Pärnu Shore, Episode Three: Between a rullnokk and a hard place

aug.

2011

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Pärnu Shore:

Riina and Heleen, desperately bored in the last hour of their shift at Rullnokk’s, devise a competition to keep themselves entertained: whoever can ignore a customer at the ordering window for the longest wins. Riina is up first and wins the contest handily by ignoring a customer for 50 minutes — the remainder of their shift. The two leave and begin walking home.

Back at the house, Kevin and Jaanika sunbathe on the porch while Priit and Martin rest up before a big night out. Kevin asks Jaanika who she thinks is the most attractive roommate; Jaanika, not wanting to reveal to Kevin that she has feelings for him, refuses to answer. Kevin immediately responds by volunteering who he thinks is the most attractive: Heleen. Jaanika tries to not appear upset, but Kevin senses that she is bothered by what he said and concludes that Jaanika has a secret crush on Heleen.

Riina and Heleen arrive home and join Kevin and Jaanika on the porch. The roommates had agreed the night before to go to Shüüters, and Jaanika suggests that they all get ready now so they can drink before leaving. Kevin offers to make a batch of his signature drink: Ropsifest, a mixture of vodka, tequila, whiskey, energy drink, cranberry juice, orange juice, vanilla ice cream, and ice. The girls leave to begin getting ready and Kevin leaves for the store to get his supplies.

Martin awakes to find Riina and Heleen getting changed in the room. He pretends to remain asleep and watches the girls try on outfits and remembers after a few minutes that he has a beer stashed in his bedside table. He quietly retrieves the beer, but the pssssst sound the can makes as he opens it reveals to the girls that he’s awake. Riina and Heleen cover themselves and begin screaming for Martin to leave; he takes another beer from his nightstand and goes to the porch to drink.

The sound of Heleen and Riina screaming wakes Priit up, and, noticing that it’s past noon, he heads to the kitchen to make a drink. He considers asking the other roommates if they’d like drinks but decides against it: he wants to make sure he gets enough liquor to himself. As he scours the refrigerator looking for Saku, Kevin returns home with bags full of alcohol and mixers. Kevin begins making his Ropsifest drink and tells Priit that Jaanika and Heleen are dating. Realizing that he might be caught in the middle of a love triangle, Priit tells Kevin about his history with Heleen and confesses that he doesn’t have any feelings for her. Kevin is shocked by the news and advises Priit to avoid revealing their discussion to anyone. The two agree and cheers their Ropsifest drinks to a good night out.

The girls come to the kitchen to begin drinking Ropsifest, and after an hour the entire group is drunk. Priit suggests that they leave; still angry at Martin, Kevin doesn’t remind anyone that he’s on the porch and the roommates leave without him. The roommates arrive at Shüüters and are given a table in the VIP section by the manager, who is excited about having his club featured on Pärnu Shore. He gives the roommates two bottles of Viru Valge and tells them to have a good night.

The group moves to the dance floor after an hour of drinking, but Priit and Heleen remain in the booth. Priit asks Heleen how long she and Jaanika have been seeing each other, and why she never brought their relationship up to him. Heleen, obviously confused, asks Priit where he heard such a ridiculous thing; Priit, sensing his opportunity to cut things off with Heleen, responds that it’s not important and tells Heleen that he’s offended and doesn’t want to see her anymore. Heleen runs out of the club, and Priit buys Kevin a drink for helping him out of his predicament.