A Nights Worth ｜ Romance Comedy Short by Meshach Malley

After you get dumped, you'll make the stupidest decisions of your life, but at the time, they don't seem stupid at all. How's my boy doing today? Hey. Just the best. Yes, hey. Where is she? Um. Ooh, look at you. A player. I can't believe you convinced me to do that last night. Hey man, you ready? On second thought, maybe I should just stay in tonight. Come on, dude. I'm not letting you sink back into that deep, dark pit of despair again. Listen. I'm going to wingman the hell out of you tonight. Sound good? But you had fun, right? Oh, ----. It's so good to see you guys. You should come over tomorrow. I'll make breakfast. I'll send you our address. What? I'll send you our address. What? P-p-p-pineapple club. I can't believe you remembered that. Come on. Hey. It's good to see you. Um. Ooh. Oh. You good? Yeah. Okay. Oh. I would not go in there for a minute. Hey, Faye. What's up? Oh. I hope you washed your hands. Oh my god. You guys weren't expecting me. Oh. What's with the pineapple? We knew you were coming. Seriously, why a pineapple? Johnny and I are both allergic to pineapples. We used to joke we were in the pineapple club. Uh. PCFL. Pineapple club for life. Um. Let. Let me get dressed real quick. Can I get. I'm going to get changed. Don't forget a sock. Oh. Thanks. I'm airing my foot out. Yeah. Right. It's okay. Is this even a good idea? Of course it is. It's just. There's breakfast. It's. Nothing's ready. It's almost. Yeah. He's got one sock. He needs one more. Okay. And then. We're good. Then the wrapping starts. Yeah. All right. Now I know you guys forgot I was coming. What would give you that impression? I. I could have sworn I went grocery shopping. Faye. You are always welcome in our humble abode. Oh. Thank you. Thanks. Faye. When did I last see you? Has it been since graduation? Yeah. Wow. I mean. You know. I follow you on Instagram and stuff. And see what you've been up to. But. It's been a minute. It has been. Are you still with um. Um. What's her name? She's blonde. You know. Short hair. Anyway. Faye. How have you been? I would love to talk about literally anything else. Oh. Oh my. Um. We broke up a few months ago. Uh. It's been rough. I'm sorry to hear that. It's okay. Uh. I mean. When Mia Clemenza broke my heart. You told me. You just haven't found your match yet. I said that? Yeah. And you were 17 too. And. It's taken me five years to drill it through my thick skull. But. I mean. I'm still working on it. So. Uh. You getting breakfast here man or what? I'm pretty sure the only edible thing in here is pickles and hot sauce. Pickles and pineapple. They're a delicacy in some places. I bet. Who here can eat pineapple? Ah. You know what? Thank you. So much. But. I'm gonna go. Oh. No. It's. Well. Look. There's a grocery store right down the street. It's two blocks away. I can run and get some groceries. We can have breakfast. Don't even worry about it. Seriously. It's okay. It'll take ten minutes. Okay. Fine. But I'm going with you. You don't have to do that. I insist. Um. Let's go. Okay. Hey. Remember? Remember what? Oh. Come on. What? You don't remember that one time we took all of those yard signs and put them in that one lady's yard? Oh. Yeah. I totally forgot about that. Yeah. We are really late, by the way. Yeah. You know they had a whole neighborhood meeting about it. Oh. And they are still pissed about it. I guarantee you. Oh. Right. I saw Mrs. Marco at the grocery store the other day. Yes. And she just glared at me. Like in my soul. That's scary. It was scary. She's still alive. Hey. You think you'll ever get away from this place? I don't know. I mean. You live in Nashville. Right? Yeah. I did. For like three years. It's a totally different vibe. Are you still living there? Well, I'm back here for a bit. I don't know what's next. I think I'm just going to pack up my car and just go and see the country. That sounds amazing. You should totally do that. You should totally try that. Seriously. No. There's nothing wrong with this place, but I remember you saying you liked traveling when you were younger. I know, but I don't know. I mean, I got a whole lot going on here. Hey. How's it going, Brianna? Look, I'm sorry about you. Oh, no, no. It's fine. I just had a thing to get to. It's fine. Wait. Are you? Oh, no, no, no. This is my friend Faith. Faith. Brianna. Hey. Brianna's Faith. Hi. Great. Okay. Well, it was good to see you. It was good to see you, too. See ya. Yeah. Bye. See ya. So who was that? That was just a girl that I... That you slept with? Yeah. Are you kidding me? This clearly was not meant to be. Maybe there's still some food we can't eat inside. Johnny. Like, is there a big rock anywhere? Just stop. It's probably moldy by now. No, but seriously, this is ridiculous. Let me make it up to you. How about dinner tonight? Take me somewhere nice. Applebee's it is? So it's a date? No, I don't think so. What do you mean? I thought you said you'd take her out. Well, like to dinner. So it's a date. I mean, it's Faith. What's that supposed to mean? If anything, you two have more history. The chemistry's clearly there. I mean, you're getting ahead of yourself. She's leaving soon anyways. Oh ----. Hey, this is Brianna. I feel really bad about slipping out. Let me make it up to you tonight. Bro. I thought you were going out with Faith. Took you long enough. Dude, it's fine. Faith will totally understand. Hey man, what's your password? I want to cue us off. 654321. Hey man, Brianna texted me. You ******* cancelled my plans? You really think I was going to go anywhere besides another one night stand? That's not your decision to make. I can't see you be miserable anymore, man. You needed the push. Wait a second, have you? Hey, you should come over tomorrow. Are you sure? Yeah, Johnny would love it. He would? Oh, for sure. So it's a date? You manipulated everything. Faith didn't ask for any of this. Be as mad as you want at me, but don't let her be the one who gets hurt. Hey. PCFL? Pineapple club for life? There was a second part. All those years ago you told me you just haven't found the right match yet. And then you added, she may be closer than you think. Took you long enough to figure that one out. Sometimes when you're lost, you need someone to remind you who you really are.