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Sally: George, your coffee's getting cold. |
George: Pour me a little more, will you hon? |
Sally: You're just putting it off. |
George: Well, you don't want to go anymore than I do. |
Sally: It's the same story every Saturday, George. I'm going to get ready. You know your folks expect us to be there at noon sharp. |
George: Yeah, and the turkey will still be simmering from last week. |
Sally: George, now you know your mother puts a lot of time and trouble getting these lunches together and it would break her heart to hear you talk like that. |
George: So, whose the one who mentioned shoe leather last week? |
Sally: Stop it, George, we haven't got time for your foolishness. |
George: You didn't call it nonsense last night. |
Sally pushes past George as Chris runs into the room yelling. |
| Chris: I'm not going! |
| Sally: Stop yelling in the house. I've told you a thousand times, if you want my attention, just speak like a normal human being. Now, what is it? |
| Chris: Lucy's got a date and says she absolutely can't go to Grams' for lunch. I went last week. I'm not going again. They tried to get me to stay over and go to church with them last week, and that's the limit. We made a deal. You said I wouldn't have to go over there two weeks in a row. |
| George: What's up sweetheart? |
| Sally: Your little princess refuses to go over to your folks and it appears Lucy's also got plans. |
| George: I've got an idea, how about we call and tell them we've all got dates too. |
| Sally: You're just piddling, get ready and let's get this over with. Let's go. |
| Sally: We're off. Now you girls behave. We'll be home by 4:30, 6:00 at the latest. Lucy, you put the roast in the oven about 4:00, and Chris you peel the potatoes and set the table. I don't want any guff on this. |
| Sally and George pull into Lois and Henry's drive. Henry is sitting on the front porch and waves them in. |
| George: Dad, I've got that new drill you were asking about. It works like a charm. It'll make those new cabinets you've been talking about look like a million dollars. |
| Henry holds the door as they all proceed into the house. |
| Henry: Sorry the girls couldn't come this week, but we know how it is with teenagers these days. |
| Lois: Come on you two. Lunch is ready, it's your favorite George, turkey stew. |
| George looks at Sally and coughs too loudly. They both suppress laugh. Scene changes to "after lunch." |
| George: We have to get back early. We're going to take Chris to her game tonight and have to car pool again. You all understand. With the kids so busy it's hard to get everything to fit in these days. |
| Henry: I know son. |
| Lois: George, you just have to put your foot down. You can't just dance to their every whim. We certainly didn't go driving you all over the county. |
| George: And look how I turned out. |
| Lois: Not so bad so far as I can tell, all things considered. |
| George: And what is that supposed to mean? |
| Sally: Stop it you two, you're worse than the girls. I swear. |
| George: Well, things are different with young kids these days. If we don't take them places, god knows what will happen to them. We're the car pool again, and that's that. |
| Henry: Don't go yet. We want to talk with you. |
| Sally: Can it wait until next week? Chris will never forgive us if were late for her game. |
| Henry: Now this is serious. You've just landed long enough to gobble down your lunch. This is important. |
| Sally: Now Henry, Lois, I know you're just trying to get us to hang around and I do appreciate all you do for us every Saturday, but you've just got to stop worrying so much about us. |
| Lois: No worry, dear. Look kids, your dad and I have been wanting to talk to you both for a long time, but you're always in such a hurry when you visit and well, we've not been sure just how to tell you anyway. |
| Sally: Tell us what? |
| Lois: Henry, you do it. |
| Henry: Your mom and I have decided to sell the house. |
| George: You've been saying that for years. Were would you go were you could get 10 acres of beautiful land and a marvelous old house like this. No sense throwing all this away and move into some cramped apartment. There'll be plenty of time to talk about this next week, no need to drop this on us just when we're ready to go. I'll check around and see what's available, but you know the last time I looked, there wasn't a thing that either of you thought worth a darn. |
| Lois: George, sit down. Henry go on. |
| Henry: Look we've already made up our mind. |
| Lois: Henry are you going to tell them or do I have to? |
| Henry: Look kids, we sold the house and the land a while back. |
| George: You what? |
| Lois: George, sit back down and listen. We've been meaning to tell you, but just couldn't think how. We know how much you look forward to coming out and getting away from the city and all, but quite frankly we're tired. We did our part and now we want to get on with our life. Your dad and I are moving. We got quit a lot of money for this old place. Turns out they're going to put up a mall right here. We set up a trust fund for the girls' education and something for the two of you as well. And there's plenty left over for us to finally make our dreams come true. |
| George: Dreams? You never talked about any dreams. |
| Henry: George, you know you never listened to us when you were a boy and you haven't changed in the past 45 years. Your mom and I have always had dreams. We've always dreamed of moving to Hawaii and hanging out on the beach. |
| Sally: You're going to Hawaii? |
| Henry: No. |
| George: Thank God, you'd be lost with all those tourists and funny fruit drinks and gaudy shirts. |
| Lois: That's sort of what we thought too. |
| George: Good. How soon's this deal going to go through? |
| Henry: Well, that's just it, it went through three weeks ago and we have to be out of here by the end of the month. |
| George: Oh my God! What are you going to do? I mean, of course, you can move in with us for a little while, but you know how small our place is. God, I'd better start looking as soon as I get back to town today. |
| Lois: George sit down. We don't need you to look for us. We've already found the perfect place. |
| Sally: Oh Lois, I hope it's not too far, so we can still get together for our Saturday lunches. |
| Lois: Sally, it's time you started making your own lunch on Saturday and besides which we don't want to be tied down to a schedule anymore. Now hold your breath, we're moving to Bali. We've got the place already. We bought it when we went there last year, remember how much we loved it. Our friends, the Grays, bought a place just down the beach, and they've already moved. They have champagne on ice just waiting for us. |
| Sally: My, my, wait 'til we tell the girls. |
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