The Insignificant Scene 10

Scene 10

Atlanta and Charisma on stage, pretending to apply make up in a mirror.

Atlanta
So, what's been bugging you lately?

Charisma
You realized something's wrong?!

Atlanta
I've known you for years, Charisma. Of course I'd realize something's wrong! And don't bother lying to me. When you lie your eyes dart around the room like you're trying to find an escape. So, tell me, what's wrong?

Charisma
Have you ever felt as if you're just...not good enough?

Atlanta
Yep. When I dance. I feel like I could be doing so much better, even when I'm giving a hundred and twenty percent.

Charisma
Yeah I'm feeling that a lot lately. Like, feeling as if I'm not doing the best I can...at anything.

Atlanta
Don't turn into Riley, for Pete's sake!

Charisma
No, God no! Riley's obsessed with being perfect at school. I'm just-

Atlanta
Obsessed at being perfect in everything? Life in general and all that. The perfect hair, the perfect looks, the perfect everything. Seriously though, when are you going to learn?

Atlanta packs up her make up bag and moves to the exit. Charisma, startled, stops her.

Charisma
Learn what?!

Atlanta
(Turns around to look at her, smiling) Nobody in life is perfect, darling, and nobody ever will be. You know that, right? Learn it, embrace it. Because people fall in love with imperfections.

Atlanta walks off, Charisma is left alone, huffing on stage as she continues to apply her make up. Freeze. Black out.