Bus LVI

Scott is wearing a black armband

Louisa: What’s up?

Jack: His microwave broke

Louisa: Oh dear. Can’t you get a new one?

Scott: Next week. When Em gets paid.

Louisa: Well until then, you're welcome to come use mine

Scott: Thanks, but I can’t cook with people watching

Louisa: At least you've still got the gas oven

Scott: Had it taken out after...well, you know

Jack: I’ve got something that’ll cheer you up

Scott: A grill?

Jack: Nope – a bendy straw!

Scott: So what?

Jack: You like straws, remember?

Scott: That was just talk. This is life.

Jack: Did I tell you I'm writing the musical now? They rejected Wallace's script.

Scott starts crying

Louisa: Scott, don't cry. It'll be okay.

Jack: Who knew a broken microwave could be so traumatic? Aren't they just meaningless objects of attachment?

Scott: Yeah, but they make life so much easier!

Louisa: My dad cried when our barbecue broke. We'd only used it twice in ten years.

Jack: Serious?

Louisa: To you, eating is just reverse-vomiting...but to some people, it's a way of life