The Lucky One Page #2

that old thing going?

Good Lord.

You know, I'm substituting

for Julie next week.

It's only a couple days, but...

Why don't you go back full-time?

It's been almost a year.

I know how long it's been.

Do you think that he has an off switch?

I hope not. Ha-ha-ha.

Can I help you?

The hell you doing around here?

Is there a problem, officer?

There will be, you don't answer

my questions when I ask them.

I work here.

Put your hands on that bench. Ahem.

Why?

Boy, you wanna do this at the station?

A soldier boy?

"Sergeant Logan Thigh-bolt."

It's Thibault.

- And I'm a Marine.

- Mm-hm.

Well, where's everyone at, Thigh-bolt?

They're all out. Do you want me

to give Beth a message?

- ho.

So it's Beth, is it?

You just tell Beth I'll see her at 4.

You should come.

You never know, you might have fun.

You've always loved their house.

- Save your breath. I'm not going.

- Why not?

You know I can't stand Judge Clayton

and his fundraising extravaganzas.

Mom, check it out.

Hey. That looks great, sweets.

You look very handsome.

Hey, Dad.

Hey, wait. What in the world

is this mess here, now, huh?

We gotta teach you how to tie

a proper tie, boy.

Whoo-wee.

I love you in that dress, huh?

Makes me wish I never would have

signed those papers.

Tell me about your new boyfriend.

What?

- Soldier boy, huh?

Don't ask me about him.

I didn't hire him.

- He has nothing to do with me.

- Okay. Okay.

Hey, Mama.

Place is looking great.

- You look beautiful.

- Thank you.

Thank you so much for coming.

Really good to see you. Here you go.

We've got the governor in our camp.

I just heard.

Benny. Wait a second,

where's my grandson?

- There he is.

- Come here, Benny.

How you doing, sweetie?

He's fighting the good fight

for Hamden's future.

- Tell your mama how we gonna win.

- Vote Clayton.

All right, and...?

- The name you trust.

- And you know.

- The name you know.

- Yep.

- The judge you trust, the mayor we need.

- Ha, ha, ha. This kid is sharp as a tack.

He's gonna do great things.

You mark my word.

Where did you dig up that jacket?

Come on.

It's just a garden party, Daddy.

It's not just a garden party.

How you doing, judge?

- How are you?

- Good to see y'all. Thank you so much.

- Nice to see you.

Come on, Dexter, go get it.

Go. Yeah.

Yes. Whoo!

That's it, boy, get it, get it.

Pick it up. Come on.

Whoa!

That man is so irritating.

Every time I turn around he's just--

- Good morning.

Mm.

So you were saying?

We moved around a lot, so I kind of

grew up everywhere, and nowhere.

That must have been hard, huh?

Changing schools, leaving friends.

It was okay. It was all I knew.

- Mm. But you went to college?

Yes, ma'am. Just for a year.

What'd you study?

He didn't study much

if it was just for a year.

Elizabeth Green.

- I liked philosophy.

- Really?

Yeah, I like to read.

Give us a quote of your

favorite philosopher.

"Sometimes the questions are complicated

and the answers are simple."

- Don't tell me.

Voltaire?

It's Voltaire, isn't it?

It's Dr. Seuss.

Thank you very much the tea, Mrs. Green.

I should get back to work.

Will you call me "Ellie,"

for goodness sake?

Voltaire.

What sound does a tiger make?

"This lazy ladybug

didn't know how to fly."

I wanna turn the page.

You can turn the page next.

"One day the lazy ladybug wanted

to sleep somewhere else."

This looks great, you guys.

That's beautiful.

Julie's not coming back

after she has the baby.

We'd really like to have you

back full-time.

I can't right now, Rhonda. I'm sorry.

A violin?

A violin? Only girls play violins. Don't you

play, like, basketball or something?

Fine.

The girl wants back his violin.

It's his mom. Let's go. Let's go.

Hey.

You okay?

Not bad.

I didn't think anyone was listening.

Glad I was.

That's perfect.

Here she is.

- Hi.

She's happy to see you.

- How'd she do?

- She was great.

- Make sure you bring her back soon. Cool.

- Thank you.

Logan. Can you drive?

Beth's out with a friend and my ride

to choir practice just fell through.

My bossy granddaughter

won't let me drive since I--

Well, you can hardly even call it a stroke.

It's more like a tap, really. Heh.

- Hasn't slowed me down in the slightest.

- I can see that, ma'am.

- How old are you, dear?

- Twenty-five.

How many tours?

Three.

My grandson never finished his second.

Yeah. You would've liked him.

You two, you were cut

of the same cloth.

You know, you live long enough,

Logan, you lose enough people...

you learn to appreciate

the memories you have.

Stop begrudging the ones

you never got to make.

Beth hasn't lived as long as I have.

She isn't as bad as she seems.

She doesn't seem so bad to me.

Hello?

All right, thank you. I'll see you later.

Yeah. Whoo!

Yes. Here we go.

Whoo! Ha-ha.

Yahoo.

- Ha-ha-ha.

Come, come, come.

Thank you, honey.

Good job. That's it.

Night, all.

Do you like jambalaya?

No. Ben. Ben, I'm sure that Logan

already has plans.

Do you?

I can't remember the last time

I had a plan.

All right, man. You got dance moves?

- Yeah.

- Yeah? Yeah, what you got? Whoo-hoo.

Mom ran track. She was super-fast.

Cross-country, I wasn't that good.

Is that why you got a scholarship

to Tulane?

Because you weren't any good?

Okay. Once upon a time

I was pretty good.

Are you happy?

You went to Tulane?

No, State to be close to home.

Had some personal stuff come up.

She got pregnant. With me.

Well, thank you, Benjamin.

Isn't it your night for the dishes?

Thank you.

Do you still run competitively?

No, no, no. Now I just do it to clear my

head. It's a lot cheaper than therapy, so...

So is walking.

- Who plays chess?

- Me.

Me too.

Bet I can beat you.

- What's the bet?

- Dishes tonight.

Dishes tonight,

against the pooper scooper tomorrow.

Gotta warn you, I'm not bad.

Check.

Let's do a flip.

That was cool.

Wheelie.

Somersault.

Checkmate.

Detergent is under the sink.

What? Did I just get hustled?

Have to admit,

I played better the second time.

Sure. Until your second move.

You have any other secret talents

I should know about?

You're the one with the secret.

I saw him playing the piano.

Really?

Yeah.

I saw it when I put the keys back.

He's really good.

Hey, you're not too bad yourself.

- Why don't you play something for us?

- How about a magic trick instead?

Yeah, okay.

He hates playing for people.

He doesn't think that he's good enough.

Ordinary deck.

Wow, okay, cool.

- It's all right.

- Ha-ha.

Show me again.

- Tell me when to stop.

- Stop.

Memorize the card,

and I am not looking.

Okay, I got it.

Let me give it a little magic.

Wow.

- I didn't know you were a magician too.

- Wait till you see this one.

Ben, sweetie, it's past your bedtime.

- Wait, this is the best one.

- Show me tomorrow.

Ben, say good night to Logan, now.

- Come on.

- No. I just wanted to show him a trick.

I'm sorry. He's not usually--

It's fine. It's fine.

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