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Easter Morning  - Scene 1 – Urban Diner - Sad Ending

Server:  Hey, did you hear me, old man??...........Hey, I’m talkin’ to you! Get your slimy puss off the counter. Did you want to order or not?

Old Man:  Oh, OK……I must have dozed off………had a little too much wine last night and couldn’t sleep.

Server: Look, buddy…..long sad story…..I’m busy……Order or I’ll have to come back tomorrow!

Old Man: No….Ok…..uh well I need coffee…….black and do you have scrambled egg pancakes? My daughter used to ......

(server interrupts)

Server: What are you?.....crazy? Never heard of it.

Old Man: Oh….uh…..well, just some toast…….on white bread.

Server brings the coffee right away. Old Man starts sipping the coffee and talking quietly to himself.

Then he raises his hand to the server and yells…….. 

 

Old Man: Happy Easter 

Server: Yeah, whatever, guess your family don’t want you around either, Old Man!......... 

 

Easter Morning  - Scene 1 – Urban Diner - Happy Ending

Server:  Hey, did you hear me, old man??...........Hey, I’m talkin’ to you! Get your slimy puss off the counter. Did you want to order or not?

Old Man:  Oh, OK……I must have dozed off………had a little too much wine last night and couldn’t sleep.

Server: Look, buddy…..long sad story…..I’m busy……Order or I’ll have to come back tomorrow!

Old Man: No….Ok…..uh well I need coffee…….black and do you have scrambled egg pancakes? My daughter used to ......

(server interrupts)

Server: What are you?.....crazy? Never heard of it.

(A girl next to him overhears and pipes in)

Girl: Sir, excuse me for butting in, but I used to make those for my Dad but he died last week……… right before Easter

(Server shakes his head and walks away)

(Girl looks Old Man over carefully then says…….)

Girl: So……. How would you like to come over to my apartment right now and have breakfast with me? I live right around the corner. I have coffee and the stuff to make the pancakes…….

(He looks her in the eyes…… not speaking for at least a minute, tears forming in his eyes)

Old Man: Yes, that would be nice………

Then he raises his hand to the server and yells…….. 

 

Old Man: Happy Easter

Server: Yeah, whatever!!

 

 

One week before Easter Morning  - Scene 2 - By the Sea

 

Person #1: C’mon, let’s go! Love the beach, but I’m wet, hungry and tired! You know we can’t stay here forever – it’s our time to move on.

 

Person #2: No, please, I’m not ready to go yet. How long have we been here? It only seems like an instant ……watching the waves roll in, breathing the briny breeze. When I was a child, my parents had to pull me from the surf to get me to leave. I could never see them and never heard them call me. All I saw was the water; all I heard was the relentless pounding of its journey to the shore; it was where I felt alive, hopeful and free. Why can’t I just stay here until the end?

Silence as they both look seaward …….

Person #1: I damn well know how you must feel…….. but you know it IS the end………..

They turned their heads to look at each other……eyes staring…..locking….. fighting back tears

                                              ….fade to black……..