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- Some people say

there are an infinite number of universes

with an infinite number of possibilities.

If so, maybe there's a place for me.

But even if there was, I'm stuck here,

so I guess it doesn't matter.

- Nobody studies. - Exactly, bro.

- They used to be best friends--

- Oh, a question. - She gives so much work.

- My parents accuse me of being too easily distracted,

I disagree.

If anything, I'm too easily focused.

- Ilyas, look here.

Ilyas.

- My mustache started growing when I was 10 years old.

It's a problem.

On class photo day,

I hid under my teacher's desk.

No one even noticed I wasn't there

and they took the picture without me.

- Arms down.

Are you grade eight or little kids?

What are you?

- What am I?

I'm just a kid from San Jose.

Our house is full of paintings my mom made a long time ago,

but she doesn't paint anymore.

- Ammi, you killed me.

- Good.

- I always confuse the day of judgment

with "Terminator 2: Judgment Day."

My parents let us watch this for some reason.

At some point,

I realized that I exist within a complex lattice of rules

that governed my entire life.

It's comforting having a map for understanding reality.

Otherwise, how would I know what to do?

My mustache, for example,

I'm not supposed to shave it,

but when I look in the mirror,

a profound self-loathing overtakes me.

- What are you doing?

Aboo come look at Ilyas.

- Don't, Ilyas, it will only grow back more.

- But it's sunnah to trim it though.

- Sunnah to trim it?

You want to do sunnah?

Why do you want to look like a homeless?

- My god, Ammi.

- I've chosen obedience over my self-interest.

It's the right thing to do.

- That's so true.

You take forever to go to the bathroom.

We're literally all gonna be late because of you.

- It's not my fault.

- Yes, it is. - Yes, it is.

- Boys and girls in Islamic school

have to continually prove their disdain for one another

or be accused of having a crush,

which would be socially catastrophic.

It's a self-regulating, fear-based system.

I guess that's why I never talked to Yasmeen at school.

- What did I say about turning

clothing into projectiles?

Give it to me, give it to me.

- Finally, I'd like to mention the Stargate

in the movie "Stargate."

The Stargate right here...

is a shimmering portal that transports people

through a wormhole by demolecularization.

It's this really cool door of water you walk into,

transporting you to a planet far away,

into a new phase of life.

Interestingly enough,

the water portal in "Stargate"

is similar to the Islamic concept of maturity.

A boy reaches the age of accountability

when he has something called a wet dream,

which is a dream about water.

I've had a lot of wet dreams.

- I think you should ask your parents

about that, Ilyas.

- No, but I thought-

- All right, thank you, Ilyas.

That was very personal.

All right, moving on.

Everybody, pull out a clean sheet of paper.

We're doing a pop quiz.

- Nice shot.

- That's not a foul. Don't be gay.

- You're just slow because you're fat.

- They have showers in there.

- What?

- You know, in case you have a wet dream.

I'm just kidding, man.

It was really funny, your speech.

- Emotions are to be suppressed completely

or released at an appropriate time.

To others, I could be having a religious moment.

Every year, eighth graders

from a local public school observe us.

We're kind of a zoo exhibit for them.

To them, we are aliens,

but I guess the feeling is mutual.

- Watch it.

- Sorry. - Just kidding.

Were you crying?

- No.

- Why were you crying?

- I was, I was concentrating.

- Why don't you concentrate on shaving your face?

- Ammi, it was an accident.

Am I suspended?

- We haven't decided yet.

- Are you gonna tell Aboo?

- Lately, I've been imagining myself

leaving my family behind,

going somewhere where I can finally be alone.

Yosemite National Park maybe

where I become a saint.

No one would ever have to see me

or my upper lip ever again.

Aboo settled on Amir Business Solutions

for the name of his new company.

Seems like when it comes to businesses,

the more solutions, the better.

- Hameed, I really can't wait that long.

- I know this is not ideal,

but you know how things are right now.

If you can just do me a favor and wait until Monday,

it will clear, I promise. - Aboo?

- Yeah, okay.

I'll deposit it on Monday.

- We just need a few more clients.

We're so close to...

Ilyas?

- Ammi said to drop this off.

- Oh, right. Thank you.

Jerry, have you met my son? This is Ilyas.

- No, I don't think I have.

- Hi. - Hey.

- Why don't you tell me what this is really about?

- I don't think you'd understand.

- Try me.

- I love watching TV dads talk to their kids.

Feels like dispatches from another universe.

We don't really talk much at dinner.

Silence is great for appreciating food.

Do you remember in seventh grade

when Tariq got so mad that he stood up

and flipped off Brother Abdullah

in front of the entire class?

- Yeah, it was pretty crazy.

- Tariq was all defiant

and then started crying in front of everyone.

- Oh my god, you're so dramatic.

- But it was dramatic.

I still don't get why Brother Abdullah

pretended he didn't see it.

- He was protecting him.

He knew that if Tariq's dad found out,

he would've slapped him in front of everyone.

- Yeah, that's true.

- Did you IM me just to tell me the Tariq story again?

- Yeah.

- So, what did Brother Ismail say to you today

after everything that happened?

- Ilyas, what'd you do?

Come with me now.

- Do you think Tariq's dad likes him?

- I've gotta do homework.

Ilyas,

you better not have messed up my Napster, dumb ass.

- I didn't!

- You're always pausing them to go online!

- The older we get,

the stricter the gender relations.

I prefer it.

Who wants to deal with the stress

of real life co-ed friendships anyway?

- And the mountains shall vanish

as if they were a mirage.

- Please behave. - Go.

- Yo!

- Oh my god, I missed you so much.

- Hey, Usman. - Sit on the bed.

- Bro, yes.

No, get up, get up.

I'm not sitting on there.

- You got this little man.

- Yes! - Nice, Usman!

Let's go.

- Damn.

You want to play? - Oh yes, sure.

- Yo, I can't believe Usman beat you.

- Aasim is the total package.

Stellar grades, religious,

and able to carry full conversations

in Urdu with adults.

He always gets picked to be

the Silicon Valley Muslim Association Fundraiser

youth speaker.

He's the best.

- Did you really give that kid a bloody nose?

- Indirectly.

- Whoa, you're hella gangster, huh?

- Hella gangster.

- Yep.

- You better hope

they don't put you inside the Islamic school in Sac.

I think a kid got electrocuted there.

- What? No, that's just a weird rumor.

- It's what I heard, okay?

- Bro, I couldn't do Islamic school.

Islamic school kids are weird, no offense.

- Cordoba isn't like that.

It's normal.

- Your parents still won't let you shave?

- No

- You should just do it anyway.

- Ilyas, hey.

Aboo's calling you.

- Go.

- No, he's calling you.

- That is no excuse.

Well, now it's double.

Ilyas,

Rashida said that American boy went to the hospital.

- Well, he's okay now, okay?

- She said your behavior is getting worse and worse

and your grades are slipping.

Say something!

- Oh my god!

- Ilyas, they are taking away your scholarship.

- I said it was an accident though.

- Well, I am the one who has to pay for it.

- Maybe public school is the electric shock he needs

to wake up.

- Ammi what do you mean?

- I'm not spending any more money sending you to Cordoba.

You are going to Miller High School next year.

Go.

There's nothing left to say.

Go!

What if public school is a huge mistake?

Do you know what goes on in these schools?

Drugs, alcohol, girlfriends.

Ilyas is not like Aasim.

- Cordoba sucks, but it's always been my home.

But maybe I have to leave home to flourish.

I can find myself at public school.

- Welcome back to Nickelodeon's guide

to getting you through high school.

- Prove my dad wrong.

- Pay!

- Wrecking my date with Joanna.

- Oh, like it was funny wrecking my study date

the night before?

- If you get into even a tiny bit of trouble

in public school,

it'll destroy my chances of going away to college.

They won't even let me out of the house.

Understand?

You mess this up

and I will set your stupid robot toys on fire.

- No, thank you.

I will not succumb to your cocaine brownies.

I'm a Muslim and Muslims never cocaine.

There is no god but God and Mohammed is his messenger.

- I see you've passed the test.

Come with us.

- Muslims were at the forefront of astronomy,

algebra, medicine for centuries,

but we got too comfortable.

We forgot what made us successful in the first place,

our Islam.

Then, we fell behind.

Don't forget yourself.

Ilyas.

- Hi, I'm Liz Park.

The system messed up my schedule

and I should be in Acting 1,

not Visual Arts.

- Okay.

- Thank you.

- Hey, there's been a mistake.

I should be in Geometry, not Algebra 2.

- You're supposed to make these changes

before the school year starts.

You were told this months ago.

- I know, I just, I didn't notice.

I mean, I did notice.

I just, I thought that if I could come in early morning,

then I could change it.

- Yo, Kaylee,

I heard your sister started working at the strip club!

- Dude, don't put that shit on me! Stop!

- No dude, Protoss is way easier to use.

It's just too technical, Zerg, just too technical.

I was gonna tell you guys about this dream that I had.

- Ilyas in the house.

What's up? - Hey.

- As-salamu alaykum, man. - Wa-Alaikum-Salaam.

- Yo, hit me up if you need anything, okay?

- Yeah. Actually, I was just gonna ask you.

- I have a meeting thing to go to,

so I gotta go, Ilyas.

I'll find you around, yeah?

Okay.

- Hey, man! - Hey, what's up?

- Hey, are you from India?

- No, I'm Pakistani, but I was born here,

but like my parents are from there.

No, not really.

I can understand it though.

- I'm Arun.

Do you wanna be friends?

Did you know me and my friend,

we got into a car accident this weekend?

The car behind us bumped into us,

and then we bumped into the car in front of us,

and then they bumped into the car in front of them,

and then they bumped into the car in front of them,

and then they bumped into the car in front of them,

and then they crashed into the car in front of them-

And they crashed into the car in front of them,

and they crashed--

- Cool, okay. Sorry, I'll see you later.

I'll go wait for my mom over there.

- Okay, see you tomorrow. - See you.

- It's not my fault, dude has a hag of a wife.

- Okay. - He's mad at me now, bruh.

- It was funny. I recorded that.

You know that he doesn't like you

'cause you never hand in any homework,

you don't do anything-- - But I'm not the only one

who doesn't do anything. - Right, okay.

- But he only has it out for me.

- Excuse me.

Hi, does anyone have a quarter I can borrow?

I need it for the pay phone so I can call my mom.

- Just so you know,

you got a little something on your lip there.

- My lip? - Yeah. Oh, no, the top one.

Yeah.

Just a little lower, you're so close,

you almost got it. - A little to the left.

Mm-hmm.

- We're just messing with you, dude, don't worry.

Let me see.

Of course that's his mom.

- Shh.

- Glad you didn't need the quarter.

- Thank you, come again.

- They're just joking.

Okay.

I wanna go home, back to Cordoba.

At least I understood how things worked there.

Maybe my dad was right.

I'm not like Aasim.

But what if Miller High turned me into a bad Muslim?

Would they be forced to send me back?

Will you help corrupt me?

- Sure.

- I'm lovin' this. I learned this at public school.

- Did you just buy a Big Mac, get rid of the burger,

keep the box, then cook your own halal burger

to trick us all into thinking

you're eating an actual Big Mac for some reason?

- No.

- Devonte told me this is the one.

- You're friends with Devonte?

♪ If everybody's a sinner then everybody can be a winner ♪

♪ No matter your rag color, deep down we all brothers ♪

♪ And regardless of the time ♪

- You listen to this?

What, you trying to be cool?

- Yeah, it's the best.

- Ilyas...

- I learned this at public school.

♪ I'll see you when you get there ♪

- It's nice.

♪ If you ever get there ♪

- Trust me, this is exactly

what they use in movies as marijuana.

- Oregano?

- Yeah, it's gonna be legit.

Good luck.

- I need to increase my ambition.

I need to raise the stakes,

tip the scales to really scandalize them.

There must be something I can do.

Something bad enough. Something haram enough.

What could it be?

- Hey, do you have a pen?

Ooh, Gelly Roll, I freaking love these. Thanks!

- Interesting.

- You're like the last person

I would expect to do something like that.

- I don't actually want to have a girlfriend.

I know it's haram.

- Right.

- I just wanna make it seem like I have one.

- Okay, and you want me to help you

write these fake emails from Liz?

- You're a better writer than I am.

- Yeah, you're not a good writer.

- And you can make it seem like it's from a real girl.

- Right. - You know, 'cause you are one.

- Yeah. - So you'll help me?

- Give me a reason.

Are people mean to you there or something?

- Oh, no, it's...

Because of my dad.

He, um...

Don't tell anyone. He's really sick.

He has a heart condition,

and me being in public school is just stressing him out.

- Won't scaring him with the letters

just stress him out even more?

- I think we have to take that risk.

- This is a really dumb idea.

- Oh. Yeah, you know what, forget about it.

- But maybe it's so dumb that it could work.

And if it gets you back to Cordoba,

I mean, if that's what's best.

- Yeah, I mean, yeah.

- Okay, fine. For your dad, I guess.

- For my dad.

- I'm gonna need material though.

- Why don't you just go talk to her?

- It's go time.

- It says Third Eye Blind on it.

Maybe she's a Hindu.

♪ Knock it all down ♪

- What?

♪ Will this song live on ♪

- Can I be honest?

- Yeah. - Of course I can.

Okay, look, it's way too obvious.

Like, real people don't talk like that.

- I thought it was good.

- People don't say what they mean all the time.

- Some people do.

- No, that's stupid, they don't. Look at this.

♪ For so long, can I graduate ♪

- Hey, Ilyas, how's it going?

I'm dying to know what you think of the CD I burned for you.

Track five is the best.

I freaking love Third Eye Blind.

I don't get it.

She's not saying anything, you know, to show she likes me.

- Are you serious?

- I don't think my parents will get it.

- You gotta read between the lines, Ilyas.

- But, like, what lines?

- Ugh.

Girls aren't just saying what they feel all the time.

Sometimes just talking to you is how they feel.

- So you're saying that my parents are right

about not talking to girls?

- Uh, yeah? Actually, yeah.

♪ Talking to somebody like you ♪

♪ Do you live the days you go through ♪

♪ Will this song live on long after we do ♪

♪ Can I graduate ♪

♪ Can I look at faces that I meet ♪

♪ Can I get my punk ass off the street ♪

♪ Won't die on the vine, I want to knock it all down ♪

♪ Can I graduate ♪

♪ Echo fading, candle blow ♪

♪ Did you flash out long ago ♪

♪ Cross my fingers, I don't know ♪

♪ Someone poked you down below ♪

- Georgia, you never listen to me.

- I already told you, Roger, I'm keeping the baby.

- And what kind of father am I gonna be, huh?

- I know you're scared. I'm terrified.

- I will not become like my father!

- You won't be! Roger, I love you.

- I thought I loved you.

- You don't mean that.

- I don't. I don't love you.

- I can't. I can't, Roger, I just can't.

- Yes, nice work Jesse, Rachel.

Oh, did you feel that, guys? Got so quiet in here.

Oh.

- Hi, I was just watching.

- Okay, well, you'd get a better view inside.

- Okay.

- Over there.

You can really tell if a performance is working

by how still a room gets.

Sit right here.

All right, I think we all need to shake this off.

That was really intense.

Okay, everybody up.

Let's take a deep breath.

Let it all out.

All that stuff you've been bottling up.

Try to express yourself through your movement.

Yes, yes.

Can you mirror her face too?

Yes! - We are free!

- Hey, pen guy.

- Hey.

- How do you pronounce your name again? Ilyas?

- Ilyas. Like "ill" and then "yas".

Ilyas.

- Ilyas.

- Yeah.

You're Liz.

- Yeah.

Are you gonna keep coming to acting class?

- I have a free period, so I guess I could.

- Where the hell were you?

- I was in the band room with what's his name.

- Tell me everything.

- This is great, we're just trucking along here.

Two items left.

Catering, who would like to take over catering this year?

Okay, Sister Belkese.

We all love Sister Fontima, we know this.

But there was mint chutney,

there was a spicy red chutney, and then there was hummus.

What is hummus doing with samosas?

Am I crazy? Am I crazy?

The next issue is the Building Maintenance Committee.

I mean, maybe Brother Hameed can do that.

Hameed?

- Yes? - Will you do it?

- Will I do...

- We need someone from the board

to take over the Masjid Maintenance Committee.

- Maintenance?

- Well, what else are you gonna do with the money

from your fancy new company?

- I will spare no expense.

- Mashallah.

That is settled then, and finally, I think--

- Dear Ilyas, 11:45 is my favorite time of the day.

That's the passing period before acting class.

Our eyes meet from down the hall

and I know what we have is real.

So don't worry about what Joey

and the other boys say about you.

They don't know you like me.

They don't know how talented you are.

They don't know your sensitive heart,

all the great things you're destined to do.

I wanna tell them you're the next Will Smith,

and not just because of that suave mustache.

Psyched for our date on Friday. Kisses, Liz.

PS, we're going to a concert with Third Eye Blind.

That's a rock band that sings about drugs.

Is that obvious enough for your parents?

- It's perfect.

You're amazing.

Like, as a writer.

- What are you doing, talking to girls online?

- Uh, no.

- Well, I have five CDs

I need to burn for Salman tonight.

Get the hell out of here.

- Okay, okay. Geez!

- Bro, damn it, my Wu-Tang album stopped!

I made promises to my customers!

- Wander.

Horse.

Wander.

If you want to stay, you have to play.

Come on.

Cavalier.

Wander.

Horse.

Wander.

Knight.

- Sorry, I have to go use the bathroom.

- Cavalier. No, wander, wander.

- Vitamin A is very important.

It's one of the most important vitamins.

Oh, you'll thank me later in life

when you don't need glasses, pay attention.

- You gotta finish the carrot before you play the game.

- Bud, give that back!

- Hey, whoa. - Give that back!

- Gotta finish the carrot before you play the game!

- Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay.

- Ew! Aasim speaking?

- Really? - Ugh!

- It was my suggestion. He's good!

- If not Ilyas, then maybe Usman, right?

- Is it really funny?

Focus.

Your body is a tool of expression.

Which brave soul,

which true thespian among us

will deliver our first monologue next week?

No? Seriously?

No one is willing to answer the magic if?

- Ilyas is ready and willing.

- Will you?

- Yeah, sure.

- All right, Ilyas!

And don't you worry,

it'll be just as terrifying as you're imagining.

- Can it be from anything?

- Yes. Anything you like.

- The date was October 30th, 1989.

The date was October 30th, 1989.

The date was October 30th, 1989.

It started off like any lonely night at the lab.

My eyes bleary from...

- What are you studying? History?

- Yeah.

- See? No need to waste money on maintenance.

- Doesn't the masjid have someone they can pay to do this?

- Ilyas, don't you want the good deeds?

Who cares what people think?

- Ammi's name's on this.

- Oh, yeah, because she made that.

She made that one, too.

- Whoa.

- I could teach you,

if you ever stop playing "Donkey Kong."

- The world's first temporal helix.

The world's first temporal...

Oh my God. - Idiot!

- I wrote this based on the movie "Back to the Future."

The date was October 30th, 1989.

It started off like any lonely night at the lab,

my eyes bleary from staring at the temporal charts.

I had seen the data...

I had...

I had seen the data a thousand times,

but that night, I nodded off.

For a second.

I spilled coffee all over my desk.

I cursed my luck, my life, my very existence.

I had wasted everything.

But that's when I saw it.

The coffee seemed to circle something so peculiar,

something so odd in the ostensibly random data.

And that's when it happened.

It instantly coalesced in my mind.

I scrambled to my notepad

and I drew out the first temporal helix.

The formula that could make time travel possible

was sitting right in front of me,

and yet I wondered, what had I brought into this world?

Had I opened Pandora's box?

I crumpled it up and I threw it away.

- Just keep going.

- So don't make the same mistake I did, Jimmy.

I gave up my life, my family,

my fortune, for what?

Are you ready to set things right?

- Hey, Ilyas.

Nice monologue, dude.

- Oh, hey guys.

Thanks.

This is my,

this is Arun.

- Hey. - What's up?

- Pleasure.

- We're from different countries.

- Cool.

- So what are you guys up to?

- Headed off campus.

- You wanna come?

- Yeah.

I mean, yeah, sure.

See you later.

- Okay Ilyas, okay the question of,

like we have this debate all the time.

- Not this again.

- Do you think Miss Martin is hot?

- She's so hot.

- Rachel is obsessed with her.

- 'Cause she's hot.

'Cause she's so, like there is,

a drama teacher has no right to be so fine.

- Okay, well that's because you just love everyone.

You think Arthur Miller's hot. You think David--

- Arthur Miller?

I mean Arthur Miller is kind of attractive.

- Arthur Miller is very, very cool.

- In like a weird New York way.

- Rachel you did not just say that.

- What does that mean?

Does the gravy have lard in it?

- I can check.

- Nevermind. I'll just take the mac and cheese, please.

- But mashed potatoes.

I don't know, they're good. - Mashed potatoes

traumatize me.

- It's the salt and pepper, that's really good

right? - Mashed potatoes

taste like fries.

- You did not just say that.

- What did mashed potatoes do to you?

You can tell me.

- Why would you want anything mashed?

- Well. - Would you

wanna eat mashed carrots?

- No, because that's gross.

- Okay, okay, do the same thing

but this time just like invest, like sell it bit.

- Got it, I'll make sure I throw my head back faster.

Oh.

- Okay guys, we have to go.

We have to go.

- Jesse, you better bring the good shit tonight.

- Oh yeah, I got it handled,

don't you worry it's gonna be sick.

- What is? - It's a party.

You should totally come.

Here, I'll write down my address for you.

- I am calling it off. - What, why?

Are your parents sending you back to Cordoba?

- No, I'm staying.

- Okay.

Can I ask why?

- What do you mean?

I just don't wanna go back anymore.

- Oh, nevermind.

She seems really nice.

- What?

- You're staying for Liz, that's awesome.

- That's not true.

Just staying for people.

Cordoba's full of weirdos.

- Excuse me?

- No one understood me. - Wow.

I didn't realize it was so bad.

- Yeah. Thank God I'm out.

- Thank God.

- All right, gotta go.

- Wait, but what about your dad?

Your dad, his heart condition.

- Oh.

- Wow, so that thing you said about your dad was just a lie.

- Only because-- - You're so dumb, Ilyas.

- We need to make it seem like De Anza

is the best option.

Reallizpark@hotmail.com.

- Are we going somewhere?

- No, we're not, I am.

- Ilyas.

Ilyas.

When I was getting my masters,

I had to teach an engineering course to some undergraduates.

There was this one student who was very interesting.

He failed the midterm and then he got an A on the final.

I brought him in to chat because I was proud of him.

He had completely turned things around.

When I sat him down, he was a mess.

He was stuttering,

he was scared.

I didn't understand.

Do you have any idea?

- No.

- All of a sudden he blurted out that he cheated.

And once he admitted it, he completely relaxed.

And because he told the truth,

I let him take the final again.

What is this email from reallizpark@hotmail.com?

Don't lie.

- It's not a real letter, it's made up.

- So, it's a joke?

- No, I just wanted you to think that I had a girlfriend.

Because I wanted you to think I became bad

so you'd take me out of public school.

- But your grades were just improving.

- It's fine now,

but it wasn't during all this.

- So, why couldn't you come and talk to us?

- So, you really don't know this girl at all?

- Yeah, we go to school together.

She's in the same acting class,

but she didn't write it, it's made up.

Acting.

- You mean drama?

- Yeah.

It is during my free period, so it's no big deal.

- Look Asiya, he's doing acting now.

Do they do kissing scenes? What else do they do?

- No, it's not like that. I just--

- What else is he hiding from us?

- Nothing! - Don't raise your voice to me.

Okay, okay, fine.

I believe you Ilyas.

But do one thing before you go,

go get me the school directory.

- What? - The school directory.

- Why? - Just bring it.

- Ammi, is Aboo gonna call her?

- What is the problem if I call her?

You're telling the truth, right?

- No, please don't do that.

- Why? - Please.

- You have to bring evidence. - Please no.

- Beta, what's the problem?

Is it because you will be embarrassed?

- Yeah, I'm gonna Europe again this summer.

No, he's not my boyfriend.

Emails?

I dunno what you're talking about.

Guys, you'll never guess what that perv Ilyas did.

- I can't let this happen.

- Whatever you're doing it's stupid,

they'll get over it by tomorrow.

If you leave right now.

Hey.

- Why does everyone keep taking the phone?

- Ilyas, you came.

Drinks are in the kitchen

and the theme is glow.

- Have you gotten any calls?

- Yeah, glow.

- How many phones do you have?

- What? - How many phones do you--

- Guys, don't touch that.

- And then my mom said it was a popsicle center.

- Arun, Arun, Arun, Arun, Arun, Arun, Arun.

- It'll be so fun, come on.

- Oh, you a freak.

What the hell are you doing?

- It was a wrong number.

- Okay, I'll leave it.

Musa. - Yeah?

- Go bring Ilyas.

- Isn't he sleeping?

- Can you go?

- You're already up.

- Aasim? - Ilyas.

Oh shit your shirt.

Come here let me clean it.

It's just juice.

It's, well it's just juice.

- Yeah, no, it's no big deal.

- Anyway, I gotta go find a friend.

So catch you around man.

- I told you he must be sleeping.

- Ilyas.

Where is he?

Where are my keys?

- Hey.

- Ilyas.

- I gotta go.

- Oh, can you imagine this guy shit faced?

Eh. Do a little twirl.

Whoa. - Oh, you're a natural.

- Sorry, guys I really gotta go.

- I gotta go home. - No, no, no, no, no, no.

You're not going anywhere, okay.

Just loosen the stick that's up your ass.

- Hey guys, how's it going?

Yeah good, good.

- You all right, Ilyas?

Think he just wants chill out for a bit.

Okay?

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

But we're gonna come back for you.

- Aasim was saying your families know each other?

- Yeah, we grew up going to each other's houses.

- Aw, that's so cool.

- Yeah.

So what did you tell your parents?

- Nothing. I have a car.

- So how's that speech coming along?

- I thought Debate hasn't started yet.

- No, not at school.

It's for something else.

- It's going great, Ilyas.

You know what, let me know if you need a ride home.

- You're totally like his older brother.

You need to keep an eye on him at school.

- Maybe he needs to keep an eye on me.

- Is everything okay?

You seem...

- Yeah, it's all cool.

Are you guys?

- Yeah, since last week.

- Yeah.

Yeah, I think I should go now.

Sorry.

I mean, thanks for inviting me.

- Ilyas, what the hell?

Aasim, Ilyas just smashed your window.

- Ilyas.

Ilyas.

Ilyas.

- Shit, crap, crap, crap, crap.

- What do you want?

It's hella late.

- Why would you send another email?

- What, so I'm supposed to do whatever you tell me?

I think you should go home.

- No, it's okay.

I just, I need a favor.

- What favor?

- I don't know

- If my mom finds you out here.

- Please.

- My brother's here too.

You're an asshole Ilyas, just go home.

- It's okay. It's pretty late anyway.

- Ilyas.

Ilyas.

Ilyas.

- Amir Uncle? - As-salamu alaykum, beta.

- Wa-Alaikum-Salaam. Is everything okay?

- Yes. I'm just--

- Oh, you're looking for Aboo. Aboo's--

- No, no, no, no, no, don't disturb him, it's okay.

I'm looking for Ilyas.

I see his bike here, so. - Ilyas?

- Yeah.

I don't know.

This is his bike, so. - No, I haven't seen Ilyas.

Uncle's looking for you.

- Ilyas.

- You all right man?

- No.

- Get in the car.

Sorry.

- I can't just leave my bike.

- It's okay just leave it there.

We'll just grab it in the morning.

Just pick it up in the morning. - Oh, no, no, we'll take it.

We'll take it. Hurry up.

- No, it's fine. No, no, no.

- I got it - Give it to me.

- Uncle, you okay?

- Your hair.

- Get in the car.

- Dude, Yasmeen has weird friends bro.

Was Uncle wearing a wig?

- The bike's slipping, it's not gonna hold.

- Just be quiet.

- Look, look.

- I should have never sent you to public school.

- What?

I didn't want this.

It's not my fault.

- Then whose fault is it, Ilyas?

- You couldn't afford Cordoba, that's your job.

So that's your fault.

- Just go.

- Where's Aboo?

But it's Saturday.

Aboo.

I'm sorry.

- Okay.

It's fine.

Close the door.

- Okay.

Miss Martin,

I haven't been coming to class lately.

So I just wanted to let you know

that I'm not coming again.

- Well, technically you were never enrolled.

It's our secret.

Is it girl stuff?

- Not really.

My dad doesn't like it, so.

- Well, you can come back

whenever you want.

- Thanks.

- Don't stop creating,

even if it's just to figure yourself out.

- Okay.

We'll see.

- I like the megalodon, the great white shark.

Hey, Ilyas. - Hey, Arun.

- The bull shark, the blue shark, the bamboo shark.

I went to the aquarium and I...

- Liz.

Liz. - Yeah?

- Uh, is this your pen?

- Yeah, it is.

Thanks.

- No problem.

I thought it was yours.

You left it in the classroom, so.

- Ilyas.

- Yeah?

- I thought you knew about me and Aasim.

You're just a freshman.

Don't be so hard on yourself.

Okay?

- I don't get it.

- Nevermind.

- Ammi, why'd you stop painting?

I'm sorry about this.

- No, it's actually not as expensive as you'd think.

- I can chip in.

- No, you can't.

Look, just don't tell my parents

about, you know, and we're even.

Just say it.

- What do you mean?

- You think I recite the Quran

and do these speeches to get attention,

that I'm a phony piece of shit.

- I didn't say that. - You wouldn't believe me,

but I like how it feels in my heart.

I really do.

But I also like how it feels

when I make out with Liz.

So, what do I know?

- You could just, like,

play video games instead.

- I'm not you, Ilyas.

Look, I don't wanna lecture anyone on the stage

but I can't really cancel either.

- Your name? - Yeah, it's Biru.

- Okay.

- Why is it so quiet? Did you eat too much biryani?

As-salamu alaykum.

- Aleichem shalom.

- Without further delay,

allow me to introduce

this year's youth speaker, Mr. Aasim Haqq.

- Tonight I've been tasked

with speaking about some challenges

our Muslim youth face in their everyday lives

and how we can overcome them.

However, I thought it would be beneficial

that I give my time to someone else instead.

So without further ado, Ilyas Amir.

- Did you know about this?

- What?

- I'm stuck.

I am stuck.

I am stuck!

Let go!

- What is he doing?

- He's almost done, I think.

- Isn't this haram?

- It is still permissible. Give it a minute.

- Usman, Usman.

Mustache.

Three, two, one.

- We are one.

- It's pure.

Wait, can't I just close? - No, that's enough.

- Please?

We're all a little strange

and scared to be laughed at.

So, may Allah help those of us

who are struggling to accept ourselves,

accept ourselves.

- Ameen. - Ameen.

- Thank you, Ilyas.

That was, uh...

We have to invest in the youth.

Okay.

- Hey. That was something.

- I'm sorry about before.

That was really dumb.

- Well, I'm talking to you, right?

- Sometimes just talking is how you feel.

I think I pulled my groin.

- How could you not know he was going to do that, Hameed?

That was absolutely unacceptable.

Ilyas is a troubled boy

and he ruined this event.

- At least people stayed awake this year.

- Excuse me? - And don't call my son

a troubled child.

If he's a troubled child, I'm a troubled mom.

- Asiya.

- It's this biryani that ruined your event.

- Let's go. - And your jokes,

they're as cheap as your suit.

- Asiya, let's go.

- Let's get out of here. - Let's go. Sadia, Musa, go.

- I thought it was cool.

I don't think people are used to stuff like that.

- Yeah, they did laugh though.

- It wasn't supposed to be funny.

- It wasn't? - Not really.

- I'm not sitting in the back.

- Usman helped,

but yeah, it was mostly me.

- Close the door.

- Why are you always wasting water?

- Ilyas!

- Gee, coming.

- What do you call what you did today?

A drama scene.

- Performance art, I guess.

- Oh.

It was very, um, long.

I liked it.

You seemed so free.

You need help?

- No.

I think I know how.

- It's your choice, beta.

♪ If I really wanted to ♪

♪ I'll be waiting for you ♪

♪ Yes, I really want you to ♪

♪ Say yeah ♪

♪ If I was in love with you ♪

♪ We'd laugh the way we do ♪

♪ 'Cause I want to know it's true ♪

♪ Say yeah ♪

♪ The little bit with you ♪

♪ Was enough to get me through ♪

♪ I would make it up to you ♪

♪ Say yeah ♪

♪ On the very day we're through ♪

♪ We would have to say it's true ♪

♪♪ But I really want you to ♪

♪ Say yeah ♪

♪ All I want is one last chance as your lover ♪

♪ Maybe we'll make it together ♪

♪ One last chance for each other ♪

♪♪ Blame the rain ♪

♪ If I really love you ♪

♪ I'll be waiting for you ♪

♪ 'Cause I really want you to ♪

♪ Say yeah ♪