Ice Princess Page #2

I'll eat it.

Oh, you breathed on it!

You shouldn't work here.

You're here again?

Um... I'm working.

It's for my science project.

Aren't you going overboard

with this project?

No, I'm totally committed to it,

like you're committed to skating.

Whatever. I'm starving.

B.L.T. here. Hold the B, heavy on the L.

Um... sure.

Beef patty.

Squish it till it's dry. No bun.

- Salad for me.

- Coming up.

Just iceberg lettuce, half a cup

of garbanzos and a lemon wedge.

Oh, and a quarter cup of cheese.

Ooh, cheese!

It's Saturday.

I can pig out if I want to.

I don't know what's wrong.

I'm popping my Lutz.

It's all that cheese.

Would you shut up?

[Tiffany] I've gotta focus. I heard

Zoey Bloch's been sticking a quad.

That is a rumor.

Which she probably started herself.

Early in the season

for stupid head games.

- [Gen] Not for Zoey.

- Food's ready!

That is way more than a quarter cup.

Um... It's $1 .65,

$2.35 and $3.35.

That's $ 7.30. Or if you split it

the other way, it's $1 .75 and $5.55.

Whoa. You can keep it all

if you just stop doing that.

[laughter]

You're welcome.

All right, everybody.

Welcome to our Snowplow Sam class.

Let's line up.

Lookin' good.

Class, can you tell our assistant

the most important rule for this class?

- Mom...

- [all] Never be late.

Right. We have a lot to do

if we are going to be ready

for our recital in August.

We are going to work on our toe loop.

Our Lutz.

[children gasp]

But first, all of you

have to get comfortable

with throwing your bodies into the air.

Casey, you're the physics whiz.

What's that rule about what goes up?

Technically,

it's that every particle attracts...

Casey.

Must come down.

This... is your new best friend.

Oh! Oh...

Look, could you try not to, like,

squish me?

I'm sorry.

Casey. Pull your arms in tighter.

They're throwing you off balance.

- Arms in.

- Okay.

Now try that about 5,000 more times.

- Right.

- [Tina] Push over on your right leg.

[Tina] Don't look at your feet.

Look straight ahead.

Jeremy!

That toe pick is there for a reason!

You dig it in.

Or no friends over for a week.

This is a lot of pressure for a recital.

It's not only a recital.

It's a U.S.F.S.A.J.S.T.

Earth speak, please?

It's the first step

in qualifying for the regionals.

- I mean for us kids.

- Oh.

- You don't have to do it.

- That's good.

Because it's not humanly possible.

[# Michelle Branch:

You Set Me Free]

# Can't you see

# There's a feeling

that's come over me

# Close my eyes

# You're the only one that leaves me

# Completely breathless

# No need to wonder why

# Sometimes a gift like this

you can't deny

# Oh, 'cause I wanted to fly

# So you gave me your wings

# And time held its breath

# So I could see, yeah

# And you set me free #

Are you out of your mind?!

[bang]

[squeals]

Hey, don't you know anything?

No skating when the Zamboni's out.

I'm fine. I'm fine.

- Thank you.

- Oh, you're fine?

Okay.

I'm sorry.

[sighs]

Look, you wanna tell me

what was in your head?

I've never skated on

such a smooth surface before.

I wanted to see what it was like.

- Lake skater?

- Pond. Near my house.

- Look, you need a hand.

- No! I'm good to go.

Oh!

[Teddy laughs]

You must really want that A.

Wow, that's a lot of Styrofoam.

It's not for an A.

It's for a physics scholarship.

What, like, uh... inertia and drag

and velocity and all that?

- How do you know about that?

- I'm into cars.

Get this baby out on the road,

I can open her up to...

...seven miles an hour.

Blow the doors off

any street-sweeper in town.

Um... I should get home.

Yeah, you should.

Can't do the ice until you're off.

Right.

Sure.

Well...

How's it coming?

It's coming.

It takes incredible training and effort

and there's artistry involved

but I'm sorry,

I just can't get past

the twinky little outfits.

Mom, they're actually

very aerodynamically sound.

It sets us back 50 years.

If I ever saw you squeezed into one of

those things, I'd probably start crying.

Believe me, you never will.

[kiss]

[Mom] Will you get some sleep?

Please?

Hello.

This is my video presentation.

Hi. I'm Casey Carlyle.

Cut a second.

I sound like a driver's ed movie.

[Ann] Relax.

Do it like you're talking to me.

Hey, there. I'm Casey.

Oh, my God.

I forgot my last name.

Can I start over?

Hi. I'm Casey Carlyle.

I decided to see if I could make myself

prove my own hypothesis

on the application of physics

to the required elements

of competitive figure skating.

Now, I'm going to increase

the centripetal force

by tucking in my arms.

This will increase

my moment of inertia,

so I will spin...

...faster.

I'll increase the height of my jump

by applying more force to my toe pick.

- You know, you look kinda hot.

- Shut up.

I'm gonna start off with a bad one.

For the before shot.

- Yeah, that pretty much blew.

- Okay.

- Now you're making me mad.

- [Ann] Good.

When you sign with Nike,

remember I wear size six and a half.

I want to do the recital.

For science.

Be here tonight, 5:30.

Okay.

Mm! Tina... I have this

Harvard alumni tea thing at three.

Then, what are we talking about?

No, it's okay. I'll make it.

Um...

You have nothing to wear.

Come by my house at noon. Maybe

one of my old things will work for you.

Wow. Okay.

What?

[Casey] Thanks!

[knock on door]

- [Mom] Sweetie?

- Just a second!

[knock on door]

Hold on!

- Almost ready?

- Uh-huh.

I have a surprise for you.

That does it.

Perfect.

I think the whole effect

is very grown up,

with a nod to femininity.

We've evolved past flaunting it,

but we don't have to deny it.

I mean, you are going to be mingling

with your future prospective

classmates and professors,

and I really wanted the look to say,

"We are serious."

Well, it definitely succeeds.

Mom, we don't have to stay at this thing

for more than an hour, right?

Um, because...

there's something I have to tell you.

Oh... Oh, honey.

- What was that?

- I've been so worried.

You've been living at that rink,

but you're here, now.

And you're excited, because

you understand what's really important.

Look, I've got goose bumps.

I'm sorry, that was so type A of me.

Mom disease.

Just relax. Just be yourself.

Your normal, poised,

charming, articulate...

Mom...

Do you wanna go over it

one more time?

Hi. I'm Casey Carlyle,

and I'm attracted

to the physics program because...

Physics rocks.

In sophomore year, you can join

the Quantum Club and that rocks

because we compete against

Cal Tech, MIT and Stanford.

Last year, our ion particle accelerator

took first place.

It rocked.

Sounds really, um... rockin'.

It is, it really is.

Do you know what I think is great?

If Casey's scholarship works out,

I'm sensing that you two will be

spending scads of time together.

Hors d'oeuvre?

Oh, how wonderful, bruschetta.

If you have some time right now,

I'll take you through

the entire physical sciences syllabus.

We have got nothing but time!

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