One Winter Weekend Page #5

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Ah, finally, last one.

Whoa, ah, whoa.

(screaming)

Oh, oh.

I'm sorry, I didn't see you.

Megan.

Shawn.

Ahh.

You okay?

I'm okay,

but I think there's something

wrong with my wrist.

Mmm.

Okay, maybe you were right.

That was a

perfectly-dressed brat,

but whew--

But?

Somebody's gonna have to

take me down the mountain

in a sled.

(laughing)

Yeah, I know that

condiment bar pretty well.

My brother and I used

to have topping contests

there when I was a kid.

I'm guessing you won?

We'd usually get chased out

before a winner

could be declared.

I actually wasn't sure I'd

be allowed back into there.

(laughing)

(light orchestral music)

But being up here

on a day like today,

just makes me wish everyone

could have this, you know?

It makes you feel like

things could be just

perfect again.

Today was pretty perfect.

That's why I was

wondering why you were

holed up, reading

most of the day.

It's this new author I found.

(laughing)

She's becoming one

of my favorites.

Besides I need a little rest

before I take on the pipe

where it all started.

Where it all started?

Yeah, I learned to

snowboard up here.

I landed my first 360 in

that pipe when I was nine.

I thought no one was watching

and then I just hear clapping.

I turn around and my dad's

standing there watching.

All the older kids

were laughing.

I thought I was gonna die.

(laughing)

I know the feeling.

My dad's a huge clapper too,

restaurants,

birthdays, you name it.

He still thinks he's on the

sidelines at my soccer game.

I think my dad

would've like him.

Oh, I'm sorry, I--

No, no, it's okay.

Being up here, I

can almost hear it.

This place, this sport,

it was his passion.

We used to have the

best weekends up here.

I haven't had that kind

of fun in a long time.

Weekend's not over yet.

(phone ringing)

(sighing)

Day job?

Won't leave me alone.

It might not matter soon.

I've been accepted

to grad school.

[Ben] Congratulations.

Well, thank you, but it

doesn't mean I'm going.

This year, I'm trying

to be more cautious.

You know, think things

through, evaluate risk.

I mean, don't get me

wrong, my job is no picnic.

Insane deadlines, phone

calls all weekend,

but, I don't know,

it's one of these jobs

most people would kill for.

Yeah, I kinda have

one of those too.

Okay, so you know, it's not

that easy to walk away from.

Wait, what's so

great about your job?

Uh, I work at a

snowboarding company.

Ohhh, right.

It's all making sense now.

Mm-hmm.

Well, that should be fun.

In theory.

You know what you said

earlier about your helmet?

It would be easy enough to out

a groove her for a ponytail.

Oh, did i give

you a business idea?

(laughing)

It's the kind of thing

we used to jump on,

but not anymore.

Innovation's taken a

back seat to image.

Still, can't hurt

to pitch it to them.

You know, for someone who's

so cautious with her own life,

you dole out a lot

of risky advice.

(laughing)

- I guess I

- I guess you

[Both] like to

live vicariously.

You do realize we just

agreed on something?

(laughing)

I'll let it slide this time,

but don't let it happen again.

(laughing)

(phone chiming)

Oh, shoot.

I forgot I gotta be somewhere,

so, I'll catch you later.

Yeah.

You sure you don't

mind doing this?

I know you came here

to get away from work.

After I mowed you down,

the least I could do

is save you a trip

to the hospital.

Plus,

I wasn't gonna leave

you with that EMT.

(laughing)

You know, I got nervous when

he opened the X-ray manual.

(laughing)

How's this feel?

Ah, tight.

It's only gonna get

worse if it swells,

so, keep it elevated

and no devices.

Wait, no.

No no no no, I got a

call in 10 minutes.

No, I don't think you

understood what I just said.

No devices.

No typing, no

texting, no calling.

For how long?

[Shawn] Two to three days.

- Ha, no no, that can't work.

- Uh huh, uh huh, uh huh.

No, no, that can't work.

You don't know my boss.

I can't tell her that.

She'll never listen to me.

(light orchestral music)

But maybe she'll

listen to a doctor.

Hi, Diane, I meant

to text you back,

but my mittens kept

getting in the way.

It's a little

snowboarding humor.

Don't get too

distracted, Cara.

There's a lot of eyeballs

on this third post.

It needs to be a real

showstopper, right?

Yeah, sure.

Maybe something about

how much you can get done

while you're not dating.

I meant something

people would wanna read.

Um, tell you what.

I'll work on some headlines--

[Cara] Um, okay.

[Diane] Well, have

fun, but remember,

I need that third

post by midnight.

Don't be late.

You got it.

Huh.

If you're looking

for your friend,

she's downstairs.

Who, my friend?

Yeah, petite, dark

hair, purple jacket.

Oh, you mean Megan.

Yeah, she's in the infirmary.

Wh--

It's all good.

She banged up her

wrist or something.

Oh, no.

Uh, it's this way?

[Waiter] Yeah,

right down there.

[Cara] Thank you.

You got a visitor.

Hey, hey, are you okay?

Could be worse?

[Cara] What happened?

It's just a minor

fracture and a sprain.

She'll recover a lot

faster without this.

[Cara] You

sprained your wrist?

Might even save her weekend.

Hey, my phone.

How are you feeling?

Well, other than

this, I'm hungry.

Ben, you've really

outdone yourself.

I was expecting

five or six boards,

not 15 of them, signed

by Travis Bretz.

Yeah, well you can

thank Travis for that one.

(light orchestral music)

He couldn't have signed them

if you hadn't donated them.

Giving every kid the

chance to go to camp,

no matter how little

they come from,

well, that's really

important to me.

Well, if all

goes well tonight,

even more kids will

be able to attend.

It's a good guest list.

I can't help but

think if these people

saw your level of involvement,

they may follow your lead.

Look, any other time, I

would be front and center,

but I mean, I just can't do

any public

appearances right now.

Okay, but there's not

gonna be any press tonight,

just my own photographer.

It's gonna be really low key.

It's just so rare that one

night of somebody's time

can mean so much

to so many kids.

I got to hear someone

say no to Diane today.

(gasping)

Shawn actually called.

Mm-hmm.

You should've been there.

He was all doctorly,

like, "No devices for

the next 48 hours,

doctor's orders."

(laughing)

So good, I wish I was there.

What did you get up to today?

Oh, you know,

boarding, riding, more boarding.

I talked to Diane

and I had lunch with Ben.

Like a lunch lunch, huh.

What'd you guys talk about?

Nothing heavy.

I guess he works at a

snowboarding company.

Mm-hmm.

And we talked

about my manuscript.

What?

Yeah, I accidentally

left it out

and I guess he sort of read it.

You don't show your

writing to anybody.

Now, you tell me he skipped

on snowboarding today

to read your manuscript?

He's a big reader,

I don't know.

Oh, and then before that

we got stuck together

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