lets go dutch

scene set in a restaurant .
camera from the entrance into the area of the restaurant.
we see tables and chairs laid out. ppl sitting across various tables and talking or eating or drinking.

we see the film going in fast forward mode from point 1 to point 3 in that order.no voice over
1. boy enters and sits at a table in the center which is empty .
2. the waiter comes and asks something and he says something and goes away
3. he is looking at his watch, drinking water, reading menu and phone all the time.[this should be a repetitive fast fwd action]

pause.

point 4 is in slow motion.. beautiful music .. no voice

4. she goes to the center table where the guy is waiting, smiles at him and asks him something .. he gets up.. she extends her hand and they sit across the table.

from point 5 again fast forward.

5. waiter comes,
6. they look at each, run through menus, laugh and say something
7. the waiter asks something
8 they say something
9 the waiter gets two cups of coffee
10 they are drinking coffee and talking. cofee cups are empty and they are still talking
11 the waiter comes again..asks something
12 they tell something
13 the waiter goes and gets the bill

end of fast forward .

we see and hear at normal frame rate.
the boy takes the bill before she can reach it. he looks at the amount .. and says .. " i got it", then he is trying to take out his wallet out of his pocket.

the girl says " Madhav please, lets go dutch, I insist"

the boy says " come on, its ok. next time we meet you can pay"

the girl says " thats not ok! next time I might want to go to HRC with you and get drunk on tequila shots. will it be fair then ?"

the boy says " wow you like the idea.. but HRC and tequilas in HRC will be really costly, we obviously will share it"

the girl says very seriously " So what if expensive? you think I cant pay the full amount ? do you think I cant afford "

the boy is taken aback. he says " i dint mean that .."

the girl says " then why would you say thats its obvious that we will share it"

the boy says " sorry. "

the girl says " its ok.. dont be.. i dint mean to hurt you. its much simpler to deal with if we go dutch for a few times. if we are sharing the bill equally i understand it as also treating the other person equally. it is acknowledging the fact that we dont know each other completely as of now and hence the objective way of treating him is my equal .

also as against to your alternate paying concept.. [stops and smiles] if i go dutch now, both of us can decide

if you would have paid and if we had gone to hrc, you would have the confusion there too right..?