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I think this is going to be really good for you,

you need to have some time to focus on yourself

figure out who you are without me

and then maybe we can talk in a few months.

Mi amor, come help me with the table!

Pero, what was I supposed to do?

I had a meeting with the kid's mom last week and absolutely

nothing changed.

I swear,

thank god tomorrow's the last day of school

because if not, I'd be sending him to the principal's office.

Hey, guys, uh

what's up with that camera in my room?

In one of the boxes.

Que camera?

It's like this big.

Cameras can't be this big.

You don't remember that?

That was your father's camera.

You used to steal it from his office all the time.

We thought you were addicted to it.

I had to put it on the top shelf to keep it away from you.

(Indistinct conversation)

No, this was your choice

If it were up to me-

Are you serious?

Fine, I'll talk to you later.

Alexa, lights off.

So my mom woke me up this morning,

and she was like,

You have to do something.

Something?

Yeah, like

a job or whatever.

Weren't you planning on doing that?

Yeah, but I thought I'd have a second to collect myself

I think my mom's camp is hiring,

if that's something you're up for.

Outside?

That's where camp is typically held, yeah.

I mean, I'm not even Jewish.

Neither am I!

It's a Jewish day camp but,

you're gonna be teaching the kids like kickball

not the hora

Sports? Come on...

Alex.

Alright, fine.

I'll talk to her.

You have no other choice.

And your mom's right

it's been, like, what, two weeks now?

This is the first time I get to see you.

Yeah, I'm sorry.

You know, you can't expect to be happy here if you're not trying to be.

Can you put lotion on my back?

Yeah

Make sure to get under the straps.

I'm gonna go in, you good?

What are you doing?

Nothing

How was the water?

Ah it was fine, it was cold but it was good.

Hello?

We're home.

(distant singing)

You want anything, Lacroix or...?

No, I'm alright

Breaking in the new me, the real me

I'm break in in

Mom...

Lisa!

(Screams)

Jesus Christ.

Why didn't you call me?

Oh! Hey Alex,

great to see you.

Good to see you, too.

So, I hear you have big dreams

of being a Jewish day camp counselor.

Yeah, uh, well, I just need a job, really.

I don't know if the camp is going to be a great fit but-

All right, future interview tip:

Never say that. I'm your possible boss,

not your friend's cool mom.

All right, go sit.

Okay.

No...

uh uh, you can go, missy.

What?

It's a job interview.

Go finish the dishes.

Good luck.

Thanks.

Let's start again.

Hello.

- Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you, too.

So, why do you want to work for South Miami Day Camp?

Well, I was a babysitter for a while,

so I think those skills would translate well with the camp. And-

But that was one kid,

maybe three tops?

And what, five years ago?

What we're talking about

is 15 snotty assholes who think they don't have to listen to you

because they're not in the classroom and their mom is the head of the Shabbat

planning committee!

I'm sorry.

I mean, I can't imagine it being that hard, right?

I just give them a ball and tell them to have fun.

Right, but that's on Thursdays.

Tuesday we take them to the movies.

Wednesday we go to the library.

And Monday is Nature Day.

Wow. That's a packed schedule.

Yeah, you're telling me. My daughter thinks she's too good for it, apparently!

What about you?

Yeah,

I'd be willing to try, yeah.

Amazing!

Perfect.

You start tomorrow.

Wait, tomorrow?

Yeah. What size shirt are you?

A large? Ah it's gonna shrink, though.

I should get you an extra-large

But tomorrow's Monday, right?

Yeah! Nature day!

You'll do great. You were just at the beach

you love nature!

I promise it's not that hard.

They could eat bugs for all I care,

as long as you come back with all the kids

you did your job!

You just made it sound a lot harder than that.

Come tomorrow morning at 8:00.

Indian hammocks.

I'll have your shirt.

I'll be there.

(Alarm ringing)

(Door pounding)

Yo!

What?

What's wrong?

What?

Your alarm's been ringing for an hour.

Yo!

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,

You ok?

I got to go. I'm sorry.

See ya.

Sorry to keep you waiting, guys.

He should be here soon.

Lisa!

Lisa!

Lisa

I made it, I'm here, I made it.

What the hell, man?

I know, I know.

I'm sorry.

We could talk about it after

Or we can talk about it now...

Um, sure.

I mean, I'm sorry I woke up late,

and traffic is the worst, so I'm really sorry.

Great. That wasn't so hard to say now, was it?

Yeah.

You're lucky only half of them showed up today.

So you're taking the Panthers on a hike

while I take the Hawks kayaking. Then after lunch, we'll switch, I take the trail

you take the kayaks.

Okay? Okay.

The trail is down there.

Make sure to stay on the marked path.

- Okay. - Okay?

All right. Kids! Kids!

This is Mr. Alex. He's your counselor this summer.

Where's Freddy?

He died.

He moved to Alberta!

Alex is great,

he's friends with my daughter.

I have known him since he was your age.

Alright!

Hawks, follow me!

♫ Kayaking we will go ♫

♫ Kayaking we will go ♫

Guys, I'm Alex, and I'm going to take you-

We can't hear you!

Right, I said I'm Alex, and we're gonna go on a hike.

So let's get going, yeah?

It's this way.

You're right.

Thank you. You get a star later.

Come on, let's go.

Does she always sing like that?

Yes

So what do you guys usually do when you're out here?

Explore.

Explore what?

Woah what's that!

Hey, guys, slow down slow down be careful.

Don't - We have to stay together!

Come on.

Please!

(Whistle blow)

Oh my God.

Mr. Alex is dead too?!?

Hey, kiddo.

Hey.

I woke up late and I didn't eat breakfast.

Some of the kids were saying that they thought you were hungover.

I don't think I can come tomorrow.

Yeah, about that...

My mom just doesn't really think it's going to work out.

Could you pass me another one, please?

Yeah.

Grape or apple?

Apple.

Okay.

I mean, that's fair.

I don't think this was the right fit, anyways.

I still feel like you haven't really put yourself

out there very much, though.

Ever since you got here, you've been kind of just DOA.

Yeah, well, I mean, breaking up with the love of your life and moving

back to your childhood bedroom will do that to you.

Adam was not the love of your life.

This city sucks.

It sucks.

It's hot all the time.

Every time I go out, I'm sweating.

It takes me 40 minutes to get anywhere.

And I don't have any friends.

I mean, aside from you and my brother.

What? Are you breaking up with me too?

I got an offer

for this alumni feature thing.

It's filming in L.A.

That's great!

Yeah, it is.

I leave next week.

Oh, wow.

For how long?

Sam, for how long?

I'm moving to L.A.

Okay...

It's just, we have to see how the trial goes

but if it goes well then

there's really no reason for me to come back here.

I mean, of course, I'm happy for you

but why didn't you tell me earlier?

I mean, what am I supposed to do here?

What do you mean?

I mean, what am I supposed to do, Sam?

What am I supposed to do here?

I have nothing.

This city's a dumpster fire.

I need a nap.

A nap, what are you, seven?

Yeah, I might as well be.

I had school when I was seven. Now I'm stuck at home.

I have-

I have nothing. I'm just floating.

Alex, come on.

I'll talk to you later.

I'm gonna talk to your mom.

I love you.

Yeah, I love you, too.

Hey, Lisa.

Oh, hey, how are you feeling?

I'm sorry about earlier...

I could've done better.

Yeah, you could have.

It's okay, though.

But next time, tell me.

I've always got granola bars in my purse.

You wouldn't believe how many kids fainted my first year.

Wait, I'm not fired?

No, sweetie, you're absolutely fired.

I just meant whenever you're hungry, if I happen to be around,

I'll always have a granola bar for you.

All right. Go get some rest.

Thanks for coming.

Okay.

Ooh, salty!

Watch out.

Sorry.

How was Lisa, Papo?

She's good.

She's uh, she's happy with the camp.

It's a fun group of kids, so...

Um Sam called me.

How are you feeling?

I've been better.

What happened?

It doesn't matter.

It does matter if you don't want it to happen again.

Well it's not going to happen again.

It's fine.

Um there's a new episode of El Señor de los Cielos, so

Yeah, we should probably catch up

We missed last week because you had to watch that other show.

You keep on going to watch Survivor.

I know, but Survivor is pretty good.

So I lost this job that

I didn't really care to have, but

it was still exciting

you know, to feel

wanted... needed...

whatever.

This is stupid.

This is so stupid.

I feel like I'm being suffocated.

I need to do something,

I just don't know what.

But I need to do something.

Everyone's being so nice and understanding and I just want to die.

I mean, not actually but

just, you know, disappear

until I figure out what I'm doing.

(Grindr Notification)

You know, you should look both ways next time.

Thanks for not running me over

(Grindr Notification)

Thank my nephew, he stopped me.

Maybe next time I can be in your car?

(Grindr Notification)

What? You want to pick my nephew up?

No, I meant like-

(Grindr Notification)

That was a joke.

Let's plan something.

So um, what's your plan?

I think I can get you something at school, but it might have to wait till the fall.

Thank you, but I got it.

I'm moving back after the summer.

I'm going to save up and then

I'm out of here.

I know this isn't fun-

Yeah, And you guys asking me all the time what I'm doing next does not make it

any easier,

Okay?

We're just trying to help!

I'm sorry.

I'm looking for jobs.

I got this.

That's all I want to hear.

Well, thank you for helping.

Thank you for breakfast.

Well, I'm very passionate about LGBTQIA+ rights

Well, yeah, I'm gay.

This afternoon? I'm pretty free, yeah.

Great.

Great, great talking to you, too. Bye.

Any of these are pretty good talking points.

Now, don't tell anyone I said this

But usually, if someone isn't feeling it or they're trying to fight you

just let it be.

You don't need that.

And frankly

you don't get paid enough for that.

(Awkward laughter)

Okay, so some things that you can tell them um

how they can support queer youth and then...

Wait, wait, wait.

We can't tell anyone about this, okay?

You have the job, obviously.

I do?

Yeah.

And not just because we're making out.

I mean

your interview was great.

It's just-

Hey, what's going on, everybody?

We are The Mango Boys.

We got a couple of tunes for you guys today.

I hope you guys enjoy.

If you guys like what you're hearing uh

Hey. Do you have a second to talk?

♫ Someone to hold me tight That would be very nice ♫

Can I borrow you, real quick? I know you're going to be interested.

♫ Someone to love me right That would be very nice ♫

♫ Someone to understand each little dream in me ♫

Hey, how are ya? Do you have a second to talk?

♫ Someone to take my hand and be a team with me. ♫

Hi

♫ So nice That would be so nice ♫

♫ If one day I'd find ♫

♫ Someone who would take my hand and samba through life with me. ♫

(Music continues)

♫ Should it be, you and me? I could see ♫

♫ It could be nice ♫

(Grasshoppers and crickets chirping)

Alex.

- Hey! - Hey.

Chris?

Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you, too.

So, where should we go?

Um there's a spot I usually use over there.

You usually...

You've done this before?

Yes. It's uh...

It's impossible to find people who host down here

so you kind of have to make do.

You haven't done this before?

No, I

I just moved back

Where from?

From New York.

New York, huh?

You lived in New York

and you've never been cruising?

No.

You know, they have, like, historic landmarks of cruising

in New York, right?

- I didn't. I didn't. - Interesting. Interesting.

I didn't know.

You want to get food

with me after?

I saw there's an empanada place.

Do I want to get an empanada with you after this?

Yeah, do you?

Hmmm

Maybe... maybe if this goes well.

Yeah.

Follow me.

Thanks, again.

And I'm sorry, again.

You have nothing to be sorry for.

I'm sorry, you're the one that lost your wallet.

And plus, I was planning on paying anyway.

Even if the sex was bad.

Was it?

Was it?

I had fun.

So did I.

So New York, huh?

Yep.

I grew up here, though.

But my ex

got a job there, so we moved.

Concrete jungle

what dreams are made of.

Yeah...

not exactly.

Things didn't really...

work out between the two of us, so

I had to move back here. I'm...

I'm gonna be here for a couple of months.

Didn't work out how?

I mean, it's an expensive city,

and I didn't finish my B.A, so

my job opportunities were limited.

And I lasted for a couple of years

but gig work ate up

a lot of my time and

we couldn't really see each other

and then one day he packed his bags and said

that he got a loft in Brooklyn.

So I had no choice but to move back down here.

What's that been like?

Being here?

Fine? I guess.

It's a lot of sitting at home, alone,

reflecting on the choices

that brought me here.

Blah, blah, blah.

Choices?

Yeah. Just...

Just how, like,

everything I've done has brought me back

to where I started.

So now I'm working for GSA until I can

save enough money to move back up there.

What about the camp?

When I picked out my nephew, it looked like you were working there.

Yeah, I had just gotten fired

right before you almost ran me over.

Yeah, sorry about that.

I did almost kill you with a car, huh?

Yeah, you looked-honestly, you looked pretty sad.

Yeah

I had also just fainted, too, so-

What?

That was you?

You know about that?

Yeah, no, it was the only thing my nephew could talk about for the entire drive home.

Uncle Chris, and then the guy that-the chaperon

um uh fell asleep in um the forest um.

Well, I'm glad he enjoyed it.

Yeah, no, it seems like you made a lasting impact on these children's lives.

Which you know, what more can you ask for?

Well, I teach to inspire.

Hmm beautiful.

This is good.

Would you be down to go look for my wallet?

I gotta be up so fucking early tomorrow.

Right

I don't even work that early, it's just

traffic is insane.

I know, right? That's what I've been saying.

It's crazy.

I can't do anything without sitting in 40 minutes of fucking traffic.

Like I love this city so much, but it drives me insane.

Impossible.

But I had a lot of fun

and I would be down to do this again sometime.

Yeah?

I'd like that.

Yeah?

Yeah.

Let's do it.

Let me finish my empanada first.

I don't want to be presumptuous, but

I think it was love at first sight.

It was just like the movies.

Except we fucked in the bushes.

He even bought me dinner.

I don't know.

Maybe being here isn't so terrible.

I hope I can see him again.

I think what we have is

really special.

I owe you an apology.

This transition has been really

hard for me, and

I think. I don't know.

I just thought that you'd be the constant while I was down here.

It's been a week, Alex.

I'm leaving in a couple of hours.

We could've spent this whole week.

Just like, shooting the shit,

packing up my room,

saying bye to Lisa...

You know, I've got my own shit going on

So you having to, like,

move back in with your parents is on my back burner.

Alex, No one's going to be there for you all of the time.

We've all got our own shit going on.

You've got what?

You've got yourself

and your parents,

your brother,

and that's it.

And one day they're not going to be there for you either so...

Look, you just have to figure out

how to be happy on your own

just by yourself.

Yeah, you're right.

Yeah I know I am.

Otherwise, you're never going to be happy.

You're right.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry too.

I'm going to miss you.

Yeah. You too.

You're acting like I'm going to die or something, I'll be fine.

We can just FaceTime.

We can. And

You have a place to stay in L.A.

Me and my four roommates,

It's going to be great.

It's important to remember that these sorts of models change often.

This is a category four hurricane and will continue to grow in strength.

It's crucial that we all take precautions

Being sure to check your shutters and stock up on supplies.

If this storm does take a turn slightly to the left...

Ese viene pa'ca!

Ay, honey, stop it.

What, they do this every year

And it's just a ploy by big water just to get us to buy more water bottles.

Exactamente.

When was the last bad one?

Andrew was horrible,

and uh... Wilma was pretty bad, too.

Was that the one that we lost power for a week?

Four days

but it felt like a lot longer.

The big ones coming any year now.

Shhh

What? I'm serious.

Even Bryan Norcross says so.

There's something about that Bryan's eyes...

I trust him.

Would you guys leave?

Leave?

Yeah. Like

if the big one were to come.

No one in Miami cares about a hurricane

until it's like, a day away.

(Cuban music)

Life goes on as normal.

Can I interest you in the GSA?

No hablas ingles? No hay problem a.

The viejitas are still

At their ventanitas whipping up coladas.

It reminds me of Abuelo.

And trying to play dominoes with Juan at Noche Buena.

Yeah

I don't know what that means, but it felt

important to get out.

Thank you, appreciate it.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Thanks bro

Have a great day.

You too.

You have plans for the big storm?

Not really, just-

Bo-ring!

Just hold up at home, I guess.

I don't think it'll hit us.

No hurricane parties? Nothing?

Nope.

I mean, last time I was here for a storm, I was 17,

so I couldn't really do anything.

How old are you?

23.

Thank god.

There's this bar I like, night before any big storm

they do like one last bah bah bah bah

party

Come with me. Super gay. It's gonna be fun.

Is it not dangerous?

Is it dangerous? Oh my God.

This guy over here a New Yorker

No, It's like as long as you get home before the storm makes landfall,

you're fine, right?

And like you said, they always blow the shit way out of proportion.

A little bit of rain makes everybody fucking cry.

Also, honestly, if I'm going to die,

I wanna be doing the gayest possible thing in that moment.

You know what I mean?

Hold on one second.

It's great.

Nah man. It's the flavor.

No but they got ch-

Hey.

How are you?

I'm good!

I thought you said you were busy.

I am. Alex,

guys. Guys, Alex, Do you guys want to join?

Do you guys want to join?

You want to join?

Um, sure. Yeah.

Yes

Alright, come on!

You'll be fine.

(Ayúdame by Krystal Millie Valdes plays)

When do you plan on going back to New York?

When I-

I don't know when I've saved enough money. I guess.

Do you want to live here forever?

Depends on college.

So you're going to go to college,

have a great time,

Meet a great girl, and then what?

I don't know, man.

Is this going to lead to something?

I feel like I had my whole life planned out.

You know? I'd be

with Adam, and that was that.

But I guess I didn't plan on life being this messy.

Why did you guys break up? No one ever told me.

You know, being together for a while and then

becoming adults, sucks.

One day we were one thing, and then the next

we were another, with our own problems

and dreams and goals.

But isn't that the whole point? Supporting each other through all of that.

Yeah, but it's a lot harder than people

make it out to be.

Do you wanna stay in Miami forever?

I don't know.

I mean, it's hot all the time and

the driving.

I want to own this house one day.

Yeah?

Yeah, why not?

I mean, the likelihood of it

flooding is pretty strong

but we grew up here.

Mom and Dad worked really hard to buy it

and it would be shitty just to totally ignore that, you know?

Yeah.

Alex

Jared

Do you remember when I blew you?

Yeah, right there, actually

Right. So I went to get my tests and I-

Your tests?

What do you mean?

Right, Like STI tests.

I have gonorrhea.

Excuse me?

Well had, all I had to do was

get some antibiotics and take a shot

and I'm good now.

So if you want me to blow you after you get tested, that's probably something I can do because-

I should get tested, too?

Yeah., are you not regularly getting tested?

We have someone who does it here.

Yeah. Yeah.

Look, the last time that I got tested was before we hooked up.

And I've only been with you this past month, so...

So what are you saying?

I mean, it's not a big deal.

I just want to make sure that we're on the same page about it being consensual.

Oh. Yeah.

I really don't want to seem like I intimidated you-

Nonono, It's ok. I'm sorry.

I have to go.

At the tone, please record your message.

When you have finished recording

you may hang up or press 1 for more options.

Hey, so uhh

I have some really shitty news, so...

this guy I hooked up with

told me he has gonorrhea.

So I got tested and I have gonorrhea.

So I guess you might have gonorrhea too?

They test here at the office

if you want to come by.

I'll text you the address. Bye.

I'm sorry.

Never tell someone you gave them gonorrhea over voicemail.

It's narsty.

I know, I know. I'm.

I just didn't know what to do.

I'm sorry.

This is your first one?

I guess so, yeah.

You guess so? What do you mean you guess so?

I only had one boyfriend, so I had no reason to...

Was I your first... hookup?

No, no, I

I got a blow job the day before we met up, so

Wow, got a blow job.

Mr. Blow Job over here.

I'm sorry.

Is that disappointing?

No, it's hot.

Well, he gave me gonorrhea, and

probably you, too, so it's not hot.

Right.

So how do you-

How do you know that

you didn't have it before he gave it to you?

What do you mean?

Like...

Could he have tested positive

because you gave it to him?

I mean, he did say he was negative before,

but it doesn't make sense because Adam and I were exclusive, so...

No, Adam and I were exclusive.

- There's no way. - Ok

What?

What?

Why would you say that?

Well you-

You're asking me if I think that

the guy who moved out on you with no warning

would also give you an STI?

Could you give me a second, please?

Yeah.

Adam, how could you?

How could you?

After all this time, This is how I find out-

You don't even tell me.

This is how I find out. By myself.

You didn't care about me at all.

You didn't give a fuck about me that I had to move back

that I had no one.

No one.

You didn't care at all.

I can't believe you, Adam.

I can't believe you.

You're an asshole. You're a dick.

You're a dick.

And I hope you're happy.

And I hope he has a bigger dick than me.

And I hope you like all the little things he does.

Fuck you, Adam. Fuck you.

You're a jerk!

Why'd you say that about your dick?

You have a nice dick.

Stick out your finger

What?

Stick out your finger.

Don't be weird, stick out your finger.

Like this, ok.

Now, it's very important We're gonna try something, okay?

It's very important that this does not fall.

Do you understand?

Now, repeat after me...

Ringalingalingalinga

Ringalingalingalinga

Ring, ring, ring, ring, ring, ring, ring.

Ring, ring, ring, ring, ring, ring, ring.

(whimpering)

Chris, this is Alex.

I think I gave you gonorrhea

I'm sorry.

It's fine, I'm just kidding.

Think I'm allowed a couple jabs.

Remember that party I was telling you about?

What party?

The big gay hurricane party.

Yeah, I do.

You should come with me.

I don't think so.

Yes. Come on.

You of all people, need to go out and experience

this city before it gets swallowed by the Atlantic Ocean.

So you are going to come with me, please,

to the hurricane party, and it will be a fucking blast.

Please.

Okay.

Yes, okay.

- I'll come with you. - Yes, you'll come with me.

And we'll get drunk.

Men are trash.

Men are rats.

Men are fleas on rats.

Worse, even amoebas on fleas on rats, Alex.

We are men, too.

Yeah.

You gave me gonorrhea

and told me about it on the phone like a little baby, So...

Voicemail.

I'm sorry.

It's fine.

Thank you.

Hm?

Thank you.

You're welcome.

He what? What a slimeball.

I told you he sucked.

Yeah, well, I already cussed him out over the phone

so if you want to do the same thing,

feel free.

I definitely will.

What's your family doing this weekend?

I don't know.

I'm going out tonight, but aside from that...

like, out of town?

No. Chris uh

is taking me to this bar on the beach.

Wait, have you not heard?

Heard what?

That hurricane is coming straight for Miami.

Fuck me.

Not until the antibiotic cycle is done.

Ha yeah funny.

Shit, they need me.

I love you. Stay safe.

Love you, too. Bye.

Thank God you're up.

I made breakfast.

Go eat and then go outside and help your dad with the shutters.

Can't I help you bring your plants in or something?

Already claimed it!

Fine, I'll put on my shoes.

(Muffled scream)

Can you throw that up?

This doesn't even look that bad.

This is what it looked like the day before Andrew.

That's what you say every storm and last time it was just the depression.

Yeah,

this one feels... different.

Are you coming down?

Dude. Please. Let's finish this.

How's the camera?

It's good.

What've you been filming?

Just life, I guess.

Nothing specific.

That's what I did.

It's heavier than I remember.

You know, when I was your age

a ittle older,

you, your mom and I,

we all lived in my old room in abuelos house.

I felt like such a failure

man, you don't know.

And one day,

it all changed.

I don't know when, it just did.

Juan was born.

I got a promotion.

We moved into this house

Look what I'm-

I'm trying to say is

Don't sweat the small stuff. Embrace it.

And before you know it,

you won't even realize it's all behind you.

Okay?

Bueno, come on.

Help me get this up.

So this is the

third gas station I go to.

They're all closed

Nobody knows what to do,

people are freaking out.

The flash flood warnings are already in place for tomorrow.

Just a sign of how catastrophic we already know the storm to be

I'm back!

If you live in low lying areas

I checked everywhere else y nada

Que nada?

No, toilet paper, no water, nothing.

- Anywhere? - Anywhere.

Juan, come here!

Were you able to get gas?

They were all closed.

Tremendo.

Guys, we got toilet paper last week

I think it we'll be fine.

Come on, Papo.

What?

You know that's not what this is about.

Did you at least get Dasani?

Gone.

All right, let's pack.

Guys, come on. Seriously?

Yes, seriously.

We're going to the Romero's house in Jacksonville.

What's wrong?

They're freaking out because we couldn't get toilet paper.

Hey, stop that. This is serious.

Yeah, I'm already packed after the gas fiasco.

Oh my God.

Perfect. I can have us packed by tonight,

and then we'll leave first thing in the morning.

Esta bien.

Hurry up, let's go.

This now Category five storm is barreling towards Florida

with winds reaching up to 180 miles per hour.

We've seen the damage

this storm has done in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

And in just a few short hours, we'll be seeing

those same effects happening in South Florida.

This is already a catastrophic event...

Hey, Mom.

What are you doing?

Go finish packing!

I'm almost done.

Well, if you're going to be here, at least help me out a little bit.

So at what time are we leaving?

As early as possible. 5:00 the latest.

They said the storm's going to be hitting around noon.

There's this thing tonight.

Que thing?

Like a hurricane party thing.

A hurricane party? Right!

I promise I'll be home by 5.

Why?

I can't pretend to understand

what you're going through,

but you have to talk to me so I can at least try.

I need to go out and experience new things,

forget about all of this.

Especially if I'm going to be in a room with the three of you

till the storm passes.

Okay, but

I need you to promise me

that you're going to be here before we leave, okay?

We cannot wait for you.

We are on a strict time crunch.

I promise.

I promise.

I promise.

Here, we don't let a little rain get in the way of our fun

now do we?

As a matter of fact,

I have a little personal saying.

The wetter, the better!

Now come over to me, let's drink it up and sign up for karaoke!

Bring me your tip dollars, y'all, mama's got bills to pay!

I'm gonna get another drink, do you want something?

Yeah, sure.

Okay.

Hey, what's up?

I didn't think I'd see you out.

Hey. Yeah.

Excited for the storm?

Sure. I mean, that's a word for it.

Hey, listen, I want to apologize about what happened-

Speak up, I can't hear you.

I wanted to apologize!

I found out my ex gave me-

Oh, right, right! It's cool.

No worries.

Cool.

Well, my date is at the bar so I'm gonna go-

Do you need a third?

No, thanks.

Just kidding.

Hey-

Want shots?

Yeah, sure.

Wanna go talk outside.

Hey!

Hey. You want to go outside to have a conversation?

No, here's good!

Come outside with me.

Come on.

Did I do something wrong?

What do you mean?

I bring you out here to have a good time, and we're all excited

and you're like-

I'm like, What?

Me? You!

What do you mean, me? What does-

Yeah, you. You-

You started making out with that random guy.

What exactly is the problem with that I can make out with whover the fuck I want.

What are you like?

What is that? Are you slut-shaming me? What is this?

I'm not allowed to make out with a guy at a bar?

What the fuck? No.

You bring me out on a date and then you start making out with this-

A date? What are you talking about? This is not a date.

What do you mean?

What is this then?

It's me trying to be your friend.

I'm trying to, like, show you things that are going on down here.

But we sucked each other's dicks

friends don't do that.

Yes, they do if they want to. Friends suck each other's dicks.

I suck all my friends dicks, Alex.

Not all of them,

some of them.

I'm sorry I led you on.

I didn't think of it that way, but I get that I did that

I'm sorry.

I'm just

having a really shit time here

and I don't know what the fuck is going on in this city.

Miami will chew you up

Spit you out and fuck you

five ways till Sunday.

And not to mention that you're in the worst fucking time of your life.

Like, God, Alex, when I was in my early twenties, it was like

I feel like I was making mistakes.

Every single day and this city does not make it easy to learn from them either.

So you just keep making mistake after mistake, after mistake and it's

fuck in awful.

Great. Comforting.

I'm not trying to comfort you.

I'm trying to be honest with you and tell you

that it's going to suck for a few years, but that you are gonna figure it out.

And honestly, while you do that, you probably shouldn't date anyone.

Just like get right with yourself and like become a grown up.

You know?

But I am a grown up, Chris.

I know.

Hey, and I will

gladly be your friend while you figure it all out.

Honestly.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

I mean it.

I have to throw up.

Then throw up, come here.

It's alright.

That's it.

Dude, what the fuck have you been?

Mom is worried sick!

I know, I know. I'm sorry, I-

We had to go, Alex.

The storm was about to hit. We had to leave.

You left me?

We had to.

We had no choice.

We're stuck on the I-95 right now.

No, no. Shit. Come on. Please.

Please come back. Turn around.

Is that Alex?

Give me the phone.

Ma, please turn around.

Papo, I am so sorry.

What do I do?

Come on. You left me.

You left me. What do you mean?

Turn around, please.

You're going to be okay. I promise.

Listen to me very carefully.

Get home, when things get really bad.

Take your mattress into the bathroom and get into the bathtub

and put the mattress on top.

Please come get me.

I'm so sorry.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I fell asleep.

Come get me, please.

I guess you can hear what's going on.

I'm... I'm scared.

And I don't know what to do.

Other than just sit and wait.

I didn't.

I didn't want to move back to Miami.

I was scared

of what people might think of me

failing

And, being surrounded by crowds and...

everyone's over-the-top loudness

and the heat and

the driving

and the iguanas.

I started going...

going through the boxes in my room finally,

and I just sat and watched hours and hours

of what Miami to be or what I used to be like.

Miami hasn't changed.

It's still just as crowded,

just as loud.

I don't know what I'm doing next,

and I'm not going to force myself to know,

but I know I need to figure it out, by myself

and I think Miami is where I want to do that

I need to do that.

I have a lot more to learn about the city

about myself.

One day Miami will be gone and so will this house, and I'll be somewhere else

telling stories of the Miami I knew,

the city that taught me everything,

the city that tore me up,

that spit me out,

and how I loved it all.