Portrait of the Fighter as a Young Man Page #4

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- Give him a big hug.

I love you!

Thank you.

Your face hurting you, sweetheart?

No? 'Cause it's killing me.

Come on.

Did Uncle Micky win the fight?

No, Micky didn't win this time.

Not this time.

Hey, Mick, you take care.

I'll call you tomorrow.

Cheer up. We'll get you another fight.

I don't know, Ma. I don't

think I wanna do this no more.

What don't you wanna do no more?

Just, I don't wanna do it anymore.

- What are you?

- Hey, Mick, ESPN screwed us.

All right? They owe us. We'll get

another fight. You'll heal up.

- It's gonna be OK.

- Yeah, listen to your brother.

They owe us big-time, sweetheart.

Maybe they'll even

do Dicky's comeback fight.

What do you think?

Oh, come on, cheer up. You take

a little soak when you get home,

have a day or two to think about it.

I'll find you a better fight.

A much better fight.

I'm gonna talk to them.

- For Chrissakes, Alice.

- What?

He's been through the ringer.

Leave him alone, will ya?

What are you talking about?

Let him get some time to himself.

He just got finished.

- What's your f***in' problem?

- Come on.

Where's Micky?

Is Micky not gonna come in?

No, he's not coming in.

He needs to get back and get some rest.

Come on, let's go inside.

No. He's gonna go rest.

He's all grumpy.

He's beat up,

he's a little embarrassed, I think.

Look at him.

Have you even seen him?

Who is it?

I saw the shade move.

Micky, the shade is still moving.

I saw you come to the window,

I know you're in there.

Least you can do is open up

this door and tell me to my face

why you didn't call me yesterday.

Why'd you stand me up last night?

I started to call. I was gonna call,

but... I just couldn't.

'Cause you lost the fight?

Maybe, yeah.

'Cause I lost the fight.

How'd you know my house, anyway?

I asked my brother.

Your thing's coming off.

I mean your other thing.

You got any tape?

Did the black Jewish guy

do this to you?

I didn't get to fight

the black Jewish guy.

You didn't get to go

head, body, head?

Saoul Mamby got the flu. Guy who

took his place had 20 pounds on me.

I never should've fought him.

- Why did you?

- Nobody would've got paid.

Everybody said I could've beat him.

Who's everybody?

My mother, my brother.

So are you gonna take me

to dinner and a movie, or what?

- Hey.

- Hey.

- You look great.

- Thank you.

Got a nice house, too.

It's an apartment building.

There's five of 'em in there.

One of my old roommates lives in one.

Roommate?

What, were you in the Army?

- College.

- College. Wow.

Yeah, a lot of good it did me.

I work in a bar.

Well, you seem to enjoy it.

You're very popular down there.

Yeah, popular.

I gotta get out of there.

If I don't drink while I'm working,

I'll f***in' kill myself.

- What college?

- URI. Full boat.

Full boat's a scholarship, right?

- Yeah.

- For what?

- I was a high jumper.

- High jumper? You gotta be kidding me.

F*** you. I was good. I was

New England champ. I cleared 5' 8".

- Wow.

- Never graduated. I partied too hard.

You?

What are we doing

in Richie Rich Lexington?

You come to this theater a lot?

Yeah, it's a good theater.

They got good movies here.

- Yeah, like what?

- Belli Epi-que.

I think it's Belle Epic.

It's "epic." Belle Epic.

Belle Epoque.

The New York Times loved it.

Well, I never heard of it.

Where'd you hear about it?

The New York Times?

No, a guy from work.

And the cinematography

is supposed to be gorgeous.

Oh, cool.

Thank you.

That's the movie you wanted to see?

There wasn't even any good sex in it.

Had to read the whole f***in' movie.

F***in' subtitled.

And some guy from a road crew

recommended it to you?

A f***in' subtitled movie?

What's going on?

What's going on? You got a girlfriend

or something? You hiding me from her?

I don't have a girlfriend, all right?

I... I like you.

I came here 'cause I don't

wanna show my face in Lowell.

I told everybody I was gonna win

that fight and get back on track.

I told my daughter I was gonna get

a bigger apartment so she can move in.

You don't think I wanted to call you?

I was embarrassed. I mean... I'm sick

of being a f***in' disappointment. I...

You really think

your family's looking out for you?

Don't say that about my family.

What else can I say

after what you told me?

I mean, look at your face.

Look at you.

Bullshit, Lou. I'm not gonna

stop callin' till you make this right

and give us a fight that's fair.

My boy could've got killed last time.

Yeah, like what?

Just don't tell me he just

got off the f***in' couch.

He's coming off a loss?

Sounds very interesting.

I'll get back to you.

We got a great opportunity here.

We gotta go find Micky.

Nobody's seen him

for like three weeks.

Jesus.

Used to be Dicky we couldn't find,

now it's both of them?

Ma, I think he's

with that girl from the bar.

- What girl?

- It's that f***in' girl, Charlene.

That's who he's with.

That girl from the bar.

George was all f***in' eager

for them to get together.

I heard she's into three-ways.

- Yeah, with other girls.

- Yeah, like one of those MTV girls.

MTV...

What are you talking about?

Wild.

She acts all f***in' superior

'cause she went to college.

You girls just go

find your brother, Micky.

Tell him we've got important

business to discuss.

I've gotta go find Dicky.

Dicky!

Hey, Ma, there's nothing

in there. I just...

It was just some friends I was seeing,

you know?

Don't worry about it, Ma.

I was just helping 'em out, you know?

Hey, Alice...

Alice...

I started a joke

Which started the whole world cryin'

Oh, if only I'd seen

That the joke was on me

I started to cry

Which started

the whole world laughin'

Oh, if only I'd seen

That the joke was on me

I looked at the skies

Runnin' my hands over my eyes

And I fell out of bed

Hurting my head...

So you're Beaver

and you're Red Bear.

- Red Beard.

- She's Red Dog, and that's Beaver.

You're Red Dog. You're Beaver.

- Yeah, don't use those names.

- It's just for family.

Be nice.

Don't use the nicknames.

I don't think

I'll f***in' call 'em anything.

Speaking of family...

Hello.

- Alice, this is Charlene.

- Hi.

I've heard a lot about you.

Really? I've heard

a lot about you, too.

- What's that supposed to mean?

- Same thing you meant.

Can we just sit down

and talk about business?

I got you another fight, Mick.

Just like I said I would.

Lou Gold and ESPN made it right.

Just like I told you. Joe Belinc.

Six weeks. The Foxwoods.

Kid's like, you know,

ten and eight, he's nothin'.

You know? And they're

gonna pay us 20 grand.

- Seventeen-five, Dick.

- Seventeen-five.

Which is still... good money, Mick.

Yeah.

Yeah, that's good, Dick. I'm just,

you know, trying to figure out

what's best for me.

Like what?

What's best for you, sweetheart?

Come on, Mick, I thought

you'd be more excited.

Why ain't you more excited?

It's a good fight, good money.

I got tough with Lou Gold.

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