Brink! Page #5

Yeah.

Could you do me a huge favor

and get me a tissue over there?

Sure.

[coughing]

-Here you go.

-Thanks, man.

[coughing]

Hey. You'll tell the others for me?

Sure. Hey, we'll go down there

and check it out anyway.

No!

[groans, coughs]

I mean, no, man. Don't.

I mean... You know, the invitational,

it's only a warm-up for the championship.

You guys should session instead.

Okay. You're the boss.

-Take it easy.

-All right, man.

Oh, man!

[music playing]

[cheering]

No, grommet,

I told him to be here an hour ago.

He'll be here.

Since when did you start

sticking up for him?

Hey.

What do you think you're doing?

Hey, guys.

So, what's with the shades?

It's a look.

There's nothing wrong with a look.

Yo, X-Bladz. You're up.

Well, that look of yours

better come with some skating attached.

[air horn blares]

This is nuts!

We should at least check out the

invitational, see who our competition is.

Yeah. Maybe get a glimpse

of the X-Bladz mystery man.

Come on, guys.

Brink said we should session.

And we will...

after.

Come on. We should at least

catch the last round.

Are you coming?

[male announcer] Next up, Nicky Grimes,

Team Five Gear.

[crowd cheering]

-[cheering]

-[air horn blares]

[camera clicks]

-92!

-All right! Great job!

Team Five Gear.

Look at that!

We need at least a 96 to win.

I've been carrying

your sorry butts all day,

and I'm just about ready

to drop all three of you.

And you.

I thought you were supposed

to be something. "As big as you want."

Well, I want real big.

And I want it right now. You got that?

I got it.

Next up, Andy "Brink" Brinker.

Three. Two. One.

Go.

[crowd cheering]

That must be the new kid.

He doesn't look Korean.

That's because he's not.

[air horn blares]

Whoo! [laughs]

How was that?

I'll tell you in a few seconds.

97. Team X-Bladz.

[cheering]

My man, Val!

-Hey! All right!

-And, you, my man.

Now, I knew you would be good,

but I did not know you would be great.

-Thanks, Jimmy.

-You guys killed!

You're gonna be unstoppable

at the championship.

Look. I got a little something, huh?

It's a bonus for winning.

$200.

Not bad for a day's work, huh?

I knew it!

All those excuses! All that sneaking away!

You ditched us

so you could join these sellouts.

-Gabriella, I can explain everything.

-Explain how you lied to us?

How you bailed out on us

so you could join Team X-Bladz?

Do you have any idea

how many times I stuck up for you?

Peter...

And your stupid fever?

Come on.

-Come on, wait. I can explain--

-All right, play time's over.

I say we get together tonight and go over

some drills for the championship.

Well, looks like

we just lost our fourth man.

I don't think so, Jimmy.

Okay, it's like this.

We need four people to compete

in the championship, right?

We'll get Benjy.

No. Not Benjy. His style is so sketchy.

She's right.

He's like two steps above a poser.

I know. But we just get him

to sign up with us,

and then we keep rotating ourselves in

instead of him.

Yeah, but what about the downhill?

Which one of us could handle that?

All right. We'll go check out

the downhill course.

See who can do it.

How about me?

Um...

Okay if I sit down?

Sure. It's okay.

Wait. You guys, come on.

I quit Val's team.

I quit!

You want to know the difference

between them and me?

You bailed on them, and you bailed on me.

The difference is...

I'm willing to be your friend again.

Boomer's not going to be ready

for the championship.

Them? They're going nowhere fast.

But us...

we got a championship to win.

All right. Welcome back.

It's just not normal, that's all.

He's tired and he's a teenager.

Nobody's that unhappy all the time.

I mean, it's been two weeks.

Didn't you used to complain

because he was too happy?

Yeah.

I guess I just hoped he'd settle

somewhere in the middle.

It's so depressing to talk to him.

And what about his friends?

They're still mad at him over something.

He won't say what.

Why don't you talk to him?

-Me?

-Yeah.

Talk to Brink?

-You mean with words?

-Yeah.

You know how hard it is for me

to have a conversation with him?

I know.

Such a moody little sack of hormones.

-[both] Katie.

-Fine.

Honey.

Talk to him.

He needs you.

Go on.

Go.

Yo, Dad.

Yo.

Can I talk to you for a second?

Yeah.

[sighs]

So...

I haven't seen Peter or Jordy for a while.

Why's that?

Just a thing.

A thing. All right.

Answers that question.

Everything okay with them?

Yeah, Dad. It's fine.

Is that "fine" as in "good,"

or "fine" as in "leave me alone"?

I don't know, Dad. I just don't feel

like talking about it, okay?

Okay.

It's none of my business.

[sighs]

Except...

Andy.

You're my son.

Taking care of you is my business.

You can tell me or don't tell me.

It's okay.

But that doesn't change

my job description.

If you change your mind...

I'm here, buddy.

[sighs]

The championship has three parts--

street, vert, and downhill.

This is gonna be the downhill course.

The two teams with the highest scores

on street and vert

send one person right here.

Yo! Earth to Brink!

Pay attention. What are you looking at?

Well, I was just thinking

how fun it might be

to do a launch

off one of those driveways right there,

go up and over the roof of the next house,

and land right back on the road below.

Fun?

Yeah. Fun.

Well, if you don't mind coming back

from fantasy land for a minute...

This is about winning.

Not fun.

[Gabriella] Oh, this is just great.

I guess they'll let anybody skate here.

-What, are you guys following us?

-We came to use the downhill course.

Well, when we're done with it,

it's all yours.

When's that gonna be?

After the championship.

[all snickering]

-Come on, now, run along.

-This is a free country.

We can be here if we want.

Look. If you don't like it here,

why don't you go back to Mexico?

I'm from Peru, estupido.

I'll make you a deal.

How about we race to see

who stays and who goes?

One of you against one of us.

Come on, man. Just let 'em have it.

Why don't you just stay out of this?

Yeah. We can handle ourselves.

Let's see. Who's skating for your crew?

-Me.

-[laughing]

Cool.

-You ready?

-What?

You against Gabriella.

Whoever loses has to take off.

And you'd better not lose, man.

Come on, man. You can't make me do that.

Come on, man. What, are you afraid?

I'm not skating against you.

Why not? You've been doing it for weeks.

Cool. We'll go down to the beach.

First one there wins.

I'll skate down to the finish line

to make sure there's no cheating.

There's a big turn just before Kettner.

Stay on the outside.

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