Scenic Route Page #6

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there was no pulse.

I didn't know what to do.

So you were just gonna

f***ing bury me in a hole?!

No, no. It's not like that.

Listen.

Are you f***ing crazy?!

We were fighting, and you

pulled the knife on me!

You broke my f***ing nose!

You get the f*** back!

You bit my f***ing cast!

What was I supposed to do?

Come on. Just...

You tried to f***ing kill me!

I wasn't trying to kill you, buddy.

Just...

Where you going?

What are you...

Stay the f*** back! Okay!

Okay, okay. Listen...

I'll kill you.

I didn't know.

I panicked. I panicked, okay?

I panicked. I didn't

know what to do.

I wasn't feeling all right.

'Cause I thought

you were dead.

You thought I was gonna do it.

Didn't you? Didn't you?!

You thought... You thought

I was gonna do it,

I was gonna f*** up your...

your perfect little life,

and so you were just gonna...

gonna bury me,

bury me out here in the

middle of nowhere.

Your stupid, loner,

novelist friend...

No Who no one would ever miss.

Hey, hey. Hey. I didn't.

You stay the f***

away from me!

All right. Where you going?

Get back!/ Where

are you going?

I'll kill you!/ Okay, I'm...

I'm sorry.

Don't follow me.

Hey. I'm... Please don't go!

Carter.

Carter?

Carter?

Quit f***ing around, man.

You're freaking me out.

Ah, f***!

Get out of here!

Hey, Mitchell.

I'm not well.

It'd be so f***ing easy.

I just pull this right

across your throat,

and I cover you in

this hole, Mitchell,

and leave you in this

godforsaken hellhole forever.

You'd have to be

out of your mind.

No. That happened

a while ago...

and I still can't do it.

Why are you in the hole?

Because it's warmer.

We're in here.

You... Do you hear something?

I would have done

things differently.

I'd have made changes.

Yeah. Me, too.

You know, It wasn't

that bad of an idea.

It's just we...

We just didn't do it right.

Well...

next time.

There's gotta be something.

Carter.

Carter. Carter.

Can you walk?

Look.

I found another dot.

That might not even be a town.

Well, then, what is it?

It might just be a dot.

Y- You can't have a dot

if there's nothing

there, can you?

I don't know.

Okay look, the sun

set over there,

so that's west, so we got...

Never eat shredded wheat.

Okay, so it's...

I- It's southwest,

so we... we gotta go that way.

What if we get lost?

Or eaten or...

or something?

Okay, no, w-we use the sun

to make sure that we

stay in a straight line.

Okay? I figure in

this condition,

we could probably go, like,

a mile an hour, okay?

That's one day to get there.

We should just stay

near the road,

and then s-someone

will come for us.

Okay, we haven't seen a

car since that lady.

And what if you're right?

What if...

What if this road was

closed down like you said?

I can't... I can't

keep doing this.

I can't do it.

Look, if we're gonna go out...

if we're not gonna make it,

I want to go out

trying, all right?

Okay.

You go.

What?

You go. I can't.

Shut the f*** up. I'm

not going without you.

I'll be fine.

No, you're not fine.

You're lying in a f***ing hole.

Come on!

We got three hours until

the heat rolls in.

You can do it. This

is our best shot.

I won't make it.

Yes, you will, Carter.

You remember the Grand Canyon?

Remember that?

When you tied the rope to

me and you pulled me up?

Mitchell. Do you

remember that?

I lost a lot of blood, okay?

You go.

Come on. Get up.

Get up!

Come on. Get up!

Ow!

Come on. Wait. Wait.

Wait.

F*** you.

Come on.

Help me up. Come on.

I'll carry your ass.

Come on.

Come on.

Come here.

What?

I hear something.

Hey!

Hey! Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

No! Hey!

Hey! Hey!

Forward or backward?

Hmm.

Hey. Hey.

Got you something.

I got you something.

Hey. Hey.

I found something.

Heh.

I saw something.

See?

Look. They go to the

town, probably.

Oh, my God.

Jesus.

Come on.

We good?

Yeah. Let's go.

After you.

All right. Let's just...

Is it heavy?

Yeah.

Heh.

Answer it Hello.

Hello. Hello!

Ah, you remember Uncle Carter?

Huh?

Hey, doggie.

Ha ha. Hey, what's up?

How are you, man?

Oh, I'm good.

Remember Uncle Carter?

Real good.

Hey, Cole.

Hi. Hi.

Low five.

This is everything.

Yeah? That's it, huh?

Yeah.

Are you sure about this?

Hey, Cole. Yes?

Why don't you show Uncle

Carter his new room, huh?

Yes. Yes?

Good boy, Cole.

All right. Let's do it.

All right.

Thanks You got it.

So is this it?

This is it.

All right.

All right, buddy, let's go.

There you go.

You ready?

Are you sure you're

okay with this?

Are you kidding me, man?

It's the least I can do.

Besides, it'll give me a chance

to knock out a big chunk.

Yeah.

I'm proud of you, man.

Well, it's just

flowing from me now.

How long is it gonna

take you guys

to circumnavigate the world?

Uh, you know,

we're gonna stay with the

parents for a couple days,

and I'm still not entirely sure

we're gonna get through that,

but if we do, the

tickets are open-ended,

so we'll just pick a continent

and stay until we get bored

or, you know, run

out of money.

You know, she's...

she's not...

what I thought, you know?

I mean...

I never really knew.

Yeah, well, she said the

same thing about you.

Yeah.

All right, come here, you.

All right, man. See you.

Be good All right.

Be safe All right.

All right.

Hello.

Hey.

I wake you?

No, I just... I'm

finishing some stuff up.

What's going on?

Eh, you know,

I just wanted

someone to talk to.

I'm feeling...

weird.

Has it occurred to you that

maybe you need some sleep?

I guess...

I thought that I

was past the point

where I really believed that

people could change, you know?

At least, the point where

I thought that I could.

Sounds like a pleasant

surprise, no?

Yeah. Absolutely,

but I'm just not

sure I believe it.

Believe what?

That I'm really doing this.

Well, what exactly

is the alternative?

Well, this is gonna

sound a little crazy.

Imagine that. You called me

in the middle of the night

with something that

sounds a little crazy?

Part of me believes that...

we never made it out

of that desert...

that we're just lying

there, overcome...

and this is just all

part of our imagination.

I told you this was gonna

sound crazy, but...

And you didn't sell it short.

A- Are you telling me that

you're not at all suspicious

that things have

gone so smoothly?

Suspicious? No.

I'm stunned, I'm impressed,

but I'm not suspicious.

Well, maybe you should be.

I mean, think about it.

Things may be just a little

too good to be true,

you know what I mean?

Believe me, if I was

making this up,

there'd be a lot more lottery

winning and supermodeling.

Well, at least convince

me that it's probable,

you know, that life really

can turn on a dime,

that you really can...

I don't know...

reinvent yourself.

Which is harder to believe,

that things are finally going the

way you always wanted them to

or that the only way

it could be this good

is if it's all in your head?

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