Ice Princess

[# Aly and AJ:
No One]

# I am moving through the crowd

# Trying to find myself

# Feel like a guitar

that's never played

# Will someone strum away?

# And I ask myself

# Who do I wanna be?

# Do I wanna throw away the key

# And invent a whole

new meaning to myself?

- # No one

- # Don't wanna be

# No one but me

# You are moving through the crowd

# Trying to find yourself

# Feeling like a doll left on a shelf

# Will someone take you down?

# And you ask yourself

# Who do I wanna be?

# Do I wanna throw away the key

# And invent a whole new me?

# Gotta tell yourself

- # No one

- # Don't wanna be

# No one but me

# Your life plays out

on the shadows on the wall

# Turn the light on to release it all

# You wonder what it's like

to not feel worthless

# So open all the blinds

# And draw the curtains

- # No one

- # Don't wanna be

# No one but me #

Casey?

- Something wrong, Mr. Bast?

- No, not at all.

I was curious if you'd

started weighing college options.

Options? Uh...

Heard of the Helen Stoller

Physics Scholarship?

No.

It's given to a student from this state

who shows most promise in science.

Wouldn't that be Ann or... Wyatt?

No, it's you.

You have a calling, Casey.

I do?

- What is it?

- Physics.

Toast?

- Uh... sure.

- You're very lucky.

Most people search their

whole lives for their calling.

- How do you know you have a calling?

- Your brilliant teacher tells you.

And of course your 1 1 straight A-pluses

on exams is a hint.

You'll need a letter from me

for the scholarship

and think about a special

physics project over the summer.

Something unusual but personal.

Let them know you a little.

- He says it's my calling.

- QED.

How is this "quite easily demonstrated"?

You're as good in physics as I am.

Not even close. I grind, you glide.

Event horizon.

One day that guy will wake up

and realize he needs a math tutor.

And that tutor will be me.

Figure out how to get us invited to

even one party and you win the Nobel.

Hey, you're Casey, right?

Uh-huh.

Here's an invite

to my boyfriend's party.

Wow.

You're in chem lab

with Julian Wilson, right?

- Mm-hm.

- Can you give that to him?

Thanks.

That was way inconsiderate.

I love Mr. Bast.

If he uncovered a scholarship

I didn't know about, he's a genius.

And to think they pay him

almost nothing.

The devaluation of teachers

in our society, it just...

- It blows my mind.

- Mom.

I'm back. Sorry.

I have to figure out

what he wants from me.

I mean, what is

a personal science project?

Isn't the nature of science supposed

to be completely unbiased and factual?

Now he wants the inner me, too?

The whole secret of the study of nature

lies in learning how to use one's eyes.

- You know who said that?

- I'm guessing it was a woman.

That was written by George Sand,

a woman forced to use a man's name

because she couldn't get published.

- Mom.

- Okay.

Anyway, I always tell my students,

"You'll know your topic

when you learn how to use your eyes."

[TV:
classical music]

Oh! Oh, no...

She had it locked up.

I need to eat ice cream and all

your mother has is leftover tofu.

- Can we go?

- Sh! Sh!

Look at that recovery! Amazing.

She'll still place.

She's so precise.

I mean, down to the last...

You know...

I bet there is

an exact aerodynamic formula.

[# Jewel:
Doin' Fine]

# We are

# What everyone wants to be

# We are young and carefree

# Life's a breeze

for people like you and me

# If you look

# Life lays out just like a road

# It's for us to grab a hold

# There's no one can tell us no

# We're alive

# And that we are

# Doin' fine #

- What do you think you're doing?

- I-I'm...

- Why are you filming skaters?

- For a physics project.

- You're scoping her triple loop. Why?

- No, I'm analyzing her movement.

- Who are you working for?

- Nobody.

Teddy, will you come over here?

I'm gonna call the cops.

No, I didn't think

it would be a problem.

I thought this was a public rink...

Private practice only

from six to ten.

These girls are training

for the regional championships,

which I think you perfectly well know.

No, I'm a student.

I have an ID.

I have a notebook.

Whoa, yeah.

Definitely spy code.

- What are you doing here?

- You know her?

She's a science geek.

Look, I'm sorry, but when the C.l.A.

wants to learn new dirty tricks,

they observe skaters

and their moms.

- Tina, can I have a word?

- Frank, not now.

I want to digitize

some images into my computer

to see if any kind of

unified theory emerges.

Okay, if Gen knows you

and you wanna

press your nose up against the glass

and take a few notes,

I don't really care.

But you'll have a hard sell

with the parents.

Absolutely not.

But no one outside of the scholarship

committee will ever see this program.

Here's the letter from my teacher

explaining the assignment.

And my driver's license.

Um... I've also got some letters of

references from people I baby-sat for.

[Tina] Let's keep it moving, girls.

It's possible. We'll have the Team Nikki

legal team check this out.

- [woman] Beautiful, sweetie.

- [girl] Thanks, Mom!

No talking to my daughter.

She's training.

No distraction.

Not a word. No.

Look, I don't care if you're here.

If you post me on the school website

falling on my butt,

you'd better transfer to another school.

[Coach] Okay, Nikki.

Let's try that again.

[Tina] Keep it moving.

[Tina] A little wider, that's it.

Hey! No street shoes on the ice!

I'm sorry... Sorry.

[boy] Gen!

Hello, hon.

Gen!

Gen! Brian, she's training.

You know the rules.

- I brought her a burger, Mrs. H.

- Gen can't eat that.

- Come on, I'm burning tons of calories.

- Not enough.

- A half-hour?

- Not if you wanna win.

You should coach our basketball team.

We could use a kick in the butt.

If you don't leave this instant,

that's exactly what you'll get.

[Gen] Bye.

I do not want him coming here

during practice.

But I never get to see him.

Every other girl I know...

You're not like the other girls.

Winners make sacrifices.

Maybe they just cheat.

- Turn that off!

- Sorry.

Take it from the layback.

The conclusion's too simplistic.

The kinetic energy in a jump

equals half the skater's mass

times velocity squared, minus...

No, I could barely understand it.

But...?

I don't know if they'll care

but it's just a little bit...

...dry.

Mr. Bast said

I have to make it personal.

- How do I do that?

- I don't know.

Put more you in it.

Oh, excuse me, Tina.

Is there any way

that I could take a few lessons?

I think I might be able to write better

about the physics principles

if I'm the one actually applying them.

- If there's any way I could...

- Fine.

We're starting a novice class

for the summer.

Three afternoons a week.

$800.

$800?

- Popcorn! I want popcorn!

- Where are my Gummi Bears?

- I gave them to you.

- [boy] Four hot dogs!

- Oh, I'm sorry...

- You touched that with your fingers.

Oh, fine. You don't want it?

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