Cody
ok u win Bailey. where are u?
Cody
i’ll pick u up and take u home
Cody
are u going to wander all over the bald prairie under the hot sun all afternoon?
Cody
i’m sorry i yelled at u. ok?
Cody
now tell me where u are so i can pick u up and we can
Bailey
we go for a pleasant Sunday drive in the country and u kick me out of yr truck!
Bailey
u abandon me in the middle of nowhere!
Cody
u told me to ‘stop the fucking truck’ and let u out on the side of the highway!!
Bailey
u started the argument!!
Cody
i only said we shouldn’t get married until
Cody
you told me to fuck off! i fucked off!
Cody
ok c’mon bails...i’m still on highway 58. turning around and heading back.
Cody
holy shit! where did the sun go!?
Bailey
Bailey...it’s gotten really dark all of a sudden...
Cody
jesus those are some huge black clouds
Cody
where are u Cody? i need to pick u up. quick
Bailey
do u want to pick me up Cody? :-|
Cody
YES. that’s a helluva lot of lightning!
Bailey
and thunder! the ground just shook!!
Bailey
i’m in an open field. a plowed field...
Bailey
i walked. stomped a long way off from the highway i guess :-(
Bailey
i don’t see any farmhouses or barns or anything
Cody
holy shit! the wind just about blew my truck right off the highway!
Bailey
it knocked me right off my feet!!
Bailey
come and get me Cody!! hurry!! please!!
Cody
it’s like midnight at midday out here! i’ve never seen such dark clouds piled up like that!
Cody
the lightning is incredible! flashing all over the sky!
Bailey
the thunder is shaking the ground out here!! exploding it’s so loud!!
Bailey
OMG it’s pouring rain now!! almost horizontally with the wind!!
Cody
i see it! i feel it!
Bailey
COME AND GET ME CODY! HURRY!
Cody
i hauled ass back to where u got out...i think.
Cody
but I don’t see u anywhere in the fields on either side of the highway Bailey!
Cody
it’s hard to see anything with all the rain and dirt blowing around - even with my high beams on.
Cody
the truck is rocking!
Bailey
i feel so small all alone out here in the open. getting soaked. blown around...
Bailey
FUCK! MY EARDRUMS JUST ABOUT SHATTERED WITH ALL THIS THUNDER! THE GROUND IS SHAKING!
Cody
can u see any landmarks of any kind Bailey!?
Cody
trees? a creek? dirt road? grain silo? billboard sign? barbed wire fence?
Bailey
OMG CODY!! there’s a huge white funnel cloud coming down out of the pitch-black sky!!
Bailey
HELP ME CODY! I’M ALL EXPOSED OUT HERE IN THIS OPEN FIELD!
Cody
i’m coming for u Bailey! hang on!
Cody
god almighty! i see the funnel too...it’s huge!
Cody
it touched down. it’s touched down on the ground Bailey!
Cody
it...that twister must be half a mile wide! god almighty!
Bailey
CODY THE TORNADO’S RIGHT BEHIND ME
Bailey
it’s only about a mile away from me! and coming fast!!
Bailey
HELP ME CODY! HURRY! I’M RUNNING!
Cody
ok! it’s moving south...fast
Cody
that means it’s just north of u. there was a dirt road i just passed going east west.
Cody
i’ll cut across the dirt road and hopefully intercept u
Bailey
THE TORNADO’S COMING RIGHT TOWARDS ME CODY
Bailey
I CAN’T RUN FAST ENOUGH
Bailey
THERE’S DIRT FLYING EVERYWHERE
Bailey
THE WIND IS BLOWING IN EVERY DIRECTION
Bailey
I CAN’T SEE...HEAR...HARDLY MOVE
Bailey
I’M GETTING KNOCKED OFF MY FEET! LIFTED -
Cody
i’m on the dirt road Bailey! going ninety!
Cody
the twister’s only a couple of miles away!
Cody
i...i can see an old grey farmhouse up ahead on the south side of the road!
Cody
run for the house Bailey! can u see it!?
Cody
hide inside the chimney!
Cody
the wooden structure might be blown away but the stone chimney will give u shelter!
Bailey
i see the house!! barely...through the whirling dirt and rain!!
Bailey
it sounds like a locomotive is chasing me Cody!! bearing down on me!! right on my heels!!
Cody
i’m coming up fast!!
Cody
I’M COMING FOR U BAILEY
Cody
god almighty! the twister blew the farmhouse right apart!!
Cody
and tore away the chimney
Cody
it’s moved on thank god Bailey
Cody
I’M PARKED RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE FARMHOUSE
Cody
where it used to be anyway
Bailey
i fell in a gully..,about a hundred yards from the road
Bailey
a deep narrow gully..,it saved me! the tornado passed right over top of me...
Bailey
my ears are still popping and i’m totally covered in mud :-P
Bailey
yes. it’s so bright and sunny out now!
Bailey
and a huge bright beautiful rainbow stretching across the sky too :-))
Cody
see what happens when we break up? :-D
Bailey
YES. let’s NEVER do that again. ok Cody?
Cody
never again bails. never again
