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Jess/Delko's house 10 seconds later
Jess: *shuts door*
Cait: *walks in* Ethan and Alena are tired.
Jess: *turns around* What?
Cait: They want to come inside and take a nap.
Jess: Good. Napping is good.
Cait: Did daddy leave?
Jess: ...Oh God. Um...Yeah he just left.
Cait: When's he coming back?
Jess: A few hours. Go put your brother to bed, and you can bring Alena in too.
Cait: Okay. *walks outside*
Phone rings
Jess: *screams*
Phone continues to ring
Jess: *grabs phone* Hello?
Delko: Hey, I'm on my way home. Sorry things took so long.
Jess: You're coming home? Right now? Why? You can work some more. We need money.
Delko: ...You want me to stay at work?
Jess: Work is FUN!
Delko: Something wrong?
Jess: No not at all. Nothing's wrong, why would anything be wrong? Nothing's wrong. YOU'RE WRONG!
Delko: ...Were you drinking?
Jess: NO! There are children in here.
Delko: Did Josh drop off his kids or something?
Jess: Josh? No Josh wasn't here. Josh has never been here. But for some strange reason his children are here. You know what? *laughs* Carly brought them over, had some coffee, and left and that's all that's happened today.
Delko: I just spoke to Carly three minutes ago.
Jess: MAN she's fast. You should see her zip across the causeway. She's like a hurricane on wheels. Although hurricanes can't really run. More like wave. HA she's a wave.
Delko: ...Are you okay?
Jess: I am as okay as okay can be. You know what's fun? Being okay. I'M OKAY!
Delko: That's...Good to hear. I'll be in the driveway in about a minute.
Jess: WHAT! NO! I told you to stay at work! Wow you're faster than Carly. You two should race and then maybe get together and get married because lord knows both of your lives are screwed over now.
Delko: What are you talking about? You're talking to fast I can barely hear a word.
Jess: THAT'S GOOD!
Delko: *walks in the door*
Jess: *drops phone* Okay here's the thing. Josh came over.
Delko: Great.
Jess: He had some coffee.
Delko: Sounds exciting.
Jess: And then he...Left.
Delko: Why did you hesitate on the last one?
Jess: Well he didn't really leave, I mean I tripped over a toy so he caught me before I broke my beautiful face on the hardwood floor.
Delko: I'm thinking maybe you actually hit your face.
Jess: NO! NO I'm fine. Really.
Delko: You've never been nervous the entire time we've been married. What's going on?
Jess: Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
Delko: *narrows eyes*
Miami Lab, half hour later
Josh: *walking through lab*
Speed: *walks by* Hey man.
Josh: I DIDN'T DO IT!
Speed: *stops walking* ...I believe you. Whatever it was.
Josh: Sorry.
Speed: Well you look generally freaked out.
Josh: Oh good you can help me.
Speed: Whoa, I don't give advice. Talk to Carly.
Josh: It's kind of about Carly.
Speed: Talk to Eric. He's great with...Some women.
Josh: Eric? Really? Because he'll probably take me out to the woods and shoot an arrow into my head.
Speed: ...I wasn't aware he owned arrows.
Josh: Okay hypothetically, if I had hypothetically done something hypothetically wrong and could have hypothetically ruined my hypothetical marriage, what would you hypothetically say to me?
Speed: I'd say stop saying hypothetical.
Josh: Okay...You know, I love Carly with all my heart.
Speed: Right.
Josh: And I'd never do anything to hurt her.
Speed: I'm with you so far.
Josh: But...Dude, I'm a guy.
Speed: *nods slowly*
Josh: I have...Needs.
Speed: You just lost me. *walks*
Josh: *follows* Look man, I screwed up.
Speed: You're not supposed to screw up, you're the good brother.
Josh: I cheated on Carly.
Speed: *stops walking* Haha whoa, new dimension of stupid. Even for you.
Josh: What do I do?
Speed: Who did you do?
Josh: I didn't do anyone.
Speed: Okay fine, who did you hypothetically do?
Josh: Dude, stop saying do!
Speed: Who was it then?
Josh: Jess.
Speed: Ah come on man, what did you do?
Josh: There's that word again.
Speed: Answer the question.
Josh: I kissed her.
Speed: You kissed
her.
Josh: Yeah.
Speed: Why?
Josh: Uh...I don't know, why did you cheat on Katie all those times?
Speed: Because I was young and stupid. You're supposed to be smarter than me.
Josh: I don't know why I did it.
Speed:
There's that Speedle excuse.
Josh: This isn't funny.
Speed: I'm not laughing.
Josh: You look amused.
Speed: Hey you finally screwed up.
Josh: You are unbelievable.
Speed: I can't wait to tell Carly.
Josh: Whoa, I don't think so. You want to ruin my marriage?
Speed: What, you think she won't be expecting it?
Josh: I've never done this.
Speed: And that is why it makes this so much more fun.
Josh: Are you seriously enjoying this?
Speed: It's great! It's finally not my fault. You my friend have proved this is hereditary and it cannot be stopped.
Josh: I need help.
Speed: It's not like this is an alcohol problem. You kissed another woman because you're a moron. It's simple.
Josh: I am not a moron.
Speed: Yeah you are.
Josh: If you were in my position what would you do?
Speed: I'd burry myself in secrets and lies until it all explodes into the open for everyone to see.
Josh: Dude. Not. Funny.
Speed: You're going to have to tell Carly.
Josh: She'll murder me.
Speed: I guess that's the chance you take for getting married.
Josh: You're married.
Speed: And look how many times I've almost been murdered.
Josh: By your wife?
Speed: ...Alright in general. The point is, yeah she'll be angry and yeah you might be sleeping on the couch for the rest of your life but the important thing is you learned your lesson.
Josh: What lesson?
Speed: Speedles are stupid man animals.
Josh: What kind of lesson is that!
Speed: Just explain to her what happened. Be diplomatic and you might save yourself from getting a drink thrown at you. Well, unless she's not drinking anything. Nevermind, here's the plan. Give her booze. Lots and lots of booze. Then tell her.
Josh: *blank stare* Two wives later and this is all you can come up with. Get her drunk.
Speed: It works.
Josh: I'm not going to get my wife drunk. Although it might work if I try the same thing that Lori did.
Speed: I don't think shoving a bottle of wine down her throat is the best way to get on her good side, man.
Josh: I'm dead. I am a crispy critter.
Speed: Crispy critter?
Josh: *shakes head* You know what? I should never ask for your help ever again.
Speed: Good because I suck at giving advice.
Carly: *walks over* Hey guys.
Josh: AH! *hides behind Speed*
Carly: ...I love you too.
Speed: *laughs* It's funny you should mention that. Josh here has something he wants to t-
Josh: *covers Speed's mouth* I will suffocate you. I will.
Carly: What's going on?
Josh: *lets go* You love me right?
Carly: Yeah.
Josh: And even if I did something completely stupid, you'd still love me right?
Carly: ...Yeah.
Speed: Well it looks like you two have things to work out so I'm going to exit this way and wish you two a happy, long and semi-fruitful marriage. *walks away*
Carly: Josh, what's wrong?
Josh: Uh...I...I kissed another woman.
Carly: ...
Josh: Please say something.
Carly: ...Oh.
Josh: Oh? You're saying 'oh'?
Carly: And what posessed you to do this?
Josh: I...I'm a man.
Carly: So?
Josh: Men are dumb.
Carly: Does...That usually work?
Josh: What?
Carly: That excuse.
Josh: I've never used it before.
Carly: Um, so besides the fact that you're a man, why did you do it?
Josh: ...Oprah made me do it.
Carly: Oprah.
Josh: Yeah.
Carly: Did Oprah buy you a car or something?
Josh: Oprah? Did I say Oprah? I meant Maury.
Carly: Look, Josh, you screwed up. And you know what? I don't even want to know who it was.
Josh: It was a mistake.
Carly: Yeah well there have been a lot of things that I've done that turned out to be mistakes, and it turns out I'm looking at one right now.
Josh: *grabs Carly's hand* I'm sorry.
Carly: *frowns* Remove your hand or I will remove it from your arm.
Josh: *lets go* ...
Carly: *walks away*
Josh: *sigh*
TBC...............
So Relentless, Two Of A Kind
Trace Lab, 9pm
Anni: *walks in* Hey.
Speed: Hey.
Anni: What are you working on?
Speed: I got backed up today so I'm finishing some stuff.
Anni: You...Don't want to do something a little more fun with your spare time?
Speed: Anni, I have a long time to do what I want. Right now I need to finish my paperwork.
Anni: But it won't matter. Did you ever think about that?
Speed: Why?
Anni: You're dying and you're doing paperwork?
Speed: ...Am I supposed to be doing something else?
Anni: Do something that you want to do.
Speed: I want to finish paperwork.
Anni: You don't want to...Go skydiving or something?
Speed: Yeah and kill myself faster? That's a brilliant idea.
Anni: This isn't funny.
Speed: You're thinking way too much into this.
Anni: Don't you even care?
Speed: There's nothing to care about.
Anni: Your heart could give out and you don't care.
Speed: I'm not afraid to die.
Anni: You'll end up like the people you fight for. Rotting away in a wooden box.
Speed: Gee, I'm glad I won't be alive for that.
Anni: This isn't funny, Tim.
Speed: I agree.
Anni: Don't you believe in anything? Some kind of afterlife? Is that why you're so okay with this?
Speed: As a scientist, I believe that the soul lives on in the memories of people who are still alive. Those people who were influenced by the deceased in one form or another.
Anni: What about just as a man?
Speed: It's possible to believe in two things at once.
Anni: ...So you believe in
something after death. Like a sort of heaven.
Speed: *looks down at table*
Anni: *stares at Speed*
Speed: ...I've already found it in you.
Anni: *hugs Speed*
Speed: *hugs Anni*
Anni: I'm never going to let you go. Ever.
Speed:
I'm going to have to someday.
Anni: I'll hang on for the both of us.
TBC.............
