01x08 - Forever...

[bunniefuu]

[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 f*cked 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 sh*t,
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, sh*t.

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
sh*t 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.

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 n*gga, eight-figure
That's my type ♪

♪ That's my type,
n*gga, that's my type ♪

♪ Eight-inch big, ooh,
that's good pipe ♪

♪ Bad b*tch, I'mma
ride a d*ck all night ♪

♪ Rich n*gga, eight-figure
That's my type ♪

♪ That's my type,
n*gga, that's my type ♪

♪ Eight-inch big, ooh,
that's good pipe ♪

♪ That's my type,
n*gga, 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 b*tch ♪

♪ Said I want your man No,
the f*ck, I don't, sis ♪

♪ If he a rich n*gga Why
he still hitting licks? ♪

♪ n*gg*s spending bread
But he still can't hit ♪

♪ b*tch please,
Lamborghini keys ♪

♪ p*ssy dripping ice He
get flown out to me ♪

♪ b*tch, please I want
a man with the Bs ♪

♪ p*ssy from the Bay
Going dumb on the D ♪

♪ Hennessy on my lips,
take a little sip ♪

♪ Privacy on the door
I'mma make the sh*t grip ♪

♪ Rich n*gga, eight-figure
That's my type ♪

♪ That's my type,
n*gga, that's my type ♪

♪ Eight-inch big, ooh,
that's good pipe ♪

♪ Bad b*tch, I'mma
ride a d*ck all night ♪

♪ Rich n*gga, eight-figure
That's my type ♪

♪ That's my type,
n*gga, that's my type ♪

♪ Eight-inch big, ooh,
that's good pipe ♪

♪ That's my type,
n*gga, 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 sh*t ♪
- ♪ Messy hoes ♪

♪ You the type That's
f*ck' for the rent ♪

♪ Run it up, pin
it up, big butts ♪

♪ Try your luck None of
my b*tches been touched ♪

♪ Hennessy on my lips,
take a little sip ♪

♪ Privacy on the door
I'mma make this sh*t grip ♪

♪ Rich n*gga, eight-figure
That's my type ♪

♪ That's my type,
n*gga, 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.

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 f*ck 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
f*cking 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]

f*ck. 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.

f*cking fight for him.

Okay, do the thing that scares
you. Tell your parents who you are.

f*ck. 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 f*cking 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.

sh*t.

[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! g*dd*mn!

[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 f*ck 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 ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ 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.

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 sh*t together.

Or I may be actually
going to Northwestern.

Yeah, or my mom may k*ll me.
Whichever one comes first.

You... you did it.

I'm proud of you,
Justin. Like...

for real.

[cell phone vibrates]

sh*t, 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]