Here Alone Page #2

Tiny one at that, couldn't

even fit a case of f***ing

natty light in it.

- Stop.

- What?

- Just

stop.

- Okay.

Hey, why did you stop

me earlier at the river?

- You know sometimes you,

it feels like you forget

what's out there.

I don't know, one minute

you're telling me about

how you killed your wife.

And the next, it's just like,

we're on a weekend camping trip.

We'll all return to normalcy

on Monday.

You know those rings

your wife had?

We saw them before anyone

knew what was going on.

We get patients in the

er oozing puss and blood.

The rings just devouring

the skin around it.

Feeding on it like it knew

what it was gonna become.

The only thing keeping them

down there

is the fact that they haven't

eaten all the bodies yet.

You know, all those people

like your wife,

just left and tied to the bed.

I can't.

I can't just choose to forget

that.

- I didn't forget.

I just choose what to remember

and when to remember it.

Get some sleep, alright?

- They took two

houses before I found

the last amount.

- Hailey needs something

to bring her fever down.

And we need food.

You can't just quit.

You brought us out here

for a reason, Jason.

This was your call.

And we survived.

We've gotten by.

- Getting by isn't life.

- Getting by is all

we have left.

You need to go.

- Yeah.

Will this mud work?

- I don't know.

Should mask the scent.

- Right.

- Gosh.

I'm sorry.

- Hey, hey.

We're not just getting by.

We have more left

than you think.

- Okay.

- You seen her?

- Nah-uh.

When are we leaving?

- Soon.

- You always say we have

to keep moving.

Those who stay, die.

- We'll keep going,

just not yet.

- So what, we're staying

because of her?

- No, we're staying because

she has access to food

and water.

We should be thankful, Liv.

- Why does it matter if

we're leaving anyway?

- Well, it does matter.

She deserves it.

Lord knows what she's

been through.

- Yeah but we've been through...

- we'll, we've all been

through sh*t, Liv.

But at least you and I

had each other.

She didn't have anybody.

Sh*t.

- Here.

- I'm fine, I'm fine.

- Let me see.

- No, it's fine.

- Let me see.

Why do you still wear it?

- Habit, I guess.

- I use to love that show.

- My daughter

loved the colorful ones.

What happened to them?

Your family, I mean.

- Same thing that happened

to everyone elses.

- You're rationing.

- Yeah.

Can't always find food

on the road.

- You're leaving, then.

- Yeah, soon.

- You can take more if...

- nah, nah, please.

The more food we take, the

more you have to go down there

and get some.

Hey, why don't you come with us?

Why not?

- How do you know

if what's out there

is any better than what's here?

- I guess we don't really.

But, I mean, this place can only

be paradise for so long.

- It's not a paradise.

You've got Liv so you need

to find a place to survive.

For you, it's north.

For me, it's here.

- Hey, what would you give me

if I hit that tree right there?

What are you, like five?

- I am 12, thank you very much.

Seriously, what are you gonna

give me?

That tree right there.

- Um.

I'll cook you dinner.

- Dinner, really?

You cook us dinner every night.

Plus that tree's 50 yards away.

- 50 yards?

- Uh 30, tops.

- Alright, fine.

Still, what are you

gonna give me?

- Fine.

We won't ration.

- My god, you have to.

You have to!

- So from here, is this okay?

- Yeah and you have to

make precisely that,

you see that little hole

at the bottom there?

- The one right in the middle.

- Yeah.

That.

- Alright.

What are you gonna give me?

- The dinner thing.

- You can't have that

thing, that's Ann's thing.

- Yeah but we get to eat more

than four f***ing crackers.

- Alright, fine then,

but what are you gonna give me?

Come on.

- We can swim.

- Really?

- Yeah.

- You hate swimming.

- You hate swimming?

- Just in lakes.

I don't like not seeing

the bottom.

- Alright.

This right here, it's for all

the marbles.

- Okay, come one.

- Big ol' dinner and swim time.

Alright? Here we go.

Oh wait, no, no, I slipped.

- Oh, nope, nope.

That was a false start.

Give me one more shot,

I get a second shot.

Come on, now.

- Oh my god,

something just touched my foot.

Did it again.

- What?

- Nothing.

- It's not nothing.

- It's nothing.

Yeah, it's nothing.

Oops, sorry.

See you later.

Mmm. Never thought I'd miss

this sh*t.

Oh, you want me to make you one?

I'm really good.

Let me try.

There we go.

Little beet.

Little olive.

There you go.

It's good, right?

Need more cheese, though?

Here.

Come on.

Want some cheese, Liv?

- She looks like mom.

I mean, not the hair but.

She's good at this stuff,

you know?

I mean, if it was me,

I would just be like, ah!

Is that why you want her

to come with us?

I mean, 'cause she's good

at this kind of thing?

- Now, where would we be if

she didn't find us that day?

I'd be dead and you'd be alone.

Nobody deserves that.

Not you, not her.

I want her to come

because of you.

Because she takes good

care of us.

Because I wanna take care

of her, too.

- Can I try that on?

- Sure.

- How did he ask you?

- Well.

I found out I was pregnant

on a Friday.

It was late and I told him.

And he just looked at me

and he left.

At midnight, he came

back, smelling like liquor

and he just sat down

at the edge of the bed

and showed me a ring.

He didn't asked me,

but I said yes.

And then we went to bed.

I think it came from a pawnshop.

Part of me didn't care.

Somehow I knew that was the

only way it would happen.

- Chris took my mom to Maui.

He asked her on the beach

during a sunset.

She said it was the best day

of her life.

It's nice.

- It is.

Sorta weird to think it was

someone else's

before it was yours.

- Yes.

Okay.

I'll be back.

Mama loves you, okay?

Alright, you know that?

You know how much I love you?

Bye, baby girl.

Bye, sweetness.

Okay.

Shh, mama's here.

I'm so sorry I left you.

I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry.

- Y'know, I don't

know anything about you

other than the fact that

you're stubborn.

- I'm not stubborn.

- Aha!

Only stubborn people

instantly deny being stubborn.

- It's called entrapment.

- Maybe.

But now we know beyond a shadow

of a doubt

that you, Ann, whatever

the hell your last name is,

is stubborn.

- You're good at that.

- What exactly?

- Making me forget why I'm here.

Goodnight, Chris.

- Goodnight.

Come with us.

- We've talked about this.

- Things can change.

Annabelle rose Marshall.

Organ donor.

Good for you.

- Stay.

Stay right here.

Stay.

- No. We can't.

Those that stay put, die here.

- Well, I'm alive.

- Yeah, but look what

happened to your family.

Ann, I didn't mean it.

Ann, I'm so sorry, I didn't...

- she must've taken some.

I mean, there was at

least a box of crackers...

- Oh f***! Olivia!

- Chris!

Chris, wait!

- Olivia!

- Liv, where are you?

Olivia!

- Did you get any in your mouth?

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