"[whooshing]" "Hip Hop music" ""Women who know basketball players."" "You know I call it that 'cause ain't none of them married." "Not one wife on the show." " You saw it?" " I did." "The crazy one." "She remind me of" "Ladies." "Top of the morning to you, Markita?" "How's everything?" "I'm good." "Great." "Sheila." "Looking mighty "grrr," girl." ""Grrr," yes." "How you doing, sir?" "Good, if you need coffee or tea, just let Markita know, she'll take care of you." "( woman ) Take your mail." "I'll take my mail-- are you gonna get me my coffee?" "Gavin, I don't do coffee." "What do you mean you-- I've never done coffee." "So what do you do?" "I mean, I hired you for a reason." "You asked me to remind you of your 10:00 a.m." "meeting with Makell Williams from marketing about your little "Man Of The Year" thingie that magazine did last week." "Oh, that's good." "So this is me reminding you of your 10:00 a.m., but it's been pushed to 3:00." "No, no, no, no, 3:00 p.m. is not good." "I have a late lunch with Dre at 3:00 p.m." "No worries, I took care of it." "She's coming at noon." "Jo, I'm not hungry at noon, Jo." "You also asked me to send your mama flowers." "You used the word "mama." I did, okay." "I took your mother flowers at the hospital and she wants to see you." "Jo, that's why I said "send" flowers, not "take," "send" flowers." ""Send," "take," you know, it's like two different things." "She got the flowers." "I under-- okay, do me a favor." "Change my 3:00 p.m. back to 10:00 a.m." "and get my mother on the phone." "Did you modify anything else?" "Oh, yes, there's one other thing." "You have a friend waiting for you in your office." "She said her name was Rochelle Davis." "Rochelle-- what?" "Come with your mama, come with your mama." "Boyz II Men up in here?" "Ash, what do you think?" "Uh, no." "Well, what do you see?" " Hey, mama." " Huh?" "Hey, I like these." "You do?" "You do?" "You do?" "Come on, let's go find the other one." "All right." "Jeans and a Sunday hat." "Oh, my God." "Lord, please don't let them come over here." "I swear I'll be good, I'll go to church and everything." "My bad!" "Dang, stupid." "Ah!" "Whoa, what are you wearing?" "Look, please don't tell Rochelle." "You know my summer style." "I'll pay you!" "I'll pay you!" "No, you look." "Gavin..." "What kind of outfit is that?" "Where's your neck?" "Right?" "For Halloween." "Yeah, we're having a costume party and I wanted to be ready, you know." "I'm going retro." "You coming, right?" "You can come, too." "It's gonna be called Flashlight." "Hey, Gavin." "I found that other shoe." "It was in the furniture section for some other reason or other." "Aren't you gonna introduce me to your friends?" "Ashley, Rochelle, my mama." "Hi, Mrs. Miller." "Hi, ladies." "See, I told you you wouldn't be the only one school shopping here." "( laughing )" "She is so funny." "She's such a joker, you need to stop joking so much." "Joking about what?" "Who wears platform heels to high school?" "I was just telling them about the party we're having, you know, the Halloween party." "Flashlight." "Da-de-da-de-da-de-da-da-da" "Ooh, boy, you can't sing." "What flashlight party?" "Nuh-uh, not in my house." "Here, go try this on." "I'm not having a bunch of Bebe's kids running wild humping and grinding all up in my house." "Look, no disrespect?" "Teen pregnancy is high enough without my house and me contributing, thank you very much." "Teen pregnancy?" "Grinding and humping, Mama?" "Really?" "It was really nice to meet you, Mrs. Miller." "I know your hands are full." "Bye, ladies." "Bye, Gavin." "What a herb." "Who's Herb?" "Mama?" "This don't fit." "Go try it on again, try." "Here." "Hey." "Gavin." "How are you?" "It's nice to see you." "Wow, hey." "Why don't you have a seat, huh?" "Uh, wow." "How have you been?" "How did you find me, I'm" "Wow, I haven't seen you since, like high school." "Yeah." "Oh, I'm just visiting." "You aren't upset with me?" "For what?" "Well" "Gavin, your mother's on line one." "One minute, girl." "I'll be right with you." "Um, yes, Bobby?" "Bobby Jo." "Okay, Bobby Jo." "I can call you Bobby or Jo." "No, Bobby Jo..." "we've gone over this." "Bobby Jo, right, okay." "Oh, hello, hi." "Tell her I know it's real." "Can you tell my mother that I'm actually in with someone and they're pretty special and I'll call her right back, okay?" "Oh, really?" "Well, she said it's urgent." "Quick, you know what-- it's just like" "It's Mom." "Hey, Mom, how are you?" "Yeah, well... the doctor says my pressure's through the roof." "But you know what?" "I feel fine." "Ma'am, I need you to lay back down." "The doctor hasn't released you." "What?" "You have a blood clot in your leg that is traveling." "It could cause a stroke if it's not treated." "Okay, you know what, you know what?" "Until you get your degree and become a doctor, you come back and tell me then." "It's too early in the morning, Mom." "Can you just, like, do what they say?" "Just lay back and relax." "Everything'll be fine." "( mother ) Did you know that Pauletta called me and told me that Uncle was riding his bike the other day and got hit by a truck?" "What-- who-- oh" " Granny's uncle Uncle?" "That-- man, he's like 93." "Is he still alive?" "Gavin Enzell Miller, don't you dare laugh at the fact that a 93-year-old man got hit by a truck." "Oh, we laughing at her?" "We're having a meeting here." "We're good, Mother-- Mother, listen." "What do you expect him to do?" "Stay stuck in that house, trapped there until he dies?" "I hope you don't expect that of me." "No, Mom." "Mom." "No, hey." "Mom, no, no, no, look, listen." "I'm not laugh" " I'm laughing at something." "We were in here being" " I'm with a friend and" "Yeah, no, I'm not laughing at you." "Something else, yeah." "Yeah, well, you go keep kikiing about something else." "I'm gonna go see my uncle." "So, yeah, what I'll do, Mom, I'll call Pauletta, check in on Unc, and when I do that, I'll give you a call back, Mom." "That's what I'm gonna do because I'm in a meeting." "Gavin." "Mom, I said I'll check on it, I'll check on it." "Okay." "All right." "I'm so sorry." "How many eggs you want?" "( Georgia ) Hmm?" "How many eggs you want?" "Every morning you ask me the same question and every morning the answer is still the same, so let me set the record straight." "I'm gonna have two eggs for the rest of my life, Gary." "Okay?" "Two eggs?" "Two eggs." "Always two, it's always been two." "You want a little hot wing with that egg?" "You better stop." "Mmm, here it is right there." "( boy ) Mama." "Mama!" "The kids." "I don't know what you're embarrassed by." "It took two eggs to make the both of you." "And a hot wing." "Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha." "Oh, and just because it's almost summer, don't think you're gonna be lounging around and hanging out." "Mm-hmm." "Mama, what are you talking about?" "Your test." "You need to be studying." "Mm-hmm." "I don't, really." "Excuse me." "Get smart with your studying, not with your mother." "Get smart." "Mama, I will pass the test." "I promise." "And that's how it starts." "Ah-ah-ah-ah." "On a plate, sir." "Come here." "Muah." "If my lip breaks out in a rash," "I'm calling Child Protective Services." "( Georgia ) Oh, shut up." "I don't know where his lips have been." "I can show you, better not tell you." "Okay, stop." "Aren't you forgetting someone?" "No." "Gavin." "Wait up." "Come here." "( kissing )" "Go on, baby." "Come on, man." "I ain't trying to be waiting on you." "I don't even know why I even stopped by, you know." "Talking about you and I" "I really feel bad about what happened." "I mean, I know I caused you a lot of trouble and I" "I feel like it was my fault." "I, um..." "I never got to say it, but..." "I'm sorry." "But you're really busy, so I'm gonna go." "You didn't deserve that." "Can I take you to dinner?" "Well, if I can make it my treat." "Okay." "I'll be in town 'til Friday." "Call me." "Oh, wow." "We'll see you Tuesday." "Have a good day." "You again, Miss Miller?" "You again, Nurse Reed?" "Whatever." "Proceed." "Behave." "You behave." "You behave." "You behave." "You..." "You behave." "Okay, hold up." "Not today." "Proceed." "Hi, how are you today?" "Hey, sweetie-- Can I get you anything while you're waiting for your guest?" "Yes, I would like a French connection and a tequila sunrise with a shot of Patron silver and a splash of pineapple." "Thank you." "You got it." "All right." "( Dre ) Hey, hey, hey, hey." "So, so sorry... traffic was crazy, silly, quite honestly." "Wow, you look absolutely exquisite." "Thank you." "Tell me again why you do not have my kids." "Wow." "Because we're BFFs, remember?" "Wow." "What's up?" "Stop, stupid." "Dang." "Whatever." "What is all of this anyway?" "Who you trying to look cute for?" "You know it's too hot for all of this." "Nobody, shut up." "What's up, Dre?" "So is this it?" "Oh, yeah." "Look, I can't say my dad is the most stylish brother." "Anything is better than this." "'Sup?" "What?" "Dang." "But you know you look good, right?" "Just trying to keep up with the "Man Of The Year,"" "that's all." "Congratulations, by the way." "Thank you." "This is-- It's nice." "It's pretty impressive." "You know I don't really care much for all that kind of stuff, but I can tell you, it does help with business." "I did a blog for the magazine." "Actually, they want me to write an article, write more of a blog, actually, for it, so..." "Wow, okay." "I don't know, I'm really thinking about turning some of that stuff into a book." "As you should." "Yeah." ""The Adventures of Gavin Miller."" "That's a story for sure." "It is, it is." "I've been thinking a lot about high school lately." "Really?" "Yeah." "Why is that?" "Stop, stop." "Oh, you get on my nerves." "I can't believe you got me up here at school on a Saturday." "Don't trip, it's only for an hour." "Well, I told Thor to meet us up here." "What you do that for?" "'Cause it's boring." "All right, well, you be the one to tell my mama why I didn't get into Morehouse." "What?" "Boy, you could pass that test with your eyes closed." "Stop it." "You're gonna pass the test." "Don't worry about it, all right?" "All right." "What's up?" "Look at your cousin, what's wrong with him?" "Come on, it's a public place." "Oh, God." "Mo." "Mo!" "What, fool?" "Can't you see I'm busy?" "I thought you were on house arrest." "And I thought you were supposed to stay out my business, Dre." "The future president of the United States, ladies and gentlemen." "Hey, check this out, remix." "You" "You got a disease" "And you say it's just a rash" "But you got it up your ass" "Oh baby you" "( woman ) Hey, Dre." "What's up?" "What?" "Hey." "Hey." "Oh, these are so cute, your overalls." "So what's up?" "You taking dance, too?" "Yeah, you?" "Yeah." "Okay." "Let's go." "I ain't dealing with these herbs." "Oh, wait a minute." "When did y'all get to be friends?" "We're not." "Well, she can be friends with me." "Word?" "What's up, girl?" "Dang, you smell good." "Stop, don't play." "So um..." "I'll call you later." "I guess." "I love the one-strap thing, that's so cute." "Did she say anything about me?" "I don't know." "Why don't you go ask her yourself?" "No, it's cool." "You need to be hanging out with some girls anyways." "If you don't want me around, you can just say so." "Girl, stop playing." "You know that's not what I'm saying." "What's up with you today anyway?" "Nothing." "Hey, so I've been thinking about it, right?" "And it's time for you to hook me up with your fine-ass sister Natalie." "Natalie?" "Boy, please, you tripping." "You couldn't get with Natalie if she had one eye, a wooden leg and a kickstand." "Oh, he got you." "( woman ) Gavin!" "Are you serious?" "What's up?" "Okay, a little deep, I get it, I get it." "I'll come up." "I'll lighten that." "How's your mom?" "My mom is good." "She's doing okay, I'm gonna see her later, thank you for asking." "Yes, for the lady, please." "Enjoy." "Wow." "You remembered." "Of course I did." "Cheers." "Cheers." "What?" "I had someone stop past my office today." "Okay." "Who was that?" "Rochelle Davis." "Yeah." "You knew that was gonna happen." "Yeah, well." "You sure you want to do that?" "Do what, I haven't said anything yet." "I'm just saying, you wouldn't have brought it up if you weren't trying to explore it." "Blogging, reminiscing." "I'm just taking the girl to dinner." "I'm not marrying her." "I'm waiting on you." "Whatever." "Anyway." "Right." "Listen, just don't call on the BFF to come pick up the pieces." "Okay." "People don't change." "( school bell ringing )" "Yo, where'd Gavin go?" "I don't know." "He not even in here." "He got me up here on a Saturday." "I'm not even taking this test." "You should just take it." "And then next year, all you gotta do is take four classes." "Why do you think I'm here?" "Oh, my God." "Thor." "Why is he here?" "Who, Rasheed?" "He's cool." "Hey, let's get this show on the road." "Time is money." "Well, I guess you ain't got no time 'cause you sure as hell ain't got no money." "You need to pull your shoes up." "On top of that, you need to give" "Fred Sanford back his toughskins." "You expecting a flood?" "Man, don't worry about it." "At least your mama wasn't complaining when they was down around my ankles last night." "And who told your big ass to wear a striped shirt anyway?" "Over there looking like a big ass circus tent." "( laughing )" "Man, shut up, just wait." "Hey look, your mama's so poor," "I saw her at the 99 cent store the other day complaining about higher prices." "Ha, ha, ha!" "Wahh-wahh, man, that was whack." "Hey man, why your mama named you Thor anyway?" "What's your brother name, He-Man?" "All right, all right, settle down." "I like your hair down like that." "I mean, you look pretty." "Dre." "( laughing )" "You got dissed, homey." "Let it go." "Here man, let me help you pick your face up off the ground." "Man, stop, stop playing." "You look pretty, Dre." "You usually look like a boy, and I like boys, but today you look like a girl, and I like girls, so I guess I like you, too." "Get slapped." "Ooh-hoo-hoo!" "Get slapped." "I'm turning back into a man, Rasheed!" "Am I pretty now?" "Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey Don't sit here." "Take these." "Rochelle." "Hey." "Rochelle." "Hey, I didn't know you was taking this test." "Why would you?" "( bell ringing )" "There's an old saying." "That "Youth is wasted on the young."" "Don't let that be the truth." "You all need to be preparing for college now." "Because after high school, time flies and before you know it, you'll have a full-time job that doesn't hardly pay enough, you'll have a ridiculous amount of bills, kids and a wife will suck even more money out of you." "Rochelle!" "And you'll wonder where your dreams went at all." "Hey, Rochelle!" "What?" "You looking real stupid right now." "I'm out." "Hey, where you going?" "Hey, Dre." "Hold up." "Wait!" "Wait!" "Does anyone else feel compelled to take Saturday off?" "( Georgia ) I need help and you know that." "These boys are not free." "( Gary ) Ugh." "Stop all that noise, man." "Ain't nothing out there." "I been looking." "Shoot, this world... ( Gavin ) Home wasn't quite home sweet home." "How many times we gotta go over that?" "Why you gotta keep-- I need help, Gary." "Kids ain't free." "I mean, you know, Isaiah's my responsibility, okay?" "Gavin, you know... you need to talk to his daddy." "Excuse the hell out of me." "Come on, baby." "No, no, no, no." "Excuse the hell out of me." "Excuse the hell out of me." "So I guess I shouldn't be taking care of your broke ass." "No, let's be real, you want to keep it real?" "You want to keep it real?" "'Cause Isaiah's your son and Gavin is mine, so I'm gonna keep it real." "I mean, after all, you got a mama and you got a daddy and I'm not your wife, so I guess I shouldn't be taking care of you either." "Am I right?" "And for what?" "So you can go out there and try to find yourself while the rest of the world works?" "Huh?" "Playing second fiddle in, of all places, "The Keg"" "in a band that ain't going nowhere." "How you know where we're going, Georgia?" "I said it, in a band that ain't going nowhere." "Why you say things like that to me?" "Now all of a sudden-- You know what?" "Now all of a sudden, Gavin is not your responsibility." "Well, check this out." "You knew it was a package deal." "You knew it from the very beginning." "You knew it coming in here, and I'm sorry," "I mean, not just coming in here, coming in my home, through my door in my house that I pay for and now you want to tell me that Gavin is not my responsibility." "Well, check this out." "You know what?" "You can get to stepping." "That's right." "Come on, come on" "Get off me!" "No, fuck you, get off me!" "Gavin, Gavin, Gavin, Gavin!" "Gavin, stop, stop, stop, stop!" "You a man now, boy, you a man now?" "Stop, sit down, Gary." "You better keep your hands off my mama." "You what?" "Stop, stop." "Boy, you lucky I'm not in my right mind." "I'll whoop your ass, boy." "Gary, sit down." "You better sit" "You know what, you know what?" "Stop, stop, stop it-- Gary, sit down." "I know when I'm not wanted." "Mm-hmm." "Okay, Gavin, stop, stop." "Gavin!" "Stop." "Stop." "It's okay." "Just calm down." "So that's it?" "Everything's cool now?" "You're just gonna let him stay?" "It's complicated." "It's complicated, you don't understand." "Let me handle it." "I'll make it right." "Let me handle it." "I understand." "Now you see this, right here?" "My son." "My baby." "( sobbing )" "( knocking )" "( knocking )" "Oh God." "You're kidding, right?" "What?" "Hey, can I crash?" "You know my mama don't want no boys sleeping over." "We've been best friends since kindergarten." "Your mama know me." "I'll leave before she wake up." "( door closing )" "Shh!" "Man." "Thanks." "What's the matter?" "Nothing, just... thinking." "Nothing or are you just thinking?" "My mama and Gary got into another fight and I jumped in." "She took up for him after he said" "I wasn't his responsibility." "Why would she do that?" "He didn't say that." "Look, I heard him say it." "Well, were they drinking?" "What you think?" "You already know he was." "Then he didn't mean it." "I mean, people say all kind of stuff when they drunk." "He meant it." "You know what, I don't even care," "I can't stand him anyway." "I didn't tell anyone I already took the exit exam and passed it." "I don't even have to do senior year." "I'm ready to just graduate early and just bounce already." "What?" "That scholarship to Morehouse only requires me to pass the exit exam." "I don't even have to take the aptitude test." "But you're still taking it?" "Yeah." "For what?" "For fun?" "I guess." "Oh, God, you're such a herb." "I don't know." "I'm just buying time." "I'm only here for you anyways." "'Cause I know that when we go to college, we gonna lose each other." "Nuh-uh." "Dre, you're going to UCLA." "I don't know what I'm gonna do without you." "( footsteps )" "Hurry!" "Get in there." "No, get in the closet." "Wait!" "Hey, you know what?" "I'm gonna just leave, 'cause" "No." "I don't want you to get in trouble." "No, stay." "Get some sleep." "All right." "On this side, though." "On this side." "She a skizza." "No boys in here." "She ain't got no butt anyway." "Miss, can I go to the bathroom?" "Please?" "Go ahead." "Thank you, thank you, thank you." "Hit the music on your way out." "Yes, ma'am." "( music blasting )" "Ladies, that's enough warm-up." "I want to see what you got." "First positions, please." "Can I be in front?" "Of course." "Five, six, seven, eight." "One, two." "Very nice." "Three, four, five, six, seven, eight, one" "Every rehearsal should be treated like you were on stage at Carnegie Hall." "Five, six, seven." "Rochelle, really?" "Looking very sloppy." "Four, five." "Beautiful, nice arms." "Seven, eight, one, two." "Nice pique turns, Andrea." "Very nice, excellent." "Six, seven, eight." "One, two." "Good job." "Four, five, six, seven, eight." "No lazy hands." "One, two." "Very, very nice, ladies, good job." "I'm back, what'd I miss?" "( woman ) Everything." "Cool." "( Rochelle ) My solo was good." "( woman ) You did good." "Thank you." "She can't even do a split." "I know." "( woman ) Your friend ghetto, let's go, girl." "Thank you, Ms. Harris." "Yeah, but none of this in my class, okay?" "Call me, call me." "Bye, girls." "Hoo hoo, Cherish, baby." "Hey, let me get your number." "No." "Wait." "Hello, come on." "No?" "Hoo hoo, damn." "Dre, what up?" "Hey, that was dope." "Where'd you learn to do all them turns and stuff?" "Goodbye, I'll see you guys tomorrow." "( woman ) Bye, Ms. Harris." "And that's fresh." "Thanks." "You know the show is next week, right?" "You nervous?" "Kind of." "Look, Gavin came to my house last night, right?" "Like 2:00 in the morning." "Word?" "Yeah." "I knew something had to be wrong." "He said his mom..." "Hey." "...and Gary" "Mind if I talk to Dre for a minute?" "Go ahead." "Alone." "You gonna be outside?" "Yeah." "Old fake ass Wonder Woman." "Hey, so." "I was just wanting to ask you something." "I mean, I know we're not the best of friends, but we cool, right?" "What you getting at?" "Well, I was just wondering." "Are you and Gavin" "Are you guys like a thing?" "Are y'all just friends?" "I mean, I know you guys are friends, but I just thought that I'd come to you and ask, like, you know, 'cause I don't want to step on anybody's toes or anything." "But, um..." "Why do you care?" "I mean, what's up with you and my cousin Maurice?" "I don't want to go out with Mo." "I mean, Gavin, he's always, you know, flirting and he's cute, and we cool, so..." "So I don't really think it's any of your business." "You know what?" "I told you not to try and ask her." "You know she likes him." "Why you think she always running up behind him?" "You were right." "I know." "He's fair game." "You know, you better off with Maurice anyway." "I'm telling you, don't mess with that herb." "He's not a herb." "He is a herb!" "He can't dress, he's goofy, he doesn't have a job and he doesn't have a car." "What?" "Hold up, you got it twisted." "Gavin got like a 2000 on his SATs and will probably skip senior year altogether." "He don't work 'cause his mama want him to focus on school." "And don't worry about him not having a car." "You ain't got no car." "He's still a loser." "You know what?" "I'm gonna give you a pass." "I'll meet you outside." "Hold up, I'm coming." "Listen, don't say I ain't ask you." "Your loss." "And most important, everyone please remain qui-et." "Thank you." "That means no talking." "No note passing." "No party planning." "No nothing." "Thank you." "( loud thudding )" "Whoa, I'm here, I'm here!" "This is not a rest home, sir." "You may want to try reading your book sometime." "I'm afraid osmosis isn't gonna work in this case." "Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle."" "A very interesting read about child labor laws in the 1900s." "A little beyond your realm of understanding, don't you think?" "Actually, child-labor laws didn't even exist before "The Jungle."" "Sinclair's book brought attention not only to the maiming of children, which was commonplace in the meatpacking plants, but it also shed a light on the mistreatment of impoverished workers in general, prompting legislation to be passed implementing" "a federal minimum wage and implementing age restrictions on employers." "But I guess that's what you meant, right, Mr. Katz?" "Try getting some rest at night, Gavin." "Who knows what you might learn if you actually tried?" "Put the book away." "This is a timed test." "I'll be watching." "( woman ) So?" "Yeah, I'm gonna be there." "Okay, good." "Who else coming?" "I'mma be there." "Oh, okay." "You trying to play me, Sam?" "What's up, Dre?" "Hey." "Ew, stank." "You coming to my party?" "I don't know yet." "Okay, I see I need to call you." "Call me." "Bye, Thor." "Why you such a whore?" "Hey, she came up to me." "What's up with you?" "Nothing." "Okay." "What's up, Dre?" "So anyways." "So like I was saying earlier, right?" "Apparently his mom and Gary got into it and they was" "What?" "Don't you see I'm talking, dang?" "My bad." "One thing, though, real quick." "What is it?" "They're having a dance over" "I mean, they're having a party over here." "Yeah, and...?" "You going?" "I don't know." "Is that it?" "Look, I don't know." "I thought maybe we could go together." "Uh, who brings sand to the beach?" "Why you always acting like you all that?" "All stank and shit, huh?" "Look, I'm feeling you, all right?" "The party is B-Y-O-B and I like to drink to my taste and not let anybody make decisions for me." "You feel me?" "Don't talk to me like that." "You must got me twisted with someone else, fool." "Whatever." "Later for you, buster." "I'm out." "Rasheed." "Look, I don't drink, but maybe you can dance with me." "A slow one so I can feel on your booty?" "Don't push it." "Oh, that's what I'm talking about." "You old fake ass Christopher Williams." "Hey, you gotta show 'em who's boss." "Use that lightskinnedness to your benefit." "What?" "Oh, you like it rough, huh, Dre?" "Whatever." "Listen, so Gavin's over my house, right?" "Telling me how his mom and Gary were fighting, he jumped in, his mom ends up taking up for Gary after he said that he wasn't his responsibility or his daddy, totally stabbing G in the back, right?" "Word?" "Yeah, so check it." "He's at my house and he's all upset telling me how he wants to graduate from school early and go to college, I mean..." "Look, long story short." "Too late." "What?" "You get on my nerves." "Listen." "So I go to give him a hug, right?" "And y'all did it." "Ooh, I know y'all did it." "And that fool didn't tell me shit neither." "No, stupid, we didn't do it." "Holding out." "Ahh, you get on my nerves." "Listen!" "He kissed me." "Oh, well, there you go right there." "What more do you need?" "What's the problem?" "What else happened?" "Nothing." "Nothing!" "All right, he was feeling on my titties and my mom came to the door" "Oh snap, G got to rub on your titties?" "What you mean "got to"?" "Ooh, I knew I shouldn't have told you, stupid." "Look, I was just playing." "I don't know what to do." "Just tell him how you feel." "You think I should?" "Yeah." "( Dre ) "We've been friends for some time, I mean, and I was thinking--"" "No, you can't start out like that, Dre." "Everybody starts out like that." ""What up?" "You wanna be with me or not?"" "Shit, that's too harsh." "He'll think I'm a bitch." ""I love you."" ""I love you?"" "Come on, Dre, you can't-- ( Gavin ) Dre!" "Where you been, girl?" "I been looking for you all day." "I got my test back." "Hey." "Hey." "Hey, I passed my test." "Good for you." "So how's everything with your moms?" "Fine, I guess." "She called us up making it up to me on the strength by taking us shopping at the Slawson swap meet this weekend." "Word?" "Well, praise God," "I mean, something good gonna come out of it." "What you trying to say?" "Nothing." "What?" "So you coming to the party?" "You know we gotta celebrate." "I don't know." "You didn't ask me." "Girl, come on with all of that." "You want me to pick you up?" "With what car?" "Your mom buying you a car at the swap meet, too?" "Thor gonna take us." "Well, all right, I mean, yeah, I'll do it." "You better not flake out, either." "I'm not." "So I wanted to talk to you about the other night." "Me, too." "You can go-- Oh, you go" "No, go ahead, go ahead." "So you know you're my girl, right?" "You're always there for me." "And that's dope, for real." "Like, I don't know what happened the other night but I never saw you like, like a girl until the other night." "It was so weird." "When did you get that banging body?" "I must have slept." "What I'm trying to say is, I know it was a mistake." "I shouldn't have got at you like that." "Like what?" "I shouldn't have kissed you, all right?" "I apologize and I just don't want to lose you." "You're my best friend, so I'm sorry." "Will you forgive me?" "Yeah, sure." "All right, cool." "So what did you want to say?" "Same thing, you said it." "Well, you said you wanted to talk to me, too." "What did you want to say, Dre?" "Nothing, you said it." "Look, I" "I forgot I can't go." "I gotta go somewhere with my sister." "No, wait!" "We was just up front." "Hey, we coming to get you still." "So be ready!" "( woman ) Natalie?" "Andrea?" "Who's that?" "It's me, Mama, Dre." "Okay." "Hi, baby." "I gotta pee!" "Are you okay?" "Yeah, yeah." "Okay, I'll be out here." "( sobbing )" "( singing )" "Dre." "Andrea!" "Ugh!" "What?" "Don't quit your day job." "Oh, my goodness." "Whatever." "Yanay called." "Well, I'm being dark right now." "Hold my calls." "Oh, okay... but Gavin called." "Huh?" "Gavin called." "Why'd you tell him we had to go somewhere?" "Why didn't you give me the phone?" "Because I was on the phone and I thought you were being dark right now." "What did he say?" "You didn't tell him we didn't have to go nowhere, did you?" "Yes." "He said to tell you they're on the way." "I told him I wasn't going." "Like I care." "Ooh, thank you, I'm borrowing this." "Get on my nerves, dang." "All right, Dre." "Look, he's on his way." "Pull it together, you got this, come on." "You can do this." "Okay." "Now you know what they say the best cure for a broken heart is, right?" "Revenge." "But I don't want revenge." "That's really cute." "That is really cute." "Yes, you do, honey." "Let's get it together." "You are my little sister, okay?" "Need I say more?" "You got to represent." "Come on now, we gonna get you right, we are gonna hook you up." "Yeah, it's gonna take a little work." "All right, it's gonna take a lot of work, but you gonna be fly tonight, okay?" "I'm not letting you go out like that." "Oh, no." "( knocking )" "Who is it?" "Gavin." "Hi, honey." "Hey, Mrs. Devine." "How you doing, come on in." "Look how big you are." "How come you don't come to see me anymore?" "Oh, I'm sorry, I'm gonna come back." "I'm gonna come see you more often." "All right, you better." "Andrea, Gavin is here." "I like that shirt." "Thank you." "She's coming." "Hey, Gavin." "Okay, Dre, stop playing and hurry up." "Come on!" "She right behind me." "Uh-uh." "What-- what you up to?" "What do you mean?" "Look at all you was doing coming down those stairs." "I don't know what you're talking about." "I don't know what you're talking about." "Have a good time." "Bye!" "Look at you, you did that?" "I did good, right?" "Yes, you did." "She looks pretty." "Well, it's my sister, you know I'm gonna come through." "Gavin." "Hey, Rochelle." "You look good." "You look good, too." "Wanna dance?" "Why you always tripping on me, huh?" "Embarrassing me in front of my boys." "What's up with that?" "If I made it easy, you wouldn't want it." "How else I'm supposed to know you're for real?" "Oh, so you want me to act like the crutch or something?" "What's wrong with that?" "So what's up, you still on your boy or are you ready to move on to bigger and better things?" "Everybody can see it, Dre." "It ain't no secret." "He the only one that don't know... or don't care." "Word." "We're just friends." "Slow down, mama." "I don't like to carry you home." "See, my party is dope." "Thank you for bringing the alcohol." "I got you, I got the ID." "I know, we're pretty good." "( Mo ) Woo woo!" "Yeah." "No, no, no, no, no." "No, Mo, don't be coming up in here starting no shit tonight, all right?" "Man, ain't nobody about to start nothing." "Yeah, right." "You always starting shit." "Man, look, quit playing, Yinay." "No, it's Yanay." "Don't start no shit." "Yo, where's Rochelle at, Yanay?" "I don't know where she is." "Mo, I'm not playing, come on" "Yo!" "Whatever, punk." "Hey, Rochelle!" "Shit." "Ashley, come on." "Rochelle!" "Hey yo, Dice, there she go right there." "I'd be calling the police." "None of them fools got heat." "It's all right, baby, I got it." "What's up, fool-- Why you on my girl?" "You need to kick back, man." "Quit tripping, Mo." "What's up?" "Nah, move, Dre." "What you want, a slanga?" "We can go right now." "What's up?" "( man ) Man, hold up, homey." "Watch out, homey." "( Mo ) Man, that's my team, boy." "No, what you need to do is get your girl." "She the one hanging all over Gavin's nutsack." "No, you didn't, you-- Oh, you" " You wasn't?" "You wasn't?" "Nah, baby, listen, he just asked me to dance, so what's up?" "Come on, man, they was just dancing." "Yo, watch out, man, watch out, man, watch out." "Scandalous." "Come on." "You lucky I'm fresh out, Peewee." "You better watch your back." "Man, whatever, you ain't gonna do nothing." "That's why I'm gonna tell auntie Shannon you was out here acting a fool." "Man, go and tell Auntie." "And matter of fact, why don't you tell her you was over here getting pissy drunk and being fresh while you snitching?" "Whatever." "She gonna whip your ass is what she gonna do." "Go on, walk over there and walk two feet in front of me." "Can't believe you, man." "Leave you alone for a second." "Still?" "Man, look, go." "Downstairs." "Come on, Junior." "Don't even talk to me right now, Dre." "I just saved your ass from getting whooped." "Look, you didn't save me from shit." "I didn't?" "Oh, I didn't, Gavin?" "Ain't nobody scared of him." "Let's just bounce, come on, man." "Whatever." "If it wasn't for you and that fake-ass bitch, it wouldn't have happened anyway." "Where she at now, huh?" "You see her, 'cause I don't." "I know you ain't talking." "I saw you over there putting on a show for everybody, shaking your monkey for the whole world to see." "Y'all might as well have been just humping right there on the dance floor." "And since when did you start drinking anyway?" "Don't worry about me and what I'm doing with my monkey." "I'm not." "Whatever." "Hey Dre, you okay?" "She's fine, partner." "Don't speak for me." "Man, let them just talk it out." "You need a ride home?" "No, she don't need no ride home, bro." "Just keep it pushing." "( woman ) Dre, come on, baby." "I said don't speak for me, I don't need you." "Dre, come on." "Stop grabbing me." "No, 'cause you want to try to play all protective now." "What, you jealous?" "Hmm?" "Well, we're just friends, remember?" "Oh, you jealous now 'cause somebody's paying me some attention, huh?" "Now you want to notice I exist?" "Hey Dre, don't do this here." "Why not?" "I'm already saying what everybody else thinks anyway, right?" "I mean, come on." "We've been friends forever, Gavin." "I've been in love with you since the ninth grade." "Taking up for you while these fools talked about your stupid ass jokes and your whack ass gear." "I'm the one who let you in in the middle of the night knowing my mama would kill me." "When your mama and stupid ass step daddy was fighting all the goddamn time." "Everybody here thinks you're a scrub." "Everybody." "I saw past that and I loved you anyway." "Nah, she'll be fine." "Let her go." "( gunshots )" "( screaming )" "Call 9-1-1, call 9-1-1!" "Rasheed!" "( Thor ) Is he okay?" "( woman ) Dre." "Oh my" "Hey, go get help!" "Call 9-1-1!" "( crying )" "Oh, my God!" "Damn, Maurice." "Come on, man!" "Come on, man, stay with me!" "( man ) They on their way." "( Dre ) Oh, my God..." "( crying )" "( Georgia ) And that's when he came running home screaming about" ""anus beef, anus beef."" "And I told him, no, baby, it's "angus beef."" "Ain't no such thing as ass beef." "But if a man could have an ass beef," "I'd marry him in a heartbeat, yes, I would." "That's why I'm not married now." "Let me tell you something." "I'm done with the marriage thing." "Are you married?" "( knocking ) We never even talked about" "I told you, I don't want any of that nasty-ass Jell-O and I don't have to pee." "( Gavin ) It's me, mother." "Please don't throw anything, okay?" "Oh..." "How are you?" "Hi, baby, oh...." "Come to say hi." "And thank you for the flowers, but you know what" "Hey Glenn, how you doing over there?" "Your dyke assistant already sent me" "What?" "Flowers." "You don't need to, 'cause the lady already brought 'em." "Why you calling her a dyke, ma, why" "You don't say that." "'Cause she is a dyke." "Everybody's so politically correct these days." "Everyone's so sensitive." "You gotta call orientals Asians, you gotta call the Mexicans Latinos." "Mother, do you want somebody calling you colored?" "Or negro?" "I am a colored negro." "Look at this, look at this color." "I'm a mocha-chocha-latta ya-ya." "Creole Lady Marmalade." "I can't come to visit my mama without you talking crazy, huh?" "Oh, oh, please tell me you checked on Uncle." "Oh yeah, I did, I did." "He's doing quite well." "They're taking him to a convalescent home." "Amazingly enough, he just broke his wrist, so he's okay." "So why they taking him to a convalescent home if he just broke his wrist?" "Why they want to put him in there for that?" "You know what, they're trying to kill him, that's all." "They're trying to get rid of him so they don't have to be responsible, that's all it is." "He's 93 and he doesn't want to be so they're just gonna let him go there to die." "You're just so positive, Ma, woo!" "Could you get more positive?" "He's gonna be fine." "Look at you, looking all cute with your little suit on." "Looking all snazzy, where you going?" "Just got off of work, went and had lunch with Dre." "She said "hi," by the way." "Oh, really, what'd you tell her?" "I told her you were good." "I told her you were doing fine." "And you didn't tell her I was in the hospital with a blood clot in my leg and about ready to die?" "Well, Mama, I didn't tell her you were sick." "You said you were fine, why would I tell her that?" "Anyway... how is she?" "She's doing good, she's... you know, she's hanging in there, she's fine." "Mm-hmm." "You should marry that girl." "Mom, we're just friends, I keep telling you" "Gavin Enzell Miller, for someone I raised to be so smart, you are so stupid." "Okay, Ma." "You're supposed to marry your best friend." "And let me tell you something." "Yes." "You have never had a friend as good as Andrea." "Name one, huh, who's been with you from back then to now?" "Hmm?" "Yeah, someone's quiet now." "Okay, look." "Mom, Dre isn't interested in me, okay?" "Actually, I'm gonna go meet a friend from high school, so..." "Who?" "Ma, you wouldn't know if I told you, so..." "Honey, I don't mean to be rude, but you weren't that popular in high school, so I know all your friends." "Who?" "Rochelle Davis." "Hmm." "See, that's exactly why I didn't want to tell you." "I'll call you later." "Okay." "I'll visit you, all right?" "Okay." "All right, take care of yourself." "Okay, bye, stupid." "I love you." "I love you too, stupid." "That's my son..." "Stupid." "What's up, Mr. Michaels, how's everything?" "How you doing, Mr. Miller?" "Great, great, great, excellent." "What are you having, sir?" "I am going to take a Jack and Coke to start." "How's everything been?" "Good, yourself?" "Good, I'm excellent, excellent." "Excellent." "Thank you, sir, appreciate it." "Cheers to everyone." "Cheers." "Indeed." "( phone ringing )" "Oh, man." "Thank you." "Mr. Miller?" "Yeah, sir?" "Your guest, Ms. Davis, called." "She won't be able to meet you this evening." "She called the restaurant?" "Yes, a little while ago." "She-- she called here." "Yes." "Why would she do that?" "She has my number." "I'm sorry, I don't know." "Okay, come on, man, me and you, man to man." "Sir?" "If you're a chick, right, and you got this dude that you have been seeking out for years, you sought after him and you have-- you have his number." "Why would you" "You know, just call, say you can't make it." "Why would, why would you not call?" "( Dre ) Guilt." "That's what I was looking for." "Guilt." "Guilt." "He's guilty." "What do you want, Dre?" "Why'd you come here?" "You want to rub it in my face?" "What, are you stalking me now?" "Maybe a little bit of both... and surely you cannot be surprised." "Dre, come on." "Ask me a whole bunch of questions." "I had five drinks." "Oh." "Okay." "I don't know, I guess I'm just like Mike Jones." "Back then, they didn't want me." "They still don't want me, Dre." "All the fame and success." "It's like I'm still the same me, same scrub I was in high school." "Same package." "I guess just shined up a little bit, made it a little better, you know." "I don't know what I was thinking, though." "I kept" " I don't even like her." "I was just wondering, like, if I could show her." "You know what?" "You don't owe her any explanation." "And you definitely don't have to apologize for being who you are." "That's right." "That's right." "That's right, girl." "Whoa!" "Wow, okay." "All right, can we" "Check, please." "Thank you." "No, wait." "Just lean, lean." "No, no, not that way, the other way." "Lean the other way." "There you go, there you go." "Oh, that's me, Dre." "Come on, Dre." "Me and you, Dre, me and you, Dre." "It's me and you, Dre." "Yeah, me and you." "Wow, okay." "Hold on, hold on, hold on." "I love you, Dre." "I know, I know." "I always loved you." "I know, I know." "Wow, you know how long I've waited to hear you say that, but not with that breath?" "Mm-hmm." "Walk me over here, Dre." "Oh." "Ow." "Well, it's about time somebody got up." "Yeah, yeah." "Yeah, no, okay." "Listen, don't worry, I've seen it all before and then some." "What-- did we..." "'Cause that's my shirt." "Did we?" "Please don't tell me you forgot." "Am I that-- was" "You don't remember?" "What?" "It was us, we-- you don't remember under the sheets." "You don't remember having your tongue in places" "Wow." "Ew... no!" "No, we did not." "Girl, dang." "I had to bring your drunk behind home last night..." "I see." "...after you embarrassed me." "So where are your clothes?" "Oh, they're in the washing machine." "Yeah, you spilled all your drinks on me." "Thank you very much." "It's starting to come back to me now." "Yeah, I see, I see." "Oh wow, it smells good." "It does, yeah, I can cook." "You saved me again last night." "Why did you do that?" "That is what friends do, isn't it?" "Whoa, whoa, whoa." "What I said to you last night on the couch... when I told you I love you." "Uh-huh." "I meant that." "Okay." "When I kissed you in your room, I knew." "I just didn't have" "Whoo-hoo!" "I heard she stood him up the other night and he got pissy drunk in Uzone and had to get escorted out." "Of the restaurant?" "Yes!" "Girl, stop it." "But that's not how the story ends." "Okay, tell it." "I saw them together last night." "Are you kidding?" "Mm-hmm." "And miss thing in there, she mad." "Ladies, top of the morning, Nadine." "Markita." "Hello, ladies, how are you?" "Good, good." "Rochelle is in your office." "Give me a second, then come get me." "Oh." "Okay." "I got permission, this gonna be fun." "( Gavin humming )" "Gavin." "I'm really sorry about last night." "I, um..." "I didn't know what to do, but I just couldn't leave you like that, so" "Thank you." "Thank you." "Pardon me." "For what?" "You know, if I explained it to you, you probably wouldn't understand." "Now, if you'll excuse me, a lot of work to attend to today." "Hey." "Sorry to interrupt." "You're not interrupting, my guest was just leaving." "Good." "Andrea's on line one." "Thank you, I'll take it." "Yes, baby, how are you?" "Hold on for one sec, please." "You're excused." "Don't you even want to know why I'm here?" "No." "( Dre ) Was that Rochelle?" "He was fair game, but you lose." "Call me later, baby." "What can I say?" "Yes I will, darling." "I love you." "Have a good one." "Wait for it, wait for it." "Oh." "Have a good day." "Bye." "We know it's real, honey." "Too much." "Too much." "Miss thing!" "She's overdressed for the meal of the day." "That's all I'm gonna say." "I'm just gonna put it out there." "All right, ladies, let's get back to work, okay?" "We're dressed appropriately." "That's how we get down." "I sing doo-doo-doo" "Yes, can you please cancel all of my appointments?" "I am leaving for the day." "( Bobby Jo ) Yes, sir." "( man ) Yo, G!" "What's up, big boy?" "I'm good, baby." "What's going on, man, good to see you, man." "All right." "So, wow, where you been, bro?" "You know, still around the way." "Yeah, I see." "You're looking good, man." "You're holding it together." "No, man, that's you, man." "Everything good?" "Yeah, I can't complain, man, I can't complain." "How's that beautiful little friend of yours, Dre, man?" "You know, I'll take her off your hands while you're bullshitting." "I see nothing's changed." "Well, you still remember Dre, yeah?" "She's-- she's totally off-limits." "Okay." "What about that pretty little assistant you got back there at the office?" "Bobby Jo?" "That's how you found me, huh?" "You know, I'm gonna wish you luck on Bobby Jo." "You're on your own on that one." "Really." "Well." "I don't know how they pick "Man Of The Year," man, but I really must say, man, that's a good look on you, my dude." "Thanks man, I appreciate it, I really do." "What do they give you, like a gold watch and two tickets to the Poconos or something?" "It doesn't work that way." "( Gavin ) The things you never bother to pay attention to in high school mean the most when you finally grow up." "Congratulations, Gavin, on "Man Of The Year."" "You are probably one of the smartest people" "I have ever met." "No lie, before I meet with you" "I catch up on news headlines just to see what you're up to." "Is that right?" ""Man Of The Year."" "Wow." "Well, I have to tell you, Gavin," "I mean, if it wasn't for you, I'd be broke and not only that, I really appreciate your soft side." "Really, really touched my heart, you supporting the nonprofit for you, know, GSU, protecting the kids in Haiti and giving them moral support and uplifting them." "I really appreciate it." "You're really, really an amazing guy." "Subtitles brought to you by: kyosti"