[ City Girls' "Period (We Live)" plays ]
♪♪
Junior year, bitches!
Your girl's officially home from London Town,
and I am now an upperclasswoman.
Which means in four short semesters,
the party plug is pulled
and I'm tossed out into the real world.
Which is exactly why I'm considering this year
the pre‐game to adulthood.
And what is the pre‐game to adulthood, you ask?
It's when hard work meets preparation.
Thank you.
You know how you never want to show up to a party sober?
You never want to show up to adulthood unprepared ‐‐
or sober.
♪ City girls ♪
♪ Ghetto booty, pretty face, thick thighs ♪
♪ Period! ♪
So, this is why I spent my summer
killing it in the U. K.
and getting ahead of the job game.
[ Ding! ]
My brand is doing a pop‐up in a few days.
You should come, too.
Like a job? Yeah, a job.
I went from working retail at Joey Bada$$'s boutique
to running it
to becoming his personal stylist by the time I left.
So I guess you could say I went from being "cup bitch"
to "that bitch."
And how did I achieve all this?
By putting an entire ocean between me
and all the drama I created before I left for the summer.
We're done.
What?
♪♪
And so even though we're all back on campus together,
I've decided to maintain at least a 5‐kilometer distance
between me and my distractions.
Who, if you weren't clear, are Aaron and Luca.
[ Whistle blows, cheering ]
[ Drums play rhythmically ]
‐Welcome home! ‐Surprise!
♪♪
[ Ding! ]
I'm not quite sure what the conversion rate is,
but I do not think that's 5 kilometers.
♪ Watch out, world, I'm grown now ♪
♪ I'm grown ♪
♪ Learn something new every day ♪
♪ I don't know, so I'm‐a feel my way ♪
♪ Got the weight of the world on me ♪
♪ But no regrets, this is what I say ♪
♪ Watch out, world, I'm grown now ♪
♪ I'm grown ♪ ♪ You can tell me ♪
♪ My heart beating so loud ♪
♪ Mama, look, I'm grown now ♪
♪ I'm grown ♪
[ Whistle blows rhythmically ]
[ Cheering ]
♪♪
Yay!
Aah! Wait!
‐Thank you. ‐[ Chuckles ]
So, what's the best way to avoid your distractions?
To distract yourself with other things.
Obviously.
Classic double distraction.
To Zoey's homecoming!
Kicking off junior year HBCU‐style.
Whose house?!
All: Our house!
‐Thank you. ‐[ Chuckles ]
Guys, I cannot believe that you did all of this for me.
Well, it was actually to pay tribute
to the longstanding history of Black students
getting shut out of White universities.
But...yeah, it was also for you.
Aww!
Uh, hey, man. It's 20 to get in.
Uh, I don't have any cash. Can I just send it to you?
No. Cash only. I don't put my bank information on the Internet.
That's how they got 21 Savage.
Out.
Bye.
Sky, are y'all charging to get in to my party?
How much do you think we got paid to run track this summer?
Yeah. Nothing.
I spent six weeks in a cast
and three more in a walking boot.
It's gonna take a lot of money to keep these feet
in nothing but retro Jordans for now.
Mm. Fair.
But also, where's Nomi?
Please do not tell me that you made her
stay in her room because she's White.
Actually, she gets in tonight.
But if she was here, she'd be more than welcome.
We'd just charge her double.
For reparations.
Okay, everyone, inside,
'cause Zoey has to see our new place!
Come on, come on, come on!
♪♪
[ Cheering ]
Okay, wow!
♪♪
Wow. Guys, this place is amazing!
Vivek: Aw, come on, guys.
What part of "No boots in the house"
does the step team not get?
Hi.
Hey, Zoey! Welcome home!
Thank you.
Um... and just so you know,
in this house, we go shoeless.
O...kay. Okay?
So ‐‐ Excuse me.
[ Sighs ]
It was supposed to be just me and the girls living here,
but what can I say?
This house is expensive, and he's a drug dealer.
And okay, sure, I may be back in my dad's good graces
and making money,
but come on ‐‐ look at this place.
Ana: Let's go see the rest of the house. Yes!
Man: Get crazy! Okay!
I see you! Where we at?
[ Cheering ]
♪♪
Yo. Hmm?
You wanna see those booties move in slow motion?
How would ‐‐
[ Ding! ]
What is that?
Green batter, shroom icing,
raw, organic, cold‐pressed coconut oil.
I'm sorry. That's a hard pass from me.
But thank you. I appreciate it.
Bro, you live to elevate an experience.
Why not elevate yourself today?
Look, I just don't think the first time I dip into shrooms
should be when they're the icing on a weed brownie, okay?
You know what that sounds like? What?
That sounds like Junior Year Aaron.
Senior Year Aaron needs to be contemplating the fact
that this is his last first college party
at Cal U. Last...
Last ‐‐ Last first? What's that mean?
Bro, college's grim reaper is knocking at your door,
demanding your red Solo cup.
You got almost no time left to go...
all the way in ‐‐
with all this.
Mm‐hmm.
♪♪
Okay, look... [ Clears throat ]
I'm not susceptible to peer pressure.
Alright? Okay. Okay.
But I'm a senior, so I'm susceptible
to this whole "last first" situation.
[ Inhales deeply ] Mm‐hmm. So I'm gonna take your brownie.
What's gonna happen to me, though? A‐Am I gonna be okay?
Yes. Will I hug a tree?
Look, you'll probably witness some colors
that don't even exist.
And then after that, possible night blindness
and vicious nausea.
But, I mean, come on. Let's just do it.
One time for the one time.
Cheers. This is dumb.
Yes, sir.
♪♪
Okay, pause.
Did she just interrupt our strut?
No. She would not do that.
Not unless it was a life‐or‐death emergency.
And it is.
Um, I actually have a confession to make, and it's a ‐‐
[ Laughing ] Oh, my gosh. It's a funny story.
[ Chuckles ] Such a funny story.
You know the day I was headed to London
and I had...Aaron drive me to the airport?
Well, you know, I was headed to the plane,
getting my bags, and...
I may have kissed him.
Where?
Ew. On his lips.
Ew. I meant in the car or on the tarmac.
Oh. Well, it was more of, like, a curbside situation.
And then what happened?
And then I got on the plane.
And, dude, I am so beyond sorry for this.
I was such an emotional wreck,
and, like, I had broken up with Luca,
and I was about to leave, and so I didn't ‐‐ Zoey, stop.
It's okay.
I've gone from repulsed animosity
to simply just detesting him
to barely feeling a spark of friendship.
Okay. Well, um... [ Chuckles ]
Where do you guys stand now?
Well, we stand nowhere.
I didn't talk to him all summer.
And I do not want my first reach‐out to be at my party.
Whose party?
Girl, just let her have this.
She obviously needs it.
Zoey, you're gonna have to talk to him about it
at some point, so just rip the Band‐Aid off.
Do it now.
Rip it.
[ Cheering ]
[ Whistling ] [ Sighs ]
Together: Hunh!
[ Cheering continues ]
[ Sounds slow down, distort ]
♪♪
[ Angelic music plays, heartbeat ]
Hey, Aaron.
Oh, hey. Hey, Zoey.
You're glowing.
Aaron, stop. Just stop.
[ Clears throat ] Before we continue this,
I really do think we have to talk about our incident.
At the airport ‐‐ our kiss.
Oh! Yeah. Yeah.
I mean ‐‐ I mean, yeah, we can talk about it,
but it was just a little... kiss, you know?
Not a big deal. We didn't even smash.
[ Both chuckle ]
You're right. Right.
Wow, you're actually so right.
It was [Chuckles] just a kiss.
Yeah.
But don't get me wrong.
I mean, I feel like you definitely wanted to smash.
What? Yeah, and even you talking about it now
makes me feel like you still wanna smash.
Ooh! Just tell me. I mean...
[ Whispers ] I don't. You sure?
Okay, Freshman.
I'm gonna go find Doug...
before you try and kiss me again, 'cause you know how you get.
Oh! I'll just try and control myself over here.
[ Both chuckle ]
You know, I'm really glad we're cool.
Yeah. We're fine.
Unless we smash. Then we'd be really cool.
Just kidding. [ Chuckles ]
Unless you want to. Still don't.
Alright. Alright.
Peace! Peace!
That was so not worth
the 30 minutes of stress belly I just endured.
I mean, who knew that you could deal with your distractions,
move on, and feel better?
[ Cellphone chimes ]
And do it all while working around the clock
as a celebrity stylist.
I hate to say it,
but Zoey came back from London killing it.
Let the pre‐game begin!
Welcome home, kid.
[ Ding! ]
♪♪
[ Indistinct conversations, cheering ]
♪ A bunch of little Mini‐Me's... ♪
Hey. Uh...
I feel like I owe you an apology.
You do?
He does?
Yeah, I mean, even though you were wrong
about a lot of things when we were together ‐‐
like, an unsettling amount.
Like, almost everything you said was questionable.
Okay, did America change the definition of "apology"
while I was gone?
But you weren't wrong about one thing ‐‐
Joey.
I mean, I should've handled things better.
But that's my ankh to bear, you know? So...
Yeah.
Wow. Uh...
I ‐‐ I ‐‐ Thank you, Luca.
You know, that really means a lot to me.
And trust me, I know there's a whole lot
we both could have handled differently. Mm.
Like me ghosting you internationally ‐‐
for sure, not my best look.
Hey, the cosmos course‐corrected.
I actually ended up doing
some of the best work of my life this summer.
Oh, my goodness!
So I guess you could kind of say, like,
I was, like, your ‐‐ your muse.
Ooh. [ Chuckles ] Mm...
More like anti‐muse.
Wow, that's a sick name for my brand.
Oh, okay.
Well, I'm just... glad you're not mad.
Hmm?
Well, I mean, don't get me wrong.
At first, I was big mad.
Big, big mad, you know?
I just kept replaying the day you left.
You know, sending all the texts.
Mm.
Chasing you to the airport.
[ Echoing ] Chasing you to the airport...
Chasing you to the airport...
Airport, you know?
[ Echoing stops ] [ Cheering in distance ]
♪♪
Guys...
Luca chased me to the airport.
It's really kicking in.
It really is, man.
And this is my last first party, you know?
You guys have another year, but for me...
this is it.
Yo, check this out.
Yeah?
I forgot what I was about to say.
Can I be real with you?
Yeah.
Zoey kissed me before she got on the plane.
Oh! What'd you just say?
Yeah.
♪♪
I barely have a nail on my pinkie toe.
♪ I'm‐a put 'em on the learn ♪
♪ Yeah, I'm‐a hit 'em where it hurts ♪
[ Cellphone chimes ] ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Watch me go to work with it ♪
[ Sighs ] Damn it.
Hey, I'm so sorry, guys,
but I think I need to leave my party.
Bye. Deuces.
Why does the burden of concern always fall on me?
No! You can't leave!
No, but Joey needs me to pull some looks
for this on‐camera thing tomorrow,
and he just sent me the Black chef emoji,
which means he's starting to lose his patience,
since it goes Black detective, Black chef,
and then Black fireman.
And let's just say
I replaced the last girl that got the Black fireman.
Oh, I know that order.
Girl, you need to go.
I know, but ‐‐
Okay.
Okay, I found out that Luca followed me
to the airport the day I left,
and I need a moment to unpack that with you all.
Wait a minute ‐‐ Luca did what? I know.
To say what? I don't know.
Well, does he want to get back together?
I don't know.
How are all these guys so into you?
I do not ‐‐
I'm baffled, quite honestly. I don't know.
I don't know anything, hence the unpacking.
Well, in here with us is the wrong place to unpack it.
She's right. Get...those...answers.
You're right.
I am going to go handle this
like the mature, global citizen that I am.
'Cause that's what I am.
London...
Whew!
Is this what it's like living with her?
[ Door closes ]
Sadly, yeah.
[ Slurps ]
Nah, man. This is not an inside party.
Alright? Bushes to the right.
Hey, yo, can you please not encourage people
to pee in our plants?
And also, have you seen Luca?
Uh, yeah. He just left.
Yeah, he said something about needing to find a pay phone?
Yeah, asked me for change for a $2 bill.
Thought that was super weird.
Uh, you could probably still catch him, though.
Alright.
[ Cellphone chimes ]
Oh, no.
♪ Watch me go to work with it ♪
Fu...
Joey: Check, check, check. Testing, 1, 2, 3.
♪ I don't know why... ♪
Zoey: It was only Day 1 back at Cal U,
and I had already gone
from being the focused, accomplished adult
who didn't think about boys all summer
to the spun‐out, immature girl
Hey. who couldn't stop obsessing over Luca.
What do you say?
I say the same thing I said two minutes ago, Zo.
I told you I want a turtleneck.
What's ‐‐ Where your mind at today? Like...
[ Groans ] What's up with that outfit?
I was at a party where I had a weird run‐in thing
with, uh, Luca.
Oh, he keyed your car?
No. Oh.
Well, if he did, I'd want to know.
Not that I'd be mad or anything,
but maybe just a little disappointed.
Uh...yeah, no, he actually told me
that he chased me to the airport the day I left for London.
To kill you?
No. Oh.
'Cause then I'd be mad.
Good to know. Mm‐hmm.
Try this one on. Nice turtleneck.
Okay.
Now, that's beautiful.
Yeah, sure. I like this.
But it's also a wool/cashmere blend.
And what if it's really hot under those studio lights?
Or what if they go to mic you and they, like,
stretch out the neck and make it all droopy?
Zoey, why are you giving me things I can't wear?
I'm not. No, you totally can wear it.
It's just...I don't want you to have any regrets.
You know what ‐‐ do me a favor
and stop turning my turtleneck into your dude.
What are you talking about?
I'm talking about you second‐guessing yourself
and projecting your doubts about your dude
onto my very clear vision of looking like
a Black Steve Jobs on television tomorrow.
Okay. I am not second‐guessing my decision with Luca.
Mnh.
Okay.
Maybe a little.
But I don't know ‐‐ it's just, like, I keep thinking about,
what if he did catch me that day at the airport
and said something amazing and...
Mm‐hmm. ...we got back together?
He could've come to London.
Or what if he caught you, said something amazing,
and you never made the plane at all?
No, that would have never happened,
because nothing was gonna stop me
from getting on that plane and taking this job.
Then there it is.
Stop second‐guessing yourself,
'cause it's really messing with your focus.
N‐‐ I'm here.
I'm focused. I'm focused.
Not today you're not.
You made me "Black fire marshal" you.
♪♪
Good God.
That was the fire marshal?
Look, I am so, so sorry.
And, admittedly, I have been a little distracted.
Look, word to the wise?
Don't distract yourself out of a job, Zo.
Don't let that stuff cloud what you know is right.
You got killer instinct.
Just go for it.
Right. You're right. You're right.
And...thank you.
[ Indistinct conversations in distance ]
Yo, think about it.
After this year...
it's over for me.
See? Yeah.
You have to live every last first moment
like it's your last first moment.
You're absolutely right.
From this moment on,
I'm gonna enjoy my final college moments.
♪ Talk to me ♪ Yeah.
♪ If you want to know how good this life can be ♪
[ Sighs ]
♪ Then you might see ♪
Hey!
I thought I politely asked you to leave.
No. You were actually hella rude and kicked me out.
But yet here you are.
Do you happen to have a 20 to put in my hand?
Okay, look... how about I take you out
for 40 bucks' worth of drinks this week to make up for it?
Why 40? It's only a $20 cover charge.
Yeah, but what kind of a place can I take someone like you
for only 20?
Someone like me?
Yeah.
Someone super cute...
...a little terrifying.
Fine.
But make it 60.
♪ I aim for the thread, babe ♪
♪ Hop up on the beat, it's time to tell my truth ♪
♪ Look at how we came from the back street ♪
Hey!
Hey. So...?
Did you talk to Luca?
No. Didn't catch him.
Aw, sweetie. I'm so sorry.
I know you really wanted those answers.
Actually, though, it's okay.
I really don't need to know what he was gonna do
or what he was gonna say at that airport.
That stuff is...
It's just so last year.
So why don't we... get started on this one?
Yes, ma'am! Let's do it.
♪ Man, I got that swag ♪ [ Laughs ]
♪ My hat matchin' my bag ♪
Man: Take it down like! Crowd: Ooh!
♪ You know I'm poppin' tags ♪
Through Joey's undying love for turtlenecks,
I realized I had to stop my second‐guessing.
♪ I'm on hypnotic, exotic, this Polo on my body ♪
Allowing the "what ifs" to creep into my headspace
was creating unnecessary doubt.
The reality was, the only things that mattered
were the "right nows."
And anything other than my girls, school, and my career
was just a distraction.
♪ Gon' on Patrón, takin' shots like a camera ♪
♪ Flat‐screen, shawty, man, I'm surfin' like a channel ♪
♪ Paper towel money, man, I'm all about my count ♪
So, as I danced my way into junior year,
I promised myself that I would stay focused
on the pre‐game to adulthood
and deal with the rest as it came.
♪ Went and got the shoes, so you know I got the bag ♪
♪ Clean just like dish detergent with a Tide color swag ♪
♪ Chain swinging... ♪ [ Sound slows down, distorts ]
But as it turned out...
some of us skipped the pre‐game
and went right into the party.
Aaron: Whoo!
Senior year, bitches!
[ Crowd shouting ]
♪ Movin' through the city's the only way out ♪
♪ Skrrt, when you ladies throw our things out ♪
♪ Flex ♪
Sounds like London was a good time.
Yeah. So, um, you know, London was dope.
They were, uh, super receptive to ‐‐
you know, to me out there, and, um...
Yo, is it hot in here?
[ Sighs ]
Um...
Just one second. I'm sorry.
You guys got a bigger version of these?
Or can you bring me, like, seven more?
Yeah, so, London was dope.
It was...
[ Sighs ]
It was, uh ‐‐ How can I say? It was, uh...
I‐It was like a whole different country, you know?
[ Sighs ]
Zoey was right.
I'm sorry. I can't do this.
♪♪