[Tea approaches the open door of the limousine, a smirk on her face. Her hand rises, a lone finger, the middle one, aimed at the sky.
The occupant of the limousine laughs as he watches Tea briskly walk away and enter a nearby cab.
Soon, the cab pulls away from the curb with the limousine following close behind.
Tea watches, out the cab's back window, as the limousine conspicuously follows her.
For more than an hour, Tea takes the limousine and its occupant, for a scenic ride. Finally, she decides to end the low speed chase through Manhattan.
Tea directs the cab driver to drop her off in front of her apartment building. Tea exits the cab and quickly enters the building. The occupant of the limousine follows her.
Moments later, they enter the elevator together and silently share the small space.
When Tea exits the elevator, her companion follows her to her doorway. She places her key in the lock and opens the door. As she steps through the doorway, she leaves the door open for her follower. He enters her apartment and looks around, stopping in her living room as he looks out at her view.
Tea enters the room moments later with a cup of coffee in her hand. She sits down on the sofa, takes a deep breath and speaks to her ex-husband for the first time in more than a year.]
Tea: What do you think of my place?
Todd: You have a lousy view.
Tea: Not all of us have inherited millions of dollars. Some of us have to work hard for our views, and everything else.
Todd: Was that a shot?
Tea: You deserve worse than that for what you did to me in that restaurant.
Todd: Me? You're the one who was lap dancing some ugly looking guy.
Tea: I was doing no such thing.
Todd: That's how it looked to me.
Tea: You always did have a unique way of seeing things.
Todd: Do you live alone?
Tea: At the moment.
Todd: What's that supposed to mean?
Tea: Exactly what I said.
Todd: So, there's no one in your life that will care if I spend the night?
Tea: I didn't say that. I also didn't invite you.
Todd: Until I see the rest of the place, I don't know if I want to stay here, anyway.
Tea: I didn't invite you home with me, but you followed me. I didn't invite you inside my apartment, but here you are.
Todd: You left the door open. That was an implied invitation.
Tea: Whether or not you spend the night is a different matter. That will be completely up to me.
Todd: I don't get a say in it?
Tea: Only if I were to invite you, which I haven't yet, and don't expect to.
Todd: You were the chick with the note at the restaurant, weren't you?
Tea: What note?
Todd: You know what note.
Tea: Maybe you have a secret admirer.
Todd: I saw you the first night I got here. I didn't really think it was you, though.
Tea: How long have you been here?
Todd: I don't know. Since last week, I guess.
Tea: Why are you here?
Todd: No reason.
Tea: I've seen you a few times recently, too. Either you've been stalking me, or there have been some incredible coincidences occurring.
Todd: I didn't even know you were here. I thought you were in France.
Tea: France?
Todd: I heard that's where you were living now.
Tea: Who did you hear that from?
Todd: Confidential sources.
Tea: I did go to France for vacation, but this is where I've been living for quite some time now. You've been living in Llanview, with Blair, I hear.
Todd: You probably got your information from the same place I got mine.
Tea: So, my sources are wrong? You haven't been living with Blair?
Todd: Starr likes being around her mother, for some reason.
Tea: It's good that you've worked things out, for everyone's sake.
Todd: Especially yours.
Tea: I have no complaints.
Todd: You shouldn't since this is all your fault.
Tea: Everything seems to be working out wonderfully for you. So, why are you here? Why didn't you bring your family to New York with you? Why have you been stalking me?
Todd: I wasn't stalking you.
Tea: You just followed me through the streets of Manhattan for more than an hour.
Todd: But, you knew about it the whole time. That's not stalking...at least, not if you're doing it right. And, the other times I saw you, I didn't even think it was you.
Tea: Because you thought I was in France?
Todd: You used to be a decent hostess. You haven't even offered me anything to drink yet.
Tea: And, I won't be.
Todd: Who taught you how to be so rude?
Tea: My first ex-husband.
Todd: I'm your only ex-husband.
[Tea can't control herself. She wants to get to him, to hurt him just a little for the hurt that he's caused her. Todd notices Tea's smile broadening, as she continues to drink her coffee.]
Todd (laughing): Right! Like you would ever marry anyone but me.
Tea: You're not the only man in the world. You're also not the only man in my past.
Todd: So, this other ex-husband of yours, was before me?
Tea: After.
[Tea enjoys the slight look of pain on his face, even though she knows that she shouldn't. Her guilt quickly kicks in, though, and she stands up and leaves the room, to avoid his piercing gaze.
Todd follows her into the small kitchen.]
Todd: What's the creep's name?
Tea: That's none of your business.
Todd: It is if he was fooling around with my wife.
Tea: I'm your ex-wife. You don't own me anymore. You never did, actually, but you don't even get to pretend that you do anymore. Besides, you moved on, Todd. Did you really want me to stop living my life, stop being a woman with other men? Did you picture me pining away for you into old age?
Todd: Yeah.
Tea: Your ego is out of control.
Todd: You told me that you didn't want to be with anyone but me.
Tea: That was before we broke up.
Todd: Which we only did because you walked out on me. That's the only reason I...
Tea: What?
Todd: Never mind.
[Todd turns and exits the kitchen.]
Tea: Don't forget to slam the door behind you. You're good at that.
[Within seconds, Todd is back in the kitchen, intimately close to Tea as she stands with her back against the sink. They both enjoy the intensity of their emotions in this moment. Neither has felt so alive in far too long.]
