322. Gummy - Leslie

• FADE IN:


• INT. LITTLE SCOOPS YOGURT SHOP - DAY


• ROBERT sits glumly at table for two as EVIE sits across from him cheerfully digging into a bowl of Cinammon-Vanilla topped with butterfingers.


• She eats and watches Robert, contemplating his face.


• Getting up suddenly, she walks quickly to the counter.


• Robert watches as she gestures animatedly at the toppings container, grinning.


• The SERVER laughs and fills a plastic bag, then hands it to her.


• She returns to the table and plops down a bag full of gummy bears.


• EVIE
• Here, this used to always cheer me up.


• She pulls gummy bears out of the bag and begins arranging them on the table.


• EVIE
• I used to do this when I was kid and I was in a bad mood.


• She looks at the formation of colorful bears for a second, then proceeds to pop them, one by one in her mouth.


• ROBERT
• That's probably unsanitary. Actually, now, not probably, it is, ridiculously unsanitary.


• EVIE
• Shhh, don't ruin years of tradition. Here, you try.


• She shoves the bag towards him.


• He ignores it.


• She sighs and pulls more bears out of the bag and starts arranging them on a napkin in front of him.


• EVIE
• C'mon, just try.


• ROBERT
• Fine.


• He half-heartedly arranges them into two lines, then eats them, one by one.


• Evie returns to her frozen yogurt, pretending to ignore him.


• He finishes eating the bears, then returns to his sulking.


• She keeps eating.


• He sneaks a glance at her, and satisfied she is distracted, he slips more bears out of the bag, arranging them into intersecting diamonds, then eating them.


• He tries another arrangement, then stops looking up and sees Evie watching him.


• A smile plays around her lips and he fights to keep a straight face as he pushes the bears around.


• Evie turns back to the window, smirking just a bit, while Robert eats his latest formation of gummy bears.


• FADE TO BLACK.