From Dusk till Dawn Page #15

There's a HONK behind them.

They both look out the window. It's their turn with the BORDER

PATROL GUARDS. JACOB takes the wheel and drives up.

A stern BORDER GUARD approaches JACOB'S window.

BORDER GUARD:

How many with you?

JACOB:

Just my son and I.

BORDER GUARD:

What is your purpose in Mexico?

JACOB:

Vacation. I'm taking him to see his

first bullfight.

BACK TO BATHROOM

RICHARD:

I'm curious. What was the nuttiest

thing I did?

SETH:

This ain't the time.

RICHARD:

Oh, I know, was it possibly when

your ass was rotting in jail and I

broke it out? Yeah, you're right,

that was pretty f***in' nutty. Not

to mention stupid. But you know what?

I can fix that right now.

SETH HAULS off and PUNCHES Richard smack in the head. Richard

HITS the floor, Guard, Jacob, and Scott hear Richard fall in

the bathroom.

BORDER GUARD:

What was that?

JACOB:

Oh, that's just my daughter in the

bathroom.

BORDER GUARD:

You said it was just you and your

son.

JACOB:

I meant me, my son and my daughter.

CLOSE-UP BORDER GUARD

BORDER GUARD:

Open the door. I'm coming aboard.

BACK TO BATHROOM

CLOSE-UP KATE

We can only see Kate's face. It's scared. We hear rustling

around the bathroom, but we don't know what it is.

Then it's quiet. Then we hear talking outside the door, but

we can't make it out. Then we hear a knock.

KATE:

I'm in the bathroom.

BORDER GUARD (O.S.)

It's the Border Patrol. Open up.

KATE:

It's open.

We hear the door open and see the light change on Kate's

face. She's looking up.

BORDER GUARD in the doorway looking in.

HE SEES:
Kate by herself, pants around her ankles, sitting

on the toilet.

KATE:

Do you mind? Shut the f***ing door.

BORDER GUARD:

Excuse me.

He closes the door. Kate lets out a breath. We wait a beat,

Seth pulls back the curtain in the shower, we see Richie on

the floor of the shower knocked out.

Seth and Kate meet eyes.

He gives her the O.K. signal.

CUT TO:

BACK WINDOW MOTOR HOME

We see through the back window of the motor home, the border

getting smaller as we drive away from it.

Scott knocks on the bathroom door.

SCOTT:

It's clear.

Seth BURSTS out of the bathroom.

SETH:

Goddamn, that was intense!

Seth goes to the back window. He sees the border getting

farther and farther away. No cars following.

SETH:

(to himself)

We did it.

(pause)

We're in Mexico.

Seth throws his head back and SCREAMS for joy.

Kate, emerging from the bathroom, reacts to Seth's scream,

along with Scott.

Seth is so happy that he does a little jig in the back of

the van.

Everybody else is still tense as sh*t. But Seth lets go of

all his tension, and becomes a new man before our eyes. He

turns to Kate.

SETH:

(loud and happy)

Come here, Kate!

Kate, nervous, takes a step back.

He charges for her. GRABS her, hugs her around her waist,

and spins her around. When he lets her go, she stumbles

dizzily onto the bed.

SETH:

(to Kate)

You were magnificent! You told him

to shut the f***ing door. I'm hiding

in the shower, and I'm thinking to

myself, "Did I just f***in' hear

what I just f***in' heard? And what

does he do -- he shuts the f***ing

door!

Kate kind of half smiles.

SETH:

If I was a bit younger, baby, I'd

f***in' marry you!

Seth goes up front and slaps Jacob on the back.

SETH:

I gotta hand it to ya, Pops, you

raised a f***in' woman.

Jacob doesn't share Seth's enthusiasm, but he is relieved.

JACOB:

We did our part, we gotcha in Mexico.

Now it's time for your part, letting

us go.

SETH:

Pops, when you're right, you're right,

and you are right.

KATE:

(suddenly brightens)

You're gonna let us go?

SETH:

In the morning, darlin', in the

morning, we are G-O-N-E and you are

F-R-E-E. Now, I know I put you guys

through hell, and I know I've been

one rough pecker, but from here on

end you guys are in my cool book.

Scotty, help me pick Richie up, and

lay him down. Jacob, keep going on

this road till you get to a sign

that says, "Digayo." When you get to

Digayo, turn this big bastard left,

go on down for a few miles, then you

see a bar called "The Titty Twister."

From what I hear, you can't miss it.

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