yeah.

(Beat.)

You should go talk to him.

MARTIN
I know.

(Pause.)

MARTIN
How have you been?

HENRY
I’ve been okay.

(Beat.)

Me and Maria got divorced.

MARTIN
I heard.

(Beat.)

I’m sorry.

HENRY
It’s okay.

(Beat.)

How’ve you been?

MARTIN
Same as ever.

HENRY
That’s good.

(Pause.)

HENRY
How long has it been?

MARTIN
Christmas was the last time I saw all of you.

HENRY
Last Christmas? Or was it the year before?

MARTIN
Three years ago.

HENRY
That long?

MARTIN
Yeah.

(Pause.)

MARTIN
How is he doing?

HENRY
Go see for yourself.

MARTIN
That bad?

(Beat.)

Is he doing any better?

HENRY
No.

(Pause.)

MARTIN
I need to change my plane tickets.

HENRY
Why?

MARTIN
So I can stay longer. For the…

(Pause.)

HENRY
He wants to talk to you.

MARTIN
I know.

(Beat.)

I’ll be back out in a bit.

HENRY
I’ll be here.

(Blackout.)