The local grocery store is empty of customers except for TALIA, and the only employee there, LUCY, the cashier. LUCY is perched on a stool at her check-out station and is reading TALIA <\/p>\n\n\n\n (monotone) LUCY<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s 12 PM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n TALIA <\/p>\n\n\n\n (putting groceries on converyer belt) LUCY flashes her watch at TALIA.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n TALIA (cont\u2019d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n LUCY<\/p>\n\n\n\n (scanning the groceries) TALIA<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yeah, I was actually planning to down this vodka with my cat and then dance naked on the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n LUCY<\/p>\n\n\n\n Am I invited?<\/p>\n\n\n\n TALIA <\/p>\n\n\n\n (beat) LUCY<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ok- right, hand them over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n TALIA hands a large stack of coupons to LUCY.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n LUCY (cont\u2019d) <\/p>\n\n\n\n You have- a lot here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n TALIA <\/p>\n\n\n\n (slightly annoyed) LUCY<\/p>\n\n\n\n You and my grandmother have that in common.<\/p>\n\n\n\n LUCY begins scanning the coupons and rings TALIA up.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n TALIA<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s one of the many riveting activities I do on a daily basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n LUCY<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, other than rocking out in the nude on your mahogany, any plans today?<\/p>\n\n\n\n TALIA<\/p>\n\n\n\n You say that as if you didn\u2019t set up the date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n LUCY<\/p>\n\n\n\n I was just checking that you remembered, it\u2019s getting dangerously close to when he\u2019s supposed to be picking you up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n TALIA<\/p>\n\n\n\n Remind me why I agreed to this again?<\/p>\n\n\n\n LUCY<\/p>\n\n\n\n To make me happy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n TALIA<\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s not it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n LUCY<\/p>\n\n\n\n Because you desperately crave romance and close proximity to a six-pack?<\/p>\n\n\n\n TALIA<\/p>\n\n\n\n Not it either. Plus, if I want to see washboard abs, all I have to do is look down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n LUCY<\/p>\n\n\n\n Is it because you\u2019re bored?<\/p>\n\n\n\n TALIA<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bingo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n LUCY<\/p>\n\n\n\n Would you like your receipt?<\/p>\n\n\n\n TALIA <\/p>\n\n\n\n Yes. LUCY hands the groceries to TALIA and TALIA begins to leave.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n LUCY<\/p>\n\n\n\n And Talia?<\/p>\n\n\n\n TALIA <\/p>\n\n\n\n (turns head) LUCY<\/p>\n\n\n\n (playfully) TALIA <\/p>\n\n\n\n (loudly while walking away) LUCY smiles and goes back to her book as TALIA exits the store.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sasha Fagelman, ’24<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"full-width-single-post.php","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[55,54],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2149"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2149"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2182,"href":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2149\/revisions\/2182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
quietly. TALIA thumbs through a magazine at a magazine rack before picking up her basket of groceries, composed of alcohol and junk food, and making her way over to LUCY.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/em>Morning, Lucy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/em>Is it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/em>Are you like- throwing a party or something?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/em>I have coupons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/em>I like to clip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(beat)
<\/em>\u2026Please.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/em>These bags are heavy, talk fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/em>Don’t give the cat vodka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/em>I won’t! He’s more of a whiskey guy anyways. <\/p>\n\n\n\n