Scene 23 - Dangerous

(Mary and Bruce are in an aisle of a large grocery store. Bruce is pushing a shopping cart. Mary is walking beside him.)

Bruce: Now we only need a couple of things. My house, dinner, and then I get you home before your mom calls the SWAT team.

Mary: (Makes radio static noise as she holds her hand up to her mouth. Mary watches a little too much TV.) Tssshh! 132 and Bush... I've got him at gunpoint... Tsshh! Okay, gunpoint, 132 and Bush. Come as Code 3...

Bruce: (Frowning) Okay, enough of that kind of talk.

Mary: What're you gonna make me?

Bruce: Pasta?

Mary: Like it. Dessert? (Looks up slyly. She smiles.)

Bruce: (Musing. Apparently he doesn't hear Mary's dessert question.) DangerWay. what a name for a grocery store. (He places a can of "TownHome" tomato paste into the shopping cart and starts to pick up a package of whole wheat pasta.)

Mary: Aaagh!

Bruce: Alright alright. (Replaces the package of whole wheat pasta on the shelf. Picks up a generic package of "DangerWay Vermicelli".) Okay now, some fresh tomatoes, some basil, a little fresh salmon and we're history.

Mary: Salmon?

Bruce: It'll be good. (Pause) Trust me. (They swing by the produce section.)

Bruce: Okay, you get to pick the tomatoes.

(Mary walks up to the tomato display. She pick up three tomatoes from the top and juggles them.)

Bruce: Is that a test for ripeness? (She continues to juggle.) Okay, talented one, let's say we go hit the checkout line.

(Close up of Mary still juggling tomatoes.)

(Fade)