Life Support Page #2

- Oh my god.

- I mean, that's what it is. If...

- That's right.

- If you're planning

on getting down like that...

I can order

the vagina demonstrator.

And we can use that to take

it out into the field with us.

- I think you should order that.

- It's okay to invoice.

- It's done.

- I think the quicker we can use it,

- show 'em how easy it is to do...

- Right. Yeah.

...it will make it as simple

as putting on a condom

in their minds,

you know what I mean?

That was great today.

- Good turn out.

- Good morning, this is Life Support.

Deyah just walked in.

Got a couple of minutes?

She was asking for you.

Yeah, sure I do.

Deyah...

you want a chance

at having an healthy child,

you gotta keep taking the AZT.

And going back

to the hills of Jamaica

to see the Obeah man,

that ain't the answer.

Listen now. There is there a herb

that might make the virus go away.

Don't you think we'd all be

in Jamaica if that was the truth?

Can't nothing make

this virus go away.

Now look,

you saw my daughter.

I was HIV positive

when I had her.

She's nine

and she's HIV negative.

And there's almost

no way in hell

she would even be here

if I wasn't clean and sober

and taking AZ when I was pregnant.

You go ahead and take

all the herbs you want.

But that baby...

that baby needs medicine.

What about your husband?

Is he going to Jamaica with you?

- Good morning, Life Support.

- You haven't told him yet.

No.

He's not gonna want

to hear about no HIV.

I can't tell him, Ana.

You don't understand.

Why haven't you told him?

Are you... I mean...

you're worried, you think he's going

to get violent with you or something?

No.

Then you need to tell him.

Look, I ain't going to lie.

When Slick told me

he had the virus,

I wanted to kill him.

I mean,

we were struggling.

He was in jail.

I was still getting high.

Had already lost custody

of one daughter 'cause of the drugs.

I mean, it was a hell

of a wake-up call,

but him telling me

actually saved my life

and my family.

Just think about it.

You're stronger

than you think, girl.

No...

Amare!

Amare.

Amare.

Amare. Amare!

Amare, wake up!

Amare! Wake up.

Are you all right?

You need me to take

you to the hospital?

- I just fell asleep. Or something.

- Right.

You fell asleep?

Amare, you can't

smoke in here.

Oh yeah, right. Sorry.

Amare, look at me.

Are you sick

or are you high?

Forget it.

It doesn't even matter.

If you don't take care of yourself,

you're gonna end up

in the hospital again.

I'm taking my meds, I'm just...

they just...

they make me sleepy is all.

Amare, don't play me.

You think I don't know about meds?

Well, I know you know.

You're a smart schoolgirl.

You know lots of stuff.

Yeah, well, f*** you.

What do you want from me?

Am I supposed

to be like you,

with your big house

and your big old grandma

keeping you safe from harm and sh*t?

You're gonna throw

that in my face?

Nah, well I wouldn't do that.

Come on.

You know it's been me and you

since my parents died.

Come on, now.

- Come on. Leave me alone.

- You can't smoke in the house,

Amare. Damn it.

Did you talk to Michael?

Yeah. We're gonna get up soon,

so it's all good.

Well, what are you

gonna do now?

'Cause I got

a lot of homework to do.

Okay.

Hey... your... your grandma

is coming home soon?

Yeah.

There's a lot of stuff

I gotta get done anyway, so...

Amare.

Why don't you

give me a call later

and we'll figure out

about tonight, all right?

Yeah.

Tonight. Later.

All the little girls

like Chris Brown.

And I think he's cute too.

I have him

on my notebook.

Look at her.

Doesn't she kind of look

like your sister?

Except she's 6'-3".

Mm-hmm.

You know I'm gonna be 6'-3".

You just might be.

Do you wanna go

to a basketball game sometime?

Yeah, I'd love

to go to a game.

You know what?

You should ask your sister

if she wanna

come with us.

I bet you she'd

wanna come if you invited her.

- Okay. I think she'd really like that.

- Right.

On top of that,

the school is so overcrowded

they got them eating lunch

at 10:
00 in the morning.

She ain't hungry

at no 10:
00.

And how she's supposed

to learn anything

if she's sitting in class half the day

on an empty stomach?

Well, sounds like you're on it.

What's that supposed to mean?

Just what I said.

You're good with Kim.

It's good you're so involved.

Anyway, I brought her

some snacks for later.

And I got a kitchen full of food.

We do this every Friday.

Every Friday I tell you the same thing.

No, it's no bother.

- Hey, Miss Kelly.

- Hi, Mom.

Hey. These are for you.

- Did you get my message?

- Yeah, thanks.

- What?

- You wanna keep your hair like that?

I mean, I like it.

I'm just saying, you know,

you play basketball

and girls might get a little...

Mom, I'm gonna keep

my hair like this, all right?

All right.

Girls might try

and test you, though.

It's all I'm saying, you know...

Okay.

Okay.

- I like it. It's tight.

- Thank you, Kim.

So, you all gonna watch

the Liberty game tonight?

- Oh yeah.

- Kim wants to ask you something.

What's up?

About the game.

I really want you

to take me to the Liberty game.

- Can we go?

- Of course we can go.

That would be fun me...

and you at the Liberty game,

all the way in Manhattan

on Friday night?

They play the Sparks

on the 10th.

Life Support got

a whole block of tickets.

But if we wanna go,

we gotta sign up soon,

because, you know, the tickets

are gonna go soon...

Wait, so now

we're all gonna go?

Well, I thought

it'd be fun.

You know?

A little girls' night out.

You better check out

where those seats are.

Yeah, last time I got

a nosebleed sitting in them seats.

We got binoculars.

It's a good thing,

'cause you're gonna need them

up there in those bleachers.

You should have heard

her talking about

"Oh, so now we're all gonna go?"

With that old snotty-ass voice

she uses now.

What snotty-ass voice?

The one that says

"You don't know sh*t. "

I seem to remember

somebody else being the same way,

walking around

in those dungarees

talking about,

"What you need my number for?

- What you're gonna do with it?"

- Whatever. We're not talkin' about me.

Yeah, but you were

just like them sometimes.

- Them who?

- Kelly and your moms.

You're always making

excuses for them, Slick.

- No, I don't.

- Yes, you do.

You don't even

know Kelly like that.

I mean...

barely.

I don't know what

you want me to say, Ana.

I know it's rough with y'all,

Kelly acting the way she does,

- but you're in it too.

- What is that supposed to mean?

That means you need to chill out.

She's a teenage girl. It doesn't

matter whose roof she's living under.

She doesn't wanna be seen

out in public with her mother.

It's a fact of life.

Well, maybe that's

your fact of life.

You hid your moms

till we were damn near married.

That's 'cause I ain't wanted

my moms to hurt you.

Oh, man.

But baby,

you know the rap.

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