BigGeek and DotMom - The Movie

The wonderful noon after having written a beautiful recount of her own engagement has tagged me to do the same. So here goes. It's a movie, mind y'all.
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1. EXT. Opening Montage. Opening credits roll in unobtrusive plain text bottom right of screen.

YetToBeDotMom at her University. Its autumn. Windy. General shots of campus, students. YetToBeDotMom walking to her class, sitting in class, chatting with classmates, walking home late in the evening to her crummy apartment, cooking for herself and settling down with her pile of reading. The camera pans across the room, boxes and crates are half packed with apartment stuff.

YetToBeDotMom Voice Over

It all began in my 26th year of single hood. It was the Sunday after Thanksgiving. I had packed most of my stuff to go to India for an almost 2 month long break and to write my comprehensive exams. In a week I would be gone to a warmer place, my stuff stashed with a friend. It was then the phone rang. I knew who it was even before I picked it. It was my aunt from Connecticut. Again. Asking me if I had called a certain gentleman.

YetToBeDotMom

(on phone) No, I haven’t.
Listens to what her aunt is saying biting her fingernail.

YetToBeDotMom

What am I going to say to him?

Listens again.

YetToBeDotMom

You are in a book club with his aunt? How many pages left?

Listening.

YetToBeDotMom

No, I really can’t call him. (pauses). God! You can’t do that. No! Can you? God!

Sound of dial tone. Phone goes dead. YetToBeDotMom puts on Dire Straits and goes back to her packing.

2. INT. YetToBeDotMom‘s bed room – EVENING
Caption on screen says- ‘30 minutes later’. YetToBeDotMom is sitting on her bed rigidly, phone in hand.

YetToBeDotMom

Hello?

Over the phone friendly FEMALE voice

Hi is that YetToBeDotMom? Hi! I am Mrs. Nice Scientist. Your aunt gave me your number.

YetToBeDotMom

Oh! Hi!

Mrs. Nice Scientist

Well, I just wanted to call you and chat with you and tell you a little about the Nice Family.

YetToBeDotMom

(fake laugh) Oh! I was meaning to call, but was insanely busy.. I am going to India next week, am taking my exams early, subletting my apartment… just so much to do…Sorry you had to call.

(listening)

YetToBeDotMom Voice Over

I wasn’t sorry at all, truth be told. I was just being polite. Why was she calling me? Thank god I was going to India in a week.

Mrs. Nice Scientist

God! I can believe how busy you must be, hope your exams went well.

YetToBeDotMom Voice Over

Why does she have to be so nice? It just makes things soooo much difficult.

YetToBeDotMom

They did, they did. I am glad I am done with them though. Still have to do my comprehensive exams. I plan to write those from India.

Mrs. Nice Scientist

You have to write comps? God! They can be tough. I remember mine. Good luck. Well I don’t know how much your aunt has told you about the Nice family and about my nephew BigGeek.

YetToBeDotMom

Not very much.

YetToBeDotMomVoiceover

What did I just say? Gosh.

Mrs. Nice Scientist

Well the Nice family is very large and very smart. Well traveled. Cultured. My eldest brother in law, BigGeek’s eldest uncle is a biophysicist, another uncle is also a scientist and worked on the Pokhran Blasts, my husband is a Chemist with a post doc from UConn and I research gene therapies. A lot of the family holds many patents too. So, not to brag or anything, just wanted to share our accomplishments.

YetToBeDotMomVoiceover

Very impressive indeed.

YetToBeDotMom

Very impressive indeed. Thanks for sharing.

Mrs.Nice Scientist

But, silly me. I am doing all the talking. Let me get BigGeek. He and my other nephews are visiting for Thanksgiving.

YetToBeDotMom

Oh! I’d hate to intrude upon a family gathering.

YetToBeDotMomVoiceover

I really don’t want to talk to some dumb schmuck no matter how nice his aunt sounds.

Mrs. Nice Scientist

Oh, nonsense. They are just chatting. Let me get him.

Silence. More Silence.

YetToBeDotMomVoiceover

The schmuck does not want to talk to me? This is soooo embarrassing. Maybe they have a mansion where it takes for ever to walk from one room to the next. Maybe he is in the bathroom. Oooh. That would be awkward.

Nice Male voice on the phone

Hi! This is BigGeek

(to be continued)