La Bamba Page #5

lf that's the way Steve wanted it,

that's the way it was gonna be.

Even after he told me he wasn't my dad.

Once I knew the full score...

...I understood why he always

treated you a little bit better than me.

I said, ''Ill just hang around

and take the leftovers.''

Like a dog.

That's how much I loved Steve.

Like a goddamn dog!

Look, we don't have to talk about this now.

Sh*t! I want to talk about it now

and you'll listen!

This is a crock of sh*t.

He set you up to conquer the world,

and he didn't leave me sh*t!

Nobody told you

to throw your life away, man.

Im only sorry I didn't say anything

about your drinking.

You did it to yourself.

You come in here

like you own the goddamn country.

To me, you'll always be the little a**hole

who followed me around.

Yeah, I followed you around.

I followed you around

'cause I thought you were somebody.

Then.

Don't you walk out on me!

Don't you talk to me like this!

You wanted her. Im not Rosie, a**hole.

You asked for it!

Ill kill you!

He couldn't have meant it. He's just hurt.

Your success can't be easy for him.

I love you, Donna.

Ill always love you.

You sound so serious.

I am.

Im still going to marry you

one of these days.

Will you wait for me?

For how long? Forever?

No, until Im 25.

Then Ill have a big glass cabinet

to keep all my gold records in.

I love you.

Im never going to let anyone get in

the way of my feelings for you, ever again.

-Come here.

-What?

Come here.

The whole heating system in the bus

broke down. The whole bus is shot.

You didn't say the tour would be like this.

The hell with it, come home.

-You mean quit?

-No. You're sick.

I'm really sorry.

No, Ill stick it out.

But see what you can do about the bus.

Look, take care of yourself,

and Ill call you tomorrow.

Hello, baby.

How you feeling?

Listen, Holly's lining up a plane

to fly us to Fargo tonight.

-All of us?

-Just the headliners.

You better get with it,

or you'll be out in the cold.

You catching my snow drift, man?

The word is out, all right?

Hello.

Hello, Bob.

It's me, Ritchie.

-What's wrong?

-What do you mean?

I can barely hear you. You sound funny.

I got a cold.

Is Mom there?

No, no one is here.

They all went to church.

Just me and my daughter here.

I was going to go, but you know how it is.

Sure wish I was there.

But you can't have your cake

and eat it, too.

Listen, Bob.

Why don't you fly to Chicago

and meet me?

We can finish the tour together.

I need some family around me.

Sure you want me around?

After all that happened and the sh*t I said?

Those were your real feelings.

We're still brothers, aren't we?

You still there?

Yeah, cabrn, Im still here.

And Im still your brother.

All right, man.

Ill see you in Chicago.

Later, alligator.

Look what just rolled in.

Its cold.

Ritchie, here's the situation.

I heard how you feel about flying.

I didn't think you'd be interested.

Its between Tommy and you.

Ill toss this coin.

Whoever wins will ride in this plane

and will sleep in a warm bed tonight.

Whoever loses

will freeze his ass off on the bus.

Heads!

Heads it is.

Alright. Ritchie, let's fly!

Allsup, back on the bus. Have a good ride.

We'll see you in North Dakota.

Sorry, Tommy.

The first coin toss I ever won.

Come on, let's go.

Jesus. You look like the Three Stooges.

Ritchie, relax. Everything's cool.

The sky belongs to the stars, right?

We interrupt this program

to bring you this bulletin.

Four persons, three identified

as nationally famous rock 'n' roll singers...

...died early today in a plane crash,

five miles north of Clear Lake, Iowa.

Buddy Holly, 22, of Lubbock, Texas.

Ritchie Valens, 17,

of Los Angeles, California.

And J. P. Richardson, 29, of Louisiana,

known professionally as The Big Bopper.

Did you hear? Did you hear...

...what the radio said about Ritchie?

Are you sure he said Ritchie?

Oh, my God! What about Connie?

What is it? What's the matter?

You'd better sit down, Donna.

We understand Holly chartered the plane...

...because the tour bus

had broken down several times...

...and had no heating system.

The youngest of the three stars

killed in the crash was Valens.

At 17, this youngster

from Pacoima, California...

...won a place at the top of the charts

with his hits, Donna...

...La Bamba and Come On, Let's Go.

Valens was still in high school...

...when he was signed to the Del-Fi label.

And just a brief eight months later...

...Ritchie Valens is gone.

Not Ritchie.

Not my Ritchie!

Here in the San Fernando Valley...

...and perhaps,

throughout the entire nation...

...the name of Ritchie Valens....

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