(Chip on the computer.)
MOM’S VOICE: Chip!
…Chip!
…CHIP!
CHIP: What.
MOM’S VOICE: Come out here, dinner’s ready!
CHIP: In a sec.
MOM’S VOICE: What?
CHIP: I said, in a sec.
MOM’S VOICE: You’re gonna have to come down here, I can’t hear you.
CHIP: IN A SEC, MOM!
MOM’S VOICE: What are you doing up there anyway?
CHIP: Nothing.
MOM’S VOICE: You’re not fooling around on the computer are you?
CHIP: I don’t fool around.
MOM’S VOICE: What?
CHIP: Jesus.
MOM’S VOICE: I’m coming up there!
CHIP: I’m not hungry.
(Chip keeps typing. A knock on the door.)
MOM’S VOICE: Chip!
CHIP: Whaaat.
MOM’S VOICE: Is this door locked?
CHIP: I’m not hungry!!
MOM’S VOICE: What are you doing in there?
CHIP: None of your business!
MOM’S VOICE: Are you masturbating?
CHIP: Mom!!
MOM’S VOICE: I wouldn’t be surprised if…
CHIP: I’m hacking into Google, okay??
(Beat.)
MOM’S VOICE: I showed you how to do that years ago. Shouldn’t you be shutting down global infrastructures by now?
CHIP: I..
MOM’S VOICE. Fuckin’ disappointment. All right honey, I’ll leave your plate outside the door. Eat it before it gets cold.
(Footsteps back down stairs.)
MOM’S VOICE: Oh, and maybe you should pull up some porn. Be a teenager for Christ’s sake.
(Footsteps continue. Chip opens the door and takes a plate of mac and cheese.)
END