Ice Girls

Who am Ito give advice

I'm nobody but take a listen

Just like everybody else

I've got a story

I don't know how to say it nice

I shine it up and make it glisten

All I know is I believe and it's reassuring

When I was out, when I was down,

somebody told me something

So simple but I follow it till this day

Hey, go follow your rainbow

Go follow your rainbow

Hey, don't believe when they say no

Say, "Yeah "

I know what you might be thinking

That'll never work for me

Too young, too old, too poor

They're just excuses

So when you get down,

and you bottom out

Remember this little something

Hope is what will help you find your way

Hey, go follow your rainbow

Go follow your rainbow

Hey, don't believe when they say no

Say, "Yeah "

I know what you might be thinking

That will never work for me

Too young, too old, too poor

They're just excuses

(SIGHS)

(CAR HONKING HORN)

(CONTINUES HONKING HORN)

(SIGHS)

KELLY:
Em! Emma! Emma!

Come on, Em. We gotta get to the rink.

Get the door.

EMMA:
You should have seen

what happened today.

Twenty-two kids got sent home

from school with lice.

Benefits of tea tree oil.

- EMMA:
Ew.

- Would you rather get lice?

EMMA:
What's with the boxes?

KELLY:
Mind your own business, kiddo.

(ENGINE SPUTTERING)

Really?

(ENGINE CONTINUES SPUTTERING)

Em, get in the driver's seat, key on,

pedal to the metal when I say.

Got it.

(GRUNTS)

KELLY:
Hit it!

(ENGINE STARTS)

(MUSIC PLAYING)

(ALL APPLAUDING)

I know this hasn't been easy for you

and how badly you need the funding,

so skate clean, it's yours.

I will.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

ANNOUNCER:
That was a great skate

for Odessa Patterson.

Here's your score...

You see my mom yet?

Stay focused, Mattie,

you know what's at stake.

Okay, this is your year

and don't overthink the triple lutz.

You nailed it in warm up,

don't rush the take off.

And our next competitor

representing the Toronto Skating Club,

- is Mattie Dane.

- (ALL APPLAUDING)

You've got this, girl.

EMMA:
Hurry!

(APPLAUSE)

(CHEERING)

(ALL CHEERING)

Stay focused, Mattie.

Here we go, Mattie.

ALL:
Oh.

Mattie!

(SOBBING)

EMMA:
Go.

(CONTINUES SOBBING)

The poor kid had a shot

at getting a free ride, a grant.

She only needed to be in the tap five.

She was the best one on the ice.

She's worked so hard.

I've seen her land that jump 100 times.

So, how bad is it?

Torn meniscus,

no skating for 12 weeks, then rehab.

No, I mean, your financial situation.

Four months behind on rent.

Is there any severance pay?

From a used car lot, are you kidding me?

Bummer.

Okay, desperate times,

desperate measures.

Pack your bags, kiddo.

You and the girls are moving in with me.

We can't do that. The girls are in school.

Our lives are here.

Appreciate the offer. I'll make it work.

I made the honor roll in high school.

No, no college degree.

Yes, I know I haven't worked

in a medical office,

but I'm real good with people.

I'm real good with people.

I'm real good with people.

(CLEARS THROAT) Okay.

Okay, I understand.

I did teach some fitness classes in my 20s,

and actually I did fitness modeling.

- How old am I?

- (DOORBELL RINGS)

- Kelly Dane?

- Yeah.

You have been served.

- Seventy-two hours to vacate the premises?

- (ENGINE STARTING)

- Are you kidding me? Hey, hey!

- (VEHICLE LEAVING)

KELLY:
I could use a little help out here!

I thought Aunt Ginger lived in New York.

KELLY:
She retired and moved back home.

Yeah, she gave up her promising

musical theater career.

Hey, at least she gave it a shot.

Forty years is more than a shot.

- How far is Sudbury?

- Four boring hours.

There's a car dealership up there

I think I can get a job at.

What about my skating?

We're dealing with a serious injury here.

I can still get better for Nationals.

Baby, we just can't

afford skating right now.

Don't do this to me!

It's not all about you, Mattie.

We're all gonna have to pitch in

and make some compromises.

Yeah, 'cause you can't keep a job.

- That's not fair.

- This isn't fair.

Life is not fair, Mattie.

Get used to it.

Hey, check this out.

Are you cold?

Hey, hey, Emma, Mattie!

LOUIS:
All right, it's been a good month,

but not a great month,

so I'm gonna do something

to shake up the sales team a little bit.

I got someone new coming in...

Oh, thanks for showing up, guys.

- Oh, no, no, you're giving her a job?

- A job here with us?

- Yes.

- She's not a local.

She got no customer base here.

Yeah, who's she gonna call?

She's got like no customers. Zero.

Actually, she's from here.

- She is?

- Yeah.

Okay, but we've got

a pretty tight team here.

Yeah. You know what an import

would do to this team?

Yeah, make it better.

Okay. Okay look, I got an idea.

She doesn't make a sale in 30 days,

she gotta go.

(SCOFFS)

Give her 60 days.

- Thirty days.

- Bam!

Thirty days, gone.

She can do it.

Okay, but if she doesn't, she's gone.

Fair bet? Huh?

BOTH:
Huh?

Bet? Bet?

Bet. Bet.

All right. All right.

All right, it's a bet.

- All right.

- All right.

Jerry.

- What?

- Go.

- Oh.

- Just go. Meeting is over, guys.

(SIGHS)

EMMA:
Wow, look at the houses.

Everyone must be rich on this street.

Is everyone rich in Sudbury?

Is Aunt Ginger rich?

MATTIE:
Hardly.

KELLY:
I don't know. She did all right.

MATTIE:
Better than we have.

KELLY:
Lighten up, Mattie.

We've got our health and each other.

That ain't bad.

EMMA:
ls this Aunt Ginger's?

KELLY:
Yeah.

EMMA:
I love it.

KELLY:
All right.

Just leave the bags in the car, okay?

We'll go in and say hi.

Auntie Ginger?

Auntie Ginger, are you here?

She's not even home, Mom.

Really nice welcome.

EMMA:
Mattie, give it a break, geez.

KELLY:
Language!

I said, "Geez."

KELLY:
You girls hungry?

Girls, we gotta go shopping.

Oh, crap, I wanted to be here

when you got here.

Auntie Ginger.

Aw. Hello.

KELLY:
Thank you.

AUNT GINGER:
Oh, don't mention it.

(GASPS)

This must be Emma.

You're as pretty as your mom.

Well, not as pretty as me

at your age, but still very pretty.

Aw. (CHUCKLES)

And, is this Mattie?

Holy mother of God, look at you.

I remember when all you did was

crap your pants and pick your nose.

(GIGGLES)

- Aw, you poor thing. How you feeling?

- (PHONE RINGING)

Hello?

Who's this?

- Emma, who's this?

- It's Louis.

- Louis the car guy?

- Yeah.

My mom can sell anything

with four wheels and an engine.

(CHUCKLES) Yeah, sure she can.

- Louis?

- Kelly.7

Yes.

Oh, it's so good to hear your voice.

You, too.

I hope you two kids like your rooms.

I've had so much fun fixing them up.

Okay, we're gonna get you settled

and then presents for all.

- EMMA:
Did she say presents?

- She's trying to buy us.

I can be bought.

It seems like just yesterday

we were in high school together, right?

(CHUCKLES) When are we gonna see you

down at the shop?

Yeah, I wanna get you starting

to do sales right away, right?

You mean, I have the job?

Uh... Of course, you have the job.

Are you kidding me?

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