Excerpt from 'Nineteen Seventy Something
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I pulled the Road Runner up next to a speaker pole on the third row from the back and grabbed a speaker,
"Ahhh! I got this same speaker the other night!" I mumbled as I tossed it to the ground and picked up the other one.
"What are you talking about...the other night?" Julie Ann pulled away from my shoulder momentarily and gazed at me.
"Oh, I meant way back...some other night."
Julie Ann squeezed my hand and pressed her body tightly against mine. Big Ed sat in the back seat on the passenger side, hugging the door. Sherri Warren sat directly behind me hugging her side tightly ...the two were as far from each other as they could possibly distance themselves.
"I'm not going to be able to see through the two of you!" Sherri squawked, "You're going to have to scrunch down!"
Julie Ann glanced over her shoulder, "Oh my God, Sherri! Scoot over to the other side by Ed."
Sherri stared out her window and pouted, "Jack said I could come to the show with y'all. He didn't say I could sit on Ed's lap through the entire movie!"
"Oh hell, I'll sit over there!" Ed shot out, "Matter of fact, let me out and I'll just sit on the hood of the car so nobody will have to sit by me!"
I laughed, "Ed, if you sit on the hood, none of us will see the movie!"
Julie Ann turned around and faced Sherri, "Scoot your ass over there by Ed! Good Lord, It's just Ed!"
"Whaddya mean, 'It's just Ed!" My big friend had taken offense.
Julie Ann shook her head, "Damn Ed, I just meant that...you're like family. Not like you're going to try anything funny with Sherri."
"Oh...okay."
Julie Ann knocked her forehead into my shoulder a couple of times, "Sheesh! Like bringing children to the show!"
Ed and Sherri settled in beside each other as the movie started. I turned up the volume on the speaker so we could hear. Five minutes into the show, Ed lurched his big body forward, pointing to the screen.
"Did you see that! Did you see what that road sign said?"
Sherri screeched, "I saw it! Oh my God!"
I peeked over my shoulder, "What?"
"That sign said 'Childress 30 miles!"
I felt the hair raise on the back of my neck. Childress, Texas was exactly thirty miles from where we sat.
Julie Ann squeezed my hand, "I didn't see it...did you see the sign?"
I shook my head while Ed poked his finger into my arm repeatedly.
"There's an old slaughter house right down the road...about three miles!"
"Yes, there is..." I ran my hand across Julie Ann's arm and felt goosebumps.
"Oh God, I'm so scared!" Sherri whispered from the back seat.
"You said you weren't going to sit in my lap...you ain't far from it right now Sherri!"
Oh damn, it's hot back here...Ed is sweating all over me...and I'm so scared!"
(Five minutes later)
"Alright, Rusty...you're going to have to scoot over by the door more. Sherri, right here by me...Ed, squeeze in and try to get the door shut." Julie Ann tossed her hair and scrunched closer to me as all four of us crowded into the front seat.
"This isn't working! Ed, put your arm over Sherri's shoulder...Rusty, put your arm over my shoulder...Sherri, move your damn bony shoulders, they are poking me!"
I protested, "My hand is touching Ed's hand!"
Julie Ann elbowed me in the ribs, "Hush, Rusty! We're all family here...it's okay."
...and so, the four of us sat like sardines, terrified as the dreaded Leatherface went about his grisly task of killing everybody on the screen...one by one. In fact, we were all so engrossed in the horror that none of us saw it coming...saw him coming. Ed sat with his big arm hanging out the window. In the darkness, a figure crawled out through his own window and stealthily crept toward that big arm.
I pulled the Road Runner up next to a speaker pole on the third row from the back and grabbed a speaker,
"Ahhh! I got this same speaker the other night!" I mumbled as I tossed it to the ground and picked up the other one.
"What are you talking about...the other night?" Julie Ann pulled away from my shoulder momentarily and gazed at me.
"Oh, I meant way back...some other night."
Julie Ann squeezed my hand and pressed her body tightly against mine. Big Ed sat in the back seat on the passenger side, hugging the door. Sherri Warren sat directly behind me hugging her side tightly ...the two were as far from each other as they could possibly distance themselves.
"I'm not going to be able to see through the two of you!" Sherri squawked, "You're going to have to scrunch down!"
Julie Ann glanced over her shoulder, "Oh my God, Sherri! Scoot over to the other side by Ed."
Sherri stared out her window and pouted, "Jack said I could come to the show with y'all. He didn't say I could sit on Ed's lap through the entire movie!"
"Oh hell, I'll sit over there!" Ed shot out, "Matter of fact, let me out and I'll just sit on the hood of the car so nobody will have to sit by me!"
I laughed, "Ed, if you sit on the hood, none of us will see the movie!"
Julie Ann turned around and faced Sherri, "Scoot your ass over there by Ed! Good Lord, It's just Ed!"
"Whaddya mean, 'It's just Ed!" My big friend had taken offense.
Julie Ann shook her head, "Damn Ed, I just meant that...you're like family. Not like you're going to try anything funny with Sherri."
"Oh...okay."
Julie Ann knocked her forehead into my shoulder a couple of times, "Sheesh! Like bringing children to the show!"
Ed and Sherri settled in beside each other as the movie started. I turned up the volume on the speaker so we could hear. Five minutes into the show, Ed lurched his big body forward, pointing to the screen.
"Did you see that! Did you see what that road sign said?"
Sherri screeched, "I saw it! Oh my God!"
I peeked over my shoulder, "What?"
"That sign said 'Childress 30 miles!"
I felt the hair raise on the back of my neck. Childress, Texas was exactly thirty miles from where we sat.
Julie Ann squeezed my hand, "I didn't see it...did you see the sign?"
I shook my head while Ed poked his finger into my arm repeatedly.
"There's an old slaughter house right down the road...about three miles!"
"Yes, there is..." I ran my hand across Julie Ann's arm and felt goosebumps.
"Oh God, I'm so scared!" Sherri whispered from the back seat.
"You said you weren't going to sit in my lap...you ain't far from it right now Sherri!"
Oh damn, it's hot back here...Ed is sweating all over me...and I'm so scared!"
(Five minutes later)
"Alright, Rusty...you're going to have to scoot over by the door more. Sherri, right here by me...Ed, squeeze in and try to get the door shut." Julie Ann tossed her hair and scrunched closer to me as all four of us crowded into the front seat.
"This isn't working! Ed, put your arm over Sherri's shoulder...Rusty, put your arm over my shoulder...Sherri, move your damn bony shoulders, they are poking me!"
I protested, "My hand is touching Ed's hand!"
Julie Ann elbowed me in the ribs, "Hush, Rusty! We're all family here...it's okay."
...and so, the four of us sat like sardines, terrified as the dreaded Leatherface went about his grisly task of killing everybody on the screen...one by one. In fact, we were all so engrossed in the horror that none of us saw it coming...saw him coming. Ed sat with his big arm hanging out the window. In the darkness, a figure crawled out through his own window and stealthily crept toward that big arm.
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