Excerpt from "Untitled" - Episodic Story about Reconnecting Cousins With a History.

INT. DINER - EVENING

CHARLOTTE sits in a booth with a milkshake in front of her. JENNA enters the shop and goes to the counter.

CHARLOTTE Oh great.

Camera flashes to CHARLOTTE and DINER CASHIER

DINER CASHIER Miss Holliday, you called in an order?

JENNA Yeah, I might be a little early, my dad called it in.

DINER CASHIER Well, take a seat. It'll be a few minutes.

JENNA turns and sees CHARLOTTE. She smiles and walks over, sitting across from CHARLOTTE.

CHARLOTTE Resorting to stalking me at diners is both pathetic

and in bad taste, though I shouldn’t be surprised as

those are both qualities you possess in spades.

JENNA Oh Cheryl, don’t sweet talk me.

JENNA scoops off some of the whipped cream with her finger and eats it. CHARLOTTE snatches back the drink in disgust.

CHARLOTTE God, you're an animal.

JENNA grins, still sucking her finger.

CHARLOTTE Tony is coming any minute now, so feel free to peel

your tacky, acid-washed, 99-cent jeans off the seat

now.

JENNA Don’t worry I’m not staying, I’m picking up food for my

dad.

CHARLOTTE It's not ready yet?

JENNA Are you trying to get rid of me?

CHARLOTTE Yes, and clearly it's working fabulously.

JENNA If you actually sat down and spoke to me like

a big girl I wouldn't have to ambush you on your

dates.

CHARLOTTE Have you been hit by too many baseballs and

suffered memory loss? We were never close, we

didn't have inside jokes, we could barely stand each

other for the four days a year we saw each other.

JENNA We were kids. When are you going to stop holding

onto the past?

CHARLOTTE I'm not holding on to anything. In fact, I’m letting it

all go. Everything from that point in my life is erased

from my mind and that includes you.

JENNA So, what? You just keep acting like I'm nothing.

CHARLOTTE Who says I'm acting?

DINER CASHIER Miss Holliday? Order up!

JENNA Guess that's my cue. Won't take up anymore of your

precious time with my presence.

JENNA stands as TONY approaches from the door.

TONY Hey. Am I interrupting something? Feels intense over

here.

JENNA No. I was just leaving. Enjoy your milkshake, Charlie.

Don't choke on it.

JENNA exits. TONY sits down.

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