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BRITTANY'S HOME - SCENE 1
It's a cool, September morning in Chicago, Illinois. BRITTANY, a lawyer and mother of 3, is on her way to pick up her sons from school. On her way there, she sees JEREMY fighting with a homeless teen near the school and pulls over quickly. SAM walks to the car quietly as Jeremy and CALVIN continue to fight over the luggage.
CALVIN:
Gimme my bag muhfucka before I shove you in it.JEREMY:
Shut up!CALVIN:
The fuck 😐? Who you talkin' to muhfucka? Oh, you think too good to be shoved in some luggage?BRITTANY:
Hey!...Jeremy!...Jeremy! Get in here right now!Jeremy looks up and runs to the car, throwing Calvin's bag on the ground.
CALVIN:
Oh thass ya kid right there?! You need to tell him to get his shit together! Ight I'm over here tryna sleep, he messin' with me!Brittany looks at his junk scattered on the ground. She sees empty food containers, socks, dirty underwear--
CALVIN:
What you lookin' at?! Ight don't look at that. Mind ya business. That don't got nothin' to do with you. This third the time this week that lil' long neck bastard done came over here touchin' my shit!BRITTANY: Well I'm sorry about that sir, he's 9 ok--
CALVIN:
I don't care how old he is! Ight, he gonna have 9 reasons why he shouldn't have brought his ass over here! They gonna call it "9 Reasons Why". It's gonna be on Hulu 😐. He gonna have 9 fingers like this 🙏🏾.Calvin holds up 8 fingers. There's a brief silence.
JEREMY:
That's eight.CALVIN:
Look, I don't give a fuck what it is. Alright, you touch my shit again, my dirty draws ya momma keep lookin' at, they gonna be on ya scalp.Brittany takes her eyes off his underwear.
BRITTANY:
Yeah, where are you staying?Jeremy: (Buckling his seatbelt)
He's homeless.CALVIN:
What you say muhfucka? Ight I'll fight a toddler, I don't care about ya life. Ol' pencil neck--Oooh you better be lucky ya mom got you.JEREMY:
Bum!CALVIN: (Balling up his fists)
Oh, I Got Ya Bum.BRITTANY:
Ok, that's enough, sit back.Brittany drives off, leaving Calvin behind in the road.
CALVIN:
I got ya license plate muhfucka!BRITTANY'S CAR - SCENE 2
BRITTANY:
Jeremy, who was that?JEREMY:
Some homeless guy who hangs out by our school.BRITTANY:
No, but why were you over there? Why didn't you stay in front of the school like you're supposed to?JEREMY: (Raising his voice)
Why is he by the school mom? He's weird! Who sleeps on grass?!BRITTANY:
Uh, homeless people Jeremy! That's who. And that's where you're gonna end up if you keep messing with people and not doing your damn homework!JEREMY: (Pauses)
So he's sleeping on grass 'cause he didn't do his homework?SAM: (From the backseat)
Mommy, I didn't do my homework today either.
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I Hate You (All Grown Up)
HumorA homeless, witty teen who hates everyone, is suddenly taken in by a struggling lawyer and her family, where he learns to hate them too.