Aftertaste Page #12

Season #1 Episode #1

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SALLY:

Last Saturday night I saw Willie entering

Bobbi’s apartment and then leaving early

Sunday morning...half dressed. And I saw her

kiss him. Oh my god, Melody Rae, I am so

sorry.

MELODY RAE:

Whaaat? No...I’m sorry I gotta go.

Melody Rae dashes out of the supermarket.

SALLY:

Sorry! I thought you knew.

REVEAL:
Melody Rae replaying past events out at dance clubs staring at Willie across the room and confiding in Bobbi.

BOBBI BREWER—29, Italian, average height, dark straight haired, dental hygienist.

MELODY RAE:

I definitely think he’s the one.

BOBBI:

You’re so lucky. And you’re so pretty, and,

seriously look at you! You’re so cute, how

you can rock overall shorts, and wear them

with cowboy boots. No wonder he’s crazy into

you.

Next scene:
the two girls are ordering drinks at one of the clubs and Bobbi walks up wearing the exact same type of overall shorts with cowboy boots.

INT. MELODY RAE’S PARENT’S HOUSE

Melody has just told her parents what Bobbi had done. Dad is fuming. Mom is hugging her while she cries.

MELODY RAE:

I can’t drive right now, dad, I’m too upset.

But I have to see Bobbi. I just feel like I

need to see her. Can you drive me to Bobbi’s?

AARON SR.

You know, sweetie, nothing positive will

result by confronting her. You can’t

rationalize with irrational?

MELODY RAE:

I know dad, I know, but plea-a-a-se. I am

going over there no matter what. I just

think I shouldn’t drive myself. I’m too

wound up.

AARON SR.

Fine, okay. Let’s go.

Aaron Sr. and Melody Rae pull up in dad’s 1979 classic, blue Ford pick-up and park right next to Bobbi’s front apartment door. Bobbi exits her door and approaches Melody Rae with extra loving kindness and gives her a hug.

BOBBI:

How come you always look so good?

MELODY RAE:

Stop.

(beat)

Did you sleep with Willie?

BOBBI:

Well, uhm, remember last Saturday night when

he told you he had to go duck hunting and so

we all left to go our separate ways home.

Well, he followed me and caught me near the

lazy Lounge Chair, by the parking lot and we

ended up talking, mostly about you. And then

we talked about how he’s from Texas, and as

you know, so am I, and we just talked about

that, and how we like the same football team.

And I kept bringing you up and saying how he

shouldn’t be talking to me, he should be

talking to you. And then he told me how you

guys aren’t together really. And we talked

more about Texas and how much we have in

common. And he said he wanted me and has

never wanted anyone as badly before. And I

kept saying how perfect you are, and he kept

saying, that he’s not perfect, and doesn’t

want perfect. And he said you two aren’t

even together, and...

Melody Rae, after shaking her head in disbelief throughout Bobbi’s rambling, finally heard enough, and turns and walks away back to the truck.

BOBBI:

He followed me!

Melody Rae slams to truck door and they drive off.

SUPERIMPOSE:

Fishbone #3

EXT. CARL’S JUNIOR – DAY

Melody Rae and Kat at drive through of Burger King.

KAT:

So are those astrology self-help books

helping you get over Willie? I mean, thank

goodness Bobbi and he never became anything

serious. And thank goodness she moved to

Nebraska.

MELODY RAE:

Yeah. I don’t want anything to do with

either of them. And the books have totally

helped, because I now know we were just an

awful sign combination. And, trust me, I am

never, ever again dating a Budweiser truck

driver born on the nineteenth of June 1969,

ever again.

(beat)

Never!

(VO)

May I take your order?

MELODY RAE:

Yes, I’ll have a large order of fries. Make

that two. Two fish sandwiches, a large coke,

a large vanilla shake and...do you want

anything, Kat?

KAT:

I thought you just did order for me.

They both laugh.

EXT. MCCLOUD CALIFORNIA – EVE OF FOURTH OF JULY 2011

INT. KAT’S COTTAGE

Kat is standing acting restless. Melody Rae is sitting at kitchen table.

KAT:

On with it.

MELODY RAE:

Okay!

(Claps hands and grabs the

legal pad off the table)

After the juicy swordfish, Willie, I could

no longer smell Polo cologne, or hear the

song ‘Why Don’t We Get Drunk’ by Jimmy

Buffett, or taste Budweiser beer without

being left with a spicy and lustful

aftertaste.

KAT:

Ha-ha-ha-ha.

Melody Rae grabs the Relationship book and opens to their combination.

MELODY RAE:

The title for our combination, the

nineteenth of June with the third of

December is:
tried and true. Best at:

family. Weaknesses: exhausting,

oscillating, impermanent.

KAT:

Aye, yie, yie!

(beat)

I seriously do not want to read any of my

combinations. That is just too much, too

real, too soon.

Kat snatches the corkscrew and begins to open their second bottle of wine. Then she pours both her and Melody Rae a full glass, nods her head, toasts her wine glass toward Melody Rae, takes a sip and begins preparation for a salmon baked with mango and brie entrée. Melody Rae’s cellphone whistles its Bobby McFerrin ringtone “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”.

KAT:

New ringtone?

MELODY RAE:

Yep. Every time I hear it, I relax.

Melody Rae sees on her phone that it is her mom calling through.

MELODY RAE:

Too late.

(laughs)

I looked up the recipe online—I couldn’t

wait. You know me! I’m totally impulsive

when I’m motivated about something, but

thank you anyway, I’ll call you if we have

any questions while cooking, okay?

(beat)

Oh, I will, absolutely! Okay, talk to you

soon. Bye, mom. Love you.

REVEAL:
Both ladies cooking together with incredible rhythm and ease; laughing, teasing, tasting, and toasting. Melody Rae stops to view a picture on the fridge of Kat with her much older police officer boyfriend, Steven, when Kat catches her and begins to explain how difficult yet magical their relationship is. While Kat peels and dices the mangoes and vents about her situation with Steven, Melody Rae unwraps the brie, begins to thinly slice it, turns on the right front stove burner to the medium setting, and preheats the oven to three hundred and fifty degrees while Kat offers the skillet to place on the stovetop. Melody Rae begins to pour the olive oil into the skillet while Kat places the four salmon filets into the pan.

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