In Five Years

Dannie wakes on the morning of her job interview with Wachtell, the New York City law firm where she has aspired to work since she was a child. Her boyfriend, David, hasn’t gone to work and is vague about his plans for the day; Dannie predicts that he is preparing to propose to her at dinner that night. She speaks briefly to Bella, her childhood best friend, who has traveled to Paris earlier than expected. Dannie does well at her job interview and then buys a new outfit for the dinner that night.

Dannie and David meet at the Rainbow Room, an exclusive restaurant that David had to pull strings to get into. She tells him that she did well in the interview. David seems distracted over dinner; Dannie knows that he’s nervous. When dessert arrives, he proposes, telling her that his love for her is more than just the alignment of their five-year plans. She accepts. Once home, she changes into comfortable clothing and falls asleep on the couch with David.

Dannie wakes on a bed in a strange apartment in Brooklyn, dressed in clothes she recognizes but wasn’t wearing that day. The apartment is decorated beautifully but not in a way Dannie would have chosen.