1981 Page #3

I know, I saw it.

Benito?

Why not ask Jean-Marie

to help build the deck.

That's his job.

Sure, he'll build it in a day.

He says it makes no sense

building it in the fall.

Why, what's the problem?

You must be doing it wrong

if it's taking so long.

What's the rush?

Your mother!

Know what's great about a K-Way?

Dad?

Dad?

Benito, answer him!

- What?

- How much do you earn a week?

- Why are you asking?

- Butt out!

- Dad?

- What?

Don't answer!

I have the right to know!

- Mom!

- Not your business!

I can't know how much my

parents earn? Talk about dumb!

$300 a week.

$300 a week.

Enough to buy a K-Way!

- Don't tell him!

- Why not?

He'll think we're rich,

ask for more stuff.

That's not why I asked!

Where's Caramel?

It's bath time! Upstairs!

I can't find him.

We'll look after your bath.

If I wanted to ask for something,

I needed a plan.

Dad?

You know, about the K-Way...

I think I have an idea.

Instead of you and Mom

buying it for me,

I could buy it myself,

like Renato and his motocross.

Where'll you get the money?

That's it...

I thought that maybe you and Mom

could pay me every week.

Lots of parents do that.

At my old school

lots of parents did.

Pay you?

Yeah.

That way I could save up

till I have enough in my account.

Like Normand Drolet.

His dad gives him

On Fridays, I think.

- Fridays.

He gave him 3 bucks, that's it.

He couldn't ask for more.

How will you earn the money?

I just told you.

You'd give me the money

and I couldn't ask you for more.

What's wrong?

So you want a salary

every week on Friday?

Well, Friday...

Maybe Saturday. I'll tell you.

Saturday's good.

No, Friday!

So you want a salary

every Friday. $3.

Well, with Normand it was $3.

Normand's Normand. You're you.

With $3 you can't do anything.

You need at least $5.

Yeah, I dunno. Maybe.

Think it over,

cause you can't ask for more later.

No no, 5 bucks.

So we agree?

You get a salary every Friday.

Like for a job?

Your job is you won't ask for more.

- Right.

- We agree?

I don't know.

Why not?

Your friend Normand...

He costs $3.

For the same job you cost $5.

So it makes more sense

for me to hire Normand.

How did he always manage

to outfox me?

It was dumb cause I knew

I'd get the money later,

in university.

Mom told me after Scouts once.

You draw well, right?

You'll study that in university.

You'll be an architect one day.

No, sorry.

It was driving home from hockey.

You draw well, right?

You'll study that in university.

You'll be an architect one day.

I still had a long way

till I became an architect.

Anyway...

I know Anne Tremblay

brushed my arm on purpose.

You can tell these things.

Get dressed, it's time.

Let's go. Your retainer!

If Caramel's lost,

won't we look for him?

He'll come back.

There's two kinds of people.

Those who read their horoscope,

like Mom.

And who read their horoscope

in secret, like me.

Just in case.

But one day it was right.

It mentioned Anne Tremblay!

It said,

"Communication with your loved

one will succeed."

At recess I was wondering

if I would be more successful

if I spoke to her, or her to me,

when a damn 2nd grader

showed up with the most

amazing gadget I'd ever seen.

Didn't I tell you it was

a school for rich kids?

So it seems the father

of Marc... Marc something...

worked for Sony.

And on his birthday he'd given

him their latest invention.

What's that?

It's a Walkman.

A what?

A mini tape deck.

You can play tapes on it.

Didn't you see the ad on TV?

No.

I'm gonna ask for one

for my next birthday.

You just had it, stupid.

My next one, dumbo!

What did you say?

- My next one.

- No, after?

Even if that jerk was with them -

the kid who called me Crunchy...

I wanted to join them,

the red K-Way gang.

Besides, Mom wouldn't let me join

the Kodiak gang.

They looked like bums.

And forget about those rejects...

Two people aren't a gang.

But these guys, yes!

They looked so flashy

in their red K-Ways.

I just had to find a way

that would make them

want to be friends with me.

Something hot.

Something they needed.

And I found it!

Do you guys have any

Playboy magazines?

- Playboy?

- Yeah.

Playboy, with the naked girls?

Yeah, do you have any?

Why, do you?

Yeah, lots.

If you want, I can bring a few.

I can still see their dumb faces.

I knew I'd won.

They looked just like I did

when my cousin told me the same fib.

On the stairs, I said to myself

being the new kid

was perfect for me.

Nobody knew who I was,

about my crush on Anne Tremblay,

that I was a chicken,

that I thought I was chubby...

Nobody knew nothing!

It was great!

No joke.

I was sure as sh*t to join the gang.

I just had to buy my red K-Way

and I'd be in.

Anne, 100.

Sylvie,

also 100! Congratulations, dear!

Jean, 96.

You're improving!

Valrie,

So what if she kept ignoring me?

S he probably didn't want others

to know she liked me.

Same as me.

It was just that,

in 6th grade, back then,

most kids were single.

So everybody

was after everybody else.

Nobody said so, so nobody knew.

It was pretty dumb, really.

"Communication with your loved

one will succeed."

Good work, Frdric.

Ricardo?

Sharp, yet?

Yeah, it's sharp.

OK.

"Communication with your loved

one will succeed."

It must mean

I could talk to her first.

Ask her a question.

What would it hurt?

Which line aren't you supposed

to go over?

Which line?

In your notebook,

when you're writing in longhand...

Isn't there a line

you can't go over?

What would it hurt?

Only that, as I recall, it was

the dumbest question I ever asked.

Which line?

Anne? Excuse me?

On top of all, I asked it twice.

You know, the notebook,

when I was learning longhand...

Sometimes when things go wrong,

you're out of luck.

I never should've asked

that damn question!

As soon as I got home

I threw out the horoscope!

Hey, Crunchy?

How'd you get Playboy?

I can't say.

Why not?

Because.

Because why?

Shut up! If he can't say, he can't.

But...

will you have them tonight?

It depends.

Depends on what?

I'll need cash.

- Sh*t!

- You have to pay?

Yeah, sometimes.

Come on, Crunchy!

Anybody can get 'em, even me.

You?

Yes, me.

Yeah, sure!

I just have to ask

my brother to buy it.

He's not 18.

He still looks it.

He's still in high school. No way!

He repeated a year, bozo!

So? He doesn't look that old.

He started shaving.

He even bought beer.

- He wouldn't lend you his

skateboard. - He did so!

- As if!

- It's just, my mom...

OK, OK! Break it up!

Lemme see.

Maybe I can cop a few for free.

Are we good?

What do you mean, 5%?

The mortgage is going up 5%.

I got that,

but how much does that make?

How much per month?

$250.

But only starting in March.

We should've signed for 5 years.

You never know.

The lady at the bank warned you!

What can I say?

It's never jumped this much.

With the dentist too...

$4000 for a retainer!

Why isn't it covered by

medicare? We're not a bank!

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