The Weather Man Page #3

If you're around and paying attention,

you catch it...

then name-calling doesn't start,

and maybe smoking doesn't start.

And maybe she can just stay

a happy kid for a couple more years.

She shouldn't be unhappy.

F***. What did she ever do

to anybody? Shelly.

- Hello.

- Hey.

Hey.

Listen.

Noreen, I was thinking...

this pushing and pulling...

the tug-of-war we do sometimes...

it's not good for the kids.

It's not.

Noreen, let's see somebody.

Work it out. Let's...

- F***!

- A**hole!

Are you okay?

- I got hit with a pop!

- What?

A f***ing...

A Big Gulp.

- Man.

- Are you okay? Are you okay?

Yeah, I'm okay. I'm okay. So...

what I was saying...

See somebody?

We're going to begin

with some trust-building exercises.

The Buddy Drop. Up on your feet.

Let's go.

Dave, Noreen. Center circle.

Okay.

Now, Noreen,

you're just gonna let yourself go...

and Dave is gonna catch you.

- Just go back?

- Yeah. Cross your arms up front.

- Now?

- Whenever you're ready.

Okay.

Good. Very good.

All right, Teresa, Mark. You're up.

Okay.

Now I want you to name something...

that you did that affected your partner...

and that you're not proud of.

I had this thing with porno

on the computer, sort of.

I got a little preoccupied...

Actually, I want you to write it down,

not say it.

Okay.

I want you to put it on the paper

that you got for a reason.

Okay.

Now make sure it's something

the other person doesn't know about...

that they don't know.

All right.

Then you are going to give it

to the other person...

and the other person

is never going to look at it.

Ever.

That's trust.

What's up?

I thought Dave's science-fiction novel,

or whatever it was...

was stupid and sucked...

and was a waste of time.

It was embarrassing. Four years?

Well, I thought that went pretty well.

Yeah.

It wasn't science fiction,

just so you know.

- What?

- It wasn't science fiction.

- What are you talking about?

- Did you even read it?

No. One of the side characters

was a scientist...

- but that's not even important...

- God damn it, Dave. God damn it!

What? I'm just asking,

did you ever even read it?

It was hard to read.

It was poorly written.

You're an a**hole. God.

You are a champion a**hole.

You're a real blue-ribbon f***!

I just wanna make it work, Noreen.

I just want to know everything,

so I can make it work. That's why I...

- I want to try again.

- I'm not going back. You f***ed it up.

I mean, our marriage.

What?

I want to try again.

F*** you.

You know, Dave, you can't even...

You looked at it. That's dishonest.

It's crappy.

- Noreen.

- Hey, should I look at yours?

That's all right.

No. No, no, Noreen...

"Throughout marriage

BJs lacked enthusiasm.

"Had difference of opinion

over how important that was.

"I thought very."

You know what, Dave?

You want to know

why my BJs lacked enthusiasm?

I hated you.

I hated your hair.

I hated your ugly legs, your forearms.

I hated kissing your lips, Dave. Okay?

And that's why I lacked enthusiasm

when your cock was in my mouth.

Hey, hon.

Shelly, it's cold.

Your father said it was going to be

Go ahead. I'll see you later.

How did it go?

Good.

I'll call you tomorrow. Go ahead in.

Did you start my novel yet?

What's that?

Breaking Point. Did you start that?

No, I haven't yet, Son.

I've been preoccupied.

Well, that's good, actually.

I want to make some changes, so...

I'll give you the new one.

What did he say?

It's further bad news.

The metastatic plane

was too wide for radiation.

He suggested I see a Dr. Frost

in New York for clinical trials.

I got a feeler from Hello America.

National.

They're looking at 20 guys, but

they'll be cutting down to three soon.

It's a possibility.

The salary's great. It's real strong.

It would mean moving...

but I'd like to move everybody,

you know?

Renew things with Noreen.

We've been seeing somebody.

Let the kids start over in New York.

Keep them away from some

of the bad influences here that...

Just get a fresh start.

I think that would be great.

- That would be terrific.

- Yeah.

You could rededicate yourselves,

knuckle down.

What's this?

It's a Big Gulp.

You should say,

"We might see some snow...

"but it might shift south, miss us."

I can say it,

but I sort of wanna understand it.

Why is it?

Well, it's Canadian trade winds.

Behind all of it?

Yeah, this will get pushed by wind

out of Canada.

- So what's it gonna do?

- I don't know.

It's a guess.

It's wind, man. Blows all over the place.

For some reason...

I don't know.

I went back to Bolingbrook.

I bought a three-month lesson plan.

Hang on.

Before you do that, you know...

let's go out here

and do a little stretching exercises.

You got to rotate your...

We warm up...

then do basic focus drills,

stuff you never think about.

Like closing an eye

without moving your face...

because your face

is the anchor point for your hand...

that allows you to focus.

You have to keep your triangle

against a lot of force.

We do draws for a half hour,

then releases.

That's called "loosing,"

when you release.

Great shot! All right!

It's hard...

but that one good shot

leaves you thinking...

you might be catching on.

Do you lift weights?

- What's that?

- Do you lift weights?

Yeah.

- Cardio?

- Yeah, you have to do both.

Yeah.

Are you on any kind of a program?

Yeah, our gym coach

gave us a program.

- That should be good.

- Yeah.

Yeah.

F***.

Hey.

- You know what would be interesting?

- What?

We should take some pictures.

Some shots, like...

some now,

some in a month or whatever...

see if you're making gains.

Yeah.

I've got my mom's Nikon.

- Whip your shirt off.

- Whip my shirt off?

Yeah.

You're shredded.

This is great, man.

We can compare this sh*t.

That's a Nikon FM?

Well, yeah.

You know something about cameras?

Yeah. I took a class at Parker.

A couple more.

My dad's gonna get the F3 for me...

if I can finish the program

and maintain a B average.

It's like a $600 camera.

I'm psyched about it.

I could loan that to you.

Yeah?

I could loan that sh*t to you if...

you wanted it earlier.

Okay.

This is gonna go a lot better.

Why?

Because I got you some bobtail arrows.

They're easier.

Why?

Well, they're thicker at the ends.

See? They taper toward the nock.

- What's the nock?

- The arrow end.

- What was I using before?

- Chested arrows.

That guy didn't know

what he was doing.

Okay.

Fletch it.

- What?

- Fix your arrow in.

That's the term.

Arrow makers were called fletchers.

That's where the last name came from.

Here. There's a little bit of a...

It takes a little while.

Right there, right below the nock.

There!

Awesome!

Okay, let's loose a few.

Let's show our stuff.

Aim about a half-foot above.

- Okay.

- You wait till you're steady.

- Are you aligned?

- Yeah.

Okay. Let it go.

F***!

Come on, Shelly. Get your arrow.

We probably didn't home long enough.

That's the pause between drawing back

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