Like it was Nothing

The scene is a bar busy with young people and there’s the sound of chatter beneath loud music.  Dillon sits with his elbows leaning on his lap and his fist supports his chin.  There is a girl sitting beside him and she’s poking the ice cubes in her drink with her straw.  The silence is broken.

Dillon

Yup!  I definitely think he is a keeper.

Gloria

What do you mean?

She looks at him and smiles.  Dillon says nothing.  Gloria puts her drink down.

I don’t know what you mean, Dillon.

Dillon

Aw, just this new boy: he has potential.

Gloria

Are you talking about...

Cut to the bar where a tall young man with dark hair is talking to someone, leaning nonchalantly, smiling and nodding.  He looks directly at the camera: he knows Gloria is looking at him, his smile widens.  Cut to Gloria who is flushed and produces an embarrassed smile.

Dillon

Yes.  Him.

Gloria

I think he’s a nice guy.

Dillon

He could be a suitor for you at long last, Gloria.

Gloria

My goodness, Dillon, you are obsessed.  You say that about every guy that holds a door for me.

Dillon

But this guy (he laughs slightly) this guy I’ve known a year from the team, right! - listen Gloria, and he’s never been as, hmm... How should I say – as lively!  as when he’s with you.

Gloria

Complete bullshit.

Gloria grabs her purse and began rummaging through it and pulled out a small make-up mirror and scrutinised her face.  The silence resumes.

Dillon

You had your chance.

Gloria

What?

Dillon

I said you had your chance with me and you let it go like it was nothing.

Gloria

Aw thank you, Zak.

Cut to the guy from the bar putting drinks on the table.

Zak

Sorry ladies and gents, met a girl I know at the bar, couldn’t get away – typical!

Dillon takes a sip of his new drink, Gloria glances at him nervously. 

Dillon

(To Himself.) Like it was nothing.