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That's odd.

Wide Rockdale, Laurelhurst Park, 7 .30 a .m.

My strength flows from my self -confidence.

I can do anything.

Yeah, what's up?

Hi, I'm jogging.

Yeah, three miles a day.

Western Meadowlark?

Huh? No, nothing, nothing.

Yeah, so what's the story?

Uh -huh.

No, no, no.

Okay.

So what do you think?

Well, it could be a western meadowlark, but it would be unusual for the area.

The bird is not your assignment, Gloria.

He is.

What have you observed about Dennis?

Oh, well, he likes birds.

And he jogs three miles a day.

And what else?

He listens to self -improvement tape.

Yes, so what does that tell you?

That he wants to improve.

Yes.

Dennis Loggins has spent a long time trying to make changes in his life.

Well, good for him.

Not necessarily.

Hey, Mr. Watson.

You got a thing for me today?

Oh, I might have a thing or two.

Ah, great.

Thanks. I'll see you tomorrow.

You have a good one.

Something's changed. What happened?

He's just been invited to his ten -year high school reunion.

Oh, that sounds like fun.

Being old friends, reconnecting with your past.

If I had a past, I'd like to reconnect with it.

He won't be going for fun.

He won't?

No.

He's going for revenge.

You're unstoppable.

I am unstoppable.

down the road heavy burden heavy

load I will rise and I

will walk with you I'll walk with you till the sun

don't even shine walk with you every time

I tell you I'll walk with you

Believe me, I'll fall with you.

Oh, dear.

I'm so sorry.

Forget it. I wasn't looking where I was going. A hydrogen peroxide will get that

stain right out.

Oh, darn the luck. I left the peroxide in my other pants.

That was a joke.

Oh, yes, of course it was.

There are other methods for removing coffee stains. Any mild, non -alkaline,

-bleaching detergent, or even common household vinegar will do.

Right, it's the oxygenation process.

Your very first assignment, all by yourself, solo, alone.

I'm sure she'll do fine, really.

Are you telling or asking?

I'm praying, actually.

And blotting. Blotting's very good, too.

Very important.

Right.

Well, I've got to get to work now. Yeah, me too.

At least I hope I do. I have an interview this morning.

Oh, good luck. Thank you. And I am so sorry about your shirt.

Don't worry about it. Okay.

According to Kenny, there's been a rusty blackbird showing up pretty regularly

over at Carson's farm. Kind of early, though, Dennis, like sunrise early.

Oops.

Wrong room.

Or maybe you're in the right room, but you just joined the wrong club.

What club is this?

Ornithological Society.

Birdwatching. Oh, I didn't know we had a birdwatching club.

Oh, yeah, but... As you can see, we're very selective with our membership.

We are?

You, however, have met all the criteria for joining.

What criteria is that?

You're here.

Well, maybe I'll stop by again sometime, but right now I'm supposed to be at a

homecoming committee meeting.

Oh, Mr.

Tanner's biology classroom.

Thank you.

Dennis, right?

Right.

Melissa Dunnigan knows your name.

Is

there

a problem, Mr. Loggins?

Sorry. I'm just trying to figure out a way to access these football stats

with this new program I'm designing.

That is ambitious.

Yeah, it'll be my legacy to whoever takes over the play -by -play after I

graduate. Oh, I see.

I just know there's a better way to do this, though. Oh, you'll work it out,

baby. You'll work it out.

Hey, Dennis.

Can I ask you a question?

You know a lot about birds, right?

Uh, yeah, sure. What do you want to know?

Well, I have to do this project on mating rituals in the animal kingdom.

Any ideas?

Well, you can't beat the display ritual of the Black Crown Night Heron.

The males do this thing called a song and dance.

It's kind of like this.

What are you doing, dork?

Knock it off, Ricky.

I thought the kid was having a seizure or something.

Very funny, Ricky.

No, what's funny is you hitting on my girl, man.

She just had a science question about birds.

Did she leave him alone?

I'm just messing with him. Don't you think I'm worried about a little four

geek with second -hand clothes, huh?

Come on, I don't want to hang out with this loser.

Why do you have to be so mean?

I'm just protecting your rep, baby. Come on, we've got a homecoming meeting in

ten minutes.

Thanks, Dennis.

I'll see you.

Hey, what's this?

Geek! Geek!

It's the mating ritual of the pencil -headed geek bird.

That'll be enough out of you, Mr.

Jessup. Out.

We'd like to thank the Copper Hills Grizzlies marching band for the halftime

entertainment, and it looks like the cheerleaders are ready to take us into

second half. So let's hear some Jaguar spirit out there.

Jaguars lead the Grizzlies 21 -9.

Thanks to Emory Taylor's 82 -yard punt return and quarterback Ricky Jessup's

touchdown passes.

Oh, by the way, tonight Ricky set a new league record for completed passes in a

single season.

Way to go, guys.

Hey, Loggins.

What are you doing up here?

Coach wanted me to come tell you that Dante's going to be wearing 27.

He ripped his jersey.

You came all the way up here just to tell me that?

Yeah, actually, I volunteered. I kind of wanted to talk to you about something

else, too.

You know, today in the library, I just kind of got out of hand.

Uh -huh.

I didn't mean anything by it.

Well, that's okay.

Hey, congratulations on the new record.

Yeah, yeah, thanks, thanks.

You know, it's kind of tough to celebrate right now, though.

What do you mean?

You know, things aren't so great between me and Melissa.

Oh, really?

Well, that's too bad.

And, you know, I know how much you like her, and she kind of likes you, too, so

I guess I just got a little bit crazy.

And, hey, if you repeat this to anybody, I will kick your butt from here to

Mount Hood.

What do you want?

I need your help, man.

Look, I love Melissa, and I just don't know what to say to her.

So what do you need me for?

You're, like, smart and good with words and stuff, you know?

I figured maybe give me a little bit of something to get me going, to get her

back.

Please, man, I mean, tell me what I got to say to her.

Just say what you feel.

You are the light of my world.

When you look at me, your eyes see right into my soul.

I'm glad to be transported to unspeakable joy.

Mr. Donegan.

You just make it so easy, man.

Show them in.

Who's the loser now, Ricky?

Hi.

What are you doing here?

I'm the one you're waiting for.

I guess it's too late to make a good first impression, but you can hardly see

that stain.

Yeah, blotting was the key.

So, uh, why don't you tell me about yourself, Gloria?

Oh, okay. I type 134 words a minute on a standard typewriter, 200 on a computer.

I'm proficient in all word processing and finance software programs.

I've used your logins search engine, which I find to be very practical,

not as efficient as it could be.

You don't like my search engine?

Oh, no, I find it very useful.

But it occurred to me that you could increase its efficiency considerably by

narrowing the parameters of the subroutines.

to require more specific correlations with the subject matter.

All right, Gloria.

I'll give you a tryout.

I'm starting a special project, and I need somebody to do the footwork.

I'm not a very good dancer.

What? What'd I say?

You're going to fit right in around here.

Now, I want you to find out who's setting up this reunion and arrange a

Oh, and I want you to find a football player for me.

A football player? Yeah.

A pro quarterback named Ricky Jessup. Started out in Seattle a few years ago.

Find out who he's playing for these days.

Okay.

I got the job!

I knew you could do it, Gloria.

And look, I got my first assignment.

You better get busy.

Okay.

I've contacted your event coordinator for the class reunion, and you have an

appointment with her tomorrow morning.

Good. Her name is Monica.

And here's all the information that I have on Ricky Jessup so far.

But I do have a question.

What's that?

Well, I'm just a little curious. Didn't you make your first million dollars

designing a program that tracked statistics on football players?

Yeah, so?

So then why don't you already know everything about Ricky Jessup?

Well, I never really cared about football.

Oh, look at that.

Her name's Melissa.

So? Melissa's your computer password.

I never gave you my computer password.

Well... It's right there.

Isn't that code for Melissa?

You apply to basic replacement patterns, substituting letters for numbers and

values for letters above K?

Uh, yeah.

Melissa must be very special to you.

Why do you say that?

Well, something happens to your face every time I say that name, Melissa.

See?

I don't know much about love, but something tells me... Melissa was just

the only person in high school who was nice to me.

Dennis.

I gotta lock this equipment up.

I think what you said was really sweet.

I'm an idiot.

No, you're not.

It's always nice to know that somebody likes you.

You're so smart and you're so talented, Dennis.

You're gonna be totally successful someday.

You just can't let Ricky or anybody else stand in your way.

Okay?

Okay.

Hi.

Where is she now?

I don't know.

I haven't seen her in a long time.

Melissa?

Dennis!

This is so great!

How have you been?

Good. Very good.

Just graduated from U of O and got my bachelor's in poli -sci.

Of course, I don't know what I'm going to do with it.

Well, run for governor.

I'll vote for you.

Well, maybe I will.

What are you up to? Last I heard, you were heading the dean's list at MIT.

Working towards my master's in computer information systems.

Naturally.

I don't know what I'm going to do with it either, but it's interesting.

Boy, you... You really look great.

Thanks. You too.

So, uh, you ever hear anything from Ricky?

Hey, hey.

Recognize that dorky voice anywhere.

He looks exactly the same.

Did you tell him the good news?

No.

Probably heard I got drafted by Seattle. Found a monster contract last week. I

mean, that's right. It's all going on, man. It's huge.

Oh, well, congratulations.

But I really don't follow football anymore.

Yeah, you mean you don't follow the cheerleaders anymore, man. I really

start. Oh, come on. They get used to trip over his tongue every time you walk

by. Didn't you, Loggins?

Did you tell him the other good news?

We're getting married on September 30th.

Oh.

Well, that's... that's great.

Really, I, uh... I hope you're happy.

Thank you.

Hey, mister.

Are you Ricky Jessup?

Yep, that's me.

Never met a first -round draft pick before.

Can I have your autograph?

Of course you can, kid. Log it. Give me that pen.

There you go.

That's a little long, man.

Come on, baby.

Let's go.

Anyway, I got to go.

So have a nice life.

We'll see you, Dennis.

There's always reunions, right?

Yeah, I guess.

Hi. So they got married?

Yeah.

And Ricky got traded a couple of times, and I lost track of him.

Why didn't you just look him up? I already knew what I needed to know.

But now there's this reunion, and a lot of things have changed since high

school.

So, what did you find out about Ricky?

Oh, well, I searched all the sports sites I could find, and I downloaded all

his stats and interviews.

It's all here chronologically, beginning with when he started with Seattle.

Then he moved to Pittsburgh, where he broke his shoulder.

And then... Whoa, whoa, whoa, Gloria.

Just tell me where he is now.

Oh, he's playing for the Los Angeles Condors. In fact, there's a nice article

here about how they expect him to turn the team around this year.

The Condors.

That's all I needed to know.

Well, here's the deal, Monica.

I think we need to change some things about the reunion.

Do a little upgrading.

Oh, well, I was given a very specific budget to work with.

Right. Well, the budget just got a lot less specific.

Now, here's what I want. Instead of the Elk Lodge in Girkwin, I want you to rent

the Chadwick Country Club. And not just the dining room. I want the whole club.

If it's already booked, let me know and I'll get it unbooked. Oh, and tell the

chef none of that chicken and potatoes. We want steak, lobster, and champagne.

Would the invitations have already been sent to us?

Well, you have a list of everyone that's coming, right?

Yes.

Okay, well then give me the list, and I'll have my assistant Gloria send out a

memo with the changes.

Look, Monica, you only have a ten -year class reunion once, right?

And I want this to be... There you go, man.

Here. This.

Here you go, darling.

Look, Jeffrey, $386 million is chump change, and you know it. Just do it.

running out of time.

You have the graph I need? Yes. I reconfigured the search database to

travel for wisely to weigh games and assigned ticket usage for family

and then I converted that into this.

Huh.

Melissa slowly stopped going to Ricky's games over the last couple of seasons.

And now she doesn't go at all.

And you know what that means.

Not really.

If she's not going to his games anymore, that means their marriage is falling

apart.

Look, I know. Thank you. I know, Marty. It's just I'm here at my 10 -year high

school reunion.

Yeah, right now.

Look, it'd just be like making everything come full circle if we could

to make it official tonight.

All right. All right, great. So you give me a call a little later?

Okay, cool. Thanks, honey.

Look, Jeffrey, I need this done now.

So throw in another million, whatever it takes.

They don't want to fail, so they're asking for the moon. So surprise them,

give them what they want.

Well, it's worth it to me.

So do it, and call me when it's done.

Remember,

this isn't a date.

No, of course not.

I'm simply accompanying you, so people won't get the impression that you're in

love, even though you are.

I won't be after tonight, but if everything goes according to plan...

Hello,

Ricky. Remember me?

I'm Tess.

I was only here for part of a semester.

I remember you.

Hey, Ricky!

You make it.

Yeah, how you doing, Kev? Good,

man. A bunch of the guys are inside.

We've been waiting for you. Cool, well, give me a minute. I'll be right in. All

right.

Is your wife coming?

Um, yeah, I'm not sure, actually. She, um, she's thinking about it.

Thank you.

Tell me something good.

Hi.

Gloria, you look beautiful.

Thank you.

You don't think it's too low -cut, though, do you?

Maybe you got it on backwards.

Or not.

Or not.

How's it going with them?

You know, I'm not sure.

And did you know Andrew was right outside?

Andrew? Yeah, and he didn't look very happy. Oh, dear.

What's Dennis planning?

I think he wants to harm Ricky.

And you don't think he would want to kill him, do you?

Monica, what time are they scheduled to announce the king and queen of the

reunion? 9 .30.

Okay, make the call at 9 .29.

Monica,

you've done a great job.

Everything's perfect.

Just perfect.

Dennis Loggins.

Kenny. Kenny Adler. I knew it was you. Although I never would have recognized

you if I hadn't seen your picture in Forbes magazine a few months ago. Very

impressive. You're not Fortune 500. You're like Fortune 5.

Except... There he is.

You know, I heard there was a replica of the Portland skyline made entirely of

cheese over at the hors d 'oeuvre table. Oh, yes, look, over here.

Oh, feel free to check it out.

But don't you want to see it? It's cheese, shaped like buildings.

You may never have an opportunity like that again.

Tonight's all about opportunity, Gloria.

Mine's standing right over there.

So I'm literally supposed to get that call, like, any minute. Well, you should

have been started a long time ago.

Yeah, well, you know what they say. Those who can, do.

Those who can't, coach.

Look at him.

Puffing himself up like he stole a cock of a buck.

Well, is he puffing or preening? Because, you know, those are two

things. It doesn't matter.

The more he stands there self -aggrandizing, the more I'm going to

But, uh, where's Melissa?

Well, maybe because Ricky's here, she's not here.

Of course. Why would they come together if they're having trouble with their

marriage?

It just won't be the same.

It won't?

It would be so much more humiliating if she were here to see it.

What would?

I just bought Ricky's team.

And at 9 .29 tonight, not only is he going to find out that he's not starting

Sunday, he's also going to find out he doesn't even have a job.

Where are you going?

To talk to him.

Now?

Yes.

What's wrong with you?

Nothing. It's just... Please don't do this.

Hello, Ricky.

Hey.

You don't even know who I am, do you?

Um, no.

Let me refresh your memory.

G -g -g -geek?

G -g -g -geek?

It's the pencil -headed geek. Pardon?

Dennis. Dennis Loggins.

You got it.

Wow, man. You look great.

So what have you been up to? I heard you made a ton of money and... Yeah. Good

for you. Good for you.

Hello.

This is Gloria.

Hi, Gloria. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you, too.

Well, I gotta hand it to you, man. It looks like they should have voted you

likely to succeed. Not me.

This guy was always the smart one.

What a nice thing to say.

Isn't that a nice thing to say?

Gloria, why don't you go get us some cheese?

Well, I'm not really a fan of cheese. It was just the architecture I was

interested in.

Well, I'd like some cheese.

And I'd like you to go get it for me.

She's a nice girl.

Dennis, I'm really glad to see her.

Well, I gotta say, Ricky, I'm feeling exceptionally good about being here

tonight, too.

But where's Melissa?

She's, um... You know, I don't think she's gonna make it.

Oh, really?

Why?

Well, she's, uh... No, I'm wrong. Here she is.

What are you doing out of bed, baby?

Well, I was talking to Andrew, and I decided I needed to be

here.

And she took all of her medication, and her vitals are better, so we decided to

catch up with you.

I'm so glad you did.

You look beautiful.

That's Melissa?

Dennis. Hi.

Look at you. You look great.

Thanks.

So do... Melissa. You know, you don't have to

say anything.

Let's give you a hug.

That's all right.

I'm so glad to see you.

Melissa?

I can't believe it.

We heard you weren't coming, but here you are.

We're stealing her away.

Okay.

So, where did you get that cheese?

Oh, around the corner.

Show me.

She is really something.

What does she have?

It's cancer. It started in her liver, but it's spread.

Oh, man.

Yeah, she's been pretty incredible. She made it to all my games right up until

last season.

Life's funny, huh?

Funny?

Yeah, I mean, I'm finally going to get my first start on Sunday, and you know

what? She's more excited about it than I am.

I just can't keep traveling all over this country.

I need to be with her right now.

I don't tell anybody, but I'm quitting football.

What?

Yeah, if everything pans out on Sunday, my first game as a starting quarterback

in the NFL, it's going to be my last.

It's... It's enough.

Well, what about your contract?

I don't know.

I'll figure it out.

Dennis, man, I'm sorry I was always such a jerk to you.

I was just young and stupid.

It's like one of those things, when something happens to you that you can't

change, you just start thinking about all the things you could have changed

didn't. The way I treated you in high school, it's one of those things.

So I'm sorry.

You know, life just takes its turns, huh?

I gotta get a drink.

I'll be right back.

Gloria, it's time.

Now?

Maybe you're going to do just fine.

Oh, I don't know.

Maybe it's too soon. Andrew, maybe you could... No, Gloria.

This is your assignment.

You're the one who knows.

You're the one that he's going to listen to.

He's going to listen to an angel with her dress on backwards.

Gloria, go.

You know what you have to do. And guess what?

Dennis knows what he has to do, too.

He just needs a little push.

Okay?

I wish you hadn't said push.

That's okay.

Because you know what?

I'm an angel.

Oh, that was a little abrupt, wasn't it?

Really not in the mood for jokes right now, Gloria.

Oh, good, because I don't know any.

But I do think I can help.

Poolette is doing some weird things.

It's not the polite.

It's God.

I really am an angel.

Are you serious?

Oh, my God.

Now, granted, I'm not as experienced as some.

Well, most. Well, all the angels, actually.

But God chose me to talk to you.

So there's got to be a reason.

Maybe he doesn't think I'm worth wasting an experienced angel.

Oh. Oh, no. I don't think it's that at all.

I think it's because you and I think a lot alike.

What? I think like an angel?

No. No, I think like a computer.

Or sort of like a computer. I analyze things. And so do you.

You think A plus B always has to equal C.

You think if you make a lot of money and you're successful, then you'll be

happy.

And you think if someone's hurt you, then you have to get revenge.

But people aren't computers.

And relationships aren't equations.

And if someone hurts you, revenge isn't the solution.

You fell in love with someone who wasn't meant to be yours.

That's not true.

Dennis, it is true.

If Melissa was meant to be yours, she would have been in love with you, too.

I know it hurts to hear that.

But think of everything that's happened because you wouldn't believe it.

You took the wonderful, positive dreams that you had and used them to create a

cruel fantasy of revenge to force a happy ending.

On a story that was never meant to be.

Well, you have the power to make it happen now.

Is it making you happy?

Ricky dreamed of being a football star once.

And now all he can dream of is to just have his wife for one more year.

They've lost their world.

All their dreams have changed.

And yet, in it all, Ricky has found a soul.

Well, you've come so close to losing yours.

In ten years, who has truly become a successful man?

I wasted so much time.

Oh, but God can redeem time, Dennis. God created time.

Just as he created you.

He loves you.

And he's given you all the time that you need right now to do the right thing.

Will you do it?

I think God knows what he's doing because he sure sent me the right angel.

Hey. Hey.

You know, I always did have a little crush on you.

You're smart, nice, and strong.

No matter what anybody dished out, you never even struck back.

I wish I was as good a person as you seem to think.

You are.

I always knew there was something special about him.

Would it be a terrible thing if I told you that I loved you?

That I've always loved you?

It's a wonderful thing, Dan.

It's always nice to know that somebody cares about you.

I seem to remember you telling me that once before.

Listen, tomorrow, I'm going to make some phone calls.

I can get a hold of the best doctors in the business.

Spare no expense.

Thanks, Dennis.

I don't know what difference it'll make now.

You've made such a difference already.

Hey, everybody, listen up.

Come on over.

Come on.

Come on in on the dance floor.

Everybody, come. Come, come, come.

Gather around, gather around.

Listen, do you know what time it is?

What time is it?

9 .29.

It's time to crown the king and queen of the reunion.

Ricky. Melissa and Ricky Jessup, come on up here.

I'll take a message.

You're a good guy, Rick.

Yeah, this is Loggins.

Change of plans.

He starts on Sunday.

Yeah, okay, I'll let him know.

Ladies and gentlemen, with thanks to your classmate, Dennis Loggins, we have

very special guest here tonight who's going to perform for us. He's come

straight from his sold -out concert at the Amphitheatre to play a song about

what's truly important in life, something I'm sure that we've all

here tonight.

Please welcome Toby Keith.

Go to the bank and the hardware store.

Put a new lock on the cellar door.

I cross them off as I get them done.

But when the sun is set, there's still more than a few things left.

Is it okay to ask an angel to dance?

Sure.

Your cutting grass just had to wait.

Because I've got a more important thing.

By pushing my kid on a backyard swing.

I won't break my back for a million bucks. I can't take to my grave.

So I put off for tomorrow.

But I could get...

Thank you, Father.

today.