A Short One Act Play
The Scene: A street in very small-town Foxton, New Zealand. A hedge separates the footpath from a backyard.
The Characters: In the backyard, two adults. On the footpath, two early teenage boys dawdle, one on a bicycle, one on a skateboard.
Curtain rises.
Skateboard boy: We can go back if you like.
Bicycle boy: Unnnh...
Skateboard boy: You could talk to her.
Bicycle boy: Mmmm...
Skateboard boy: You like her, don't you?
Bicycle boy: Yeah, but...
Skateboard boy: So why don't we go back and you can talk to her.
Bicycle boy: I dunno what to say to her.
Skateboard boy: Just say "Hi." Ask her how she is.
Bicycle boy: I'm too scared. She might not like me.
Skateboard boy: She does. She's been watching you all week!
Bicycle boy: You think so?
Skateboard boy: Yeah! She does! I'll come with you.
Bicycle boy: Well, mmm, I might, then.
Me: (from behind hedge) Go on! Go back and talk to her! You know you want to!
Bicycle boy: Arrrgh!!!
Skateboard boy: Shit!
Bicycle boy: Who was that? (Pokes head around hedge)
Bicycle boy: Old people!
Skateboard boy: Old people? What would they know?
Bicycle boy: Yeah, what would they know. I'm going home.
Skateboard boy: Me too! Play Station?
Bicycle boy: Yeah! Come on!
As curtain falls, two "old people" grin at each other.