Possibility takes root in unexpected places, often in the seemingly inconsequential, and thus the chance meeting of Vicki and Jacob in a Seattle dive bar brings with it books and bus rides and bangs. It brings foot rubs and literature adapted for film and tears for the sake of a fictional loss. It also brings a proposition. Vicki takes the lead, and Jacob can’t help but follow even though he’s unsure of where it’s all going. There is talk of sex, the expectation of it, and of the fear of what it might cost. A date is set for Valentine’s Day, but will they find it? Will the now of the date transform into a beginning? Or will their connection be a brief moment that leads only to half-remembered memories?
Where We Were Then
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