Life of a King Page #2

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You're my girl.

Trini.

You're my gir...

Trini.

I just want to make

things right for us.

Ms. King.

Mr. Brown.

Thanks again for the other day.

I was...

I was really impressed.

You're welcome.

Well, I'm off to a meeting.

Keep up the good work.

Oh...

about the other day.

When is Ms. Gadbaw coming back?

She's not.

Oh, well, what are you going

to do about detention?

What you doing in these parts?

I missed my bus, was late.

I don't plan on making it a habit.

Maybe you should.

I'm here.

Name's Michelle, right?

I'm T.

I know who you are.

All right, let's go.

Everybody have a seat.

Aw.

Look who it is.

You here to clean the blackboards?

For those of you who don't remember

me, my name is Eugene Brown.

Does that mean

we can call you "Genie?"

That'd be the last thing

you ever call me.

Ooh.

What's that?

This here is a chess board.

Anybody know how to play chess?

Hey, yo.

You think you're pretty smart, huh?

Why don't you come up here

and play me a game, then.

You're corny, man.

I ain't playing no games with you.

What's your name, son?

Clifton.

And I ain't your son.

Fair enough, Clifton.

Big bad Clifton.

Well, okay, if you ain't got

the guts to play me, Clifton,

does anybody else?

Anyone?

Yo.

I'll play this.

You like cards?

Fine.

We'll play cards.

Here's the deal.

If you win...

the whole class gets to do whatever

they want for the rest of detention.

What?

But if I win, you learn a new game.

You hustling me?

Hustle? You're the one that

wanted to play cards, homie.

You right.

Go ahead and play

this clown, Peanut.

You'll never get beat.

You know the game...

find the red ace?

Huh?

My name is Peter Paul.

I come from Montreal.

Came to play 'em all.

I've broken hipsters and

slicksters, elbows, and a-holes.

Your name is Peter what?

Go ahead and pick the one you like.

Nah-ah-ah.

Bet you're dead, Jack.

Man, I see it.

I see it.

Don't you worry about me seeing it.

See, here's what happened to you.

You thought you knew the

truth, but it wasn't there.

And it never will be until

you learn where to look.

He's messing with you, Peanut.

Man, I can catch it.

I-I-I was just

screwing around, man.

Let me get one more shot.

One more shot?

Yeah.

My name is Peter Paul.

I come from Montreal.

I came to play 'em all.

Ah-ah-ah.

Make sure you see it.

This is a king.

This is your life.

One mistake and it

can be taken away.

Wha.

Look, man.

Yo, this is going

to be the meeting spot.

All you got to do is go in there,

grab the stuff, and be out.

You get the money yet?

No, man, I ain't seen

my uncle in two weeks.

What the hell we going to do, Cliff?

I don't...

Look, man, if I can't

get the money...

Forget it, man.

We're just going to lift it.

My cousin gave it to me.

That's fly, right?

You know I don't

roll like that, Cliff.

Well, how do you roll?

You don't see what a good

opportunity this is?

Huh?

You ain't got no job,

you ain't got no money,

you ain't got no opportunity,

your mom's half gone...

Shut up about my mom, man.

Yo, that's the truth, T, and you know it.

Look, man, we pull this job off

and we ain't got to worry

about nothing no more.

Nothing.

Now, you think about that.

Now, everyone on the board is here

for one reason and one reason only.

To protect the king.

That is right.

To protect the king.

Now, he is old and has

survived many battles.

So he can only move

one spot at a time.

So, who's got his back

if he can only move one spot?

The queen.

Now, she is smarter faster,

and stronger than her king.

The knight is the horse.

Now, he can move two spots forward

and one spot to the side.

The trusty bishop

is his diagonal attack.

The rook, he patrols

the entire board.

He can move as many

spaces as he wants,

as long as it's in the same

direction he was moving.

Oh yes, the pawns.

They are the front line.

They will be casualties.

This crap's boring. man.

Kids game.

What you reading?

Let me put it to you this way,

a way you'll understand.

Think about it like this.

Who's your supplier?

Hey, you tripping.

Hey, I know you ain't growing

that weed you're selling

and so does everybody else in

here you're trying to sell it to.

So, who's your guy?

Huh?

Your ace in the hole.

Trying to protect your king.

I like that.

Okay.

All right.

Well, then let's

call this king, "Perry".

King Perry it is.

Now, King Perry has an army

and you're a part of it.

But the problem is,

you think you're out there

doing the king's business,

all you're really doing

is sacrificing yourself.

Like the pawn you truly are.

It ain't like that, B.

It's exactly like that, partner.

Now, if you want to keep making the

same mistakes for a king who could

care less about your ass, out

there is the board to do it on.

But if you want to learn how

to make the right maneuvers,

this is where you do it.

Right here on this board.

So, what do you want,

what do you want to do?

You want to learn how to play?

Played out, man.

I'll play.

Me, too.

There it is.

Very nice.

Man, Peanut, that

ain't the right move.

Use the horse, it moves in and out.

Right there.

No, man, right...

What, are you blind, man?

Tahime, why don't you

play your own game?

Man, I'm just watching.

How did you see that attack?

What you mean "see?"

It's obvious.

Peanut's just stupid.

Hey. Mr. Brown.

Hey, what you doing?

Going to get a ride, man.

Don't ride with that fool.

I'd rather walk.

Let's go.

It's right up here.

Oh, man.

That's T's mama.

You all live here?

Yeah. T eats

at my place every night.

His mama don't cook.

She's real messed up, man.

Yeah.

Thanks for the ride, Mr. Brown.

Anytime, son.

Take care of yourself.

No, no, Marco.

Marco, please.

Please, man.

Have a seat.

Come on, man.

Please.

Thank you.

Thank you, son.

Did you get any of my letters?

I've been out

for a couple weeks now.

I've been teaching these kids chess

down in the old neighborhood.

I got this one kid

that reminds me of you.

Who the hell do you think you are?

You never taught me nothing.

You're the last person that

has a right to be talking.

Okay. Okay.

Guard.

No, Marco.

Marco, wait.

No, Marco, wait.

No, wait, son. Don't be

like that. Son.

Please.

Everybody, look up here.

You see this?

There's an open tournament in

Virginia in a couple of months.

We're not ready for no tournament.

That might be true

and that might not be.

But one thing's for sure is

you're never going to find out

if you don't give it a try.

If anybody wants to road trip,

there will be a sign up sheet.

I ain't trying to be white, man.

Fine, white goes first.

White goes first.

See, that shows you

how stupid this game is.

Hell yeah, black always got to go first.

Amen.

T, you could be

one hell of a player.

But your problem and everyone

else in this room's problem

is you don't

give a damn about rules.

Especially you.

What's the word?

You got my money?

I know it's not as much as usual...

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