Hoovey Page #4

Yeah.

And you're just now...

telling me because...

How ya doing', Coach?

I... don't think I can do this anymore.

It's killing me.

Why is this happening, Coach?

What did I do wrong?

So, uh... the

good Lord was having a talk with

the Devil one day.

Bragging on his man Job.

"See how he loves me? Serves me?"

"Well," said the Devil. "Why wouldn't he?

You give him everything.

Money, power... land, children.

Let me take it away from him, and watch him

"curse you to your face."

And God said, "Oh, okay."

So the Devil does. He takes everything.

Leaves old Job with nothing,

sitting in the dirt,

covered with boils.

Finally old Job had had enough.

What do you reckon he said?

"It was... all His to begin with."

He didn't do anything wrong.

Neither did you.

Woah.

I don't think I'm gonna

eat again until Friday.

Good. That? save us a grocery run.

This is a tough one... isn't it?

What do you mean?

Hello? I'm eighteen...

not eight.

I know what's going on.

Your mother and I are so proud of you, hun.

You're a beautiful...?

Thanks.

You're changing the subject.

All right, that's it...

I'm cutting you out of the will.

You'll get nothing and like it.

The way it's gonna have to be.

You remember when I used to get scared

and you'd always come in

and ask the same question,

"What's the first thing the angel says when

he shows up in the Bible?"

"Don't be afraid."

Well, we were never afraid before.

How did you get so wise?

From Mom. From Mom, yes...

Hurting feelings.

Thanks for the day, honey.

Let's go.

Dad... Dad? The car's way over there.

Mine is. This one's yours.

Wait... but... how would...?

Dad, no WHY!

Dad!

Old Man Long traded me

for some stump pulling, so...

This is my dad everybody and

I love him!

I love you!

Can we go? Can we go? Oh!

Careful!

She's old, but she runs.

Get outta town! Let's do this.

Irving Zeldoff, ever heard of him?

Ummm... not ringing a bell.

Tightrope walker, about

a hundred years ago.

He'd do these crazy stunts,

walk between skyscrapers,

bridges...

So one day old' Irv decides to go big.

Stretches a line across Niagara Falls.

Now, nobody had ever tried that before

so a huge crowd gathers.

Irving brings a wheelbarrow

and he asks the crowd,

"How many of you believe I

can walk across this rope

pushing this wheelbarrow?"

Whole crowd shouts,

"We believe! We believe!"

Then he asks,

"Who will get in that

wheelbarrow and go with me?"

Crickets.

Coulda' heard a pin drop.

Believing he could do it... that was easy.

They'd seen it.

Getting into that wheelbarrow and

letting somebody else do the walking

with no net under...

That's faith.

I have f-f-faith, Dad.

It's not you that needs to

get in that wheelbarrow...

It's me.

Stand up.

Get that eye patch off.

You're a point guard, not a pirate.

Now bad things happen, but, uh...

what makes a man is

what he does with it.

Let's do this like old' Irv...

one step at a time.

Whoa. Oh...

I gotcha.

That's one.

Let's try again.

It's clear.

Thank God.

Argh.

Yeah!

On...

- drip irrigation...

- Drip irrigation.

Corresponds right here.

Ugh!

Whoa! Whoooa!

Thanks.

I got it!

Here you go, thirty dollars.

Thank you, Ma'am, see you next Friday.

Thank you.

Do you... do gutters?

Yeah! 'Course we do gutters...

wright'!?

Wha...

I just raked that area.

Sorry!

Four, five...

Come on!

Oh no! Oh no!

Dad! Mom!

I can see!

Come on, I wanna show you!

Yes!

Yaaay!

Elliot steers to the left...

to the right...

Wooh! Lets her fly with

his signature spin...

Nothing but net!

Ha ha!

Boo-ya!

The kid's a machine! Ha ha!

Hold it.

Yup. All right.

You sure about this?

Mmm hmm.

You really sure?

I believe in you, Eric.

See? Why do I even need a car?

I got it! It's not too hard.

Argh!

Ow. Are...

Oh! Annie! Annie, are you okay?

Think it looks better on me, huh?

Come on. Let's try again.

If you miss a layup, that's ten push-ups.

No, no... if you miss a layup

it's fifteen push ups.

Alright come on gentlemen,

keep it going. Right.

Hey!

Coach?

Yeah.

If there's any spots

left, I'd like to try for one.

You missed the "We" speech.

I know it by heart, Coach.

Jump in.

How hard can I go?

Go hard, you'll need to.

Ball in.

Watch it!

Whoa! Come on!

Yes!

Who's that guy in the stands?

Scout from I.U. He's, uh...

He's looking at Donovan.

And not you?

Let's go!

Tell me how it looks.

How what looks?

The back of my head.

Whoa.

This is messed up.

Throwing some charity case

in there with us like that.

It ain't right.

Give 'em a break, Donovan.

Dude's got a brain tumor.

Friend or no friend, we won't get to state

with a weak link like that.

OK.

Nah... nah, nah, nah. I'm gonna

be talking to my uncle tonight.

Why don't you talk to me instead?

I've known you for a year

now and gotten about

three words out of you.

Charity case?

It's not personal, man. This is business.

Agreed.

If I can't hang with you then

I don't deserve to be here,

but I can hang with you Donovan Oaks.

How do we know that?

You wanna go again?

Word is... you take one

good lick and you're done.

So take your best shot.

All right, Hoovey!

Knock it off!

He's the best player in this state...

and he might be right.

Hey catch you tomorrow, D.

Good game man.

Later Donovan.

So you're driving, right?

Yeah.

Hey, can I get a ride?

That was stupid.

I shouldn't't done that.

I'm sorry about what happened to you,

Elliot,

and I'm glad you're all right...

but...

that was then, and this is now.

And now is all I've got.

Okay?

This is my shot.

Every practice, every game, every day

is about getting me there and outta here.

You're a time bomb, man.

We all know it.

I get hurt, it's my business.

Wrong.

It's my business, too.

You get hurt, I gotta play point,

cuz those others can't hack point.

And we're out a shooter.

We can't win like that.

I mean do you even know who

was in the stands today?

I ticket outta this hick town,

and ain't nobody... nobody... gonna

stop me from that.

What are you doing here anyway, man?

You could play anywhere. Why

would you pick this hick town?

I didn't pick it.

So what happened?

Stupid stuff.

Somebody got killed.

Did you do it?

No.

But I didn't stop it, either.

We're all a time bomb, Donovan...

We don't get final say in how it goes.

I hear what you're saying, but

maybe I wanna shot myself.

Maybe I want some guy from a

college looking at me, too.

I'll be here tomorrow, man.

We'll go again, as hard as you want.

Man, somebody's everything

just went up in smoke.

Yeah.

Engine nine-eighty-two,

this is Rich.

It's Ruth. Can I... uh... talk to Jeff?

Elliot, it's your wife.

Here ya go.

Hey hun, what's up?

Can you come home?

It's back.

We've detected

a residual piece of tumor.

It could be a small piece

I missed in surgery,

that's common,

but it could also be new growth.

Are you having any dizziness or headaches?

No, sir. I'm good.

To tell you the truth, Doctor...

Hoove's been playing basketball again.

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