Ice Castles Page #2

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-What's going on? Where are we?

-Don't wake up, baby.

What are you doing here, Marcus?

I live here.

-They threw me flowers, Daddy.

-'Bye, she was great.

They threw me flowers.

Are you her coach?

Yeah.

You do good work.

How old is she?

Look, Miss Machland, let's start over.

I know who you are...

...and we both know

that Lexie's training has been lousy.

She's had work in figures?

She's a natural talent.

She's very impressive.

You want to train her?

I want to find out what her goals are.

You think she's that good?

She looked good.

Of course, it was only a regional.

You want to train her.

I want to train her.

Now...

...how old is she?

Sixteen.

I'm sorry to have wasted your time.

She's very quick.

Pardon?

I mean, I've seen her see someone

on television, you know, like...

...Dorothy Hamill or someone.

And she can pick up those moves.

But the figures....

She's too old.

Figures are only 30 percent

of the score now.

Yes, they are, aren't they?

Well, now, you said she's too old.

What's the point in putting her through

all that trouble?

I said that normally the best skaters

are well-trained much younger.

Six or seven, yeah, well...

...Iooks like you're a decade late,

Miss Machland.

Lexie can do it, Marcus.

I wouldn't be here if I didn't think so.

-I can't afford to waste my time.

-Good to hear. Who can?

I appreciate your coming by.

Damn it, Marcus,

give her a chance to be something.

She is something.

Are you afraid she might make it?

What would happen

if she became a champion?

She'd probably leave here.

Come back only for Christmas.

You should have seen me.

I walked on that rink

like I owned the place.

Took a few of my Nick old-patented

slap shots...

...and they just asked me to try out.

That's great.

When do you go?

In two weeks.

Whose car is that?

I don't know.

Do you want to do that? Play hockey?

Oh, hell yeah.

It's fun.

Come on, I'm only going

to be gone a few weeks.

What if you make it?

That's why I'm going.

I know I'm supposed to...

...go to college and I'm supposed to be

a doctor. I know I'm supposed to...

...get married and have kids.

I'm supposed to end up just like my folks.

Every time I start something...

...I see where it's going and I don't like it.

But that doesn't mean

that I don't love you.

Hey, Johnny Holiday just laid on you

another triple-golden sweep from...

...golden-weekend time at KXLA,

in Ames, Iowa.

It's 3:
11 on a Saturday afternoon.

Got a beautiful weekend going for us.

Where the hell have you kids been?

Nick's got a tryout with the Northstars.

You're kidding?

Hey, Nick, that's just your speed,

bumping into walls for a living, huh?

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