Page 74 of The Love Lie
Jake:SAM!
Sam:If someone proposed to me with a Ring Pop I would cut their balls off.
Sam:It’s perfect.
Sam:She’s going to love it.
Cooper to Sam:Favorite snacks? I’m going to the store this weekend.
Sam:Mixed nuts. Dried mango. If you get a jar of Atomic Fireballs, you’ll be my favorite person ever.
Cooper:I thought I already was?
Sam:Well…this is awkward.
Cooper:Bite me.
Sam:I plan to.
Cooper:For fuck’s sake. It’s ten o’clock in the morning. I need to be able to work the rest of the day.
Sam:Good luck with that.
Sam to Cooper:Favorite color?
Cooper:Why?
Sam:I heard La Perla is having a sale. Thought I’d swing by during my lunch break.
Cooper:What the hell is La Perla?
Sam:Oh my sweet summer child. I keep forgetting you only know me with Em’s wardrobe. Look it up.
Cooper:You have got to stop doing this to me in the middle of the day.
Cooper:But for those purposes…black.
Sam:Noted.
Cooper to Sam:Do you ever miss it?
Sam:Miss what? The Maldives?
Cooper:Yes. The Maldives.
Cooper:It’s just, I’m sitting here on my back porch watching the sun set, and it’s beautiful, don’t get me wrong. But I can’t stop thinking about that view off the deck and how the sun would disappear right into the ocean. I’ve never seen anything like it.
Sam:I don’t know what you’re talking about. If I lean really far over, I can almost see the bright lights of a shipping container cruising down the Hudson River through my boss’s window. Is that not the same?
Cooper:I’m being serious.
Sam:Me too.
Cooper:For fuck’s sake.
Sam:Yes, I miss it.
Cooper:What do you miss?
