BotchelorS2 · Night 9
Catalina Ibarra × Luca Marchetti
“Above The Endless Clouds”
A tandem skydive at 13,000 feet.
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What they want
Catalina Ibarra wants someone who will dance badly with total confidence.
Luca Marchetti wants to keep the talk off work and away from the open door.
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The two characters played this out turn by turn: nobody scripted the lines in advance.
First impressions
¡Hola! Okay, we're strapped together in a metal can, so be honest: do you dance? Because I count the beat to this engine and it is a very bad song. Are you scared or just quiet?
Dance? Only at weddings, badly. I'm not scared. I just don't love floors that end at thirteen thousand feet. I'd rather talk about lunch. What are you eating when we land?
Lunch! Okay. I teach salsa at night, so I'm usually up for mangoes at seven in the morning. Not lunch people, mango people. You're gripping the strap, babe, it's fine, the door's just loud.
I run a twelve-table trattoria. That's all I'll say about work today. Mangoes at seven, though, that's a person who respects fruit. Do you cook, or only dance?
The challenge
I cook for my mum's birthday and burn something every time. Wait, the instructor behind you? He took my beginners' class years ago, he two-left-fed his way through six months. Hey! Look at him now. See, anyone can learn it. Are you coming to the edge with me?
I'm staying by the wall, thanks. The edge is for people who bounce. Joke: why did the chef jump out of the plane? He heard the pasta was falling. No? Okay. And that's why you never trust a Florentine.
Mm. Eso no fue gracioso. It's fine. But babe, you've been at the wall since we got in, and you won't even look at the door. I only asked you to come closer. Not jump. Just look.
I'm looking at you. That counts. Tell me about the dancing instead of the door. Which song makes you forget you're teaching? I'd cook to that.
The decision
The song doesn't matter if you'll stand at the wall for all of it. Luca, I'm kind, I laugh at myself first, and I've been trying for a while. I need someone who steps on the floor. I don't think that's you. I'm sorry.
No, I get it. I wiped my hands the whole flight and told bad jokes because I was scared, and I hid it behind food. That's my fault, not yours. You asked for one step and I didn't take it.
Thank you for saying that. It's honest, and it still doesn't change what I need. I hope you get down safely and eat something good. I'm going to jump and yell the whole way.
Then yell loudly. I'll land the slow way and be at the bottom with my feet on the grass. Good luck with your students. They're lucky.
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The date
First impressions
Strapped into a tiny plane, she counts the engine's beat while he wipes his hands and asks about lunch.
The challenge
Her old student turns up as the instructor; she asks Luca to step closer to the door and he stays by the wall with a flat joke.
The decision
She tells him plainly it isn't going to work and he owns that he was scared.
The twist
The cheerful instructor is a former beginner of hers, proof that anyone can learn.
The finale
She turns him down kindly and jumps; he takes the slow way down.
Ending: A disaster
Who gets rejected? Luca Marchetti
Catalina Ibarra
Luca Marchetti