Coaster 2.0
INT. EZRA STEVENS BEDROOM, NIGHT
EZRA STEVENS and Valerie Cho cuddle in bed together, enjoying post makeup-sex bliss. Mac Miller’s “We” plays in the background.
Ezra: “So what are we doing this weekend?”
Valerie smiles.
Ezra: “What?”
Valerie:” I love it when you use we to describe us.”
They kiss.
Ezra:” We, we, we.”
They kiss again.
Ezra: “You want to hear this poem I wrote for you?”
Valerie: “You write poetry?”
Ezra: “I dabble from time to time.”
Valerie:” Real estate and now poetry, is there anything else I don’t know about you?”
Ezra: “There is so much you don’t know about me.”
Valerie: “Oh, Mister Mysterious over here. Don’t worry, one day I’ll learn all of your secrets.”
Ezra: “I hope not.”
Valerie gives him a confused look.
Ezra: “Then I would be boring.”
Valerie: “Trust me, you’ll never be boring to me.”
They kiss again. Valerie climbs on top of Ezra; she’s ready for round two. Ezra stops things before they get too intense.
Ezra: “Just let me read this poem to you. I really want you to hear it; it means a lot to me if you hear it.”
Valerie: “Okay, let’s hear it.”
Ezra: “Remember, it’s a work in progress.”
Valerie: “Just read it, Ezra Pound.”
Ezra: “It’s titled Coaster.”
Valerie: “Get on with it.”
Ezra:” Valerie, my pasta princess, my Korean BBQ queen, the apple of my eye, the hogger of bedsheets. In the winter, I shiver for you and only you.
“My heart’s true desire, your soft touch, your warm sweet kiss feels like home, my soulmate, my partner in crime, the only person I want to be with at the end of the night.
“One day I’m going to put a ring on your left hand, like you put a ring on my coffee table, Valerie, my love, please use a coaster!”
(beat)
So, what do you think?”
Valerie: “Yes, I’ll marry you.”