Brief Reunion Page #4

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that's not gonna happen.

Aaron:
What if it did?

Aaron:
Can't like couldn't or

can't like shouldn't?

Mark:
Just stop talking to him.

Aaron:
Just hear me out?

Lea:
I'm parked over here.

Lea:
Pretty.

Aaron:
Please Lea. What do I do?

Lea:
I guess what's done is

done.

Aaron:
Meaning?

Lea:
I don't know.

Aaron:
I'm sorry.

Aaron:
Nobody in the world

means more to me than you.

Aaron:
Will you let me take you

to dinner?

Lea:
That would be a start.

Lea:
Yeah well. You know you

guys aren't getting any younger.

Well... You know what I

mean. Yeah.

Lea:
Well. You know, maybe Dad's just

going to have to be more careful and

Lea:
Maybe you're going to

have to be the one...

...that makes sure that

he and what did you say?

[Lea talks on Phone]

[Lea talks on Phone]

Lea:
It's the truth. Yeah.

Well. I think Dad would take it a

lot better... Oh, hold on a sec, Mom.

Aaron:
I have to go meet Teddy

for a beer.

Lea:
Okay. Aaron: He's got some

investment thing he wants to talk about.

Lea:
How long are you going to

be?

Aaron:
I don't know... Uh.

Couple hours?

Lea:
Okay. Drive safe.

Teddy:
I thought you should

have that back.

Aaron:
Why do you have this?

Teddy:
Uh. Well, the day you

and Mark left Prague?

Uh, I was bored so I went over

to Madame K's for some fun.

Teddy:
Neil gave it to me to

give to Gitta.

Aaron:
He gave it to you?

Teddy:
Yeah.

Aaron:
And?

Teddy:
Well. I was just going to

peek at it but then when I read it...

Teddy:
I realized it was kinda the perfect

way to finally have a go with Gitta.

Teddy:
Cause you weren't very

generous with her.

Aaron:
How much do you want?

Teddy:
I want to know about the

hole.

Aaron:
What hole?

Teddy:
The flaw in Version 2.0. What

Neil was talking about before he died.

Aaron:
Neil was delusional.

Teddy.

Teddy:
Yeah? No. I think it was

more like guilty conscience.

Aaron:
I don't know what you're

talking about.

Teddy:
I think you do.

Aaron:
Did you have something on Neil

too? From freshman year or something?

Teddy:
Have something?

Aaron:
Or did he just see something

in you no one else the world could see?

Teddy:
I was his best friend.

Teddy:
Hey. You know Aaron? The

thing I never understood about Gitta?

Teddy:
Why was she such a popular whore?

Considering what a terrible f*** she was?

Teddy:
I mean. Right?

Aaron:
F***.

[Crickets chirping]

Lea:
Oh. Hey.

Lea:
What's wrong?

Aaron:
Total waste of time.

Lea:
Well. I was surprised you

went.

Aaron:
Coffee?

Lea:
Book proposal. Due

tomorrow.

Aaron:
Oh. Right.

Lea:
You're gonna have time in

the morning to read it. Right?

Aaron:
Yeah.

Lea:
So what did he want?

Started out promising enough but it turns

out he doesn't know what he's talking about.

Aaron:
Hasn't thought it

through.

Lea:
Are you sure you're okay?

Aaron:
Just incredibly annoyed.

Lea:
Well. I better get back to

it.

Lea:
Oh god. 10:30 already?

Aaron:
I'm gonna

Lea:
Oh. Aaron, don't start

again.

Aaron:
I already have.

Lea:
I know. Why?

[Crickets]

[Aaron vomits]

[Garbage Bag ruffles]

[Phone rings]

Aaron:
Why don't you get up

early?

Lea:
Mmm. No I can't. I'm on a

roll.

Lea:
Thanks. Honey.

Aaron:
You'll be fresher in the

morning.

Lea:
Mmm. I have to finish it tonight

so I can proof it in the morning.

Aaron:
Okay.

Lea:
Thanks. Aaron: Good luck.

Aaron:
'night

Lea:
Good night

Aaron:
I've gotta go to the

office.

Lea:
Oh. Really?

Aaron:
I've gotta take care of

this Northern thing.

Lea:
Well. Are you gonna have

time to read this?

Aaron:
Can you e-mail it to me?

Lea:
I guess.

Katie:
Oh my god! What are you

doing here?

Aaron:
What are you doing here?

Katie:
I have some stuff to

catch up on.

Aaron:
I don't pay you to work

on Saturdays.

Katie:
I know.

Aaron:
Don't stay all day.

Katie:
I won't.

Aaron:
Did you call the police?

Simone:
They won't even

consider him missing.

Simone:
You know, if he were planning

to go somewhere, he'd bring his laptop.

Aaron:
Do you have his computer?

Simone:
Yeah. It's in the car.

Aaron:
Well. I could try to get

into it, if you want.

Simone:
Oh. Okay.

Aaron:
Maybe we can find

something to convince them

to start looking for him

right away.

Simone:
What did he want to ask

you about?

Aaron:
Simone. I think Teddy

may be in trouble.

Simone:
What kind of trouble?

Aaron:
Last night he asked me to stake

him some money but for a drug deal.

Lea:
Last night?

Simone:
Oh. Teddy. Lea: So what do

you think could've happened to him?

Aaron:
I don't know. But he

seemed pretty desperate.

I think he might've already owed

somebody some money.

Simone:
So why didn't you lend

it to him?

Lea:
Okay so you refused, and

left.

Simone:
Okay. Uh, come with me,

and tell this to the police.

Simone:
You know. Then maybe they

can start looking for him right away.

Aaron:
What if- what

if he's not missing?

Lea:
Aaron's right. I mean, what if you

go to the police, and he's not missing?

Aaron:
Devil's advocate. If he's

not, if he doesn't want to be found,

Aaron:
We could get him into a lot

of trouble if we go to the police.

Simone:
But he's obviously

already in a lot of trouble.

Aaron:
We don't know that for

sure.

Simone:
Why is his car still

there?

Lea:
Maybe he took a ride with

somebody.

Simone:
Oh. God. Where? Who

with?

Aaron:
If I could get into his

laptop maybe we can find a lead.

Simone:
Okay.

Lea:
It's gonna be alright,

okay? He's gonna turn up.

Lea:
A drug deal?

Aaron:
I figured the less you

knew, the better.

Lea:
And I completely believed

you.

Aaron:
I should go to the office. I

don't have the right software here.

Aaron:
Oh! Your proposal.

Lea:
I already submitted it.

Aaron:
Sh*t. I'm sorry.

Aaron:
Don't wait up. This could

take a while. It could be all night.

Lea:
I won't.

[Sound]:
TYPING ON COMPUTER

KEYBOARD:

[music]:
OMINOUS MUSIC

[sound]:
SHOVEL DIGGING IN

DIR:

[sound]:
BODY FALLING IN GRAVE

[music]:
OMINOUS MUSIC

Mark:
So they don't have any

leads on these drug dealers?

Aaron:
No.

Mark:
And he never told you who

they were.

Aaron:
Uh uh

Mark:
No luck with his computer?

Aaron:
Nope.

Mark:
You?

Mark:
Well. The police will get

into it.

Aaron:
I hope so.

Mark:
F***ing Teddy. Probably

got himself killed.

Not that that would be

such a bad thing.

Aaron:
I'm gonna pretend I

didn't hear that.

[Music. Sound]:
FOREBODING

MUSIC, BIRDS, CRICKETS

Mark:
Lets do it.

Mark:
What. Wednesday, you free

Wednesday?

Aaron:
Uh. Wednesday or

Thursday, I forget which, um,

I have- I have an appointment

with Northern.

Mark:
You own your own business

man. Just close up.

Mark:
Get a couple of beers sit

down, kick our feet up

Mark:
Hey.

Mark:
Wow. Look who's back!

Simone:
No. This is Teddy's

brother, Tom.

Mark:
Oh. Wow.

Tom:
Tom.

Lea:
Tom. This is my husband

Aaron, and my brother Mark.

They both went to school with

Teddy.

Tom:
Yeah. I know.

Aaron:
Will you excuse me just

one moment.

Mark:
Oh um. Hey have a seat.

[Sound]:
AARON HYPERVENTILATES

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