i never want to die Jane.

Jack and Jane walk down the deserted driveway in the middle of nowhere.  it is raining and windy.  they are holding hands and they both have big smiles on their faces.  they haven’t seen each other for over fifty years but a good fuck solves everything.  they walk to the local coffee shop and sit down and drink coffee.  the coffee shop is empty.  it is old.  life getting closer and closer to the end.  Jack never wants to die.  Jane tried to kill herself twelve times but now wants life to go on forever.  love conquers all.  no matter what age.  some people connect with rabbits.  some people connect with dogs.  some people connect with cats.  some people connect with dolls.  some people even connect with humans.  human connection and human touch is needed by all…even Jack Tait.  Jack wishes he had re-connected with Jane many years earlier but Jack is filled with regrets and therefore is used to the feeling.  they drink their coffees and stare into each other’s eyes.  Jack has a pimple on his cheek.  “WHY THE FUCK DO I STILL GET ZITS???  I AM SIXTY FUCKING YEARS OLD!!!  FUCK ME!!!”  Jane laughs.  Jack starts laughing as well.  they pay for their coffees and run out of the coffee shop happy and free.
  Jack and Jane walk hand in hand with big smiles on their faces.  they walk to the Liquor Store.  “why do you drink so much Jack?”  Jane asks Jack.  “I love the feeling that it gives me Jane.  I’m not a bullshitter.  the taste is good but the light drunken feeling I get from Jack Daniels is almost as good as sex.”  “No way…I don’t believe you Jack.”  “true story Jane.  in fact, we could have an experiment right now.  i will chug a forty of Jack Daniels and sit by myself for four hours and you can put a mood ring on me and see what colour it turns.  then four hours after that I can fuck you and then put that same mood ring on and see what the result is.  do you wanna bet???”  “Jack, don’t be silly.”  “i’m not being silly Jane. i love you very much but a bottle of Jack beats any women any second of the day.”  “YOU ARE FUCKED UP JACK!!!”  “no i’m not Jane.  i’m just real.”  Jack took the test and he was right.  Jack Daniels beat pussy.  Jack grinned and turned on the stereo.  Neil Young was playing.  Jack walked over to Jane and gave her a huge hug.  he wouldn’t let go.  “i love you Jane.”  “i love you too Jack.”  the music continued.
  They sat and talked about life and music and past friends and past lovers and laughed and cried and tickled each other and kissed and smiled at each other.  they both looked at each other and smiled and cried at the same time.  then Jack asked THE QUESTION.  the question that has plagued him his whole life.  plagued him in his life not hers.  “Jane…did you ever get over the horrific car crash and the death of your husband and two daughters?  did you ever recover???”  Jane sat silent and motionless.  so did Jack waiting for her response.  this stillness lasted ten minutes.  Jack had never sat still for ten minutes in his whole life but this time he did.  he waited and waited.  so did Jane.  Kris Kristofferson now playing on the radio.  tears flowing down Jane’s face.  Jack began to cry as well.  “are you okay Jane?”  silence.  tears.  pause.  then…”i miss them Jack.  i miss them so much.  they were my everything.  earlier that day i had fought with my two daughters about school and that they should be getting A’s instead of B’s…A’s INSTEAD OF B’S JACK.  HOW SILLY.  it was the last time i ever spoke to them.  i never forgave myself for that.  never.  what i would give to take those words back.  to see them one more time.  life is so precious Jack.  life is so precious.  why did it have to happen to me?  to my family?  we never harmed anyone.  we were a good family.”  Jack walks over to Jane and puts his arms around her.  she cries and cries.  “it’s okay Jane.  it’s okay.  life is cruel.  life is sad.  i’m so sorry for your loss Jane.”  “thanks Jack.”  Jane manages a little smile.  so does Jack.  they hold each other tightly as Bonnie Prince Billy’s WOLF AMONG WOLVES plays in the background.  “i never want to die Jane.  I never want to die.”