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("Footprints")Tj
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(Episode #253)Tj
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(Previously ...)Tj
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(- Jason lamented his breakup with Courtney and received support from Lau\
ren, who also )Tj
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(comforted Courtney when she admitted that she still has feelings for Jay\
but doesn't )Tj
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(think that she can forgive him.)Tj
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(- Claire was horrified to learn that Ryan had revealed the truth about t\
he rape to Stan, )Tj
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(but Ryan countered that he simply wants to resolve the complex issues of\
his past and )Tj
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(amend some of the mistakes that he has made.)Tj
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(KING'S BAY ICE ARENA)Tj
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(Jason hasn't bustled into the arena with this kind of intensity in a lon\
g, long time. In the )Tj
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(past weeks, knowing that he's been coming in to practice and Courtney wo\
n't be there, )Tj
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(it's practically been a chore to drag himself through the doors and onto\
the ice. He's done )Tj
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(little but go through the motions, hoping that one day everything will f\
all back into place )Tj
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(and he can get back to his usual routine, even though each day that pass\
es makes that )Tj
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(less and less of a likelihood.)Tj
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(But now the drive has returned. It came out of nowhere. Today's trip to \
the rink began )Tj
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(like all the others lately. Everything was the same until that moment wh\
en he was pulling )Tj
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(into the parking space and realized whose car he was looking at parked i\
n the next row.)Tj
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(Courtney's.)Tj
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(She hasn't been to the rink since their blow-up, at least not at the sam\
e time as him -- )Tj
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(the times when they used to practice together. So either she's been avoi\
ding skating or )Tj
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(avoiding him, and neither option is very appealing to consider. )Tj
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(But if she's here now ... maybe something has changed. It'd be just like\
Courtney to )Tj
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(return without notice and expect to pick up where they left off. )Tj
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(He sees no one as he flies through the lobby, course set directly for th\
e doors that open )Tj
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(to the large room containing the ice surface itself. His hand grips the \
handle hard as he )Tj
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(yanks the door open, pausing his steps just long enough so that he doesn\
't run into the )Tj
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(door in the process of opening it.)Tj
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(His eyes begin the search for her immediately. They dismiss figure after\
figure on the ice, )Tj
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(most of which are familiar enough that they don't merit close study -- e\
specially not )Tj
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(today, not now. His attention jets over the bodies moving around the ice\
until they find )Tj
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(what they are looking for.)Tj
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(She is here. And she's skating.)Tj
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(He watches, only partially believing, as Courtney takes a few pushes int\
o a routine that )Tj
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(he recognizes immediately. She steps gracefully through a complicated se\
t of strokes and )Tj
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(turns, her blades accumulating a speed and ferocity that seems to defy t\
he ease and )Tj
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(beauty with which she is executing the pattern. It's the same footwork p\
attern they've )Tj
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(been working on for two years as a part of their short program.)Tj
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(When she reaches the end of the sequence, Courtney comes to a halt. She \
turns back )Tj
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(and begins saying something, projecting her voice halfway across the rin\
k. )Tj
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(Jason looks, expecting to see Sandy, as usual, in her red coat, carrying\
her insulated )Tj
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(Starbucks mug. But he sees someone completely contrary, someone whose pr\
esence )Tj
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(completely rattles him.)Tj
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(Dylan Carrington?)Tj
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(He recognizes the other young man from all the time he's spent in the sk\
ating world. He )Tj
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(always sees him at competitions, in publications, and the like. They've \
all moved up the )Tj
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(ranks at about the same pace, him and Courtney and Dylan. Last he heard,\
Dylan was )Tj
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(skating with some girl from Alaska whose potential as a skater was match\
ed only by her )Tj
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(propensity for flying off the handle and throwing wild tantrums anywhere\
and everywhere.)Tj
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(So what the hell is he doing here?)Tj
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(Mercifully, he doesn't have to wonder in solitude for too long. He sees \
Sandy for real this )Tj
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(time, coming through the doors through which he passed just a minute ago\
. She begins )Tj
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(to smile when she sees Jason, but the expression twists into a careful, \
uneasy grimace )Tj
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(almost immediately.)Tj
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("What's going on?" Jason demands, hurrying over to her side. "What's Cou\
rtney doing )Tj
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(out there?")Tj
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(Sandy casts a glance out onto the ice, as if to confirm that this is rea\
lly happening and )Tj
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(she has to deal with it. "She's auditioning for new partners.")Tj
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(MORIANI HOME)Tj
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(Look at you.)Tj
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(Ryan makes eye contact with his own image, a hunched over, dreary lookin\
g creature )Tj
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(reflected in a glass panel of one of the doors to the large breakfront t\
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(opposite the small bar. )Tj
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(I look like hell,)Tj
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( he groans internally, still studying himself. His skin looks drawn and \
tight, )Tj
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(his eyes sunken and exhausted. He shudders to think of what he looks lik\
e in real life, )Tj
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(especially to the eyes of others.)Tj
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(Not like it matters that much. He doesn't really see anyone of any conse\
quence these )Tj
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(days, anyway... He takes care of odds and ends for Nick during the day, \
and spends the )Tj
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t the time. )Tj
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(He watches himself shaking his head in the glass. This has to stop. This\
rut has gone on )Tj
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(for far too long.)Tj
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(If only there were an end in sight, though. This Stan thing seems as tho\
ugh it's never )Tj
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(going to blow over. The hole just keeps getting deeper and deeper.)Tj
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(He lifts the gin and tonic to his lips, lets a little bit of it swim ins\
ide his mouth, and then )Tj
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(decides to finish the damn thing off. )Tj
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(Betrayal. He can't shake the feeling that that's what this is, no matter\
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(It's just because of how long it went on)Tj
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(, his mind reasons forcefully. For a lie to drag on )Tj
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(for so many years -- for it to spawn so much pain that )Tj
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(was)Tj
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( real, that is real even now, )Tj
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(with the truth out in the open -- is essentially to make it a reality, t\
o create a truth. )Tj
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(Tearing all those years of work down is bound to be difficult.)Tj
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(The thought is still of little comfort. How could he protect Stan for so\
long and then just )Tj
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(turn on him, destroying all that effort and putting him in a position of\
very real jeopardy?)Tj
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(But that ache, he realizes, is dull in comparison to another. He does fe\
el bad that he had )Tj
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(to expose Stan, but he feels even worse that he now has to admit to thro\
wing away what )Tj
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(could have been the life he wanted in favor of saving a man who's never \
done a thing to )Tj
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(deserve it.)Tj
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(It was never fair to ruin his own life like that. If he could just go ba\
ck to that first )Tj
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(confrontation with Claire -- the one where she had the guts to confront \
him about what )Tj
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(she thought )Tj
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( had done to her ... as if he could ever have hurt her like that. If he \
could )Tj
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(just go back to that day, he would have told the truth; he would have ma\
de sure she )Tj
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(knew that it was Stan, not him. He'd never have lost her, and he'd never\
have forced )Tj
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(himself to hold Stan up for so long to try and justify an impulsive, idi\
otic move that's )Tj
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(done nothing but bring him pain.)Tj
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(There is one way to ease it. He knows that now. There is one way to undo\
at least some )Tj
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(He has to restore the feelings that have lingered in his memory for so l\
ong, obscuring )Tj
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(anything that might have stood in the way of their almost improbable com\
ing to fruition. )Tj
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(He has to make that potential real -- he has to make her feel it.)Tj
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(He has to get Claire back.)Tj
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(MARSHALL APARTMENT)Tj
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("My whole body is so tired," Sally says, moving her head from the back o\
f the couch onto )Tj
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(Stan's shoulder. "I hate working these long flights without overnights."\
)Tj
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(Stan grunts some kind of agreement and refocuses on the TV, shifting his\
position a little )Tj
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(bit to make having Sally on him more comfortable.)Tj
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("I'm not making this up! I swear to God, if I could make this go away, I\
would. Do you )Tj
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(think I want to know that my father is a rapist -- that he hurt the only\
girl I've ever loved )Tj
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(Goddamn Ryan. What the hell does that kid think he's doing, throwing acc\
usations )Tj
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(around like that? Does he think he's gonna be able to get revenge or som\
ething for all )Tj
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(the years that he's bitter about?)Tj
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("Stan? How does that sound?")Tj
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(Sally's voice comes floating back into his ear with an urgency that make\
s him realize he )Tj
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(missed whatever she just said. He turns to her with an apologetic look.)Tj
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("Does that sound good? Spending next weekend at the coast?" )Tj
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("Uh, yeah," he says, though the idea is still sinking in. "Sure.")Tj
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("Is something wrong?" she asks, sitting up. )Tj
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("No." )Tj
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("You just seem kind of--")Tj
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("I'm fine." He stands, leaving her behind on the couch.)Tj
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("Stan--")Tj
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(room table, on which his worn brown coat is hanging. He picks it up and \
begins sliding )Tj
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(into it.)Tj
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("Stan?" Sally repeats, a new panic evident in her voice.)Tj
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("I've gotta go do something," he says. )Tj
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(Sally rises from the couch. "When will you be back?")Tj
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("I dunno." He reaches for the front door and yanks it open. "See you lat\
er," he says )Tj
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(gruffly as he shuffles out of the apartment.)Tj
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(He pulls the door closed tightly behind him, as if sealing Sally inside,\
and begins beating )Tj
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(a frenzied path down the hallway.)Tj
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(This is going to get taken care of. Today.)Tj
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(KING'S BAY ICE ARENA)Tj
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("Court!" he calls out, rounding the end of the rink and coming up to the\
home team's box )Tj
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(at the side of the ice. )Tj
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(He knows she has seen him -- they had a moment of unmistakable eye conta\
ct as he )Tj
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(rushed away from Sandy. But she turned back to Dylan and kept trying to \
work through )Tj
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(the footwork sequence with him. )Tj
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(Now, though, Jason is climbing into the box and coming up to the boards,\
right next to )Tj
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(the ice, and she can't ignore him. He can see her attention being pulled\
back towards him )Tj
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(even though she's trying to focus upon Dylan.)Tj
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("What?" she demands, turning around and snapping at him. Still, the fact\
that she )Tj
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(addresses him comes as a little bit of a surprise.)Tj
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("Can we talk for a minute?")Tj
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(She takes a few strokes to bring her closer to Jason, though he can tell\
it's more for the )Tj
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(purpose of removing Dylan from the awkward situation. "I'm busy.")Tj
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("I can tell," he says calmly. "But this is important.")Tj
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(She hesitates, clearly considering his request very carefully. He is rea\
dy for her to strike )Tj
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(him down and order him away from her, but instead she moves a little bit\
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(What is it?")Tj
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(Now that he's gotten her to commit to talking to him, he can't help but \
slump his )Tj
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(shoulders and bulge his eyes as if to ask how she can even )Tj
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(pretend)Tj
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( not to know what he )Tj
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(needs to speak with her about.)Tj
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("I'm not just gonna give up skating because things didn't work out with \
us," she says )Tj
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(coldly. )Tj
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("'Didn't work out'? It's not like we went on a blind date, Courtney! Com\
e on.")Tj
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("Is that supposed to make me feel better? I am not just going to get ove\
r what )Tj
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("All right," Jason says, cutting her off. "I ... I can understand you no\
t wanting to be with )Tj
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(me, I mean, still be together, you know. But getting a new skating partn\
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(imagine going for my senior test with anyone else--")Tj
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("I couldn't imagine it, either! I'm not even sure that I can now. But I \
know that I want to )Tj
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(pass that test, and I'm not gonna be able to do this forever. I'm not go\
nna wait around )Tj
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(hoping that things work themselves out so we can get back to our plans."\
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("That was personal. This is--this is professional, look at it that way."\
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("It's )Tj
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(all)Tj
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( personal! What do you think of when you think about us skating together\
? I think )Tj
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(about going to Coasts in San Jose and running around that amusement park\
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splitting the )Tj
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e year, or )Tj
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(making fun of the judges together, or pinning Sandy down and taking off \
her skates on )Tj
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(her birthday. I think about us, not some business arrangement.")Tj
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(His mouth, suddenly very dry, opens and closes without producing any wor\
ds. He glances )Tj
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(over her shoulder, at Dylan, for just a split-second. This threat is sud\
denly very real.)Tj
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("So maybe it's )Tj
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( us," he says, his voice beginning to go hoarse with desperation. )Tj
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("Maybe it's more than just the skating. You can't pretend like a big par\
t of this wasn't us )Tj
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(doing it together.")Tj
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("I'm not pretending that at all! That was exactly the problem! I just wa\
nt to be able to )Tj
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(skate and accomplish what I set out to now, without worrying about any o\
f that other )Tj
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(crap. Does every part of my life have to be ruined because of what happe\
ned?")Tj
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("No," he says, but he is already moving away from her. He's lost the bat\
tle for now, that )Tj
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(much is clear. There is nothing he can say to refute the points Courtney\
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(He climbs out of the box without looking at her again. Quickly he makes \
his way back to )Tj
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(the other side of the rink, back to where Sandy is still standing. She s\
ays something to )Tj
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(him as he bends down to grab his equipment bag, but he doesn't hear it a\
nd he doesn't )Tj
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("--is the truth! Drop the bull already, Jesus! You didn't come here look\
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