Title: British Conversation in the Park
by Natalya from London | in writing, fiction
(A teenage boy (boy 1), about 15 years old, is sitting on a park bench. He looks and is dressed typically in an 'indie' style - longish hair with fringe over eyes, converse shoes, hoodie, an iPod around the neck, etc. It is a beautiful day with sunshine, blue sky, birds chirping etc and he is sitting there, seemingly deep in thought, staring ahead of him. Another similar looking boy (boy 2) of about the same age comes up to him and non-chalantly sits beside him.)
Boy 2 ' Hey (Boy 1 does not react ) What's up?
Boy 1 ' (Without looking at Boy 2) I was thinking' (after some time) did you know that the longest piece of graffiti ever written was done by a '
Boy 2 ' (interrupts and finishes sentence for Boy 1) ' done by a student in the toilets of his college at Changsha, China in 1915' from Banksy's website, eh?*
Boy 1 ' (looks at Boy 2 now) I was just thinking'Tyrone could be the next '
Boy 2 ' (laughs) Mate 'you think too much. What's he fighting against ' Jamie Oliver? Poor kids having to wait 'till their moms slide them chips and burgers through the school gates at break. Nahhh, forget it '
Boy 1 ' (after a while) Yesterday, my nan said we're all alike.
Boy 2 ' (smirks) Here listen ' (takes out iPod and gives one of the earphones to boy 1)
Boy 1- That's an old song, I've got their new one (takes out iPod and gives one of the earphones to boy 2)
(Both boys are seen sitting on the bench, nodding their heads to some music oblivious to anything going on around them.)
* (side note) This information about the longest piece of graffiti was mentioned on a graffiti artist's website -
It's a typical conversation one can imagine between two British teenagers - one had just remembered something interesting he read which made him reflect and once he's interrupted by his friend , he shares his 'philosophical' notions, only to be brought down to earth by his friend. I was inspired by my personal experience and by the daily snippets I overhear from conversations between teenagers. What strikes me most, is the subtle humour and irony one finds in such simplistic daily occurrences.
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