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• NICHOLAS FREDLAND
• Hey, it’s no problem.


• The drive-thru kid closes his little window.


• Nicholas and Penelope sit in silence. She’s angry and a little freaked out. He’s just a fucking doofus.


• Inside the restaurant the kid talks to his co-workers. They all point and stare.


• ANOTHER CAR pulls around. The DRIVER is surprised to find a car sitting at the window facing the wrong way. The driver pretends nothing out of the ordinary is happening. He doesn’t want any trouble.


• The drive-thru kid opens the window and hands Nicholas the milkshakes and a couple straws.


• DRIVE-THRU KID
• Have a good night.


• NICHOLAS FREDLAND
• (rolling up his window)
• You too.


• Nicholas puts one of the shakes in a cup holder and takes the paper off one of the straws.


• PENELOPE PENELOPE
• Do you want to drive?


• NICHOLAS FREDLAND
• No, it’s cool.


• PENELOPE PENELOPE
• I think you should drive.


• Nicholas drinks his milkshake.


• Penelope closes her eyes, guns the engine, and throws the wheel hard to the left. The car swings out into the parking lot. She quickly jams on the breaks and the car slides backwards in the snow. It’s now, more or less, facing the correct direction.


• Penelope puts the car into drive.


• NICHOLAS FREDLAND
• (like a jackass)
• Alright!


• Penelope shifts the car into park and turns off the ignition out of habit.