The Mountain Between Us Page #2

You told him

you were chartering a flight, right?

No.

I was gonna call him when we got to Denver,

and have him be all proud of me

for figuring it out.

I would have got there.

Even if it meant rushing

down the aisle like...

like Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate.

Someone's gonna find us.

You called someone.

You called your wife, right?

No.

Nobody?

I think Dustin Hoffman was

trying to stop the wedding

in The Graduate.

What?

He was banging on the window.

"Elaine!"

Yeah, yeah. I remember now.

Yeah. Yeah?

I have to pee.

- You have to what?

- I have to pee.

Need help with your trousers?

No.

Yeah.

Scoop your bum.

Thanks. Thanks. I got it. I got it.

Thank you.

Okay.

Ben.

It looks pretty healthy.

Cool.

What are you doing?

It's been three days.

We're down to individual almonds.

- We should get moving.

- No.

- It's just best we stay here. Yeah?

- Oh, God.

You're not gonna get far with that leg.

No way, Ben. I'm not staying here. Come on.

I see. There's no...

Alex, stop!

Then you go.

- Huh?

- I can't go!

You wouldn't... you wouldn't...

You wouldn't make it without me.

And I'm still telling you to go.

How hard is it for you just to sit still?

Alex. Okay, okay, okay.

There's a ridge up there.

I'll hike it, climb it, and see

if I can see a road or anything, okay?

- Okay.

- Okay.

Wait, wait, wait. Take this.

You can use the telephoto.

You'll be able to see farther.

Hey.

It's okay if you don't come back.

What?

I got you into this, so...

I'll understand.

Alex, if I wanted to leave...

I would have left three days ago.

Oh, yeah.

Oh!

How do I look?

Stop.

If I can't have it...

you can't have it.

Sh*t.

Okay.

Let's see.

She's pretty.

Don't look at me like that.

Date. July 7. Endoscopic-assisted management.

Hey, Ben. Surprise!

I can't believe you left

your little recorder unattended.

It's very unlike you.

I know you like to keep control of things.

Mmm, maybe that's unfair.

I've already said this...

but I wanted you to have it for good.

I'm happy that we've had

this time together...

no matter how bad things have gotten.

Ben?

Ben?

Ben?

Ben!

Okay, stop. Stop, stop, stop.

Oh, my God!

Jesus Christ! What the hell is that?

What is that?

What is that?

Oh, my God.

Sh*t!

No! Quiet! Quiet!

Stop! Stop!

Hey! Hey!

Hey, come back. Come back.

Come back!

God, no!

Oh, God!

Oh, God.

Oh, God.

Alex?

Hey!

- What happened?

- It was a cougar.

Can you help him?

- God. Jesus.

- Oh, wow.

Okay. All right. Okay.

Easy, easy, easy.

It's okay. It's okay. It's okay.

- You okay?

- I'm okay.

- How did he get in here?

- No, I...

Well, he did... he didn't get in.

I-I... yeah, I got the...

- I grabbed the flare.

- Flare?

- Yeah.

- Okay.

- This boy almost got it.

- Wait.

- You really shot that cougar with a flare?

- Uh-huh.

Did you check your phone?

There's nothing.

What's your wife's name?

Sarah.

I hope I get to meet her.

She must be so worried about you.

Oh, God.

Do you have kids?

No.

Don't eat too quickly.

Your stomach could cramp up.

You know, that was a close one.

That should last us for about 10 days...

which is great, because we're stuck here.

I was thinking...

If we could get down low enough maybe

we could get enough signal on your phone.

No. No, forget the phone. There's no signal.

I think the search and rescue probably...

Well, they haven't found us yet, so...

I know, but they're less likely

to find us if we leave here.

They'll be focusing their search

on the beacon.

Jesus Christ, Ben.

No, there's a system here, Alex.

Yeah, systems fail all the time.

They haven't found us.

We have to get going.

You know, you wanted to wait. I waited.

Alex, honestly, it's too dangerous, okay?

I nearly fell off a cliff. Okay?

I honestly nearly died.

If we stay here, we're safe. If we leave...

Look, I don't wanna die up here

because you're too scared to take a risk.

Hey, I'm not gonna fall off a mountain

because you're reckless and selfish.

What?

You know what? You're absolutely right.

You did get me into this.

I was trying to be nice.

- Wait a second. No.

- I was trying to help!

- I was trying to help you.

- No. Hold on a second.

You weren't trying to help me.

You know, I could be married by now.

Do you ever think about that?

Is that what we're talking about?

Your ceremony?

My God, poor Mark!

What about my patient? You think about that?

Yeah? Do you think about my patient?

Don't blame me for your f***ing problems,

'cause if it wasn't for me, you'd be dead.

You're the lucky one.

Unlike me. I'm stuck with you.

I would've had a much better chance

if I didn't have you around, honestly.

Okay.

Let's go.

He's probably gonna eat you, anyway.

We'll find something. Just keep walking.

Alex!

No.

Okay.

Hey.

Smile.

Don't give up.

Don't give up.

Alex!

Alex!

You could have said goodbye.

I had to try.

I had to try my way.

I'm just so glad I found you.

Me too.

So...

do we go back?

No, we wouldn't make it back.

We have to get down to the tree line.

- Keep moving.

- Okay.

Okay.

Tell me something. Tell me something.

What?

Tell me about your wedding.

My wedding?

Yeah.

Didn't you hear?

I missed it.

Yeah.

No... can't talk. You tell me something.

Tell me, what...

what kind of a doctor are you?

- Oh.

- Um...

I'm a neurosurgeon.

Oh, yeah? Yes.

Yeah. Brains. Why brains?

It's an intense responsibility,

you know, to...

cut into someone's brain.

It's where their perceptions are...

their intelligence...

their emotion.

What about the heart?

Huh?

The heart's nothing but a muscle.

That's it, boy.

We made it to the tree line.

Let's find shelter.

I think something's here.

This cave will work.

Come on.

Yeah. Yeah.

- Here.

- Ah.

I know.

Oh, jeez. It's freezing.

Quite a bit of swelling there.

- Any better?

- Yeah. That does look better.

- Look at that bandage.

- Yeah.

It's holding up actually.

Hey, you know what would be funny?

If you weren't really a doctor.

Why would that be funny?

Well, you'd just be doing all this

so you could see my fancy underwear.

They're not that fancy.

All right.

Thank you.

It's okay.

Where's your gloves?

God, Jesus.

Sh*t, you're freezing.

Here, come on.

There.

Better?

I owe you an apology.

I did find that beacon.

I saw it.

It was smashed to pieces.

No, you didn't know that

when you came looking for me, did you?

I think we should stay together.

I mean...

stick together.

- Mm-hmm.

- Yeah.

It's the best chance we have at survival.

I know, I'm sorry.

Jeez, I'm sorry... for all of it.

I'm only telling you 'cause I don't

wanna be left on this mountain by myself.

Me neither.

You wouldn't eat me, would you, boy?

Alex.

You were talking in your sleep.

Yeah, I forgot to say, "I love you."

- Who?

- I didn't say, "I love you," to Mark...

- Oh.

- ...when I talked to him from the airport.

You know, at the end of the call,

you know, always say, "I love you."

He knows.

Of course he does.

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