12x22 - Singles Club

[bunniefuu]

[theme music playing]

-[Arissa] This is the true story…
-[all] True story…

-[Frank] …of seven strangers…
-[Trishelle] …picked to live in a casino…

[Alton] …work together
and have their lives taped…

[Brynn] …to find out what happens…

-[Steven] …when people stop being polite…
-[Irulan] …and start getting real.

[all] The Real World: Las Vegas!

-[Arissa] Baby, yeah!
-[all laughing]

[gentle music playing]

[upbeat music playing]

[indistinct chatter]

Me and Alton aren't really speaking
to one another. Things are really weird.

[Alton] Davin is basically
just my homie out in Vegas.

I'm just talking to him
and letting him know,

"Damn, this sucks. Like, this girl,
I love her, and she thinks I'm a liar,

and she hates me now."

[Irulan] There are plenty of guys
out there that would love

to hang out with me.

["Ya Playin' Yoself" playing]
♪ You're a player but only ♪

♪ Because you be playing yourself ♪

[Irulan] Davin is this hard-body cutie
with cornrows.

I would like to be able
to hang out and have a good time

and get to know one another.

♪ You're playing yourself
You're playing yourself ♪

[Alton] There is so much
game playing going on back and forth.

I'm definitely jealous
seeing Irulan and Davin together.

[Irulan] I don't need to make Alton
jealous about anything.

Alton has played himself.

-♪ Are you a pimp, a hustler? ♪
-♪ No, I'm not ♪

[Irulan] Why is there sunshine
up in this b*tch?

♪ Are you a man? ♪

♪ Can you stand alone
Like a man has to sometimes? ♪

♪ Yes, I can ♪

Out of all these guys you have,
why you gonna hook up with Davin?

Like, come on.

A lot of girls are spiteful like that.

[dramatic music playing]

[Alton] This girl has a boyfriend.

I was definitely that other guy.
Definitely.

Denise is a good friend.

She does provide
a little bit of escaping from the house,

but more than that,
she provides, like, companionship.

-[both laugh]
-We have really good conversation.

Since I first got there,
I had a crush on her.

Before I even put my bags down,
when I first came in the house,

and she's the one that grabbed my hand,
she was like,

"Look at our home, look at our house."

And I was like,
"They set me up." [chuckles]

If I had my choice,

I would definitely
just be with the girl that I love, Irulan.

She's, like, exactly my style of girl.
Like, the ethnic and curl--

I don't know. All of it, all of it.

[melancholic music playing]

You don't understand,
and you're not gonna understand.

-You're not. You will not, Dario.
-[Dario speaking indistinctly]

[Arissa] When I got on a plane
and came to Las Vegas,

my whole life changed.

Now I'm starting
to change and evolve without Dario.

You hit a point in your life where, like,
you're growing into a different direction

to better yourself
and you can't necessarily

be selfish enough to expect the person
that you're with to drop everything

in their life
and come help you be a better person.

I've been too dependent
on Dario for my happiness for six years,

and I can't do that.

I can't continue to be dependent on him

'cause he's not gonna hold my hand
in life every step of the way.

[Dario] How are you hindering me
from doing anything now?

If you feel I am, then break up with me.

I don't know.

[pensive music playing]

My life is too crazy right now, you know?

And there's always been
that point when my life got crazy

like this that I'd be like,
"Dario, Dario."

"I need you, I need you,
I need you, I need you."

Not fair.

I do love him, but I find myself feeling

that I have depended on him for so much,
very much like my mother…

and needing to be free of this dependency.

I need to really say goodbye
to a lot of things in my life

and really, really leave them behind.
That will give me peace.

I need to just be independent.

And, like, I feel even selfish
for saying this.

I just-- I don't want to do it anymore.

I'm not doing this for, like,
anything else but, like, maybe so that,

you know, if we come back together…

then, like, I will be focused
and being like, "You know what?"

"I did me for a while,
and I know what it's like."

Do you think I'm wrong
for wanting my space?

[Alton] No.

If you need your space,
you need your space, man.

I-- If you need your space
because of what Dario is doing

and stuff like that, like,
it's all just coming to a head,

that's fair for wanting your space.

[Steven] If it's because you have a crush

on certain six-foot-tall white guys
in your house,

then I definitely think
you should get your space.

[all laugh]

[upbeat music playing]

Davin and I are definitely
feeling each other.

There is a chemistry there.

All this [bleep] is [bleep] bull-[bleep].
All of it's bull-[bleep].

Davin's presence kind of
spurred something up in me to be like,

"Yo, I don't feel right
with this whole situation."

I mean, you don't just sit there
and throw a friend off like that.

-Hey, yo, we need to holler, like, now.
-[Davin] What's up?

-[Alton] You and I need to holler.
-[Davin] Holler. Let's go.

[Davin] Tell me what you're feeling
right here.

Ah, man. I just--
From everything, from betrayed.

-Like, all the--
-[Davin] Wait, is that from me?

No, no, not you.

I mean, I can't even front.
A little bit, yeah.

A little bit. I see you, man.

Because out of all the [bleep]
in the world, homie,

out [bleep] in Vegas that she can get,

why she gonna get the only one
I call a friend, you know what I mean?

'Cause the girl know
how to get you in the ba*ls.

-[Davin] All right, yo, listen up.
-How do you get somebody in the ba*ls?

You're gonna get their homeboy.

-Davin? Davin?
-[Alton] Don't tell her. I see everything.

I'm going downstairs,
so we can get his stuff, okay?

-[Davin] All right.
-[Alton] I don't want you to walk away.

I want you to be-- I want her to play out
her own self, homie. Don't be dumb.

-[Davin] I tell you why-- No, stop.
-I swear to God, if you get done

then I'm gonna end up
being the b*tch, homie.

And this-- If you want
this to be your girl,

the fact that you did come to me first,
I'm all "G" with it. What can I do?

Me and Irulan are not cool,

so therefore, there's no reason
for me to hold Davin back,

who's a good guy, from a girl

who wants nothing to do with me.
Though, I'd want something different.

Just make sure you keep it right.

Make sure you keep your heart tight,
'cause that's a good girl.

Keep this to me and you.
Don't let this get back to Irulan,

-or I'll give another one to your face.
-[shushes] You're my homie.

I'm not gonna sit there
and go throw up every time I see them kiss

or go throw up
every time I see them hold hands.

I'm not gonna show my emotions like that.

[upbeat music playing]

[Denise] Who was that person?

-[Alton] That's Davin. That's Irulan's…
-[Denise] Man?

[Alton] Irulan-- Yeah-- Well, not…

What's the drama about?

We'll talk about it later.

I don't want to be here.

The whole Denise thing?
[imitates retching]

[Denise] Is my lipstick--
It's probably all off.

[Alton] Let me get the rest of it.

[upbeat music playing]

[Irulan] Come on, Davin.

Rack 'em.

-[Alton] Card. Give me the card. Yeah.
-[Denise] Now I'm missing class to…

[Irulan] Denise is over.

Like, how predictable.

Like, if I could ever see you
in a different light,

like, that k*lled it.

[Alton] Hey, you better
be at the top of your game

if you're trying to beat her.
Definitely be aggressive.

Be hard.
If you have to, pull her [bleep] hair.

-[Irulan] It's your shot, b*tch.
-Is it?

[Irulan giggles]

[Denise]

-[Alton]
-[Denise] Hmm.

[Alton]

[Irulan] Ooh, yes, yes, yes.

I'll take you.

It just makes me feel weird.
Like, have Alton be up in the mix,

knowing that there's some girl in his bed.

[Denise]

[Alton]

Irulan is the one
that called everything off with us.

Irulan's the one that's acting
so hurt and so, like, betrayed.

[Irulan laughs, screams]

-[Irulan yelling]
-[Alton clears throat]

I won. You scratched on the eight ball.

-[Davin] What are you talking about?
-That's the rules.

Shut up or I might have to go
out there and escort the [bleep] out

-this mother-[bleep] house.
-[Irulan] Yeah, I [bleep] dare you.

-[Alton] b*tch.
-[Irulan] My money's on Davin.

Yeah. I won.

[mid-tempo music playing]

-[Dario] How you doing?
-Not good. Did you get my message?

-Yeah, the crazy one.
-I know.

I'm probably gonna tell Dario
that I need a little bit

of space right now.

I don't want
to be responsible for your misery,

and I feel like
I'm under way too much pressure,

and I just want to just be
by myself and not deal with anybody

'cause I feel like I'm--
I can't handle this.

This is too much right now.

It's gonna help me move forward in my life

to just be free of my relationship.

[Dario] What are you gonna do?

-I just want some space.
-[Dario] From me?

From everything.

I just want you to understand,
like, what I feel right now.

[Dario] I'm not gonna understand
what you feel right now.

You're copping out,
and I knew it was coming,

and I knew this was gonna happen.

Because, Dario,
I just need to know that I can stand

on my own two feet by myself
for once in my life.

That's what I'm looking for.

[Dario] Give me a picture
of you standing on your own two feet.

If it doesn't include me,
what the [bleep] do you want from me?

Yeah, right.

I need to change.

And I don't know how.

If I can't do it for six years with him,
then I need to do it without him.

[Dario] I don't even want to talk no more.
Talk to you real soon. Call me tomorrow.

[Arissa] Okay.

[pensive music playing]

[Frank] She has a lot
of history with Dario.

Maybe this is just the end of it all.

Um, it's causing a lot
of grief in Arissa's life.

[Arissa sniffles]

I feel, like, so selfish
'cause I feel like I need to do me.

[Irulan] For you to be you,
you cannot feel selfish for that.

You are your first priority,
and that is okay.

Arissa needs to believe
that she deserves better.

She needs to allow herself
to be okay with the fact

that she might need to leave
some of the people in her life behind.

Everything happens for a reason,
and I know it's hard.

Six years is a long time.

And you got to just, like,
go with it and trust that, like…

-It will work itself out eventually.
-Yeah, absolutely.

I hope that it will.

[Irulan] Arissa and Dario have love
between them.

But at the same time,
I think that Arissa knows

that she's ready to move on.

[mellow music playing]

[Steven] Dude, they've been inseparable
for the past four days, three days.

Alton and Denise.

-They've been here, like, 24/7.
-[Trishelle] Well, you know why.

Alton hangs out with Denise,
number one, to get Irulan jealous.

Number two,
I guess just to occupy his time.

Basically, like, Irulan and him
were hooking up, right?

Now they're not anymore.
Irulan's with Davin.

I think that he sees that, so he was like,

"Okay, what-- Who can I,
you know, get to hook up with me

for the next couple days
to piss Irulan off

-and to get under her skin?"
-Oh.

[soft music playing]

[Irulan] Davin and I are sort of

kicking it a little bit.

[Alton] Davin's spending the night.

[sighs heavily] And me thinking
that they're having sex,

I'll just, like, be sick to my stomach.

[Irulan] I don't need
to make Alton jealous about anything.

I'm doing the playing,
and I feel like he's just hating on me.

[Alton] She's only doing this
just to make me angry.

It's-- You just don't do that.
You don't treat friends like that.

♪ Even though
You know you love me ♪

-♪ You love me ♪
-♪ You threw our love away ♪

-♪ Threw it away ♪
-♪ Tell me what I have to do ♪

♪ To make you feel our love again ♪

[soft music playing]

[Irulan] And I got, like,
a little freaked out last night.

Like, Davin stayed over,
and I was just, like, laying in my bed,

and I started feeling like…

you know, "Like, what am I doing?"

I don't know if Davin's a rebound
and she's just trying to get over Alton.

Honestly, like, he's already just like,
"You're great,

and, you know, I feel like I know you,
and I feel like this and that."

That's why you need
to start, like, drying out.

I think that Davin wants a relationship

or something along those lines,
and I'm really just not into it.

It's nice to hang out,
and it's nice to have somebody

to say nice things to you

and to have a good time and to, like,
think that somebody is a good person

and, like, you know, just, like,
have fun, but it's just, like,

things are so complicated for me

now that, like,
I feel like it's almost not right.

I'm gonna have
to have this conversation with him,

but after that,
then I feel like it'll be all weird.

[mellow music playing]

[chuckles]

Denise is leaving Las Vegas.

-She transferred to San Diego State.
-Oh, look, they're here.

Crazy.

After you. Yo, yo, can I get a new…

-[Denise] Hello.
-[Arissa] We just got here.

[Alton] It's crazy. You guys are here.
[laughs]

-[man] We don't have a little--
-I'll be right back.

I want to say farewell to Denise.

Do you know Denise is moving
to San Diego today?

[Brynn] Send her over.

I won't, but I'll say something for you.

Hey, you.
I heard you were moving tomorrow.

-[both] Today.
-Today.

-Yeah.
-Even though she's, like,

acting like her and Denise
are cool friends and everything,

like, I feel it. I know.

-[Irulan] All you all ready to go?
-[Denise] Yup.

My stuff is all in my car.
I'm like, "Peace out."

Have a safe drive and good luck.

[soft music playing]

[Alton] Dang, dude,
that so sucks that you're leaving.

Dude, I got to make--
I got to find some friends.

-[both laugh]
-I need a friend.

-You got your roommates.
-My roommates?

-From the house. Yeah, your roommates.
-Great.

-[Denise chuckles]
-[Alton] I related best to Irulan.

Then, like, of course,
she freaking hates me.

-No, she doesn't.
-Yes, she does.

Irulan can hate me 'til the,
you know, day we all leave,

and that doesn't mean
it's gonna change the way I feel for her.

So have a safe drive.

[whimpers]

-[Denise] You be good.
-[both laugh]

[Alton] Me? Good?

-I'll have to learn how to spell it first.
-Ah, no.

[Alton] When I really sit back
and think about it,

I was kind of just latching onto somebody
outside of the house.

And I'm ready
to just start moving on with life.

Thanks for chilling with me.

It was dope.

[Alton] Yeah.

[upbeat music playing]

What's up, dawg?
What's up, dawg? How are you? How are you?

[Arissa] For Taiesha to come out
and see me

it means a lot,
because Taiesha is the homie.

She keeps it raw.

Just because you love somebody
doesn't mean

you're supposed to be together, period.

You've been with Dario
since you were, what? Seventeen, sixteen?

Arissa is not Dario's girlfriend.

Dario's not Arissa's man.

And neither one of you
had an identity outside of one another.

By not wanting to hurt Dario,
I'm hurting myself.

Hopefully, I will learn
to do things for myself.

It took me to be 3,000 miles
away to see the whole picture

-and be like, "All right."
-I feel you.

[Arissa] And I can't
be so dependent on somebody.

I feel you. Now, are you okay being Arissa

-and that's it and not being with Dario?
-Hell yeah.

[soft music playing]

Who you are right now
is the best you could ever be, period.

Arissa came in really hard,

all her walls up,
and she changed like that.

And it's pretty impressive
that Arissa was able to do that.

And when you're happy,
you emit this aura of positivity

and happiness,
and you know what it does? It's a trick.

It attracts people that are positive
and happy just like you.

[Arissa] I've never given myself
the chance

to know that I would be okay by myself.

I'm headed on a survival course, I hope.
You know?

A road of self-discovery.

Thank you.

[pensive music playing]

Davin and I are just not on the same page.

And I feel really, really uncomfortable
around him at this point.

I respect you,
and I care about you, and I like you.

I don't want to hurt you.

Maybe Davin is the transitional man.

I hate to say that,
but I just want to be friends with Davin.

Like… [sighs]

I mean, it definitely is not
the time for me to be getting involved

in anything serious.
And me and you are friends,

and I very much want to keep it that way.

[upbeat music playing]

You keep your ego,
and I'll keep my ego, and…

-I'm trying not to keep my ego.
-…we'll spite each other.

Irulan, I'm trying not to.

[Irulan] I do not trust Alton.

When I think about everything
that I know that has gone on

and how it could be
so stupid to, like, see past that,

I feel so foolish and betrayed.

[Alton] The ego is the part of yourself
that does not want to be vulnerable.

Vulnerable.

Irulan wants to be loved,
and I want to love Irulan also,

but I want to do it
without any fear of getting burned.

And that's just not an option.

To act like I did not give
a [bleep] from day one, man…

I let it be known I did give a [bleep].

And from there
I had to play that whole thing off.

[laughs]

Alton is full of it.
Like, he says one thing and does another.

There has to be just,
like, a general respect.

-[Alton] You love it too 'cause--
-I'm laughing at you.

-I know, I know you are.
-[Irulan] I'm laughing at you because--

-I know you are and that's why…
-[Irulan] You know why?

…I'm not gonna [bleep] keep it real
with you.

'Cause you're gonna [bleep] laugh,
and you'll be like,

-"Whatever, who cares?"
-[Irulan] Alton, Alton.

[Alton] Irulan's not gonna hate me
forever, so whatever.

I am Irulan's friend.

Her reciprocating that
is gonna take time on her part,

and there's nothing
I'm gonna be able to do about it.

I've let her know
that my lines of communication are open.

[sighs]

[dramatic music playing]

[Trishelle] Hello?

[Vanessa over phone] Hello, is Alton home?

-Oh, he moved out.
-[Vanessa] Oh, he moved out?

Yeah. Well, actually, we voted him out

because he got so many phone calls
and he never called anyone back

and we got sick of it,
so we just told him he had to leave.

[Vanessa] Are you serious?

-Yes.
-[Vanessa] Okay.

But I'll write him a note. Who's speaking?

[Vanessa] Um, Vanessa.
Have you seen him lately?

I'm kidding. [chuckles] I'm just kidding.

Um, yeah, I'll write him a note
and tell him that you called.