Sound inside

The Sound Inside 9/12/19 22
CHRISTOPHER I made the J.V. cross-country team as a sophomore, but I didn’t run after that.
I mostly hung out in the library. Read a bunch of books. Smoked a fair
amount of the local weed. As far as sports go, I was basically your classic high
school dodgeball target.
BELLA(to AUDIENCE)
I ask him if he’s made many friends at Yale.
CHRISTOPHER Not too many.
BELLA(to AUDIENCE)
Huh… Though there is a freshman girl whom he refuses to name.
(to CHRISTOPHER)
Is she in class?
CHRISTOPHER No. She’s actually an Econ major.
BELLA(to AUDIENCE)
He met her in the library. She was reading the new Jonathan Franzen novel.
CHRISTOPHER I got her attention by making fun of her.
BELLA
How so?
They transition to Bella’s apartment. A rug. A coffee table with a
lamp. It’s cozy.
CHRISTOPHER I told her that reading Jonathan Franzen is the equivalent of eating a few
servings of truck-stop-quality fruit cocktail and then going on a spirited jog
down a well-appointed Upper-middle-class street with giant initials on all the
garages.
BELLA
Do you really believe that?
CHRISTOPHER No, but it worked.
BELLA(to AUDIENCE)
I ask him to describe her.
CHRISTOPHER She’s pretty.
BELLA
I don't know what that means. Pretty in what way?