PLAY 363: Maybe Change Ain’t So Bad After All

CHARACERS
VINCENT, 17
ROLAND, 17

VINCENT
Know what’s odd to think of?

ROLAND
What?

VINCENT
How different you are now than even just a few years ago.

ROLAND
True.

(Beat.)

VINCENT
Earlier tonight I was thinking of how much I’ve changed since freshman year.

ROLAND
Yeah.

VINCENT
I didn’t realize how much I have.

ROLAND
It’s weird to think of.

VINCENT
I mean, I knew I had a lot. But I didn’t really know the extent of it until I thought about it specifically.

ROLAND
I know what you mean.

(Pause.)

VINCENT
I guess even if high school’s sucked, I’ve grown a lot.

ROLAND
Yeah.

VINCENT
Nice to know I got something out of it at least.

ROLAND
Always good.

VINCENT
Yup.

(Pause.)

VINCENT
Did you see Little Miss Sunshine?

ROLAND
No, I didn’t.

VINCENT
Oh.

(Beat.)

ROLAND
Why?

VINCENT
Nevermind, this conversation just reminded me a lot of this one part of it.

ROLAND
Oh.

(Pause.)

VINCENT
I like it though.

ROLAND
What?

VINCENT
How I’ve changed. Overall, I’m quite happy with how I’m different now.

ROLAND
That’s good.

VINCENT
It’s kind of nice to think of once in a while. Keeps my over-self-criticalness in check a little.

ROLAND
Always good.

VINCENT
Yup. Indeed.

(Blackout.)