EXT. DINER - NIGHT - EST.
The parking lot is full in front of this 50s-style Diner with
bright shining neon lighting up the night sky.
Can i take your order?INT. DINER - NIGHT
Three people sit at a booth.
On one side of the table is JACK, 21, wearing a baseball hat
and a sweatshirt. On the other side is GREG, 21, and TARA,
22, sitting close together.
The three of them are looking up from their menus to the
WAITRESS, 40s, who looks at them expectantly.
Ummm...I'd like some coffee.Can i have a vanilla Coke?We don't serve vanilla Coke anymore?What?Yeah we just stopped...But... I've been getting vanilla Cokehere since before you guys had it on yourmenu.Just get a normal Coke.Ummmm...Well we don't serve it anymore.Do you guys still have vanilla syrup backthere?Jesus Greg, why can't you just get anormal Coke?Yeah, but it's different.Because, Dear, i want a vanilla Coke. Theonly reason i wanted to come to thisplace was for the damn vanilla Coke.How's it different?Jesus, no need to bite my head off,Honey.I dunno. It's for the coffee not theCoke.What's for the coffee?Could you bring over some cream tooplease?She says it's different.It's not the same.what do you want Jack?Can i just get a normal Coke?Sure, so that's one coffee and two normalCokes?Yes.No! i still don't see why i can't get avanilla Coke?She already told you it's different, soyou can't have it. Weren't you listeningto her?It's not the same stuff. We don't have itanymore.Well how can it be different?it's just different Greg. Hence it's noton the menu.But i've been getting vanilla Cokes heresince before they were on the menu. Whywould they stop having something they'vehad since before they changed the damnmenu?Because they don't. Now can you pleasejust give it up for a change and settlefor a regular Coke?(to waitress)A regular Coke will be fine for me.Because i don't want a regular Coke. Ican get a regular Coke anywhere. I want avanilla Coke!We don't serve that anymore.They don't serve that anymore.See? Listen to Jack if you wont listen toyour own girlfriend. They don't serve itanymore.So, one coffee and two Cokes?NO! OK, now... What exactly do you haveback there?It's not the same. It's for the coffeenot the Coke.Well can you do me a huge favor and putsome of that stuff in my Coke?It wont taste the same.Well just try it for me please, just tosee.If it's different it wont taste the same.Thanks Jack.(to waitress)I'd like to try it just the same.OK chief, be right back.The waitress leaves.
Jesus Greg, why do you have to be such ababy all the time?Why do you have to side against me allthe time?Because you're wrong.We'll see.I don't understand. What's so differentabout what they put in coffee and whatthey put in Coke?They put vanilla syrup in Coke, andvanilla extract in coffee. If you putextract in Coke it tastes horrible.We'll see.Huh, i did not know that.Obviously neither does Greg.I'm not gonna do this Tara, not tonight.Do what?Just... be quiet.No, what? I want to hear what "this" isthat you're not up for doing tonight.Just forget it.I don't think i can. I think you're justmad because you can't get your littledrink anymore and now you have to orderthe same old Coke everyone else does.That's what you think huh?Yeah, that's what i think.He drinks Coke all the time though.Both Greg and Tara look across at Jack.
What?The waitress appears at Greg's elbow.
Here ya go guys, one coffee, one Coke,and one vanilla Coke.Thanks.Can i have some cream when you get thechance?Oh... Yeah.The waitress stands there.
Greg looks around the table, then at his Coke.
It's gonna taste horrible.He picks up a straw, unwraps it, and starts stirring.
it looks lighter than mine.After a beat, he raises it to his lips and takes a sip.
FADE TO BLACK.
