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Touch me, hold me, feel my body.

Kiss me softly, taste me slowly.

I missed you so damn much, Aubrey. Is that so?

Good morning.

Good morning.

Yuck!

Get a room.

We're in one, Pookie.

My Auntie Pookie did time for disturbing the peace.

This is disturbing my peace.

Shall I build my case? And then we got football or something to do. Rashida,

sensitive topic.

No, no. Look, it's cool. It's all good.

And since I ain't got to worry about being on my A-game for once, thanks to

your new man. He is not my new man.

Uh-huh, right.

Yeah.

I got a comp VIP table at this new club opening tonight, courtesy of my boy

Durack. You and me at VIP?

I knew I did. Okay, even if I was okay with going outside, how are we supposed

to get inside?

None of us is 21.

Be worried about what y'all need to be worried about. Leave the formalities to

me. Gee, I'm worried about you being in here.

Candace! Candace! She the triple.

Get out!

It's a different world than where you come from.

It's a different world than where you come from.

Chat, it's a new semester and your boy's employed now, healing the young minds of

homemen. Well, mainly booking appointments, but it's essential.

The breaking news, I finally secured my reparations.

Your working class hero has finally got a single room. Fit for a king.

And even though the bed is a twin, I feel I'm about to show out.

Hi. Oh,

I missed you. I missed you too.

Okay.

This is nice.

Oh, silk sheets.

My mom and dad only pulled those out around their anniversary.

Oh. Well,

I mean, safe to say you guys had a better time over break than I did.

My parents had me spending all my time at Elgin Almighty Tabernacle.

But that place has really fallen off.

Well, it was smash tournament city over here.

Mirror, mirror, definitely the homie.

I love that.

Class is in session. Now, do you lot see how her jacket and the denim speak?

I mean, this is cohesion.

You're doing your thing. Thank you.

The hammering stops.

when the donors start writing checks. Oh, I love it when you talk dirty to me.

Hey, speaking of, are you still working on that big donor angle for later this

week? Of course, Dwight.

It's Alpha Delta Rose chapter bursary.

The cram to the cram of black women will be bracing our yard.

Not to mention that I have a pretty big fish on the line for later today.

Oh, come on now, let's go.

Who is it? Tell me, tell me. I'll wait till it pans out. I don't want to jinx

it.

I took a red eye out to convince the damn coach to reverse Shaquille's

suspension, only to have my son screening my texts and calls.

Then I discovered he's been holed up in your daughter's dorm room since he got

back on campus last night. Ain't no way. After he broke my baby's heart last

summer? No.

Their little dalliance literally went up in flames. They would not go back to

that. Maybe they're working on a project.

Well, they're working on something.

Our hard-headed kids bring out the worst in each other.

So I say we shut it down.

Well, I'll take some tasty money.

Tasty, tasty, tasty, tasty, tasty.

All right, girl. Thank you so much.

Deborah, you are just glowing.

Is it the job or is it someone?

Yeah, kid, what's new with you?

What's this? What's going on here? Huh?

We're on to you, missy. You've been spending your precious time with that

Shaquille Marlon Johnson.

Listen, although you're not on academic probation anymore, COVID overnights are

a clear violation of the program. No, don't. Please, no, just stop.

Who snitched?

Know what? After everything that I've been through in the last month... This

is just what we're saying, sweetheart. With your new diagnosis, you have to

find a way to adjust to your new normal.

Now, your father and I, most of your father, may have missed the early signs.

Okay, okay. We just want to help guide you. First of all, we don't have to

refer to it as my diagnosis.

I have ADHD.

And yes, it was difficult to grow up undiagnosed, carrying the burden of some

mysterious condition.

but i'm just glad to have an explanation as to why my brain takes the way it does

and a supportive boyfriend turns out i'm not the screw-up that you always thought

i was i'm a neurodivergent baddie i'm a attention deficit diva and i've got it

all under control so when they say justice was served

first ask yourself for whom

Is it served for 16-year-old trafficking victim Kendra, prosecuted as an adult

for prostitution on a dating app?

Um, what about her abusers?

Sadly, adultification bias plus illegal loophole means this young sister

is the only one behind bars.

Let that sink in. But Kendra's story won't end here. I am pursuing action

against her exploiters.

And the platform.

Because unchallenged precedents stand.

This will be our case study this semester.

And I could use a research assistant.

So, make your case.

Excuse me, sorry.

Professor Brooks.

This is the job that I want to do.

Um, how do I apply?

Well, hold your launch, little rocket.

Upperclassmen only.

I'm sorry.

Bye.

Hey, Rashida?

Um, how's Deborah doing?

She fine.

Yeah? Okay, cool. I just haven't seen her in a while, so... She still, uh,

studying and whatnot?

Studying?

So I heard about the suspension.

Yeah, it's whatever.

Now I got a little more time to wild out, so it's day loss for real.

I got you, I got you, I got you.

You know, you don't have to do all of that with me.

I know it sucks.

Yeah, I've been trying to stay busy, keep my mind off of it, but I ain't

gonna lie, it's been tough.

I just need a night to, like, feel something else, you know?

Shakira!

I've been calling.

All right. Talk to you later. Yeah. Come on, now. You got to answer my calls.

What's up, Pop?

Now, listen, son.

You know I love DeBoer like she was my own. But you remember what happened the

last time y'all tried her? You were crying all night over being blocked. I

was not crying. Oh, you were boo-hooing. I shed a couple tears. But how do you

even know about me and DeBoer? What's there to worry about that? Now I know

why your season is down the drain. What?

Coles is holding firm to his nonsensical decision to keep you benched for the

celebration bowl. Look, I've been busting my behind trying to get right

with the team, but the boy had nothing to do with my suspension problems. Come

on, boy.

I was your age. All those late nights.

Yeah.

You need to get your mind back in the game.

And as your manager, I need to start making some serious moves.

Hold on. What type of moves are we talking about?

Exactly. Early psychology helped invent the idea of black inferiority. You know,

skull measurements, IQ testing, I mean, just to justify segregation.

Outrageous. Black psychology flips that script.

Yes,

Deborah?

Hmm?

Oh, um, yes, yes. If someone were to keep having dreams about

something, that wouldn't mean anything real, right?

Girl, what?

I'm afraid that dreams are beyond the scope of today's lesson.

I'll see you all next week.

You good?

Deborah, let me talk to you real quick.

Uh-oh.

dream girls can have a bit of a nightmare so

how

are you settling in you're adjusting to your accommodations and

therapies i'm good cuzzo i'm sorry i space look i didn't really get much

sleep last night well you know the first day back from break could be a lot

especially when boys are on the brain right

No. Yeah, it's pretty obvious. It's pretty obvious. No need to confirm or

deny. It ain't none of my business.

Well, well, I know the timing was off, but I could still really use your take

on dreams.

On dreams? What dreams are you having? There's my baby girl.

Mommy! Oh, TK!

Look how cute!

Oh. You know,

I'm not going to miss seeing my daughter teach her first class at our alma mater.

Plus the Alpha Delta Rho chapter version. Okay.

Rowey! Whitley Gilder, like fine wine.

London fog, extra hot, extra froth, and just a drizzle of honey.

You remember.

Well, you're not exactly forgettable.

Thank you for seeing me, Senator.

I know you're busy, so I'll get right to it.

I need you to work the hill to save our dear alma mater.

I've heard of Hillman's financial challenges, and I'm happy to help in any

way I can.

Really? You mean it, Byron? I'm as serious as a groom at the altar.

Speaking of which, does your husband know that you came to see me?

I didn't come here to talk about my personal life.

I apologize, but I am glad to hear that you're still happily married.

I'm sure you saw in the press that... You finalized your divorce, number

three.

I'm sorry to hear that. I suppose they were all doomed from the start.

Always compared them to the one who got away.

But let's get down to brass tacks.

Yes, I do have some good ideas to run by you. Okay, good.

All right. All right.

Is this a raid?

We never should have let the millennial swords plan this. And I should have

never joined this culty cotillion afterparty without my microdose gummies.

Oh my gosh, focus, ladies.

We have not been out in years.

We're not going to let these infants think they invented fun.

You're right, Kimmy, and we have a lot to celebrate.

First and foremost, the award-winning heart surgeon.

Dr. Kimberly Reese Boyer. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I am

old enough to be your mother.

Back that thing away.

I still got you. Yes, me too.

Thank you so much.

Did you start slinging drinks, stranger?

Since the department cut some of my classes.

In the words of Dr. King, I have a dream to get paid.

I have never been more uncertain of my future at Helmet.

They'd be fools to let a light like you slip away.

Who is this handsome, muscular specimen of a man? Oh, he's my professorial

colleague. He asked me to dinner once when I turned him down.

I just, I can't get past the age gap.

I can see why. You never want to be the December in a May-December relationship,

Freddie Locke.

Freddie, all I see is a grown man that's not afraid to go after what he wants.

Well, since we're putting everything on the vermillion table, I'll go next.

Okay, okay.

I've reconnected with Byron.

Dang, dang, dang, dang, dang!

A French 75, extra splash of lemon.

Yeah. Gotcha.

Bye, Ellington.

Yo, we don't have long. I don't know what to do. I'm having sex dreams about

Ellington. It's like I'm fantasizing about him everywhere. The big soft lips

and the hot brown sugar. That's a lie. Deborah!

Okay. Well, it was strictly professional at first, and then he started to flirt.

And I felt good.

Wayne isn't giving me that kind of attention in months.

Are you saying you want that old thang back?

Is that why you were acting so weird in black site?

Ooh, I knew I peaked T when he asked about you at the class. He asked about

me? What did he say? Come on, spill. Okay, girl, take it from a girl with two

men after her.

Choose one and avoid the drop.

Jalen fits in perfectly.

I'm so glad God sent me my king already.

Whitley, opening up the door to Byron means opening the door to leaving

Dwayne.

You're actually considering this?

No, no, no. I mean, I don't know. I just need this to end, y'all. I am so happy

with Shaquille. I don't want to screw all this up.

You better be taking our PowerPoint. I know that's not a computer.

My econ assignment is due at 11.59.

Work-life balance, besties. Well, you know, she's a scholar. I'll give it to

her. What can we say? Oh, my God, oh, my God.

I've been selected as an official finalist for Miss Gilbert Hall.

Oh, my God.

Girl, we gotta dance. No, we don't. Oh, later, later. I gotta finish this. Can

we? Can I go? Yeah, go ahead. Go ahead.

There you go.

Yeah, that's me.

Hey, y'all ain't up to dress code, man.

What? Y'all gotta bounce.

Respectfully. Oh, I get it. I can see you a man about your business.

You know, I used to own a nightclub.

Perhaps these two C notes might help smooth things over.

Man, code is code. And your slacks, bruh?

Nah, your slacks have said enough.

All I see is dollar signs, I don't see them.

Falling out of Bombay is tinnitus.

Money talks, hating, I know how to kill them. Too many Ben Franks on me, I just

gotta spit them.

Blowing up my phone like she need it.

Oh, so man, it's invisible now, yeah?

Can't even chat to me?

Rashida has left the chat.

Do you take me for a fucking mug?

What are you really trying to do, throwing this man in my face?

Don't act brand new.

You're out at every human party over break. You think I didn't see your

story? What are you on?

Rashida, I was drafted for the spring fashion show.

Only reason I went out is to keep my mind off you.

Damn, I forgot to put 10 on that.

The Tesla driver's self ain't even got a driver.

I let Basha get me while it's on autopilot.

Only thing I ran from is police. I love this dress.

The aunties are hovering. If I was you, I'd dip. Yeah, good looks, cousin.

All right, baby. I'll catch you later.

Baby.

Baby, you all right?

We got a problem.

Come on, come on.

Deborah, you have the nerve

to lather a guilt trip on us while you continue to make these calamitous

choices.

Shakia, you're underage, son.

How many times are we going to have the same conversation about how damaging an

arrest or even a citation is for you?

Everything we've worked for, it goes away.

After that disastrous fire last summer... Oh, here we go. Please.

The two of you are bad influences on each other, and nothing has changed.

Oh, come on, guys.

You guys were young, dumb, and in love once, too.

And some of you guys are still dumb.

I mean, truly, give peace a chance, man.

This barely registers compared to the nonsense used to pull.

Oh, come on. They are good kids.

Look, kid, I'm choosing to trust you because that's the only way it's going

to work out.

Do you trust me?

You're not listening. No, seriously, because this feels like gaslighting.

You know, I may not be old enough for the club, but I'm definitely old enough

to decide who I want to be with, and that's Shaquille.

Worry about your own messy relationship.

For my freshman season, do you think I need you telling me about my future?

Yeah, you do.

As a matter of fact, I think it's time to get you in the transfer portal. What

are you talking about? You can't put me in the transfer portal. That's my

decision to make. Looking out for your best interests is my job. But I never

even hired you.

One day you just woke up and said that you was my manager, and I let it happen.

Boy, be careful. And now you got me out here looking like a liar. I specifically

told Coach Coles that I wasn't going to enter the transfer portal.

You think that's in my best interest?

You know what?

It's time I take back control.

You're fired.

Yo, Mirror Mirror.

Yo, your boy's got a hangover, so Smash Bros is the only cure.

I'm bad. Let me get myself out this bad. No, no, no. No worries.

I'm going to grab some Peter Light and I'm going to slide yours. It's just my

roommate keep blasting Kirk Franklin.

All right, bro.

All right, bro.

About to get to work.

All right, peace.

Peace.

Okay, pause.

Let's pick this up again next week before the blood moon.

Hey, hey, hey, move slow.

There's a lot of powerful energy in this room.

Namaste.

Oh.

What is this?

My application for the research assistant position, Professor.

Rashida, you are a couple of years too early and several credits shy to apply

for this position.

But I love the hunger.

Well, I pulled the relevant briefs from similar U.S. cases.

Purple tabs mark the winners.

My home state, California, holds one of the highest trafficking rates in the U

.S. It's an epidemic, and it's personal for me.

Relentless.

And well-studied.

And clearly indestructible, because I could never knock this out after a night

at the club.

Ow.

Relax, little renegade.

You're going to make a great assistant on my case.

Congratulations.

Thank you.

Oh, thank you, thank you.

You can keep this.

Don't slam the door. Oh.

Yes.

God, thank you for coming.

Things went left last night. I'm sorry.

I just could really use your guidance right now.

I've been waiting 18 years to hear those words.

Don't ruin it.

Okay. So, um...

Obviously. You know I'm dating Shaquille, right?

Yes. Yes.

I kissed somebody else.

Oh, sweetheart.

He really kissed me. He really kissed me, but I didn't exactly stop it. And it

made me feel things, and now I'm dreaming about him.

Before I got with your father, we shared a dance at a party. And just like that,

I had dreams.

Love making dreams about him in the evening, in the day, in the shower.

Okay, okay, okay. Oh, my God.

Please, no.

It's not just about the kiss.

The day that we met, I felt some things.

Now it's like I don't... I don't know what I want. You don't know what you

want. I understand.

I have been there.

When I was at Hillman, I had several...

entanglements, not just with your father.

With who?

It's not important. But over time, I have learned that honesty is the best

way for me to sort my feelings.

So you're telling me I should tell Shaquille about Ellington?

Well, if you want to be with Ron Johnson's son, yes.

But I do love the name Ellington.

it's so elegant i know me too where's his family from i don't know um

so you're telling me i'm not a terrible person no you're a

gilbert woman it's a blessing and a curse it's not our fault everybody wants

us hug my baby girl

yes

Senator, to what do I owe the pleasure?

I was in the neighborhood, thought I'd drop in and offer my support.

What support is that?

You know, Whitley came to see me.

She told me all about the mess you've gotten yourself into here, and it would

be a shame if you were the one to bring our great institution to its knees after

more than a century.

Whitley wouldn't turn to you. She actually turned away from you.

Hmm.

But she did, Dwayne.

She did.

Apparently, she needed a powerful man.

Which is why she married me.

Yeah.

You can get the fuck out of my office, Byron.

Never should be too proud to ask for help.

But if memory serves, you're not above begging.

Baby, please.

Please.

Damn. Got me on that one.

She can't.

What's up?

I don't know how to tell you this.

But before break, Ellington and I...

He kissed me.

What?

Great news, Twine!

One of my sores just cut a massive donation check.

I spoke to Byron.

What you mean he kissed you?

Okay, okay, wait.

Hey, relax.

It only happened once. What the hell you mean relax?

You telling me you kissed dude?

After you sat in my face and you gaslit me every time I asked you about him.

Don't touch me right now, bro.

I blew up my relationship with my pops over you, Deborah.

What are you talking about?

I never asked you to do that. You never had to. You don't get it, do you?

I chose you.

I chose you. I choose you too. I don't choose shit.

How the hell could you not see the betrayal?

We were running out of options. And you didn't stop for one moment to think

about why he took your call?

No? Now, you left him at the altar for me.

This. This is why I didn't want to rush things with you.

It is always the fight, defend, explode.

You don't listen.

I'm damn sure listening right now.

You're not.

And I'm... I'm done trying to make you...

I'm cool off this shit.

Leave.

He's not here to help us.

No, Dwayne. He said that he was gonna do it. Come on, your big fish is big

bullshit, Whitley.

Thank you, but no thank you. I don't need your help.

I'm happy you came through last night.

I'm down.

You think I'm just gonna stand on by and watch you waste my time, but I ain't way

too fine. So I'm out.

I guess I'm unloyal, baby.

I guess I'm untrue. I guess I'm unloyal, baby.

Well, call it what you want.

I guess I'm unloyal, baby.

I guess I'm untrue.

Yes, I might know you, baby.

So call me what you want.

Thinking that I need you, boy, you funny.

Got my own money, so I might show you.

Hey, you swear that I'll be lonely.

Guess you don't know me. Guess you don't know.

Say you could come and pick up your shit, no.

Acting like you paying for shit, bro.

With your bow, I'll do right.