Prompt: Closing Time, a Rivalry, and a Car Accident
[In an empty truck stop diner south of Chicago (so Southern Illinois to those from the city) ZACH wipes down the counter]
ZACH
[badly and loudly]
I know who I want to take me home. I know who I want to take me home I know who I —
[THEO enters picking up where ZACH left off, louder, slightly better]
THEO
Take me home!
ZACH
You done in the kitchen?
THEO
No thanks to you. How long does it take to wipe down the counter?
ZACH
About as long as it takes to deep clean the fryers.
THEO
Right. Because there were so many customers and they were so messy.
ZACH
Mmhmm.
THEO
Dude.
ZACH
Dude.
THEO
Forget it, let’s just get out of —
[just then a car drives through the front window]
Damn. I’ll call Diane.
[due to the broken window, cars pulling in to the lot can be heard. There’s a lot of commotion and it’s becoming clear that maybe it’s not a reckless driver so much as someone fleeing pursuiters. MAGGIE EVERS dressed incognito ducking to avoid the paparazzi that ran her off the road stumbles out of the car. This all happens while THEO makes the following call]
Hi, Aunt Diane. I’m calling because we have a bit of a situation here at work. Someone drove through the front.
(Is anyone hurt?)
Zach and I are fine. Not sure about the driver… woah, there are news vans pulling in.
(I’m on my way over but if the driver is hurt don’t wait for me, call 911)
Okay yeah.
ZACH
Dude.
THEO
Hold on, my aunt is —
ZACH
No, dude, look.
THEO
As long as no one is hurt dude let me —
MAGGIE
Um, hello… do you have a back exit by chance?
THEO
Dude.