Written by Joe Janes
9/10/09
235 of 365
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Wendi, 30s
Bill, 30s
Kimberly, 30s
Brian, 40s
(Lights up on Bill and Wendi sitting at desks working. Bill looks at a big clock on the wall.)
BILL
12:15 on the dot. I am going to lunch.
WENDI (still working)
Okay.
BILL (getting up)
I think I’ll go to that new sandwich place.
WENDI
Okay.
BILL
Care to join me?
WENDI
No, thanks.
BILL
Want me to bring you something back?
WENDI
No, that’s all right.
BILL
You sure?
(Kimberly enters.)
KIMBERLY
Hey, I’m going to go to that new sandwich place. The one that’s not as much of a chain as the other one next to it.
BILL
Me, too, Kimberly. I’ll join you.
KIMBERLY
You want to come, Wendi?
WENDI
No, thank you.
KIMBERLY
What’s wrong?
WENDI
I’m not hungry.
BILL
You might get hungry later.
WENDI
I doubt it.
KIMBERLY
But you might. And then what?
WENDI
I’ll grab a snack from the vending machine.
KIMBERLY
You need lunch.
WENDI
No. I don’t think I do.
BILL
You have to keep your energy up.
WENDI
I had a decent breakfast. I’ve had two cups of coffee. I’ve got my water. I’m good. Really.
KIMBERLY
Well, I’ll bring something back for you. Just in case.
WENDI
Please don’t do that.
KIMBERLY
Do you need to see someone in HR? I’m worried about you.
WENDI
I’m fine. I just don’t want to eat any lunch. I’m not hungry. I’m tired of eating out of habit. I only want to eat when I’m hungry. Right now, not hungry.
KIMBERLY
What did you do, Bill, to piss her off?
BILL
I didn’t do anything.
KIMBERLY
Really?
WENDI
Bill didn’t do anything this time. I really just don’t want to eat lunch. I eat when I’m not hungry all the time. It just gives me an upset stomach and makes me sleepy when I don’t want to be.
BILL
Maybe it’s an eating disorder. You’re a girl, what do you think?
KIMBERLY
Maybe. I’m going to shoot HR an e-mail, just to, you know, give them a heads up.
WENDI
I do not need to talk to anyone in HR. What I need is for you two to leave me alone. Go eat your food. I’m not hungry. I don’t need it. I’m skipping lunch, today. Okay?
(Kimberly and Bill mumble some “yeah, sure, etc.” Brian pops his head in the room.)
BRIAN
Hey, gang, it’s Cheryl’s birthday. There’s pizza and cake in the break room.
WENDI
Awesome.
(Wendi exits as Kimberly and Bill watch her walk off, stunned.)
BILL
I thought you weren’t hungry.
(Just before she exits, she turns.)
WENDI
It’s free. I never turn down free food.
(Blackout)
