All Things Fall Apart Page #7

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I got to take out all these

loans for my college education.

You get a full scholarship and you

don't even go to class half the time.

You think you're

so f***ing smart.

Nobody f***ing

knows you, Sean.

Everybody you know knows

you as Deon's brother.

Don't you forget that.

You listen.

Now Eric ain't here

to back your ass up.

And Mom ain't

nowhere around.

You need to step off.

You always

was half a man.

Get off!

You think I meant to get sick? Huh?

You think if I leave all

your problems will go away?

Then I'll leave then.

Yeah. Yeah, right.

As if you don't think Mom's

gonna come chasin' after you!

F*** you.

You can't stand on

your own two feet.

You never have.

Hey, brother.

I tell you you can't

sleep out here, man.

Hey.

Hey, partner.

Deon?

What the f***

you doin' man?

Can't find a job.

Got no degree and I can't stay at home.

Come on

out of there.

Okay, you can

stay here.

You can stay with me... till

you get your sh*t together.

Operative phrase, you

get your sh*t together.

I ain't gonna be bringin' to you

your lemonade and your biscuits

like your momma does.

Thanks.

Don't thank me.

You gonna work.

You always talk sh*t like you know cars.

We about to find out.

Hey, call Bernie.

I don't need no more

momma drama up in here.

Come on.

Start cleaning up

right there.

Right back there.

Bizzy Bee Catering.

It's me, Mom.

Deon, baby,

where are you?

I'm fine, Mom.

Look, I'm gonna be moving out

for a little while, alright?

I need you

to respect this.

What are you

talking about?

What the hell is going

on? Where are you?

Mom, I'm gonna need

a little space, okay?

I am not going to have this

conversation with you on the phone.

Where are you?

I'm at the garage.

Deon, come on,

let's go.

I got a big catering job

at the yacht club

and I'm late, so get

your stuff, let's go.

Mom, I gotta handle

this on my own.

This is ridiculous,

you know that?

Go get your things,

I'm gonna take you home,

and I'm gonna

go to work.

Why you not

hearing me?

I can't go

home right now.

I am not leaving you

in this greasy ass garage

with all these oil fumes

and gas fumes and all that.

Baby, look at your hands.

You can't do this.

Mom, it's alright.

It's not good

for you right now.

You shouldn't be exposed

to germs like that.

Stop.

Look... okay.

Look, I gotta

handle this.

If I make mistakes I

gotta make 'em on my own.

Okay. Whatever

I did, I'm sorry, okay?

Mom, you didn't

do nothing.

Listen, when your

daddy left,

I was so busy trying

to be mother and father

that I would go

and work too hard

and I'd come home

feeling guilty

and then I'd love you

all too hard, you know?

So maybe if you feel

like I smothered you or...

abandoned you or something like that...

You didn't smother us.

It's not you, Mom.

This is too hard

for me right now.

I need you to come

home with me. Come home.

I need this. I gotta

figure this out for myself.

Just go home.

You mean it?

Wait. Who's gonna

take care of you?

I'm gonna take

care of me.

You promise me.

Yeah.

Will you come home

for Sunday dinner?

Soon.

Soon?

But...

No, please, listen, I'm here.

I'm here right now,

yeah, you know...

I just had

a family emergency.

Everything's been...

Miss White...

What do you mean

you don't need...

wh... but I'm here

with the food

and everything's here,

Miss White.

You know I'm always the...

What the... f***...

Wh... What...

F*** it.

F*** it.

Goddamn it! I don't know

what anybody wants me to do.

I can't do it anymore.

I can't... can't... I can't

do any better than I've done.

I've done the best I can.

God, you gotta do the rest.

Do the rest for me.

That's 40 dollars plus

Hey, Carlos.

Mande.

He gonna have it

for you, don't worry.

Hold the f***ing

light still, man.

What that mean?

Hey, D.

God damn.

What you call me?

Oh, I'm sorry,

I'm sorry.

Damn, man, careful

with that sh*t.

Get some skills.

Leave him alone,

he's the new guy.

Go home.

Get the hell outta here.

I'll see you all tomorrow.

Oh, hell no, no, no,

new guy gets the beers.

Right in there.

Well, it's official.

Your mechanic skills

are for sh*t.

It costing me paper.

I'm sorry.

I'm the one that

should be sorry, man.

I didn't do everything

I wanted to when I was

at the top of

my football game.

Bernie once said to me, "Eric,

you a well-balanced brother

'cause you got a big-ass

chip on both shoulders. "

She said that?

I was messed up.

Maybe she's right.

Maybe I was too hard on you, Deon.

For trying... for trying

to live through you.

But whatever I did or

didn't do in my life,

that's on me.

What about

my life?

What do I do now?

Well, you know

our people.

Black folks...

most of us

we wanna play ball,

and we never learn

to own the team.

Look here.

This is made

in China.

Why is this

made in China?

I don't know.

'Cause the Chinese

man will work very hard

for very little money.

So what you do is you take

the best of each race, right?

For example, work

like a Chinese man

but get the education

of a rich white man.

Learn to make deals like a Jewish man.

And have the heart, flavor

and spirit of a black man.

You take that sh*t and

put it together, it's done.

Then you just apply it

to being in the business

of whatever you love.

But that's

what I'm sayin'.

Without football,

I don't know what I love.

What the f*** else

can I do?

Well, for me

after football,

it was cars.

Garage ain't much,

but at least I own it.

I'm the boss.

But look at you, Deon,

people like you.

You got charisma.

You make people

believe in you.

You got people skills like the

way you sold that man that car.

I didn't do that.

You did that.

You could sell sh*t, Deon.

That's a legit skill.

Well, I'm gonna

go see Coach.

See if I can work my way up

into that assistant position.

If you're gonna

go see Coach,

you can't go dressed

like that, man.

You know what

my daddy always said?

Dress for the job you want,

not the job you have.

I got something for you.

I got something.

Hold on.

Uh-huh.

You could fit this.

Look at this.

Designer sh*t.

Stand up.

I call it Negro Make-Do. Look here.

Uh-huh.

Yeah, look like

Negro need money.

Come on, man,

it'll work.

I'm taller than

you, man.

Look, sagging is

in style.

Just sag this sh*t

a little bit.

Put your hands in

your pockets, you know.

It's gonna

look like I wore it.

Hey, hey, hey.

Stop standing around. Let's

set it up and run it again.

Defense gonna

eat 'em up

if they don't fall

deeper into that pocket.

Deon, what can I do for you, son?

I just came to see

about that assistant position.

Hey, Soris, run it again

till they get it right.

Alright, boys, let's go.

Let's run it again.

I went to the administration, I asked

them about putting you on the staff.

And they said that

well, the budget cuts

and a lot of mumbo jumbo

about people losing their jobs.

They're pretty much

afraid to say yes.

So they're saying no?

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