ESMODONTI:

Lu - is that you?

TAHARIEL:
No Es, it’s me.

ESMODONTI:

Tahariel? Wow - you look so different!

TAHARIEL:

Thanks. I’ll be starting my residency next month 

and mama insisted on seeing me in my scrubs. 

ESMODONTI:
That’s so cool hon - but I was talking about your hair and - everything.

TAHARIEL:
Oh, I keep forgetting. This is my natural color. 

And when I  start my residency - my morning glam 

routine will have to go. So, here I am.

ESMODONTI:
I like it.

TAHARIEL:
Wait, let me give you the full show.

TAHARIEL:
… Tah-dah!

ESMODONTI:
I think it’s fab - so very professional, so it’s Dr. Mitchum - huh?
All ya need now is the white coat.

TAHARIEL:
Oh I have that. Mama said it wasn’t pristine enough for her.
She took it right off my back. Now she’s ironing it. 

ESMODONTI:
Hahaha - ‘course she is. Has Jesse seen ya yet?

TAHARIEL:
Oh, he’s seen me without makeup.

ESMODONTI:
Ooh lala!

TAHARIEL:
Nothing like that. We drove back from Texas with 

my horse, remember? Neve was with us - so even if we 

wanted to ooh lala - his little sister never left us alone.

ESMODONTI:
Uh-huh, I hear you’re a couple now. 

TAHARIEL:
I guess we are. What’s with the guitar?

ESMODONTI:
Your Uncle Quinn wants to borrow it. Ain’t that cool? 

TAHARIEL:
I didn’t know he played.

ESMODONTI:
Me either. I’ll let ya know if he’s any good.

Later in the kitchen …

ESMODONTI:
… I saw Tahariel, she’s a blond now! Can ya dig it?

JESSE:
Yeah right. Doesn’t she look great?

ESMODONTI: 

And she had on her scrubs. Wow - a doctor Jes! 

Man ya better step up your game. 

JESSE: 

Tell me about it. She’s not just a doctor either, she wants to 

be neurosurgeon, a friggin’ neurosurgeon!

ESMODONTI: 

That’s way too cool. And now I have a proposition for you, 

I hired a chef for my pub. I told her about ya. She might 

be able to use ya on the weekends. Interested? 

JESSE: 

Absolutely.

ESMODONTI:
So Jesse, it sounds to me like your life doesn’t suck anymore. 

JESSE: 

Actually Es, it hasn’t sucked in a while.

ESMODONTI: 

Glad to hear it. Hey - I heard ya met Tahariel’s dad, What’s he like?

JESSE: 

Scary. Es you should see him - this big tall Texan. 

I thought he was gonna shoot me. 

ESMODONTI:
He might - if you mess up with his daughter.

JESSE: 

That’s the impression he gave me. No - really, he was more 

concerned about me screwing up her residency. I told him 

- I’m all for it. I think she’s amazing.

ESMODONTI:
She is. Did ya tell him that?

JESSE: 

Uh-huh and I told him I wasn’t gonna do anything to get 

in her way. I’m busy with school too, ya know. 

Tahariel and me - we decided to take it slow. 

ESMODONTI: 

Slow is good. Wow Jesse - look at you all grown up.