Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World Page #3

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I'll drive.

AII right, all right.

- Hey!

Watch out for my hand.

Here we go.

I can't believe you're breaking

up with me now.

It's the worst timing for me, ever!

We didn't get back together.

What do you call Iast night?

Nothing happened!

Since when is snuggling nothing?

Sh*t. I thought it was right there.

You don't remember where you parked?

No, it was... It was on...

It was on 1st and 9th. F***,

maybe it was 10th and 2nd?

This way. It could have been 3rd...

It was definitely one of

those combinations.

I'm the a**hole, right?

Everything's my fault?

Can we just concentrate

on finding the car?

No, Owen, it's not about that.

I'm just saying that we're not a match.

I mean, isn't it better we find

out now, rather than Iater?

No!

What do you mean, not soul mates?

I Iove you. I want to take care of you.

Just get...

Penny, Iet's go, come on!

Owen? Come on!

You okay? Come on! Go for the car.

There it is!

Is this because you pay my rent?

Because I had to swallow a Iot

of pride to Iet you do that.

Get in the car, Owen.

I'm not Ieaving the city.

Well, it's my car.

Oh, that's right, I don't have a car.

Throw that in my face while you're at it.

They're right on top of us!

"They're right on top of us!"

Would you get out and help? I'll do it!

No, no, no. No, no, no. I'll do it.

Just...

Oh, God, there's a guy. There's

a guy right there!

Cut the wheel! Cut it!

What are you doing? Cut the wheel!

I'm... Cut the wheel!

Fire! Fire! There's fire!

You're not cutting at all!

Are you freaking blind?

God, here they come!

What is wrong with you?

Hey! Hey! I know a guy with a plane.

If you drive me to where I need to

go, I can get you to your family.

Hello? Cut the wheel!

That's it. Now come forward a Iittle bit.

Ah, he'll be fine!

Hey!

So tell me about this plane.

You know, hybrid cars don't

need as much gas.

Yes. They still need a Iittle

gas, don't they?

No, I'm just saying, you don't

have to fill them up as much.

Does this mean we're not

going to the plane?

Look, maybe you should just

forget about the plane.

I Ieft Owen in the middle of a riot.

He used you as a human shield, Penny.

You don't even know him.

Look, you're the one who woke me

up in the middle of the night,

dragged me out of bed... You're right.

I don't know why I bothered saving

your Iife, after you ruined mine.

What is that supposed to mean?

What? What is that?

Well, you know how sometimes the mailman

would put the mail in the wrong box?

Well, sometimes, the girl

that you never got over

sends you a Ietter.

That's from the girl? My God.

Oh, my God! That's great, right?

Yeah, it's pretty good.

What would be great is if I could

call her from a regular phone,

or I could just hop on

a train to wherever,

or not die in the outer suburbs.

But instead, I am on the scenic route

to the guillotine with you, and you.

She could be at the f***ing

pyramids by now.

She could have blown her head

off, and I wouldn't know,

because I didn't get this

three annoying months ago!

Oh.

Now I feel bad.

F***. Look, guilt isn't a feeling

that I'm comfortable with.

Well, fortunately you won't

have Iong to Iive with it.

What are you doing?

Penny, this really doesn't involve you.

I said I was gonna get you there,

I'm gonna get you there, so...

Where was the Iast place you saw her?

Where was she 18 years ago?

Look, you don't need to spend the

Iast few days of your Iife

with a total stranger.

You're not a total stranger, and

these aren't my Iast days.

Oh, you're a survivalist.

No, I'm not a survivalist.

I'm an optimist.

Hello! You having some trouble?

Do you know where the nearest

gas station is?

Yeah, but diesel is all they

got Ieft. Where you headed?

Where we headed, Dodge?

Somerset.

Somerset. Wherever that is.

I think Huntsville might

be as far as I'm going.

Great! Thank you!

So, what's your pilgrimage?

Because everybody's headed somewhere.

Well, I'm going to see

my family, and he's...

He's Iooking for someone.

Who is it you're Iooking for?

His high school sweetheart.

Is that right?

Well, there's no greater search

than that of Iost Iove,

I'll give you that.

You married? No, darling,

I never did walk the plank.

There was a special Iady.

My Rita passed seven years back.

You know, it's all about

who you Iay down with

when the Iights go out.

Takes Ionger than it should

to figure that part.

Truth is, it's nice to have

some company for a change.

Even strangers.

Why don't you tell us your Iife story?

Then we won't be strangers anymore.

Yeah?

Well, sure. Let's see. I was born in...

Wait a minute. I should probably

tell Daddy's Iife story first,

so there's some context. Okay.

Uptime? Groovy!

Yeah. Daddy was born in Skokie, IIIinois.

And his dad was born in Okie.

Used to catch bass.

So they run a bunch of tests

and they all come back with

the same bad news.

Doctors give me six months to Iive.

Then I go home, turn on the TV,

and they say three weeks.

If you ask me, a man is not supposed

to know when his time is up,

it's not natural.

That's when you find yourself renting

a gun and buying a bullet.

But that ain't no way into heaven.

Isn't that right, Dodge?

Hmm?

No, I guess not.

I'm gonna go drain the snake.

You wanna join me?

No, thanks, I'm good.

Okay, what a f***ing weirdo.

I think he's soulful.

Who drives around with shovels?

I don't trust him.

Glen? What? He told us his Iife story.

Yes, and thank you for that, by the way.

Do you know, if you actually Iistened,

you might Iearn something.

Sorry needs to go out.

I'll go. I will take him.

I'm gonna take him for a sniff.

Don't go anywhere.

I knew it as soon as I saw you.

That detached Iook in your eyes.

That vague way about you.

You almost had me fooled with that Iine

about your high school girlfriend.

I'm sorry, I don't...

Don't be sorry, son.

Just kill me quickly.

What?

Well, I thought we could do

it in that nice field,

but if you're gonna shoot me in the

back, then Iet's get it over with.

Shoot you? I don't... Are we still

speaking metaphorically?

Well, what's it gonna be,

then? Knife? Piano wire?

Okay, you know what? She's

gonna be back any second.

Don't tell me they sent a

girl to do a man's job.

I specifically requested a male!

Unless you're some sort of team!

Is that how this works?

Okay, you know what? I don't think

I am who you think I am.

Well, that's a relief.

Because I was afraid I

could fight you off!

You know, Dodge, when a man...

Dodge? Glen?

Oh, my God.

Glen's dead.

Are you okay? Did you get the plates?

"When a man..."

"When a man..." What do you

think he was trying to say?

I don't know, Penny.

"When a man..."

Loves a woman?

"When a man..." Is a trucker?

The man...

The man committed suicide via homicide

two weeks before the apocalypse.

I'm not really concerned with

any Road Warriorwisdom

I may have missed out on. Okay?

AII right.

I'll drive. Do you have the keys?

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