Ladybugs Page #6

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Chester, calm down.

Julie, I can't win.

If I tell Bess I didn't get the promotion,

I'll let her down again. It could be over.

And I can't stand lying to her.

It used to be,

I couldn't wait to be with her.

Now I feel guilty when I face her.

I don't even want to look at her.

Bess, baby, am I glad to see you!

Hi, honey. Hi, Julie.

I came to show you wedding invitations.

Oh, good.

You can show us on the way down.

We're late for our team's practice,

you know.

Practice? Chester,

why are you dressed like that?

Didn't I tell you?

I'm coaching the company soccer team,

the Ladybugs.

It sort of goes with the promotion,

you know.

- Excuse me. Getting off.

- Getting off.

All right, but before you go,

I just want to show you this.

I love it.

It's that calligraphy kind, isn't it?

I don't know. I don't like those letters.

To me they look like crushed insects,

you know?

What do we need

wedding invitations for, anyway?

They should call people on the phone.

Want to go to a wedding? Yeah?

Then get married.

Chester, you're wrong.

When you get married,

what's more important

than a beautiful wedding invitation?

- Getting off.

- Getting off.

Getting off.

Chester, are you all right?

Yeah, I'm just under a lot of pressure,

that's all.

Yeah, me, too.

Chester, I'm worried about Matthew.

I got a call from his principal.

He hasn't turned in any homework

for two weeks.

All he cares about is sports.

Honey, I told you before,

Matthew needs discipline.

I've seen the way you punish him.

You send him to his room.

In his room he has a stereo, color TV,

Nintendo games.

Oh, he really suffers.

Wedding invitations.

Who's getting married?

- We are.

- Well, good for you.

I give you both a lot of credit.

Hold your heads up high.

You can't beat true love.

Have lots of babies.

We're all God's children.

Wonder what the kids would look like.

Come on. Get out of here, will you?

Come on, Bess, will you?

This is ridiculous.

Well, this is it, honey.

I got to get down to the field.

And don't worry about Matthew.

Things will get better.

Well, they can't get much worse.

Because of his poor grades,

they kicked him off JV football

and soccer.

They kicked him off the soccer team?

They're nuts.

- He's the best player they have.

- He's very depressed about it.

Chester, maybe it would help

if you spent some time with him

and talked to him about it.

I told you, don't worry about Matthew.

They'll take him back. They need him.

He's a natural.

He could teach me about soccer.

Well, something has to be done.

I just wish I knew what.

Bess, I'll tell you what.

I'll make time. I'll talk to him.

Honey, would you?

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