The Interrupters Page #14

school with my little sister.

And then my brother came

from the door and he ran to me.

He gave me a big hug.

He told me, "I'm not dead,

I'm still here with you. "

You think he's with you

right now?

Yeah.

I think so too.

It gets better, believe me.

For some reason,

time kind of heals things.

You know.

Yeah.

So what else are we doing

to make you beautiful today?

I don't know.

I was just going with the flow.

I start school

tomorrow.

Excellent.

And this year's goal

is what?

To graduate. MAN: I got you.

Get my high school diploma.

She was saying that

tomorrow's the first day of school

and I'm so excited,

and I was excited for her.

She's going with

a fresh hairdo.

I went today and found out

school started three weeks ago.

And I did go to school.

You went to school when

you got the f*** ready to.

You didn't go up there when it

was time for them to go in.

Actually, yes, I did, Miss

Ameena, you don't know that.

You don't know that.

Caprysha,

your counselor said

you got there

when you got there.

No, I got there at

Caprysha.

Right.

You didn't fight

hard enough

for you to get up in that school

and do what you need to do.

I ain't

gotta say nothing.

Caprysha, don't nobody have

to kiss your ass

for you to do what you need

to do for you.

I'm still gonna be the same

person at the end of the day.

At the end of the day

doing what?

Getting my life together

takes time.

Time for what?

You did two years

out of your life.

Wasn't that enough time for you

to get your life together?

What you do is you manipulate,

you do this and you do that

and then you so ashamed

and afraid

that when I ask you to be honest

with me, you can't.

Do you wanna be loved?

Absolutely.

Do you deserve to be loved?

No.

Absolutely.

Nope.

First thing,

you gotta love you.

Oh, I love myself.

Caprysha, Caprysha.

When I stopped allowing

the circumstances

to dictate my life,

when I let that

"f*** everybody" go,

then I got real honest

with my feelings,

I'm scared, I'm hurting.

It's okay, though.

Well, I'm not

like you to open up so easy.

Sorry.

I don't open up so easy.

I don't open up

so easy.

I open up as needed for me,

because I wanna get better

and continue to stay healthy.

Why you choose not to?

Because I like my life

how it is now.

You like your life

doing what?

Sh*t.

All right.

Well, I can't aid

and abet sh*t.

I flush sh*t.

You think everything's bullshit.

You know what, you...

You just said it.

You can keep thinking

everything's bullshit though,

real talk.

You know, I remember being 19

and being a scared girl

like that.

You know, me being out there

and doing a lot of things

that I did,

I thought that I really was

getting back at the person

that I thought that

should come and get me.

And tell me you ain't gotta

live like that.

Man, if I could go back

and make that pain go away

for me today...

if I could do that, I would

do it in a heartbeat.

And that's so... so painful

for me for her.

Because she's gonna be

my age someday.

And it's gonna be

a whole bunch of regrets.

I don't even know

why I'm doing this.

I must be glutton

for punishment.

This sucker,

is there a sucker up there?

Now sitting here talking to you,

there was 15 times

that I just wanted to get up

and walk away from you.

But I didn't and I couldn't...

I'm gonna be added on to

the people that f***ed her around.

I'm not gonna call her again.

You know, I'm gonna be available

for her at my availability.

I called your mama

last week; she was happy, too.

Saying, "Kenneth called me

and told me he loved me!"

She was happy.

Yeah, I was happy,

but I was rude, too.

When you call and tell me you

love me, I get worried,

but I feel good

at the same time, to hear it.

Oh, so I shouldn't

have called.

No, you should!

'Cause it makes me know that

y'all were thinking about me

just as much as I'm

thinking about y'all.

Cobe made a

difference in their life

by being with them one on one,

because they never really had

a male role model.

But it's all good, man,

just stay focused though.

And I'm here when you need me.

I'll call her,

I call my mama every day.

Not every day.

At least three times

out of the week.

It's every day to me.

You need a haircut.

Lord.

What kind of influence

has Cobe been in your life?

Cobe been bad and good

influences on my life.

Yeah, you know we want you

to become a professional,

young brother.

I'm not close-minded

to the fact that, uh,

if we can get

a younger brother here...

I'm open-minded to that.

Now, I know we ain't never hired

no young people like that.

I mean 18.

You gonna really be a crusader

for peace now, you know.

For those who want

to listen.

So, who's all that

down there?

My sister and me,

my mom and my dad.

That's your brother

up top?

Mm-hmm.

You gonna put it up

in your room?

No, his room.

Her grades are declining.

I'm just wondering, like, if

it has to do with her brother.

She got into a fight,

and she was suspended.

This person made a comment,

she was already enraged,

and that was probably

her boiling point.

That was it.

One day you might have all the

strength you think you have,

and you think, "You know what?

I could go continue on

with my life. "

You guys are

going to the cemetery still?

Mm-hmm.

How often are you guys

going now?

Mmm, like try to go like

three days a week.

But then the next day,

your emotions are triggered

by something,

and it kind of puts them back

to square one.

So, I don't think people

ever get over it.

I did it!

Hey!

Hi!

Hey, hey.

walked off, she was locked up.

She violated her parole,

not going to school,

staying away from the home,

as well as dropping dirty.

This is my mother,

Ms. Ameena.

And these are all the girls,

that's the fabulous females.

Hey, divas!

How are you?

Where's the guard?

It's not guard,

it's security staff.

Oh, okay.

This is our principal.

How are you?

I'm Ameena.

Hi, Sandy Eyebar.

She's pushing me to do school

so I can graduate.

She's gonna graduate.

I'm, you know, that's,

that was our goal.

So you may get

your party after all.

Yep! I get a party.

I didn't think

that she wasn't gonna come,

but when I seen her at the door,

I was happy to see her.

And I felt that...

I don't know.

She wasn't in the play today.

She got kicked out

because of her behavior.

# A chance to make amends #

# A chance to be someone #

# Please give me what

I need the most... #

When she gets out,

what awaits Caprysha is her.

It's gonna be a rough road.

The hand that life

dealt her... me too...

there were all two's in it.

She just has to learn

how to play those two's

as if it was a Boston.

# To see my grandson smile... #

Oh, look at my man!

Huh, look at my main man!

Flamo, last time I saw you,

you didn't have no uniform on.

You had other things

on your mind.

Look at you, man,

you got your whole outfit.

How you doing?

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