12x15 - The Next Step

[bunniefuu]

[upbeat music playing]

-[Arissa] This is the true story…
-[all] True story…

-[Frank] …of seven strangers…
-[Trishelle] …picked to live in a casino…

[Alton] …work together
and have their lives taped…

-[Brynn] …to find out what happens…
-[Steven] …when people stop being polite…

[Irulan] …and start getting real.

[all] The Real World: Las Vegas!

-[Arissa] Baby, yeah!
-[all laughing]

[mid-tempo music playing]

[Arissa] I think
I'm gonna call my boyfriend.

[Frank] I think you should.

Dario's coming to town,

-and I haven't seen him in two months…
-[phone trilling]

…and I'm so excited.

Okay, I feel better.
My hair is gorgeous. My Farrah is back.

I remember the first time
I saw Dario, and he was a baby.

He was 15, and he had lied to me
and told me that he was, like, 17,

and he had such a presence,
I called him the "Golden Boy,"

you know, he just has this,
like, aura about him.

[Irulan chuckles] Yeah, it looks great.

This is a big-a*s tent.
This could be my room from here on in.

I have to pitch the tent
because Arissa and Dario,

obviously, they need some privacy,

and I don't want to sleep
in the boys' room just because they smell,

and Frank farts,
and Trishelle and Steven have sex,

and I just don't want to be
in the middle of all of that.

I was a brat. I didn't have any money.
I was starving, Dario.

So I went and I hunted my check down.

I cannot seem to hold on to money.

Somebody's always, "I need, I need,

give me, loan me,
can you spare, you owe…"

Now, this week Dario
needs me to send him 100 dollars.

[Dario] Just need up
to 200 dollars for four days.

-Can you do it? All right.
-Yeah. I'll totally do it.

[yawns] All right,
I'm gonna go downstairs and gamble.

-[Dario] Yeah.
-Just give me, like, your lucky kisses

or something over the phone.
[laughs] Okay.

-[slot machine] Hello, master.
-[Arissa] Hi, Jeannie.

[mid-tempo music playing]

[machine] You're a winner! Is it not fun?

[laughs] Yay! Look, I won.

Yes, I am a winner.

[slot machine makes crash sound]

Damn you.

I take it you picked up your check.

[Arissa] I was up 200,
and I couldn't stop.

And then I was like, "I'm gonna stop."

And then I'm like,
"No, if I get to 2,500,

my man will be so…"

Dario needs a new pair of shoes. [laughs]

-It's not working.
-[crash sound]

-[imitates crashing noise]
-[laughs]

-[Irulan] Quit now.
-No, I need

-to win for Dario.
-[shushes]

If what you're saying is,
you need money for some various reasons,

you shouldn't have gone to the casino
and put 100 dollars in that machine.

And, like, you are one
of the luckiest people

at gambling that I have seen.
Like, that luck runs out,

and that's why
these casinos are able to stay afloat.

I'm sure you were taught to pay bills

and manage your money
and do the right thing.

That is not something that I was taught.
And that's something that I have to learn.

It's hard.

It is probably extremely hard

for Arissa to step outside
of what she knows,

where she came from,
her family, and how she grew up.

But at the same time, if deep down
she wants to be something different,

I know that she's capable of that,
because she's an amazingly strong woman.

[soft music playing]

It's gonna be okay,
he's gonna walk out of that cab door,

and all of this stress
and all of everything isn't gonna matter.

No, 'cause the first thing
I'm gonna say is,

"What took you so long?" I know how I am.

Why? No, you're not gonna say that.

-Are you kidding?
-He's been traveling for hours and hours,

he hasn't slept.
His plane was probably delayed.

Are you kidding me?

Don't start off on that foot.

A normal person would assume
that the flight was delayed

or that he couldn't catch
a cab or that… Anything else. Not me.

I'm just like,
"Why is he doing this to me?"

"He knows I want to see him."

["Come And Find Me" playing]

♪ Come and find me now ♪

-[Dario] What's up?
-[Arissa squeals]

I am so…

-♪ Come and… ♪
-[Dario] Did you… [laughs]

♪ …find me now ♪

[indistinct chatter]

[Trishelle] Dario is like
a big cuddly teddy bear.

When he and Arissa walked in,
I just went up to him

and squeezed him,
and I could see why Arissa

is so comfortable with him
and she likes to give him hugs.

-Let me have a hug, all right.
-[Arissa chuckles]

[Arissa] Dario could not have
come here at a better time.

I need to have him hold me right now.
I need it more than I need air.

[mid-tempo music playing]

-How far is Paris from here?
-Paris is right there.

[Alton laughs] I'm in Paris.

[Irulan] Alton is a really,
really amazing person.

Whatever he wants to do is cool,

and I just have
to make sure that I'm cool.

And I hope Arissa and Dario just,
like, enjoy their night together, like…

[Alton] And you do that very well.
Like, you and Gabe just chill it out

with each other, you know?

Gabe is definitely, like,
a man deserving of such

an awesome woman as Irulan.

And I've had a crush on her ever since
the day I seen her, you know?

[smacks lips]

["Feel It Boy" playing]

♪ Baby girl, all right now, now
Sucka, sucka, sucka, child ♪

♪ Oh, lord, lord, lord, lord, lord
Are you ready for this, yeah ♪

[Irulan] We all go out,
and, like, me and Alton are kind of

like the two odd men out or whatever.

And so I'm like, "You're gonna
be my date tonight," you know?

"You'll be my pretend date."

♪ I said I don't care what they say
But you can say, girl ♪

[Arissa] I feel like Irulan
kind of might like Alton

and I feel that Alton
has a crush on Irulan.

♪ Keep on doin' your thing, yeah… ♪

Irulan, she's gorgeous.
She's, like… [laughs] …she's fun.

She's beautiful and really sexy.

-♪ With you ♪
-♪ Let's have a party now ♪

♪ Now, yaka, yaka, yow, yow, yow ♪

[soft music playing]

[Dario] The fact that a tent
is actually pitched…

-[Alton laughs]
-…is a joke to me.

-It's a joke to me.
-I think it's comedy.

-[Dario] It's definitely comedy.
-Even has the rain tarp on it.

[Dario] Hey, the elements
are definitely rough

-in that area of the house.
-[Arissa laughs]

[Dario] Hey, can I have a bite of--

-[Arissa] No. No.
-[Dario] Let me have a bite. Please?

-No. No.
-Please? Please?

-No. No.
-How about now? How about now?

-No. No. Go away.
-How about now? How about now?

[Alton] I feel like Irulan
might be attracted to me a little bit.

But her situation, like,
it just really doesn't allow me

to put myself out there like that
and to become that vulnerable.

Like, I'm already vulnerable enough,
and then

to go that extra mile
would just be like,

"All right, I should just stab myself
in the heart." [chuckles]

[Irulan] Alton kind of invites
Alton to go camping.

Alton comes and gives
a little knock on the tent

and asks me if it's okay if he,
you know, rooms with me,

and it's cool, you know.

[indistinct chatter]

[Alton] I definitely like Irulan.
Like, I like laying with her

and just spending time with her

and sleeping with her
and giving her massages

and just all the good things,
because I just--

I like her, you know? She's a good girl.
She's very special to my heart and…

I can respect that.

[Irulan] I don't know,
it was just the timing of it all.

It was just--
I guess timing and opportunity

and just boyfriends being in town
and feeling lonely and… I don't know.

That damn tent.

[mid-tempo music playing]

-[Alton] A dream that I had last night.
-[Frank] Yeah.

[Alton] So I had this dream
that it was me and Irulan,

and then we went to the Paris.

We went to the Paris and got married.

Man, you don't get…
Don't [bleep] get hurt, dude.

Right now,
I think Alton's a conquest for Irulan.

She wants to win his affections,
and Irulan's-- She's a trap.

Alton has a big crush on Irulan
and it's just unhealthy.

I hope that he sees that it's--

It has the potential
to really, really hurt him.

No, man, just be [bleep] careful,
because, yeah,

she's just a normal girl,
dude, she's just--

I know, I know she's a normal girl,
but she has an open relationship.

But with that,
you don't have an open heart.

-You know what I'm saying?
-[Alton] Yeah.

[Steven] Well, you can get hurt.

I know it sounds stupid--

Just be conscious
of the fact that I might--

Be [bleep] conscious of--
Be conscious of the fact

that she's been dating this guy for years.

-You don't think I know that?
-[speaks indistinctly]

And he's [bleep] cool,
he's like my friend also, you know?

It's irresponsible.
It's irresponsible of your feelings.

-Yeah.
-It's gonna start hurting you

when you hear her
on the phone telling Gabe,

"I love you, I love you,
I love you," and then coming--

-Enough of that. Yeah.
-[Steven] Well, maybe down the road.

-Maybe down the road.
-All right, yeah.

I didn't think about it like that,
but it's true, though.

[Steven] Just-- I mean,
don't take it to the next level,

because that's gon--
That's when you're gonna get hurt, dude.

The thing is, like, I like Irulan.

[chuckling] I just like her,
you know? I like her a lot.

But I know I had to be real careful
with it all just because,

I mean, she has a boyfriend, and, like
and I don't want to get burned,

because I could like her too much,
and she's one of the girls

that I could like too much.

[phone ringing]

-[Irulan] Hello?
-[Gabe] Hello?

-Hi, how you doing?
-I'm doing good.

Oh, sweetheart,
I wish I was out there right now.

[Irulan] Me too.

-I want hugs and kisses.
-You sleeping in the confessional?

-No, I pitched a tent, baby.
-[Gabe laughing]

Gabe knows that I am lonely here in Vegas.

And then I hear somebody,
like, knocking on the tent,

and Alton is like, "Irulan, is it okay
if I come in the tent with you?"

I think that Gabe just accepts the fact
that we have an open relationship,

and he feels good that…

you know, I trust him enough
to call him and tell him what's going on.

It's just like being your arms,

just, like, feeling, like,
nice manly love energy.

Alton and I shared an innocent time
in the tent, and that's it.

You know that cuddling is just cuddling.

Sometimes it's nice
to just feel the friend love.

We've got it going on.
He's great, and he loves me,

and I love him,
but in a very nonsexual way.

[Gabe] Don't start getting any ideas.

One of Gabe's concerns
is just that he doesn't want me

to fall into a relationship with somebody.

All right, love you.

-[Gabe] I love you too, baby.
-Okay. [chuckles]

[upbeat music playing]

-I know you want a lei, big guy.
-[Irulan] You need to be lei'd.

I feel the promoting
is going very well.

I think we're doing our job
as well as we possibly can.

♪ Where I go now
Watch out where I stand ♪

[Frank] Dario seems like
a really cool guy,

seems like an intelligent guy,
really easy to get along with,

and maybe that's the other end
of the spectrum

that Arissa needs in her life,

because if Arissa dated
someone unreasonable

and highly reactive like herself,

the relationship probably
wouldn't last too long.

♪ Try to let it go now ♪

♪ Try to let it away ♪

♪ But that ain't easy… ♪

[Arissa] If I am sober
and my boyfriend is having

any type of a conversation
with any type of a female,

it does not bother me in the least.

But when I've been drinking
and I'm irrational,

it pushes my buttons.

And the next thing you know,
this girl, she walks by me

and I swear I felt a push.

And I looked over again
and this girl was like,

"You're a [bleep] b*tch," and I was like,
"What? What did you just say?"

-I think she's a b*tch.
-Don't do that. Don't do that.

["Move b*tch" playing]

[Arissa] I felt threatened by her.

So, therefore,
I had to make her feel threatened.

You think I'm a b*tch? You think I'm a…

♪ Oh, no, the fight's out
I'm 'bout to punch yo ♪

♪ Lights out ♪

♪ Get the [bleep] back, guard your grill ♪

♪ There's somethin' wrong
We can't stay still ♪

♪ I've been drankin' and bustin' too
And I been thinkin' of bustin' you ♪

♪ Upside your mother-[bleep] forehead
And if your friends ♪

[indistinct chatter]

[Arissa] I am not even disappointed
with myself.

I am disgusted with my actions.

I've been taught
to fight to protect myself.

I've been taught to fight
when I've been wronged in some way.

["Michigan Breaks" playing]

[Arissa] The way that I lived just
back at home is that, like,

if you were a tough guy,
then you were validated.

The weak ones got picked on constantly.

I believe that I'm gonna get fired.

I feel that if I go home,
then I prove to the people

that believe in my failure that…

this is exactly
what they're looking for.

[sobs] I am so sick
of being treated like I'm just some

[bleep] b*tch when I don't know
what the [bleep] is… [sobs]

-God, I'm so sick…
-[Dario] It's cool.

[Arissa] No, and then when I react,
it's in the wrong [bleep] way.

[Dario] Everything's cool.
They know what happened.

Everyone down there know
what happened. It's cool.

[Arissa] If I get fired, I'm out. [sobs]

[sobs]

♪ They're giving 'em, they're giving 'em ♪

[mid-tempo music playing]

[indistinct chatter]

[Dario]

[dramatic music playing]

[Alton] We have this tent experience.

And, like, we're hugging and cuddling,
and then it's like my first time

really putting myself
out there enough to kiss her.

I mean, it just really--
It was just cool, you know?

It was really-- It was good.

-[Irulan giggling]
-[Alton laughing]

[Alton] I might feel
Irulan can hurt me by just, like--

Basically, just allowing me
to love her, you know?

She can allow me to love her. [chuckles]

[groans]

[Arissa] I don't want
to put Dario in a position

where he's making excuses
for my actions.

I don't understand
why I couldn't just walk away.

[upbeat music playing]

[Arissa] I'm nauseous, I'm shaking

because I know that the envelope
that is in his hand is for me.

[Marc] Last night was

unfortunate.

You made a mistake.

You can't start fights, no matter what.

[Arissa] The only thing
that I can say in my semi-defense,

last night, I felt that I was assaulted
and that I needed to defend myself.

-That doesn't make it any more right.
-[Arissa] It doesn't.

No qualification
or excuses possibly apply.

You hit someone and you drew blood.

-You started a fight in our club.
-I did.

-Okay, she had a bloody nose. So…
-[inhales deeply] I'm sorry.

[Marc] I need you
to sign this as a written warning.

It goes in your file…

but this is the last warning, you know.

-I apologize.
-Apologizing and then saying,

"Well, she was bothering me all night,"

there's no justification,
you know what I'm saying? So…

[Arissa] I hope to God
that I learn from this enough

so that when this does happen again

that I can walk away
because it's not cool.

I am a grown-a*s woman.
I have no business doing this anymore.

I have no clue why they didn't fire me.

So either I have to take some
severe anger management classes

or never leave the house…

-[laughs]
-…never walk through the hallways.

-[Alton] Stop it. No.
-[Arissa] I'm not even joking.

I could've gotten arrested last night.

[Alton sighs] That puts it all
in perspective for me, just right there.

[Arissa] That puts it all
in such a perspective right now…

[soft music playing]

-So what's up?
-Okay.

[inhales deeply] How do I ruin
a perfectly good vacation? [chuckles]

Get smashed, create nonsense,
and push every single one of his buttons,

get into a fight,
have my boyfriend muscled up,

almost get terminated.

I constantly come in here and talk about
all of the issues that I need to change…

[inhales deeply] …and I haven't.

And I don't.

[sniffles] And I feel like
I ruined the short amount of time…

that he was here.

[chuckles] It was okay.
My problem was with…

-[sniffles]
-…how you were dealing with me.

That's my issue.

That's why I didn't like that,
but that's all.

It'll be fine.

Trust me.

Nice, let's go.

[upbeat music playing]

♪ I was walking down
The scary boulevard ♪

♪ Is this Las Vegas or Mars? ♪

♪ The lights, the noise here
And the sounds they tend to glow ♪

♪ That's the reason
That's the reason that I know ♪

♪ Celebrate your life ♪

♪ If you don't
They'll be taking away your right ♪

[Arissa] Dario is my best friend
in the whole world.

[inhales deeply] I definitely test him
to his limits and then some.

And I'm not changing, I'm still me.

And I feel like
if I don't make a change soon,

or make an effort to change,

then this is who I am going to be.