UNTITLED FOR NOW – AN ADDITION #3

NICOLE AND ADAM — HAVING WATER

Adam takes Nicole’s hand with his right hand, stands up, cups her elbow with his left to help her down from the barstool. The pretty waitress brings them to the table Nicole and Alex reserved. He is thinking about how did he just get this to happen and how is he going to not screw it up? She is asking herself how did she just agree to this? They spend the next ten minutes reading the menu in silence. As it turns out, the menu needs quite a bit of concentration.

Nicole looks up with a chuckle, “what is roasted flying pigs pork presse?”

“That must just be a name,” Adam laughs with her. “What is pecan foam?”

She shakes her head, “NO idea.”

“Well, I’m going to have that, roasted skate with pecan foam.”

“Um, since I can only have an entree, I think I will skip the flying pigs and have the halibut with crusted sea scallops.”

The waitress is there before they even attempt to look for her. She …