Sadie's Last Days on Earth Page #5

outshines the awkwardness

at school on Mondays.

- Eventful.

So, um, so, Sadie, do you

have your epi-pen on you?

- Hm?

- You're eating

chocolate-covered peanuts.

- Sadie! Spit it out,

spit 'em out!

Are you okay?

- She's not allergic.

- Okay, Jack, this is serious!

- He's right.

- You faked it?

- You were standing there,

your face was crustaceous rose.

What was I supposed to do?

- Alright, ladies.

By the looks of the moon,

if I don't head home now,

I will turn into a werewolf.

- Goodnight.

- Night!

- Goodnight, ladies.

- Thanks for saving me.

- It was my pleasure.

Oh, but hiding my nutty legumes

from you for years sucked.

- So, tomorrow?

- Hm?

- Let's do stuff.

We'll do things, or nothing,

I don't know.

- Sounds perfect.

This is cool.

Us like we were.

- Yeah, we're getting there.

I think I'm in the best mood

I've been in

since I learned about

the planet's expiry date.

I leave you with one of my

favorite songs.

- If I were a dude, would I

be like a hot action hero,

or an endearing cute nerd?

- A suave international spy.

- If I were a post-apocalyptic

heroine, which I will be,

would I be more like

tank girl or Katniss Everdeen?

- Linda Hamilton in Terminator.

- Ooh.

- Yeah.

- Guys, I think we have a plan.

- I like planning.

But yours make my stomach bark.

- Teddy's mod night is tonight.

- Not happening.

- It's 21 and over anyway.

- Don't worry about it!

- I'm not!

I'm worried

about everything else.

- Look, I've got it covered,

alright?

I went to the club today,

and I told them

that I drunkenly forgot

my credit card there

the night before.

My dad does it all the time.

They couldn't find it.

I must have been hammered.

You want your exit routes?

You got 'em.

So, the club is located in an

alleyway, with a main entrance

in the front and then

a second in the back.

Once we're in the club, we

have our bathroom to the left,

along with our coveted

emergency exit.

- What was the structure like?

Converted factory space.

- So, wide ceilings,

horizontal supports?

Ain't happening.

- No, no, it was vertical supports

with great thick pillars.

- I'd have to inspect it first.

- So, what would we wear?

- Mod clothes?

- Looks hygienic.

- Looks fun.

- Looks like it could cave in

without an earthquake.

- Sorry, you can't get in.

- Well, you only live once

and stuff.

Let's do it.

- Really?

- You'll go in?

- Totally!

Act cool.

Whenever I'm with him

something inside

starts to burning

- oh. After you.

And I'm filled with desire

could it be a devil in me

welcome to the critter club.

- Hi.

We're on the list.

Well, she is, she always is.

- Sadie Mitchell.

- Gotcha.

Just need to see some ids.

- No, it's okay,

we're on the list.

- Not tonight, kids.

- Well, solid effort, guys!

- It's like, when they say

you can't, you just want to.

- I know, and now I'll

never get to scratch

"sneak into a bar" off my list.

- What list?

- Of things to be

completed before the end.

- Was I on that list?

I'm honored.

I'm sorry you won't be able

to scratch "bar" off it.

- Yeah, what I'd do to get in

there...

- Well, then I guess

it's a good thing that I

used the bathroom today and I

taped the backdoor lock open.

- What?

Guys, no, no, no, no, no, no,

no, no!

- Sadie, now, you, you

wouldn't lie to us, would you?

Nail file.

- No, it is on the list,

I just, I just, I just,

I think I exaggerated

my determination.

- Come on!

- Okay, Sadie, Sadie, look!

Well-lit exit signs,

and easy exit routes

around the crowd

there and there.

- I'll get us drinks.

- Sadie, look at me.

I'm proud of you.

- I can have fun!

Nowhere to run to, baby

nowhere to hide

got nowhere to run to, baby

nowhere to hide

it's not love

I'm running from

- I think I really love dancing!

- Where'd you learn these moves?

- Look around!

- Look at you two love-birds

twisting in my club!

Glad you made it.

How'd you get in?

- We snuck in.

- What have you done

with this bird?

Third bird!

- Hi Teddy, cool party,

or night.

- Yeah, yeah, thanks.

Well, I've gotta go

while the needle's hot.

Let me know if you geezers

wanna hear anything.

Got nowhere to run to, baby

nowhere to hide

- this one goes out to Sadie!

For who the world is not enough.

Set me free,

why don't you, baby

get out my life,

why don't you, baby

'cause you don't really

love me

you just keep me hangin' on

you don't really need me

but you keep me hangin' on

why do you

keep a-coming around

playing with my heart

why don't you

get out of my life

and let me make a new start

let me get over you

the way you've gotten

over me

- So you use that pocket

watch to time travel?

- Not just travel through time,

my dear, but space and time.

Have you ever read

"a wrinkle in time"?

- Yeah.

- Some people think

it's a kid's book,

but it's actually a how-to

guide on time travel.

- How so?

- The tesseract.

The phenom

of the fifth dimension.

It is like folding the fabric

of space and time,

barreling through the universe,

transporting you

to someplace totally new.

Oh!

- I'm gonna go request a song.

- Have you seen the future?

- Future?

When I go to other planets,

who knows what year it is?

But here on earth, no, never.

- That's because

it's gonna end in six days.

At least, as we know it.

- The 21st.

Could be, if the it wins.

- The it?

- You know, the darkness,

the mind control.

It's trying to win, but the

artists, the philosophers,

the groovy cats like these,

they're trying to fight it.

Everywhere you look, the it

is trying to control your mind,

it's trying to distract

you from what is real,

it's trying to make you

fear the inane.

- Yeah.

- It's everywhere.

You can't sit on the John

without seeing those,

those toilet seat covers

provided for your protection,

by management.

Safety guard.

All I know is I plan

to tesser out with this

for a little bit come Friday.

- Lucky you.

- Mmm.

In the words of madame L'engle,

"love, that is what she had

that the it did not have."

- How did you two get in here?

- Oh! Bye, Burt!

- A straight line is not

the shortest distance

between two points.

- You joshing?

Destiny's child is not

the kind of R&B I play here!

- Getting arrested

was not on my list, Jack!

Brennan!

We shouldn't have

left her there.

- We didn't really

have a choice.

I mean, maybe her and Teddy

hit it off.

I'm sure he'll help her out.

- Teddy is oblivious

to other people,

especially when he's listening

to music!

- Okay, then we'll see

her when she gets out.

Okay, we'll wait here.

Sadie, that was a rush!

Didn't that make you feel free?

- Fearing I may spend

the night in the slammer

does not make me feel very free.

- So, should I call your

parents, or maybe the cops?

They decide.

- I wish I could tesser

through time.

I'd happily take time on

Uriel with the archangels.

- Yeah, that Burt guy

was a trip.

Do you think he was

on something?

- I thought he was interesting.

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