Candlestick Holders

Video Clip: Candlestick Holders

Time: Gift opening at C.C.'s birthday party.

Characters: Mason, C.C., Santana, Ted, Kelly, Cruz, and Peter (as a silent witness in this scene).

Premise: Everyone is standing around the gift table watching C.C. open his presents. He has just opened the one from Pamela and it's a scrapbook. The cover is opened to the first page.

Kelly: Hmm, is that Pamela with you?

C.C.: Yes, (He picks the book up and thumbs through it,) it looks like a record of the years we were married.

Mason: Just the good things I trust, or did she chronicle the rouse as well?

C.C.: (Uneasy chuckle as he closes and puts the book down.) Well, that was very thoughtful.

Mason: You'll have to remember to dictate a thank you note to her.

C.C.: I;ll make a point of it.

Santana: (She offers C.C. an unopened gift from the table.) C.C., this is from me.

C.C.: Oh, thank you. (He gauges the weight.) Oh! This is heavier than the boots Ted gave me.

Santana: Well, you're out of luck there.

C.C.: I can't wait to see it. (He opens the package and everyone sees that it contains two candlestick holders.)

Kelly: (To Santana.) Aw, they're gorgeous!

Santana: Thank you.

C.C.: Beautiful!

Santana: They're handmade in Mexico.

Ted: Ah, these are terrific, Santana!

C.C.: They really are handsome.

Santana: Thank you, I'm glad you like them.

C.C.: And now I want you to show me a place that I can put these.

Santana: Okay.

C.C.: (To the rest.) Will you all excuse us?

Santana: Come on. (They go off together to find a good spot for the candlestick Holders.)

Cruz: (He and Mason step aside together. Cruz looks down inside the glass in his hand.) They're steaming up the Champaign glasses.

Mason: (Looking like he could be sick.) I can't believe it. My own father was the man she was seeing instead of me. How could I have been so stupid not to realize? You knew that this was going on?

Cruz: I had an inkling. You 'have' been a little slow to catch on.

Mason: I kept asking her and she wouldn't tell me.

Cruz: You could hardly blame her for wanting it to be private, can you?

Mason: You could have kept me from making a fool out of myself.

Cruz: Come on, it's not as serious as all that.

Mason: You don't know what's involved.

Cruz: I know a little about it.

Mason: He had to known we dated. We went to the yacht party together.

Cruz: That doesn't mean you had a claim on her.

Mason: Well, he knew I was interested. He knew it!

Cruz: Well, interest isn't a commitment.

Mason: What? I have to get married to indicate how interested I am?

Cruz: (Chuckles.) Is that what you were thinking about with Santana, (uses a mocking tone) marriage?

Mason: Never mind, I can't expect you to understand.

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