Fat City Page #7

---

- Thanks.

- I'm wearing one of your T-shirts.

- I'll take it off for you.

- No, don't bother. I've got plenty.

I got my own.

Just wasn't none clean today.

What's yours is yours.

Oma wanted me

to throw your stuff out...

but I say a man's stuff

is his stuff.

When he shows up around here, I'm gonna

send him off with what he come for.

- You can take that box and shove it!

- Hush now. He just come for his things.

- He's leaving.

- Don't you hush me, you bums!

- What do you know about it anyway?

- Don't listen to her.

- She's been drinking.

- Get that garbage out of here!

- We've been out on the town tonight.

- Take the shirt off a man's back.

If that isn't just so perfect!

If that isn't just like him!

She just likes to blow off steam.

Don't listen to her. We gets along.

How I handle her,

I just don't pay her no mind.

The thing you got to understand

about her, she's a juice head.

I know.

She won't eat either.

Yeah, that's on account of

her unhappy life and all that sh*t.

Nothing I can do about that.

So I don't let it worry me none.

Look like you had you a fight.

How you come out?

- I won.

- Is that right?

I seen you on the posters.

I like to catch a good fight

now and then.

- Maybe I'll catch you some time.

- Good.

But I don't need you coming around

here no more. She don't wanna see you.

Oma, you wanna see this man?

- Christ!

- See how it is?

You got your stuff.

- You got a match?

- I don't have one.

- Hey, man.

- Hey, how's it going?

- All right. How you doing?

- All right.

- You look like you had a fight.

- Yeah, I just one a decision in Reno.

Is that right?

Congratulations. Nice going.

- Why don't we have a drink?

- No, not for me.

- How you been keeping, man?

- Come on.

No, I gotta get home

to my wife and kid.

What's the matter? You won't even

have a drink with your old buddy.

But I don't drink.

Yeah, I know.

You only win decisions.

Do you know how many KOs

I had in a row?

A whole long string.

You mind if I say something personal?

- No, go ahead.

- Can I be frank?

It's just my own opinion.

You remember that first time

that we met down at the YMCA?

Yeah.

I said to myself then...

I said...

"Now, there is a guy

that is soft in the center."

I don't know. Forget it.

Great. Fine. Congratulations.

Listen, you got everything

going for you, you know that?

You're young, and you got a wife,

and you got a kid...

- A little boy.

- Yeah, and you got a good reach too.

- Hey, no hard feelings, huh?

- No, man. No hard feelings.

You're right about that drink.

Can I buy you a cup of coffee?

Yeah, let's go get some coffee.

So, why haven't you been training?

Oh, I don't know.

I've been thinking about it.

- Coffee?

- Coffee.

Please.

How'd you like to

wake up in the morning...

and be him?

Jesus.

The waste.

Before you can get rolling...

your life makes a beehive

for the drain.

- Thanks.

- Thank you.

Maybe he's happy.

Maybe we're all happy.

Right?

Do you think he was

ever young once?

No.

Maybe he was.

Hey, buddy, I'm gonna take off.

Hey, stick around.

Talk a while.

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes