Sticks and Stones Page #5

Kidding! I was kidding! Stop!

I miss you too.

- Here you go.

What are you doing?

- Trying to figure out

who the Minister of

Tourism and Parks is.

- Joan MacAlpine. Why?

- I was going to

ask the government

for the money

for the tournament.

- You made a budget?

- Uh-huh.

- $300 for sports

drinks and chocolate bars.

- Well, I dont know.

They shouldnt have

to pay for anything.

- You are the strangest kid.

- Whatever.

- You know what this

means if it happens, right?

If pro hockey was anywhere

in the back of your mind,

you cant afford to miss

this assessment camp.

You know that, right?

You missed a few categories.

- Like what?

- Skittles.

Insurance, hotel rooms...

Has it ever occurred to you,

they may not want to come back?

- Theyll come.

- How do you know?

- Someone just has

to go first, is all.

Someone just has

to say theyre sorry.

- It may not be that simple.

- Dont know if you dont try.

- I got supplier

meetings all day,

but maybe after school,

Ill pick you up,

well see if we can

talk to the minister.

Now eat your breakfast.

- And you burned the toast again.

- I like it this way.

- Yeah, right.

- This is a pretty

ambitious plan.

- Thank you.

- By the word ambitious,

I mean expensive.

If my department

makes a special grant

to one peewee hockey team,

where does it end?

- But this isnt

just about hockey.

It was on TV in the States

about how bad Canada

treated those kids.

In Social, we learned

that New England

is New Brunswicks

biggest trading partner.

- In Social?

- I did an assignment on

the different commodities,

if you want to see it.

- No, but thank you.

- It has graphs and everything.

- This isnt just regional,

theres bad relations

between Washington and Ottawa

because of the whole

not-going-to-Iraq thing.

- You didnt tell me you were

from Foreign Affairs.

Im Tourism and Parks.

Sorry, but the answer is no.

Nice try, though.

- Cam Neely cant put it in!

Oh!

Cam Neely puts it home!

- So I hear you got

smoked in Montreal.

- Yeah. That place sucks.

- What, the whole country?

- Yeah. Theyre idiots.

- Nice talk.

- Yes!

You nervous about

shipping out?

- Yeah. A little.

My trainings so good though.

Its going to be OK.

What I want to know is why you

dont have more goals this year?

- Im leading the league.

- Yeah, in points,

but not goals.

Youre dishing off too much.

If you want to get scouted,

you gotta drive those

numbers up, buddy.

- Yeah.

Do you miss hockey at all?

- Yeah.

But you know, its

just a game, right?

- Yeah.

- Come on.

Best 2 out of 3.

- All right.

Lets go.

- Who?

- Jordy Martin.

I was on the team you

played in Montreal.

We feel bad

about what happened

and want to make it up to you by

inviting you to Fredericton

for an exhibition tournament.

- Yeah, well,

I appreciate the gesture,

but I really dont think

- I know the guys are probably

still ticked off at us,

but we really want

to make it up to them.

Plus, wed pay for everything.

- The families were pretty upset

about what happened.

- Hey, whats all this?

- ...a real

disappointment, you know?

- Please, Coach, just ask them.

We got the government

backing us and everything.

- OK, but dont

get your hopes up.

- Thank you.

- We got the government

backing us? Jordy!

- They will!

Once they find out

Brocktons coming,

theyll have to put money in.

- Remind me to never

play poker with you.

- Dad?

- Yeah?

- I was thinking of coming

to practice tomorrow.

(Cell phone ringing)

- Hello?

- Hey, Jordy...

You here to play hockey?

- Uh-huh.

- Well, lets have it then.

- Im sorry I called

you a princess,

and for beating the

crap out of you.

- Beating the crap out of me?

- Pretty much.

- Youd still be hospitalized

if your dad didnt save you.

- Yeah, in your dreams.

- Whatever.

So thats it?

Thats your grand apology?

- I said sorry.

Thats all you get.

- All right. I need you

for the Wolves game.

Dad says I should start padding

my stats for Quebec City,

and so should you.

- Im not going.

Im staying for the exhibition

game with Brockton.

- Yeah, as if.

- That was the coach of

the Brockton team.

He said no.

- Dad?

Dad!

- What is it? Whats wrong?

- Dad, they have to come.

- What? Who?

- Brockton has to come here.

We have to make it right.

- Oh...

Jordy...

Look...

I know youre disappointed

- We have to go talk

to them in person.

You taught me never

give up, right?

- Yes. Im sorry.

Is it too late to

take that back?

- We have to go right away.

- Uh... there was something

I had to do this morning...

Oh, yeah. Thats right.

Go to my job to

earn us a living.

- Its important!

- There are some

things you cant fix.

You know that, right?

- But youre supposed to try.

- All right, well,

can I wake up first?

- That would be best,

since youre driving.

- Grr...

No, no, Im with a sales rep.

No, Im on the

other side of town.

Way on the other

side of town.

No, this afternoons

not possible. Sorry.

OK.

- Mom said she found a furnished

apartment close to the school.

- Yeah, she told me.

- She tell you about

the guy next door?

- What guy next door?

- Lance, the bodybuilder.

You know, the guy who

brought her dinner?

- OK, knock it off.

- We could just move there,

you know. I wouldnt mind.

- Jordy...

- Theres other jobs, you know.

Or maybe theres

even a golf course.

Im just sayin.

- This is it!

You ready?

- Absolutely.

Ill just wait here.

- Ha ha!

- Kidding!

I was kidding.

- How ya doin?

Well, I think

they remember us.

Hi, there.

Neil Martin.

We spoke on the phone.

This is my boy Jordy.

- What brings you

to Brockton?

- Hey, Cam Neely.

Come over and check this out.

I made this up for

the tournament.

Its just rough right now,

but this is kind of the idea.

Wed have two jerseys,

like home and away.

Cool, eh?

- Thats nice.

But I hope I made myself

clear on the phone.

- And the jerseys

will be donated.

Businesses are pledging money,

and the government, obviously.

Enough money to cover

the whole teams expenses.

- Well, not

- Almost all of it.

- Some of it,

but you say the word

and well raise the rest.

- You are one tenacious

forechecker, Ill give you that.

But the team talked it

over and made a decision.

No one wants to

go back to Canada.

- But you have to.

- Jordy...

- Sorry.

(Coach):
Lets go! Lets go!

- Id like to show

you guys something.

(Whistle)

Massachusetts lost 11 Marines

since the war started.

One of them a 21-year-old

Lance Corporal

I used to coach

in little league.

Thats Randy, in 95 when

he was still playing Midget.

These are our children

dying over there.

And when people burn our

flag and boo our anthem,

its personal.

Thats why we cant get over it.

I dont doubt

youre good people,

but you got to let this go.

- Then how do I

make it better?

- Its not your job

to make it better, son.

- Then whose job is it?

We have to go back.

- No.

- I got to talk to Michael,

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