Unanswered Prayers Page #5

-I'm good.

-What's up with you?

I'm just tired.

You need to get to bed earlier, Jess.

He's up late texting his girlfriend.

Her name is Monet, Dad.

How about a little less Monet

and a little more focusing

on the games to come?

Grab a banana.

And a yogurt.

Good arm. All right. Later.

Have a great day.

Perfect. This is exactly

what he needs now.

Do we... Do we have any butter?

Lor, are you gonna

call on the Lofton deal today?

Uh... No.

Why? I think you should.

I don't want to look desperate.

Well, we are, babe.

I don't see any butter.

And how long does it take

to read a proposal?

Maybe we're out.

We're out of butter?

I didn't think things were that bad.

Hey, I've been busy.

I need to get to the store.

-Why are you so grumpy?

-I don't know.

I talked to Coach T.

"Jesse's great, an amazing talent."

You know... La, la, la, la.

He just lacks the drive.

Doesn't think he wants it enough.

Okay. Maybe he doesn't.

Maybe he doesn't, or maybe he's lazy.

Come on.

That's the last thing that kid is.

Hey, when I was on the team, every

Saturday 6:
00 a.m., we're out there.

Every minute we're late, we did a mile.

I sure as hell wasn't tapping girls

in my bedroom.

And how do you suggest we pay for

his college without a scholarship?

We gonna use the money

we just loaned to the company?

He can get a student loan.

He's a bright kid.

What if we don't get the loan?

What if it rains tomatoes?

Then we'll make Bloody Marys

or gazpacho or something.

Have some jam, babe.

I'm fine. I'll grab something

from the roach coach. See you later.

Number five is good.

What are you doing here?

I had to take a break

from packing boxes,

and I wanted to see your son play.

He can play?

Better than his dad.

He's a looker, too.

Mmm-hmm.

That would be his mom.

You must be proud.

Yes. I am.

Ava, to be honest, I don't really know

how to be around you.

I know. It's strange for me, too.

Did they get that

chimney all worked out?

Yeah. Pulls beautifully.

And Yanni, he's brilliant with cement.

Yeah. Yanni's the best.

Ben, I hope that you

take this the right way,

but I always thought

if I came back to Ashland

that you might be here.

Oh, I am definitely here.

No, I mean like we were before.

I know it's selfish, but

when things would get bad in my life,

my one refuge was imagining that

you were here waiting for me.

I did wait for you, Ava.

I know. I know you did.

-Well, hey.

-Hey.

Yeah, I'm just picking up my son.

Got to get him some new shoes.

Seems to be growing out of everything.

I'm sorry. Did I interrupt?

You didn't interrupt.

Got to drag him off the field

before the stores close.

You know, they're going late today.

Lane! Let's do this!

-Bye.

-Bye.

Bye, Jeanette.

I can see our picture tomorrow,

front page of the

Ashland Times-Dispatch.

Ben, I'm trying to get things in order

and get out of town.

I don't want to

complicate things for you.

I don't know. I'm having trouble.

I can't seem to leave this place.

Hey, I'm the one who

should be pissed off.

Jeanette needs to keep her damn nose

out of everybody else's damn business.

Well, darling, that ain't gonna happen

in this lifetime.

And why should you be pissed off?

I'm not pissed off.

But if I was, it's because you and Ava

keep having these

secret little meetings.

At our son's football practice?

I didn't even know

she was gonna be there.

Well, why the hell was she there?

How would I know? Some nostalgia thing.

She wanted to watch a football game.

She's lonely.

She doesn't have any friends in town.

Well, she certainly seems to have you.

We are doing work at her house.

My God, are you jealous of her?

-Should I be?

-I don't think so.

You don't think so?

-Hey, guys.

-Good morning.

What? What's wrong?

We just got a call.

What now?

We got the contract!

Lofton?

Yes. It came through!

-You're kidding.

-Oh, my God.

And we set up production site tomorrow.

Oh, yeah!

I ran out and I got champagne.

Irene, we got some paper cups?

-In the bathroom.

-Now you're talking.

Nice work, you two. Can I be honest?

I was sweating this one.

Can I be honest, Yanni? We were, too.

It was all Lorrie. It really was.

-They're our best team.

-Yeah.

-Hey, Ben.

-Hey, there.

Plumbers just left. We're 100%

copper now. You have a good crew.

Yeah. Listen,

I'm gonna have to send Danny Keller

over tomorrow to finish up the repairs.

A big job came through, and I'm not

gonna have any guys available.

Jeanette called Lorrie.

Yeah. That, too.

Ava, listen, I have a good marriage.

I know you do.

You have a perfect life.

Here's to a perfect life.

Well, nothing is perfect.

It's damn near perfect.

Ashland, the tomato capital

of the Commonwealth.

Having been born here, grown up here,

I know practically everybody.

But if I have to

drive down Main Street one more time...

I don't know, sometimes I envy you

for getting out of Dodge.

I've lived all over the world, Ben.

Dodge is looking pretty sweet to me

right now.

Hey, I went to the

farmers' market today,

and I bought some goat cheese

and fresh pears.

Do you have dinner waiting?

Frozen lasagna at home

waiting to be nuked.

Lorrie and her mom

are at book club, so...

Get your ass in here, then.

Let's eat some real food.

No, no, no. I should really get back.

To nuked lasagna?

There's no sense us both eating alone.

Come on.

What were their names,

the farmers? Do you remember?

Lester Gill did an A-1

job with this chimney.

Remember? The twin brothers.

One was really skinny, the other...

Floyd and Lloyd.

Who is your daddy now?

Fat Floyd and Lean Lloyd!

They wore the same coveralls.

What was that?

And we took one of their horses.

No, no, no. Let me correct that.

Not we. You. You stole him.

I borrowed him for the night.

And then showed up at your house.

Yeah, with no saddle.

I dared you. And then

we rode up Fern Hill.

Mmm-hmm.

And you held me so tight from behind.

Give me a break.

I'm not a horseman, all right?

No, I liked it. It thought it was sexy.

And then we tied him up at the quarry,

then we swam.

Yeah. First we swam.

First we swam.

God, we were crazy.

How about it?

-About what?

-The quarry.

What, now?

Yeah, why not? For old times' sake.

No, I don't think so.

Why not?

Because we can't. Come on.

-I dare you.

-No.

-I double dare you.

-No!

Why?

Okay, first of all,

it's freezing up there.

Yeah, so? That never stopped us before.

What, are we too old to have fun?

Yes. We are.

No. Come on.

No.

What are we doing? This is insane!

It's raining!

Ah! Come on! We're gonna get wet anyway!

-Beat you there.

-I'll race you.

Come on.

Wait, wait, wait. Oh, God.

Wait.

It's freezing!

We proved we were still crazy.

Let's get out.

No, you wuss!

Who you calling a wuss?

Race, I'll race you to the rocks.

-No!

-Yes!

You're insane! You're...

Does it get any hotter?

Give it a chance. It needs to warm up.

Stop being a wuss.

That was fun. Admit it.

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