Wind Chill Page #3

- You have so much crap in your car...

- I just spent 60 bucks on those groceries.

I bought all that gourmet crap that you like,

the Saint-Andr cheese,

the Carr's crackers,

those stupid little French pickles.

- Cornichons?

- Cornichons.

I love cornichons.

I know.

I think I remember losing a candy bar

down the seat cushion the other day.

Let me just... Oh, God, I'm starving.

What? What is it? What is it?

What?

It's a candy bar.

You're an a**hole.

- Give me these.

- Get off. Let go!

- All right, give me these, God damn it.

- Let go!

I need these.

You just ask.

I can't believe you left all the food

in that parking lot.

Oh, my God,

I will write you a check for 60 bucks

if it'll make you get off my case.

Let's just eat, all right?

You're killing me.

- Story of my life, never fails.

- What?

You, girls, women.

- I mean you seem cool at first...

- What are you talking about?

You should all come with a warning

like car mirrors.

Objects in belly shirts

are flakier than they appear.

You want to talk about flaky,

'cause I'll go there.

How about guys who pretend to be

from Delaware to meet girls?

Okay, how about we just stop talking

altogether, huh?

- That's perfect.

- All right, great, great.

That's perfect, 'cause now I'm not some

Nietzsche-spouting girl of your dreams,

suddenly I'm not worth knowing, right?

Well?

Gas.

Sh*t.

Yeah, the fuel tank must have cracked

in the accident.

What do you think?

You got a welding rig

in all that sh*t of yours?

Even if you did, it wouldn't matter.

We're out of gas.

We still have a battery.

We got no engine.

Okay? We got no heat.

All right.

Hold on a sec.

Layers. It's the only way

we're going to make it to sunup.

So start layering up,

put on everything you brought, okay?

Well, I didn't bring anything.

- Oh, Jesus.

- Oh, yeah, yeah, you're right.

I'm just so ill prepared

for us crashing into a snowdrift.

How could you not bring anything?

Because I have everything I need in Delaware.

All right.

- What's the matter?

- It's freezing. I can't feel my toes.

Yeah, me neither.

You know, there is a better way

for two people to conserve body heat.

Oh, dream on.

Whatever.

God.

- What?

- I got to pee.

- All right.

- Oh, sorry.

Why didn't you go when we were outside before?

Because it's freezing out.

It's like an arctic air mass out of Canada.

Yeah, well, it's still freezing out.

Yeah, well, I really got to go.

Just promise not to look.

Oh, my God!

Did you see? Did you see?

They were right here.

- Who? Who?

- These people just waltzed right past me.

Why didn't you stop them?

Jesus, where'd they go?

- Where'd they go?

- That way. They went...

Well, come on, let's...

Where did they go?

They're there, they're there, come on.

Hey! Wait! Hello!

There they are. Hello, wait!

Come on. Wait, hold on, give me a sec.

I guess it's... It's my back.

- We should just go back to the car.

- No.

- No, we should just go back to the car.

- No, we should keep going.

Listen to me. Listen, he looked right at me.

Why wouldn't he stop?

Something's not right.

Look, maybe these guys can help us, okay?

Okay, you go back to the car

and I'll meet you there.

This is insane.

Wait. Wait! Wait! Just, please wait!

Wait! Just wait!

Please, Officer, please don't...

Wait!

Don't put me in the river.

Who did this to you?

- I can't hear what you're saying.

- Please, Officer, please.

- It's okay, it's okay.

- Don't put me in the river.

- It's okay. Stop, please stop, it's okay.

- Don't put me in the river.

What happened?

Are you all right?

Are you all right?

I didn't see anyone.

There's nobody up there.

There's nobody up there. Look. Look at me.

Are you all right? What happened?

There was this guy, I saw him walking

and there was something with his face.

I don't wanna talk. I can't talk.

Oh, Jesus, what happened?

I just went to touch him.

Okay.

Come on.

Where'd you get that?

Oh, there's a...

There's the ruins of an old house

or something up on the hill.

You know, we can use it to patch the window.

Keep the air out better than that.

You got the duct tape?

Here.

Okay.

Here.

That should stick.

- Okay, I'm gonna get in the back.

- Wait.

You awake?

I don't want to sleep.

Why?

I'm just afraid I won't wake up, you know.

That's what they say happens

when you freeze to death.

It's just like going to sleep.

Yeah, well, there's worse ways to go.

- Oh, my God, who is it?

- Is everything all right in there?

- It's a cop, it's a cop.

- What?

- Oh, thank God. Thank God.

- Officer, Officer...

You don't know how glad we are to see you.

...you won't believe

what's been happening up here.

You don't know how happy we are to see you.

Someone ran us off the road...

There's no parking here.

No, no, we're not...

What are you talking about?

Didn't you hear what she said?

- Somebody ran us off the road.

- Someone ran us off the road.

Of course, I might be willing

to let you off with a warning this time,

if we can come to some sort of arrangement.

What are you talking about, sir? We...

It's a shakedown. It's a shakedown.

He's probably partners with the guy

who ran us off the road.

Oh, Jesus,

you think this whole thing was a scam?

That son of a b*tch could have killed us.

How much cash do you have on you?

Seriously, how much?

Oh, I can't believe this.

Here.

I got 20, 30, 40, 35... I got 40 bucks.

- Okay.

- I'll take care of...

No, come on, come on. Please.

How many speeding tickets

have you sweet-talked your way out of?

This is all we have.

Sir?

Some weather we're having.

Yeah, it sure is.

So, what do you say?

How about a little Christmas spirit here?

You know, this is one bad stretch of road.

Yeah.

All kinds of trouble going on up here.

Kids drag racing,

n*ggers hauling booze across state lines.

Lady drivers breaking down,

no one ever hears from them again.

We just want to get out of here,

so if you could just...

Let me tell you,

I've seen a lot of fatalities on this road.

You're lucky I came along when I did.

Yeah.

So why don't we get in my car?

I'm not getting in your car.

I think maybe I just...

I just want to go... I'll go back to my...

You're not going anywhere!

- Get in the damn patrol car.

- Please, just let us go.

Hurry up, we've got an audience.

We didn't do anything, just...

Please, just let us go.

We won't tell anybody.

If you just...

We've done nothing wrong, we...

Sir, we got stranded here. Don't do this.

Get away from her, you bastard!

Oh, jeez, your fingers are stuck.

Okay, you need to breathe.

This is really gonna hurt, okay? Hold on.

- You ready?

- Okay.

- Just breathe.

- Okay.

Good, that's really good, that's really good.

Well done.

How bad?

You got frostbite, second and third degree.

- How do you know?

- Ski camp.

Okay.

Okay.

Oh, thanks,

but I'm not really in the mood anymore.

We have to re-warm your hands, okay?

We got to get the circulation going again.

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