EXT. Contemporary COFFEE SHOP -
EVENING
We hear traffic lights beeping outside,
cars beeping horns, the bustle of a busy street. The camera looks through the
shop window to see DAN sitting at the table, on the right. He is on his own as
two coffees are brought to his table.
INT. Contemporary COFFEE SHOP -
EVENING
DAN is waiting in a coffee shop. He is
young, a student, and fiddling with the cup. He taps his finger. We
see a close up of the empty coffee. The camera pans in, the sound of the
street drifts away, so we only hear orders: 'Black, American, latte, cake'.
There are two coffees on the table yet hasn't begun sipping on the one
directly in front of him. Dan closes his eyes. A close up of his eyes,
and the sound of a deep sigh. We hear a door open. He opens his eyes and
starts adjusting the cups so they are perfectly placed. ZOE walks in a sits
down in the chair opposite - she is texting on her phone...
ZOE
Hey.
Sorry I'm...late...
DAN
No,
it's fine.
ZOE gets settled in her seat by taking her
coat off. Dan looks at her closely. Zoe is still texting. She looks
at the line for coffee.
DAN
Oh,
I ordered you a coffee already.
ZOE
Aw,
thank you.
ZOE starts sipping on the coffee which
initiates DAN to finally start his. ZOE starts to look around the cafe.
ZOE
I'm
surprised how empty it is.
DAN
Yeah,
it's...it's really quiet.
DAN nervously sips on his coffee and
just as he's about to say something, ZOE'S phone goes off.
ZOE
Oh,
sorry.
DAN
It's
fine. Do you need to take it?
ZOE looks at her phone.
ZOE
Nah.
DAN
So
anyway, you alright?
ZOE
Yeah.
Before I left, my parents were just telling me-
ZOE's phone gets a message.
ZOE
Sorry
again.
DAN
Alright
ZOE reads the message and starts
laughing to herself.
ZOE
Sorry,
sorry. Just need to...
ZOE starts texting on her phone.
ZOE
Okay,
okay. And...done.
She puts her phone down and looks
towards DAN. He clears his throat.
DAN
So
how's your week been?
ZOE
Oh,
it's been fine. I didn't really get up to much outside of procrastinating as,
I'm sure, we all do.
DAN
Yeah.
ZOE
So
not much at all really. I don't know. Watching TV, chatting to friends, that
sort of thing.
DAN
Fair
enough.
ZOE
How
about you?
DAN
About
the same. Been a really dull week all round.
ZOE
Yeah.
DAN takes another nervous sip from his
coffee. ZOE stares out the window as she sees people walk by on the street. DAN
looks at her before switching his gaze to the window, following her eye
direction.
ZOE
I've
always liked it in here.
DAN
Really?
ZOE
Yeah.
I dunno, it's just that we can see people come and go as we enjoy our drinks.
Almost voyeuristic, isn't it.
DAN
Yeah...yeah
it is.
ZOE
And
this coffee place especially. I would definitely say that the coffee here is
one of the bests.
DAN
I'll
be honest, I'm not much of a coffee drinker. The occasional one, yeah, just
not, like, every day.
ZOE
Some
people are just different in that aspect I suppose.
ZOE drinks some more coffee while
looking out the window. DAN stares longingly at her. He clears this throat
again.
DAN
Listen,
there's something that I've wanted to say for quite a while now.
ZOE
What's
that?
DAN
Well,
it's just that-
ZOE's phone goes off again. She let's
out an exasperated sigh.
ZOE
Sorry
again
DAN just nods this time.
ZOE
You
know what, I'm just gonna...
ZOE turns her phone off.
ZOE
Right
then, no distractions. What were you saying?
DAN
Right.
So, I just wanted to say-
ZOE gets distracted by someone she
recognises walking by the window
.
ZOE
Oh
wait...hang on. Sorry, I need to talk to them.
She gestures to the window.
DAN
Right...right...
As ZOE stands up, she switches her phone
back on.
ZOE
See
you later!
DAN
See
ya...
EXT. CONTEMPORARY COFFEE SHOP -
EVENING
ZOE leaves the coffee shop and heads to
screen right (her left). As she exits the shot, DAN puts his head on the table
for a bit, pays for his drinks and leaves in the opposite direction that ZOE
left.
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