Act One, Scene Three
Interior: Bar
(A few minutes later)
TRU
What's your poison?
WILLOW
Excuse me?
TRU
Sorry, isn't that what people always say, like in the movies, what's your poison? All dramatic like.
WILLOW
I guess so.
TRU
Sorry, I'm kind of a dork.
WILLOW
It's okay. Me too.
TRU
Nice. So, what are you drinking? Rum and coke?
WILLOW
Hold the rum.
TRU
What? Wait, are you...you're not in recovery or something--
WILLOW
No, no, nothing like that. Just didn't feel like drinking tonight---
TRU
Well, get over it. I could use a drinking buddy tonight.
WILLOW
Um?
TRU
Brandon, add some rum to this guy's coke. Stat.
WILLOW
Stat?
TRU
Pronto, ASAP, Now! Stat!
WILLOW
Okay...
TRU
Sorry, I'm in a...weird mood.
WILLOW
Its fine.
TRU
Thank you.
WILLOW
For what?
TRU
That. Just...accepting me, is all.
WILLOW
Any time.
(Brandon approaches, with bottle of beer and a glass of rum and coke. He sets the beer in front of Tru and the rum and coke in front of Willow.)
TRU
Thanks, Brandon.
BRANDON
Just be cool, okay, Tru.
TRU
Yeah, whatever.
(She picks up the bottle and stands up.)
Let's vacate this spot, find somewhere quieter.
WILLOW
Where?
TRU
Over there?
(She points to a corner table, apart from other people.)
Cut to: Tru and Willow alone at a table talking, laughing
TRU
So, you grew up here?
WILLOW
Yeah, yeah, I did. Born and raised.
TRU
Wow, a townie!
WILLOW
Yeah, is that a bad thing or...?
TRU
No, its fine. I knew some townies once...
WILLOW
Yeah?
TRU
Yeah.
WILLOW
So, you from around here or--
TRU
No, no. I came here for college and then sort of got hooked, and stayed.
WILLOW
What did you study in college?
TRU
Study? Ha. Oh, you mean like what was my major? Communication.
(Willow looks confused.)
Yeah, that's what everyone thinks about that major. What the hell is it? What do you do with it? Communication...its like what would happen if psychology and sociology had a love-child.
WILLOW
Um, all right, so what do you do?
TRU
Like, for money? I work in a shop, downtown, that's right, I'm a shopgirl, me, can you see that?
WILLOW
Not really, no. I mean, it depends on the shop.
TRU
Its one of those fancy high-priced boutiques down-town that no one can really afford but maybe a few ritzy tourists now and then. But, not really anyone. Why its still around is anyone's guess, the weird thing is, how the hell did I get the job? But, hey, it pays the bills...for now.
WILLOW
For now?
TRU
Well, I still have dreams, I mean, I'm kind of old but---
WILLOW
You old?
TRU
Aw, gee thanks.
WILLOW
No, I'm serious. You don't look that old.
TRU
(speaking in a Southern accent)
Well, aren't you such a sweet boy? Play your cards just right you may get lucky!
WILLOW
Um, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to...I mean, I would if I could, but I'm--
TRU
Sort of seeing someone? Yeah, me too. Oh no, that's right, we broke up.
WILLOW
Really?
TRU
Yeah.
WILLOW
Recently or...
(Tru looks at her wrist which is bare.)
TRU
Oh, just about an hour ago, caught him in bed with another woman.
WILLOW
Just an hour ago?
TRU
Yep.
WILLOW
No wonder you wanted, needed to drink.
TRU
Yep.
WILLOW
Shit, I'm sorry. If it makes you feel better, things aren't so rosy with me and my girlfriend. I mean, we were living together and then she got really weird, wanted space, and I had to move in with the parents until...I don't know.
TRU
Lame.
WILLOW
Yeah. And, now I don't know what we are. She calls me sometimes and needs me, you know, really needs me. We talk and make plans like things are going to happen again, and then she just totally shuts me out completely. Nothing. Silence. Emptiness.
TRU
Fuck that.
WILLOW
Yeah, I wish.
TRU
Yeah, me too.
(They sip their drinks in silence.)
WILLOW
Hey, I just realized something...you're not wearing a watch!
(He looks over at her and she smiles up at him. They both start laughing.)
Fade out.
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