268. Rainbow Tasters - Leslie

• FADE IN:


• 0TH STREET APARTMENTS LOBBY - NIGHT


• ANDY, dressed in torn jeans, and old t-shirt, and looking slightly bleary-eyed, stands in front of a vending machine, contemplating its treasures.


• AMY stands behind him, waiting.


• He finally makes a choice and slides his hand under the metal flap as a packet of Skittles lands with a thud.


• Grabbing it, he spins around, to find a smiling Amy approaching the machine.


• AMY
• Your favorite?


• ANDY
• Kind of. I like trying new things, but felt kind of nostalgic today.


• AMY
• Oh?


• ANDY
• When I was a kid, I went with my Dad on a business trip and discovered a Skittles dispenser in the hotel lobby. I'd never really had anything like that before...you know how it is when you're a kid, a variation on something you know is amazing.


• AMY
• So essentially, you discovered fruity M&M's.


• ANDY
• Exactly! And it was just so wonderful. It opened up a whole new world, made me think anything was possible. I spent my entire allowance on them. I'd slip down to the lobby and hold them in my hands and savor them; and it was heartbreaking every time one fell.


• AMY
• Still is...You've sold me. I'll get the Skittles.


• ANDY
• And now I feel like a corporate shill.


• AMY
• Well corporate shill, what's your name?


• ANDY
• Andy, from 278.


• AMY
• Amy, 301.


• ANDY
• Good meeting you Amy. I have to get back to some editing...film stuff. Hopefully we can bump into each other again


• Amy grabs her bag of Skittles and shrugs, smiling.


• AMY
• Thanks for the memories.


• She slips into the stairwell and Andy listens to her feet pound upwards for a moment, then turns and follows her up.


• FADE TO BLACK.