EXT. DECK - NIGHT
John and Jan in chaises under starry skies. Sliding glass doors to master bedroom, dimly lit by low-att lamp on nightstand..
JAN: Barb called while you were in the shower.
JOHN: I sense news.
JAN: Chloe's going to Texas when Hunter returns with Tom's ashes.
JOHN: Alright. For how long?
JAN: She comes back the Monday before the Thursday school starts.
JOHN: Alright. We should send Ruth and Wanda a card.
JAN: And flowers.
JOHN: Bluebonnets. They'll fall in love with her.
JAN: Of course. We'll meet them.
JOHN: At her graduation.
JAN: Good bet.
JOHN: Speaking of which, Kate and Cedric are _________.
JAN: She and Ruth can compare family trees.
JOHN: She brought that up.
JAN: I dreamt Barb and Brian were pregnant.
JOHN: As in Barb being pregnant and Brian the unpregnant father.
JAN: Yes.
A moment.
JOHN: Their wedding announcement.
A moment.
JAN: I bet you're right. Very good, Carl Jung.
JOHN: First thing that came to mind.
JAN: It does feel inevitable. Doesn't it?
JOHN: It does. Speaking of Chloe's graduation.
Moment.
JAN: As in they'll announce after.
JOHN: A guess.
JAN: Good guess.
JOHN: It's Chloe's, too.
JAN: Really?
JOHN: It came up on our drive. They'll marry, sell their houses, by in Morro.
JAN: Hmm.
JOHN: Right?
JAN: Anything regarding school?
JOHN: No. But Vietnam came up.
JAN: How?
JOHN: She asked how I didn't go.
JAN: Oh.
JOHN: I'm surprised it took this long.
JAN: You talked?
JOHN: No. We set a date to. Maybe between her return from Texas and school starting.
JAN: Do we know if Tom went?
JOHN: We do. Army. First Air Cavalry.
JAN: Like Brian's father.
JOHN: Yes. He doesn't have much time.
JAN: Barb told me.
Silence but for CRICKET.
SHOOTING STAR crosses sky.
JOHN/JAN: See it?
They look at each other.
JOHN/JAN: Let's go to bed.
They get up, hold hands, walk to and enter bedroom, remove robes, get in bed naked, John turns off the lamp.