This is what happens when you don’t know what to do at 9:30 on a Saturday night
You begin to imagine what would happen if you met some one who as you viewed them , to be perfect, in such ways that you didn’t have to describe to your friends who knew you well enough that they can say I understand completely.
COLIN
O’oh excuse me
EIN
No NO , im sorry it was my fault.
COLIN
Allow me
(opens door outward)
EIN
Thank you
COLIN
Not at all
Internal :man its crowded in here
EIN
Um ill have an chai green tea cold
Ok that will be 3.14
Here is your change
EIN
Thank you
May I help who is next please?
COLIN
Yeah, Hi can I have a Venti Mocha
Would you like whipped cream on that
COLIN
Uh.. Sure
Can I get your name please
COLIN
Colin
Your total is 3,75
COLIN
Here is a Five (fucking Christ that’s expensive)
Alright here is your change Have a nice day
COLIN
Thank you (looking around){internal : man this place is crazy, crap there is only one table left
COLIN!! VENTI MOCHA
COLIN
Thanks
Watch out its hot
(sits down small two top against the window)
(Pulls out a generic text book with a scientific calculator , notebook and pen in it)
EIN
Colin?
{looks up puzzled }
EIN
Do you mind if I share this table with you
COLIN
Um….I geuss not..
EIN
Oh.. good thanks
(large bag hits the floor and draws attention from surrounding patrons)
So are you curious
COLIN
Curious about what ?
EIN
How I knew your name .
COLIN
No not really
EIN
Really why ?
COLIN
Well as I see it there is only two ways that you could know my name.
EIN
Oh..And how is that (with a yeah right attitude)
COLIN
Well my first geuss would be that you are stalking me. However that was quickly ruled out because the raccoons have been knocking over my trash cans and not a stalker
EIN
Maybe im trying to make it seem like it’s the raccoons but its really me
COLIN
Not possible raccoons are not that messy , and humans tend to over do it when they try to hide things. And as of this morning the mess wasn’t that bad
COLIN
Alright what is the second option
You heard my name when they called me for my coffee
EIN
Wow, your pretty good at that Holmes
COLIN
Elementary Watson, Elementry
(she giggles slightly)
Im Sorry, that was lame
EIN
No, I liked it
COLIN
I must say that is a quite large bag you have there
EIN
Oh yeah I have to take care of somethings today
COLIN
For the mob?
(leans in close)
Haha No shss Im just a patsy
COLIN
Haha
EIN
So what are you working on ?
COLIN
I have to figure out the carloirc limits of different age brackets and develop a two week menu for each
EIN
(blank excited expression)
What are you a scientist or something
COLIN
No , just a humble chef
EIN
You’re a chef!
COLIN
Yep, and it’s a glorious life that I live
EIN
I can imagine you must eat French cuisine every night
COLIN
Hardly…Usually a burger or a sandwich or what ever scraps we have lying around
EIN
Ohh.. you probably get annoyed at the next question people ask you
COLIN
What is my favorite thing to cook
EIN
Yeah?!
COLIN
Yeah , I have a couple different answers for that
EIN
S o you cant make up your mind
COLIN
Nope its made up I just have 3 fake dishes and one real one
EIN
What do you mean?
COLIN
The three fake dishes are repsentive of the 3 personas I have to put on
I have the blue colar dish wich is hot wings with my aunt josephines hot sauce
Then there is the working white color dish a nice poached pacific salmon with aspargras and rice pilaf. Then there is my Rich folk dish Foie Gras Encased in Filet mignon
EIN
Foie gras isn’t that duck liver
COLIN
Techinaclly it is engoured goose liver that has been force fed but, yeah your right
EIN
So what is the the real one then?
COLIN
I don’t tell anybody that one
EIN
How come?
COLIN
I like to think that as long as im the only one who knows it no one can bastardize it and take it away from me , and it helps me keep my santity
EIN
So your not gonna tell me then
COLIN
Im afraid not
EIN
Ok, how many people know?
COLIN
(holds finger up with pointer finger extended)
EIN
And that’s you
COLIN
Your correct, Johnnie tell her what she won
EIN
Haha
COLIN
So what is it that you do
EIN
International Spy
COLIN
(inquisitive stare)
EIN
Sorry I was just trying to top you, I manage a music store
COLIN
Oh, what kind instruments or records
EIN
Records
COLIN
Whats the name of it
EIN
(points with her finger across the street )
COLIN
Aahh so you work at bottle refund
EIN
Yeah
COLIN
So what does the title mean?
EIN
The owner is one of those pseudo-intellectuals who tries to be to clever
COLIN
Oh
EIN
Its supposed to mean the empty bottles from the party the night before created the records
COLIN
Ahh a rock star wannabe
EIN
Yeah I would say that’s the nails head
COLIN
Im sorry but I must adjourn to my office
EIN
You mean your kitchen
COLIN
Yes, it was a pleasure talking with you