Story time with Steve

                               Story time with Steve
                                 A bored short
By                                                                                            Steve Ristich


Dinner for Two, before I write this out. Dinner for Two is a sketch I wrote years back. I am trying to adapted it to a short story and has been very difficult, but I think I got this. SO if it seems SHITTY well that's because I'm turning a script into a story. So here is Dinner for Two. But I could always just write it like half and half so this will be like a half script half story. If not, it seems very script like as I write so for better or worst I give you......

Also to anyone who reads this it took me 3 days and I'm so tired it's 10:41 A.M. Monday, as I put my last touches on it. Thank you so much for reading it I hope it doesn't have to many things with editing. And.
                               
                                         Thanks for Reading................

______________________________Dinner For Two________________________________________

Exterior: Outside of a suburban house clouds darken the sky. Hard windy rain that looks like it would become

Interior: Inside of the house,inside kitchen. You see see Matthew small hand towel on his left shoulder. Wearing a white T-shirt /or white collared and blue jeans and sneakers.

First camera cut to a clock; (cut to a clock 3:40 P.M.).

Camera cuts; In a tight angle; And over the shoulder shot you see him cooking food that seems to be almost ready to serve. (in a stockpot on the stove) Chicken stew with potatoes, carrots, a thick gravy and nice peaces of chicken. Matthew turn off the stove to let the food cook it'self the rest of the way.  Matthew moves to a counter on it he grabs a bottle of wine and opens it, revealing to the camera a nice loaf of gourmet bread. Round in shape fresh loaf of bread.  Cut back to the clock.

(cut to a clock 4:55 P.M.)

Matthew tall 6'0 maybe like 6'2 average looking build brown hair.


MATTHEW; Speech
 (PICKS UP CELL PHONE DIALS A NUMBER)

 "HEY BABE,(PAUSES A MOMENT) NO JUST SEEING WHAT'S UP. (pauses again) NOO... WELL OKAY, YEAH WEATHERS SEEMS LIKE IT'S GETTING BAD AND THOSE TIRES AREN'T THAT GREAT YOU KNOW."

 (Matthew pauses a second time)
"I KNOW JUST THIS WEATHER DOESN'T LOOK GOOD. SEE YOU WHEN YOU GET HOME MAMA."

(Matthew hangs up.)
"OH DID YOU CARE?... I'M A GROWN ASS WOMAN!! THEN ACT LIKE ONE.."

(cut to clock 5:05 P.M.)

Interior Dinning room; Red table cloth covering the table with flowers in the middle. Two red candles, nice plats, forks and knifes,spoons, rolled up in red cloth napkins, plats across from each other. A basket in the middle with the gourmet bread next to the bread are two wine glasses and a candle lighter.

Interior; MATTHEW enter the room walking hold a bowl in with pot holders to not burn his hands. Setting the bowl on the table. Just then he remembers, he goes into the kitchen to grab something he forgot. Just before he say what he goes over what he's missing naming each thing on the table.

MATTHEW; " TABLE CLOTH, FOOD,BREAD, CANDLES, LIGHTER, PLATS,FLOWERS ....WINE GLASSES.... OH YEAH, WINE."

MATTHEW; Runs off camera to. Cut to kitchen. Matthew grabs the wine that's already open from having a drink earlier from when he was cooking. Just as he grabs the wine bottle. He hears the front door open.  Bottle in hand he runs in the kitchen.

ENTER SCENE EVA; Eva wearing work close suit or type wear for a management type job in an office. Hip, cool, trendy but very appropriate for a early 30s girls. Eva herself is average tall/weight. Skirt, respectable top, very nice shoes, and has her suit jacket covering her head and soaking wet. Eva staring at the table.

MATTHEW; (laughs a little and smiles at Eva)
"WELL I WASN'T EXPECTING YOU TO BE THAT WET THIS EARLY."

EVA; (pretends to laugh)
" HA HA HA SHUT UP, BUT REALLY I LOVE THE TABLE BABE. IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. I'M GOING TO CHANGE."

MATTHEW; "HURRY IT'S GETTING COLD, IT SHOULD BE CLOSE TO ROOM TEMPERATURE BY THE TIME YOU GET READY.

Eva exists the room. CUT TO CLOCK: (5:10)

Cut to Matthew in the kitchen going to turn off the radio.

RADIO WEATHER REPORT:
IF YOU LIVE IN KENSINGTON AREA. THERE'S A MASSIVE STORM FRONT COMING IN FROM PORT RICHMOND HARBOR. WINDS BLOW IN AT 20 TO 25 MPH AND PICKING UP SPEED. WE SUGGEST YOU TAKE SHELTER OR MOVE TO A SAFER PLACE RIGHT AWAY. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS, REPEAT MOVE TO SAFER AREA IN DOORS. IF YOU HAVE OUTSIDE PETS BRING THEM INDOORS RIGHT AWAY. AGAIN MOVE TO SAFER PLACE IN YOUR HOME, LIKE A BASEMENT OR BATHROOM BRING IN YOUR PETS NOW. THIS IS A 5 ALARM WEATHER WARNING..!

Matthew runs to tell Eva. Running threw the house.

MATTHEW: "EVA! EVA !.... (SHOUTS) EVA!!"

EVA: "YES MATTHEW IS THE HOUSE ON FIRE?!"

MATTHEW: "NO WORST I TOLD YOU THAT STORM WAS BAD THE RADIO SAID TAKE COVE NOW."

Just as Matthew telling Eva about the storm which they can hear the wind and rain so loudly at this point. Suddenly a window brakes inside the house. Eva and Matthew run to the bathroom in the bed room. Not even thinking about the window.

EVA: "SHIT MATTHEW!!"

Matthew grabs Eva and goes into the bedroom bathroom.

Interior Bathroom: bathtub and shower, toilet and sink.

MATTHEW: " OH GOD EVA, THAT SOUNDED BAD..."

EVA: "I KNOW, I'M SCARED MATTHEW, WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?"

MATTHEW; "IT'S CRAZY, COME ON WE'LL JUST SIT HERE, I'M GOING TO GET THE RADIO AND THAT LITTLE KIT THING FROM THE CLOSET."

EVA: " I MOVED FROM THE CLOSET. WHY DO WE NEED IT?"

MATTHEW:" WHERE DID YOU PUT IT?"

EVA:"I DON'T REMEMBER. WHY DO WE NEED IT?"

MATTHEW:"BECAUSE 20 PLUS MILE AN HOUR WINDS MAYBE FASTER. THAT'S WHAT BROKE YOU'RE WIND BABE."

EVA:"ARE YOU JOKING, IS THAT FAST?"

MATTHEW  (speech 2):
" WELL NOT REALLY, BUT IT'S GOING TO START PICKING UP. IT'S LIKE WE HAVE A CHANCE RIGHT NOW. I STILL HAVE TO GRAB THE RADIO AND I'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENED. LOCK THE DOOR. THAT KIND OF STUFF."

EVA: "I'LL GRAB THE CHARGER CHORDS AND ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED."

MATTHEW:"OKAY GOOD IDEA. LET'S MAKE IT AS FAST AS WE CAN, TRY TO REMEMBER WHAT YOU DID WITH THAT KIT. IT HAS FLASH LIGHTS AND A CRANK RADIO."

EVA:"OKAY."

Eva and Matthew run around the house for grabbing things.

(Cut to clock: 5:40)

Still in the bathroom in the tub Eva is laying on Matthew.

EVA:" OKAY THANKS MOM... YEAH WE ARE FINE MATT'S FINE." (pauses) "NO THE GLASS BROKE IT'S BAD BUT WE'LL BE OKAY." (pauses) " I TOLD YOU WE'LL CALL YOU, ALRIGHT, LOVE YOU MOM."

MATTHEW: "WHAT SHE SAY?"

EVA: " IF ANYTHING BAD HAPPENS WAIT TILL MORNING AND GET TO YOUR SISTERS." (she yawn as she says sisters) "IT'S SO BAD OUT THERE. SO LOUD LIKE THERE'S 2 STORMS AT ONCE BAD."

MATTHEW: " I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY MEAN. WIND AND RAIN PLUS IT'S SO HOT OUT TODAY. YOU GETTING SLEEPY ON ME?" Matthew starts to smile and play with her hair.

EVA: "YEAH A LITTLE BUT I WOKE UP AT LIKE WHAT?"

MATTHEW: "6:20"

 EVA: " YEAH..."

MATTHEW: " AT LEAST WE ARE SPENDING TIME TOGETHER. AND...! WE WOULD HAVE HAD A GREAT DINNER!"

EVA: " YEAH I SAW THE CHICK STEW... THAT'S MY FAVORITE."

Matthew kisses Eva on the head, closes his eyes to find when he opens them the room is pitch black.

MATTHEW: "OH SOME ONES GOD, I'M BLIND!" (pause)"YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THE KIT THING IS?"

EVA: "NOPE...."

MATTHEW: " I'M GOING TO GET THE CANDLE OFF THE TABLE..."

EVA : "GOT THE  PHONE BABE."  Eva pulls out her phone for light

MATTHEW: " SAVE THEM FOR WHEN WE NEED THEM."

Interior: Bathroom light up by candle light.

EVA: " MMM..."

MATTHEW : " WHAT'S WRONG?"....(pause, Eva says nothing) MATTHEW: " MAMA WHAT'S WRONG?"

EVA: " NOTHING, IT SOUND BAD OUT..." (Eva sounds tired and upset. She knows Matthew will figure it out but she just plays it off so to not bother him.)

MATTHEW: " EVA."

(EVA INTERRUPTS.)

EVA: "YES MATTHEW?"

Matthew looks at her with a upset look. Eva laying on top of Matthew like he is a mattress face down in his chest.

MATTHEW: " EVA I KNOW SOMETHING WRONG," (Matthew becomes impatient)

MATTHEW: " EVA TELL ME WHAT'S WRONG.."

EVA: "NOTHING I'M FINE..."

MATTHEW: "YES THAT'S TRUE YOU ARE, BUT YOU'RE HUNGRY TO..."

EVA: " YEAH I AM. BUT I WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?"

MATTHEW: " WELL EAT THAT'S WHAT."

EVA:" IN THE TOILET MATT?"

MATTHEW:"  WHAT  DID YOU EAT TODAY?"

EVA:" NOTHING.. I HAD A LITTLE SOMETHING."

MATTHEW: " WHAT?"

EVA:" I CAN'T REMEMBER...?"

MATTHEW: " IF YOU DON'T EAT YOU WILL GET SICK EVA. YOU'RE EATING SOMETHING."

EVA: "MATT I DON'T WANT TO EAT IN TOILET."

MATTHEW: " YOU'RE ANEMIC."

EVA:" I KNOW WHAT I AM MATT. DON'T NEED YOU TO TELL ME THAT."

MATTHEW: " THEN YOU KNOW YOU'LL GET SICK EVA. I'LL MAKE SOME PLATES AND BRING THEM UP I'LL EAT WITH YOU SO YOU WONT EAT ALONE."

EVA:"NO I'M NOT DOING THAT IT'S GROSS, I'M NOT DOING IT...!"

Cut to clock 6:40, cut to Eva mad and very hungry. Cut to clock 6:41, back to Eva still mad and hungry, Cut to clock 6:42 Eva is in a rage.

EVA: "I'M HUNGRY....!"

Matthew get's up and leaves the bathroom.

Interior Bathroom: Candle lit light the bathroom wit a soft and radiant light. Eva sit on top of the the sink waiting for Matthew to come back. Radio play playing, storm in the back round.

RADIO: " HEY EVERYONE THIS IS A WEATHER UP DATE WE SHOULD BE ALMOST OUT OF THIS STORM ALERT, THE 5 ALARM STORM  SYSTEM SAYS, IT WILL BE OVER SOON. STAY RIGHT HERE FOR ALL YOU WEATHER NEEDS ON 91.5 CLASSIC ROCK.

Eva turns off the radio knowing that the storm will be going for a wile. She knows she will wind up eating in the bathroom whether she wants to or not. If she doesn't eat she will get sick.

Down stairs Matthew quickly gathering and fix food for himself and Eva. He finds a some big bored object to put everything and like a juggler balancing everything on it.

Matthew as he is looking for something to put everything on in the pitch dark bumps his head.

MATTHEW: " OH CAN'T I JUST DO SOMETHING FOR ONCE WITH OUT DYING MYSELF? FUCK ME..."

EVA: " YOU OKAY ?"(cut to Eva standing inside the doorway like woman standing on a widows peek wait for her husband to come from his trip to sea.)

MATTHEW: "I'M NOT DEAD, YET.."

Matthew starts walks into the room. Sets a bored on top the sink with the food,wine, bread on each plate and a fork on it.

EVA: " WOW BABE LOOK AT YOU.."

MATTHEW: " YEAH, I'M A THE HULK! BUT I HIT MY HEAD."

EVA: " YEAH I HEARD IT YOU OKAY?" MATTHEW: " YEAH I'M FINE."

Interior Bathroom (wide): Candle light, smell of an amazing meal (cold) but still smells great. A bottle of red wine and bread on a bored on top of a sink.

EVA: " LOOKS GOOD.."  MATTHEW: " YEP.."

EVA: " WHAT'S ALL IN IT?"

MATTHEW: " CHICKEN, CARROTS, POTATOES, UNION, GARLIC, MY SEASONINGS. NOTHING CRAZY JUST THE GOOD STUFF, SIMPLE. I BOUGHT THIS FANCY BREAD."

They make conversation to avoid what they really need to do like to school kids. Looking at each other seeing who will eat first.

EVA: " OH LOOKS GOOD BABE!" (She said with a half smile and quivering voice. As if she trying to keep from dry heaving.)

They both stair at the food. Like they've never eaten before Matthew play with it like a kid at a table. Looking at Eva as if to say. You go first.

MATTHEW: "OH YEAH, YOU KNOW YOUR FAV BABE." ( Matthew winks at her with the cheapest wink you can think of as if to say fuck you... you eat first.)

MATTHEW:" I WAS THINKING OF MAKING RICE WITH IT ON THE SIDE. BUT I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE OVERKILL."

EVA: " OH YEAH TOTALLY, YOU KNOW IT !

(They both laugh and smile.)

MATTHEW: " READY?" Eva looks at him

EVA:"OKAY, BUT YOU HAVE TO...."

Before she could finish her sentence Matthew had put a fork full in his mouth. As he puts the fork in his mouth he chokes and gags, coughing and dry heaving. He almost pukes. Eva starts to laugh and Matthew looks at her as if to kill her. She grows quite instantly.

Matthew is breathing heavy and looks at her and says.

MATTHEW:" WELL I'M NOT EVEN HUNGRY REALLY AND I DID IT."

EVA: " OH HELL NO! I DIDN'T FORCE..." This time Matthew cuts her off,

MATTHEW: " NICE TRY EVA... NOW EAT IT."

Eva puts the food into her mouth and drools it out tears beginning and she crying choking the food out. Matthew starts to laugh out loudly.

MATTHEW:"YEAH THAT'S RIGHT! NOT SO FUNNY NOW HUH?"

As he almost on the ground laughing. Eva lets out a huge fart. Matthew is not laughing and gagging at this point. As he  practically pukes and falls over on the floor. Eva farts again. Matthew look at her with discus. Looks at her in shock.

MATTHEW:" EVA THAT'S GROSS!! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU! THAT'S SO MESSED UP. WHAT YOU TAKING A DUMP?"

Eva practically red looks down at the food. Doesn't say anything. Eva fart one more time and you hear a plop of the water.

MATTHEW: "EVA WHAT THE HELL!? GROSS YOU WHERE POOPING WILE WE'RE EATING, IS THIS FOR REAL? ARE YOU JOKING?!"

Eva rips another big fart.

MATTHEW: "FOR FUCK, SAKE EVA IT'S HORRIBLE !!!"

As Matthew says this he stands up knocking his own plate down. The light turn back on and he walks out of the toilet. Screaming in the other room.

MATTHEW:" OH SOMEONE GOD I DON'T BELIEVE THIS!!"

                              THE END......