Step Up Page #2

Look. Miles sent me another MP3.

Ugh.

Better listen to it now. He'll call

in five minutes, askin' what you think.

You've been gettin' on

Miles' case a lot lately.

Because he's irritating.

Ooh.

- Defensive. What does that mean again?

- Just listen to the track, OK?

(laughs)

( "Step Up"

by Samantha Jade)

Hm.

It's good.

Whatever.

Whoa-oa-oa

Step. Step. Step up

Step. Step. Step up

- This.

- This is better.

You step up.

I'll step up. Boy

'Cause I'm tryin'

to be With you forever...

No matter What We go through

You step up.

I'll step up. Too

It don't matter What the haters say

Long as you are my boo

No matter hoW hard it gets

This love Will have no regrets

As long as When We steppin'

on the dance floor. It's me and you

The rhythm of the beat.

That's my heart

Cupid shot me

With an arroW from the start

It's your love

that's got me trapped

Every time I try to leave.

You bring me back

So much Water.

At times I've cried a river...

I'm so serious.

If you don't stop laughing...

OK, no!

- Are you serious?

- Ready?

You step up.

I'll step up. Too...

(laughing)

Whatever.

I'm sorry.

This love Will have no regrets

As long as When We steppin'

on the dance floor. It's me and you

When I step into place.

I feel my feet

iftinng from unnnnder mo

You grab my hands.

Spin me around and right before I fall

Younn catch mo annd younn say

Just look into my eyes

and We Will make another day

Boy. No matter What We go through.

This love Will have no regrets...

What next?

(Nora) Six, seven, eight.

Piqu and grab...

iNio

Boy. No matter...

Turn, down.

You step up.

I'll step up. Too

It don't matter

What the haters say

onng as younn a ro my boo

As long as When We steppin'

on the dance floor

it's mo annd younn

(crunching)

(Bill and Lena arguing)

Lena got Cap'n Crunch.

Peanut butter Cap'n Crunch.

Told you she likes us.

- Camille, would you get outta here?

- Fine.

- (Bill) It's not my fault!

- (Lena) It is your fault...

Camille, come here for a second.

(Bill) Shut up.

You gonna give me a little bit of that?

One bite.

One. One bite.

Hurry up.

- That was the biggest bite I've ever seen.

- (grunts)

Get your own.

I spit on that spoon.

Yeah, now you give it back.

What... What is this?

- That's a sliding scale.

- What does that mean?

That means I scored more points than you,

so I get more money.

No, no, no.

What about my assists?

I was droppin' dimes today.

- You tripped over your own shoes.

- Twice.

You rolled out of the second one.

You played it off cool.

- You better give me some more money.

- What?

It's getting late.

I gotta bounce.

- Wait, hold on. We'll give you a ride.

- Yo, let me do it this time.

- Skinny, you the lookout.

- Why can't I do it this time?

- Can you do it?

- Yeah.

Let him do it, then.

You know what?

Here you go, tough guy.

See that car right there?

(Whispers) Go get 'em.

(snorts)

- That car has got an alarm on it.

- I know.

(alarm blaring)

- (laughing)

- (dog barking)

He failed.

Yo, I told you that alarm

was gonna go off.

Wait a minute.

Y'all set me up?

Hold up. I got us one.

You shoulda saw your face. (laughs)

Tsk.

( piano)

( "Philosophy")

Can't say I ever felt the way I felt

- When we were makin'...

- Love

Can't stand the thought

that you were mine, but now you're...

For the takin'

I realize that we were one,

but now we're two

You traded us for something

just to pass the time, babe

(music stops)

- That was good. Play it back, Miles?

- I like that.

Nora.

Yo, look who's here.

Sorry, bro.

Closed studio.

Yeah, OK, "bro."

- You're an hour late.

- Yeah. My bad. I got caught up.

For an hour?

Yeah. I had things I had to do.

I'm sorry. Can't we rehearse now?

No. There's other dancers

in the studio now. We can't.

Why you gettin' mad at me?

I'm here every single day.

- I said I'm sorry.

- Sorry's not gonna cut it.

Yeah, we're workin' here, man.

Some of us take this seriously.

Mm-hm.

- Where were you?

- Where was I when?

When we were supposed

to be rehearsing?

I don't think the rehearsing thing

is gonna work out for me.

- What the hell does that mean?

- That means I'm out.

What?! Are you kidding me? You just quit

without even talking to me about it?

Yeah, sorry.

Look, I gotta get back to work.

I can't believe this. I can't believe

I trusted you. That was so stupid.

People make stupid decisions every day.

Besides, it didn't look

like you needed me, anyway.

(Skinny) Mac, get your feet off the table.

Marcus, get your feet off my table.

- Told you, boy.

- Mom!

Don't leave this house. I don't wanna

hear about you getting into trouble.

- We ain't goin' nowhere, Mom.

- That's right.

I'll be back home in time

to make y'all's breakfast.

- Bye, Mom.

- Bye, Mrs. Carter.

Ah, man.

(turns on TV)

Look, look, weak crossover.

- You think you're as good as these guys?

- Please.

Why don't you try out?

- For the And1 team?

- Mm-hm.

- Why would I need to do that for?

- You should play for the school team.

The school team?

- Yeah, right. They suck. Never.

- Maybe they wouldn't suck if you played.

Is this part of your community service?

What you gonna say next? "This is your

brain on drugs"? Man, forget with that.

- I'm just sayin'...

- All right, man. Just drop it.

Don't see you out tryin' to do nothin'.

You quit everything you start. You know it.

- (Skinny) That's me right there.

- Put it in slow motion, too.

Oh, baby...

(door closes)

Nora?

Where have you been?

It's getting late.

Where do you think, Mom?

You've been rehearsing a lot.

What about your schoolwork?

Rehearsing is the most important part of

my schoolwork. It's kind of the whole point.

Sweetie, I just don't think that dancing...

Dancing is what?

What do you know about it?

When was the last time

you saw me dance?

That's not fair.

You don't have to worry about it anymore.

The guy I've rehearsed with

for the showcase quit today.

So basically, I'm screwed.

(sighs)

You might get your dream after all.

(boy) You gotta come to rehearsal.

Nora.

Wait a minute.

Can you hold on a second?

Look, I just wanted to say

I'm sorry about yesterday.

- You don't feel like mopping floors today?

- Look, can you just give me a break?

Do you have any idea how important this

showcase is? Who's going to be there?

- I don't know. People?

- People?

Important people from every

major dance company in the country.

Without this showcase,

I have nothing. I go nowhere.

OK. All right, I get it.

I know all about havin' nothin'. It sucks.

- It does.

- So are we gonna go back to doin' this?

- No.

- No?

- I don't trust you.

- What do I gotta do to prove it to you?

Look, I'll do anything.

Anything?

And up and grand pli

all the way to the ground.

Back up and reach your arm up high.

Touch the sky.

Down forward, touch your toes.

And back up.

(laughs)

Shh!

And pointe and second.

And pli...

Good. Pli...

- (laughs)

- Shh!

I thought she was gonna

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