Brief Reunion Page #2

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Lea:
A vegan bird.

Teddy:
Right.

[Sound]:
JAZZ MUSIC ON THE

STEREO:

Teddy:
To old friends.

Teddy:
And uh, new narratives.

Lea:
And new friends.

Mark:
And um... The birthday boy.

Teddy:
Yes, the birthday boy.

Aaron:
Thank you.

Cynthia:
Aaron, you couldn't

just play along?

Aaron:
She knew I heard. It was

too late.

Gavin:
Sounds like a recipe for

a heart attack if you ask me.

Mark:
Oh, did somebody?

Teddy:
Well, I have a surprise,

actually.

Simone:
No, Teddy.

Teddy:
Uh, today is actually

Simones birthday too.

Aaron:
Really?

Lea:
Happy Birthday.

Mark:
Happy Birthday, Simone.

Everyone:
Happy Birthday.

Lea:
Why don't you try it with

it going from inside and then out?

Gavin:
It's going to look like

a dart board.

Lea:
It's not going to look

like a dart board, don't worry.

Lea:
Oh, hey... Thank you.

Simone:
I am so sorry. He didn't tell

me it was your husbands birthday party.

Lea:
Oh...

Simone:
He said we were going

out for a surprise.

Lea:
Oh, no don't worry about

it.

Simone:
Um, maybe I should go.

Lea:
What? No, no, no, no, no.

Hey, Happy Birthday, come here.

Lea:
It's okay, you want a drink? How

about a beer? It's organic, and local.

Lea:
Okay. Gavin, beer.

Simone:
Thank you.

Aaron:
Thanks for thinking of me Teddy, but

I'm kind of all-in with my kayaks right now.

Teddy:
I heard there was a

problem with those.

Aaron:
Where did you hear that?

Teddy:
Hmm, I don't remember.

Teddy:
Anyway, we're not talking

about a lot of money here, dude.

And it'd be first

in, first out.

Aaron:
Fifty grand is a lot of

money.

Teddy:
Really?

Aaron:
It's just not the right

time.

Teddy:
Just come by and see it.

The location,

un-f***ing-believable. It just

needs a gut job.

Aaron:
Well that'll cost more

than fifty grand.

Teddy:
No sh*t. You're not the

only investor I'm talking to.

Teddy:
You think Lea would be

interested?

Aaron:
I speak for both of us.

Teddy:
How about her parents?

Aaron:
No.

Teddy:
Well, Aaron... with all

that happened with me and Proem,

you don't think you

could throw a little my way?

Aaron:
With you and Proem?

Teddy:
You know.

Aaron:
No, Teddy, I don't.

Teddy:
Really.

Teddy:
Huh.

Teddy:
You know, Neil told me

Teddy:
Before he died, he said

some kind of interesting things.

Teddy:
He was like, quoting a

lot of stuff.

Teddy:
Like, he said, History

is the version of past events

that people have decided to

agree on.

Aaron:
He was obsessed with

Napoleon.

Teddy:
Yeah, but this was in the

context of Proem. And Version 2.0.

Aaron:
How?

Teddy:
I don't know. That

doesn't make any sense to you?

Aaron:
Well, he was pretty

delusional at the end.

Teddy:
Yeah, this was a little

before that though.

Teddy:
He also said something about

Proem maybe not really being worth

what everybody

thought it was worth.

Aaron:
It was worth what the

market said it was worth.

Teddy:
No, it was more like, it wasn't

actually what the market thought it was.

Aaron:
What does that mean?

Teddy:
I don't know. I always

wondered about that.

Teddy:
So, Mark's baby sister.

"Little Lee-Lee. "

Aaron:
It's just Lea now.

Teddy:
Quite the catch, man.

Aaron:
I'm a lucky man.

Teddy:
Mm hmm, you can say that

again.

Teddy:
Hey, I heard you guys did

that whole weekend-long retreat thing,

Teddy:
All that like, uh,

sharing and soul searching.

Aaron:
Who told you that?

Teddy:
Neil. He and Marnie did

it too.

Teddy:
Yeah, he said it was great. Make

sure you both really know each other,

Teddy:
That you both really know what

you're getting into and all that, right?

Aaron:
That's the idea.

Teddy:
Isn't that like a

Catholic thing?

Aaron:
Uh, I think so,

originally.

Teddy:
You think Simone and I

should do it?

Aaron:
You're not engaged, are

you?

Teddy:
No.

Aaron:
Well I think the idea is to do it

before, you know, a lifelong commitment.

Teddy:
So apparently you passed

muster.

Aaron:
HaHa... Apparently.

Teddy:
No major deal killers.

Aaron:
Guess not.

Teddy:
Or none you cared to

share, anyway. Or dared to.

Aaron:
We shared everything.

Teddy:
Even Gitta Glitter?

Aaron:
Her last name was Girard.

Teddy:
Yeah? Well, I'll always

remember her as Gitta Glitter.

Teddy:
You didn't, did you?

Teddy:
You know how she got

that nickname, right?

Teddy:
Yeah, maybe you're

better off not knowing.

Aaron:
Oh. Wow. Teddy.

Teddy:
Sorry.

Teddy:
Tell me you don't have a

Touch already.

Aaron:
Actually, uh...

Mark:
Yeah, hence the uh, Nano.

Teddy:
No! I should've got more

intel.

Aaron:
One for the office?

Lea:
Oh, three iPods?

Gavin:
Yeah. Like a good

American.

Cynthia:
Or for your car.

Teddy:
It's got my top ten Dead

shows on it.

Teddy:
Fillmore East, 1970.

Oxford Speedway 88.

Mark:
Weren't we at that one?

Teddy:
Yeah, of course, sophomore

summer. I made it myself.

Aaron:
Remember, everybody

thought Dylan was gonna sit in.

Mark:
Yeah, who opened for them?

Teddy:
Little Feet!

Aaron:
Didn't Branford Marsalis

sit in?

Teddy:
No. Nassau Coliseum 90.

You guys.

Simone:
Wait, Branford Marsalis

toured with The Dead?

Teddy:
Nah, he just sat in a

couple of times.

Aaron:
He's never played this

for you? Simone:
No.

Aaron:
Well, Happy Birthday.

Teddy:
She's never heard any of

that stuff.

Aaron:
Well, now she can.

Simone:
I've heard some of it.

Actually, um, thank you, but I couldn't.

Teddy:
Yeah, nevermind, I'll just

take it back if you dont want it.

Mark:
Sh*t, I'll take it.

Teddy:
Or you could at least

give it to your wife.

Lea:
Yeah, okay.

Aaron:
It's not your birthday.

Mark:
And you hate The Dead.

Teddy:
I'll just take it back,

never mind.

Aaron:
No, no, no. You know what,

I'd love to hear these in my car.

Aaron:
Um, thank you Teddy.

It's way too much, but thank you.

Teddy:
Nah, it's nothing.

Aaron:
No, it's really nice.

Teddy:
Kampai.

Simone:
Japanese for "Cheers. "

Cynthia:
Oh, I knew that.

Cynthia:
Kampai. Gavin: Salud.

Teddy:
Nazdrave.

Cynthia:
Is that Russian?

Aaron:
Czech.

Teddy:
Very good. Good memory.

[Music]:
FOREBODING MUSIC

[music]CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING

ON THE STEREO Lea Laughs

Aaron:
What?

Lea:
Come here.

Lea:
Oh my god. Wow.

Lea:
Teddy posted it.

Aaron:
How do I delete it?

Lea:
Uh, you can't.

Aaron:
He didn't ask my

permission.

Lea:
He doesn't have to.

Aaron:
Well, how can I get my

f***ing name off of it?

Lea:
Just, untag yourself.

Aaron:
How?

Lea:
There will be a link next

to your name.

Lea:
You have to log on as

yourself.

Aaron:
So it's just sitting out

there. Forever.

Lea:
You can ask him to delete

it.

Aaron:
Teddy.

Lea:
I thought you were going

to ignore his friend request.

Aaron:
He wouldn't stop bugging

me.

Lea:
By the way, you looked

totally hot.

Lea:
Somebody touched a nerve.

Lea:
So, who was Gitta Girard?

Aaron:
Where is it?

Lea:
Right there!

Lea:
So?

Aaron:
What?

Lea:
Gitta?

Aaron:
It's all a bit of a blur.

Lea:
Seems like she'd be pretty

hard to forget.

Teddy:
I'm sorry I brought my

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