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[Alexis, her father, Beulah, and Nick are gathered around the dinner table] Marcus Winston:
I don't know where the hell you come up with those hare-brained ideas. Nick Peterson:
She can do it! Now, there's five months until the first competition. That's plenty of time! Alexis Winston:
I don't care about any of that. Nick Peterson:
Yeah, you do. If you could see, you'd be right back in there at the broad moment of that whole business. Alexis Winston:
I wouldn't. Nick Peterson:
I don't believe you! [Silence around the table] Alexis Winston:
I can't. Marcus Winston:
Baby, that's okay, you don't have to do anything you don't want to do. Nick Peterson:
If nobody made her do anything she didn't want to do, she'd be sittin' up in the goddamn room staring at the walls! [pause, while everyone glances at Alexis] Nick Peterson:
I don't know if she can do it; I just know she's got to try. Beulah Smith:
For who? For you or for her? Nick Peterson:
For both of us. If she doesn't try, it's gonna be second best... for us. Whatever it is, hell, man, she can skate! Now, I don't know who took this seriously in the first place, even her, but she can. She just won the Sectionals. That's all the skaters in the middle of this damn country and by God, that's saying something! Marcus Winston:
It's pointless and cruel. Nick Peterson:
Don't give me that. Not trying is pointless and cruel. Not trying is wondering your whole life if you gave up too soon. Who the hell needs that? Alexis Winston:
They'll laugh at me. [Nick takes her hand and nods] Nick Peterson:
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