Hi, Miss Casey, I’m sorry I’m late for my lesson. Hi, Melissa, how are you doing?
Fine. Good. Listen, before we begin, I have to tell you something.
What? I m going back to school.
You are? Why? To study music.
But you’re the best music teacher, and you know lots of music. Thanks, but I want to be better, but I’m sad because the school is far away and I won’t be.
Where is it? San Francisco.
Where’s that? We’re here and San Francisco’s all the way over here, in California.
I won’t be able to see you? Yes, I’m leaving, but, let’s see, we have one more lesson.
I’ll try to find you a good teacher, ok? OK.
What do you want to play first? Can we play the blues?
Sure, you know Travelin’ Blues, right? Yeah.
Let s play that. OK.
A Major. A
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What do you think, Frank. . . am I nuts? No, you’re not crazy. Rebecca’s twenty-eight. I mean, it’s about time she got a car.
Hey, what do you think of this one here? No way! Look at the price!
She needs a small car-something she can drive around Boston. Frank . . . she’s driving all the way to San Francisco.
San Francisco? Yeah, alone.
She’s gonna drive three thousand miles . . . by herself? Is that safe? I think she should fly if she insists on going
but she said she’d rather put the money in a car that she can use when she’s out there. I’d never drive that far by myself.
You know that daughter of yours is pretty independent. Hey, now here’s a car to drive across country.
She got into a good school, Frank. The San Francisco College of Music. Music school? That’ll never pay off. You can’t make any money in music.
You’re telling me! I thought she should go to a local college. Well, that makes more sense to me.
So why does she have to go all the way to San Francisco? Well, the school out there accepted her and they offered her financial help.
Well that’s good, right? I guess so.
Hey, if you’re so worried about this, why don’t you talk her out of it? I can’t change her mind. She’s all fired up about the idea, says it’s her dream.
Yeah, but dreams don’t pay bills. Yeah, well there’s nothing I can do.
If this is what she wants, maybe I can help her with a car. Well, if she’s gonna be driving, you know, all the way across country, she’s gotta have a decent car.
Hey . . . hey, here’s one of those what do you call it Oldsmobile Deltas? Yeah, Oldsmobile Delta.
Hey, looks in tip-top shape, look. Oh, you don’t know about used cars, Frank. Whew! 80,000 miles.
Oh, that’s a lot of miles! You know we have to take a close look at the engine, the tires, the doors, everything.
It’s a lot of money, Frank. I don’t wanna get ripped off. You have to watch these used car salesmen.
I don’t know, do I wanna do this? She’ll love you for it.
You think so? Yeah . . . there, come on, let’s take a look.
Whew, watch that one . . . Hey, looks clean, no oil leaks. That’s a lotta mileage, Frank, Let’s have that mechanic of yours, what’s his name.
Sammy? Yeah.
Yeah, we’ll tell the salesman we want our mechanic to take a look at it before we pay anything. And we take it for a test drive, too.
You got it. Ok, let’s make a deal.
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What’s the score? Three to nothing.
Three to nothing? All right, Mary!
C’mon, Mary, you can do it, Mary. Put it right by her now, Mary. C’mon, she’s no batter, let’s go Mary!
So how do you feel about Rebecca leaving home? Uh, I don’t know. I’m OK, I guess.
You’re going to miss her, aren’t you? Yeah, but at least I get to move into her room.
Hey, don’t take all my potato chips! Don’t be so stingy!
Come on, girl-put it in there, one more out! Lets go, Mary! Oh, this is ridiculous, she was . . . she was out, there was no.
Twenty-two to two, what happened to you? ２２ Hey, how about a little sympathy? I lost my last softball game.
Poor you! You can’t do it all by yourself, if it wasn’t for that umpire. Yeah, I think he was working for the other team.
What the heck, it’s only a game, right? I think I’m heading home, I’ll see you later.
All right, thanks for coming. Oh, it was fun . . . seeing you get beat!
You’re supposed to be cheering me on. Tomorrow night we’ll go car hunting again?
Absolutely, Bye. Bye, Sandy.
Bye! Thanks for the potato chips! Hey, the team’s going to the Sports Bar, do you wanna come?
I can’t. Jack and I are going to the movies. I still don’t know what you see in that guy.
You’re not me, OK? Now, when are you leaving for San Francisco?
A week from Saturday. I drive out real early. Let’s hope you have a car by then.
I will! Oh, make room, move that glove.
Oh my gosh! You guys, you didn’t have to do this, this is too much! OK.
You’re in our hearts, as you well know. We’ll think of you, wherever you go, you’ll be a hit in San Francisco!
Thanks. OK, hurry up, hurry up!
What did you guys get me? A Red Sox jacket! This is great!
What a great present. Thanks, you guys! Ah, what to say . . . Well, we didn’t win many games, but we had more fun than any other team in the league
and I’m never gonna forget the Silver Stars, I’m gonna miss you guys. Don’t replace me too soon, ok?
Hey, Matt! What are you doing here? I got out of work late. I called your house.
And Kevin told me you’d be here. Nice jacket. Thanks, its a present from the team.
They’re gonna miss you. You’re their star player. I wasn’t today. We lost, twenty-two to two.
Ouch, I think we need to have a talk. Look, if it’s about my decision to go to San Francisco, I’m not going to change my mind.
I realize that. But I’ll be back to visit and you can come and see me.
No, let’s not kid ourselves. Four years of college in California will pretty much end our relationship.
Lots of people have long-distance relationships. Not me, I’m not a long-distance kind of guy.
All our friends are getting married, they’re having kids. I thought we were next. See, Becky, you and I . . . we have different dreams.
I think it’s better to call quits. Is it?
I think so. Look, I’m sorry you feel this way, but I’m never going to be happy if I don’t try this. I’m sorry.
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