I’m so happy you got here!

Me too! I have to ask you stuff, and tell you stuff, and…

I have to tell you something, too! You first!

I met a guy!

Oh.

What do you mean “oh”?

No, I just…

You met the same guy?

How would that be, I don’t even know who you met, dearling, how could that work?

All right, then, what’s the problem?

I met someone, too.

And that’s sad making?

No! I just… I wanted to be the one who met someone.

Wait, you’re annoyed because we both met someone so you can’t have all the fun of new person meeting babbling?

Well, yes.

That’s great!

It kind of is.

It’s also kind of selfish and strange, Natasha.

I know.

So tell me about him.

No, tell me about yours.

No, seriously, go for it.

Well, but you also wanted to ask me things?

Well, yeah, should I not mention this around the others, like, will Jake be upset?

Of course he will. Three years from now he will be, too, though. But he will not be upset for long. Minutes, perhaps. He is a good guy, young Jacob.

Why do you call him that?

Young Jacob?

Yeah.

It annoys him.

He isn’t here!

Ahhh, truth’s. Habit then.

So anyway, the guy you met?

He is so nice.

What’s his name?

Roberto.

With an O?

Of course with an O, what else do you spell the end of Roberto with?

I meant, like not Robert? But Roberto?

Roberto.

Fancy!

He is! And your new beau?

Ted.

Theodore!

Ted.

Not as fancy.

Yeah, once again I am not as fancy as you.

I am pretty fancy, are I not?

You are very fancy.

You’re just saying that.

You’re just fishing for compliments. Doesn’t Roberto compliment you enough?

Oh, he does. And he buys me flowers. But best of all?

Yeah?

He got me a a copy of The Game of Death.

Uhhh…

It’s an old Yuen Biao film! He paid someone to transfer the VHS to DVD even!

Yuen Biao?

You have no love of old Hong Kong cinema?

Not really no, I mean… well… not really, no.

Oh it is good, you should come watch it with me.

All right.

Bring Theodore…

Ted!

Bring Ted and we can double date and watch bad old Hong Kong movies and order in and…

Totally!

Yay!

So who’s Yuen Biao?

Let’s get another drink and I’ll explain.

Deal!