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CHARLOTTE
Jane, hearing about how your ass is sore because
you’ve been riding your bike up a bunch of steep
hills is not gonna make me feel better. Now.. if you
told me it was sore because you’ve been takin’ it
in the ass lately, I’d find that much more interesting.
JANE
Heeey, I don’t do that.
CHARLOTTE
Okay, fine, but Jane, you ride your bike around your
neighborhood all the time. Besides, talkin’ about
your sore ass isn’t gonna cheer me up. If anything,
it’s gonna make me depressed. You’ve got the
perkiest butt I’ve ever seen in my life. Any girl in
the world would kill to have your butt.
JANE
That’s cuz’ I work at it.
CHARLOTTE
(teasing)
Uh-huh. Sounds
suspicious to me.
JANE
What do you mean?
CHARLOTTE
You said you and Kathy had
lunch at the commissary
today.. Whadja’ have?
JANE
I had the Mac and Cheese.
CHARLOTTE
Uh-huh. What else?
JANE
And some mashed potatoes.
CHARLOTTE
Oh, God, Jane, Mac and Cheese
with mashed potatoes?
They don’t even go together.
JANE
Yeah, but they had the
chicken gravy that I like.
CHARLOTTE
Okay.. and what else?
JANE
Some Jello.
CHARLOTTE
And?
JANE
And some pudding.
CHARLOTTE
So.. it sounds like you loaded
up on your plate pretty good, too.
And you were accusing Kathy.
What did you have yesterday?
JANE
Jack in the Box.
CHARLOTTE
Uh-huh..
And the day before that?
JANE
Jack in the Box.
CHARLOTTE
I see… and could this be the
reason you have a sore butt today?
Tryin’ to burn off some extra calories?
JANE
Maybe.
CHARLOTTE
(still teasing)
Jane, you need help. I’m gonna
order you up a nutritionist
and a personal trainer.
JANE
(playing along)
No, no, Charlotte, please,
not a personal trainer.
I’ll be good, I promise.
CHARLOTTE
Nope, sorry, you need help.
Jack in the Box two days
in a row is a cry for help.
You’re lucky I control your
life, Jane. Things could get ugly.
JANE
(done playing)
I always feel so guilty whenever
I start a diet and then break it. It
always makes me feel like such a
failure.
CHARLOTTE
The nutritionist is not half as
important as the personal trainer.
You can eat some shitty things as
long as you exercise.
JANE
And that’s what I’m doing..
I eat some shitty things and
then I exercise. Just like you said..
I got the perkiest butt in town.
CHARLOTTE
Yeah, well, don’t let it get
out of hand. Food issues can
be a living nightmare.
JANE
I won’t. That’s not me.
CHARLOTTE
Hey, did you talk to Eddie today?
JANE
Just briefly, why?
CHARLOTTE
He said he wanted to change
something… What was it?
Oh, yeah.. he said he wanted to
speed up the tempo on
Tell Me Again.. I’m pretty
sure that’s what it was.
JANE
He never said anything to me.
But, we weren’t really talking
about any songs in particular.
CHARLOTTE
Oh, well, I’ll find out.
JANE
No need. I’m gonna be with him
a good portion of the day
tomorrow.
CHARLOTTE
Really?
JANE
Yeah, I’m gonna be in the booth
most of the day tomorrow…
And I got some vocal tracks
to go over. I’m gonna be busy
as hell tomorrow.
CHARLOTTE
Okay, good. I’ll let you straighten
things out then. Paul usually
starts getting pretty nervous by
Wednesday that we’re falling
behind, so I gotta deal with him…
Doncha’ just love being
superwomen in a sea of hapless men?
JANE
I know, it’s great. I feel like Joan of Arc.
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by Clark Wright
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