Sweet Home Alabama Page #6

Clinton here has got|two left feet.

Well, Ms. Taylor,|I'd be honored.

Let's do it. Come on.

Come on, Mel,|get on out here!

Well, aren't you|the Lord of the Dance?

I ain't as clumsy as I look.|She just can't keep time.

You might have to|prove that to me.

You know, he's pretty good.|It might be you.

Oh, the hell you say.|Let me at him.

Look at them two welded together.

Why do they fight it?

Maybe we could just talk.

Come on, let's go|to the Roadhouse.

What do you say we drive|out to Fairview and bowl?

I don't think so.

Do you want to go|harass somebody?

Hey, I know this great|place where we can...

No!

Y'all, I think I'm gonna|call it a night.

Hi, there, boy.

Sorry it took me so long.

I would have come sooner|if I'd known you were sick.

Actually, that's|probably not true.

I've been pretty selfish lately.

Dogs don't know anything|about that, do they, though?

You were always|like a big old pillow.

Like when everything|went pear-shaped...

you never left my side.

And then I just left you.

I bet you sat there|wondering what you'd done wrong.

I told him it was my fault.

Quit bein' so nice.

It's the truth.

How come it has to be|so complicated?

What?

Truth...

life...

this.

He was one hell|of a good dog, wasn't he?

You looked like you were|having fun out there tonight.

I'm happy in New York, Jake.

But then I come down here|and... this fits, too.

Since when does it have to be|one or the other?

You can have roots|and wings, Mel.

Maybe I could just fly south|for the winter.

Look.

What?

There.|Do you see 'em?

Only you.

You know, I still go|out there sometimes.

I see those big thunderheads|rollin' in.

It's like a religion.

I had a dream about it|the other night.

You ever wonder|what would have happened...

if we hadn't have gotten|pregnant?

Jake...

Just...

let me get this out|before I can't.

I thought that baby|would be an adventure.

And it took me a while|to realize...

it would have been|your only adventure.

I just guess Mother Nature|knew better, huh?

I was so ashamed...

'cause I felt...

relieved.

And all of a sudden, I just...|needed a different life.

You done real well|for yourself.

I'm proud of you, Mel.

I'm just sorry I never danced|with you at our weddin'.

I'm sure this next one's|gonna go better for ya.

Jake, I can't do this.

I know.

Go home.

Well, I'm just sayin',|is all.

I mean, I... I saw

the way you two|were lookin' at each other.

Will you just shut up|about it, Mama?!

I can't help|the way Jake feels about me!

He hasn't done anything wrong!

He hasn't done anything right either!

I can't believe I'm even|having this argument!

I'm leaving! I'm gone!

I'm marrying another man!

Yes, that's right, you get a second|chance, so please don't mess it up!

For who?|For me or for you?

Don't sass me, okay?

Don't you dare sass me,|'cause I have put up

with an awful lot from you|over the years.

Like what?! Like me quitting|your precious pageants?

I didn't want you to|end up like me! Damn it!

Now, you need to stay as far|away from here as you can.

That boy is quicksand.

What's so wrong|with being you, Mama?

I just think that you|deserve better, that's all.

I know you do.

You always have.

I'll see you in New York,|all right?

You'll like it.

I promise.

Now, don't you forget to|say goodbye to your daddy.

Fire!

Daddy?

Daddy!

Who ya lookin' for, darlin'?

Earl Smooter.

Anybody seen Earl Smooter?

He's about to surrender!

Thank you!

After you.

Afternoon.

How are ya?|- Good, thanks. Yourself?

No complaints.

That's a beautiful house.

Sure. Yeah.

You, uh, you here|to see Bobby Ray?

Actually, I'm, uh,|hoping to surprise Melanie.

Melanie?|- My fiancee.

You got the wrong house,|don't ya?

This is, uh,|the Carmichael place, isn't it?

Are we talkin' about the same girl?

Melanie Smooter?|- Melanie Carmichael.

Oh, well, that explains it.

That sure does.

Andrew Hennings.

Nice meeting you, Jake.

Hey, Jake.

What's goin' on?

Oh, you know, I'm just, uh,|talkin' to Mel's fiance here.

Wonder if you might know|where she is.

Andrew Hennings.|You must be...

I'm Bobby Ray...|her, uh, cousin?

I see you've already met|Jake... her, uh...

Other cousin.

Family! God, it's great|to meet you both.

I think Melanie said|somethin' last night...

about, uh, visitin' her daddy|up at the... up at the battlefield.

The battlefield?|- You know us Southerners.

I mean, the minute the Confederacy|died, it became a moral issue.

Come on, I'll, uh, I'll|give you a ride up there.

That's great. Thank you.|All right. Nice meeting you.

So, who's...|Melanie... Smooter?

Local hero around here.

Why is that?

She blew up the bank.

And that made her a hero?

Well, notorious, anyway.|She was 10.

Fortunately, nobody was hurt...|except, maybe, the cat.

What cat?

The one with the dynamite|on its back.

She blew up a cat?

He was scheduled to die.|- From dynamite?

The vet said it had cancer,...

so Eldon thought it'd be put|in one of those chambers,...

you know, the ones|that suck their lungs out.

Little Mel, she couldn't bear|the thought of that.

She, uh, she wanted|somethin' more humane.

Yeah, sure.

So, they were doing some|blastin' out by the new highway.

So, we, uh, we took old Fuzz|up there, taped him up.

Used about 30 feet of fuse|just to be on the safe side,...

said our prayers,|and ran like hell.

Of course.

So, there we were, sittin' in|Virgie's Diner, feelin' pretty blue.

When Mel looks up and sees|that damn cat,...

trottin' down the road,|searchin' for Eldon.

No sh*t.

Yeah, and we|would have caught him, too,...

but once that fuse hit his tail,|boom, he took off like a shot.

And into the bank.

Well... the theory is,...

he probably wriggled loose|from the explosive.

'Cause, uh, people still see him from|time to time, scorched tail and all.

He's a little skittish|around humans.

That's quite a story.

She was quite a girl.

Whatever happened to her?

Oh, you know...|wound up pregnant,...

married some loser|right out of high school.

Are you surprised?

What are you doing here?

Well, I came to deliver|your fiance.

I think she was talking to me.

Jake...

Must be exhaustin'.

What?|- What?

Livin' a lie.

What's he talking about?

You and I are in love|with two different people.

Is he a second cousin?

He's my husband.

Your what?

I mean my ex-husband.

You married your cousin?!

No, I came down here|to finalize my divorce.

Hey, darlin',|thought that was you.

Must be your new someone.

Earl Smooter...|glad to meet ya.

Melanie Smooter.

Andrew, wait.

Wait!

Andrew! Wait!

I just...

Please.

Let me try and explain myself!

You don't understand!

This is not who I am anymore!

Look, I don't know who you are|or what else you lied about,...

but I know one thing...

there is a Lear Jet|in Mobile, and I am on it.

I know you're thinkin'

I spoiled things good|this time.

Oh, hon, don't go accusin' me|of thinkin'.

I ain't done|anything of the sort.

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