#thelotharios

VINCENT: “So how are you and Pancakes getting along?”

ELIZA- “Doing fine. He went back to school early, he is looking to find us a small apartment on campus. He thinks it will be cheaper than staying in the dorms this year.”

VINCENT- “I don’t see how that would be possible. Maybe you two could use a third roomie? Maybe if the three of us shared the expenses it could be cheaper? I just don’t know if I could live with Pancakes... he thinks he is funny, and he isn’t at all. His humor is not humorous. I really don’t know what you see in him Eliza. I think what we had was so much better.  We were good for each other.”

ELIZA- “Oh, you think so huh? But then you decided to hit on my sister. Who happens to be old enough to be your mother.”

VINCENT- “Eliza, you know that wasn’t me, she came onto me...”

ELIZA- “But you certainly didn’t do anything to stop her. That’s water under the bridge, Vincent, and I am with Bob now.  And I don’t think it would be a good idea for the three of us to live together.”

Vincent scoots closer and puts his hand on Eliza’s leg...

VINCENT- “You never know, Eliza, it could be good for all of us.”

ELIZA- “WTF!!  Vincent, what are you doing? Get your slimy hand off of me...

VINCENT- “Whoa...sorry didn’t mean to get you all fired up. It was nothing...

ELIZA- “Yeah right!  You don’t touch me, Vincent. You Lothario’s are all the same! Nothing but womanizers, and looking to score your next victim, well I am not playing your games, Vincent, and I am sure Bob will not think it was humorous..

VINCENT- “Eliza...it wasn’t like that... I respect---

KATRINA- “Well it looks like everyone is here Eliza.  I don’t know why we couldn’t have done this a little later, with this move and everything is an uproar, I think we should have waited.”

ELIZA- “Your daughter’s birthday is TODAY, Katrina, not in a few weeks when it is more convenient for you. It’s a big deal when you become a teenager, or did you forget?”

NINA- “I don’t see what the big deal is. Nobody had a birthday for me when I turned 13.”

ELIZA- “Well if I had been around, you would have,”

DINA- “Can everyone just stop arguing and try to have a good time...Please!?”

DINA- “Please try and just ignore mother, I do, and it works for me.”

ELIZA- “I’m sorry, you are right, today is about you and we need to quit bickering. I want you to remember this day because it was good, and fun, not because your mother and I fought all afternoon.”

DINA- “I love you Aunt Eliza, I am going to miss you once you go back to school.”

ELIZA- “Love you as well.  Maybe you can come and stay with me over Winterfest.”

VINCENT- “Hey Don, Dad asked me to help you fill out you application for Foxbury.  I thought you took care of all that already.”

DON- “Not you too???”

VINCENT- “This is serious, Don, your future relies on you getting into Foxbury.”

They get out of the pool and sit on the edge…

VINCENT- “If you don’t get a college education, how are you going to be anything more than a common worker, making minimum wage in Lothario Exports?  No one will take you seriously. Father didn’t start this business from scratch and make it one of the largest import export businesses in the nation just for himself. Some day it will be ours and we need to be ready for it.”

DON- “Vincent, I know that you want to take over the company someday and run it, and you will be great at it, I am sure.  It just doesn’t interest me. That is not what I want for my life. I know you will take care of things and take care of me.”

VINCENT- “You can’t rely on someone else for you future, Don. You are an adult now, it doesn’t work like that anymore. You just don’t get to sit back and take in the rewards without working for it.”

DON- “Oh, trust me, I am going to work for it, just not like that.  Judith says I am going to----

VINCENT- “When are you going to stop listening to those half-baked stories of hers, Don. Judith got lucky as a kid, being pretty and sweet.  She can’t act, she is just pretty.  Trust me, someday her star is going to fade, and she will be all alone.  Do you want that for yourself? Ask any of those other actors or actresses in Del Sol Valley.  Stardom is here today and gone tomorrow.  Then what will you have?  Nothing.  No education, and no job.  Listen to dad, he knows what he is talking about.  Hell if you don’t believe him, ask Armand.  Even he went to college.  It may have been online, but he still got a degree.”

ARMAND- “I wouldn’t worry too much about your daughter, Kat. All teenagers, especially girls do not get along with their mothers.”

KATRINA- “I think she needs a male influence around the house. All kids need that. But, for now I will have to be both mother and father. I know Eliza means well, but by giving into her, causes her to be spoiled.”

ARMAND- “She will be going back to school, soon, so hopefully her influence over Dina should be limited after that.  Maybe I could have Don talk to her. He doesn’t go to school until late October.  Maybe another teenager would help.”

KATRINA- “Maybe.  But, Don? He is not a very good role model, Armand.”

ARMAND- “It maybe what they both need.  I will talk to him.”

VINCENT- “Taking a break, Eliza?”

ELIZA- “Yeah, I cut the cake if you want to go in and get a piece.”

VINCENT- “I’m good for now, thanks.  So you ready to get back to school?”

ELIZA- “More than ready, believe me. If I have to stay here too much longer, my sister and I would have issues, for sure. She needs a good class on parenting.”

VINCENT- “Well, she is kind of self-centered, or so I have noticed.”

ELIZA- “Kind of?  That is an understatement.”

VINCENT- “It is good you have been here though, the girls will appreciate it.”

ELIZA- “Dina does, but Nina is jealous and thinks I favor Dina over her.  Which I don’t but Dina is younger and more fragile right now and needs attention.  I think Nina is already set in her ways so to speak.”

DON- “Judith isn’t like that in real life Dad, she is a sweet girl, very talented and smart too.”

NICOLO- “I am sure she is, Don, but don’t stand there and act like I don’t know anything. You have been sleeping with her, haven’t you?”

DON- “Forget it Dad, you wouldn’t understand.”

NICOLO- “You are right, I don’t understand. Just get upstairs and fill out that application and have Vincent help you.  I want it on my desk before dinner tonight.  Do you understand that!?”

DON- “Yes, sir…..

ARMAND- “Nicky, you need to not be so hard on him.  Let me talk to him.  I will make sure he fills out the application and I will personally take it to the admissions office myself and see that the director takes action on it immediately.”

NICOLO- “I am just at my breaking point with him Armand. He has no grasp on what it means to be responsible.  His only goal is to spend his days lounging by the pool or trying to pick up girls.  Why can’t he more like Vincent?  Where did I go wrong?”

ARMAND- “Don is his own person, Nicky. He and Vincent are two totally different individuals. Brothers, like us. I mean I understand Don.  I was much like he was at that age, and you?  Well Vincent is your carbon copy. Like I said let me talk to Don.  I understand him. Don’t fret, he will be at Foxbury in the fall.”

NICOLO- “The boys don’t know Armand, I just want to make sure that they are on the right path before---”

ARMAND- “Now, let’s not talk like that.  Remember the doctor said that you need to stay positive. You can beat this brother.  And you needn’t worry any more than you have to.  By signing me over as your VP, if something happens with the company, I got it all under control. And when the time is right, I can hand the reins over to them.  But in the meantime, you are not going anywhere, any time soon.  Let me handle Donald, okay?”

NICOLO- “Thanks, brother.  I surely don’t know what I would do without you. Also, talk to that Landgraab girl, tell her to quit filing Donald’s head with that acting nonsense.”

Nicolo, Vincent,  Armand and Donald

NICOLO- “Donald, Armand tells me that you haven’t even applied for college yet.  Son you have less than three months until the semester begins. If you don’t send in your application by the end of this week, you are going to miss the deadline.

DON- “I don’t think I want to go to school this year, dad. I thought maybe I would take a year off and go next year, or maybe just attend Oasis Springs Community College.”

NICOLO- “Son, we talked about this. You got a scholarship for Foxbury Institute.  You know what I had to do to get them to even consider you? Thank goodness I have a friend on the committee---

DON- “Who don’t you know, you have friends everywhere father.  How about you see if your friend can wait a year.”

NICOLO- “Donald, this is not acceptable. If you don’t get the application filled out by tomorrow and get it filed on time by Friday, I will put you to work immediately.  I will send you to Selvadorada for the entire summer.”

DON- “Wow that sounds like a vacation dad.”

NICOLO- “Trust me it will be NO vacation.  You will be working in the mines there, do you know how hot it gets in Selvadorada? Imagine being underground.”

DON- “Fine….fine I will get the application turned into Foxbury by Friday, don’t worry. But just so you know, this is for only two years.  I don’t plan on spending my entire life in school like Vincent has. I have dreams too you know!”

NICOLO- “Really, you have dreams Donald.  What kind of dreams do you have?”

DON- “You know Judith Landgraab?”

NICOLO- “Of course, Don, I know Judith, what does she have to do about your dreams?”

DON - “She is going to Del Sol Valley soon, and going to be in movies.  She said that I would do wonderful out there.  She said I had the looks and the natural abilities to be a star. She said she could get me some auditions.  Start doing commercials and ads, first, then make my way into TV spots. She said it wouldn’t take long and I could be a star too.”

DON- “So, I am ready, everything is set for me to start my college career, and guess what Vincent!?”

VINCENT- “I am almost afraid to ask, but what, Don?”

DON- “I am going to be staying in the same dorm as you!!  How exciting, right?”

VINCENT- “I am overjoyed....”

DON- “Don’t be so negative, brother. I will stay out of your way and not intrude on any of your extracurricular activities, as long as you don’t intrude on mine.”

VINCENT- “I am sure that our meaning of extracurricular activities are two totally different things, so no worries, Don.”

DON- “Well, I am going to get in a swim, as only a few more days and I will be university bound.”

NICOLO- “Don, I am proud of you son.  I know this may not be easy for you, but you are going to be happy you did this.”

DON- “Dad, I am already happy about it! You know how many new people I am going to meet!? And the girls....”

NICOLO- “Now, do not waste all your time on the women, Don, there is a lot more about going away to school than that.”