Lines by Nick Garrett 1
NickLook, I really am sorry, Eddie. I never thought anyone would get torn up in the process, especially you. I left here that summer with every intention of coming back to the Ridge. Then on the last night of the trip... I'm literally packing my bags and... I remembered something mom told me before she died. She said "You gotta promise me, Nicky... never to settle for anything less than unexpected adventure." And I couldn't kick the feeling that if I came back here, I'd be have giving up on that. It's like once I stayed away... staying away became a way. Any of this make sense?
Scenes with Nick Garrett 14
EEditor
Dufresne College called. They wanna know if you'd be interested in teaching a one-day intensive on the art of the novel.
Nick
Not so much. Dufresne College---that's in my hometown. I haven't been back there in 10 years. There's some people there that might not be so happy to see me.
EEditor
Maybe that's why you're blocked. Go back there. Make peace with it all. You've got to get past your fears, kiddo. G. Gordon Liddy was afraid of rats, so he cooked one up and ate it. Fear gone.
Nick
If you're suggesting that I cook and eat my old friends, I can assure you, in their opinion, I already have.
You've been gone how long now?
Nick
Ten years.
Right. I think it was two weeks before my 18th birthday that you left. Yes, I'm quite sure because I remember getting those roses, thinking they were for my birthday, but they weren't. They were a goodbye present as in, goodbye I'm no longer in your present.
Nick
I can explain.
Nick
Hannah---
Truly, don't sweat it. I should go. Um... are you, are you staying long?
Nick
Leave Sunday.
Nick
How old is Sam?
He turns 10 in two months.
Nick
Ten...
[Owen says good-bye to Sam and Sam goes to the door]
Umm... good-bye Nick. Good Luck.
[turns to leave but turns back around]
And don't worry, he's not yours.
AAubrey
And thus, the arsonist returns to the scene of his last great blaze.
Nick
Going down in flames does seem to be the motive.
Nick
Game over.
Not true. I think we can do much better. Forget about Hannah and aging documents. Nothing beats a live testimonial. It's like I always said--"If you can't deliver the bacon, bring them the pig!"
Nick
You always say that?
Well, I will from now on.
Nick
Look, I'm trying to confront this stuff that I ran from years ago. And I'm willing to face anything, anything that comes my way. I will not leave you, Dean Etwood. Or your students either. This time I'm not leaving anything until it's ready to be left.
Well, what an inspirational tale. But right now, Mr. Garrett, I'm going back to sleep.
What makes you think you can actually teach? And please, don't tell me it's because you wrote a popular novel.
Nick
No! No. But... the journey. Getting there. The journey that those students wish to embark upon. I can share my experience.
Then let's talk about that journey.
Nick
Let's talk about it.
The, ahm, epic struggle of a coward who left his home, wrote a book about the friends and family that he abandoned for reasons unknown and now is afraid to face his own life. A teacher by nature is a leader and a leader is someone who embraces their life. Not one who runs away from it. In all the world Mr. Garrett, my students have nothing to learn from you.
Nick
Alright, phase one. First things first. You got to get her interest.
Nick
You don’t get her interest by doing things she likes, that just makes you seem desperate.
Do you have a girlfriend?
Nick
We're just going to keep the focus on you. 'K?
Nick
Was the girl impressed?
Nick
I’m just curious. If we’re to assume that he did this to impress a girl, I think it’d be nice to know if it had the desired effect.
PPrincipal
I don’t see how that...
Because if he did impress her he may be inclined to do it again.
Nick
We need to know.
I think it did impress her. She laughed and giggled.
Nick
Wait, wait. What’s the difference?
PPrincipal
What? What difference?
Nick
Between a laugh and a giggle.
A giggle happens after you realized you’ve...
Laughed too much. It’s a subconscious thing.
You’re embarrassed for laughing overtly so you devolve into a nervous giggle.
PPrincipal
Excuse me! What are we doing here?
And I do believe there was a blush.
Nick
Ah, now did you hear that Principal Harrison? There was a blush.
PPrincipal
Yes, extraordinary. I’d like you all to leave my office now.
Nick
About what?
Nick
What about him?
Nick
What?! Dating? Like, woman?
AAubrey
I can't tell you how much I liked kissing you at Pumpkin Fest.
Nick
I can't tell you how much I liked being kissed by you at Pumpkin Fest.
AAubrey
I think we should do it again sometime.
Nick
I think so too.
AAubrey
Well, I'm free in four seconds.
[Dean Leslie Etwood walks in just as Nick and Aubrey are about to kiss]
College employees should be honest in carrying out their duties, and avoid conflicts between their private interests and their professional responsibilities. All this in a groovy little tome called the "Dufresne College Teacher Code of Conduct". Allow me to boil it down to its basic bits. Your chances of survival here are determined by which is more important to you; your class or... the lass.
So I guess that means you'll have time to open your window business
Nick
Yeah I guess, truth is it's something that Eddie and I always planned on doing since we were kids. Best Friend Windows is what we called it
Kind of a dorky name isn't it?
Nick
We were ten
Nick
Yeah, but you're...
Nick
Different kind of 10.
You need to go out. Find a girl.
Nick
That is the last thing I need. I need a vacation from girls. A girl vacation. Do you know what a girl vacation is dad?
Nick
No. It's spending some time with me. Just me. I need to spend some quality time with me.
[At seeing Phil naked] Whoa!
Nick
What's... goin' on Phil?
Hey Guys! Just cataloging my CDs.
Nick
Yeah, that's not what I'm talkin' about.
Oh, Pizza Girl had to sketch a nude for her drawing class. I was her model. And then, when we were done, it occurred to me, I wasn't really in the need to put my clothes back on.
Oh, because sometimes I feel trapped in here. But without my clothes... [takes a step closer to the boys and they grow uncomfortable]
Whoa, okay, so... you're just gonna be naked from now on?
Naked implies, embarrassment and vulnerability, exposure...
Nick
Yeah.
...Nude, does not. Nude implies 'the sun on my bum', the air on my snookle. Nude implies, free!
[Pointing in opposite direction] I'm going over here.
Nick
I'll go with you.
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