Ice Castles Page #5

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She's dying out there.

Maybe it's my fault,

I don't know, I don't care.

I just don't want it to be like this.

She's all there is.

Lexie?

Honey?

Is this your mother's stuff?

Come on, Lexie. Let's go downstairs.

Lex, you've got to get out of here.

Is that your mother's sweater, Lex?

Are you taking stuff out of that trunk?

-Take it off.

-Leave me alone.

Leave me alone.

If you can get around, get it off.

If you can come up here,

take that damn sweater off!

Come on, Lexie!

Give it to me.

I won't have you wearing that sweater!

Poor little, Lexie Winston,

she was so promising.

Now she just sits in the attic

in her dead mother's clothes.

-Who the hell are you?

-I'll tell you who the hell I am.

I'll tell you who I am.

I'll tell you who the hell I am.

I'm a stupid character, in stupid clothes...

...who runs a goddamn

stupid bowling alley...

...and ice rink, a goddamn pathetic rink.

And I come up here and I look at you.

And I see....

God, I see...

...somebody I thought could be different.

But you're just like the rest of us,

another damned invalid.

Nobody's going to blame

a helpless invalid for giving up.

Isn't that what you were thinking

when you took that jump?

You wanted to find a way out.

Well, you sure as hell found it!

Son of a b*tch!

I'm sorry, honey.

I just can't stand it.

You can't?

Pretty tough...

...for someone who is blind and...

...4-foot-10.

5-foot-3.

I didn't mean to hurt myself.

I didn't want to hurt myself.

I didn't.

It's all right, baby.

It doesn't matter.

It's okay.

We just want you back.

We love you.

Please, baby, come back to us.

Same old pond.

I cleaned it out for you with a snow shovel.

And it's plenty thick

so you don't have to worry about that.

All I'm worried about is standing up,

not falling through.

Well, you go, we both go. All right?

Just let me try to pull you along

a little bit, okay?

Yeah, that's it.

Now come on, you're making more of this

than is necessary.

I'm scared.

There's no point to be scared.

Old Daddy has you.

This is fun.

With you.

I'm more liable to fall than you.

Now you know that.

Okay, let's turn around...

...and try to....

I'm going to pull you a little bit. Okay?

Now, hold onto me so I don't fall.

Okay. Nothing to it.

You skate like you've done this before.

Have you?

Not recently.

Careful there.

I should tie my shoelaces,

so you won't trip over them.

Good.

Nothing to it.

Let's see now.

Dad, it's scary.

-Am I going too fast?

-Dad?

Okay. You want to try it again?

Okay, come on, pick up some speed now.

You're doing good.

You're heading towards the edge.

Here. There's a hand in front of you.

Grab it.

What are you doing here?

I came to see you break your ass.

I can't see very well.

I don't know if you're kidding.

Just listen to my voice.

I'm not kidding.

You don't have to see where you're going.

I'll guide you.

It's hard.

I keep....

The ice field is tilted.

I keep trying to see where I am.

See the edge.

Try shutting your eyes.

Just get the feel of the ice.

Balance. Feel your balance.

Nick?

Nick?

Keep coming.

Don't act helpless with me.

Come on, keep working.

Around.

That's right.

Follow me.

Follow me. Don't make me control you.

Feel where I'm going.

Just skate, don't be so stiff.

Feel the ice. Right.

Left.

Right.

Left.

Do you feel the turn?

I'm going to go around you.

Give me your hand.

I'm all right. Right here.

Don't lean so much. Stand up straight.

We're going to turn around.

Come on, turn, I've got you.

I've got you. That's it.

Now, we're going to glide.

That's it. Ready?

Glide.

Just glide.

-Do an axel.

-No!

Did you hear what I said?

I said, "Do an axel."

-Nick, I can't.

-Don't give me that.

You're going to set up.

No! What are you doing?

We'll go around again

and when we're straight you'll do an axel.

Shut up!

You're gutless.

-You bastard.

-Can't you do it without the TV cameras?

You shouldn't have opened your eyes.

You bastard!

You're sure a better skater

than you are a fighter.

I hate you. I really hate you.

I guess that makes us even.

Well, are you going to sit there

and get your ass all wet?

I don't need your hand to help me up.

Well, you want to quit?

Why are you doing this?

I tried to hurt her.

I really wanted to hurt her.

That's three in a row.

You quit being a doctor, a hockey player...

...and now you're going to quit on Lexie.

You're too much.

It seems to me that you have to get away

from anything that looks tough.

Did you ever skate on a pro team?

That's easy. You just get beat up.

I know what you're talking about--

-Maybe I know the moves pretty well.

-Don't.

If you want to spend half your life...

...making up your mind

about what you feel like doing, that's fine.

But finally you've got to make a move

or turn out like the rest of us.

You're on your own.

Make a circle. Go faster.

That's it.

You're going to cut towards the center,

towards me. Listen to where my voice is.

That's it.

Make a sharp right turn.

You're coming to the wall.

You've got about ten feet.

Five feet, turn, turn.

That's it.

All right. Now, go into a sit spin.

You're in the middle of the rink.

Hell, I did that when I could see.

Oh, baby, you did a double.

-lt wasn't perfect.

-Well, it was damn good.

What a girl, what a girl.

Nick...

...I love you.

I know you don't like me

very much anymore.

But I love you.

I want you.

Now?

Yeah.

Come on.

What about Beulah?

She's not here.

It's only 6:
00.

I was beginning to think

you didn't know how.

I don't know where you come up

with those harebrained ideas.

She can do it.

It's five months until the first competition.

That's plenty of time.

-I don't care about any of that.

-Yeah, you do.

If you could see you'd be right back

in there, with that whole business.

-I wouldn't.

-I don't believe you.

I can't.

You don't have to do anything

you don't want to.

If nobody made her do anything...

...she'd be sitting up in that room

staring at the walls.

I don't know if she can do it.

I just know she's got to try.

For who? For you or for her?

For both of us.

If she doesn't try...

...it's going to be second best...

...for us.

Whatever it is.

She can skate.

I don't know who took that seriously

in the first place, even her, but she can.

She just won the sectionals.

That's all the skaters

in the middle of this country.

-That's saying something.

-It's pointless and cruel.

Don't give me that.

Not trying is pointless and cruel.

Not trying is wondering your whole life

if you gave up too soon.

Who the hell needs that?

They'll laugh at me.

They might.

Well, they can't know I can't see,

otherwise they'll just feel sorry for me.

-That's going to be harder.

-They can't know.

Okay.

Dad?

The kid's never seemed too smart.

But he's right. I'm with you, baby.

Goddamn, I sure am.

Here we are, the team!

The flying wedge.

-Fearless!

-Suicidal!

We have the fastest blade-changing time

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