EXT. ELEVATOR - DAY
A woman, SUSAN 30s, is standing in the elevator.
We hear a DING.
The door opens and a man, DAVE 30s, steps in.
Dave does a double take at Susan.
Susan double-takes Dave and opens her mouth slightly.
Another woman, MARY 30s, steps in after Dave.
The door closes with all three looking forward.
After a beat Mary looks over at Dave
What time are our reservations?
Um... 8:30.
Dave looks quickly over at Susan then back forward.
David?
Mary looks quizzically at Susan.
Dave looks over at Susan again.
...Susan?
Yeah, it's me. How are you? It's been
such a long time.
Yeah...
You two know each other? What a
coincidence!
Uh... Yeah. What a surprise.
beat.
So what have you been up to David?
Oh not much, more of the same... you
know.
ahem.
Mary nudges Dave in the side.
Oh! sorry hon... Susan I'd like you to
meet Mary.
Susan shakes her hand.
Nice to meet you Mary.
Merr, this is Susan, my...
So what do you do Mary?
oh, I'm a costume designer.
Oh really? Ghouls and Goblins or Space
aliens?
Mary chuckles.
Actually a bit of both. I work in
Hollywood. I actually met Dave here on
set.
oh really?
Dave is standing in between them, being very silent and
looking nervous.
Mary smiles.
Yeah. I was fitting Jeff Bridges and he
came in to meet with the director on a
rewrite. We just met and kind of...
Clicked?
Exactly.
Mary's expression turns to confusion.
How exactly do you know Dave?
She's just an old friend Hon.
Oh?
yeah, it's just funny running into you
here.
I'm here for the same reason you are
David.
You're in the festival?
Yes. I'm actually production designer on
an indie called "Charlie X".
Oh! We had that on our screening schedule
for tomorrow! Did you know she worked on
it honey?
Um.. no... actually i didn't know at all!
We hear a DING.
The Door opens.
Well it was nice meeting you Susan.
Yeah, good to see you again.
Definitely. It was nice to meet you too
Mary.
Hey, what are you doing for dinner?
Now Merr, i think her schedule's busy
enough in this zoo without making another
dinner date with us.
I'm free tonight.
Well... We only have reservations for
two. Sorry.
Nonsense! They can make room for one
more.
Mary puts her arm out to hold the elevator door open.
Meet us in the lobby at 8.
Susan smiles.
I'll be there.
Mary leaves the elevator and Dave follows.
As the doors close we hear:
Hon? Can i talk to you for a second?
We see Susan smile as the doors close.
FADE TO BLACK.