The Love Section Page #4

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I'll be right back.

(SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

Where is my mommy?

I am right here, baby,

you okay?

Come on, Mommy, bed time.

Oh.

I'm sorry.

Okay, go back in your room.

Mommy's coming.

I'm just gonna say

goodbye to Ali.

Okay. Sorry.

He can't sleep sometimes.

It's okay. No worries.

You sure?

Little Ali gonna

be all right?

Yeah, he'll be

all right.

I'll see you tomorrow.

Yeah, all right.

JUNIOR:
Mommy.

I got to go. I'm sorry.

I'm coming, baby.

(RINGING)

Hey. Yeah,

I'm on my way.

(SENSUAL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

Wow, Junior, you're

pretty smart.

How old are you?

I'm five.

Oh.

Hey.

(SNORING LOUDLY)

Oh! Yeah!

Yeah! Work it!

I'm just trying to make it.

Get it out!

Just kicking it.

You can't throw.

Look at it.

It's part of your facial, man,

'cause I come up

on you like this.

That's when you know you're...

I'm here to do something,

you know what I'm saying?

How you do it?

You don't wanna

see these, man.

You don't wanna see...

Look at that! Boom!

Ugh.

Oh, what you mad, man?

Game, bro.

Good game.

You still a bum, though.

A bum? Man, you shooting

jump shots all day!

That's pretty soft, bro.

Whatever.

I'm just saying, yo.

But don't even trip, man.

My game tanked, too

when I first

met my wife.

Here we go.

Here we go.

Here we go.

I'm just saying, man.

You're going through

a little transitional phase.

But you'll be back.

You'll be back.

Hey, words of wisdom, man.

That's what I do.

What you getting

into tonight?

We're just chilling.

Little DVD.

Yeah.

I'm making it a

DVD night, too.

Yeah?

Mmm-hmm. I just got

this new Melody Juggs DVD.

Man, I can't wait.

Here you go.

Let me tell you something, yo.

You know, I love my wife.

But if I met her?

It might have to go down.

It might go down?

Ali, it might

go down.

Whoa!

I am trying to figure out

right now in my head.

Look, you gotta come.

It's gonna be popping.

It's not just any event.

It's like the whole weekend.

I can't do both days.

That's all I'm saying.

Okay, well then

come tonight.

I can't do tonight.

Saturday.

What is it?

Family night?

We're just gonna

watch movies.

All right, all right.

I guess we could do Saturday.

Okay, Saturday.

You promise?

I promise.

Pinky swear?

I pinky swear.

Okay.

Let's go back.

I'm back.

What'd you get Ali?

Your favorite.

Yay! Mommy, can

I have some popcorn?

Sure.

Oh, here you go.

Here you go. It's a spare,

you can have it.

Ali, are you gonna

give Mommy your key?

Junior.

You gave her your key?

Yes.

This is major

progress, Ali.

I mean you are entering

unchartered waters.

I know, bro.

Oh, man.

Honey, so...

Heard you got the new keys

to Cribbington.

That means 24-hour access.

Yeah, but I'm

gonna call first.

No surprises?

There's nothing like

the greatest surprises.

See you are

supposed to be, look...

Go in there,

with some heels

and a jacket. Wham!

Trench coat.

Trench coat. Right there.

It's just that moment,

you know...

Like from the movie.

With nothing under. Just heels

and a trench and you good.

What about the pop-up?

She'll call first.

You sure?

Yeah.

What's up with the side chick?

She's still blowing you up?

Well, I actually saw Angela

the other night,

and I am about to

fade that out.

So, Miss Pretty Young

Thing must be looking

pretty good, huh?

Yes, she is.

Hmm, my man. My man.

(YAWNS)

Yeah.

I am in for the night.

Yeah.

Okay.

I'll see you in a bit.

All right, babe.

Hey, I baked some cookies.

Come on in and have a seat.

I got this young thig

young thing

I got this young thig

young thing...

Sandy, where are you at?

You are not trapped in a

closet are you?

Where are you going, Ali?

Why don't you have a seat?

Want a cookie?

Uh, no.

We made them special for you.

Chocolate chip.

Not hungry.

All right, well...

What are you doing here, Ali?

Uh, here to see Sandy.

Oh. No. I didn't know

she was... I didn't know that.

No, I thought she was 20.

Oh.

You know, if you don't want

to be here, you can leave.

You can, I mean...

Have a good day.

Go on.

I said down on the floor!

I am on the floor!

Got a smart ass here.

Help!

You're under arrest, perv!

You think this is a game?

Hip-hop, my ass, you

damn pervert. Get your

punk ass over there.

Hey!

I'm not a perv.

I'm not a perv.

She said she was 20.

What?

How old are you?

How old are you?

I'm 20. What?

Lay down.

What happened?

Oh, God.

Honey, we have your special

birthday gift 'cause you are

very, very special.

So, can we say

happy birthday

to my baby.

That's, right.

Happy birthday.

ALL:
Happy birthday!

You know,

like Jay-Z said,

And Jigga knows best.

Right, if 30 is the new 20,

then that would

make you what Sandrine?

A preteen? (LAUGHS)

Ooh, honey.

Stop it. Stop it.

I'm sorry.

And that would make

your friend here, who?

R. Kelly?

BOTH:
Ohh!

It was just a dream.

I'm just playing.

(GUNFIRE ON VIDEO GAME)

I got you now.

Oh, no you don't.

Boom!

Aw!

You going down, buddy.

Oh, yeah? Take that!

Oh!

Oh, and also this.

Pretty good there. Okay.

Watch.

Watch this move.

Missed me.

You're sneaky!

I won, Ali!

You the man.

You the man.

You the man.

You won. Okay.

What does the winner get?

The giraffe.

What does the loser get?

Twenty slaps in the face.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Hey, Jamal.

Hi, what's going on?

Daddy's here!

You really should call first.

I am disturbing you

or something?

Daddy!

Hey, man.

Oh, boy.

How's my little guy?

I'm fine, Daddy.

Me and Ali

were just playing Tekken.

You and Ali?

Jamal, this is

my boyfriend, Ali.

I see you got the

whole family thing

jumping off.

What's up, man?

(WHISPERS)

That little boy right there?

That's my son.

Just don't

get it twisted.

Daddy, do you wanna

play Tekken?

Nah, I can't right now,

little man.

I promise, I'm gonna come by

next weekend and see you.

Okay, Daddy.

Come here.

Your boyfriend so much

as breathe hard on Junior...

Goodbye, Jamal.

Hey, Jamal.

Can we chop

it up for a minute?

I got a second. What's up?

Okay. Me and Junior are going

to be in the back cleaning up

those toys, aren't we?

JUNIOR:
Yep.

Look, um...

I respect you

as Junior's dad.

And putting myself

in your shoes,

I would never

interfere with that.

And that's man-to-man.

Look. I appreciate you

trying to holler at me.

But, that little man

in there is all I got.

We could just leave it

at that, man.

(DOOR CLOSES)

(JUNIOR SNORING LOUDLY)

Probably not till late.

Trying to figure

some things out here.

What's up?

Not real estate.

I was seeing that on the news,

man. They say the market's

at an all-time low.

Yeah. It's, uh,

raining foreclosures.

Yeah, but it'll come right

back up, right?

They say it go in cycles.

Yeah, but the queen prick

is on my ass at work.

(FAST-FORWARDED DIALOGUE)

She needs

to just get laid.

Yeah, but not by me.

Honestly, though,

I need to start

my own agency.

What's stopping you

from doing it, man?

Make it happen.

You know James Johnson

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