Week Four, Day Twenty-Three -"Looking Great"

“Looking Great”
Written by Joe Janes
2/10/09
23 out of 365

CAST:
Rob
Jennifer

(Lights up on Rob stepping out of a door into an alley. He wears a business suit. He takes out a pack of cigarettes and lights up. A moment later, Jennifer, in a woman’s business outfit, steps in to the alley. )

ROB

Hey, Jennifer. Haven’t seen you in, like, ages.

JENNIFER

Hey, Rob.

(Jennifer lights a cigarette. It seems like her first in a long time. She is really savoring it.)

JENNIFER (continuing)

It’s been a long time.

ROB

Did you lose weight? You look great.

JENNIFER

I did. I dropped about 35 pounds.

ROB

Wow. Well, you look great. How’d you do it?

JENNIFER

I got cancer.

ROB

Oh.

(Long awkward pause.)

ROB (continuing)

Well, you look great.

(They continue smoking. Lights fade.)