The Last Descent Page #5

and then you can do

your rescue on me.

No, I'm just conversing, is all.

That was obviously...

They were suggestions,

so I'll be sticking you to it.

[groans]

You're something else, dude.

[drill rattling]

[drill rattling]

[grunts]

Come on!

[drill whirring in distance]

That sounds like it's going well.

Yeah, it better be.

So what brought you

down here anyways?

I mean, I'd assume

you're pretty used to caving.

What tipped you off?

Well, you're sporting some

fantastic vintage headlamps.

Besides, most people are

too afraid to get down this far.

I guess I could never

turn down an adventure.

That's probably

how I ended up in Virginia.

Really? What's in Virginia?

I'm going to school to be

a pediatric cardiologist.

Oh, so you're

working with kids?

Yeah.

Well, at least their hearts.

-Phew.

What made you want to do that?

Isn't that like 50 years of school?

JOHN:

Give or take.

My...

My sister, uh,

my younger sister had

heart surgery when she was four.

And I wanted to...

You know, it's sad.

You have to be on the edge

of losing everything

to really open your eyes

and... see the beauty

in the simple things.

Hey, I thought we weren't

gonna talk like that, John?

I've been studying

to be a doctor

the past few years, and...

I can hear my own breathing, man.

Yeah, I can't sugarcoat

things for you.

Obviously, John,

I know this is bad,

but you're gonna get

out of here, you have to.

I wish I could believe

any fib you could give me.

I don't want to die down here.

I told you

I can hear my breathing.

JOHN:

Please, just stop.

John, look at me.

Why didn't I spend

more time with my wife?

No, hey, John, look at me.

Listen, look at me!

Eyes on me, right here.

I believe you.

[III]

Such a John thing to do.

Always pushing himself

just a little too hard.

Well, that's why he's so strong.

And that's what's going

to get him through this.

He's gotten himself into some

crazy situations before, right?

Rock climbing, scuba diving.

Getting married?

Yeah, that's one

he's not getting out of.

I don't care how deep

of a hole he crawls down.

Yeah.

The guy on phone told me

there's already

a bunch of people there

working to get him out.

And as soon as I hung up,

I knew it was gonna be okay.

And I still know it.

They're getting him out.

Look, Em,

Pvejust been down there,

and I know how it is.

And I don't want

to take away hope.

He will, Josh, he will get out.

How do you know?

-Because...

Because he has to.

AARON:
All right,

you're obviously a stud.

You're in med school,

which takes serious foresight

to make it work, let's be honest.

I bet that wife of yours

feels pretty lucky

that she snagged you, huh?

Uh-uh.

You got it backwards.

I had to win her over.

Yeah.

She made me fight for it.

Really?

Like a fight, huh?

Yeah.

I'd have preferred a fist fight.

It would have been less painful.

Easier on my heart. Heh.

Well...

Wait, wait, wait, you're going

to leave me hanging

right there'?

Come on.

You've got to tell me

about this girl

that completely owned you.

Oh, she is, uh...

She's everything.

It's one thing to find a girl

that who you want to marry.

And it's something

completely different

to find a girl

that you have to marry.

[John coughing]

Damn.

- [car honks, tires screeching]

-EMILY:
Hey!

You're gonna get yourself killed.

This is the first time I met you.

At a crosswalk.

I'm sorry?

We realized we were going

to same class together.

You're in O. Chem, too?

You must be

a glutton for punishment.

I'm John.

Emily.

Emily.

JOHN:
I immediately wished

I had something more to say

but my mind drew

a complete blank.

You were just so beautiful.

See ya.

[light chattering]

Hey, guys, I'm taking off.

Where are you going?

Home.

Wow, Mr. "Let's pull

an all nighter" is leaving early.

A little distracted. I'm sorry.

See you at class.

[III]

Oh!

I am so sorry.

Here, let me get those.

Is this like a normal thing

for you, running into things?

No, destiny did this.

I swear, I'm usually like

really... I'm nimble.

Yeah, for you, destiny's

kind of a jerk, if you ask me.

Taking away your grace,

throwing you at cars, at me.

Yeah, you've got

a serious issue

with that destiny guy,

too, I guess.

Taking away my nimble,

my ability to be nim...

and words.

I'm a funny person, I swear

I am, but funny John was gone.

But! was determined

to make her laugh.

Make the girl smile,

and you got a chance, right?

This is cool.

Orange, that's...

You in kindergarten,

or something?

Yeah, 1 had no game

whatsoever.

And then finally...

Wait, we're going fishing

at midnight

at the Provo Golf Course,

and you should... You'll love it,

you should totally come.

1 had no idea

where that came from.

We weren't going fishing.

I didn't even know who we was.

I'm 90% sure there's

no fish in any of the ponds

that we'd have

to trespass to get to.

Really?

Unfortunately, yeah.

I'm soin.

What?

1 pooled together the fastest

fake tradition ever.

EMILY:
This is crazy.

You guys do this all the time?

Yeah, what else

are you gonna do

in the middle

of the night in Provo?

Actually, I kind of take you

as a bookworm.

I'm pretty sure I've seen you

somewhere in that library

every time I go.

Wait, you've seen me before?

Yeah, you're always there.

It's not like I could miss you.

What was with this whole

destiny stuff then?

This whole time you were tailing me.

Okay, destiny, first off,

that's your word,

and second, destiny for you

was a well-timed hit

that nearly ruined

my research paper.

Yeah, I'm sorry about that.

Anyways, now here we go.

It is dark outside,

so be careful when you cast.

Okay.

-Because...

...you may hook somebody.

All right, got it.

So cast her and the hook

in the water, fight?

Yeah. You've never

fished before, have you?

No. Ha ha, but I've seen it

in the movies, so...

Yeah, that's good enough.

-Okay.

That's absolutely fine, so...

-All right.

Geez. Calm down, stop, stop!

-Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry!

Stop.

-I'm so sorry.

Okay, I think you're hooked

to the ground.

You guys good back there?

-MAN:
We're good.

JOHN:
Okay.

-EMILY:
All right.

JOHN:

All right, let me slowly breathe.

Okay, I'm sorry.

-Don't say sorry to me.

I mean, you already

said sorry to them.

I don't know what I'm doing.

I don't know what I'm doing.

I'm- I just...

I don't like not knowing how

to do things, and this is just...

"I don't not like not knowing

how to do things"?

That's a fantastic

double negative.

Yeah, uh...

-So, you're good at that.

Can you just show me

how to do this,

so I don't go nuts

or hook somebody,

or I don't know?

Well, yeah, I can.

We really got to focus

on your technique,

so I probably should...

Yeah, you can do that.

JOHN:

My game was so on.

I couldn't get a good word

out of my mouth in the morning,

but had her

in my arms that night.

Two, three...

JOHN:
Let go.

-EMILY:
I did it!

You did it!

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