Scene One:
OFFICE BUILDING PARKING LOT - MIDDAY
Woman drives up the driveway of the office building while Man walks out front door to greet her.
Woman is smiling brightly through the glass of the car, waves quickly and radiates warmth and beauty.
Man walks at even pace, slightly hunched over, awkwardly adjust his sport coat, looks briefly at the Woman in the car, glances around to people in the area, looks at his phone, fidgets with his hands, attempts a crooked smile and approaches the car.
Man opens car door.
Woman Speaks First
WOMAN
“Hi”
MAN
“Hi”
WOMAN
“Are you okay, what’s wrong”
MAN
“Uh, nothing, wow, its hot, uh Hi…”
WOMAN
“Everything’ okay then?”
MAN
“Yeah sure, what…? Where do you want to go?”
WOMAN
“Well, you don’t seem very happy to see me, or you just looked like when you walked up that you were not in a good mood, you didn’t smile or appear to want to go to lunch”
MAN
“No not at all, sorry, {BIG SMILE}, HI…. You look nice, boy its hot. So, you hungry? What do you want?”
WOMAN
“Kiss”
THEY KISS
MAN
"Is the air on full blast? Ready to go?
WOMAN
"Sure, here, its on, does this help"
MAN
"Great, so what did you want to eat, or where did you want to go"
THEY DRIVE OFF
*Rewrite of Scene by new Director/Playwright*
OFFICE BUILDING PARKING LOT - MIDDAY
Woman drives up the driveway of the office building while Man walks out front door to greet her.
Woman is smiling brightly through the glass of the car, waves quickly and radiates warmth and beauty.
Man briskly walks towards the car, back straight, grinning ear to ear, on his toes as he skips an extra foot off the curb towards the car and waves just as he approaches the door handle of the car.
Man opens car door.
Man speaks first
MAN
"Hey there, wow, you look great...
WOMAN
“Hi... {Woman leans in more towards the open door with her upper body and smiles bigger}
MAN
{Man reaches out for the Woman, pulls her towards him and they tenderly kiss}
"Nice to see you, really, missed that for sure!"
WOMAN
“Hmmmm, yes thank you. You look amazing....”
{Woman touches Mans' hair and looks at him for a few extra seconds while the car hums a bit louder with the A/C spinning faster}
MAN
"Where can I take you to lunch....? Ready?"
WOMAN
"Yes please"
MAN PLACES HAND ON WOMAN'S KNEE WHILE SHE PUTS THE CAR IN GEAR AND BEGINS TO DRIVE AWAY.
WOMAN PLACES HER HAND ON HIS WHILE SHE MAKES THE TURN TOWARDS THE STREET AND SMILES AGAIN
END SCENE
But what a perfect scene to want.