Alabama Moon Page #2

Well I hit in the balls

as hard as I could.

He curled up on the floor all on his own.

I guess you weren't

provoking him, were you Hal?

That's what I thought.

I'm tired of your mouth

and your trouble.

You be sleepin' outside again tonight,

without any supper.

The rest you...

go back to your business.

Miss Broomstead will ring the supper

bell in 10 minutes.

I can sit here?

My name is Kit

So ahh... How's your first day going?

Thanks

- What's that?

- uhh... my pills.

- Are they any good?

- No, it's medicine.

I have to take them

my whole life.

Yeah... you're supposed to put

those on to sleep in.

- How come?

- that's just the rules.

You put your uniform in the locker

that says 14, like your bunk.

- Hey, where are you going?

- Outside.

- Why?

- To sleep.

No. Hal's out there.

He wants to kill you!

- Oh yeah, I know. He already told me.

- No Moon!

Mr. Carter is not here to save you.

- What are you doing here?

- I like it better outside.

Go to sleep in my bed.

Pretend to be me.

- You crazy?

- No. I just like it better outside.

Well... Mr. Carter is gonna

kick my ass if he catches me.

And maybe yours is too.

Well you just go snuggle up

nice in those covers.

Yeah. Alright.

OK, OK, slow down. I mean

you're going to make yourself sick.

I never had all I

can eat before.

Hey. I don't think Hal's

mad at you anymore.

Since he's almost 14. I

mean... they send you to

a place called

Hellenwilder when you're 14.

You know... not everybody's

mean like Hal.

- You can make some friends here

- I never had friends.

Well uh...

I could be your friend.

- Who's that?

- Oh, that's uh... that's Rachel.

- She's Mr. Gene's daughter.

- She lives here?

No no no no ummm. She lives out back

in Mr. Gene's house on the weekends...

...and lives with her mom during the week.

Okay... don't tell anyone...

I mean no one...

...she and Hal have been kissing

through the player in the fence.

I bet Mr. Gene hates that.

Yeah... ah, you know

he kinda doesn't know.

Need you to come with me after breakfast

Mr. Gene wants to see you.

There you are, Moon

That's mine.

Give it back.

We'll keep all your things in a safe

place for you.

What's on my hat?

You mean this?

This is not part of the Pinson uniform.

Those are your school books

for Monday morning.

Take them and have a seat.

I hear you have plans

to run away?

Let me tell you about Pinson.

First of all, we've never had

anyone escape,

or bust out as you put it.

And second of all, you are now

property of the state

and will remail so until you turn

18 years of age.

Look at me when I'm

speaking to you.

If, someone comes to claim you,

you will be released into their custody.

Do you understand?

If you behave, you

will have no problems here.

But any more talk of escape, then

your stay here will not be pleasant.

- Alight.

- Alright what?

- I won't talk about it anymore.

- Very well.

Go put your books away

and report to the kitchen

to see Mrs. Broomstead

to get that haircut.

Don't cut it short.

Me and Pap always wear it long

in the winter to keep warm.

You don't have to worry about that here.

I don't plan on

staying long.

We'll see about that.

Better not be any

bugs in here.

there's no bugs in here.

Better not be.

- Okay?

- Looks good.

- Hey.

- Hey.

I heard about you. You're that

boy that lived in the forest.

- Right?

- Ahhh, yeah.

Rachel.

What did I tell you?

I just said hey to him.

Get outside. Or go

watch TV the house.

Pitch it here. Over here.

- He's over there.

- Yeah, I see him. Let's go get him.

- Hey, did Mr. Gene get mad at you?

- No, he gave me some books.

Yeah, theyre for

school on Monday.

I won't need them. I'm going over

the fence tonight.

You wanna come?

- Hey, you can't make it over the fence.

- Sure I can, I figured out a way.

We'll find some woods to hide

in till spring.

then we'll head for Alaska.

Yeah. Will it just be us?

We need a big guy like

Hal to drive us out of here.

Moon, Hal hates both of us.

- I'll go talk to him.

- But Moon...

It was all stuck together.

- I ain't mad at you anymore.

- I'm not worried about that.

I need to talk to you.

Alone.

Catch you guys later.

- You know how to drive.

- Sure

Dad taught me a lot about cars.

Good.

Because I'm busting out tonight.

- We need someone to drive us.

- I knew you were crazy

You ain't gettin' out of here.

Yes I am.

And I'm not crazy.

- What's your problem?

- Hey. I'm coming too.

You kiddin'? You can't go

a day without medicine.

You don't know about me Hal!

Moon says he can make medicine from

things he finds in the forest.

You sure you don't

need your pills?

Nah, I don't need them.

No, they don't do anything anyway.

Fine then. If he's coming,

I'm bringing Rachel.

You got a plan or something?

This big escape.

And we're out!

What about Rachel?

Yeah. We'll get her.

- You sure?

- Yeah.

We're good.

Come on.

Right there, right there.

Here, take my blanket!

Kit.

Come on, hurry.

Here's the other one,

just saw it up there

- Hurry, Moon.

- Here, grab this.

- You got it?

- Yeah.

- Moon, what do we do?

- Come on, just help me lift this up.

Get it! Come on!

Alright, we're almost there.

Last screw.

Alright. Alright guys.

Come on, now we just gotta lift it.

Alright now.

Kit go.

Now Hal, follow him.

As soon as you get to the edge,

just jump off.

YES!

- Hal, come on, it's easy.

- Hal, jump.

Come on Hal, jump.

Alright. Come on Moon.

Let's go.

What about everybody else?

What about 'em?

- Well I figured they'd all wanna come.

- What?

- You can't be serious.

- Yeah. Go get the bus, Hal.

I'll be right back.

My butt is so caught.

Wake up everybody!

We're busting out of here!

Come on!

YEAH!

C'mon, guys.

Come on.

Come on.

This is so wild.

Daddy's going to be so mad.

You guys get them to shut the hell

up and just stop rockin' the bus.

They're going crazy back here, Hal.

- Yeah, I know!

- Where we going, Moon

- To the woods!

- Where will we live?

- We will make a giant shelter with traps.

- and catch food

- Yeah!

- And we won't have to

go to school everyday! - Yeah!

- And we'll whup up on anybody

who tries to catch us! - Yeah!

You guys stop screaming and

tell me where the hell I'm going?

To the woods, Hal.

Great plans,

I don't even know what road I'm on.

There's a sign. Talladega

National Forest.

Yeah yeah, go to

that one, Hal?

This is crazy

Yeah!

- How much further Moon

- Just right up here.

Wake up everybody.

We're as far as we can go.

The forest is all around us.

I don't wanna bust

out anymore.

Yeah, Mr. Gene is going

to be mad about this.

But I thought everybody wanted to come.

Let em stay, Moon. I don't want

to deal with a bunch of crybabies.

- You're coming, aren't you Kit?

- Of course I'm coming.

Alright. You can go on and

I'll stay with them

But I thought we were gonna

to go in the woods together.

I have cheerleading on Monday.

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