Tooth Fairy Page #6

Thompson "The Tooth Fairy"

It's not a rivalry, you know.

I respect my elders.

Is Thompson taking

you under his wing?

No, man. His wings are

tattered. My wings are brand new.

I'm ready to fly and you know,

I like to do my own thing.

Alright, a confident young hockey player.

Good luck this afternoon.

Thank you very much.

Now, the Ice Wolves dumped the puck

in the New Haven zone and

we can make a line change.

Mick, get ready!

- Finally.

- Hey, good luck out there, buddy.

Okay.

No, I mean it. I think

you're gonna do great

coz you're the bestest

hockey player ever.

Whatever.

Mick, change, change!

Hit them. Hit them.

- Yeah.

- Come on, sport.

Donnelly jumps into the play

and takes a cross slice pass.

The Ice Wolves trying

to cross the boom line.

They're scrambled in

front of the net now.

These two rivals starting to get

a little feisty with each other.

Oh yeah.

Alright, here we go!

Here we go! Here we go!

Puck goes in the corner but

Mottley chases it down.

- What's up with Donnelly, Jim?

- Donnelly, get in there.

The puck squirts loose around the board.

Now Donnelly picks it up and speeds

to the point looking to set up a play.

Beat them, beat them,

beat them!

Hi!

He takes a hell of a fall!

What happened there, Jim?

- Who hit him?

- Did someone hit him, Jim?

What is going on?

- What's he doing?

- Stop it.

Is he laughing?

Donnelly, are you okay, kid?

What?

- Are you trying to test me, kid?

- Get off the ice!

If you don't wanna play games you

can head over to Health Care Center.

Get out of here, right now. Move it.

So, what did I miss?

Why do you bark?

I'm not gonna be ready. I

might get up there and blow it.

No, you'll be fine. We just

got to keep practicing, come on.

Everyone's gonna laugh at me.

Maybe I shouldn't do this.

Maybe they will or maybe you'll

blow the roof off the place, huh.

Man, you're good but you'll

not gonna find out if you quit.

You can't score if

you don't take the shot.

Yeah, when was the

last time you took a shot?

Listen, when I first

started I was a scorer.

First round draft pick of the

Devils. Playing in the bigs.

So what happened?

I busted my shoulder

one night in Chicago.

They sent me down to the minors

to recover and it took forever.

I got so angry and

frustrated, one night in a game

I got into some meat head from New Haven.

I knocked out a couple of his teeth,

the crowd went crazy and they

started calling me "The Tooth Fairy"

And it's stuck.

And I haven't scored in years.

But I got more penalty minutes

than anyone else in the league.

Like isn't your

shoulder all healed now?

Yeah, it's just not the same.

But how do you know? You don't even try.

You can't score if you

don't take the shot.

I tell you what...

I will if you will.

Okay. I'll take that deal.

I have another tooth.

That must be good.

That moment.

When you hand over the tooth.

No, I'm not interested.

Just wondering, you know.

How it felt?

Why don't you find out yourself?

We've been through this,

I'm not a winged fairy.

Okay, okay, explain to me one

more time. Why can't you have wings?

Sorry, do you know nothing

about fairy evolution?

Fairy evolution. Who wrote that?

Charles Darwing?

Inspired, really.

According to fairy evolution

some fairies can grow

wings and some can't.

And you know, I'm

one of the unlucky ones.

Tracy, you don't have to

have wings to be a tooth fairy.

- Remember you got all of these.

- That is true.

Somehow, you gotta show them

your strengths, speed, agility, flexibility.

And how am I gonna do that?

Around the cones! Around the

cones! Around the cones!

Quick feet!

Quick feet!

No, come back!

Come back!

- Where are you doing?

- Look at this...

It's three feet high. You're

eight feet tall. Come back.

- Oh, dinosaur!

- No, it's not!

What the heck!

Come on.

Rollercoaster.

- Come on.

- I'm okay, I'm okay.

- Are you okay?

- No.

Bathroom robe is

my worst nightmare.

- I got it. I got it.

- I'm bad.

You look like a beautiful

reindeer with your legs.

You can plant seeds. You're planting.

Not on the kid. On yourself.

Amnesia dust. Amnesia dust.

You sound great.

You're gonna kill them tomorrow night.

So, what do you think?

Nice. That is big time.

Randy Harris. Talent Show.

I like that slot too.

You really think I can

be a famous rock star?

Like Clapton or Hendrix

or Steve Ray Vaughn.

- You wanna straight.

- Yeah.

Okay.

You're getting pretty good, right.

So let's say you keep

working at it really hard.

Then, let's say you

become the best 13-year old

guitarist in your neighborhood.

Here's the deal:
You gotta remember

that are a lot of neighborhoods out there

with a lot of 13-year old

guitarist but somewhere out there,

there's a 12-year old who's shredding,

I mean he's killing that guitar.

You know what.

Yeah, it's possible.

Cool.

Go get them.

Late in the 3rd period, the Ice Wolves

are down 4-3 to the Arrows

Donnelly's getting a breather

but having another great game.

The Arrows leading scorer Pragwood

takes the pass and he is on the move.

Mick, your line's up.

Hey old man, got a fresh

pair of defense on?

Ah, you'll never know,

kid. This might surprise you.

The Ice Wolves dumped the puck into

the Arrows zone and change lines on a fly.

That's suppose to put

Donnelly back in the game.

Out there, he's got the puck in roll

so they're crossing the blue line.

Change!

Change!

And here's comes Thompson on

the bed replacing Josh.

Thompson knocks Crossling

flat on his back

and kicks the puck to neutral

zone where Browning picks it up.

Thompson jumps back into play

and Donnelly weeds around Crossling.

Now, Thompson takes the pass

right on his stick as Donnelly flies in the play.

It's a 2 on 1 with Thompson of

all people leading the way.

Pass it!

You can see Donnelly screaming for

the puck but Thompson won't give it up.

Thompson looks to pass.

No, he beats the pass.

He's got the top shelf wide open.

- Pass it!

- Pass!

No.

What is he thinking?

The Arrows have numbers

they're coming up the ice.

They shoot. They score.

Jim, it looked like Thompson was

actually gonna shoot and he just choked.

You're not a hockey player,

you're a sideshow attraction!

You know what, why don't you watch

tomorrow's game from the bench, you bum.

Great!

- Hey honey, how was your game?

- Not good.

- Derek, guess what? I

have another loose tooth.

Good for you, honey.

- What's the matter, hon?

- Everything. Nothing, you know. Forget it.

Can we go practice now?

You know what, can we skip today's

session. I just don't have it in me.

- But the Talent Show's tomorrow night.

- You'll be fine.

- I need at least one more run through it.

- No, you don't, okay.

No, I do need it. I just

need a little more practice.

Just so I can get down.

It doesn't matter what

you do in the Talent Show.

You're never gonna be a famous rock

star. You're just gonna be another

kid with a guitar. So do yourself

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