She's Gotta Have It Page #6

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Do you honestly ever think

you're gonna find it?

Whatever.

What kind of answer is that?

I hope I find it.

Whatever it is you're

searching for? Mmm-hmm.

I'm gonna ask

you one more time.

Have you made up your mind?

Jamie, I love you,

but it's not the right time.

It can't be right now.

When is the right time?

Soon.

Soon? F*** soon! I've been

hearing that sh*t from day one!

I still want to see you.

One day you're

gonna regret this.

I don't believe

in regrets.

Hi, Jamie.

You can have her.

Jamie just

stormed right by me.

It wasn't the first time, but

it might have been the last.

Hey, what happened?

Nola, you can tell me.

That bad, huh?

Opal, can I have my hand

back? I'm not in the mood.

You shouldn't let anyone

upset you like this.

I'm not gonna bite.

Is this that bad?

I can make you

feel good.

Opal, it's time

for you to leave.

Are you sure about that?

Jamie?

I want you to come over,

it's important.

Forget it, Nola.

It's very important.

Please come over.

Why don't you

call Mars or Greer?

I don't want to talk to Mars

or Greer. I need to talk to you.

All of a sudden, huh?

Jamie, I wouldn't bother you

unless I really had to.

Leave me alone, Nola.

All right. But it

better be an emergency.

Where you going?

A friend is in need.

Well, I won't be here

when you get back.

I knew you'd come

if I asked.

What's so important?

I need you.

Is that what you

got me out of bed for?

I thought

something was wrong.

I need you! And all the men in Brooklyn.

That was before,

I can change.

Once a freak,

always a freak.

You don't mean that,

Jamie, take it back.

I ain't taking

a goddamn thing back!

You don't mean it!

I don't?

Come here. Kiss me.

Come on.

I love you.

You don't love me!

Make love to me.

You don't want me

to make love to you.

You want me to f*** you!

Is this the way you like it?

Huh?

Is this the way you like it?

Does Greer do it like this?

What about Mars?

Who else? Who else?

You're hurting me!

Whose p*ssy is this?

Whose is it?

It's yours!

Here I am trying to

dog you the best I can.

And what bothers me

is I enjoyed it.

I still don't practice

enough like I should.

Sounds fine to me.

Anything would sound fine to

someone with untrained ears.

I am not that bad.

So, why are you

showing up today, Nola?

I've been thinking about you.

I haven't heard from you in

ages, and you got my number.

You have mine, too.

Well, I guess

that makes us even.

Look, Clo, I've been thinking

about you, so here I am.

I know.

Well, what happened

between you and Jamie?

Dag! You know me better

than I know myself.

I only lived with you

for two years, Nola.

I know.

That's why I'm here.

So, let's hear it.

I think I might have

really f***ed up this time.

This time?

Clo, I need your help,

and you're playing.

Okay, I'm sorry.

I never saw Jamie

act like this before.

He hates me.

Come on, I don't think

he hates you, Nola.

I'm telling you,

he does.

Well, I don't even wanna try to guess

what you did to make him feel this way.

It was the same stuff,

my other friends.

Except, I guess,

not anymore, huh?

Well, I don't know

what to tell you.

Nothing?

Don't be a stranger.

You know where I live.

Listen, I don't wanna sit around

here and let you get me all down.

You wouldn't let me

if I tried. Sorry.

Nope.

I miss my roommate.

So do I.

You do?

Mmm-hmm.

Okay, I'm gonna

get back to my music.

Okay, I'll be quiet.

You know, in retrospect,

I can now see that Nola saw

Mars, Jamie and myself as a whole.

Not as three separate

individuals but as one organism.

We let her create a three-headed,

six-armed, six-legged,

three-penised monster.

And it was all our fault.

Baby, you're late.

What happened?

I'm sorry,

it couldn't be avoided.

Listen, let's go into

Manhattan and have brunch, okay?

I'm sorry, Greer, I can't.

Why not?

I won't be

seeing you anymore.

Are you going away?

No, I'll still be here.

Am I supposed to

cry or something?

You're not supposed to cry.

Well, I hope not because I

don't shed a tear for nobody.

Can we end this

pleasantly?

I'm being pleasant. You're cutting

your own throat and you know it, honey.

Goodbye, Greer.

Yeah, okay, fine.

Hey, I'm not pressed.

There are plenty of fine,

super-fine women in Manhattan.

You never did have enough

drive or ambition for me.

You don't wanna be somebody!

I am, so forget you!

Keep your tight

ass here in Brooklyn!

I'm gonna get me a white girl. You

could have had it all! Forget you!

It's not gonna work, Mars.

It's not gonna work?

What's not gonna work, Nola?

You and me.

You and me?

What about me and you?

Me and you is not

gonna work, either.

That ain't

gonna work, either?

No. Who's it gonna work with, Nola?

Jamie, if he'll have me.

Jamie? Nola, what do you mean

it's not gonna work? It's working.

These things take time.

I'm sorry, Mars.

You're sorry?

Do you know,

when I woke up this morning

I had a feeling I was

gonna have to slice you.

You can't axe me first,

I axed you.

What's the matter?

Nothing's the matter.

I'm not funny anymore?

It's not that.

You're always funny.

I'm always funny. Then

what the f*** is it, then?

I don't love you.

You don't love me?

Nola, what's love got

to do with anything?

Goodbye, Mars.

Goodbye?

When my last girlfriend tried to pull this

same sh*t, I dumped her right in this pier!

You know you wanna laugh.

It's time for you

to grow up.

Grow up?

Yeah.

Bye.

Bye?

You know, Nola,

you done me wrong.

Please, baby. Please, baby. Please,

baby. Baby, baby, please! Nola!

I tried calling you

at home.

I knew you'd be here.

I've made that decision.

It's you I always wanted.

What about Mars and Greer?

One on one,

you and me.

I've been thinking.

I need to chill

for a while.

I'm talking about sex.

I've decided

I need to be celibate.

Celibate?

You know.

But why now?

To cool out.

Give myself a rest.

A rest?

I'd rather not

get into it.

Don't you think that your near-rape

of me was a good enough reason?

I never did a thing like that

before in my life.

You're always searching, Nola.

For what I'll never know.

I do need understanding

from you.

But you go from one

extreme to another.

There's no middle ground

with you. No stability!

Why am I so lucky?

And what am I supposed to do

while you're being a nun?

See your dancer friend.

That was nothing.

It won't be that long!

I'm moving forward, Nola.

I don't deserve this.

I love you.

Nola!

You mess up

one more time...

That celibacy thing didn't last

too long. Who was I fooling?

As for Jamie,

I just got a little crazy.

I should have never gone back

in the first place.

It was a momentary weakness.

He wanted a wife, that mythic

old-fashioned girl next door.

But it's more than that. It's

about control. My body, my mind.

Who was gonna own it?

Them or me?

I am not a one-man woman.

So there you have it from a number

of people who all claim to know

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