Playing for Keeps Page #3

Come on. Move up, guys.

Aaron didn't want to

leave practice.

I don't think Jason's father has spent

three straight hours with him in months.

Look, I actually caught Brian

practicing a Scottish accent

in the mirror this morning.

Keep it going, Lewis.

Yeah!

Yeah! Yes!

Finally, we're on the board.

Lewis.

Coach seems like a pretty solid guy.

Yeah. Heh.

He's pretty good looking too,

huh?

Eh. You're better looking.

What do you mean by that?

I don't wanna marry him,

I'm just saying he's good looking.

Okay.

He's good with the kids too.

Right?

That's the stuff, that's the stuff.

That's what I'm talking about.

High five, high five, Lewis.

So I got your toothbrush in here.

Your pajamas in here.

Make sure he takes a shower.

He can use the pool.

Oh, that's very funny.

Showers and brush his teeth it is.

All right, well, he's all yours.

Hey, have fun. Have fun, okay?

It's one night, Mom.

It's gonna be good.

Bye.

Hi, you're Lewis' Dad?

I'm Denise, Samantha's mom.

Have we met before?

Not that I remember, and I'd remember.

It's just you look very familiar to me.

Oh... I get that all the time.

Help me out. How do I know you?

Okay. Um...

Doctors tell me running back

Rolando Jones has suffered a torn ACL

and will not be returning

for the second half.

You were a sportscaster on TV.

Yes, I was, I was.

You see, you're not the only one

who used to be someone, coach.

Well, I'll see you when I see you.

Yeah, see you.

That's your house? It's huge.

house here across the driveway.

Here we go, not bad

for a couple of bachelors.

What do you think? Like it?

Yeah.

I've still got work to do, but its gonna

look pretty great when it's finished.

So that's my bedroom

and not to mention,

your very own room.

Not bad, eh?

Yeah.

Good, good.

I thought you and I

could fix it up.

Maybe we could see if a little bit of

Mom's good taste has rubbed off on you.

Is this me?

Yeah. Of course that's you.

That's me, you and your mom in Italy.

We used to have a place by the lake.

Really? Did I like it?

Yeah, you loved it.

Uh, we'd put these

little floaties on you

and take you out to the lake

and take you swimming.

You were like a fish. You were a

better swimmer than your old man.

I don't remember.

Hm.

All right, buddy.

Good night.

Good night.

Don't dream of scary monsters.

"Thinking of you"? Oh, sh*t.

Dad?

Hey, you okay?

I had a bad dream.

Oh, really, what happened?

I dreamt I was playing soccer,

and I looked down and I had no feet.

No. The no-feet soccer dream?

You can't play soccer with no feet.

Dad?

Yeah?

I wanna call Mom.

Why do you want to do that?

We can work this out ourselves.

We're a couple of big, tough,

grown men here.

Dad, I wanna go home.

Hey. Go hop in my bed, 10 minutes

and then off to your room.

Hey, hey, here.

Bye-bye, Lewis.

Well, so much for

a fun first sleep over, huh?

Good night.

Will you just give him

some time?

You know you didn't lose him

overnight.

How did you get to be so much

more grown-up than me, Stace?

Somebody had to.

Good night, George.

Good night.

Hey, there's Dad.

Yep, there he is.

Okay. Bye, Mom.

Bye.

Hey, Dad.

Hey, kiddo.

You're looking

very sharp there.

What's the story?

I don't know.

How are you, man?

Good.

Hey, George, George!

Yeah, I'll call you back.

What are you doing,

you staying out of trouble?

I'm trying my best.

Hey, look Patti and I,

we're putting together

this soiree for Friday.

We wanted to know if you could join us.

This Friday?

Personally, I'd be

very grateful if you could.

I've got these guys I'm doing a deal with.

They would love to meet you.

I think you'll have a great time. I put

together a really good group of people.

Be a lot of opportunities there

if you know what I mean.

Yeah, okay.

That makes me very happy.

I take care of my friends. You're

gonna find out that about me.

I take care of my friends.

There it goes again. Heh.

See you.

Okay.

Yeah, Sean. No, I think

he's a piece of sh*t. I don't care...

Coach? Hi.

Hey, Barb.

Hi.

I just wanted to thank you

for the other day.

Don't worry, I'm not gonna have another

melt down on you again. Ha-ha-ha.

I just wanted to say thank you.

You're welcome, Barb.

That's fine, you're welcome.

You seem to be getting over it...

Okay.

Oh, good ball. Yeah, that's it.

Pull his jersey a bit.

Yeah, give him a little elbow.

Get a good night's sleep, coach?

I'm a night owl too.

Sorry, I didn't get your

e-mail till this... No, relax.

I just wanted to tell you

that I ran into a mutual friend of ours.

Chip Johnston. Uh-huh.

Chip Johnston?

No way.

Mm-hm.

I was at CSA when he first started there.

God, what a small world, huh?

So sports-casting, huh, George?

Apparently pretty damn good too.

He said that?

You think he was for real?

I'll find out tonight.

He gave me a copy to watch.

So who knows, maybe

I know someone I can give it to.

Yeah, I'd appreciate that.

I'll let you know, coach.

Come on, let's go.

Ah... Come on. This is sad.

I got a stack of twenties here,

doesn't anybody want one?

Well, then hit

the Gatorade bottle.

I bet you coach can do it.

A great idea. Come here.

No, that's all right. Thank you.

Lewis, come on.

Who wants to see coach

hit the bottle?

Come on, come on.

We don't do the bottle,

we do the crossbar.

Oh, we can do the crossbar.

Hit the crossbar.

Coach, coach, coach.

But you're a pro, so we're gonna

move it back right here. Come on.

All right, all right, all right.

Okay, can I get a warm-up shot?

There's no warm-up shots

in life, George.

Whoa!

Whoa! Yes!

Wait, wait, wait. Okay,

we're gonna make it interesting.

Anybody can hit the crossbar.

Can you hit this?

I got a hundred bucks

says you cannot hit it.

A hundred bucks. Hundred bucks.

Hit the bottle.

We got 200 right here.

Two hundred.

Come on.

Okay, all right, all right.

Come on, money plays.

Coach, coach, coach.

Yeah!

the locker room. They say:

"The queen wants to meet you."

Ha-ha-ha!

And she walks into the locker room,

right in front of me.

I'm standing stark naked

in front of Queen Elizabeth.

And I said, "Your Majesty,

I apologize. I'm so sorry."

And she looks me up and down

and she says:

"Not at all, young man.

It's an absolute pleasure."

Come on, George.

Come on, let's take a lap.

I like you, George, I like you.

You're a guy.

You're comfortable with yourself.

You don't give a sh*t.

You don't seem to give

a sh*t much, either.

Ooh... Oh, no, no, no. I just

know how to hide it, that's all.

I don't know what it is about you.

It's crazy, but I trust you.

I trust that mug.

For instance, the woman

standing by the fireplace,

the blond,

I can comfortably tell you

that I am not sleeping with her.

Okay.

But I can't say the same thing

for the woman that she's talking to.

Sweetheart.

Patti, have you met the coach?

George, this is my wife, Patti.

Hi.

How do you do?

Now I ask you, is she gorgeous

or is she gorgeous?

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