EXT. HUNTER'S PATIO - NIGHT
Hunter, Chloe and Tom around the table, each with a bottled water. Starry sky, crescent moon. FAINT INTERMITTENT CRICKET.
HUNTER: So Tom, do you and Wanda have plans for your twenty-fifth?
TOM: Yessir. Goin' to Hawaii.
HUNTER: Which island?
TOM: Oahu. Waikiki the first few nights, place called Kailua the last few.
HUNTER: Been before?
TOM: First time for both of us.
CHLOE: Are you excited?
TOM: We are. Not so much about the flyin' part but that's just part a the package. I bet y'all been.
CHLOE: I learned to surf on Maui.
TOM: Take a lesson?
CHLOE: My mom.
HUNTER: Wanda don't believe it but I'm plannin' on takin a lesson.
CHLOE: That's cool.
TOM: Figure the worse thatt can happen is me fallin', and I will, but I'm thinkin' it's a lot softer landin' then comin' off a horse. You ever surf, Hunter?
HUNTER: I dabbled when I was a kid.
CHLOR: Dad's a skier.
TOM: Alright. How 'bout you?
CHLOE: Snowboard. We're going to Jackson Hole over Super Bowl weekend.\
TOM: Been there before?
CHLOE: On the way to Yellowstone three summers ago. Dad has skied there.
HUNTER: A long time ago. I'm sure you've been.
TOM: Me and Wanda did Yellowstone in the winter several years ago, and I had a friend in Wilson I used to visit. TOM: Well y'all, I hate to be a party pooper but it's gettin' on my bedtime and I need to call Wanda and Ruth. Sure have enjoyed the conversation and hope we can do it again.
HUNTER: How 'bout tomorrow over breakfast.
TOM: That's a date. And Chloe, ya gotta give me the recipe for that casserole to give to Wanda, that was delicious.
CHLOE: I'm glad you liked it. Thank you. And I will.
Tom stands.
HUNTER: I'm right here at sunrise with coffee, Tom, if you're up.
TOM: Another date. Oh, and I hope you wouldn't mind signin' my copy of Foglost.
HUNTER: Happy to. And I hope you wouldn't mind signing the guest book.
TOM: Happy to. Goodnight, y'all, and thanks again for your kindness and hospitality.
HUNTER: Thanks for stopping by.
TOM: Real glad I did. See y'all in the mornin'.
HUNTER/CHLOE: Goodnight, Tom.
Chloe and Hunter watch Tom enter house, leave view.
Chloe and Hunter watch Tom enter house, leave view.
HUNTER: If Tom is able and would like to join us, assuming Jackie can wrangle another horse -
CHLOE: Yes.
Hunter gets phone from pocket, speaks into it.
HUNTER: Jackie.
[end Act 1]
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