FUNNY SEEING YOU HERE BY JEFFREY LO (DOWNLOAD PDF HERE)
TERRY sitting in an empty hotel lounge area.
TERRY sips on a cocktail as they read a book.
LES enters.
LES (under their break): Oh… Umm…
LES starts to turn away.
LES looks at their drink.
LES turns again.
TERRY looks up and sees LES.
LES fakes a casual pose.
TERRY: Les.
LES: Oh. Hi. Terry. Hi.
TERRY: Hi.
Silence.
LES: What are you doing here?
TERRY: Reading. Drinking. You?
LES nods to their drink and pulls out a an e-reader.
LES: Reading. Drinking. Same.
TERRY: Of course…
LES: Yeah.
Silence.
LES: This is actually my first time coming here since –
TERRY: Same.
LES: Really?
TERRY: Yes.
LES: Wow.
TERRY: I know. I thought enough time had passed and maybe –
LES: Wow.
TERRY: Yeah.
LES: I had the same exact thought.
TERRY: Right.
LES: And here we are.
TERRY: Here we are…
LES: Funny.
TERRY: Is it?
LES: Maybe?
Beat.
TERRY: Want a seat?
LES: I don’t have to. I mean, it’s empty.
TERRY: It’s always empty. That’s why we liked it here. That’s why it was –
LES: Our spot.
TERRY clears their throat.
TERRY: Yeah.
TERRY sips their drink and moves their bag out of the way.
TERRY: So if you want to take a seat, feel free.
LES: I could just –
TERRY: It’s such a wide open space, it’d be weird for us to take two different spots. Away from each other.
LES: It might be weird if I sat with you.
TERRY: Only if we let it be weird.
Pause.
LES: Right.
TERRY: Do you think we’ll make it weird?
LES: Not sure. What do you think?
TERRY: I can go either way.
Pause.
Beat.
LES takes a seat next to TERRY.
LES takes a sip of their drink.
TERRY takes a sip of their drink.
LES reads.
TERRY: How do you feel?
LES looks up from their book.
LES: What do you mean?
TERRY: How do you feel right now. Sitting here. Weird?
LES: No.
TERRY: Ok.
LES: You?
TERRY: Do I feel weird?
LES: Yes.
TERRY: No.
LES: Ok.
TERRY reads.
LES takes a sip of their drink.
LES reads.
TERRY takes a sip of their drink.
LES: So this isn’t weird?
TERRY: Not for me.
LES: And not for me.
TERRY: Ok then.
LES: A lot of time has passed.
TERRY: That is true.
LES: So this isn’t weird.
TERRY: Not to my knowledge, no.
Beat.
LES: So maybe we could –
TERRY: What?
LES: I was just thinking –
TERRY: What?
LES: Maybe we could try being friends… ?
Silence.
Silence.
Silence.
TERRY: Let’s start with reading.
LES: You’re right.
TERRY: Reading and drinking.
LES: Yes. Reading and drinking.
TERRY and LES both take a swig of their drink.
TERRY and LES both read.
A short silence.
TERRY looks up from their book.
TERRY: But… Maybe.
LES looks up from their book,.
LES: I was thinking the same thing… Maybe.
END OF PLAY.