LAURA
Darling!

JEREMY
Hey there!

LAURA
What are you drinking?

JEREMY
Martinis.

LAURA
I need to catch up…

JEREMY
I just got here.

LAURA
Still, I’m ridiculously sober.

JEREMY
Javier, two martinis for my lady here.

JAVIER
(To Laura)
How would you like them?

LAURA
Traditional; 5 partis gin; 1 part vermouth; stirred, not shaken… with two olives.

JAVIER
I think I love you.

JEREMY
Get in line…

(Javier goes to make the drinks)

LAURA
So how has your day been?

JEREMY
Oh, fine… just the usual thing. Waiting to see you…

LAURA
Really?

JEREMY
Absolutely.

LAURA
You shouldn’t do that.

JEREMY
But I love you.

LAURA
I love you too – but still, you shouldn’t do that. You should live for each minute – not for the next minute.

JEREMY
But you’re all that matters.

LAURA
That’s simply not true. Time to grow up darling.

JEREMY
But…

(JAVIER brings the drinks)

JAVIER
Here you are.

LAURA
(to JAVIER)
How has your day been?

JAVIER
Filled with seconds. Like every day.

LAURA
Seconds?

JAVIER
Small moments, like this one. Punctuated with alcohol. You meet someone,
you make their drink. You deliver it.

LAURA
And then what will you do, when this moment ends, and someone else orders a drink?

JAVIER
I’ll make that next drink, of course.

LAURA
But what if I don’t want you to leave?

JEREMY
Laura…

(The End)