204. Greener Grass - Leslie

• FADE IN:


• INT. THE 101 CAFE - DAY


• JASON and DAVID sit across from each other at a small table.


• The Cafe is decorated in 70s browns and oranges, the large picture windows at the front look out over busy Franklin Ave.


• The sound of the nearby 101 freeway is a constant hum.


• Jason sips at his hot chocolate.


• JASON
• I had this really odd moment earlier today.


• DAVID
• Do tell.


• JASON
• So you know I'm still subscribed to ThreeFinger's youtube channel? Right, well, they put their new showreel up. It had a few clips with the gang from Atlanta. And I just really started missing that job.


• DAVID
• Dude, we hated working there, what are you talking about?


• JASON
• I know, that was the funny thing. But it was the fact that we were meeting all these neat people and the fact that I felt secure and had some goals.


• DAVID
• And were miserable.


• JASON
• Yeah, there was definitely a part of me that was thinking "Oh thank God I'm not there anymore. I'm so glad I'm not working on any of those features." But, I had a plan then.


• DAVID
• And you were burnt out.


• JASON
• Dang it! I know I know; you know I haven't forgotten any of that. But I just started missing those few good people and the great little diners and streets in Atlanta. And you know what; I used to take you out to eat, you come and visit now, and you have to pay for me. I'm tired of that.


• DAVID
• Hey, you would do the same for me, you did; don't even think about it.


• JASON
• And yet.


• David nods and sips his Chai.


• JASON
• I'm not nearly in as bad a place mentally as last year, but I'm ready for a change. I'm jut tired of feeling so aimless. I'm a worker, I work hard, and here I am, spending most of my time twiddling my thumbs and trying to figure out what to do next.


• DAVID
• You're here for a reason, and of the two of us, you had the guts to come out here; it'll work out.


• JASON
• You're so sure.


• DAVID
• I am.


• JASON
• Thanks. I still might go back and curl up in a ball and be miserable, but it'll be a happier miserable than before lunch.


• DAVID
• Good, that's all I ask.


• They grin at each other and sip their drinks.


• FADE TO BLACK.