"Yo, what up?" "Man!" "Man, you know who this is." "No, it's Ashley." "Yeah, yeah, got back this morning." "I'm having a bunch of people over to my mama's place tonight." "You gotta come." "That's so nice." "Huh?" "Man, you're the first flyswatter I called." "Come on, man, we gotta get it started." "Don't apologize to me." "You're the one who's gonna be missing all the ruckus." "Yeah, yeah." "All right, gimme a call." "Later." "Hey, Trev, what's happening?" "It's Ashley." "Douglas." "You wanna come over to my mom's house?" "Well, it's kinda like a party." "Just a couple of people, not too much." "Yes, you wanna come over?" "No, don't even sweat it." "What are these?" "Presents." "Why are you giving me presents?" "We're not having a birthday party." "Oh, shut up." "What is this for?" "So you'll look nice in them." "Mom, where are my old clothes?" "Where are they?" "Oh, they were all gross and in my way." "Mom, you threw away my clothes?" "Yo, Tommy!" "It's Ashley." "I'm having some people over tonight, if you wanna come over." "No, I don't care." "If you've got better things to do, that's cool." "Come on, man, I just got back today." "It's like a party, a good time." "Come on." "Now, you owe me." "And you can never come over to my mom's house again, all right?" "You got it?" "You are officially banned from the premises." "Mom." "This ain't a birthday party." "I know that." "Then why are you putting candles on the cake?" "Candles are for celebrations." "I'm not going to blow them out." " Hello, Ms. Dottie." " Ashley?" "When did you crawl out of your hole?" "Why don't you try being more positive?" "Hold up!" "You going to come up in my house and tell me I'm the one who needs some positivity?" "You need a brain operation." "Your booboo's back." "No." "Mm-mm." "What d'you think, you can come back here and have me again?" "You don't get the hint when I don't pick up the phone?" "I have caller ID, you know?" "Look, I just wanted to let you know that your baby boy is back from his vacation." "What you really want, trump?" "Hey, don't call me that." "Hey, can Dottie go back on the side?" " Um." " Gotcha." "Linda, I thought about you everyday." "So?" "I dreamt of your face every time I closed my eyes." "I was hoping you thought of me, too." "I'm back now, so we can finally have some secret intimacy." "I'm not interested in any type of intimacies with you." "I can't understand why you feel this way, Linda." "What did you expect, I was gonna be like," ""ooh, ash, now I ain't seen or heard from you in forever." ""I want you back"?" "I was just hoping you'd be happy to see me, that's all." "Happy to see you?" "You know, all this time you've been gone, all this time, and I didn't hear a word from you." "You didn't write me a letter or nothing." "You don't know what it's like in there..." "Let me tell you what it's like." "When you're in love with someone and you're away from them, you write them a letter to tell them how much you care about them." "You sit down with a pencil and some paper and you put into words what you feel." "You're supposed to learn this like, in the third grade, but apparently, you didn't, because you were gone for forever and I didn't hear a peep." "I've moved on." "I've got a man." "Yes, she does." "And I don't have time to be moving backwards in life with somebody who is dumb and always broke." "Who's your new man, anyway?" "Dwayne." "Dump truck Dwayne, the garbage man?" "He may be a garbage man, but he is good to me." "You'd choose the garbage man over me?" "What did I ever do to deserve this type of treatment?" "What did you do?" "Do you want a list?" "Okay, how about the time you tricked me into paying for your other girlfriend's abortion?" "Are you going to bring that up?" "You're talking about the past, I'm talking about the future." "I'm talking about you and me." "I'm talking about telling the universe what you want and getting it." "I'm talking about the power of positivity." "You are so boring." "You can leave now." "Okay, bye-bye." "Okay, you can be like this now?" "But when dump truck Dwayne up and leaves you for someone prettier, you're gonna be looking for me." "You're gonna hunt me down." "Okay, Ashley, you go ahead and think positive." "Don't you be digging up my yard!" "Mom, you haven't seen it, have you?" "My toolbox." "I ain't seen nothing, but you digging up my grass." "Why don't you make yourself useful and do something I need?" "Like get rid of that old fridge?" "Mom, I can't move no fridge." "Hey!" "Do you all need a ladder up in there?" "It's a good deal." "Nah, we're good." "Hey!" "Hey, you guys!" "Want a good deal on a ladder?" "We don't buy no stolen goods, man!" "For you information, my mother gave me this ladder." "Thank you." "Nice tall woman." "Can I interest you in a ladder?" "Are you in need of a ladder?" "I'll help you." "Lower it down." "What is this, a machine or something?" "Something like that." "A respirator." "What does it do?" "Nothing right now, I got to get it fixed." "Thanks for your help, though." "Yeah, no problem." "What's your name?" "Germs." "Germs?" "Man, I'm not calling you, germs." " What's your real name." " Jeremy." "Nice!" "Hey, you need a ladder?" "No, I'm good." "Right on, though." "Yeah." "No problem." "Hey Jeremy, I need a favor." "What are you doing?" "This your pickup?" "It's my granddad's." "'Cause I was thinking, since I helped you, maybe you should give me a hand." "I would." "Got somewhere to be right now, though." "Come on, I just need the truck for like, an hour." "Come on, man, get out of my truck, I got swim lessons." "I'll put my feet in the pool." "Let's see who's the first one to touch the wall." "Who's the first one to touch the wall?" "Usa wins!" "Usa!" "What is this?" "This is ulcer water?" "Yeah, give me that cup." "You drink this?" "Don't worry about what I drink." "Oh, man." "That didn't go down right." "I didn't tell you to drink it." "Yeah, go on." "Get that hunk of junk outta here." "Mom..." "Meet my new friend." "Hi, Ms. Douglas, I'm Jeremy." "If you knew what was good for you, you'd stay away from my son." "Yeah, you'd probably stay away from her, too." "Well, maybe your new friend can help you put them holes back where they go." "Buried something back here long time ago, but can't find it now." "My granddad has a metal detector, if you want to borrow it." "Yeah?" " We're taking it now!" "" "Good!" "You're welcome!" "You're dumping some stuff today?" "Thought you might be here." "Hi, Ashley." "Still being a garbage man, I see." "Yeah, well, just..." "Just trying to make a living, man." "Y'all try to drop this stuff off?" "Just this fridge in the back." "And the ladder?" "Ladder's for sale." "You've dumped here before?" "No, I don't frequent garbage places." "Fill up this form, please." "Heard you've been running around with Linda." "That's between me and her." "All right, I notice you put on some weight since I last saw you." "How do you wanna pay the fee?" "Fee?" "What fee?" "There's a $100 Hazmat fee for the disposal of refrigerators." "So we got to pay you $100 to throw something out?" ""Freon used as a refrigerant is a hazardous material" ""and there is special handling involved in its disposal." ""The county has assessed a $100 fee" ""to account for this special handling."" "Now, I don't have a $100 on me." "You want to give me your fridge or not?" "I got the money, you got to pay me back, though." "Yeah?" "No problem." "We'll get my mom to pay you back." "We got your money." "All right." "You're good to drop off the fridge." "You know, let me know when you get tired of Linda." "I'll take over." "Ashley's back, baby." "Man, how can she be in love with that dude?" "Who would you rather have, me or that dude with the papers?" "I'm not getting into that." "Where do you get your money from?" "Work." " You don't work." " I work." "I do work for a medical science company." "Like what?" "Test tube babies?" "No, really." "I mean, I don't know." "Just test out new products." "What kind of products?" "It varies." "Everything from..." "Putting a tampon on my back, or try some new toilet paper." "One time, they cut off my pinky toe, and reattached it with a laser." "Are you serious?" "Right now, I'm testing out these new patches." "I would never do this." "Be some sort of lab rat." "It helps them make medicine." "How do you make your money?" "Rusty old ladders?" "You're not a very good swimmer, are you?" "Not right now, but I'll get there." "You can hold your breath for a long time?" "Not really." "Got this weird disease where my lungs won't take the oxygen I breath." "Runs in the family, my granddad got it, too." "He's an inventor." "People think he crazy, but he's the smartest man in the world." "I know this guy who could hold his breath for forever." "He can control his heart rate, body temperature, he can control everything." " Yeah right." " Yeah, he showed me." "Had me grab his hands and he held his breath." "And I could feel his hands getting colder, like ice cold." "I've been working on it myself." "I could hold my breath longer than you." "I believe that." "On a count of three." " One, two, three..." " Let me stop chewing." "Hold it, there goes my aunt." "Yeah, who's that?" "I see her butt from here." "How you gonna talk about my aunt like that?" " She got a man?" " No..." "She used to have this cold cut take care of her." "Does she work at a donut?" "For the time being." "She wanna be a stay-at-home mom." "What happened to her man?" "Got into a bad car accident." "He got paralyzed from the waist up." "You can't paralyze from the waist up." "I'm telling you he was!" "How, how are you going to be like that?" "Look." "See, his legs still work." "But he was bent over like this." "Wait, wait..." "You think she would get me if I walked around like that?" "Hey, honey, let me take you out." "I don't think about that, man." "That's my aunt." "Now, you know what I mean?" "She looking for a man?" "Why don't you take your shirt off?" "Mmm." "No, I'm good." "I wanna look at you." " No." "No!" " I wanna look at you." "No!" " I wanna look at you." " Oh..." "They look weird when I'm laying down." "They're looking good to me." "Stop!" "Get, get from under there!" "I got something I got to tell you about." "Okay..." "What?" "I'm in love with somebody else." "I've been in love with this girl since the first day I saw her." "Is that all right with you?" "She your girlfriend or something?" "Mmm..." "So right now, she's got a different situation." "So why are you telling me about her?" "I don't know, I like you." "You're looking good, you got a fine butt." "But I'm always gonna love me some Linda." "She got a hold on me." "But she just won't love me anymore." "So you wanna be my girl?" "Hey!" "How are you doin', Ms. Douglas?" "Hi." "All right." "Is Ashley home?" "Him and that woman back there bumping for an hour." "He thinks I can't hear them." "Can you tell him I'm here?" "Ashley, your little buddy's here." "With some kind of vacuum cleaner or something." "Thanks." "Ms. Douglas, do you have the $100 from the fridge we got rid of?" "Why they are charge you to throw things away makes no sense to me." "Jeremy!" "What is this contraption?" "This is my granddad's metal detector I was telling you about." "Oh, yeah?" "Oh, this is..." "This is light." " Not even heavy at all." " No, it's not." "How does it work?" "If you twist this down to whatever you're trying to find." "Gold, silver, copper, aluminum, depending on what you are trying to find." "Where do you plug it in?" "I don't plug it in," "I got a little battery pack on the side with some magnets, on this little belt, to put around the waist." "And it'll work over any like, terrain..." " Grass..." " Yeah, yeah." "Mom, what are you doing?" "We're having a conversation." "What are you giving the money to Jeremy for?" "That's between Jeremy and me." "I'm not getting nothing." "You're going over the places I dug." "Let me try it." " Can I try?" " Sure." " Hold it there." " Uh-huh." "Take this." "Put this over your neck." "Okay, take the earphones." "Okay." "Take this." " Put this on your arm." " How do I know it's working?" "It beeps whenever there is metal." " It beeps?" " Yeah." "Wait a minute." "There you go." "You know what?" "Let's just see if this thing even works." "Yeah." "Yeah, it works." "What was that?" "Let's just say some people think it's cool to kick somebody when they're down." "Hey, I hear something, man." "Yo, I hear something, I hear it, man!" " Is it like a beep, beep..." " Listen, listen, listen." " It's a beep." " Listen, man, it's a beep." "I got it." "That's the beep right here." "Don't lose that spot right there." "Keep your eye on that spot." "Now, back up, back up, back up, all right?" "Look." "I just want to say this upfront, if the box is here, this box is for my eyes only." " You can't see my emergency objects." " Okay." " Promise?" " Promise." "Yeah!" "Ah, ha-ha!" "Ha-ha!" "What d'you got?" "Are those some panties?" "No, no, don't look at those." "Give them back, give them back!" " Yeah..." "I told you not to look at those." " They are some panties." " Come on!" "What are you all doing?" "Ashely buried some panties in the yard." "You all acting like a bunch of kids who ain't never seen no panties before." "I seen you pan..." "I seen your panties five minutes ago." "Linda!" "Look, I know you in there." "I saw the garbage man and I know I'm better than him." "I'm gonna remind you of what you feel for me." "Man, shut up!" ""Dearest Ashley," ""you are the perfect man for me." ""I cannot imagine life without you," ""and I can picture our future together." ""We are happy in love." ""Our wedding is all white, and pink, and in a big beautiful church," ""with all our families there." ""We have three babies, and a house." ""And we are a family." ""I will love you for all of time." ""Forever yours, Linda."" "Who are you talking to?" "She's not home!" "Well, you just tell her what she told me." "She said, "forever."" "Forever." "What's going on out here?" "Don't worry about it, mom." "What are you doing with all of these?" "Making my money." "You're making a mess is what you're doing." "Mom, you're worried about a fridge on your porch?" "But you had that one old fridge back here for forever, and I took it away, right?" "Now you got these, but you won't even notice." "They'll be gone real soon, I promise." "All right?" "Trust me." "Hello." "You look like you know something about book bags." "Yeah, sure." "Uh..." "What are you thinking?" "What are you looking for?" "I need, uh..." "The best book bag for about under $30." "We should be able to find something." "Um..." "I saw someone buy this the other day." "They looked pretty pleased." "It's a pretty solid bag." "Which one has the most compartments?" "Compartments, as in how?" "I'm gonna have a lot of supplies, and pencils, so I need some compartments." "Okay, so you need room." "Well, this..." "This larger bag, it's a pretty dynamic bag." "It's got the adjustable safety wires, shoulder straps..." "That's a coin purse." "It's got a good base, can fit books, notebooks, laptop computer." "You're welcome to try it on, if you want." "People buy this bag, like teachers?" "Oh, of course, all the time." "Teachers, students, professors, athletes." "Try it on." "How does that feel?" " Yeah, feels nice." " Feels nice?" "Yeah." " All right." "Good luck." " Thank you." "Stop!" "Ashley!" "Why you gotta do that?" "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry..." "Hey." "Yeah." "I thought you'd be done a while ago." "Uh-uh." "And you know you don't have to wait around for me, right?" "Yes, I do." "Somebody's gotta, you know, watch your back." "Oh, from that dude?" "Uh-uh." "Come on." "Let's go." " You know what I think?" " Hmm?" "I think taco man really likes you." "What makes you say that?" "You've been wearing him out lately." "Yeah, well, he manages the hotel." " Oh, really?" " Mm-hmm." "Think he got some refrigerators he might want to get rid of?" "I don't know." "He does have one of them small ones, you know." "Small ones got the freon in them too, don't they?" "Ask him for me." "Well, what you got going on?" "Oh, I'm headed to this class." " Oh, okay." "You wanna take this to the house?" "Yeah." "Sure." "See you later on tonight." " I don't know." "" "I don't know!" "I might have something going on, I'll let you know later." "All right, come on, people know me here." "All right, I'm late." "I'll see you later tonight or else." "Or else what?" "I'll think of something." "Yeah, yeah, yeah." "Bye!" "Pittman?" "Jeremy Pittman?" "How are you feeling?" "I'm okay." "Good, do you need anything?" "Some water, or snacks?" "Sure!" "What would you like?" "I don't know, like..." "Steak and fries?" "Oh, yeah." "Coming right up." "Hey, Tammy, we would like a fillet mignon, and a side order of fries." "So..." "Now tell me, are you having any adverse side effects to your patches?" "No, ma'am, nothing adverse." "I do have a question, though." "Go ahead." "My friend Ashley said he know a guy that can control his body temperature by holding his breath." "Is that possible?" "Well, I haven't researched that, Mr. Pittman, but I'll look into that, okay?" "Let's see... breath..." "I'll let you know." "Um, now, what I want to do, if it's okay with you, is this." "Double your dosage of the patch you've been wearing." "You just doubled them the last time." "Yes, but I'd like to up the dosage to four patches." "Will I be the only person wearing four patches?" "Well, Jeremy, we find you a particularly meaningful subject for our purposes." "What do you mean?" "It's rare for a male of your age, race and economic status to volunteer for tests at our offices." "It is." "Dr. Merton, you care about me, right?" "Let me be honest." "Some of the results we are getting from your tests..." "Well, they're different than what we expect, in a good way." "What's in it for me?" "Well, naturally, we would double the amount of money you receive." "Can I still go swimming with the patches on?" "Yes, you can go swimming with the patches on." "Just keep living your life the way you normally would." "All right." "If I start feeling worried, I'mma rip them right off." "That would be completely understandable." "It's been a long time since I've been in one of these rooms." "I'm sorry the desks are so small." "Aw, these desks are cool." "Let me see if I can still fit in them." "Yeah." "Here you go." "Mr. Carlos, how long do you think this will take?" "Jeremy said you were really good at this." "Well, that depends." "On how much you put into it, and where you are at your skill level." "You know the alphabet, right?" "Really?" "Yeah." "Do you know it?" "All right, Mr. Carlos," "I want to say this upfront, I am not stupid." "I don't expect to be treated like I am stupid." "I can read, I can write," "I can do all the things I need to do to survive." "Let me just hear you say them." "It'll be a good warm up." "Get your brain in the mood to learn." "T-f-z-a-o-c-m-x b-l-j-e-n-g-u-i-p h-y-w-k-2-d-v-o-s." "Is that the only order you know it in?" "I mean, it doesn't matter any order, 'cause I know the letters." "Let me hear it again." "R-d-a-i-w-b-z-g-c-v-o-x j-u-h-m-e-k-y-n-f-t-p-s." "Okay, can you write your name?" "Yeah, not in cursive." "No, no, no." "Regular is fine." "Yeah, I can do that, I mean," " can I use the chalk and board..." " Sure." "Does that look right?" "'Cause it looks kinda weird to me." "No, it looks right to me." "Now, can you sign your signature, like you would on some sort of document or form?" "All right." "Now, I need you to fill out this questionnaire." "You mean, like a test?" "Kinda." "It'll give me a better idea of where you are." "You see, I'm..." "I'm not that good at this kind of thing." "I know, it's just between you and me." "Mr. Carlos, do all the letters get turned into cursives?" "Yes, all of them." "It's a dumb question, huh?" "There are no dumb questions, Mr. Douglas." "Okay." "Well, I got another one." "Do the numbers get turned into cursives, or just the letters?" "That's a good question." "All right." "You're home!" "The king has returned from his voyage." "Oh, yeah?" "And where did your voyage take you today, my lord?" " Oh-ho..." " Oh..." "We sailed long." "To faraway lands." "Slayed dragons." "Then found buried treasures, and now I've returned home, to bend my fair maiden over, to take advantage of my queen." "I'm telling you, you can't do it." "You old man, you weigh like what, 85 pounds?" "How about $5?" "Try!" "You ain't even got $5." "Of course, I got $5." "I made $75 this morning before you were even out of bed probably." "Now come on." "Don't stop backpedaling now." "I'm making it easy for you." "All right?" "Just all relaxed and cool." "Oh, there you go." "Look at the vain popping at your vein forehead, go ahead." "Come on, bud." "Were you trying this?" "This is what you were trying to do?" "Look how easy it is, you know what I mean?" "You owe me $5." "I ain't giving you $5." "That wasn't the deal." "What are you talking about, you never bet somebody something before?" "There was no deal." "Are you one of those little pinky-thumb type dudes?" "You are a vulture, my friend." "You owe me $5." "You just said you'd give me $5 if I did it." "Okay." "You gotta let me use the truck." "You can't drive!" "No, you gotta drive." "I got some fridges I got to get rid of." "Some more fridges?" "Yeah, I'm making money." "I'm charging people $75 to throw them out." "Damn, you got to pay to throw them out yourself." "Not in Bedford county, they don't have that throwaway fee." "So you want me to drive to Bedford county to throw away some more fridges." "I'll pay your gas money, it's only an hour away." "Now how many can we fit?" "I don't know, how many you got?" "I've got three, but I want more!" "There's a house across the street from me that's got some fridges in the yard." "What kind of fridges?" "Regular." "Well, why didn't you said?" "Let's go." "Let me just show you how an old man does business." "Come on." "All right?" "We got to get you some spinach, too, you're weak." "This is the house?" "This is the house." "This is Santa's house." "Who's Santa?" "Oh, you'll see." "Old friend." "Excuse me, can I help you?" "I'm here to see Santa." "Do you have a session scheduled?" "Oh, don't worry about that." "Just let her know..." "I'm in the middle of an appointment, you need to come back later." "I'm sorry, you must be Ashley Douglas." " I've heard a lot about you..." " No!" " I'm not." " That's right." "You ain't." "I am." "Now go inside and tell Santa, Ashley Douglas is out here waiting." "Be a good boy." "Thank you." "All right." "What's that?" "Come on in." "Thanks, buddy." "Oh, the gang is all here, huh?" "What are we, on vacation or work?" "Great shirts." "Ashley Douglas." "Yeah, you better watch your fingers, I get it." "Don't want to lose a digit." "What's that?" "This is tight ship." " This way, please." " That's a good picture." " Wow!" "The magic moment." "How're you doing?" "Congratulations." "You're a very lucky man." "I'm telling you, you're a very lucky man." "Beautiful, compliments." "Very happy..." "We are in the middle of a session." "I just want to wish them a word of matrimony." "It would be nice to have guests." "Smile!" " Not so big..." " Santa." "Ashley Douglas." "When did your corn dog get back?" "Uh, it's been a bit." "Uh-huh, you just had to come and see me, huh?" "You having wet dreams again or something?" "Well, you know you always give me wet dreams." "Actually, I'm here on a business proposition." "You're looking handsome these days." "I could eat you..." "Got any hot sauce?" "Santa, what I'm here for, why you have those fridges on your porch?" "'Cause I eat a lot and they break." "I'm kidding, we switched the operations around to digital." "You know the county charges a $100 to throw away a fridge?" "That's why they're sitting on my porch." "Well, I got a business where I only charge $75 per fridge and we dispose of them for you." "Mm-hmm." "Who's that skinny dude?" "It's... he's with me." "He's my..." "Girl's nephew." "Hi, Santa." "I'm Jeremy." "You got a girlfriend?" "No." "You wanna come and lay on top of me for a minute?" "Just lay on top of you?" "Yeah." "I'm like a human water bed." "Right here." "Oh..." "Oh..." "It's okay." " Same old Santa." "" "Oh!" "Greg, go ahead and get that Turkey dinner $150 for me." "Thank you." "Come and get it." "You know you always got a place to come and lay your head." "I'm yours always, me and my wrinkled dog." "We'll get those fridges out of your hand." "Greg." "Bob!" "Ooh, that ain't gonna work." "No, no, nah-uh." "No more fridges." "Mom, please don't be mad, all right?" "This is good." "I can't take this anymore." "I mean, the holes, the weird smells from your room, the refrigerators..." "I can't do this anymore." "Why are you embarrassing me in front of my friend?" "You should be happy for me." "Each of these fridges, $75 cash." "Tax-free." "Why don't you go live with your new friend?" "And you all can collect all the refrigerators you want and put them all over everywhere for all I care." "First of all, Jeremy lives in the nursing home with his grandpa." "So I can't live there." "Second of all, maybe you should go live in a nursing home." "I gotta go get the truck fixed, I'll see you tomorrow." "You and that woman need to get out of my house." "I have tried to care for you, Ashley." "To provide for you." "But you just don't know how to be acting." "So you kicking us out." "Putting us out on the street." "You're supposed to be an adult, so you need to be acting like one." "Fine." "When do we need to be out by?" "As soon as a.S.A.P." "Here's your respirator, Mr. Pittman." "Got a little bad news for you." "The parts needed to fix this machine, they don't make it anymore." "So consequently, we were unable to fix it." "The other guy said it'd be ready by today." "Yeah, I know." "We tried to get it ready by today, but we couldn't even find the manufacturer's name anywhere on this machine, to even order the parts." "That's because my granddad invented it." "And because your grandfather invented it, he's the one who can fix it, 'cause this is his invention." "You see, there's no point of reference anywhere on this machine to even tell us exactly what this thing does." "The other guy said you all could figure it out." "Yeah, I know, we tried, but unfortunately, Mr. Pittman, we couldn't figure it out." "Truck broke down today, granddad." "I didn't do anything wrong." "It just stopped working." "I'll take it to a mechanic tomorrow and get it fixed." "Those repairman couldn't figure out how to work your respirator." "Don't worry, I'll fix it." "We got to get out of here." "Why?" "'Cause it's my mom's house and I'm old enough to be having a place of my own." "Your mom's kicking us out?" "Yeah." "It's happened before." "She gets on these tirades, you know." "Ray asked me to move in with him." " Taco man?" " Hmm." " The one you said is ashy and gross?" " Mm-hmm." "You think he might let me stay there, too?" "Does this mean you wanna be with me?" "What's that got to do with anything?" "I mean..." "He's not gonna let us stay there if we're together." "He's gonna be trying to be with me." "He's gonna make me his girlfriend." "Hm, but you're my girl." "I know, but he can't know that." "So, I got to know where we stand, if he's gonna be coming to me like that." "I don't know, Nat." "What about that other girl?" "The one you talk about in your sleep." "I explained to you the Linda situation." "Well, why do you waste your time with that, Ashley?" "I mean, you and me have something real, don't you see that?" "You cannot get in the way of me and Linda." "You know, I'm sorry I'm not as good as her, Ashley, but..." "Sometimes when you can't get the person that you really want to be with, you got to settle for somebody you actually can get." "Can't you just help me find a place to stay without making me be in love with you?" " Hey!" "" "Whoo!" " How are you?" " What's up?" "Uh, you remember my friend, Ashley?" "That I was telling..." "Yeah, helped my nephew." " Yeah, he here." " What's he doing here?" "Uh-huh." "Yeah, he just wanted to talk to you, do it for me." "All right, baby." "You must be Ashley." "You must be ray." "She tell me what you did for Jeremy." " Oh, yeah?" " I think that's great, man." "After helping someone like that, you deserve a chance at a normal life." "Well, thank you." "I don't want to impose..." "It would be until everything shakes out." "Gonna look for another job again?" "Oh, yeah, soon." "I'm taking some classes, so that might get in the way, but I've been talking to some banks about getting a small business loan." "How nice." "What for?" "Still working out the personal details." "Yeah, yeah, of course." "And I can help out around the place if you need anything." "I'm good at fixing things in a room." "Like, the light bulbs, toilets, beds, refrigerators." "I might take you up on that." "Okay." "I'm a sucker for this woman." "Yeah." "Never met anyone like her." "You good for her, you good for me." "I like your shirt." "Match my car." "Come on." "Ashley!" "Huh?" "Come on, man, you're not even paying attention." "Yes, I am." "Yeah?" "Then what did I just say?" "That I'm not paying any attention." "No, before that." "Ashley, you need to pay better attention." "It's not like I can download this knowledge into your brain like a computer." "You got to do your part." "I wish you could download it." "It'd be a lot easier." "Yeah, it would be easier, but then, you wouldn't get the pleasure of learning." "Okay, Mr. Carlos, I was on the moon for a second, but I'll pay better attention." "Could you do me a favor, and write something out in cursive so I can see what it looks like?" "Sure, what is it?" "Secret intimacies." "Okay." "Well, well, well." "Where you guys heading?" "The armory or something?" "No, man." "We're going to get our eat on." "All right, I'm cool, don't worry 'bout me." "Ray's taking me out for my birthday." " Today's your birthday?" " Mm-hmm." "I wish I had known, I would have got you something." "It's okay." "Oh, how was class?" "Class is going real well, thank you." "Teacher said I'm gonna be a good small business owner." "That's good, Ashley." "Talk to your friends at the bank yet?" "Working on it." "We gotta jam." "We got reservations to make." "All right then, reservation man." "Good work." " Have a good one." "" "Bye, Ashley." "All right, bye." "Happy birthday." "Happy birthday, everybody!" "Look at you." "Got it?" " They didn't see you, right?" " No." "Straight back, straight back." "All right, come this way." "That's my boy." "There you go." " You're good." " Whoa, nice one." " Yeah." "How much did you get for this?" "Only 50 this time." "All right." "Some money is better than no money, right?" "Yep." "Today is your aunt's birthday?" "Oh, yeah, it is today." "You got to tell me about these things." " I forgot." " Did you get her a present?" "No, did you?" "No, I didn't know it was her birthday." " I made us some flyers." " What's that?" "I made us some flyers." "Let's check it out." "This is nice work, man." "I like the writing." "Yeah." "Passed them out on the way over here." "That's how I got this fridge." "Look at you, taking initiative." "Yeah, this looks all right, man." ""Old fridges disposal..."" "Hey, you put my number on here." "Yeah, here at the motel." "We gotta get an answering machine." "And we should get a present for Nat." "I'm making more money at the lab." "Doing what?" "They keep giving me patches." "Why?" "I don't know, they keep asking me questions about how I feel." "You know what?" "Let me try one of those." " The patch?" " Yeah." "I don't think I'm supposed to take it off." "Come on, man, let me see." "What happened to being a lab rat?" "Mm..." "Whoa." "This is..." "This feels kind of funny man, it's like electricity or something." "Oh, yeah, they go away." "They put some kind of magnet or something to charge it up." "Yeah, but I didn't know it's hot." "And it's cool." "It's like tickling and tingling at the same time." "All right, give me another one." "Ooh, ho-ho..." "Let me feel this." "Hey, this is..." "This is weird, man." "This is weird." "I can feel it all over my body, you know." "What is this doing to you?" "Oh, no, but you got to give it back, man." "Something ain't right." "Ashley, my fingertips are tingling." "Come on, man, I'm getting sick." "What?" "My heart's beating fast." "Okay." "Okay, here." "Take it." "What are you feeling?" "I don't feel right." "Okay." "Oh..." "Hello?" "Yes." "Yeah, I know the street." "Okay." "Yeah, yeah, we know..." "Just give us 20 minutes." "We'll be right there." "All right." "Right... no, thank you." "We got a fridge?" "The flyers is working!" "Nice!" "Let's get the Dolly." " Got it?" " Got it." "What?" "It's ray." "Yeah." "You seen the queen?" "Who?" "Nat." "Well, I don't know." "She's not in your room?" "Woke up, she was gone." "Yeah." "I don't know." "Wanna help me with something?" "Yeah." "Just..." "Just let me get some clothes on." "You got a lady?" "Why do you ask?" "'Cause I've never seen you with one before." "I got a lady." "It's difficult to explain." "Uh... where's she at?" "I had one." "Linda." "We were in love." "We were thinking about having a baby one time together but she didn't think we could handle it." "Hmm." "She thought we were old, or too poor, or too young." "I mean, she had some reasons for it." "But I didn't agree." "What happened to her?" "Well, she around." "You ever see her?" "All I do is, try to get her to fall in love with me again." "Did she love you before?" "Yeah, she did." "Then she'll love you again." "You mean it?" "I want to tell you something." "I'mma get Nat off the streets." "Hmm." "I don't want her out there no more." "I mean, how come?" "Doesn't she need the money?" "I can support her." "Oh, yeah?" "I'm going to talk to her about it tonight." "That's real nice, ray." "I'm happy for you, too." "She's a good woman." "Hope Linda loves you again." "This is going to be from the both of us, right?" "Of course." "What are you thinking?" "Oh, she'd like a stereo." "This one." "This is the one." "Yeah, that one looks good." "You got it?" "Sir, would like to get this answering machine and this stereo." "Your total with tax is 86.80." "I'll give it to you for 86." "Thank you." "Oh!" "Oh!" "Okay, sorry." "It's okay." "Hey, give me that." "I'm gonna take it to Nat after my class." "I got it." "Let me take it to her." "I got it, I got it." "Where are you seeing her?" "I'm gonna see her at the motel." " Where are you headed?" " Same place." "You can't take this with you." "Come on, I got it." "I got it, trust me." "Later, I'm running late." "Make sure she knows it's from both of us!" "There you go, there you go." "Come on, come on, come on." "Yeah." "There you go." "Hey, Carlos!" "You're an hour late." "Yeah, but I'm here now." "Do you even have the homework?" "Yes." "It's right in here." "It's somewhere in here." "Ashley, I really don't wanna see you fail." "Who said I'm gonna fail?" "Haven't you heard of positive reinforcement?" "Yeah, I've heard of it." "Then why don't you try it sometime?" "Okay, I'm gonna go." "I'll see you next time." "Well, you're not doing me no favors, nerd." "What?" "I said, "you ain't doing me any favors, nerd."" "All right, Ashley." "And consider me graduated, 'cause I don't need your nerd lessons anymore." "That's all right with me, man." "Congratulations, you graduated the third grade." "Linda." "Linda!" "I've seen you back there," "I ain't got nothing to say to you." "Hold on, you don't even know why I've come to see you for." "You probably want some money or something." "You think I need money?" "And if I ain't got no money, then how did I buy you this?" "I do not want to be possessing nothing you stole." "I ain't stealing nothing." "This is paid for." "Straight cash." " Oh, you bought it, huh?" " Yeah." "How come it ain't got no box?" "A box?" "I didn't think you want no box, when I got you a stereo." "A nice one, too." "A bunch of pieces." "Why do you spend your money on something so stupid?" "I wanted to buy you a present." "Linda." "I hear you got yourself a new girl." "Maybe." "How are you gonna say you want to be with me with all your heart and then run around with some teeny bit?" "All I do when I'm with her is talk about how much I in love with you." " I gotta go." " All right, just gimme a second." "I come all the way down here to give you a stereo and you don't even want it." "You didn't give me a second of your time." " What?" " Come here." "I wanna show you something." "Grab my hands." "Feel it?" "Feel what?" "My body getting colder." "I'll take the stereo." "I need a new one anyways." "I knew that." "That's why I got it for you." "Open up, it's Ashley." "Yeah?" "Oh..." "What are you doing in there?" "What do you think we're doing?" "I'm just checking to see if you was all right." "Yeah." "Yeah, I'm all right." "You all right?" "Yeah." "Jeremy and I, we bought you a stereo for your birthday." "But it got stolen, so, you know..." "Oh..." " Are you all right?" " Yeah." "I mean, nothing much damage to me." "I just wanted to let you know." "Well, thank you for thinking of me." "I'm sorry that that happened to you." "Yeah, it was from me and Jeremy, you know, both..." "He doesn't know it got stolen yet, so maybe you could thank him for it, like if I was really give it to you," " 'cause he was so excited..." " Oh, yeah." " I don't wanna him to be disappointed, you know." "Okay." "You should go, 'cause ray just went to go get some cigarettes." "That's all." "Okay." "Okay, hey!" " Okay." " Don't you miss me, Ashley?" "Yes, you know I miss you." "Do you really?" "You're my girl." "Yeah." "Well, I think that we have something special." "But if you don't give me your heart, then..." "I will have to leave you." "What do you mean?" "Ray's talking about wanting to marry me." "What, you said he was all ashy and gross." "Well, I don't care about that anymore." "I have to think about my life and my future, and..." "What's gonna make me happy." "I can be happy with him, Ashley." "So is that what you're gonna do?" "You're gonna settle for him, like I just settled for you?" "If I have to, yeah." "Yo, Dwayne." "I got all these fridges I need to unload." "But I ain't got a $100 for the dumping here." "Truck broke down, so I can't take them to Bedford county like I was planning." "I can give you some under-the-table money for helping me out." "So, you want me to allow you to dump hazardous material onto our yard without paying?" "I'm saying, I can hook you up with like, a 20 spot every time I came." "That would yours to keep." "They cost $100 to throw away." "I'm talking on the side." "Money for you, and only for you." "Cash." "I can't do it, there's hazardous materials involved." "It's just a little bit." "It's a couple of fridges." "You know Linda's my girl, don't you?" "She's been my girl forever." "But she don't talk about you." "No?" "She's gonna start talking about me." "Ashley." "We're getting married." "I proposed last night." "No, you're not." "When?" "Look, now, Ashley..." "No, you're not!" "What are you all doing in my room?" "I'm sorry, Ashley." "She told me everything." "What everything?" "Everything like what?" "Everything like you two were together when you come here." "Everything like you didn't give Jeremy a kidney." "Everything like..." "You need to get out of my motel." " All right, take that back." " Take what back, Ashley?" "Ray saw the refrigerators and I had to tell him." "This is your small business?" "Collecting refrigerators?" "What kind of business is that?" "You mind your small business." "I'm doing what I got to do." "All right, Ashley." "Pick your stuff, go back to your mom's." "You don't get it, do you?" "I'm not settling for nobody." "I'm not settling for you, I'm not settling for ray," "I'm not settling for nobody." "It's Linda or it's nothing." "What are you gonna do when you get Linda back?" "What are gonna do with that?" "I'm gonna live my life." "What if she doesn't ever love you again?" " Jeremy..." " Granddad!" " Jeremy..." " What?" "Uh..." "What is it?" "What's going on, granddad?" "Granddad!" " What?" " The fridges still here?" " What do you need?" " Got those fridges, right?" "Why would you do this?" "What are you trying to do, anyway?" "My granddad's respirator." "Did your aunt tell you about the stereo?" "I wasn't able to give it to her." "I don't care!" "Look, Jeremy, I'm sorry, it got stolen." "I know it was supposed to be a birthday present, but I couldn't do anything about it, man, just... they stole it..." "Ashley, I don't care about the stereo!" "You think you can keep your grandfather alive forever?" "Everybody dies, Jeremy." "No, they don't." "Ashley, no!" "Get away from me!" "Listen to me, I have something to tell you." "I don't care." "You don't care about me, your aunt doesn't care about me." "It didn't last with my lover..." "Stop." "Listen to me." "What's wrong with you?" "Follow me." "Jeremy, I'm sorry about the stereo, okay?" "Don't worry about that anymore." "I found it." "And, look!" "It still works!" "Okay, what's happening?" "Now, what's going on?" "Follow me." "Where we going?" "Look!" "I can breathe underwater." "Ashley." "I'm glad we're becoming friends." "Me, too."