1. There she was: Keisha,
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2. I used to dream about a girl
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3. And it seemed like I could
never get her off my mind.
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4. Chris. Chris.
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5. Wake up.
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6. Chris.
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7. Wake up!
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8. What's going on?
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9. Scared the death out of me!
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10. Some days, I thought everyone
I saw was Keisha.
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11. I'm glad that wasn't her.
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12. Well, at least I hope that
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13. Keisha?
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14. You ain't taking my check!
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16. What was she thinking?
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17. Get out of the street, fool!
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18. Get out of the street, fool!
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19. Get off of my car, fool!
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20. I got to get this girl
off my mind.
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21. Rochelle, I love your place.
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22. Oh.
How you keep it so clean
with three kids?
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23. Oh, no, my children
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24. They know, once they walk
through that front door,
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25. I don't tolerate
no foolishness.
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26. Mm-mm.
That's Sheila,
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27. Keisha's mother.
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28. My mother didn't make
a lot of friends,
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29. because she's what I like
to call a ghetto snob.
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30. Look at that woman out here
with rollers in her hair.
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31. Mama, you have rollers on.
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32. Yeah, but I'm wearing
a scarf.
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33. No class.
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34. Sheila gave
my mother compliments
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35. and my mother loved
compliments.
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36. Oh, girl, I love those shoes.
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37. They're all leather.
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38. No, they aren't.
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39. Chris, this is, uh,
Ms. Ridenhour.
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40. Hi.
Nice to meet you.
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41. You too.
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42. And you know her daughter,
Keisha.
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43. Hey, Chris.
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44. Oh, no, no, no,
no, no, boy!
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45. Where do you think
you're going
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46. after getting a C
on your quiz?
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47. Back upstairs to study?
Right.
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48. Chris...
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49. Chris.
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50. Boy, you hear me
talking to you?
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51. Ow!
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52. Close your mouth and go upstairs
and help Drew with his math.
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53. Do you know that Drew got
a C on his math quiz?
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54. That boy knows he could do
better than that.
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55. Well, Keisha's great
at math.
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56. She can help him
if he needs it.
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57. Oh, thanks,
but Chris could do it.
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58. You know he's going
to a good school now.
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59. Oh.
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60. Well, I like your coffee.
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61. Is it instant?
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62. Uh-uh. No, child.
It's freeze-dried.
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63. Like I said, ghetto snob.
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64. I don't hear no math!
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65. That's Joey Caruso.
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66. After giving me a beat down in
front of everybody in school,
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67. Caruso got a warning.
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68. If I see you within 10 feet
of him,
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69. you, young man,
will be back in detention.
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70. So, for a few days,
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72. And Greg figured if he stuck
close enough,
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73. Caruso would be off his ass
too.
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74. There's Greg.
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75. Hey, Chris.
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76. Hey, Greg.
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77. If only Keisha liked me
this much.
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78. Why you all up on me?
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79. Look, Raymond told Caruso
he couldn't get near you.
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80. So can I stick to you kind
of close for a while?
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81. Yeah, but can a brother
get some space?
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82. Oh, yeah.
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83. All right.
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84. Uh, so... So, what happened?
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85. Ah, man! Keisha?
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86. Right in your living room?
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87. Yeah. And she said,
"Hi, Chris."
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88. Ah, man!
You are so in there.
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89. You think so?
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90. Yeah. I mean, she didn't just
say "Hi."
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91. She initiated the "Hi."
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92. Whoa.
I never thought of it like that.
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93. Man, you got to get a condom.
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94. It'd be two years before I knew
what a condom was
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95. and eight years before
I got to use one.
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96. Back at home,
my father was thinking about
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97. something he wanted.
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98. Hey, baby.
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99. Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
Whoa! Hey!
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100. Who are you?
I'm Sheila.
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101. You must be Julius.
What are you doing?
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102. Um, Rochelle said—
Where's Rochelle?
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103. She's downstairs.
I live next door.
Rochelle!
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104. Where?
Next door.
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105. I'm sorry, I...
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106. I didn't mean to, um...
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107. smack you on your...
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108. No. Forget about it.
It's all right.
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109. What?
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110. Why didn't you let me know
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111. there were people
in here?
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112. I'm sorry.
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113. Uh, nice meeting you, Julius.
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114. Girl, this color!
I love it!
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115. It's going to look
good on you. It's hot.
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116. Thank you. I'mma let myself out.
Bye, Rochelle.
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117. No problem.
You got it.
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118. Next time,
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120. Okay.
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121. Anybody else in here?
No!
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122. If she found a strange man
in her bathroom,
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123. she'd be nervous too.
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124. What is wrong with that man?
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125. After I helped Drew
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126. his score changed
by a whole grade.
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127. A D?
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128. Chris, he got a C before.
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129. I thought I told you
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130. I did.
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131. So you move the decimal point
over two places.
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132. Hey, which one you like better?
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or the step ladder?
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134. Is Drew stupid?
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135. No, I'm not stupid, you idiot.
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136. Well, this look like you are...
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137. Hey, hey.
Shut up.
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138. Nobody is stupid.
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139. Daddy, Drew got a D
on his math test.
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140. Shut up.
A D?
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141. Chris! I thought you
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142. I did.
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143. Before Chris helped him,
he got a C.
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144. Be quiet.
No, you be quiet.
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145. Would you do something
about this?
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146. Will you please be quiet?
All y'all be quiet.
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147. Chris, you go
to a good school.
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148. What you learning to do,
ride the bus?
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149. Don't yell at me.
He got the D.
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150. Watch your mouth, boy.
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151. We're just going to have
to get him a tutor.
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152. Tutors are expensive.
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153. Y'all just going to have
to work harder.
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154. We can barely afford kids.
We can't afford stupid kids.
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155. Julius, if Drew's grades
keep dropping,
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kicked out of school.
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157. And then he's going to get
hooked on crack.
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158. Next thing you know, we'll be
walking in without furniture.
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159. Do you want to pay
for a tutor
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160. or do you want to pay
for new furniture?
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161. How much is it going to cost?
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162. Not a lot.
I'll get Keisha.
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163. Who's Keisha?
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164. You know Sheila.
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165. It's her daughter.
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166. Back at school,
Greg camped out for me
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167. like I was
the newStar Warsmovie.
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168. Hey, where were you?
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169. I was at class.
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170. At class? I've been waiting
here for 15 minutes.
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171. I told you to wait
at my locker.
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172. You weren't at your locker.
I'm at it now.
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173. But you weren't then!
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174. Greg.
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175. Too close.
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176. There goes two more girls
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177. we're never going to get.
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178. What's with the outfit?
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179. Oh, Keisha's coming over
to tutor Drew today,
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180. and I want to look good.
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181. So, uh, what's the plan?
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182. I mean, you've got
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183. I guess, when I get home,
I'll check in
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184. just to make sure
everything's cool.
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185. When Drew's finished,
he'll be outside.
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186. and then Tonya
will be watching TV.
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187. That'll leave the two of us...
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189. And then, you know...
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190. No, I don't.
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191. I mean, you going to ask her
to be your girlfriend?
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192. I didn't know a lot of girls
who had boyfriends.
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193. Babies, yes,
but not boyfriends.
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194. I don't know. Maybe.
Hey.
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195. You think it'd be weird if I,
you know, went home with you,
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196. hid in your closet
and watched the whole thing?
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197. Yeah.
Thought so.
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198. I felt better than
Billy Dee Williams
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199. after a case of malt liquor.
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200. Chris!
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201. My mother was so loud,
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202. every Chris in Brooklyn
could hear her.
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203. Come on, boy. I'm late
for my hair appointment.
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204. Look, Keisha's upstairs with
Drew, Tonya's watching TV.
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205. Drew can play outside
when he's done.
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206. Oh, and give this to Keisha
before she leaves.
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207. I'll be back in a couple
of hours.
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208. Tonya's watching TV.
Check.
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209. Couldn't risk being funky.
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210. I'm the reason for the hole
in the ozone layer.
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211. Hi, Chris.
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212. Ooh, I'm telling.
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214. Usually, when Tonya said
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I was getting in trouble.
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216. But I didn't care.
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217. All I wanted to do
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218. was slap the black off of Drew.
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219. What happened?
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220. Looks like the older brother
came home,
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221. found the little brother kissing
his woman
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222. and slapped the black off him.
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223. Is this the black?
All we could find.
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224. So much for brotherly love.
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Shut... up.
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234. All that mattered
at that moment
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to go downstairs.
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240. Now you're up here kissing her?
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241. I... I didn't even know
you liked her.
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242. And besides,
I wasn't kissing her.
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10 years later and it worked.
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247. No.
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249. I'll see you later.
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a broken heart before.
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251. I was so messed up,
nothing could get me out of it.
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252. Baby, I love ya!
I love you.
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253. Oh, Chris, I'm in love with you.
Who cares about that Keisha?
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Aw, man!
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260. No. Keisha left her jacket here.
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262. Nah, I'll get it.
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263. Sheila made my dad nervous.
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264. Since there weren't
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Julius.
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other women in the house
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like guns in the house—
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somebody could get killed.
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So tell Rochelle...
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let yourself out.
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282. I'll see you later, Julius.
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289. Nothing.
Nothing?
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292. All right, but, uh,
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293. Fine, okay?
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294. I walked in
on Drew kissing Keisha.
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295. Wow. You must feel terrible.
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I'd be on the ground crying.
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299. Man, Drew kissing Keisha
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300. to impress her,
I'm surprised you aren't on
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a rock tied—
Shut up.
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302. It's bad enough I had a girl
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303. I don't need your suggestions
on how to end it all.
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feel better?
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when you got crushed.
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306. Knowing a guy whose little
brother made out
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I've ever got with a girl.
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your butt up and down...
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your daily beating.
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to see you get beat down.
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can't get them off your mind?
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what they look like.
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anything's going to happen.
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it's innocent.
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332. But she lives
right next door.
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I know that?
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334. What you want me to do,
move?
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Forget it.
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337. Well, what if she decides
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Yeah.
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on other things, okay?
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I thought she was you!
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behind running around my house,
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it's yours.
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my behind from hers?
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But yet, my behind
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I'm sorry.
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to Sheila?
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No!
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somebody getting stabbed!
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that girl, Teisha.
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Just forget about it.
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You'll be all right.
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all about Kiki.
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Her name's Keisha.
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