Phone Trouble

(Lights up. It's early morning,

and a young couple are sound

asleep. After a beat, a phone

loudly rings.)

MAN:

Christ...

(He quiets the ringing.)

WOMAN:

Who was that?

MAN:

No one. My alarm. It hasn't been working right lately.

WOMAN:

Oh.

MAN:

Just go back to sleep, honey.

(They lay down and

drift back to sleep. After

a few beats, the phone rings again.

The woman groans and

rolls over, the man grabs the phone

and shuts the sound off again. He

then lays back down. A few more

beats, and the phone rings again.)

WOMAN:

Jesus, Mark...

(MAN shuts the phone off again.)

MAN:

Yes, yes, I've got it.

(They fall back to sleep again.

Just as MAN begins snoring,

the phone rings. He grabs at it,

without looking, lays his hand

on it, and throws it across the room.

Silence. Lights fade.)