EPISODE 2*: All’s quiet on the aquatic front
Rated G for pooly goodness
EXT. APARTMENT COMPLEX POOL – LATE AFTERNOON
For a Sunday afternoon, the pool area is virtually uninhabited. There are about four adults scattered around.
ENTER FATHER and TWO KIDS. MOTHER shows up 10 minutes later after getting yet more school supplies.
MOTHER
Did you put sunscreen on the kids?
FATHER
Um … Dominic, yes. Gideon just jumped in.
MOTHER
Harumph. No Father-of-the-Year award for you.
(To her wet youngest) Gideon, come here!
GIDEON
Why?
MOTHER
Because I said so.
(Note that MOTHER never thought she would ever let that sentence pass her lips. She is smarter now. She knows it can’t be helped.)
After MOTHER lathers GIDEON in 50 SPF (waterproof), MOTHER and FATHER hang out poolside, drink adult beverages, and make sure their kids don’t harass others. THE KIDS simply harass each other.
FATHER and MOTHER discuss last night, which was not so peaceful.
FLASHBACK
It’s a pool party for Miles. The only people in the pool are the billion 11-13 year olds invited to the party. A handful of parents cluster around a cooler. (Any time there are that many teens and pre-teens, there needs to be a cooler.)
Suddenly, RAMBO appears. (OK, not Rambo for real, but the new complex security guard who clearly takes himself WAY TOO seriously. He was wearing camouflage. And a gear belt with a taser. And those police boots. Oh yes, he was all kitted out.)
MOTHER was smart enough to bring beverages in cans. The others drew RAMBO’s ire:
RAMBO
No glass on the deck.
ALL ANSWER
OK.
RAMBO patrols the pool/gym area. ASSEMBLED ADULTS remain quiet, watching him incredulously.
RAMBO exits. ADULTS drag him mercilessly.
END FLASHBACK
MOTHER
I’ve got to go.
FATHER
You’ve only been here 15 minutes.
MOTHER
Yeah, but I’m burning. Look (points to shoulder).
FATHER
Of course you are.
END SCENE
*The summer has flown by. I haven’t gone to the pool much. #sad
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