Boys by Ella Hickson

Author:Ella Hickson [Hickson, Ella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781780011646
Publisher: Nick Hern Books
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Scene Four

It still isn’t dark – the husky blue of twilight lingers in the air. Debris from the party can be seen but the kitchen is empty, except for BENNY who sits alone at the kitchen table. He gets up and goes over to look out of the window.

CAM enters – he’s still in his shirt from the concert but has now paired it with shorts.

CAM lingers by the door.

BENNY. Eh-up.

CAM. Hi.

BENNY. Y’alright?

CAM. Yeah.

BENNY. Where you all hiding?

CAM. Bathroom. Not hiding – just they wanted a bath. Cold water or –

BENNY. Probably figured lions don’t like water, big cats, aren’t they?

CAM. What?

BENNY. Nothing.

CAM. It’s nice, it’s like kids – we’re doing bubble beards. You should come.

BENNY. I’m alright.

Beat.

CAM. Those pills were shit, eh? Can’t feel a thing – Timp reckons they’re duds. Everyone’s mellow as fuck.

BENNY. I guess there’s a mood.

Beat.

CAM. I wanted to say thank you.

BENNY. What for?

CAM. Earlier – for making me go.

BENNY. You would have gone anyway. You seen this?

CAM. Are there more than earlier?

BENNY. Yeah – been building all night; hundreds of them. (Beat.) Exciting, Vienna though – great that is. Only way is up. It’s good.

CAM comes over and looks out the window with BENNY.

CAM. What are they doing? They’re just standing there.

BENNY. I saw one of them earlier, pop his baton under his arm and lift his visor up and eat a whole fucking hot dog.

CAM. So?

BENNY. Why do you need riot gear to eat a hot dog?

CAM. You don’t.

BENNY. Then why are they wearing it?

CAM. I don’t think he put it on just so he could eat the hot dog.

BENNY. I know that, you flaming idiot.

CAM. What’s your point?

BENNY. Why are they there if there’s no riot?

CAM. Waiting for one I guess.

Beat – CAM looks out of the window a moment.

They’ll fuck off home when they run out of hot dogs.

BENNY. Makes me angry.

CAM. Don’t let it.

BENNY. You sure those pills were shit?

CAM. What?

BENNY. You’re gurning like a bloody washing machine. Here.

BENNY gets a piece of chewing gum out of his pocket and gives it to CAM; he puts his fingers on either side of his jaw and starts to massage it.

CAM. Probably just a bit tense.

BENNY. Oh yeah?

CAM. I wanted to ask you something, Benny?

BENNY. What?

CAM. It’s stupid really.

BENNY. Go for it.

CAM. It’s tiny – it’s just – after the concert –

BENNY finishes massaging CAM’s jaw and ruffles his hair.

BENNY. There you go, munchalot.

CAM. We were talking at a table after the concert, me and Viktashev, right? And he’s saying all this stuff about how exciting things are going to be and how I need to watch out because everyone is going to want a piece of me –

BENNY. Did he put his hand on your leg? I’ll fucking kill him if he did.

CAM. No – he didn’t put his hand on my leg.

BENNY. He put his hand on your cock?

CAM. No – (Laughing.) listen –

BENNY. It’s no fucking laughing matter – I’ll chop his cock off, if you need someone to –

CAM.

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