＂Just Around the Corner＂ - Romantic Comedy Short Film

Why do I do this to myself? Mom, FaceTime audio. Hey mom. Hey sweetheart, how's it going? I just watched a romance and now I'm yearning for an unrealistic love life. Oh boy, here we go. Mom, when did I become such a loser? Oh Jessica. I'm being serious. My longest relationship was like three months and it was like seven years ago. I'm pathetic. You can't be so hard on yourself. You just need to make yourself see. What are you implying? Hey, I'm not the one living under a rock. I know what dating apps are. I heard Kathy's daughter met her fiancé at the one called the binge? First of all, ouch. Second of all, it's hinge. Well, why don't you try it out? Uh. Jessica, if you don't try, you won't know. Yeah, I guess. Whatever. Okay, well, I was just calling to see how you're doing and if you got the box of chocolates. Yeah, I did. Thanks, mommy. Je t'aime, chérie. Je t'aime plus. And think about it. Ugh. Bye. So the woman's explaining that she grew up in the States, right? But she didn't know how to read English until she was like, what, 12? And now she's living in Germany because she realized that she can read German way better because of the phonetic spelling. Take the word sink, for example. She probably thought it was spelled S-N-K or C-N-K. Completely leaving out the I, which sounds like A-E in our alphabet. Get it? Yeah, I know you do. But German breaks the word down. And to her, it just makes so much more sense to read Waschbecken than sink. One vanilla oat milk latte, one regular latte. She's got the oat milk one, thanks. Thank you. So, speaking of languages, when I was studying abroad in France last summer, I was so intrigued by the similarities between, like, French and English. And, um, what are you doing? Just taking the temperature of my latte. Right. Anyway, so, yeah, I love that there are similar words in both French and English. And, um, actually, this one time, um, so, uh, this one time, my tour guide was telling us the story of, like, someone he knew who was speaking in both languages to these two tourist girls. And he... Oh, my God. Um, yeah, this isn't gonna work out. I guess I never thought of it like that. The one thing you need to know about psychedelics is that it will change your POV on life, dude. Mm, so I've heard. They also unlock this whole other creative side of your brain that you didn't even know you had. Trust me, the first time I took LSD, I wrote six chapters of a novel. Oh, wow. What was it about? Ah, low key, I don't remember. This was a while ago. Well, did you finish it? Oh, nah. Oh, the moment I sobered up, I realized it was dog ----. Do you want to try it? I have some with me right now. Yeah, this isn't gonna work out. What? What's the deal? Shall we sew? Do you have any summer plans? Uh, yeah, yeah, I guess. Oh, tell me more. Kind of chill with friends and stuff, and, um... Oh, and summer school. Summer school? Do you mean, like, taking a college class or something? No, I'm finishing up high school. High school? What the ****? Your profile said you were 20. Yeah, I am. I'm in adult ed. This isn't gonna work out. Shall we sew? Are you ******* serious? Look, Mom, I tried dating again, and none of them were worth my time. This is worth my time. Yes, yes, it's good to have your standards, and I'm glad you have your passion. Don't give up. Did I even tell you what happened with that finance guy? He's undoubtedly a freak, but don't let a couple bumps in the road get you down. Let love just happen. Yeah, that's what my, um, chocolate wrapper said. Just leave it alone. Whatever, Mom, it's just not as easy as it was in 19-whatever. Ouch. Well, you can't be a pessimist forever. Did I ever tell you how your dad and I met? Okay, Mom, mm-hmm, yep, okay, I gotta go. Oh, okay, bye. Hi. Um, I was wondering if I could leave some, like, papers here. Oh, uh, what's it for? It's for my French tutoring services. Is that okay? Oh, um, let me just take a minute. I'm gonna go see my manager, okay? Sure thing. Oh, sorry. Thank you. Dude. It's my pleasure. Um, are you the manager? Yes. Oh, great. Um, I wanted to leave these flyers here, and I was wondering if that was okay. I also have brochures. Wait, no, I'm sorry. I don't know why I said that. Oh. But I will take a brochure. Oh, um, yeah, sure. Um, here you go. Thanks. Are you interested in learning French? It's for my grandmother. Oh. Yeah, she just moved to Montreal. Oh, that's so thoughtful. Yeah. Where from? Ontario. Wow. She's born in Italy. Wow. Well, I'd be happy to help her. French and Italian, actually, both derive from Latin, so it'll be easy peasy. Uh, just, yeah, just reach out, and we can arrange something. Thanks. Yeah. Um. Oh, Jess. Jess. Or Jessica, whichever. And you are? It's Ben. Okay. Or Benjamin, whichever. It's nice to meet you, Jess. Nice to meet you, too, Ben. Bye. Wait, I, um, let's arrange something right now. Oh, you can just go online and take a look at my calendar. Oh, no, I mean, would you like to get ice cream? There's a place just around the corner. Yeah, I'd love to. Yeah, it's right over there. Okay. Cool. So French. Yeah, I am. That's amazing. Yeah, so. Whoa. Okay.