DESSI
Wanna dance?
He looks down at her, his smile widening.
CAL HAMPTON
I do now. I’ll follow your lead any night.
DESSI
You know this is just for a dance, right?
CAL
Might start that way. You never know.
DESSI
Oh, I know. We dancing?
Dessi starts teaching Cal the basics of a few dances. They laugh when he steps on her toes and can’t get the steps right.
DESSI
You’re no good at this.
CAL
I’m good at other things.
DESSI
Not at flirting either.
CAL
I mean, my horn. I’m a trumpet player.
DESSI
Oh. A musician, huh? I don’t believe you.
CAL
I can prove it, but I had to leave my trumpet in the coat check. Come with me to the Radium Club when you get off. See for yourself.
DESSI
When I get off? We don’t shut down ’til three o’clock in the morning.
CAL
Night’s just gettin’ started. Jam sessions and breakfast ’til the sun comes up. Just over off 142nd Street. Whatta ya say, doll?
DESSI
I say don’t call me doll, and I don’t think so. Me and my roommate gotta get home.
