NickThis Friday, there are gonna be thirty men on that pitch. Fifteen of them are gonna be winners. Fifteen of them are gonna be bitches. Which do you wanna be?
Nick
Damn right! Because this is a team of winners. And we're not gonna allow ourselves to fail. Because failure's a... giant bitch with sharp claws. We're gonna gang rape failure, we're gonna hold it down and we're gonna-
CPCoach Pooter
Nick, Nick. I think you've taken that metaphor far enough.
[Matty moves back into the Levan household. It's clearly evident that there is a lot of dysfunction in the Levan household.]
It's a set of rules. A contract.
[sarcastically] It's.. [turns page] comprehensive.
I'm not taking any chances this time, Matthew.
[reading the pages] No girls in the bedroom. [enquiringly] I shall not use my father's sporting equipment?
Yeah, that last one especially. Not having you go batshit on us again. [to Nick] Right, Nick?
Nick
[reluctantly] Right.
[reading the pages] I will complete my education. [puts down the pages] I was thinking of getting a job, actually. Something that lets me do my music.
Drug music? Where's the money in that?
There isn't. That's why I need a job.
You'll finish your education, that's what you'll do.
[Enquiringly] Don't I get a choice?
Oh, yes, Matthew, you've got a choice. You can stay here, obey my rules and behave. [angrily] OR YOU CAN FUCK OFF! [calmly] How does that sound?
[Nick steps in to defuse the tension]
Nick
[cheerfully] It sounds good to me! The Levan boys, back together! Cheers, guys.
CPCoach Pooter
You're gonna run away, is that it?
Nick
I'm not running away!
CPCoach Pooter
Yes, you are. It's all very well. Seeing an injustice, Nick, that's the easy part. What you do next is the hard part. It defines a man.
Nick
I can't be happy in that house, coach!
CPCoach Pooter
You wanna be happy? That it, ja?
Nick
Yeah!
CPCoach Pooter
[picking up a picture of Nelson Mandela] Do you know who this is?
Nick
Yeah, of course, but...
CPCoach Pooter
He's a happy man. Yeah? Respected. Everybody loves Madiba. He's fair, and peaceful, and friendly. But when he was your age, he was a right angry fucker. Furious, ja? He blew things up, fought and fought and fought against the shit he came up against. He never ran away. They had to lock the bastard away, to try to stop him. And even then, he fought.
Nick
I don't know what you're saying.
CPCoach Pooter
I'm saying I thought you were stronger than someone who runs, Nick.
[Matty and Nick are arguing on the rugby pitch]
Nick
[to Matty] Everything's so fucking easy for you, isn't it? I've worked my arse off, I've done everything I'm supposed to do, and you just... you walk back in like nothing happened and fuck up my life AGAIN!
[confidently, to Nick] I'm not the one fucking you up, Nick!
[Nick is depressed and wants to talk about his feelings with his father. His father is having none of it.]
Nick
I've had a bad night.
You had a bad night because you chose to have one! Or is that my fault too, is it?
Nick
Dad, I need --
For fսck's sake, Nick! [quietly] Grow up.
[Leon walks out]
[Nick has had enough of his tyrannical, controlling father.]
You were supposed to be keeping an eye on him.
Nick
Shut up.
[Matty is confused and is surprised by Nick's words]
Nick
I did it.
[scoffs] Don't believe you.
Nick
I don't care what you believe.
[sighs] I see. [stands upright] You're standing up for yourself. Is that it? He's got to you. See, I know you Nick and you wouldn't have done shit if it wasn't for--
Nick
[interrupting] No! I wouldn't have done shit if it wasn't for you. None of this would have happened if you'd just... [pause] Fuck! [pause] Stop being a cunt.
[Matty walks over]
[surprised and dismayed] So, what, you... you're ganging up on me now, are you?
Nick
Yeah. Yes, we are.
[Leon walks away in defeat.]
OK, OK... you look like a man who's just made the ultimate sacrifice for love! Right. Uhhh... (gasps) Rain check- rings!
(irritated) You should know- best man.
Oh, yeah! (fishes the rings out of his pocket) Uhhh- suits are all sorted.
(chuckling) Da and Dowie used to be a Beatles crupie band together! I fished 'em out, you know, all the-
Matty and Nick are taking care of... (Matty and Nick rush past them with a shopping cart of stolen alcohol, pursued by security guards)
Nick
(laughing at Rich's new haircut) Oh my gay, it's Justin Bieber!
Nick
Hey!
Nick
Yeah. You? Oh, no! Hey, hey, hey, it's alright!
I am so sorry, Nick. He'd just been crazy.
Nick
Right. It's cool. It's okay.
Nick
(Accidentally their heads collide.) Ah... shit!
I am sorry, I was just gonna...
Nick
(At the same time.) I thought you're gonna...
Mates, then? Cause, I could really do with one. One like you. See you around, okay?
Nick
What are you doing to me, Franky?
Nick
Don't push me, Franky, I swear...
...I said, why didn't you fucking tell me?
Nick
Oh you care now, do you?
Nick
No, you don't! You don't give a fuck about anyone. You're a headfuck, Franky! You haven't spoken to him in months. He's your fucking boyfriend!
He's a fuck. He is a selfish, messed up pussy! And you let him fuck you, again!
Nick
I have to...
Nick
Yeah. Yeah, I will.
Then what the fuck are you doing here with me, Nick?
Oh, that's right, just run away!
Nick
I wish I fucking could! But I can’t. ‘Cause you’re in here. And here. And part of me would give anything for you to just disappear, just be fucking.. gone. There’s a tiny part. The rest of me… the rest of me would take even this, even this shit feeling right now, over any other feeling about any other girl. Because compared to this, I haven’t felt a single fucking thing in my life.
Nick
I love you Franky. I do.
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