Who We Are Now

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Alec!

We're gonna be late.

Hi.

Hey.

You know, it's Tuesday.

I know, I was just

in the neighborhood.

Beth,

I've said you can't

just pop by when...

Just five minutes.

All right.

Well,

I'm not just gonna leave you

standing out in the snow.

Really quick, we're

on our way out.

Okay, yup.

Beth's here, Sam.

Hey, Sam.

He has soccer practice

and then a sleepover

at one of his teammates' houses.

Rather have one with me.

All right, you can have a minute

but we just gotta go.

Thank you.

Alec!

Want a soda?

Hmm?

Soda?

No, thank you.

Wanna sit?

Is that the sports pages?

Anything interesting about

your beloved Knicks in there?

There's nothing beloved

about the Knicks at the moment.

Alec is doing really well.

That's good.

He's happy.

That's good.

It is good, Beth.

You know what, Sam?

Dad?

Yeah?

Can I barrow your warm hat?

Hey, Alec.

Which one, the blue one?

Yeah.

You bought that for me.

I know.

No, you can't, no.

What? It looks better on me.

It doesn't look better on you.

When the kid is right,

the kid is right.

That kid is all right.

You do look better than me.

Give me one of those fists.

You said hey to Auntie Beth?

Yeah.

You wanna tell her

what Coach James said to you?

He said that he might

make be the goalie.

Really?

What did Coach James

say to you about it?

He said that...

Big stretch.

He said the most

trustworthy person

has to have it.

That position.

Really?

That's you?

Mhmm.

That's a huge honor.

Dude, where's your trumpet?

Oh.

Here, tell her about band.

I'm only second trumpet in band.

I should be first though.

But Dillon Moore sucks

up to the music teacher.

Oh, doesn't he?

Dillon Moore sucks.

I got you...

No sucking.

I got you a present.

A Wynton Marsalis CD.

The guy at the store said that

he is the best

trumpet player ever.

Pretty cool, huh?

Yeah.

This is pretty cool.

Yeah - Bud?

Do you mind if I

hold on to this thing for you

until after you finish Mr.

Pearson's science project?

Good idea.

And then you can play it

over and over and over and over.

Why can't we listen to it now?

What's your science project?

It's for the water cycle.

We have to make a diagram

of how the water cycle works

and stuff.

We get to show it off.

All right, guys,

we're gonna be late.

Yes, you're gonna be late.

You guys should go.

Yup, all right.

I do think you left your

trumpet in your bedroom.

You?

Let's go get your

trumpet. Come on, let's go.

See you later.

Oh, did you say bye?

Bye.

Bye, Alec,

I'll see you next time.

Yep!

Beth?

Yeah?

You gotta call before

you come over, please.

Yes, yeah.

Okay.

I'm sorry about the CD.

I never heard of a kid who

liked that kind of jazz.

Is he any good?

It's just,

we don't just give presents.

He earns rewards.

We're not gonna spoil him.

Also...

What?

If you run into people

in the neighborhood.

We don't want people...

Just don't go telling them

your whole life story.

I'm sorry, we had to

move out of Fort Green

and now we have a good

reputation for the family.

Is that okay?

All right.

I'm gonna go.

And I'm gonna get you the

stuff that mom left you.

It's in storage but I'm gonna

have that for you next week.

Great.

That's great.

Do you hear me?

Oh my god, can I go?

We have that meeting

tomorrow, right?

Yeah.

That's relaxing too.

Is this okay? Not too hard?

You are late!

You have customer waiting!

I'm sorry.

Hurry up!

What's up, Adele?

How are you?

They were lies because

I didn't hit her.

But yeah, I hit her,

but it was self defense.

Okay, well look, we're

on your side, Maria.

We are not the ones

you have to convince.

Well I have good news.

Yeah.

And all of this bad news.

No, good news.

Because of your good grades and

Miss Perez's recommendation,

the learning center

I told you about,

Better Options,

has agreed to give you a full

scholarship to their program.

Half or full?

Full. Everything.

Yeah.

No, no.

She says, "Are you lying to me?"

No.

It's the truth.

It's a full scholarship

and we're gonna appear

in court later this week

to get the judge to

approve your transfer.

Yeah.

So soon.

I wanna study.

I know, you will.

How exciting.

And my baby?

Am I gonna get him back?

I think right now it's

one thing at a time.

But your mom is doing an

amazing job with Mickey.

She said he's happy.

And he's healthy.

Yeah.

Do you have photographs?

I don't have any.

But we'll get some,

we'll bring you.

We'll make sure we'll

bring her some pictures.

Yeah, from her mom.

You'll be able to hang

up all your pictures

at Better Options.

And...

Sorry.

It's okay.

I was gonna say she

can talk to her mom

but I know if she can

so don't say that.

So close.

Tell her, so close.

Okay.

And just, you know,

no more.

I didn't hit.

I don't hit.

They attacked me.

Don't admit to anyone

else that you hit her.

It was self-defense.

I know.

Feels nice with it, yeah.

It's like a princess nightgown.

This is the dress.

That's my vibe.

You don't

even need the lingerie.

Just...

Swoop.

Just keep

cutting pieces of it off.

I think it's just lovely.

I think the form is perfect.

I mean, do we have

thoughts, ladies?

Glorious.

Gorgeous.

I don't know.

I'm gonna cry.

I'm gonna cry.

I love the lace.

Aw, you're gonna cry?

Do you think it's

too much with the belt?

- I was wondering.

- No.

No?

- Absolutely not.

- You don't think?

Mom, I think she

wants to see it without.

This comes off.

We can just see it without it.

Can I untie it?

Sorry, is this okay?

Yeah, yeah, definitely.

Just wanna show her the options.

I just want her

to be able to see

what it looks like

with it off, right?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

No, no, this is what

I wanted. It's fine.

Yeah.

Look in the mirror.

She wants to see the options.

Why?

She wants to see

what it looks like.

Just let her see.

That's how

the dress is designed.

She just wants to look.

I'll stay out.

I think we need the

band back on anyways.

It looks better with it.

You're right, Jess is right.

I don't think it's too much.

I think it's beautiful, really.

It's perfect.

Is there a slit in it too?

Oh, I love it.

Oh my god.

That's like a happy surprise.

Jesus Christ.

No veil.

I feel like this green

is too Earthy for me.

I don't really feel like this is

the dress for us.

Why?

Because it's like forest green.

Like, we look like trees.

We have a lot of other options.

Green, I know

they're green, mom.

You know how I feel about green.

What are you talking about?

Green is meant to be bad luck

for people who work

in the theater.

We can't have that.

No bad luck.

Mother.

Not now.

No, it's really,

it's a bad thing for

people in the theater

because Molire, he was

an actor and a playwright,

and he died in the

middle of a play

and he was wearing green.

So it's just tradition that

we don't like to wear green.

Let's try blue?

Blue would look beautiful

with a beach wedding.

Yes.

Are you okay with blue?

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