Racing with the Moon Page #6

Eleven in the corner.

Rack them.

One in the corner.

Twelve in the corner.

Five in the corner.

Nine in the corner.

Fourteen in the corner.

Rack them.

Six, corner.

Seven, corner.

Ten, corner.

Fourteen in the corner.

Oh, eat Martian head,

you're dead!

Two more points!

What's wrong?

I don't have a shot.

Well, what are

you gonna do?

Make sure he doesn't

have one either.

Three in the corner.

Oh, no, he can't

make that, right?

Right?

- One more.

- Seven in the side.

That's the one we want.

Well, fair is fair, boys.

We'll just be running along.

- You don't mind if we count it, do you?

- Count it.

It's not that we

don't trust you.

Bad idea, boys.

There seems to be some

kind of mix-up here.

Hopper, you know

anything about this?

What are you doing?

I know for a fact that when we

walked into this establishment and...

Sh*t.

Duck, Hopper!

Run.

Go!

- What the hell's wrong?

- Sometimes it takes time...

If you don't get

this car started,

my dad's gonna have two more

holes to dig tomorrow. Let's go!

It's about time. What the

hell happened to you two?

Never mind,

just get cleaned up.

You know what trouble

your mother's gone to?

You'd think you could be on time

for your own birthday, Henry.

- What happened?

- We had a run-in

- with the U.S. Navy.

- What? Where?

Up north.

- What were you doing up north?

- Playing pool.

- Actually, it was more like

hustling pool. - Nicky!

We needed money.

A lot of money.

- Knock it off.

- What?!

- I know what you're doing.

- We're leaving here in a week.

- No.

- She's our last chance.

- Shut up! - What am I supposed to do,

leave Sally here pregnant?

You son of a b*tch!

What's going on?

Damn it, Caddie, I need $150!

You got some mouth,

you know that?

I told you boys to get ready.

Come on now, speed it up.

Henry, what's the matter?

Will you sit down, Caddie?

Caddie,

this is very hard for me.

The way I been raised, these

people just don't ask for things.

See...

...that girl you saw last night...

...Nicky got her pregnant.

And we gotta get

her an abortion.

A clean abortion costs $150.

Nicky and I don't have

that kind of money.

You know what I'm saying?

I'm not sure.

Caddie...

...can you get us the money?

It's $150, and I'll make sure

you get every bit of it back.

I'll see what I can do.

Caddie, what are

you doing here?

Why do you have my necklace?

You should have asked first.

Relax.

It... It's okay, really.

Do you want to try it on?

Come on.

- Oh, no. I couldn't.

- Caddie.

What is the matter with you?

L... I want to go downstairs,

I think.

Why are you so nervous?

Alice, I didn't come

in here to try it on.

What are you talking about?

I came because I need money,

and the necklace is the

only way I could think of.

I don't understand. Why would

you do something like that?

Caddie, are you in trouble?

Oh, Alice.

Alice.

I've made such

a mess of things.

There is somebody who

needs something from me,

and he thinks I'm special,

and I just wanna

give it to him.

I almost did a horrible thing,

but it's only because I

don't wanna let him down.

I wonder what it would be

like to be you sometimes.

I mean...

...I look around here, and everything

seems so much easier for you.

Not so much.

I'll get you the money.

I don't want you in there.

I guess they should be

starting in a few minutes.

They say it doesn't

take too long.

There's another girl

coming in at 11.

Boy, 150 bucks a shot,

that's some business, huh?

You should go in there

and hold her hand, Nicky.

She doesn't want

me in there.

Oh, I'm sick.

...the exact location

from which I'm speaking.

Off to my left, far away

in the distance,

I can see just that faint, red,

angry snap

of antiaircraft bursts

against a steel-blue sky.

- Nicky.

- Huh?

- Will you stop, please?

- Huh?

Will you stop, please?

Stop the car, please?

- What's the matter, Caddie?

- I wanna get out.

Cad, it's only a

few more blocks.

Would you stop

the damn car?!

- Cad. Caddie, where you going?

- Home.

- I'll walk you.

- No, I don't want you to walk me.

I know what you're thinking.

You're thinking that could've been you

in there. Well, you're wrong, Caddie.

I'd never take you to a place

like that, I'd marry you.

Did you hear what I said?

I'd marry you.

Oh, well, what makes you

think I'd marry you?

- Get back in the car.

- No.

- Get back in the goddamn car.

- Let go of my arm.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I didn't know you were gonna

end up running into that place.

What do you

want from me?

I don't want

anything from you.

Hey, I'm talking to you.

It's the money, right?

You think I took advantage of you

because I asked you for that money.

Well, Caddie, we needed that money,

and you're the only rich person I know.

You are such an idiot.

I'm not rich.

- What?

- I'm not rich.

What are you talking about?

Yes, I live in that house on the hill.

Do you know why I live in that house?

Because my mother

works in that house.

My mom is a maid.

She's a maid in that house.

Goddamn you!

I tried to tell you

about a million times.

But you are so pleased with

your little girl on the hill

that I didn't wanna

disappoint you.

Just leave me alone.

Leave me alone.

Hop, you coming?

Hop.

What are you doing?

This is my old man's car,

you crazy son of a b*tch.

What the hell's the

matter with you?

You, Nicky, you're what's

the matter with me.

You're always making

your life a mess,

and I'm always getting

you out of it.

- Hey, it's over. It's all fixed.

- Shut up. Shut up.

Sally could've died tonight, Nicky.

That ever cross your mind?

But she didn't.

Jesus, you just don't

get it, do you?

And then you get

her mixed up in it.

I'm sick of you messing

up my life, Nicky.

I'm sick of it.

You didn't even open

the door for her, Nicky.

Girl just had an abortion,

you can't even get out of the

car and open the door for her.

Damn cold for February.

Laid a bed of

these last night.

This morning, the ground

was still like rock.

I don't know what it is.

Your mom says Nicky's been by the

house three times this past week.

Well, you know

your own mind.

Just seems you two could use

each other's company about now.

You know, for a time,

right after his mom died,

Nicky brought flowers

here every day.

Come after school,

just sit there.

Be so tired, I'd have to carry

him home on my shoulders.

Did you know that?

Yeah, well, it was

a long time ago.

Damn cold for February.

Yeah.

How you doing?

- Okay. You?

- Okay.

- Thursday's the big day, huh?

- Yeah, I guess so.

You ready?

- You bet.

- Me too.

- I went by and I saw Sally.

- Yeah?

Just to see how she was doing

and everything, you know.

- How is she?

- She's good.

That's good.

You know what she said

to me just before I left?

She said,

"Take care of yourself, Nick. "

Can you beat that?

We gotta stick together, Nicky.

We gotta stick together.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Why don't you try them on.

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