Skating to New York Page #2

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Hi, Casey.

One, two, three, stop!

Hey, guys.

So, you ask her if she wants

to ride your zamboni yet?

- Nice.

- She's new here, isn't she?

Yeah, her old man works

with my dad in the warehouse now.

She transferred, like, last month

or something. I don't know.

So, you get her phone number?

I hate to break it to you, bud,

but she's got peanut butter legs.

- What?

- Easy to spread.

- Oh, come on, man!

- What?

Aren't you supposed to be eating

broccoli and egg whites?

You've got that septic tank heart thing.

- They call it...

- Ventricular septal defect.

And I got arteries

like a garden hose, okay?

You're a garden hose.

Check out my M.R.I.'s

- Seriously?

- Here, here.

- See?

- Oh, he actually has it.

Yeah, this one shows the hole

between the chambers in the heart.

You're so weird. Why do you have that?

Rudy, you know all this, dude. He's only

told us about a thousand times before.

Do you know what happens

if the hole doesn't heal itself?

Sudden death!

- It's not as funny as you guys think.

- Man, you get that during the game?

Just forget about it. Soon as I'm done

with school, I'm gone.

You know what? Forget school.

You know why?

Because this guy's going to be playing in

the CHL, sooner or later, so who cares?

Yeah, I'm so sure that some scout's going to

come and scope out a bunch of plugs like us.

- All right, we're bouncing.

- You're putting the tab? Thanks, bro.

- Coming? Hurry up.

- Guys, wait up.

Well, you look better

than the last time I saw you.

- Hi.

- Laid out on the ice.

Yeah. Feeling better. Seven stitches.

So, do you guys

keep score on everything?

Can I have a cream soda, please?

Thank you.

So, I'm guessing with head injuries,

you've got to pay attention.

No dizziness, amnesia.

I wouldn't mind amnesia

every once in a while.

- And what are you trying to forget?

- You ask a lot of questions.

Okay, well...

Maybe you should take it easy. Sleep in.

I'm going to an ice dog skate

with my dad tomorrow morning.

Ice dogs are...?

Juniors.

- Don't know what juniors are.

- Hockey. Sports.

Well, I'm guessing you know

there are other things in life, right?

And you're Canadian.

I know you. You're Casey.

Okay. I know you, too.

- Page Broughton.

- Casey Demas.

- Does it hurt?

- Yeah, it hurts.

The Lidocaine is wearing off, I think.

Anyway, I should... I should...

Yeah, this was nice.

See you around?

- Yeah. Good.

- See ya.

Bye.

Saw on the news last night...

They're thinking,

with all this cold weather,

lake's frozen solid all the way across.

First time since 1934.

What the hell happened

to global warming?

You know, this beauty of a town,

it's always the last to get anything.

This place sucks.

Nothing ever happens here.

They say they're pushing

the ice fishing nuts

further and further

in the lake this year, too.

We could get across the lake.

Is your old man going to let you

take out his precious little cat?

You dumbass. Not with a snowmobile.

- No, I say we skate it.

- Skate it?

The whole lake?

Come on, man. Get serious.

They may say "frozen,"

but not all the way through.

There's still warm currents

and hot spots.

- There's pressure ridges and gas holes.

- I think you're a gas hole.

Seriously, right? Is there anything

you're not an expert at?

Getting you to shut up?

Hey! Hey!

Look, all I'm saying is,

this sh*t can be unpredictable!

- Has anybody ever done that?

- Done what? Skate to New York?

Dude, nobody in this town does anything

except sit on their ass and watch T.V.

We could be the first.

That would be pretty amazing.

I bet we'd be all over YouTube.

Guinness book of records even.

Oh, man. That'd be baller steezy!

Seriously, though...

No one's going to want to come around

thousand islands crossing to come get us.

No one would have to come get us. I mean,

we could just go there and back, round-trip.

80 clicks?

Yeah. Let's just do it!

You know? Meet here tomorrow morning

at 6:
30. Just go.

Hell, we'll pack our bag with extra layers,

and don't forget carbs and hydration.

- We're going to need the energy.

- Wait, so we're actually doing this?

- Yeah!

- Hell yeah, we are!

Why not? What are you guys

going to tell your parents though?

- Rudy, Dad will kill us.

- You've got to lie to them.

You can't tell them what we're going to do.

You know what they're going to say.

Nobody in my house

is going to care anyway. So...

You know what?

Why don't you just sit this one out?

- What do you mean, sit this one out?

- Yeah, Rudy, what's that all about?

All I'm saying is, if you want

to be part of this group,

then maybe you should've played

a little tougher in the net.

Come on, that's bullshit, man.

Get off his back, you monkey.

I'm just messing with him.

I'm messing with you, all right?

Just... maybe you should have

stopped that puck.

Go blow yourself, Bouchard.

Oh, come on. Come on.

It was just a joke. I was kidding!

I'm going to the ice dogs game

with my dad tomorrow anyway.

- Casey, he's just...

- Let him go. Let him go.

- Hey, he's just being Rudy.

- Art, get over here, come on. Let him go.

Hello?

- Hey, Aunt Nita, it's Casey.

- Hi. It's nice to hear your voice.

- Sorry for calling so late.

- Oh, it's okay. Hey, how'd the game go?

We lost, but it was close.

Can I talk to my mom?

She's not here yet.

She's not? Is...

Did she say when she was going

to get there?

No, she didn't say.

Do you have a message for her?

No, no messages.

You okay, Casey?

You sound a little distant.

Yeah, I'm fine. I'm good.

Are you sure you don't want

to leave a message?

No, I just...

I just wanted to make sure

she got there okay.

Okay. Good night.

Love you.

Dad?

Whose brilliant idea was this again?

Lace up so we can get moving.

We had to pick the coldest day

of my entire life to do this?

So go back to Timmies

and get a hot chocolate,

'cause I'm going, and you can read

all about me in tomorrow's papers.

Yeah, in the obituaries... maybe.

I was watching T.V. last night,

and they said that the lake shipping

is still bottled up in the seaway.

So we're not going to get hit

by some speeding, raging ore boat?

- Casey! Hey, man.

- Hey, what's up?

I see you showed up.

What are you doing here?

What do you think? I'm going.

Did I stutter last night?

I said you're not going.

- Come on, Rudy. Don't be such a dick.

- Yeah. Who died and made you king sh*t?

The last king sh*t.

Rudy, think about it this way. You know,

if we come across some rabid polar bears,

you can just throw Casey

in front of them.

That's a good point. I like that.

Are there... are there

actually polar bears?

It's a joke, you dumbass! Jesus!

No, there's no polar bears, but I heard

some intense stories about this lake.

Grandfather fished it for years.

Fished or smuggled booze?

We all know he didn't really spend

two years fishing in Florida.

Yeah, I don't think you're one

to talk about family, bro.

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