Shot in the Head

INT. KITCHEN   DAY

A MAN, 35 years old, and a WOMAN, 29 years old, are washing dishes.  She washes, and he rinses and dries.  This is in a kitchen of a greasy spoon diner. There is no one else in the kitchen.

MAN
You look like you’re deep in thought.  What’s up?

Silence

MAN (CONT’D)
What’s that saying?  A penny for them?

Silence

MAN (CONT’D)
What ARE you thinking about?

WOMAN
Huh, Hmmmm. I was just wondering

MAN
Well?

WOMAN
I was just wondering…If you got shot in the HEAD would you hear the shot?

He pauses to look at her strangely

MAN
What?  Is this a quiz or something?  What’s  

WOMAN
No, no this is important.  If you got shot in the head WOULD you hear the shot?

MAN
Okay, alright I must be on one of those hidden camera shows.  America’s cruelest videos or something?

He looks around

WOMAN
No, no for real. I was wondering… if you got shot… in the head… would you HEAR the shot?  It has to do with physics and stuff.

MAN
What school did YOU go to?

WOMAN
You know the speed of light theory?

MAN
Kind of?

WOMAN
Well, light travels faster than the speed of sound right?

MAN
Yeah, I’ve heard that, okay?

WOMAN
You know like you always see the lightning before you hear the crash of the thunder?

MAN
Yeah… yeah?

WOMAN
Well, I was wondering…If you got shot in the head, would you hear the SHOT!?

They look at each other. He looks at her as if she has three heads!

MAN
Uh, I don’t know… I guess… you wouldn’t hear… the shot. Okay?

WOMAN
Hmmm…but assuming you were facing the gun… I was wondering… if you got shot in the head would you SEE the shot?

MAN
You mean, if you got shot in the head…assuming you were facing the gun… WOULD you SEE the shot?

WOMAN
Yes, precisely!

MAN
You’re fucking out of your mind.

WOMAN
Okay, okay…so we’ve established if you got shot in the head you WOULDN’T HEAR the shot and if you got shot in the head you WOULD SEE the shot    

MAN
assuming you were facing the gun?

WOMAN
Yeah, of course, assuming you were facing the gun, if you got shot in the head you would see the shot.

MAN
I would love some of whatever you’re on.

WOMAN
But ahh, AHHH, I wonder… if you got shot in the head would you FEEL the shot?

MAN
What the hell are you… What the fuck does this have to do with anything anyway?  Let’s just finish this up, you are weirding me out.

She picks up a gun that was hidden in her apron and aims it point-blank at his head

MAN (CONT’D)
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

BLAST

SHE SHOOTS HIM POINT-BLANK IN THE FACE!

He falls down dead

She puts the gun back in her apron and continues washing the dishes nonchalantly.

WOMAN
(to herself)
I got tired of wondering.

DISSOLVE TO BLACK