*Later that morning.*
Joe: Hey.
Natalie: Hi. What's going on?
Joe: I have something to tell you and I don't think your going to like it.
Natalie: What is it?
Joe: Shane's volunteered to help tonight in the kitchen.
Natalie: Ok.
Joe: That's all you have to say?
Natalie: Yes, remember I've decided to keep my cool around him.
Joe: I remember.
*Later that afternoon at Four Thirty, Shane comes into the kitchen.*
Shane: Hey.
*He snatches a cookie.*
Shane: Your cookies have gotten better.
Natalie: Hello. Your mom and you will be putting chips and salsa into bowls. What are you doing here so early?
Shane: I want to talk.
Natalie: No.
Shane: Natalie please.
Natalie: Ok you want to talk than tell me why you never said goodbye to my face but left a goodbye note?
*Shane kisses Natalie.*
*Natalie kisses him back. She pulls away with tears in her eyes.*
Shane: What's wrong?
Natalie: I'm sorry Shane. I can't.
Shane: What are you so afraid of blue eyes?
Natalie: Of getting hurt again.
Shane: Maybe we should just go back to being...
Natalie: Friends.
Shane: Yeah.
Natalie: I'd like that. I've missed my best friend.
Shane: Me too.
*They hug.*
*Kevin, Joe, Nick, Myles, Molly and Donna come into the kitchen.*
Kevin: What's going on?
Natalie: Nothing.
Molly: We should get started.
Donna: She's right. Shane can you cut the tomatoes?
Natalie: Mrs. Gans, Shane shouldn't have knives.
Donna: Why not?
Molly: He has a habit of cutting his fingers.
Myles: You know this how?
Molly: Lucky guess. Don't all guys cut their fingers when cutting tomatoes?
Donna: D and Davy do. Shane you can help Mrs.G... Hudson put chips and salsa in bowls. Myles and Kevin you can clean the lettuce and cut the tomatoes, Nick and Joe you two can set the tables and I'll help Natalie with dessert.
*Everyone gets to work.*
TBC