alex and bob enter and take seats.

they then begin to answer questions on the test

they then look up at eachother

ALEX
"hey bob?"

BOB
"yes?"

ALEX
"define love."

BOB
"well thats complicated...but love can be many things like uhh, this sharpener
for example"

bob then picks up the sharpener for a second then puts it down again

ALEX
"thats ridiculous.do you know how weird you sound. i know you're the idiot of
the class but jeez bob"

BOB
"let me explain at least."

ALEX
"well... go on"

bob gets up and starts pacing

BOB
"well, love is like a sharpener.it comes in many forms, not everyone has one,
but mainly, its who is the pencil that is important. and that is us. the people
that experience love in the first place, and that 'love' aka the sharpener eats
away at us slowly, then when we feel lonely, just like when a pencil gets blunt, we
rely on that sharpener again, and its a constant cycle that eats away at us, aka
the pencil till there is nothing left or till it cant be sharpened anymore"

as bob rambles on his speech gradually speeds up. alex then snaps her fingers and
the whole scene apart from her freezes

ALEX
(to audience)"hold up, wait a minute, did any of you, did a single one of you
understand a single bloody word that just came out bob's yap? because i didnt. not
one bit. im not trying to be mean, bob is a great person. and everyone is used to
bob being an idiot, i dont mind it, thats not the problem here. its just ever since
bob went to that summer school hes become alot smarter, which isnt a bad thing its
just... different...it doesnt feel like the bob i know. i dont like the new bob..."

bob freezes alex with a snap of his fingers and stands up

BOB
"y'know what... i am bloody starving."

bob points at a random audience member

"you look hungry as well. yeah... you. i could really go for a greggs right
about now. oh, right the show. yeah.
both students return to positions before the monologues

alex stands up, takes a deep breath and then slams his/her fist on the table

ALEX
"GOD WHY CANT YOU JUST BE NORMAL YOU STUPID NERD!"

a pause of silence and awkwardness occurs

BOB
"god help if you ever get married."

ALEX
"shut up!"

alex gets up,walks around the table and looks down on bob like a peasant

ALEX
"give me your test. now"

bob hands alex the test, she snatches and rips it into bits in a rage,tears would
be good for this scene too.

BOB
"oh..."

alex pauses and backs away a bit realising their mistake

ALEX
"i-im so sorry..."

alex sits down on the table, an bob starts getting visually emotional, alex tries
to talk to/comfort bob multiple times but each time they are interrupted as bob
turns his chair a bit scraping against the floor making a loud scrape noise, this
repeats till he is facing exactly opposite the table and has done a full 180 degree
turn

alex then picks up the sharpener, observes it closely and then snaps their fingers
freezing bob, alex then stands up

ALEX
"ok... maybe i was a little in the wrong. ive treated bob a bit too harshly
over the years. so maybe i was wrong. wrong to rip ur that test. wrong to name-call
them for years and years. wrong to want them to stay as a simple boring idiot. not
maybe. i WAS wrong. and bob was right all along. im the annoying one."

bob unfreezes and turns the chair back around to face alex

ALEX
"im sorry bob. i probably owe you a new test"

BOB
"its all good. im failing anyways."

ALEX
"oh... well do you have an answer?"

BOB
 "HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA. no."

BOB
"lets go get some greggs."
the end.