Overview
- Female: 1
- Male: 1
Context
It is Christmas Eve and Julian and Wendy are both working their last shift at the ice skate rink in Central Park. Wendy is frustrated as her boyfriend has abandoned her to go back home to his family for the holidays. Meanwhile, Julian is looking forward to heading upstate to his family's farm. As they hand out and clean up the skates, they chat about their holiday plans.
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A smoochy couple leans on the counter, oblivious to Julian, waiting for them to relinquish their skates. Wendy sprays the insides of skates. Finally, the couple loose their grip on each other long enough to leave the skates and saunter off, enraptured by each other. Julian sighs. Wendy eyes them.
Wendy: (re: the couple) Jesus spare me.
Julian: Only four more hours.
They work.
Julian: (cont’d) I thought you were off tonight.
Wendy: I was. Mick and I were supposed to go for dinner. I took Nina’s shift so she could catch an earlier train.
Julian: He bailed?
Wendy: Yeah. He’s going home to his folks. Bastard. We had a whole Christmas in the city planned. Then his folks freaked out about him not being home. And by then the flights were so expensive. So plans…kah-plooey.
Julian: That bites.
Wendy: We were going to this candlelight service tonight at my old church in Jersey...Now I have to go alone. I'll be bawling. Boo. And we were going to pull off the highway and look at the lights in the neighborhoods on the way. I borrowed the car from Kara, my roommate. I told her I’d get up and move it for the street cleaners for the next three weeks, if she’d let us borrow it while she’s away.
Julian: Go with someone else. There’s gotta be someone else in town who’d love to go with you.
Wendy: No. I called. Every single other person has gone. I’m surprised you’re still here.
Julian: I’m catching the last bus tonight. Then my friend Nadine’s picking me up at the Red Rooster. I’ll get home in the late wee hours.
Wendy: I didn’t realize you were from around here.
Julian: Well, way upstate. Northumberland Farms.
Wendy: A farm? Is it very farm-y?
Julian: Not a working farm. Just remote and big. But we'll be overrun with everyone's kidlets. Although I guess now that the barn's converted, they'll be in there.
Wendy: That sounds lovely. And festive.
Julian: Yeah. I’m looking forward to it. It’ll be good to get out of here.
Wendy smiles and nods. She starts mopping. Julian watches her. She sighs and mops.
Julian: (cont’d) You wanna come with me? For Christmas?
Wendy: Oh, I don’t know. I don’t think so.
Julian: You sure?
Wendy: I couldn’t. Thank you, though. That’s very sweet of you.
Julian: It’s no sweat.
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