Tuesday, February 24, 2009

8 Seconds

A light shines through the small window of the orange and purple trailer home. Inside a couple, Lane and Kelly, prepare for bed. Kelly nervously twists her wedding ring around her finger and in a thick Texas accent hesitantly says, "Lane...I got somethin' I wanna say to you."
He continues to unpack his bag and talk on the phone to Tuff saying, "No, no I just don't trust them little bitty planes...I know it would be faster but I don't like um!"
When he finally gets off the phone Kelly tries to get his attention again, "Lane...Lane?"
"Hmm, baby?" he replies. "Lane I need to talk to you..." He doesn't reply. "Lane? are you listenin' to me?" Kelly yells.
"Yeah, baby, what is it?" Lane replies although he continues unpacking and shows no signs of actually paying attention to his wife. So Kelly decideds to just blurt it out. She tells him what has been eating on her conscience for the past week, "Lane, I been with other men, Lane" There is a long pause as his hands still and his eyes go wide with shock. Not shock that she has cheated on him, but shock that she has reveled to him the very thing he had been trying to tell her about himself for the last month...he had cheated on his wife.
All of a sudden Lane's control bursts. He lashes out at her with all the mean, horrible things he has been saying to himself all this time. "Kelly I been out here bustin' my ass at these rodeos for you! I been travelin' non-stop to try to give you what you want! I was tryin' to make a life for us, Kelly! You ruin it by sleeping with another man!" He grabs her arm and roughly pulls her to the door. As she cries begging him "Lane, I'm sorry, Lane. I love you!", he opens the door and shoves her outside into the night.
After the door slams shut she quitely stands staring at the trailer house. Slowly she turns and walks across the yard into her parents house.