SCENE 1:
Day before Thanksgiving.
[ Charles is waiting in the
living room & Sandie comes
down the steps. ]
CHARLES: You’re not dressed
for work, I thought your
suspension was over.
[ Sandie sits down, sipping
her coffee. ]
SANDIE: It is.
I’m just not
going back.
[ Charles nervously laughs. ]
CHARLES: Wait.
You’re serious.
Why?
SANDIE: Because I’m doing my
own thing now.
I have an appoint-
ment this afternoon to see about
a loan.
CHARLES: Isn’t that a little hasty?
SANDIE: No. I
raised that department.
Barely had any customers before
I made changes that your manager
was too busy to look into.
I have the experience to do it alone.
CHARLES: If that’s what you want
to do. I won’t
stop you.
[ He smiles at Sandie & they kiss. ]
SANDIE: And don’t worry about TA.
There’s no hard feelings.
SCENE
2:
At Tessa’s apartment.
[ LeeVigh is sitting on
the couch when Tessa
walks in the room. ]
TESSA: See, isn’t this better?
More peaceful. More privacy.
[ She sits down, placing her
hand on LeeVigh’s knee. ]
LEEVIGH: Hey, I never said
I didn’t like your place. It’s
just that’s mines a lot closer
to work for us.
TESSA: That’s true but I think
there’s more to it.
LEEVIGH: What else?
TESSA: You’re always playing
the Dad role with your
roomates. You
can’t even
leave them for a weekend
without worrying.
LEEVIGH: So? I just care about
my friends.
TESSA: I know.
I’m not judging
you at all babe.
Anyway, what
are you going to wear to dinner
with my parent tomorrow night?
[ LeeVigh looks up quick. ]
TESSA: Oops.
Did I forget to
mention that?
SCENE 3:
Between TA and The Salon.
[ Charles is outside waiting
when Mark joins him on
the bench. ]
MARK: So where is Sandie?
CHARLES: Listen, I don’t know
how to break it to you so
I’ll just do it fast.
She isn’t
coming back, man.
MARK: What? Just because
of the two weeks.
That was
Jim’s recommendation.
Not
me.
CHARLES: Yeah, I understand
that. It’s alright
though. I
mean you still have her
assistant.
[ They stand up & Mark is
looking across the street. ]
MARK: Wait. Isn’t
that Sandie
over there checking
out that empty store?
CHARLES: Oh no.
MARK: Oh no what?
CHARLES: I gotta go.
I’ll be back.
SCENE
4:
Thanksgiving afternoon.
[ Tessa, LeeVigh, her parents,
& little brother are sitting
around the table. ]
TESSA’sDAD: So you two work
together and stay around each
other most of the time.
Don’t you ever get sick
of her?
[ He points at Tessa & starts
to laugh jokingly. ]
LEEVIGH: I could never get
tired of your daughter.
TESSA’sDAD: Yeah.
How long
has it been? A
few months.
TESSA: Dad.
More like six.
TESSA’sMOM: Oh well.
And
you have your own place?
[ She looks at LeeVigh. ]
LEEVIGH: Kind of.
TESSA: Actually he lives with
two other guys.
[ Her Dad looks up, making
a weird face. ]
LEEVIGH: Friends.
Just good
friends Sir, I met in college.
[ Everyone continues to eat. ]
SCENE 5:
Day before, TA.
[ Charles joins Sandie across
the street. ]
CHARLES: Well
this doesn’t
seem like your cool with
TA? What’s
going on?
[ She ignores his question. ]
SANDIE: Hey babe.
This place
looks a lot bigger from the
inside. And it
already has
a lot of what I need.
CHARLES: Don’t you care
about the store?
You
couldn’t find a different
location.
SANDIE: I could but that would
defeat the whole entire purpose
of my moving on.
CHARLES: And what’s that?
SANDIE: When I get through with
this store, it’s going to be the
best bakery this town has ever
seen and I’m coming after them.
[ She angrily points at the TA
sign, while Charles stands there
in shock. ]
SCENE
6:
Thanksgiving evening.
[ After dinner, Tessa & LeeVigh
are waiting outside to start
Black Friday shopping. ]
LEEVIGH: Is it just me or was
your Dad on a negative kick
earlier?
TESSA: Don’t let it get to you.
It takes him a long time to
warm up to new people.
LEEVIGH: That’s fine then
cuz we have all the time
in the world.
[ She smiles at him. ]
TESSA: Don’t let me forget
to get something for my
aunts. Who did
you wanna
shop for?
LEEVIGH: Me, myself, and I.
Merry Christmas to me.
[ He starts to laugh & Tessa
gives him a look. ]
TESSA: You’re silly.
It’s getting
colder out though.
Let’s
go inside.
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