The Sure Thing Page #5

Come on, let's go.

- Okay, do you have everything?

- I have everything. You have everything.

- Sure?

- We all have everything. Everything's fine.

- Let's go.

- You can't rush me.

She's checking under the thing.

What is under there, I don't know.

- A bathroom. Again with the bathroom.

- You can't rush me!

We've got to travel by day. So let's go.

- Look at the time. We got to go.

- We're all proceeding, here.

- Just check everything.

- We got everything, here.

We're out of here.

God, I'm starving.

- How does it feel?

- Needs more bulk.

We can't eat for 200 miles.

What are you telling me, woman?

- I worked out a schedule.

- Another schedule. Great.

I computed

exactly how much money we have...

how long it'll take us to get there,

how many meals we have to have.

It came out to one meal every 200 miles.

After 700, though, we can have a snack.

Good. Cheetos in Albuquerque.

I can hardly wait.

- What do you think, nine months?

- More like 15.

Excellent. Very pregnant.

- What are you gonna name it?

- What?

The baby.

The baby.

If it's a girl, Cynthia.

And if it's a boy...

Elliot.

Those are lovely names.

Elliot? You're gonna name the kid Elliot?

You can't name the kid Elliot.

Elliot is a fat kid with glasses

who eats paste.

Not gonna name the kid Elliot.

Got to give him a real name.

Give him a name.

- Like Nick.

- Nick?

Nick's a real name. Nick's your buddy.

Nick's the kind of guy you can trust,

someone you can drink beer with.

Kind of guy who doesn't mind

if you puke in his car.

- God.

- Vomit, I'm sorry.

- Thank you.

- Merry Christmas to you.

I'm gonna have a huge orange juice,

three eggs, two sides of bacon...

home fries, four pieces of toast,

and then lunch!

You sure we can eat?

I don't know if we've gone 200 miles.

I don't want to throw your schedule off.

Leave me alone. I'm a pregnant woman.

How could you lose your money?

- I put it in my schedule book.

- How could you lose your schedule book?

That's the most important thing in your life,

that stupid book!

You wouldn't even remember your name

without it. This is just excellent!

I'm starving.

Thank you.

I'm freezing to death.

My feet are killing me.

I just swallowed my gum.

Your incessant complaining

isn't doing us any good.

Can't you try and look on the bright side?

Over there!

Over there. There's a trailer, come on.

It's locked! This is very good.

It's important that this place

should have an airtight security system...

in the middle of nowhere!

Wait, I might have a nail file.

I have a credit card.

Credit cards work

on a completely different kind of lock.

I don't think you understand.

I have a credit card.

You have a credit card?

My dad told me, specifically,

I can only use it in case of an emergency.

Maybe one will come up.

Too bad this is the only place

that takes credit cards.

Real shame.

Here, try some of my veal.

Only if you try some of this salmon.

I'm not a big fish guy, so you take it.

I'm not gonna eat that, but you try the veal...

- I'm not gonna-

- Try it.

It's good? See, I told you.

So, you were saying?

Anyway, my father... He grew up on a farm.

He always thought it was a real shame

that we only saw the suburbs.

He used to take us on great camping trips.

Want more wine?

One night, I was sleeping in my pup tent

with my younger brother.

I must have been, what, six or seven.

I woke up in the middle of the night,

and I had to get outside.

I don't know why.

I just really wanted to go outside.

It was dark. I mean, totally dark.

Not like in the city, or even in the suburbs.

I'm talking absolute blackness.

You couldn't see

two inches in front of your face.

But there's one thing you could see.

Millions of things, really.

You could see the stars.

There were more stars out that night

than I've ever seen since.

Believe me, I've looked.

I'm standing there,

looking up at the sky, and I'm thinking...

that each one of these dots of light

is another world.

I didn't know the difference

between the stars and the planets, then.

But it made me feel really small.

Lonely.

Do you know what I mean?

Then I thought,

maybe on each one of these other worlds...

there's a kid like me.

Only, he's shaped like a sponge...

or a pinball machine, or something.

Whatever, but he's up there.

Maybe he's on a camping trip,

and he's looking up at the stars.

I decided I want to meet this guy.

- A rose for the lady?

- Would the lady care for a rose?

Would the lady care to advance

the gentleman the cost of a rose?

Put it on the bill. That'd be great.

For you.

- Thank you.

- lt was nothing.

You don't have to sleep on the floor.

What?

You don't have to sleep on the floor.

Are you sure?

I won't try anything, I swear.

I trust you.

Good night.

How's your lawyer?

My lawyer?

What's his name? Jimmy, Jeremy.

Jason.

How is Jason, anyway?

Jason's fine.

- I guess you really miss him.

- I haven't seen him since last summer.

What's he like?

Jason is very directed. He's a real achiever.

I know, but what is he like?

I mean, what kind of beer does he drink?

Is he funny? Does he make you laugh?

- He is everything a girl looks for in a guy.

- He sounds perfect.

We both want the same things out of life.

We're both gonna be lawyers.

Damn good ones.

We might even open a practice together,

up in Vermont.

- Somewhere in the country.

- I get it.

Jason is the real outdoorsy type.

Clear, freshwater streams,

fragrant meadows...

biodegradable toilet paper, the works.

It's just that we both like old farmhouses.

We thought it'd be nice to find one

and restore it ourselves.

Jason thinks

it would make a good investment.

I just want it to be nice and warm and cozy.

Kind of like this.

And we're both crazy about basset hounds.

I guess that sounds kind of tame to you.

It sounds nice.

Good night, Alison.

Good night, Gib.

- I didn't try anything, I swear.

- I know.

- You were on my side of the bed.

- lt's all right.

- Nothing happened.

- I know.

I'm just gonna go out

on the veranda thing for a while.

- Where you headed?

- Los Angeles.

It's your lucky day. Come on, let's go!

I got it.

So what's in California?

A girl.

- What's wrong with her?

- She's got a boyfriend.

Too bad.

- What's she like?

- Who?

- Your girlfriend.

- I don't know. I've never met her.

You never met her.

You're going across the country

to see a girl you never met.

My best friend, Lance, set it up.

Supposed to be a sure thing.

A sure thing?

A sure thing, no questions asked,

no strings attached...

No guilt involved.

A sure thing.

My whole life, I never had a sure thing.

Probably never meet her anyway.

She's gonna be gone in 24 hours.

You pay for the traffic tickets,

I'll get you in the saddle.

- Thank you.

- Thanks a lot.

I hope you fully appreciate the magnitude

of your impending good fortune.

I do.

Alison, where are you going?

Wait up.

What is it with you?

You haven't said two words to me

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