Bus Stops

INT. A BUS

Sandra gets on the bus and sits in between a crying baby and an old man.

OLD MAN
Ughh, my feet boils.......

SANDRA
What?

OLD MAN
Ughh, youths.

The baby starts to cry.

BABY’S MOM
Sorry, she’s teething.

SANDRA
Yup.

BABY’S MOM
The bus is just so much easier.

SANDRA
Yeah, I thought it would be faster than taking the subway.

BUS DRIVER
79th street. Next stop 78th.

SANDRA
Are we literally stopping every block?

BABY’S MOM
Yeah, it’s the new local bus.

One hour later. The Old Man and Baby are both sleeping. Sandra has finished reading her book, “The Stand” by Stephen King.

SANDRA
Where are we?

BABY’S MOM
63rd, I think.

SANDRA
We haven’t even gotten to midtown yet?

BABY’S MOM
The local, huh?

Baby’s mom shrugs.

SANDRA
Oh, boy.

Two hours later. The baby is crying, the Old Man is yelling about Bloomberg.

BABY’S MOM
It’s okay honey. “Twinkle, twinkle.........

OLD MAN
With the taxes that we pay........

BUS DRIVER
50th Street. Next stop 51st.

SANDRA
What?!?!

Sandra goes up to the front of the bus.

BUS DRIVER
Get behind the line.

SANDRA
Sorry, could we just speed this up a bit? Every one is getting a little restless.

BUS DRIVER
Behind the line. This is the local, we stop at every street.

SANDRA
I know, but no one will know if you just skip a few.

BUS DRIVER
Behind the line.

Sandra goes back to her seat. Three hours later. The baby has learned to walk and the Old Man has drafted three letters to City Hall, Sandra has finished “The Corrections” be Jonathan Frazen.

BUS DRIVER (CONT’D)
14th street.

SANDRA
Finally.

BUS DRIVER
Okay folks, I just got a call that there is a bomb on the bus and I need to keep us moving above 50 miles an hour or the bus will explode. Stay calm, we can all get through this.

Everyone is shocked.

SANDRA
What!! Oh my god.

The bus continues to circle around the city, indefinitely.

End.