Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World Page #6

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up in the middle of the night,

dragged me out of bed... You're right.

I don't know why I bothered saving

your Iife, after you ruined mine.

What is that supposed to mean?

What? What is that?

Well, you know how sometimes the mailman

would put the mail in the wrong box?

Well, sometimes, the girl

that you never got over

sends you a Ietter.

That's from the girl? My God.

Oh, my God! That's great, right?

Yeah, it's pretty good.

What would be great is if I could

call her from a regular phone,

or I could just hop on

a train to wherever,

or not die in the outer suburbs.

But instead, I am on the scenic route

to the guillotine with you, and you.

She could be at the f***ing

pyramids by now.

She could have blown her head

off, and I wouldn't know,

because I didn't get this

three annoying months ago!

Oh.

Now I feel bad.

F***. Look, guilt isn't a feeling

that I'm comfortable with.

Well, fortunately you won't

have Iong to Iive with it.

What are you doing?

Penny, this really doesn't involve you.

I said I was gonna get you there,

I'm gonna get you there, so...

Where was the Iast place you saw her?

Where was she 18 years ago?

Look, you don't need to spend the

Iast few days of your Iife

with a total stranger.

You're not a total stranger, and

these aren't my Iast days.

Oh, you're a survivalist.

No, I'm not a survivalist.

I'm an optimist.

Hello! You having some trouble?

Do you know where the nearest

gas station is?

Yeah, but diesel is all they

got Ieft. Where you headed?

Where we headed, Dodge?

Somerset.

Somerset. Wherever that is.

I think Huntsville might

be as far as I'm going.

Great! Thank you!

So, what's your pilgrimage?

Because everybody's headed somewhere.

Well, I'm going to see

my family, and he's...

He's Iooking for someone.

Who is it you're Iooking for?

His high school sweetheart.

Is that right?

Well, there's no greater search

than that of Iost Iove,

I'll give you that.

You married? No, darling,

I never did walk the plank.

There was a special Iady.

My Rita passed seven years back.

You know, it's all about

who you Iay down with

when the Iights go out.

Takes Ionger than it should

to figure that part.

Truth is, it's nice to have

some company for a change.

Even strangers.

Why don't you tell us your Iife story?

Then we won't be strangers anymore.

Yeah?

Well, sure. Let's see. I was born in...

Wait a minute. I should probably

tell Daddy's Iife story first,

so there's some context. Okay.

Uptime? Groovy!

Yeah. Daddy was born in Skokie, IIIinois.

And his dad was born in Okie.

Used to catch bass.

So they run a bunch of tests

and they all come back with

the same bad news.

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