[funky techno beat playing]
[beep]
What you think?
- [beat turns off] - I think it's time to leave.
Oh no, man, I'm not trying to go out.
You gonna spend New Year's Eve inside, being in your feelings?
Come on, the night is young. We should be out.
You know, test-driving these.
- [faint party music playing] - [indistinct chatter]
"Sayid Ali" from Delaware?
Mm-hmm.
Yeah, I'm not going. We're definitely not getting in with these.
Yeah, not with that attitude. You and Keisha got into one little fight.
You gonna let it ruin all of winter break?
Come on, just, like, give her a call.
See what she's up to.
Nah, bro, she says she needs space.
Man, how much space though?
I dunno. She's been pretty busy. Her dad's still in town.
Look, I'm just trying not to be so clingy.
All right, so, ball's in her court.
- [Jaden, faintly] Cannonball! - [water splashes]
What do you think should I do?
- [cell phone chimes] - [Chloe] Hm?
[Keisha] What? Are you even listening at all?
Sorry, honestly, I have kind of started to tune out the Justin talk on accident.
Okay, he fucked up. You guys both said some hurtful things.
You needed space to regroup.
But I have faith you will work it out in 2019.
How do you know?
Because you've been through so much shit, and we're not even out of high school yet.
Also, the universe would not do all this for nothing. Okay?
You're gonna be fine.
I promise.
[gasps] Oh my God, I love this song.
["You're the One" by Kaytranada playing]
- Come on, let's go dance. - Okay, okay.
Come on.
[DJ] Damn, hot night, girls! Let's go!
[clubbers cheering]
[DJ] I wanna see everybody out on the dance floor. Come on!
[both laugh]
♪ But you don't have to be ♪
♪ 'Cause I do it for the thrill ♪
♪ For the rush... ♪
[DJ] Make some noise!
- [clubbers cheer] - Oh, shit.
Oh my God, look who it is.
What?
Look over there.
[DJ] It's almost 2019! Let's get this countdown going!
[clubbers shouting] Five, four, three, two, one...
Happy New Year!
- [ethereal music playing] - [faint cheering]
- [fireworks popping] - [party horns blowing]
[FaceTime rings, call picks up]
- [Keisha] Hi. - [Justin] Hi. [chuckles]
[Keisha] I had a lotta fun tonight.
[Justin] Uh, me too.
This has been the longest week of my life.
Mine too.
I tried to act like it wasn't, but it was.
Look, I'm really sorry for the shit I tried to pull in the pool.
Apology accepted.
Oh, um, I actually got a... [chuckles] ...a little Justin update.
Oh, yeah?
I just don't feel like I'm lost anymore.
I had this mindset shift that I'm not giving up on my dream,
and I'm just, you know, deferring it for four years while I'm at Northwestern.
Okay.
Oh, I've also been, uh, using your Christmas gift.
I love it.
I knew you would.
Yeah, well, I also sent Rodney some... [inhales]
...some beats, so we will see.
Look, I'm...
I'm just happy as long as I have you.
[tender music playing]
Do you realize that we've been together for a year?
Damn. On and off, I guess, yeah.
Look, we've been through a lot. I've been through a lot.
But now, for the first time in forever, I just feel like everything is right.
All I want for the rest of the senior year is to just enjoy it with you.
- I don't wanna fight anymore. - It'll be our New Year's resolution.
New year,
new us.
Only fun.
What, like tonight?
Tonight,
tomorrow, till the end of time.
Deal.
["I'm the One" by DJ Khaled playing]
- [camera shutters clicking] - [indistinct chatter]
♪ I'm the one, yeah, I'm the one ♪
♪ Early morning in the dawn Know you wanna ride now ♪
- ♪ Let's ride ♪ - ♪ I'm the one, yeah ♪
♪ And you sick Of all those other imitators ♪
♪ Don't let the only real one Intimidate ya ♪
♪ See you watchin' Don't run outta time now ♪
♪ I'm the one, yeah ♪
♪ Oh way oh, way oh... ♪
- Yes! - [laughing, indistinct chattering]
I need my 30 points.
- Let me see if Keisha brought a ringer. - [Tiffany] Okay!
[indistinct chatter continues]
♪ She the one that bring them raindrops ♪
♪ We go back Remember Kris Kross and hopscotch? ♪
♪ You the one to hold me down When the block's hot ♪
♪ I make your dreams come true When you wake up ♪
♪ And your look's just the same Without no makeup ♪
♪ Had to pull up on your mama See what you made of ♪
♪ Ain't gotta worry about them commas 'Cause my cake up ♪
♪ You can ride inside my life On that fame bus ♪
♪ 'Cause I promise when we step out You'll be famous ♪
♪ Modern-day Bonnie and Clyde What they named us... ♪
[cheering]
I am a very lucky guy.
[Darius] Cha-cha-cha!
[all] ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
["I'm the One" continues]
♪ Oh way oh, way oh ♪
- ♪ I'm the only one ♪ - ♪ Another one ♪
♪ Don't ya know, girl? ♪
♪ I am the one for you ♪
- ♪ I'm the one ♪ - ♪ Yeah, I'm the one ♪
♪ Don't ya know, girl? Don't ya know, girl? ♪
- ♪ I am the one for you ♪ - [Keisha whoops]
- ♪ I'm the one ♪ - ♪ Yeah, I'm the one ♪
♪ Don't ya know, girl? Don't ya know, girl? ♪
- ♪ I am the one for you ♪ - [all laughing]
♪ Yeah, I'm the one ♪
♪ Don't ya know, girl? Don't ya know, girl? ♪
♪ I am the one for you ♪
- ♪ I'm the one ♪ - ♪ Yeah, I'm the one... ♪
[emcee] Yo, yo, what's up, St. Maria's. We're taking over the Santa Monica Pier.
["My Type" by Saweetie playing]
[emcee] I see you.
All right, St. Maria's. Y'all ready to dance? Let's get started!
[all cheering]
♪ Rich nigga, eight-figure That's my type ♪
♪ That's my type, nigga, that's my type ♪
♪ Eight-inch big, ooh, that's good pipe ♪
♪ Bad bitch, I'mma ride a dick all night ♪
♪ Rich nigga, eight-figure That's my type ♪
♪ That's my type, nigga, that's my type ♪
♪ Eight-inch big, ooh, that's good pipe ♪
♪ That's my type, nigga, that's my type ♪
♪ New wrist, new whip Ride around dipped ♪
♪ I can see why All these basic hoes pissed ♪
♪ Buss down wrist, not a buss down bitch ♪
♪ Said I want your man No, the fuck, I don't, sis ♪
♪ If he a rich nigga Why he still hitting licks? ♪
♪ Niggas spending bread But he still can't hit ♪
♪ Bitch please, Lamborghini keys ♪
♪ Pussy dripping ice He get flown out to me ♪
♪ Bitch, please I want a man with the Bs ♪
♪ Pussy from the Bay Going dumb on the D ♪
♪ Hennessy on my lips, take a little sip ♪
♪ Privacy on the door I'mma make the shit grip ♪
♪ Rich nigga, eight-figure That's my type ♪
♪ That's my type, nigga, that's my type ♪
♪ Eight-inch big, ooh, that's good pipe ♪
♪ Bad bitch, I'mma ride a dick all night ♪
♪ Rich nigga, eight-figure That's my type ♪
♪ That's my type, nigga, that's my type ♪
♪ Eight-inch big, ooh, that's good pipe ♪
♪ That's my type, nigga, that's my type ♪
♪ New wrist, new whip Ride around dipped ♪
♪ I can see why All these basic hoes pissed ♪
- ♪ Messy hoes like to pop shit ♪ - ♪ Messy hoes ♪
♪ You the type That's fuckin' for the rent ♪
♪ Run it up, pin it up, big butts ♪
♪ Try your luck None of my bitches been touched ♪
♪ Hennessy on my lips, take a little sip ♪
♪ Privacy on the door I'mma make this shit grip ♪
♪ Rich nigga, eight-figure That's my type ♪
♪ That's my type, nigga, that's my type ♪
- [song ends] - [all laughing and cheering]
[ethereal music playing]
[Keisha and Justin laughing]
[Keisha] Come on!
[woman] Thank you.
Have a good one.
[game dinging]
[players cheering]
[people on roller coaster shouting]
Tonight has been...
amazing.
- Be honest. - What?
My prom was way better than yours.
- Okay, all right. - [Keisha laughing]
I guess you're right.
[Justin laughs]
[Justin] I don't think I've ever experienced
this kind of Blackness before.
[Keisha] What are you talking about? You go to the Vineyard every year.
[Justin] Yeah, no, but it's not the same.
I mean, my Uncle Charlie, he goes on and on about Howard.
[Keisha] That's why I can't wait to live like this every day.
Why do you think I always wanted to go to Howard?
- I don't want this night with you to end. - Isn't that why we got the hotel room?
[ethereal music fades]
What if I go to Howard?
Duh.
You better come Homecoming weekend.
I'm saying, what if I went to Howard with you?
Why go to Northwestern when I get to have this life with you?
I could call my Uncle Charlie. I'm sure he would...
he would help get me in, you know?
Tell Northwestern I don't wanna go and apply for Howard next year
or in the spring, you know?
I mean, at least we wouldn't be four years apart.
Why? What do you think?
I...
Yeah.
[Tammy] I think this is the last song, Keisha, come on.
Oh, okay, I'm coming. [laughs]
["Every Kind of Way" by H.E.R. playing]
♪ Baby, the sound of you ♪
♪ Better than a harmony ♪
♪ Mm ♪
♪ I want you off my mind ♪
♪ And on me ♪
♪ Holding me closer Than we've ever been before ♪
♪ This ain't a dream ♪
♪ You're here with me ♪
♪ Boy, it don't get no better than you ♪
♪ I wanna love you ♪
♪ I'm gonna love you ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
- [song ends] - [door lock beeps]
[faint traffic sounds]
What's going on?
Nothing.
I'm just tired.
Or is it Howard?
You don't have to worry about it. You don't want me there, I'm not going.
I didn't say that.
Okay, but you don't have to.
[sighs]
What happened to being so sure of Northwestern?
I mean, it was a new idea.
My bad.
- Do you want anything from here? - No, I'm okay. Thanks.
[Justin munching chips]
Look, I guess it's just that
we've been talking about the next step for so long
that I just got used to this one version
where me and you go to different schools, and we visit each other like all the time.
And then in between, we get our own experiences
that we get to call and talk to each other about.
And then I'd get an internship near you, and we can spend summers together.
I dunno. I was...
I got excited about that future.
[sighs]
You always said that you were gonna go and find yourself at Howard.
I just thought that after tonight, I could-- I could go and do the same.
[somber music playing]
[sighs] I don't wanna fight.
Okay, well, we're not fighting.
I'm not going.
It was a stupid idea.
Look, Justin.
- I-- - Should we invite Tammy and them over?
Or you wanna go to that party?
I'll see what she's up to.
[phone keyboard clacking]
[notification whooshes]
[phone vibrates]
Okay, they're on their way.
["Just Ain't Gonna Work Out" by Mayer Hawthorne playing]
♪ Don't wanna see your tears ♪
♪ Baby, it'll be okay ♪
♪ Don't wanna see you cry, darlin' ♪
♪ No way ♪
♪ Oh ♪
- ♪ But it just don't feel the same ♪ - [charge alert dings]
♪ Just don't feel the same ♪
- ♪ I know what you're about... ♪ - [knocking on door]
Yeah?
- Hey. Come on, man. Get up. - [Justin sighs]
We gotta get this car back and get ready for this event with your mom.
[Justin sighs]
- [Justin] Oh my God, Dad. - Get up!
I saw a charge for the Santa Monica Hotel. I was also looking for a CVS charge, sir.
[laughs] Okay, Dad.
It's okay. You living the dream, son. Living the dream.
Ain't nothing like a Porsche and a pretty girl on prom night.
Y'all have fun?
Yeah, it was a... it was a night to remember.
Now look, when you see your mom at this event,
please give her the details of your night.
She been working really hard on not smothering you,
but she dying to know how it was, okay?
Okay.
So get up, get up. We gotta get out of here.
Where's the keys? I see 'em.
Get up. I'm serious. Get up right now, man.
- Okay. - Two minutes. You got two minutes.
- I'm getting up. - Okay?
- I'm coming back. - Two minutes.
Jaden, come on. We gotta go to the restaurant.
- Getting up. - [Jaden] Dad, you see my slide?
[Eric] Put some shoes on, let's go.
["I Don't Mean To" by Sabrina Claudio playing]
♪ You don't try to make me laugh no more ♪
♪ It was probably something that I did ♪
♪ You don't try to pull me back anymore... ♪
- [Justin] Hey, Siri, call Keisha? - [Siri] Calling Keisha Clark.
[line ringing]
♪ When did we get here...? ♪
Hey.
You're up early.
Yeah, I got that Northwestern thing I gotta go to.
Yeah. Yeah.
I just wanted to say sorry about last night and make sure we're cool.
Yeah, we're... we're cool.
♪ Is it too late? 'Cause I wanna fix it... ♪
I love you.
Okay, you sound sleep, so I'll hit you up afterwards.
I love you.
I love you too.
♪ And I let you take the blame But I, oh, yeah ♪
♪ I, oh, yeah, I don't mean to ♪
- [line ringing] - ♪ Now you're slipping through my hands ♪
[on voicemail] You've reached Justin. Leave a message.
[phone beeps]
[Keisha] Look, I know you're gonna call me after that event.
But I didn't wanna wait.
I'm sitting at home just thinking about me in DC
and you in Chicago, and I know I said I was cool...
But I'm-- I'm, I'm not.
I don't wanna repeat winter break where...
Hi. What's up, man?
[Keisha] ...we just mention our feelings and not really talk about it, so...
can we just meet up after you're done?
I'll be around.
I love you.
Mm-hmm, that's right. He told me...
- [indistinct chattering] - [light jazz music playing]
- [woman chuckling] - God. So much fun. I had such a great--
- Hey, Mom. - Oh, there he is.
Uh, Justin, this was my professor,
now Dean Schwartz of your school, Weinberg.
- Hi, Dean Schwartz. Nice meeting you. - [Dean Schwartz chuckles]
It's nice meeting you, Justin. You ready to be a Wildcat?
I'm my mom's son, so... [chuckles] ...I feel like I came out of the womb ready.
- [women laugh] - I had him swaddled in the school colors.
[all chuckle]
I hear you're trying to walk on the basketball team.
Yeah, I... I am. I'm kind of excited--
I hear Coach Collins needs his three.
[Dean Schwartz] Oh, we want another taste of March Madness. [laughing]
What are you gonna study?
- [Dawn] You know, he's undecided. - Well, I--
But I think once he gets to campus,
he's gonna find something he's passionate about.
It's good to take your time, get your bearings before you decide.
[Dawn] The real adjustment is gonna be the weather.
[Dean Schwartz] Oh, yeah. We are known for our long winters.
[women laughing]
[Dawn] I mean, if there is one thing I don't miss about Chicago.
[Dean Schwartz] Yeah, all these LA kids raised...
[dialog fades into melancholy music]
- Hi. - Hi.
Where is everyone?
Empty house.
Can you believe it?
Being in that room...
I dunno, it made me feel like I was back at JTD or Camden Hall again.
I mean, I know it's-- it's just four years...
but I can't go to another PWI my mother picked for me.
[sighs]
The struggling through classes, the wondering what's wrong with me
and why I'm just not excited to be there.
I think what you're trying to say is that
you're just tired of being in the same loop.
No, but, I mean, it's not just school, though.
I mean, when I said that I wanted to follow you to Howard,
it was me just clinging to you again
because I-- I don't know what the fuck I want.
You know, outside of you.
I wanted to talk.
[exhales sharply] Because I just wondered what it would've been like if I just
responded differently last night.
I wanna tell you, "Yeah, go to Howard."
But if I'm honest...
that just doesn't seem like something you really want.
I don't think you want it either.
I don't think I do.
I mean, it's-- it's okay, Keisha.
I mean, it's okay for you to want Howard to yourself. You deserve that.
I mean, you-- you deserve Howard exactly how you dream.
- [gentle music playing] - [exhales]
[Justin] Look, maybe me and you,
we're stuck in, like, a loop too.
I mean, in the year and a half we've been together...
I mean, it's been this fucking roller coaster.
I mean, we block each other, we try to let each other go, we come back.
You're talking like it was all bad.
It's not what I'm saying.
Look, because of you, I finally know what it feels like
to really want something.
Okay, but it-- it can't just be you.
Why does it sound like we're breaking up?
[Justin exhales]
[inhales deeply]
I mean, maybe...
we weren't meant to be together forever.
You know, maybe we were meant to be the people who we remember forever.
Why are you doing this now?
Because if we don't...
I will continue to keep making you my whole world.
[Keisha scoffs]
You're a mess if you think that we have to break up for you to level up.
It's so that we could level up.
I have a lot of things that I need to figure out.
And I don't have a lotta time. Okay?
And I-- I don't wanna weigh you down.
[Keisha chuckles ruefully, sniffles]
I should go.
["Do 4 Love" by Snoh Aalegra playing]
♪ I guess you wonder where I've been ♪
♪ I searched to find a love within ♪
♪ I came back to let you know ♪
♪ Got a thing for you And I can't let go ♪
♪ Some people go around the world For love ♪
♪ But they may never find What they dream of ♪
♪ What you won't do ♪
♪ Do for love ♪
♪ You've tried everything ♪
♪ But you won't give up ♪
♪ And in my world, only you ♪
♪ Make me do for love ♪
♪ What I would not do ♪
Thanks for the ride.
[song ends]
[unbuckles seat belt]
Fuck. Okay, tell me I'm wrong.
Tell me that this doesn't make any sense.
Okay.
Justin...
you better make us breaking up be worth it.
If we're not gonna fight for us, at least fight for Justin.
Fucking fight for him.
Okay, do the thing that scares you. Tell your parents who you are.
Fuck. I could barely even ask to go to Chloe's party last year.
Yeah, but you did.
And we met.
And we fell in love.
Maybe this is destiny. Us.
We were supposed to come back into each other's lives so we could...
get each other out of our loops.
Oh, great, so now I got you talking like a nerd.
[chuckles sadly]
I'm gonna just say this one last time, okay?
Talk to your parents.
Do the hard thing.
Don't...
Don't go four more years not being who you are.
God, I love you.
I love-- I love you too.
[gentle music playing softly]
You know I can't-- I can't see you for a while, right?
Come on.
I mean, knowing I could even have a little part of you, it'd just...
- Yeah, no, I get it. I get it. - Yeah. [laughs awkwardly]
- Um... - I know you can't resist me.
[Justin chuckles]
[breathing heavily]
[door closes]
[breathing shakily, sniffling]
[slams fist]
[continues breathing heavily]
Hey, I gotta relax.
[exhales]
[Keisha] Mom.
Mom, I'm... [sobbing]
[Shelly] I know, baby, I know it hurts.
Sweetie. Hey.
Hey, you listening?
Yeah.
[Shelly] I promise you,
and I know it hurts right now,
but if you think Justin is the best you will ever have, I promise
anything God takes away from you, he always replaces with the same
or better.
Okay?
It's all right, baby.
The storm don't last forever.
[melancholy music playing]
[unbuckles seat belt]
- [Eric] ...restaurant. I thought I told you. - [Dawn] Are you kidding?
- [Eric] Didn't I tell you? - [Dawn] Amazing!
Going to Atlanta to talk about opening a spot.
Baby, what?
Yes!
- Baby. [laughing] - [Dawn squealing]
- I know. [kisses] - [Dawn] Oh my God.
- Proud of you. - [Eric] I know.
Hey, Wildcat. I thought I heard your car a while ago.
Yeah, I was just sitting in there for a little bit.
Your father has great news.
- [Justin] Okay. - We'll have four restaurants.
- Jaden. - We're gonna have five, maybe.
Vegas is calling too.
- Wow. Congrats, Dad, that's... - Thank you, son.
Could this day get any better?
You ready to eat?
I actually have something I wanna talk to you guys about.
Should I leave? [laughs]
- [Dawn chuckles] - What's, uh, what's up?
You in trouble?
Did you guys pay for the tuition yet?
- Oh, boy. - Whoa.
Jaden, it's okay for you to go eat in your room, okay?
Okay.
- [door closes] - [Justin sighs]
Look. I don't wanna go to Northwestern.
Okay, but I-- I will. I mean, I'll do it.
But I just want you to know that when I go, it'll be for you guys, okay?
And not for me.
All I wanna do is make you guys proud, but...
I don't wanna go to Northwestern.
Okay, well...
If it's not Northwestern, then what's your plan?
I wanna make music.
They have that at Northwestern.
You work hard, make that your goal, you can transfer in.
- No, that's not it. - That's--
I don't want you to think I don't appreciate all you've done for me, okay?
'Cause I-- I do, but...
I don't think you understand how fucking hard it was for me
to go through those schools.
Watch your mouth.
I think I'm built for something else.
I mean, other than Keisha, music is the happiest I've ever been,
and I need you guys to hear that.
Okay? 'Cause, I mean, that's who I am.
So...
you wanna make beats?
Yes, yeah. I-- I wanna be a producer.
And I want to defer Northwestern this year
and take some time to make my portfolio great so I can have...
[Eric sighs]
...a better chance of submitting to better programs in 2020.
Look, I-- I know this is a lot,
but I'm finally figuring out who I am and who I wanna be.
I'm sorry if it's too late, but...
I hope I don't lose your love and your respect.
You could never lose our love.
[door closes]
I'm sorry, Dad. I didn't wanna say anything after your good news.
That's life, son.
That's life.
Shit.
[melancholy music playing]
[Keisha] Hi, everyone. I'm Keisha Clark.
[people cheering]
That's my girl! All right!
There goes my co-captain!
[Keisha laughs] Uh, love you guys.
- We love you! - [Keisha] Okay.
Wow!
We are really here. Like, we made it.
[scattered cheers]
Look, reflecting back, I am not
at all the person that I was when I first got to St. Maria's my junior year.
I just saw this place as a means to an end.
[chuckles] I came here to be the fastest runner,
valedictorian. Well,
I didn't get that one.
Shout-outs to Kayla.
[all laughing]
- Period. Okay? - [Keisha] But...
At least the salutatorian still gets to give a speech, so... [clears throat]
[student] Heard.
[all cheering]
Back then, I wasn't really looking to invest
in anyone or anything before I got to college.
I saw college as the starting line for the real race.
And everything before it, just another heat to get there.
I was running towards something that I thought was bigger
and better than my now.
And I thought I could do it all by myself.
But it turns out, I was very,
very lost.
And it took a whole village of support to help me find my way back to myself.
And to get me here on this stage.
So trust me, if you only have one person in your life
who'll always remind you of who you are,
you gonna be all right.
- [announcer] Justin Edwards. - [all cheering]
[Keisha] My village showed me that I am worthy of love and grace.
[chuckles]
Not just some perfect ideal of me, but the real me.
The me that gets lost,
that makes mistakes,
that feels undeserving.
[Eric] Proud of you, boy! Proud of you!
She is worthy of it. And guess what? So are you.
So, thank you to the people around us who helped us get here.
[Dawn] I can't believe it!
[Keisha] The people who pushed us to be better,
allowed us to be courageous,
and challenged us to face ourselves with honesty
and forgiven us for any missteps along the way.
This achievement today, and all the ones to follow,
are made possible by people who love us
and who help us carry our dreams.
So, congratulations, class of 2019
and thank you.
[all cheering and applauding]
[man] Hey, Urk! Goddamn!
[camera shutter clicks]
We love you, Keisha!
You better give a speech, Urkel!
We love you, baby!
[woman] Come on, Keish!
Yes, Urkel!
[uplifting music playing]
[Rodney laughs]
Yo, what the fuck are you wearing? You graduated?
Yeah. [laughs]
You should've said something. You can come by here tomorrow.
What? No. I mean, I would, uh...
love to hear it now.
What's the rush?
My life. [chuckles]
Hey, man. You a different cat.
But I like you. My little sous-chef homie.
You ready?
- Yeah. - Sit down, homie.
All right.
[beat plays on stereo]
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ I might be new to raps But I ain't new to getting them racks ♪
♪ In life, you only get one shot ♪
♪ I can't waste it ♪
♪ I tied up my laces Now my dreams I'm chasin' ♪
♪ Tell 'em grab binoculars See how far I take it ♪
♪ Like I'm waiting on a doctor I've been patient ♪
♪ In life, you only get one shot ♪
♪ I can't waste it ♪
♪ I tied up my laces Now my dreams I'm chasin' ♪
♪ Tell 'em grab binoculars See how far I take it ♪
♪ Like I'm waiting on a doctor I've been patient ♪
♪ Foreign whips, we slide down Fairfax ♪
♪ Point me to the back ♪
♪ I'm lookin' around like "Where's this?" ♪
♪ She just want red bottoms Under her CELINE heels ♪
- ♪ Kick ♪ - ♪ Looking at my life ♪
♪ I swear it just don't seem real ♪
♪ Walkin' like the champ I feel like Tank Davis ♪
♪ Uh, wake up and I go and collect All them payments, uh ♪
[music fades]
[Tiffany and Keisha chatting indistinctly]
[door closes]
[Tiffany] Hey, what's up, Justin?
[distant traffic sounds]
Hey.
[door opens]
- I'll catch up with you. - [Tiffany] Yeah, you good. Take your time.
- [Keisha] Okay. - All right.
[door closes]
Hi.
How are you?
I'm good. I'm-- I'm good.
- You look good. - So do you.
Damn, so you're going off to Howard.
[both chuckle]
Yeah, next week.
I heard you were working with Rodney this summer.
Ooh. I mean, working is such a strong word.
I'd say it's more like unpaid labor.
[chuckles]
So it's... I'm just doing it to hang out.
So when do you go to Chicago?
Oh, I'm not going.
- You told them? - I did.
You told them, and you survived?
I did, yes.
[warm music playing]
I'm actually, um, working at CVS.
Your mama kick you out?
What? No, no, no, I'm actually taking this, uh,
music production and engineering course that'll get me certified in a year.
CVS, I'm just using it to pay for it myself.
Yeah, but technically I'm taking a gap year,
so I have about a year to get my shit together.
Or I may be actually going to Northwestern.
Yeah, or my mom may kill me. Whichever one comes first.
You-- you did it.
I'm proud of you, Justin. Like...
for real.
[cell phone vibrates]
Shit, I gotta go. It's Rodney.
Yeah, right.
Mm-hmm.
Hey, but, uh, good luck at Howard.
Thanks. Good luck with everything.
- See you around? - See you.
Okay, see ya.
Hey, Keisha?
Uh, can I get you dinner tonight?
I just wanna properly say goodbye to you before you leave.
[chuckles]
- [traffic sounds] - [warm music continues]
- [Justin] Hey. - Hey.
- Hey, it's good seeing you. - Come on.
- [Justin] Let me get the door. I got you. - [Keisha] Thank you.
I'll go.
Okay, be honest.
[Keisha chuckles]
- Did you know you were gonna see me today? - No.
Okay.
Well, did you hope that you were gonna see me today?
Maybe. [giggles]
[Justin] Maybe? [laughs]
Man, every day I walked in there,
I checked to see if you were around.
Oh, I...
got you a belated graduation gift.
It's nothing big, but you should open it.
[Keisha laughs]
Oh my gosh! The HUF bag?
- You kept it? - Yeah. It's yours.
I mean, yeah. Honestly, I don't know,
I've been doing a lot of chores lately, so it was in the back of my closet.
[laughs] But, yeah, I still, you know, hope it's good for track.
Thank you.
Now I feel bad that I didn't get you anything.
I mean, you already gave me a gift.
What you talking 'bout?
Keisha...
I mean, if it weren't for you...
I'd still be locked in a life that wasn't mine.
I think you're putting a lot on it.
Okay, remember that-- that... [laughs] ...that day
that I hijacked my, uh, driver's ed car?
- [laughs] - [Justin] To come see you?
Yeah, well, I got in a lot of trouble,
but my mom made me do my homework on her old computer.
And that's where...
I found all my old songs.
Little Justin always knew it was music.
And guess what? I sold a song with Rodney.
- What? - Yeah.
Congratulations.
Thank you. Thanks. It feels good.
[Keisha chuckles]
["You're the Only Thing I've Got Going for Me" by Bill Wright playing]
♪ You ♪
♪ I was down on my sick bed... ♪
[Justin] Do you realize that this is how our first date should've been?
What? Where we get some ramen, and I get to take the bag home?
Yeah.
I finally completed the side quest just...
a year and a half late.
Whoa.
- Side quest? I was just a side quest? - [Justin] Oh.
- Did I say side quest? - Side quest?
- I meant, main quest. - [Keisha laughing]
- Main quest! - [Keisha] Ow, Justin!
- That's what I meant. Main... - [Keisha] I'm tender.
- You were my main quest. [laughs] - [Keisha] Main quest!
I'm gonna miss you.
I'm gonna miss you too.
[song fades]
I mean, maybe we'll be ready for each other in ten years.
I mean, well, after you break up with whatever guy you meet at Howard.
Shut up.
- ["Moon River" by Frank Ocean playing] - ♪ Moon river ♪
♪ Wider than a mile ♪
♪ I'm crossing you in style ♪
- ♪ Someday ♪ - ♪ Someday ♪
- ♪ A dream maker ♪ - ♪ Maker, maker ♪
- ♪ My heartbreaker ♪ - ♪ You heartbreaker ♪
♪ Wherever you're goin' ♪
- ♪ I'm goin' that way ♪ - ♪ The same, the same ♪
♪ Two drifters off to see the world ♪
♪ There's such a crazy world to see ♪
♪ We're all chasin' after all the same ♪
♪ Chasing after our ends ♪
♪ Moon river ♪
♪ Wider than a mile ♪
♪ Crossin' in style someday ♪
- ♪ My dream maker ♪ - ♪ My dream maker ♪
♪ Heartbreaker ♪
♪ Wherever you're goin' ♪
♪ I'm goin' the same ♪
♪ Two drifters ♪
♪ Off to see the world ♪
♪ It's such a crazy world, you'll see ♪
♪ What I see, who I become, yeah ♪
♪ We're all chasin' after our ends ♪
♪ Chasin' after our ends ♪
♪ Life's just around the bend, my friend ♪
♪ Moon river ♪
♪ And me ♪
[song fades to silence]