Playful, direct, co-developed ideas, informations, and dreams will always be far hipper than one person's alone. You alone are not responsible for the scene. Be each other's stage managers. Play the game. If you don't play the game, you become victim to the game's punishments.
Silence creates tension.
Start in the middle. Play the opposite. Follow your fear. Trust your instincts. Think on the laughs, talk on the silences.