Journeyman Page #4

- Yeah.

- Good man. You're doing great.

- Yeah, my mate.

- You see the improvement?

- Oh, yeah.

- Nice one, champ. Let's go.

(PUNCHBALL SWINGS)

Mia.

- She's a small baby.

- SPEECH THERAPIST: Yeah.

With a little bit of hair.

I think sometimes when you hear yourself,

it then becomes clear.

- Just try and listen to how you sound.

- MATTY:
Yeah.

MATTY:
'Emma's my wife.'

- 'Um... She's beautiful.'

- That's not... Is that me?

Yeah, that's you.

'Beautiful, soft.

'She's my... love of my life.'

- Okay.

- It's true.

So let's maybe just overexaggerate

the sounds in the words: love of my life.

Love...

of...

my...

life.

Love of...

my life.

- My...

- Yeah?

Love of my life.

- Your go.

- Your go, mate. I've just been.

- Go on. Don't try to fiddle me.

- Um...

(KNOCK AT DOOR)

Don't be cheating.

- Matty.

- Yeah?

- You got a visitor, mate.

- Oh?

- Cheers.

- Here, my friend.

Some great pictures.

Er, yeah.

Um, that's my dad.

Um, that's me.

Jackie, Richie.

He's my dad and, er, Matt.

Not Matty.

Um, this is my team again.

Had, um, accident.

Um, Richie's gonna fix it.

This is my wife.

Emma, um...

Beautiful.

She's gone away for a bit while I fix myself,

but she's coming back,

um, one day.

And Mia.

Very soon.

Thanks for letting me in.

Welcome.

- I was worried.

- What for?

Because of what happened.

The fight.

What I did to you.

Did we fight?

Yeah.

Who won?

You.

Number one.

Er...

I just wanted to say to you that, um...

I'm really sorry for what happened.

I didn't mean to hurt you.

And if I could take it back...

It was out of order, saying all those things.

I was naive, just trying to sell tickets,

be the bad boy,

and I'm ashamed I said the things I did.

The Future.

Future is here.

Mm.

(SOUND MUTED)

(PHONE RINGS)

RICHIE:
Hello?

Hi.

Er, yeah. Shall I get him?

Hang on.

- Matty?

- Yeah?

Telephone.

- Hello.

- EMMA:
'Hey, you.'

- MATTY:
Is that you?

- EMMA:
'It is me.'

Oh.

Um...

I miss you.

'I miss you.'

When are you coming home?

'I love you.'

I love you.

Um, I'm training very hard.

'I know you are.

'Richie's told me you're doing really well.'

Um...

What else?

Um, I saw you under the water.

Um...

I'm better now. Um...

- 'Are you?'

- Yeah, I'm very strong.

'Good.'

Um...

Who are you with?

'I'm with Mia.'

Oh.

- My Mia.

- 'Your Mia.'

- Um...

- 'Our Mia.'

Yeah.

When you see her, will you tell her

I saw her under the water?

'I will. I'll tell her.'

- Okay.

- 'All right.'

Um...

- When are you coming home?

- 'I'm not sure yet. I just...

'I need some time to fix myself.'

I'm waiting for you by the window.

'I'm gonna have to go now, Matthew.'

Um, wait. Um...

What else? Um...

Something else.

Er... how are you?

'Fine. I miss you.'

I miss you. When are you coming home?

'Soon, baby.'

Okay.

I'm very strong now.

'Good.'

Um, something else.

Um, something else.

Um...

To tell you. Um...

Just come home

cos I'm waiting for you by the window.

I'm doing very well.

'I have to go now. I love you so much.'

- I love you.

- 'Bye, baby. Bye.'

Okay, bye.

(EMMA HANGS UP)

Oh, um...

There's something else.

Um...

Oh, well.

Er... she's not coming today.

- She'll come.

- Yeah.

- I need to just give her time.

- Yeah.

That's all, mate.

(SOBS)

(SNIFFS)

MATTY:
My belt.

JACKIE:
Yeah, man.

Richie.

(BOTH LAUGH)

Put... Put Emma on again, Jackie.

Yeah, man.

She were dancing with my dad.

There we go.

Oh.

RICHIE:
Best ever.

Who's best ever? Best ever?

Um...

- Who's the greatest?

- Muhammad Ali.

Muhammad Ali.

Cos he made you laugh as well.

You know what I mean?

- He was bigger than boxing, wasn't he?

- Yeah.

I'll get you some money sorted out.

- It's all right. That's on me.

- Are you sure?

That's good of him. No charge.

- Oh.

- Yeah, that's fine.

RICHIE:
These boys wanted a picture.

Is that all right?

- Future world champs.

- Yeah.

- What weight are you?

- Lightweight.

- Are you?

- Lightweight, yeah.

- Look here, Matty.

- Big enough.

Here, here. Look at me.

- See you at the do?

- BARBER:
100%, yeah.

- RICHIE:
See you.

- BARBER:
Thank you.

- BOXER:
See you later, pal.

- RICHIE:
All right, mate.

- RICHIE:
Take care.

- BARBER:
Thank you.

- MATTY:
Shut this door, Richie?

- BARBER:
Yes, please. Yeah.

Are you all ready for your big night?

- Yeah.

- Good man.

There you go.

Smart, mate.

- How do I look?

- Smart.

Good.

Let's get your jacket on.

- Get your arm in, your hand.

- Yeah.

There you go.

Come here.

Very dapper.

Gonna be a lot of people out for you tonight.

Ready?

- Yeah.

- Let's do one.

Looking dapper, man.

STEVE BUNCE:
Thanks to everybody for coming

to what's gonna be

a celebration of Matty Burton.

We're gonna celebrate his life.

I wanna take you back to that night

when he retained his title.

What a memory that was.

What a fight that was.

Weren't it fantastic? That was brilliant.

That was Matty as we want to remember him.

Let's welcome him to the stage,

our champion, the man you've come to see,

Matty Burton.

(CHEERING)

All right, Matty.

I want to, er...

Where's Andre?

Andre Bryte?

There's him.

The Future.

I want to say to you,

I don't blame you for what happened to me.

I don't blame boxing.

I love boxing.

It made me who I am today.

I'm glad this never happened to you.

Because I don't want anybody...

to go through what I've been through.

Because it's been hard.

I want to say

a special thank you to my friends,

to Richie and to Jackie,

for looking after me.

I thought you'd left me but you came back.

I love you and thank you very much

for being in my life.

A few weeks ago

I tried to end my life.

I wanted to die.

I jumped into the water.

In the water

I saw my wife

and my baby.

It made me want to live again.

I lost my belt

in the water.

It's just a belt.

It doesn't mean anything,

compared to the people I love.

I don't want to lose them.

Every day I train hard,

get my mind sharp,

and keep training.

I hope that...

the people I love the most

come back to my life.

Um...

Thank you.

(APPLAUSE)

RICHIE:
Well done, Matty. We love you, Matt.

MAN:
We love you, Matty.

Well done. I love you.

You did good.

(CHEERING)

Trying to remember what you're trying to say.

It's gone.

Excuse me, Matty. Big fan.

Any chance of a selfie?

- Course you can.

- You're a star.

You've had a lot of selfies today.

- You get better.

- Thanks, mate.

Thank you, mate.

KELL BROOK:

What did you hate most about training?

MATTY:
Tyre.

- You hated or loved that?

- I hated it.

Yeah.

EMMA:
Hey, you.

- Is that my baby?

- Yeah.

It's my baby.

Oh, it's you.

Er, wait.

Love of my life.

- Don't leave me.

- I won't.

Don't go anywhere, will you?

I'm not going anywhere.

I'm not going anywhere.

(# NICK CAVE

AND THE BAD SEEDS: "INTO MY ARMS")

# But I believe in love

# And I know that you do too

# And I believe in some kind of path

# That we can walk down, me and you

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