Lady with the Dog where the Prince & the Vamp reside              

ESMODONTI:

Lu - is that you?

TAHARIEL:
No Es, it’s me.

ESMODONTI:

Tahariel? Wow - you look so different!

TAHARIEL:

Thanks. I’ll be starting my residency next month 

and mama insisted on seeing me in my scrubs. 

ESMODONTI:
That’s cool hon but I was talking about your hair and everything.

TAHARIEL:
Oh, I keep forgetting. This is my natural color. 

I  start my residency soon and my morning glam 

routine has to be sacrificed for more sleep. So, this is it.

ESMODONTI:
I like it.

TAHARIEL:
Let me give you the full show.

TAHARIEL:
… Tah-dah!

ESMODONTI:
I think it’s fab - very professional, Dr. Mitchum.
All ya need now is the white coat.

TAHARIEL:
Oh I have that. Mama said it wasn’t pristine.
She took it right off my back so she could iron it. 

ESMODONTI:
Hahaha - ‘course she is. Has Jesse seen ya yet?

TAHARIEL:
Oh, he’s seen me without my makeup.

ESMODONTI:
Ooh lala!

TAHARIEL:
Nothing like that. We drove back from Texas with 

my horse, remember? Neve was with us so even if we 

wanted to ooh lala - his little sister never left us alone.

ESMODONTI:
Uh-huh, I hear you’re a couple now. 

TAHARIEL:
I guess we are. What’s with the guitar?

ESMODONTI:
Your Uncle Quinn wants to borrow it. 

TAHARIEL:
I didn’t know he played.

ESMODONTI:
Me either. I’ll let ya know if he’s any good.

Later in the kitchen …

ESMODONTI:
… I saw Tahariel, she’s a blond now! Can ya dig it?

JESSE:
Doesn’t she look great?

ESMODONTI: 

She had on her scrubs. Wow - a doctor Jes! 

Man ya better step up your game. 

JESSE: 

Tell me about it. She’s not just a doctor either, she wants 

to be neurosurgeon, a friggin’ neurosurgeon!

ESMODONTI: 

That’s fab. About you Jes, I have a proposition for ya, 

I hired a chef for my pub. I told her about ya. She might 

be able to use ya on the weekends. Interested? 

JESSE: 

Absolutely.

ESMODONTI:
Cool. It sounds to me like your life doesn’t suck anymore. 

JESSE: 

Yeah, it hasn’t sucked in a while.

ESMODONTI: 

Glad to hear it. I heard ya met Tahariel’s dad, What’s he like?

JESSE: 

Scary. Es you should see him - this big tall Texan. 

I thought he was gonna shoot me. 

ESMODONTI:
He might - if you mess up with his daughter.

JESSE: 

That’s the impression he gave me too. No really, he was 

more concerned about me screwing up her residency. 

I told him I’m all for it. I think she’s amazing.

ESMODONTI:
She is. Did ya tell him that?

JESSE: 

Uh-huh and I told him I wasn’t gonna do anything to get 

in her way. I’m busy with school too, ya know. 

Tahariel and me - we decided to take it slow. 

ESMODONTI: 

Slow is good. Wow Jesse - look at you all grown up.