| 49. BEARING GIFTS. Emma going to Sydney to buy her wedding dress, DJ. helping Soula�s parents prepare for the opening of their Greek Restaurant. Emma: Looks fantastic Mr. Polites, Hi. DJ: Come on Emma, it�s going to be fantastic, why don�t you stay? Emma: I can�t DJ. you know I have to go to Sydney to buy the wedding dress. Mrs. Polites: Ah yes, you�re getting married to that handsome young pilot, of course the wedding dress comes first. (Soula comes in) DJ: (looking at a mural on one of the walls that Soula has painted) I really like the mural, looks like the real thing. (DJ. mimics an Adonis figure) Emma: (laughs) I gotta go. Good Luck with tomorrow night. Bye DJ. DJ: Bye, Good Luck. ****************************************** Vic, Nancy and the regulars at the pub, discussing the new Restaurant in the bar. Hurtle: Don�t you worry about the other mob Nancy love, here�s where I�ll be tomorrow night, same as always and so will the rest of �em! ****************************************** Kate, Chris, and Sam in the Nomad. DJ: (over the radio) This folks is an all time first, never to be repeated, you�d be mad to miss it, you�d kick yourselves for the rest of the week, rush right in tonight. Greek music, eat Greek, and where is it all happening��.. Kate, Sam and Chris: (together) At the Acropolis Restaurant! Chris: Talk about a plug. Sam: Flight Service, Mike Sierra Foxtrot, Four, Five, Zero, Zero, descending to the Maclean�s, advise on landing. Control: Affirmative, Mike Sierra Foxtrot (greek music comes over the airways again) Sam: Oh motor-mouth�s still at it, huh, almost think he was Greek, eh? (Kate and Chris laugh) DJ: ���Course afterwards you�ll work it all off again, dance to the stirring throbbing strains of the bazooki, and where is it all happening, the Acropolis Taverna! ****************************************** After the Clinic Run, flying back to Coopers Crossing. Kate: Good �ole Nellie, she�s a battler alright. Chris: The Maclean�s would�nt care if she worked �till she dropped. Sam: Argh, she�d do anything for anyone too. (looking at Chris) She gave me a present for you, it�s up the back, in that sack! (Chris goes to back of Nomad, Sam winks at Kate) Chris: (sitting in seat next to sack, she jumps as the sack moves) OW! It�s Alive! Sam: Yeah, it�s a chuck. (Chris opens the sack, Sam smacks his lips) So urmm, when�s the roast dinner, eh? Chris: Argh, you don�t expect me to kill it, do you? Sam: You�re always carving people up! Chris: Yeah, but I don�t chop their heads off! Sam: No guts, I dunno, cluck, cluck, cluck! ****************************************** Later at Base, Geoff , Kate, and DJ. Kate: (gives DJ. a small hand mirror) How�s this? DJ: Oh great! (admires himself in mirror) What d�ya reckon Doc.? Geoff: I think I need a holiday, a health farm would be nice, somewhere far away, where everybody�s healthy, and Drs. are redundant. Do you know we�ve had three broken legs this week? DJ: So what�s a couple of broken legs! Now come on, tell me do I look okay? Geoff: You look okay. DJ: I want you to tell me the truth? Geoff: You want the truth? DJ: Yes, I want you to be honest with me. Geoff: You want me to be honest? DJ: Yeah! Geoff: You remind me of Narcissus! DJ: Nasser who? Geoff: (looks at Kate, she smiles) Narcissus, the Greek youth who fell in love with his own reflection. Well you ought to know that, it�s Ancient Greek Mythology. DJ: Yeah, I know all about Nasa�..I know him, but I�m not in love with my reflection, I just want to make sure I look fantastic! Geoff: (looking at Kate, she raises her eyebrows) It�s all Greek to me! DJ: Well that�s the point, it�s the big night tonight, I mean I can�t let the Polites family down. What time are you turning up? Geoff: I�m not! DJ: You�ve got to! Geoff: (shaking his head) Um, Um. Kate: DJ. there are some of us who still have to work, and when I leave here I�m gonna go straight home to put my feet up! DJ: Well, I�ll book a table for both of you, see you at the Acropolis! (DJ. walks to the door, Geoff calls after him) Geoff: No, No No, book it for next week? (looks at Kate) No? Kate: Urgh! Urgh! ****************************************** DJ. goes to the Restaurant, only the Maclean�s are at the Opening, DJ. returns to Base. DJ: Hey, they�ve still got one table left, right on the dance floor, I told Spiros to hold onto it! (Kate hiding under counter, Geoff behind a wall, and Sam behind his newspaper) Geoff: Who for? DJ: For three fun lovers whose quest is over, have�nt left anyone out, have I? Kate: DJ. we�re tired! DJ: D�you know what happens to workaholics? Geoff: Yes, a high percentage of them get athletes foot! DJ: Come on guys. Look it�s a fizzer, nobody�s turned up! Sam: Look mate, I�m sorry, I�d love to help you out, but the thing is I�ve three weeks housework to do in two nights, and well, if Mrs. C. saw the place right now, BOOM, they�d still be feeling the shock-waves in Bali, G�night. (Sam leaves) DJ: That leaves you two, you�ve gorra eat sometime? Kate: I suppose so. DJ: Fantastic, lets go. Geoff: (smiling at Kate) Okay? Kate: Okay. ****************************************** At the Restaurant, The Macleans sat at a table, Kate and Geoff at another table. Mr. Polites: (pouring wine for Geoff) Some wine for my friends? Geoff: Oh yes, for me the Dr. Mr. Polites: This is the best medicine. Kate: Oh no more for me thanks. (to Mrs. Polites) You two are spoiling us. Mr. Polites: (putting bottle on table) I�ll leave it here. (Goes over to the Maclean�s who are leaving) Thank you very much, I hope you enjoyed it? Mrs. Maclean: (to husband) Darling I have a splitting headache. DJ: (jumps in through the doorway, shouting) Hey! (imitates Greek dancing in front of the Maclean�s as they leave, Mrs. Maclean gives him a pained look because she has a headache) DJ. dances around Kate and Geoff�s table. Geoff: Oh No, Go away, Go away, Go on. (Kate laughs) DJ: Soula? (invites her to dance, Kate watching them, claps along with the music) Geoff: (pouring wine) They�ve done that before! DJ: Hey! You�ve got to work harder than that! (takes Kate�s hands, leads her onto the dance floor) Kate: Oh DJ. I can�t do that dance��(Kate laughs) DJ: Oh come on. (Soula gets hold of Geoff�s hands, leads him onto the dance floor) Geoff, Soula, DJ. and Kate in line, linked by an arm around a shoulder. DJ: OK. Now all you have to do is move to the left. Kate: (laughing) Oh well. (Kate can do it no problem) DJ: Pretty good, have you got Greek ancestors or something? Kate: Ah. You never know. (both laugh) Geoff: (having trouble with the simple steps) They�re abit tricky these steps! Kate: Oh yes, very tricky! DJ: Doc. when you get the hang of it, say Whoopa. (Mr. and Mrs. Polites come onto the dance floor) Kate: (looks across at them) Whoopa! Mr. and Mrs. Polites: Whoopa! Kate and Geoff about to leave the Restaurant. Mr. Polites: (shaking Geoff�s hand) Come back soon? Geoff: Oh try and keep me away, those dances of yours were wonderful, I need to get in some practice. Kate: Oh erh, you need the practice! (Kate and Geoff laugh) Geoff: (looks at Kate, says quietly) Thank you. (normal voice) DJ. you coming with us? DJ: (stood next to Soula) No, I�ll stick around abit, help tidy up, you know. Geoff: Argh. Yes sure. Kate: Argh Yes, I can see your work�s cut out for you. (they all laugh) Mrs. Polites: Thank you for coming. Kate: (shaking Mrs. Polites hand) Oh look it was a real pleasure. Geoff: Bye, Bye. Yassou! Kate: Yassou! ****************************************** Kate and Geoff walking home. Kate: Well here we are, beautiful downtown Coopers Crossing. Jumping is�nt it? Geoff: Suits me, stillness, space. Kate: You�re not pining for the bright lights? Geoff: You don�t still think that? Kate: Well I have�nt gone into it all that deeply. (smiles at Geoff) Geoff: Well I have, and I�ve decided there�s nothing I really need, that is�nt already here. (a deep, serious, look at Kate) Kate: (looks around) You�re easily pleased? Geoff: No. Not usually. (a long, loving, serious look between them, interrupted by DJ. running up to tell them Mrs. Maclean is ill, her husband says it�s food poisoning from the Restaurant. After tests, it was found to be one of Nellie�s chucks supplied to the Restaurant) ****************************************** |