Wind Chill Page #2

sort of nice in the winter.

Romantic.

You a Rehoboth Beach family or Stone Harbor?

Stone Harbor.

Yeah, we always went to Rehoboth.

I was just jealous of all my friends

who got to spend summers at the Jersey shore.

Yeah, me, too.

Stone Harbor is the Jersey shore.

- Yeah.

- You know that, right?

- No, no, I know where it is.

- You're not from Delaware, are you?

No. It's complicated.

- Who are you?

- What are you talking about? I am...

- What the hell's going on here?

- Nothing's going on.

Yeah, what the hell's going on here?

- Will you just calm down, okay?

- No, you're freaking me out.

I can explain. It's...

Well, you explain. I don't get any of this.

Watch out.

Do you have the lights on?

He doesn't even see us.

- Well, how can he not see us?

- Pull over! Let the a**hole go by.

Where do you want me to pull over?

There's no shoulder.

I don't know. Slow down! He's not stopping!

Hold on! Hold on!

Come on.

Come on. Please.

Come on.

What are you doing?

Just calling 911. I've been trying to call 911.

- Any luck?

- I can't get a signal.

- What about yours?

- I don't have a cell.

How can you not have a cell?

How are you doing?

- You all right?

- I'm fine.

- How about you?

- I don't know. I think I...

I think I hit my head.

So what happened to the...

What happened to the guy?

I don't know.

He just decided to hit and run, I guess.

Yeah, but...

But where's...

Where's his tire tracks?

Hello!

Is anybody down there?

Anyone?

I guess we go back to the car,

see how bad we're stuck.

All right, why don't I...

Why don't you get in there and steer

and I'll push, okay?

Go ahead, start it up.

Yeah, give it gas.

Come on. Okay, give it more gas.

More gas, more gas!

More gas, more gas!

Okay, okay, stop.

Open up.

Can you pop the lock?

- Come on, it's freezing out here.

- Well, better get used to it, a**hole.

What the hell is wrong with you?

What did I do?

You drove us here.

That's what you did.

What the hell did you think you were doing?

I thought I was driving you home.

What are you talking about?

You're not driving me home,

you don't live near my home,

and this piece of sh*t isn't driving anywhere.

Now, what are we doing here?

- Why did you get off the highway?

- Look, I told you, okay?

- This is a shortcut, all right?

- Oh, come on.

Anyway, you're the one who said

she was so bored driving on the highway.

I was. I was bored.

Well, this used to be called Scenic 606

because there's an amazing view

of the valley out here.

You've never been here before

so don't pretend you knew it's a shortcut,

and there's an amazing view of sh*t

because it's pitch black out.

Okay, so let me get this straight.

You think I intentionally arranged

for us to get stranded out here?

- I don't know!

- Look, it was an accident, God damn it!

You saw the other guy.

You think he was in on it, too, huh?

- Maybe, maybe!

- You're crazy.

- I'm crazy?

- Yes!

You know what?

While you were supposedly unconscious,

I got through to a friend's voicemail

and I'm sure she's called the cops by now.

Would you listen to yourself?

What kind of a psycho do you think I am?

Exactly!

All right, look, I'm going to head

back to the gas station, okay?

I'm going to go back there for help.

You should be fine.

You've got the radio, you've got the heater.

But I really think

you should consider coming with me.

Yeah, I bet you do.

All right, fine, whatever.

Look, if you start to feel cold

and you feel a draft

and you want to patch this,

I keep some duct tape in the back.

I bet you do!

The National Weather Service in Harrisburg

has issued a winter storm warning

for the entire Eastern Seaboard.

Carbon County residents can expect

snow accumulations of four to six inches.

State and local officials are urging residents

to remain indoors

as temperatures will plunge overnight,

with the wind chill reaching

Hello! Do you live around here?

We've just had an accident.

We could really use some help here.

What the hell?

- Hey.

- Jesus!

Whoa, relax, relax. Take it easy. It's just me.

- Just stay away from me.

- Oh, take it easy, what's wrong?

- You, everything and that guy...

- What guy? What guy?

I don't know, it was weird. I just saw some

guy who was walking down the road.

- Where'd he go, up here?

- Into the woods.

All right, well, look,

why don't we just get in the car

and you can tell me all about it?

- What are you doing back so soon?

- What?

What about hiking to the gas station?

- It should have taken you longer than that.

- It was closed.

I was gonna leave a note,

but I didn't have anything to write with.

Those places are supposed to stay open 24/7.

Why wasn't it open? Tell me that.

Well, how the hell should I know?

It was an independent operator.

Look, it's freezing out here.

Let's just get in the car.

I'm not getting into the car with you,

you psycho.

Fine, suit yourself.

I'm getting in, you're welcome to join me.

God damn it.

God damn it.

Relax, we need to conserve the battery,

okay?

It's not right.

The clock is not right.

It's not. It should say...

Well, my watch stopped, that's great.

Your head is bleeding.

Your head is bleeding by your ear.

It's nothing.

Doesn't look like nothing. It's a lot of blood.

Well, scalp wounds bleed a lot, you know?

Head wounds in general.

That's why, if you're ever in a bar fight,

what you should do is pick up a beer bottle

and smash the other guy

across the bridge of the nose

'cause it'll make his eyes

fill with blood and snot,

and it'll buy you time to get away, so...

That's really useful.

Where are you from?

A place called Glens Falls.

- That's not in Delaware.

- Nope.

- It's like in the complete opposite direction.

- Yep.

- It's like 10 minutes from school.

- Okay, all right. So I lied. Okay, so...

- Why? Why would you lie?

- I don't know.

I mean, you seem like a cool girl, you know.

And I don't have a line, or a game

or whatever it's called.

So, when I saw a chance to get you alone

for six uninterrupted hours, I took it.

How'd you know where I lived?

I asked around.

Yeah, so you knew I was from Delaware,

but how did you know

I needed a ride home? I mean...

I always fly. How could you possibly know

that for the first time in my college career

I was going Greyhound?

So excuse me for attempting a romantic gesture.

Romantic? What the...

Come on, try stalkerish.

Yeah, well, not if things

had worked out between us.

I mean, I would have told you

everything eventually.

It would just be

this sweet, funny story we'd have.

We?

Okay, all right,

you've made your point, all right?

I'm a creep who gets off on

chauffeuring women under false pretenses.

I got it, all right? Can we just drop this?

Yeah.

Look, I'm starving, okay?

I'm gonna get the groceries from the trunk.

Can you...

- What?

Oh, sh*t, I think I left it in the parking lot.

- What?

- I'm sorry, it was an accident.

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