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I know, but I keep having a nightmare about missing that shot last season.

BECK:

Want to talk about it?

NOAH:

No, but…I guess I thought I would be over it by now. Fuck, I’ve done so much therapy, you’d think any normal person would be over it.

BECK:

You’ve been through a lot. And being a perfectionist isn’t something that goes away quickly, if ever.

NOAH:

I know. It’s just, what if I fuck up again?

BECK:

Nobody is perfect. You need to give yourself a break.

NOAH:

But if I do?

BECK:

Then you work on it and do better the next time. If you want, I’ll even spend extra time on the ice with you. If you remember, we always used to help each other when we needed it.

NOAH:

Of course I remember. But Beck, how am I finding out you still skate only now?

BECK:

You never asked.

NOAH:

You’re right—I didn’t, and I should have. But now I am. You still skate?

BECK:

For fun and not as much as I like given my work, but if I can find a rink, I’ll go. I still find it as therapeutic as you do, even if I can’t play professionally. I’d be happy to help.

NOAH:

You’d really do that for me?

BECK:

Of course. I care about you, Noah.

NOAH:

I care about you, too.

BECK: