Back in the Day Page #5

You're that fighter

they call lefty, right?

Anthony Rodriguez?

Yeah, that's me.

Well, don't be getting

a big head

'cause I recognized you.

The only reason I did is because

my cousin, Vito, is a boxer and

he's fighting you next month.

Vito Germano is your cousin?

Yeah, that's right.

I'm Nicky Germano.

Vito's a good fighter.

It should be a good match.

Good match?

He will knock you the f***

out in the first round.

I'm glad you think so,

Nicky Germano.

Come on, Matt, let's go.

Who the f***

do you guys think you are,

coming over here

and your Jersey shore crew?

My boy over here is gonna kick

the sh*t out of your cousin.

Get the f*** out of here,

you f***ing wannabe Joe Pesci.

I'll f***in' b*tch-slap you.

You ain't gonna do sh*t.

Now you and your friends

go back where you came from.

We're not looking

for any trouble, all right?

Come on.

Well,

I don't know

if you know this or not,

but I do a little boxing myself.

Yeah, golden gloves and all.

Good for you.

Good for me.

Let's go, guys!

You're out of here.

Come on, man!

Get him out of here, too.

Get the f*** off of me!

I'm gonna f***ing sue

this place!

Get the f*** off me.

Hey, look at this.

What a bunch of sh*t?

He beat the sh*t out of

some guy in Atlantic city.

He beat up the cousin of the guy he's

gonna fight in a couple of weeks.

That's funny.

He beat him up 'cause he's

gonna lose to his cousin.

You think so?

He's been training hard lately,

he's been fighting good.

And you say things like that.

I'm joking around, Enzo, okay?

Keep your comments to yourself.

That's f***ed up that he had

to spend a night in the joint.

He's probably scared

shitless in there.

Here she is.

Thank god.

Saved by the shots.

Yeah, thanks, sweetheart.

Thank you so much.

- Thank you.

- Thank you.

All right.

To, uh, our health.

The good life.

Mmm.

You havin' fun?

Yeah. Yeah, of course, I am.

I gotta go

to the ladies room, though.

Take a walk with me?

- Everything's good?

- -Ah!

- Hey, what do we got here?

- Hello.

Go, go, go.

- All right, guys...

- can we get you a drink?

No. Thanks. I'm just trying

to go to the bathroom.

Me, too.

I wanna buy you a drink.

- You got your hands full.

- Aye.

You know what? I'm...

I'm with someone here,

all right? So just...

I don't see anybody.

Look at this sh*t.

For two more drinks?

Three?

How about you just f*** off

and get out of my way?

I could f*** off

but I don't want to.

Seriously, you don't want

to mess with my...

what the f***

you think you doing,

stepping in front of my girl?

I'm sorry. We didn't

realize she was with you.

They said that they were sorry, all right?

Just let it go.

Come on, Dominick. You know I

can't have any trouble here.

There's no trouble, Danny.

We're good, okay? We're good.

Go ahead. Go do

what you were gonna do.

Doin' good, all right?

Hey, can my friends and I

buy you guys a drink?

Buy you a drink.

We didn't mean any harm, bro.

I ain't your bro.

Now get the f*** out of here!

- Go ahead. Now.

- Good idea.

Guys, let's go.

Okay.

Too bad.

She really had a nice ass.

These Guidos... They're

always lookin' for a fight.

Did I, um...

Did I just hear

what I thought I heard?

Yup.

Meet me outside.

- All right.

- You got it, Dom.

Hey.

Where did Tommy and Victor go?

Ah, they left. They had

something they had to do.

- Don't do anything to them.

- Are you crazy?

- You see those guys?

- Let it go.

Come on.

It was a joke, those guys.

Seriously, it's okay.

Look, I gotta go.

I got something I gotta go do.

Here, why don't you stay here

with your girlfriend.

What happened?

Where are the guys?

I don't know.

You know Dom.

He's a f***ing crazy,

got a temper. Let's go.

Oh, and that ass, right?

Do you believe that ass?

Oh, so good!

Oh, I'm not your bro,

I'm not your bro!

Enough with that guy.

Let's go hit the other bars.

I'm driving.

Oh, sh*t! Look!

Oh, no!

Come on. I told you we didn't

want any problem with you guys.

What makes you think

we got a problem, huh?

Come on,

let's get out of here, Rocco.

What were you thinking?

Can you tell me?

You just wanted to go spend

a couple of days in jail,

is that it?

As you well know, I've been there

and it's not a nice place,

especially for someone like you.

You go and beat the sh*t out of

somebody and they lock you up.

It's in the f***ing papers.

What the f*** were you thinking?

I know, Enzo.

I'm sorry, man, I...

I lost my head.

You know what...

This is a very important

time for you,

and it's a time

for you to focus.

You shouldn't have been in

Atlantic city, in the first place!

I know.

You're right.

This guy's gonna eat you alive.

You got the rest of your life

to do that kind of thing.

You know, you've been

doing this for a long time,

but your window is closing.

You only have a limited

amount of time left

before you can reach

your full potential.

And you gotta get involved.

You gotta want to get there.

You know you're not there

'cause your head ain't right.

Stay away from Matty.

He's... he's bad news.

He's trouble for you,

goddamn it!

I'll stay out of trouble, Enzo.

But I can't stay away

from Matty.

His family raised me

after my mother died.

He's like my brother.

Live in the gym.

You got Eddie. He's the

best trainer you can have.

Don't let everybody down.

Don't let yourself down.

I gotta f***ing meet Gino.

He's gonna go f***ing nuts

if I'm late, all right?

You walk me out?

Absolutely.

Yo, Vic, let's go!

- Ready, Enzo?

- Yeah.

- Ciao, Enzo.

- Enzo.

Whoa, Anthony!

Where you going?

Stick around.

Have a drink.

No drinks for me.

You're fightin' that Italian

kid from Jersey soon, right?

- Yeah.

- Yeah, and you...

You're f***ed.

I mean, he's probably pretty

pissed off you beat up his cousin.

What the f***

was that about anyway, huh?

What are you...

What are you, f***in' stupid?

Oh, what's the matter?

You gonna tell Enzo now

what I said?

I don't need

to tell Enzo anything.

How's your friend Matty doing?

Huh?

You know, his pizza sucks.

Take care, guys.

Why you gotta break

his balls like that?

And you know the pizza

is awesome in there.

Come on. We've known him

and Matty all our lives.

He's never been nothing more

than a spic to me, Tommy.

Okay?

Finish your drink.

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

All right.

Yeah, you got it, baby.

Yeah.

I love the sound of that!

Sweet rhythm.

Yeah, it's do or die for you

in these next few fights.

I know, Eddie.

Hmm.

I don't want you to make

the same mistakes I did.

I never thought I'd see

the inside of a jail cell.

It's not a pretty place,

is it, Anthony?

No, it's not, Eddie.

Try spending six years there

instead of two days.

I had six years to think

about all of my f***-ups.

There always gonna be people

who're gonna try to knock you down

and get in your head.

F*** 'em.

You got a gift,

and you get it from both sides.

You're a half-breed.

You got the Italian heart

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