Collection: Prequel - Face to Face
[At the Food Baron, Kate is bringing an unusually-chipper-looking Nate a till from a cash register.]
Kate: Here's Jackie's till.
Nate: Got it, thanks.
Kate: So...
[Camera pans out to show Nate and Tracy both wincing as Kate grins behind them]
Kate: How was that customer service conference?
[Nate and Tracy both blushing, looking away from each other]
Nate: Ah, you know, fine.
Tracy: I mean, pretty boring.
Nate: Yeah, boring.
[Nate and Tracy looking at each other]
Nate: But we, uh, learned a lot.
Tracy (teasing): Well, YOU did.
[Close-up on Kate as she narrows her eyes in suspicion]
[Kate laughs loudly and Nate and Tracy are taken aback]
Kate: I KNEW It!
Kate: Y'all ARE fucking!
[Tracy stands over Nate, wearing a bathrobe, blushing and gesturing wildly in annoyance.]
Tracy: What is WITH you? There's a beautiful woman butt-naked in the next room, and you fall ASLEEP?
Nate: So? People shower, jeeze.
[Nate is now sitting up on the bed, scratching his head tiredly]
Nate: And why would I care if YOU'RE naked anyway?
Nate: We don't get along for shit.
[Tracy raises her eyebrows]
Tracy: What makes you so sure about that?
Nate (annoyed): I don't know, every interaction we've ever had?
[Close-up on Tracy as her blush intensifies. She gives a closed-eye smile as she opens her robe]
Tracy: Wow, you really are hopeless.
[From behind, Tracy stands naked before Nate, who is stunned]
Nate: ...wait, what?
[Nate is sitting on his bed looking at his phone. Tracy stands above him, holding a folded towel under her arm.]
Tracy: I'm getting a shower. You better not have stunk it up in there.
Nate: Luckily for you, I managed to poop at the conference.
Tracy: TMI.
[Nate continues to look at his phone, his eyes narrow a bit. "SSSHHHH" SFX indicate Tracy is taking her shower in the other room.]
[Tracy blushes as she blow-dries her hair in the bathroom]
[Tracy comes out in a robe, still slightly blushing]
[Tracy sees Nate asleep and is stunned]
[Extreme closeup as Tracy leans in close to Nate]
Tracy (angrily): HEY!
Nate (waking abruptly): ..theFUCK
[On a hotel balcony, Nate cringes as Tracy opens the room door.]
Tracy: Here we go!
[A view inside the room. There are two beds.]
[Nate looks surprised and relieved.]
Nate: ...oh, OK. That makes sense.
[Tracy starts teasing him, he looks away]
Tracy: What, you thought we'd be forced to share the same bed, like in a cliche romcom?
Tracy: You disappointed?
[Nate looks pissy as he enters the room, with Tracy laughing behind him.]
Tracy: Aww, too bad! That's the only way a loser like you would have a chance with somebody like me!
Nate: Can we just get settled in please
[Nate and Tracy are eating in a sit-down restaurant. Tracy is boasting about something while holding a sausage with a bite taken out of it on her fork. Nate's mouth is agape as he holds his burger and looks at her.]
[Exterior shot, looking up, of the Almada Inn & Suites, a reasonably nice hotel]
[Tracy smiles as she accepts the hotel keys from the front desk attendant as Nate waits with the bags behind her.]
[Tracy returns and presents Nate with one of the keys from her envelope, smiling.]
Tracy: Here you go. We're room 305.
Nate (confused, looking at his key): Wait.
Nate (aghast): There's only one room??
Tracy (laughing and looking back at him): Well, yeah. You didn't expect Food Baron LLC to pay for private suites, did you?
[Alan. the CEO of Food Baron, stands in front of a screen showing financial information as he speaks]
Alan: ...and it's only because of the people in this room that we're able to continue these EBITDA improvements year over year.
[Nate is sitting in the audience, looking concerned at the empty seat next to him.]
Alan (off-screen): When I took over as CEO, we were frankly in distress. We barely cleared a profit in that first year.
[Jesse is wandering onto the stage behind Alan with his pants down, wearing his tie as a blindfold]
Alan: But it's your dedication to the five Food Baron val...
[Close up: Jesse is fully on the stage now, pants down, nudity obscured by a mosaic censor, stumbing around. Sound effects read "GASP" and "AAAH!!"]
Jesse: Where'd you go, baby?
Jesse: Little fuckin' cocktease.
[Two Food Baron employees, one serious and one smirking, have tackled Jesse and are dragging him off stage. He struggles with his pants still around his ankles.]
[Tracy sits in the previously empty seat next to Nate with a satisfied smile. Nate is stunned, looking impressed and a bit scared]
Alan [O.S.]: ..wow. Sorry about that, folks. Looks like somebody's a little too PASSIONATE about customer service.
SFX: HA HA HA HA
[In a dark space with a blue curtain behind them, Jesse advances on Tracy, who smiles but keeps her face turned away]
Tracy: We're going to miss Alan's speech.
Jesse: Fuck Alan! I've been waiting to get my hands on this hot little body since before you were even legal.
Tracy: Hey, let's make this more interesting.
Jesse (leaning in with his tongue out for a kiss): OK.
Tracy (holdng him back by the chin): Not that! You'll mess up my lipstick.
Jesse (skeptical): Then what?
Tracy (devilish, pulling Jesse's tie away from him as he grins in anticipation): Well...
Tracy: We'll start by taking this off.
[An unamused Nate watches as Tracy endures Jesse's commentary.]
Jesse: Yeah, you've grown up a bit since you worked in my store. You're really filling out that uniform!
Tracy (smiling uncomfortably): Oh, you're... too kind.
Jesse: Say, there's a little while before Alan's presentation. You and I should go... catch up.
Nate: Hey Tracy, I think we actually have a thing we need to get to.
Jesse (annoyed at Nate): Who's the party pooper?
Tracy (hyper-pleasant, looking at Nate): Oh, it's OK!
Tracy (normal, to Nate only): Don't worry, I'll be back in time for the presentation.
Nate: You sure?
[Close up on Tracy, who looks devious]
Tracy: Save me a seat.
Tracy (pushing Nate from behind): THIRTY? What is WRONG with you?
[Closeup of Tracy behind Nate. She mad.]
Nate: Jeez, sorry! I'm not good at guessing ages, OK?
Nate: Besides, isn't it a good thing to look older so..metimes?
Nate: It gives you that whole "mature and respectable" vibe.
Nate (smalltext): ...which frankly you haven't earned
[Tracy considers]
Tracy (arms crossed, looking away): ...OK, fine.
[Tracy looks behind her at a silhouetted crowd of male Food Baron managers in a conference room.]
Tracy: After all, I'll need it to need it to deal with these clowns.
Sign:
Food Baron Customer Service Conference XI: "Quality Is Our Value"
11:00 - Food Baron: Still the King! (Guest: CEO Alan Meier)
12:30 - Lunch and Learn: Stop A Shoplifter... With Your iPhone!
2:00 - Wage Percentage: Do You REALLY Need Another Cashier?
3:30 - New Uniform Unveiling
5:00 - Wednesday Wine-Down (Presented By Grapefoot Non-Alcoholic Sparkling Wine)
[Nate and Tracy walking away from a registration table as Tracy puts on a badge attached by a lanyard]
Tracy: Aww, you still mad?
Nate: You're unbelievable. I could have had a heart attack earlier, you know?
Tracy: Oh, RELAX. You're what, twenty-five? I'm sure your heart is fine.
Nate: Twenty-two.
Tracy [stopping]: Wait, you're younger than me?
Nate: Is that a big surprise? Aren't you like thirty?
