Austinville #15
                                       Josh and Mo
                                         10:15am

               FADE IN:



               INT. COFFEEHOUSE - DAY

               MOHAMMED sits in a quirky little café; it's kind of dead this
               time of day.  He taps uselessly at a laptop computer, which
               shows a LOOPING FLASH ANIMATION.

               We may or may not notice the following fliers attached to the
               walls:  "Echo Madison, tonight at 8pm!"; "Alamo TV Night for
               'I Won't Eat That!'"; "Austin Mime Convention -- Public
               Performance! -- 3pm @ Wooldridge Park"; and a sign in Korean,
               which actually says "ACC Korean Class rules!" transliterated
               into Hangul.

                                   MOHAMMED
                         What the --

               Tap-tap-tap.  Nothing.

               He gives up, stands, and stretches.  Suddenly he sees Jesus
               (33), a 'domesticated hippie' type, standing nearby; Jesus
               adds sugar to his coffee, looking a little paranoid.

                                   MOHAMMED
                         Josh?

               Jesus looks around, scared.

                                   MOHAMMED
                         Hey!  Long time no see, bro --

                                   JESUS
                         Keep your voice down!

                                   MOHAMMED
                         What?  Can't a guy say hi to his --

                                   JESUS
                         Mo, *shut up*.

                                   MOHAMMED
                         O-kay.

               Jesus nods at a table in the corner.  Mohammed, confused,
               gathers up his laptop.



               INT. COFFEEHOUSE - LATER

               Mohammed sits across from Jesus.

                                   MOHAMMED
                         Well, okay, downtime is good, but
                         come on --

                                   JESUS
                         I can't get permission for anything
                         these days!  "But nobody manages
                         the place like you do, Josh!  No
                         one handles the old man like you
                         do, Josh!  What about the tidal
                         wave the last time you went AWOL,
                         Josh?"

                                   MOHAMMED
                         Well, they kind of have a point --

                                   JESUS
                         I didn't cause it!  I just wanted
                         to take my birthday off!  I --
                         forget it.  I'm not having that
                         fight anymore.  It's just gonna be
                         easier to ask forgiveness this
                         time.

                                   MOHAMMED
                         You should have cleared it --

                                   JESUS
                         Have you not listened to all my
                         problems?

                                   MOHAMMED
                         You're not the only one with
                         problems, Josh!  I got guys showing
                         up every single day:  "Where are my
                         girls?  They said there'd be
                         virgins!"  Do you know how hard it
                         is to find quality -- nah, you
                         wouldn't, would you.  Never mind. 
                         I just wanna shout, "Dude!  Not
                         part of the business plan!"  But
                         you can't, y'know?  'cos there's
                         more stuff coming in --

                                   JESUS
                         If things are so busy, how'd you
                         get the day off?

                                   MOHAMMED
                         He, uh, He told me, um --

                                   JESUS
                         Waiting...

                                   MOHAMMED
                             (small voice)
                         He said I'd been working too hard
                         and told me to take the day off.

                                   JESUS
                         Oh, you little --

               Jesus's cellphone rings.  They exchange a worried look.

               Jesus answers his phone.

                                   JESUS
                         Hello.

                                   GABRIEL (V.O.,FILTERED)
                         Mr. Jesus H. Christ.  Greetings. 
                         This is Agent Gabriel.

                                   JESUS
                         Oh no.

                                   GABRIEL (V.O.,FILTERED)
                         We need to talk, Mr. Christ.

               Jesus hangs up.

                                   JESUS
                         They're coming.

                                   MOHAMMED
                         Dude, I am so sorry --

                                   JESUS
                         You never saw me, right?

                                   MOHAMMED
                         Right, right --

                                   JESUS
                         No, Mo, you never saw me.

               Jesus performs a gesture.

               A blank look crosses Mohammed's face.  

                                   JESUS
                         Sorry.

               Jesus exits in a hurry as Mohammed stares into space.