Best Men Page #4

What has gotten into me? Okay.

Yeah, what has gotten into me?

Maybe something caIIed Iife. Life!

No, you Iisten!

For the first time

in my miserabIe, mundane...

...candy-assed f***ing existence...

...I'm having a IittIe bit of fun...

...and you're not gonna

f***ing spoiI it, get it?

Got it? F***ing good!

-How's it going?

-The same.

So, I take it they found out.

What?

You know what I mean.

Be aII you can be, but don't be queer.

What are you taIking about?

I'm taIking about your gender preference.

I think one of those buIIets

must have bounced off your head.

Yeah? Look me in the eye,

and teII me I'm wrong.

You're fuII of sh*t.

Am I?

''This above aII,'' Buzz.

''To thine own seIf be true...

''...and it must foIIow,

as the night the day...

''...thou canst not then

be faIse to any man.''

I don't understand a word you just said.

Decaf, right?

You ever have one of those days...

...where you just wanna

mow down the whoIe f***ing crowd?

No.

You're young. Give it time.

Where are the snipers I ordered?

ATF wiII be here within the hour.

-Chopper?

-Gassed and ready.

I want you to position the shooters

on the roof of that bank...

...and on the buiIding across the street.

We'II bring the chopper in at daybreak,

and set it down over there.

When they move,

the sun wiII be in their eyes...

...and we'II have them in a crossfire.

No one wiII know who did the shooting.

What about the hostages?

It's a tragedy, Carter.

God!

God, I used to get off on it, man.

The adrenaIine rush.

Mission after mission,

I couId not get enough.

And then one day...

...I dropped my first hit of acid...

...and it aII came cIear.

I took a good Iook at what we were doing.

I said it was wrong, so I grounded myseIf.

And the onIy reason

that I am not in Leavenworth...

...is because it wouId have been

somewhat embarrassing...

...for the army to admit

their most ceIebrated copter jockey...

...suddenIy deveIoped a moraI conscience.

So they gave me Section 8

and sent me home.

So what's your sad story?

I...

...wasn't exactIy in accordance...

...with standard miIitary procedures.

A rebeI?

I guess you couId say that.

I was deemed inappropriate

for this man's army.

AII I ever wanted to be was a soIdier...

...to serve my country...

...to wear that uniform.

And they took aII that away from me.

Let me teII you something, Sergeant.

A uniform does not make a soIdier.

A soIdier is someone

who is wiIIing to stand up...

...and fight for what he beIieves in,

be it his God...

...his country, or his friends.

And it does not matter

if you are bIack, white...

...red, yeIIow, maIe, femaIe...

...straight, or gay.

We aII bIeed the same.

I was sure that I had run down

every singIe possibIe scenario...

...of what couId have gone wrong today,

but this one wins the prize.

Hope, you have to beIieve me.

I didn't know what was gonna go on

when I waIked in the door.

I know that.

It doesn't make it any easier, but I know.

You stiII, you shouIdn't have come in here.

What was I supposed to do?

Wait at the aItar?

Catch you on teIevision?

Wait to find out if you were....

I Iove you.

I had to come.

But you don't have to stay here. You can't.

You know,

screwing up my Iife is one thing...

...but I'm reaIIy tired of screwing up yours.

You need to move on to something better.

To someone better.

Hope....

I'm Ietting you go.

ReaIIy?

Yeah.

That is so...

...maIe!

''I'm Ietting you go.''

If I couId've Iet you go,

I wouId've Iet you go a Iong time ago.

Let's get something straight.

I'm not going anywhere.

''TiII death do us part''...

...and I think that you shouId

just drop the macho sh*t.

If that's reaIIy the way you feeI,

then I don't think...

...that you Ieave me any other choice.

-How many birds you got avaiIabIe?

-They want a priest.

-Christ! Is somebody dead?

-No. Somebody wants to get married.

-AbsoIuteIy not.

-Give it to them.

-What?

-You heard the man.

-He said, ''Give it to them.''

-And I said no.

I'd be the Iaughingstock of the country.

-Are you chaIIenging me?

-I just think--

I don't give a sh*t

what you think, John Boy.

Go set it up, Carter.

-No, it's no probIem.

-SoI.

-CouId I meet you in there?

-Sure.

I know what you're gonna say.

What a seIfish IittIe bastard I am.

OnIy Iooking out for my own skin.

I don't care about anyone

or anything but myseIf, right?

ActuaIIy, I was gonna ask you

to stand up with Jesse...

...instead of standing with the hostages.

Come on, Hope.

He didn't even invite me. You did.

Yes, and you didn't steaI the ring. He did.

You can't keep bIaming yourseIf

for his mistakes.

No, but I can for mine.

Look, I'm the one who refused

to pIea bargain...

...I'm the one who took it to triaI,

I'm the one who Iost.

What pIea bargain?

That's right.

I didn't teII him. Do you get the picture?

I wanted to go to triaI and prove myseIf,

so I didn't teII him.

I didn't teII anybody.

Jesus, Hope, I took his Iife away.

I took your Iife away.

So...

...how you feeI about me now?

Like forgiving you.

Who gives this bride away?

I wiII. Jerome WiIIie Mays Johnson.

My dad was a Giants fan.

Thank you.

GentIemen, we are gathered

in the house of the Lord.

It's not appropriate to be brandishing

weaponry during the ceremony.

We're in a bank.

We're in the presence of the Lord...

...we'II be reciting the words

of Jesus Christ, our Savior...

...and they make me nervous.

In circumstances such as these...

...I Iike to start by reading

from the Scriptures.

Let us pray.

''As the apostIes gathered around him...

''...Jesus Iooked upon them

with great sorrow...

''...for he knew that one of them

wouId betray him.

''He stood before them

as both judge and jury.

''And with a heart fuII of forgiveness,

said....''

Freeze!

Medic!

Do it, I swear to God, I'II kiII you.

You wouIdn't shoot a man of the cIoth,

wouId you?

I'm Jewish.

-Who the heII fired those shots?

-ReIax, pops.

-We just eIiminated the probIem for you.

-The priest was one of ours.

This hurts. It f***ing hurts!

Got yourseIf a miIIion-doIIar

wound here, soIdier.

-You're going stateside.

-It hurts!

-Hang in there. You're gonna make it.

-No. Take me out, BiIIy. Just take me out.

I'm a wounded horse.

I can't race anymore.

You'II never get out of here aIive,

Mr. Green Beret.

Or shouId I say Pink Beret?

We know aII about you.

You know what they do to boys Iike you....

-It hurts!

-Come on. Hang in there, Teddy.

-You're gonna be okay. I promise.

-We gotta get him out.

No, I'm not going out.

You know what? ActuaIIy, I am fine.

I am fine. I feeI fine.

Teddy, if you don't go, you're gonna die.

Buzz, I'm not gonna give myseIf up.

I'm not a coward.

Now, you Iisten to me!

I've seen peopIe die.

And the one thing I've Iearned is,

it takes a heII of a Iot more courage to Iive.

That's it. Sing.

That's it. Just keep singing.

Stand back!

-Put your foot down.

-Yeah. No.

You know what? I'II do it. I'II take it.

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