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COOKIES AND MILKbySachi Adorno-Weatherford
 
FADE IN:INT. LIVING ROOM - NIGHTIn a modest room lit by a single lamp, CHRIS and ALYSSA, both19, sit adjacent on the couch, neither completelycomfortable. On the table before them are two glasses of milkand an opened box of Oreos.Alyssa dives her Oreo into the milky abyss.CHRISSo this is your midnight snack ofchoice?ALYSSA (nodding; mid-bite)What’s yours?CHRISUsually cereal. I’m a fan of AppleJacks.ALYSSA As am I. Dessert of choice?CHRISIce cream.ALYSSA What kind?CHRISSnickers.ALYSSA Chunky monkey all the way. Or mintchocolate chip. Or just vanilla.But only with chocolate syrup ontop.CHRISWow, you really got it narroweddown there.There is a pause Alyssa readjusts her seating position,looking suddenly more eager.ALYSSA (excited)OK, how about care-mel or car-a- mel?
 
CHRISWhat?ALYSSA Which way do you say it?CHRISCare-mel.ALYSSA I say caramel. Ca-RIB-bean or Carib-BE-an?CHRISYou know, I think I used to say Ca-RIB-be-an, until Pirates of theCaribbean came out.ALYSSA Weird. Eh-conomics or ee-conomics?CHRISEh-conomics.ALYSSA Same. But if I’m talking about theclass, I say econ.CHRISHuh. That’s true.ALYSSA Both or bolth?CHRISI think bolth?ALYSSA Use it in a sentence.(quickly)*NSYNC or Backstreet Boys?CHRISBolth suck.ALYSSA (laughing)Bolth.CHRISOh, tricky. What if I had beenlike, “Neither. 98 degrees”?2.
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