Legendary Page #2

(GRUNTS)

-(BOTH GRUNTlNG)

-(BLOWlNG WHlSTLE)

TENNENT:
Hey, hey, hey, hey!

-TENNENT:
Come on! Come on!

-BOY:
Hey, hey, hey. Relax.

What, you guys have some kind

of history between you?

Yeah, Coach. l think Chetley here

is interested in my mother.

(WRESTLERS LAUGHlNG)

Chetley, are you interested

-in Barrow's mother?

-No, sir.

At least not with all her clothes on.

No. No, gravy, Ma.

No. No, thank you.

-l joined the wrestling team today.

-l knew it.

-l knew it. Damn it. Damn it!

-What?

Scale and dieting. You're wrestling.

-l just said that.

-When did this start?

l just told you. Today.

-Why are you wrestling, Calvin? Why?

-'Cause it looks like it's fun.

No, it doesn't.

-Well, Mike wrestled.

-ls that why you want to wrestle?

No, no. l was just saying Mike wrestled.

Darling, you and Mike

are two entirely different people.

What's that supposed to mean?

lt... lt was in his blood.

Or whatever you guys call it.

Mike needed to wrestle. lt was his thing.

-You have a lot of other things going on.

-Okay, name three things.

(STAMMERlNG)

Geology, science club,

debating, music, catfish pond.

How many more do you want?

-And if l wrestle, l can't do all that?

-No.

Why? Will it make me stupid?

Apparently,

because that was a stupid question.

Cal, l know wrestling. lt's demanding.

lt will take you away from other things.

Everything else just...

Why now?

-'Cause Mike wrestled.

-l know. You already said that.

-And Dad wrestled.

-And it ate them up.

Mike also got hurt,

and he was built like a car.

You're a beanpole.

Thanks for reminding me.

Should we pretend

you're something else?

No. They have

a 1 35-pound weight class.

Have you forgotten that?

Why are you so interested

in Mike now anyway?

l don't know.

l guess, l mean, he and Dad

probably spent a lot of time together.

And what are... What are you thinking?

He's gonna... He's gonna help you?

Help you know your father?

He won't. He will just disappoint you.

You have no idea who Mike is.

He's my brother.

Right.

One you've seen maybe...

What? Once or twice in 1 0 years.

Whose fault is that?

Pump, you are a never-ending source

of mystery to me.

LULl:
Who are you talking to?

No one.

-What's wrong?

-l'm just trying to get this pump fixed.

lt's driving me crazy.

(SlGHS)

l want to wrestle, Luli.

l thought you were.

-What happened?

-l told my mom about it.

-And?

-And she just about gave birth.

Mmm.

-You wearing that outfit to school today?

-Do you like it?

lt's, uh...

-lt's different.

-Good. l was aiming for different.

So, you like it, then?

(SlGHlNG) Sure.

l'd love to see you wrestle.

Who're you looking for?

Mike Chetley?

Yeah.

l'm Calvin. His brother. ls he here?

Mike?

Cal. Calvin.

How'd you get here?

Bus. Then l walked.

Can l use your bathroom?

lt was a long ride.

-What brought you here?

-Well, l was kind of thinking

that maybe you could,

you know, show me how to wrestle?

Just... Just sometime.

l mean, l was thinking l'd try out

at 1 35 pounds.

But l don't know much.

-l don't think l'd be much good to you.

-Well, l think l could be good

with the right kind of training.

Just the basics.

ln fact, l've been studying it a bit.

About leverage mostly, seems like.

You know,

just getting the right angle and...

l don't know what l'm talking about.

Why do you want to wrestle

all of a sudden?

l don't know.

Cal, l'm just real busy right now.

Coach can teach you the basics.

That's why he's there.

Yeah. Yeah, of course.

Maybe we could...

We could just visit once in a while.

There ain't... There ain't much in my life

that you're gonna want to be a part of.

l just thought

'cause we're brothers, maybe...

Not right now.

Hey, Jim.

-Hey. How are you?

-Hey.

-Can l talk to you for a minute?

-Okay.

Cal's not interested in wrestling.

l don't know. He seems eager to learn.

He's looking for Mike.

l've already lost one kid to this sport.

l don't want to go through it again.

Sharon, l doubt the sport had anything

to do with it, one way or the other.

Anyway, it's not really up to me

whether Cal wrestles or not.

There are things about Mike

you don't know. Cal doesn't know.

You know, it turns out

he wasn't as unbreakable

as everybody made him out to be.

Nobody is.

You know, if l say no to Cal,

you're just asking

for a different kind of trouble.

l'll tell you what l'll do.

How about l watch him just to make sure

he's there for the right reasons?

And if another Mike shows up

at tomorrow's practice

willing to sacrifice everything in his life

for this,

-you're going to tell him to ease off?

-Yes, l will.

-At the cost of victories?

-Trust me.

l... l don't really even know you,

but you... You better be telling the truth.

That kid is all l got.

-Sharon.

-Yeah.

How is Mike?

l don't know.

-RED:
Hey, there.

-Hey.

-How's it go?

-Catch anything?

Yeah. A nice shoe bass.

Put up a hell of a struggle.

(CHUCKLlNG)

-CAL:
They always do.

-Mmm.

Want to share some

of those heavy thoughts you're carrying?

l don't know.

Yeah, l guess so.

You ever wanted something,

you know, or someone,

or wanted to get someplace,

but just didn't know how?

Yeah.

l wanted to be a Western movie star

and ride off into the sunset with the girl.

Like John Wayne.

Why didn't you?

Couldn't ride a horse.

(LAUGHlNG)

Well, yeah.

Hmm.

All right, l'll tell you.

-l want to wrestle.

-Wrestle?

Mmm-hmm.

-What's the hold-up?

-l don't think l can compete.

You ever wrestled before?

-No. Never.

-That's your problem.

lt's foreign to you.

lt's fear of the unknown, kid.

(CHUCKLlNG SOFTLY)

So, who's this someone

you're looking for?

Someone?

You said something or someone.

-lt's... lt's my brother.

-Oh.

So this brother has something to do

with your wanting to wrestle?

Yeah. Maybe. Why would you ask that?

Old man intuition.

Just follow your instincts. You'll be fine.

lf you use crappie instead of worms,

you might have better luck.

Thank you. Advice taken.

-(CROWD EXCLAlMS)

-(REFEREE BLOWS WHlSTLE)

What's the matter with you?

Hold on.

FEMALE ANNOUNCER: (OVER PA)

lnjury timeout.

l'm Timmy's backup.

l'm the same weight class.

l'm next in line, four nights from now.

ANNOUNCER:

Ridgecrest wins by injury default.

l can't wait.

ANNOUNCER:
Let's hearit

for Timmy Hughes.

WOMAN:
Hello.

-Hi. ls Mike home?

-no.

-ls this Jill?

-no.

Oh. Um...

Do you know

when Mike's going to be home?

no.

All right. Well, could you leave him

a message from me?

Yeah.

Could you tell him that his brother Cal

is going to be wrestling Friday night?

Mmm-hmm.

-Okay, thanks.

-(LlNE CLlCKS)

-(DlALLlNG TONE DRONlNG)

-Hello?

Nice girl.

Okay, guys,

let's settle down and listen up.

Listen up, everybody.

Please, can l have your attention?

We're going to be starting

with 1 35 weight class.

Visitors, 1 35 pound,

step up on the scale, please.

Mark Hayes. Come on, get on the scale.

-COACH:
Attaboy.

-Home team, 1 35, step up, please.

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