Bus Stop Page #6

Here, Bo. Forget her, Bo.

You'll find somebody else.

Hank and Orville was tellin' me about

this new schoolmarm who's stayin'...

I don't want no schoolmarm! I want Cherry!

- Los Angeles bus leaving from gate two.

- Cherry!

Bo, you just can't take people places

like that! There's laws against it, Bo!

- This way, straight ahead.

- Which...

Lady, here's the Los Angeles bus.

Please, miss, to the rear of the line.

Bus for Helena, Montana, now loading.

Gate's closed.

- Cherry, don't get on that bus.

- No, Bo, no.

I'm gonna get her.

Ain't gonna take "no" for an answer.

You ain't goin' over that fence.

Please, stand to the rear.

You goin' crazy?

What do you think you're doing?

Anything I ever wanted in this life,

I just went out and got!

If the ocean was whiskey

and I was a duck

I'd swim to the bottom

and never come up

Rye whiskey, rye whiskey

rye whiskey I cry

If I don't get rye whiskey

I surely will die

So if I get boozy

My whiskey's my own

And them that don't like me

can leave me alone

Rye whiskey, rye whiskey

rye whiskey I cry

If I don't get rye whiskey

I surely will die

I'll eat when I'm hungry

I'll drink when I'm dry

I'm sorry to wake you,

but could you help me?

- What's the matter?

- I'm being abducted.

Abducted?

You know, like kidnapped, by him.

Oh, that's awful!

What are you gonna do?

I thought maybe as soon

as we got someplace,

I'd ask the driver to stop and let me off.

But we've been ridin' for hours and hours,

and we still don't seem

to be no place at all.

Not only that, I'm freezing to death.

I don't have much on under my coat.

You mean just your underthings?

No, it's my costume,

but it's just a bitty old thing.

Now it doesn't even have its tail.

It's what?

Its... Oh, it's a long story.

You're shivering!

Don't you have anything warm to put on?

Will you help me change?

Of course.

- Here, hold this up for me, will you?

- Sure.

Cherry? Cherry, where are you? Cherry!

Cherry? What's goin' on up here?

Get away from me!

Can't you see I'm gettin' dressed?

Bo, ain't you caused enough trouble

for one night? Come back and sit down!

I can't figure it out.

Why don't she like me? Why?

Of course, if you loved him,

it wouldn't be so bad.

Yeah, but I don't.

Not at all?

There are some gals who don't like

to be pushed and grabbed

and lassoed and drug into buses

in the middle of the night.

How else was I gonna get her on the bus?

Well, I'm askin' ya.

Go to sleep!

I don't know why I keep expecting myself

to fall in love, but I do.

Well, I know I expect to someday.

I'm seriously beginning to wonder if

there's the kind of love I have in mind.

What's that?

I don't know.

You see, I've been goin' with guys

since I was about 12.

Honest?

I almost married a cousin when I was 14.

But Pappy wouldn't have it.

I never heard of anyone marrying so young!

Down in the Ozarks,

we don't waste much time.

I sure am glad, though,

I never married my cousin Malcolm.

'Cause he turned out real bad,

just like Pappy predicted.

But I sure was crazy about him at the time.

And I've been losing my head

about some guy ever since.

Bo was the first one

that ever wanted to marry me,

since my cousin Malcolm.

Naturally I'd like to get married

and have a family and all them things.

But you've never been in love?

I don't know.

Maybe I have and I didn't know it.

That's what I mean.

Maybe I don't know what love is.

I want a guy I can look up to and admire.

But I don't want him to browbeat me.

I want a guy who'll be sweet with me.

But I don't want him to baby me either!

I just gotta feel that whoever I marry

has some real regard for me

aside from all that loving stuff.

You know what I mean?

I think so.

This storm is getting terrible!

There's Grace's lights.

I think we're gonna make it.

You can sneak off when I get off.

I can if that wild man don't wake up.

Sure awful rough.

I wish I had my chains on.

Shh!

(TIRES SPINNING)

(GEAR CLUNKS)

Shh!

This is as close as I can get.

You're gonna have to walk from here.

GRACE:
You sure picked some night

for traveling.

Come on! Come on in!

Whew!

Ah.

Grace, this is Cherie. We gotta find

some place for her to hide.

- She's being abducted.

- She's been what?

You know! Kidnapped!

Yes, that's right.

By a man in the bus, a cowboy.

He's out there asleep,

so if I could stay until the bus pulls

out again, I sure would appreciate it.

Bus ain't pullin' out.

Huh?

Road's all closed up ahead.

I got word to hold that bus here.

The highway gang's out,

but it may take the rest of the night.

Oh! The rest of the night?

Mr. Bus Driver, are we

gonna stay here very long?

'Cause my aunt and uncle

are supposed to meet us, you know.

Don't you think we oughta wake

those cowboys up too?

- Well...

- It's cold!

- Well, look what the cat dragged in!

- Hiya, Grace.

Who's that with ya? Ain't they cute!

They're gonna visit their aunt in Helena.

Looks like they're gonna visit

their Aunt Grace, for tonight anyway.

Everybody is.

Highway's all closed up ahead.

Oh, now, ain't that too bad!

What's this I hear about you carrying

a kidnapper on your bus?

You mean that cowboy?

He ain't kidnappin' nobody. He's asleep.

He might freeze out there.

Why don't you go out and wake him up?

Oh, no! I mean, couldn't you just

let him sleep a little longer?

He's had a very busy day.

Two rodeos and a lot else.

Sure. Let him sleep for a while.

Kinda works out better

for everybody that way.

- How soon is the next bus back?

- Ain't no busses running tonight.

You're all stuck right here.

For the time, anyway.

You know somethin', Grace?

This is the first time you and me have

had more than five minutes together.

So what?

I don't know.

I was just thinking about

that apartment you got upstairs.

Sure would be nice

to sit up there for a while,

listen to the radio or somethin'.

Maybe have a couple of beers.

That wouldn't be a hint

or somethin', would it?

Elma, where is this place

we're at now anyway?

Oh, about here. It's so little,

it's not even on the map.

I sure am way off my direction.

- Whatcha lookin' at?

- Oh, nothin'. Just your hands.

You got real big hands.

Big all over.

- I used to be state wrestling champion.

- No kiddin'!

I always admire a man who can fight.

Hey! Why didn't anybody wake us up?

Me and Virge might've froze out there!

- Hey, close the door!

- Cherry!

Cherry!

How come you got off the bus

without lettin' me know?

Shut the door, cowboy!

How come you want to slip off the bus,

and come in here all by yourself?

Where was you brought up? In a barn?

That's right! He was!

What's the matter with you, mister?

You afraid of a little fresh air?

The man's right, Bo. It's cold out there.

That don't give him no right

to insult my manners.

No man ever had to tell me

what to do, did he, Virge? Did he?

You opened the door, you should've

closed it. That's all I'm sayin'.

The door's closed now,

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