02x01 - Como la Flor

[bunniefuu]

- Dad, no! Stop!

- Get on the bus!

- Mom, do something!

- Just get in the bus!

[SELENA] You're not

gonna say anything to him?

[GEARS SHIFT]

[SIGHING]

- [CLICKS]

- [AB] I put clicks in your headphones.

- It's cued up.

- Okay.

[EXHALES]

[IN SPANISH]

I know that you have a new love ♪

Nevertheless, I wish you the best ♪

If in me, you didn't find joy ♪

Perhaps someone else ♪

Will give you more ♪

Like the flower ♪

With so much love ♪

[AUDIENCE CHEERING]

That you gave to me ♪

It's withered now ♪

I'm leaving today ♪

I know how to lose ♪

But, oh, it really hurts me ♪

Oh, how it hurts me so ♪

[VOCALIZING]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah! ♪

Like the flower

♪

With so much love ♪

That you gave to me ♪

It's withered now ♪

I'm leaving today ♪

I know how to lose ♪

But, oh, it really hurts me ♪

Come on, let's go!

Oh, how it hurts me so ♪

Oh, how it hurts me so ♪

[VOCALIZING] Yeah, yeah! ♪

That's it!

Ooh, yeah! ♪

[IN SPANISH] Thank you very much!

[CHEERING]

hear that? You hear that?

[AB CHUCKLES] You gonna miss that sound?

My tour? No way, man! People

are gonna be cheering all night.

[LAUGHING]

Maybe some polite applause, but

only if you have family there.

[LAUGHING]

Hey, look, "Como la Flor"

k*lled, right? I can breathe now?

- [LAUGHING]

- It k*lled.

It only took, what, five years to write?

- At least!

- [LAUGHING]

Listen up. [SIGHS]

I just spoke with Behar at the label.

The album's presales are up even more.

[SUZETTE GASPS]

They're gonna ask for

another album soon.

Hey, they already did.

[PETE] Oh, yeah, nothing can be done!

And they want a longer tour now.

[SUZETTE GASPS]

- Cities we've never even been to.

- Wow.

[CHUCKLES] How long?

- Starting with four months.

- [AB] Yo!

[SUZETTE] Four months?

- [LAUGHS] Oh, my God!

- [PETE] Whoo!

[SUZETTE] Brother!

- Selena.

- Yeah, I'll be right back.

- Okay. I guess I'm staying.

- [LAUGHING]

Hey. Congratulations.

- [SHOUTS]

- [LAUGHING]

[SOBBING]

[SHUDDERS]

[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]

Tilt your head to the right.

What are you thinking?

Don't tell me.

Think about love.

It's out there, Selena.

It's looking at you. Can you feel it?

Hey, can you see it?

Do you feel it? Huh?

Follow your heart, Selena.

Light up the room with

your gorgeous smile.

- ["MISSING MY BABY" PLAYING]

- I know you're mine ♪

And somewhere ♪

You're thinking of me too ♪

Gotta have you, gotta hold you ♪

Got to have your loving ♪

[PHOTOGRAPHER] Love.

- Yes, beautiful. That's it. One more.

- I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.

I'm just gonna take, like, five

minutes and then change my outfit.

[SIGHS]

Okay. Ooh! This one's cute.

No.

So, you've been playing

"Missing My Baby" on repeat,

and either you love that song

or you're still not over Chris.

I love that song.

And I still love Chris.

I know.

You're doing really well moving on.

You did the right thing, Sel.

Yeah, that's what

people keep telling me.

The album presales are great,

and Dad's booking the tour.

- Everything's going so smooth.

- Good, so I

I traded Chris for album sales

and a and a tour. Great.

- [SIGHS]

- Hey, look at me.

Are you mad at me?

No.

No, I made my choice.

I sing about true love all the time,

and I finally had a

chance to have it, and

and I got back on the bus.

Dad made you get back on the bus.

You know, I've played

that moment over and over

in my head like a car crash.

I could have stayed in

that parking lot with Chris.

You know, I had a choice.

And I chose work over love.

[SCOFFS]

But I made my choice, you know?

Not everyone gets to find out

which one they'd choose, so

Selena, no.

You chose family.

Yeah, well, our work and

family are pretty tied together.

You were smart. You picked

somebody not in the band.

- Are you mad I'm dating Bill?

- No, no.

I love you, and I love Bill, but

but I love Chris.

But like you said, I chose

family, so here we are.

Yeah.

Hey, 'cause family is always here.

[SCOFFS]

So am I.

I rented that, um

that apartment for my workshop.

I'm gonna get my key from

Debra later today. Wanna come?

- Sure.

- Some happy distraction will help.

[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]

- Welcome to Studio Selena! [LAUGHS]

- Ah!

Okay, okay, so the sewing

station's gonna go right here,

and then I'm gonna put all

the rack of samples over here.

Sel!

[LAUGHS] Are you crying?

- No!

- [LAUGHS]

All those years of

watching you do designs

and saying you're gonna

have a clothing line, and

Look. I have my sketches, right?

- [GASPS, SIGHS]

- Yeah.

Oh. Well, that one's pretty.

Oh, we should probably get going.

- AB's probably waiting.

- Yeah.

No, I know. I just, I

wanna enjoy it a little bit.

You know you can tell me anything?

Even if you think I don't understand.

I know.

- [ALARM BLARES]

- [HORN HONKING]

[CHILDREN SHOUTING]

- They're so new.

- [CHUCKLES]

I don't think we've had anything

this new our whole lives.

Well so, what's gonna

happen to Big Bertha?

- She gets to enjoy her retirement.

- [SUZETTE LAUGHS]

- Aww, we didn't get to say goodbye.

- Things change.

Aww. I feel like I lived

my whole life in that bus.

[SUZETTE] Selena, get in here!

- It looks like a fancy hotel on wheels.

- [CHUCKLES]

Good choices, huh?

[AB] I don't know. I think

they could have been bigger.

[AB AND ABRAHAM LAUGH]

- I think it's missing something.

- Hmm. No, it's not.

- And I know what you're talking about.

- You sure?

- Yes.

- [AB CHUCKLES]

- [SELENA] Ooh, there's a bathroom!

- [SUZETTE] See?

- [SELENA CHUCKLES]

- The future's good, and you seem better.

Yeah. Hmm, since we spoke.

- [SUZETTE] Good. I'm glad.

- [EXHALES]

[SUZETTE] How are the beds?

[SELENA] I don't know.

I haven't checked.

[BOTH SHOUT, LAUGH]

[SELENA] Okay, mine, mine,

mine, mine, mine, mine!

[SUZETTE] So nice!

So Dad won't let us paint

our name on the side.

- [SELENA] Why not?

- [ABRAHAM] Hmm.

If we don't, people are just

gonna be driving alongside us,

looking in the windows, trying

to see what famous band is inside.

Could be dangerous. Could cause a crash.

I agree. It's not safe.

- What?

- [SELENA MUTTERS]

[LAUGHING]

- [SELENA] Yeah.

- I like it. [LAUGHING]

- [SUZETTE] You like it.

- [AB LAUGHS] I like it.

[SUZETTE LAUGHS]

[AB] I like it.

[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]

That's good, Mike. We got it.

- [SIGHS]

- What do you think?

He'll do.

Well, if you don't think he's

good, we can get somebody else.

He's great, Dad. What do you

want me to say? We had the best.

Now, we got Mike. He'll do.

[SIGHS] If you want Chris back, do it.

- What? Really?

- If he can stay away from Selena.

- That's over.

- You thought it was over before.

[EXHALES] Dad, you left

him on the side of the road.

I think they got the message.

I left him on the road

with a couple bucks.

I didn't leave him with nothing.

[RINGS]

Hey, Chris. So listen,

I got some good news.

[SIGHS]

[EXHALES]

[DOOR OPENS]

[LAUGHS]

I missed you so much. [CHUCKLES]

[CHRIS] Ah, it's been a long two months.

I know.

And AB said he's allowed to hire

you back. That's good, right?

Yeah.

Yeah, but, um

[SIGHING]

[EXHALES]

You don't wanna be in Los Dinos anymore?

I do, but your dad hates me.

- I'd have to see him every day on tour.

- Chris, you'd see me every day too!

We'd have to sneak around.

That doesn't sound like fun?

[CHUCKLES]

Yeah, and then, when we're

older, we can take our kids

around Texas and show 'em all

the fast food restaurant bathrooms

that we had to make out in. [CHUCKLES]

[CLICKS TONGUE]

Well, maybe he'll change his mind.

Yeah.

Maybe.

[ABRAHAM] Did you look into Mexico?

You're supposed to be EMI Latin

America. Mexico is Latin America.

Don't worry. I'll book them.

You just put her on the radio.

I'll put her on the stage, okay?

Good.

[SIGHS]

I talked to Behar today. [CLEARS THROAT]

We're adding Mexico to the tour.

- Mexico.

- Mm.

- [MARCELLA] That's good, right?

- Yeah.

He keeps wanting to wait

until Selena's fan base grows,

but it won't if we don't go there.

[MARCELLA] How long's

it gonna add to the tour?

[ABRAHAM] If we can add enough

towns, maybe five months.

Wow.

[SHUDDERS]

Selena, what?

- Dad's adding five months to the tour.

- Okay. So?

So that's nine months!

- I just I can't do this anymore!

- Do what?

Put my life on hold. [GASPS]

What are you talking

about? This is your life.

Oh, Suzette!

[PANTING]

Not all of it.

- Selena, no!

- [EXHALES]

Oh, my God! I knew there was

something you weren't telling me!

- How could I?

- Come on!

How can you be doing this again?

Doing what? Being happy?

- You're right. How selfish of me!

- He is a boy.

Just a boy.

You don't understand.

You have carried everybody

you've ever loved with you

- everywhere you go.

- Okay, I don't think

you should settle on anyone right now.

You're on top of the world.

Take your time, okay? See the world!

I've been traveling since I was nine.

When is it enough?

After the European tour?

- No.

- 'Cause then there's always Asia.

- And then after that

- Just stop! Selena, stop it!

[SELENA SNIFFLES]

Nothing's changed.

Dad won't let it happen.

And this time, he'll shut it all down.

You want that?

I'm sorry.

Oh, come here.

I'm sorry you have to choose. It sucks.

But it's not really a choice.

Family comes first. It always has.

You're right.

He's not family.

- Hey, babe!

- [CHUCKLES]

Nine months? Really?

Aww, it'll go by fast, though.

Tell me where you're going.

I'll see you every chance I can.

You better. I'll try to

sneak you into all the shows.

That's okay. I'll just tell the doorman

I'm dating the drummer in the band.

[LAUGHS] Okay, stop. I hate that word.

I know, but you are the drummer.

Not that word.

- "Band"?

- Stop!

[SIGHS] I know we're dating

but it still feels weird.

Yeah? Well, wait till you

hear the word "girlfriend."

[BOTH LAUGH]

[SUZETTE] Aww.

Oh, nine months.

Poor Selena.

[SIGHING]

[EXHALES]

[DOOR OPENS]

- [SELENA] Bye.

- Bye.

- Where's Selena going?

- The mall.

[MARCELLA] You want some coffee?

- [SHIFTING GEARS]

- [ENGINE REVVING]

[TELEPHONE RINGING]

[WOMAN] Please leave your

message after the tone.

[VOICEMAIL BEEPS]

[PAGER BEEPS]

[BUSY SIGNAL BEEPING]

I wish she would tell me she was going.

I need stuff.

[RINGS]

[BEEPS]

[COINS RATTLE]

- [CHRIS] You showed up.

- [LAUGHS] What? You were worried?

- No. No.

- [CHUCKLES]

- Maybe a little bit.

- [BOTH LAUGH]

[SELENA SQUEALS]

- You ready for this?

- Mm-hmm.

[BOTH LAUGH]

- You okay?

- Yeah.

- Are you?

- Yeah.

I just

I know this isn't the

white-dress, big-cake wedding

that you've always wanted.

No.

But I thought if I left for

the mall in a wedding dress,

it'd be a little suspicious. [LAUGHS]

You can still have that, you know?

What? If we wait?

No, I don't wanna do that. Do you?

No, I don't.

I just

I don't want you to have any regrets.

No, I don't.

I don't. Dad made it this way, not us.

Okay.

Because I don't.

Good.

This is the only way.

Once you're my husband, we'll be

family, and he'll have to be okay.

- I don't know about that.

- No? I do.

[CHUCKLES]

Yeah, okay. Maybe not at first. [LAUGHS]

But family is the most important thing

to him. Been hearing

it since I was born.

I know he means it.

Okay? We're gonna be family. [CHUCKLES]

Okay, okay.

[CLERK] Christopher Pérez.

- You ready?

- Yeah. [LAUGHS]

[PAGER RINGS]

- [CLERK] Christopher Pérez!

- Uh, yes. Sorry, sir.

- [CLERK] Marriage license?

- Yes, please.

Do you have a government-issued ID?

- [SELENA] Mm-hmm.

- [CHRIS] Uh, yes.

Um fill these out.

Bring them back when you're finished.

The process takes 72 hours to

approve. You can come back then.

- Wait, what?

- Three days?

That's the waiting period

for a marriage license.

[SELENA GROANS]

- No, I'm sorry, but we're here now.

- [CLERK] Collins!

Sir, we were kinda hoping

to get this done today.

I'm sure you were.

Collins!

[CHRIS SIGHS]

Maybe her pager battery died.

[SIGHS] I didn't tell her to be safe.

I always tell her to be

safe, not to be driving fast.

Marcella, she's fine.

Look, call some of her

friends if you're worried.

I'm sure she just went

to go meet someone.

Chris, I could barely look at my dad

when I left the house this morning.

I can't imagine having to pretend

until Monday with him and Suzette.

- My mom!

- I know. I know.

[MAN] Selena Quintanilla?

- Yeah, yeah, that's me.

- One of my clerks told me you were here.

They're huge fans,

and so is my daughter,

so she thought I'd want to know.

- [CHUCKLES] Aww! That's very sweet.

- I'm Judge Villarreal.

Ah, nice to meet you.

- Uh, this Chris Pérez, my fiancé.

- Hi.

So what brings you all

to the courthouse today?

Um, we actually came to get married,

but we didn't know about

the waiting period. Dumb.

As a judge, I can waive

the waiting period.

- Oh! No way! Really?

- Really?

Really. If you're sure,

because then it's real.

- [SELENA LAUGHS] I'm sure.

- Yeah, absolutely, we're sure.

Okay, finish the paperwork, tell

the clerk I'll be signing it,

wait, and you'll be called.

- Okay. Thank you.

- Okay.

- Thank you so much, Judge.

- Not a problem.

It'll score me more points with

my daughter than you'll ever know.

[CHRIS] Thank you, Judge.

[LAUGHS]

- [CHRIS] We're gonna get married.

- [SELENA CHUCKLES] Yeah.

[COIN DROPS]

- [CHRIS] I love you.

- [SELENA] I love you.

- [CHRIS] Let's get married.

- Okay. [LAUGHS]

[CHRIS SIGHS]

[SELENA CHUCKLES] Yes!

Why didn't we eat breakfast

this morning? I'm so hungry.

[CHRIS] When we're done

here, I'm getting you Popeyes.

- [SELENA] Popeyes! I feel like a queen.

- [CHRIS] Nothin' too good for my wife.

[CHUCKLES] Aww.

What?

"Wife." [LAUGHS]

You're gonna be my husband.

Oh, yeah. Wow.

"Husband."

I didn't even get to

be fiancé for long.

Nope.

"Wife" feels a little grown up,

huh? I still feel like I'm ten.

- Yeah, you still act like it.

- [SELENA CHUCKLES]

[CLERK] You're up.

We're up.

["GYPSY" BY FLEETWOOD MAC PLAYING]

- [CHRIS] Let's get married.

- Okay.

[VOCALIZING]

So I'm back to the velvet ♪

[VILLARREAL] The commitment that

the two of you are about to enter

is the most important commitment

that two people can make.

You are about to create something new.

The marriage relationship.

As you stand here today,

are you now prepared to begin

this commitment to one another?

Yes.

I am.

[VILLARREAL] Have you come here

freely and without reservation

to give yourselves to

each other in marriage?

- Yeah.

- Yes.

[VILLARREAL] Then let

us proceed with the vows.

Do you, Christopher Gilbert

Pérez, take Selena Quintanilla

as your lawfully wedded wife?

Oh, yeah.

[VILLARREAL] Do you, Selena Quintanilla,

take Christopher Gilbert Pérez

as your lawfully wedded husband?

I do.

I now pronounce you man and

wife. You may kiss the bride.

Oh, and it lights up the night ♪

And you see your gypsy ♪

[SELENA AND CHRIS LAUGHING]

- We did it!

- Yeah, we did!

[LAUGHING]

- [CHRIS] Oh, no.

- What?

- We got a ticket.

- Oh!

- sh**t!

- Well, that's okay.

Maybe our new best friend,

the judge, can help fix it.

Ah, I wouldn't push your luck.

Hey, hey! Do you think

I can drive today?

Well, sure, Mr. Pérez.

Hmm. After you, Mrs. Pérez.

[SELENA CHUCKLES]

Chris, Chris, Chris,

Chris, Chris! [LAUGHS]

Whew!

[STATIONS SWITCHING]

["LA CARCACHA" PLAYING]

[HOST IN SPANISH] And we're back.

You just heard "Baila

Esta Cumbia" by Selena.

We would have played

something a bit more romantic

because while we were listening,

a little bird told

me Selena got married!

How about that?

She married her guitarist Chris Pérez.

Someone saw them in Corpus Christi.

Congratulations to our Tejano

queen and her new king

[CONTINUES INDISTINCT]

at least she's okay.

[AB] I'm so glad she

didn't get in an accident.

- [SIGHS] Maybe it's a prank.

- [AB] What kind of a prank?

I don't know, at the station.

[ABRAHAM SIGHS]

You know, I guess it's

a thing radio people do.

No.

This time I didn't know she

was seeing him. She's good.

[SUZETTE] I want her to be

happy, but why didn't she tell me?

[ABRAHAM] Did you know

she was doing this?

None of us knew. They were

probably planning this for weeks.

[SUZETTE] No. Unh-unh. It's weird.

We always talked about

what our wedding days

would be like when we were little.

Okay? She'd design my dress. I'd be

her maid of honor. I just don't

- He's gonna make her quit.

- What?

- No!

- I know the type.

Macho.

I'm just so worried she's

making a bad decision.

First getting married way too young,

and then she's gonna stop singing.

Dad, she's not quitting the band.

[MARCELLA] I'm worried she doesn't

realize how serious

of a commitment it is.

- Right?

- No, she's married. She's not retired.

Married people can be

in bands. You do it.

[AB] Dad, now she's a grown-up.

She can make her own decisions.

A grown-up.

Do grown-ups do this?

[PAGER RINGS]

- [BEEPS]

- It's the studio. I'll give 'em a call.

- And we have a show tomorrow.

- She'll probably be back.

- Yeah, like AB said

- "She's a grown-up." I heard.

[SMACKS LIPS]

You know

maybe canceling the

show won't be so bad.

Then we'll get to stay home.

Sleep in our own bed.

- Enjoy breakfast together.

- Abraham.

Hey.

Cancel the next show too.

Maybe cancel the whole tour.

We can finally get the

work done in the backyard.

Clean out the garage.

Dad, why are you talking

about ending the band?

That's not what he's talking about.

She's just the baby in the family,

and he feels he has to

protect her the most.

[SUZETTE] Dad.

I'm upset too.

But I remember what

you told AB one time.

Have a little faith in my sister.

[ABRAHAM SIGHS]

[AB SIGHS] Where are you?

[SELENA] I didn't mean for

them to find out this way.

Just come home.

[SELENA] No, I can't right now.

[AB] Everybody's been worried about you.

They think you're making a mistake.

Just, um

just tell them that I'm sorry.

- Um

- [SIGHS]

Actually, no, tell them I'm okay.

Okay.

Fine.

[HANGS UP]

You think she'd quit?

[CLICKS TONGUE] No, I don't think so.

When's she coming back?

I don't know. She didn't say.

Well, if I was Chris,

I'd be in Mexico by now.

She's not gonna quit. She can't.

I don't know how to do anything else.

They'll be back.

Well, she will.

Chris, I don't know.

[RICKY] That's true.

It's hard to play the

guitar from a coffin.

[ALL LAUGHING]

[PETE] I hate you, dude.

Some honeymoon, huh?

Who should we face first? [CHUCKLES]

- Yours.

- Mine.

[LAUGHING]

- Yeah, probably mine.

- Okay.

[SUZETTE] You okay?

Yeah.

[SIGHS] It's funny.

I've been in this room a

hundred times. [CHUCKLES]

And I never even notice a change.

It just happens so gradually.

I mean, look, you're not in it anymore.

Now I don't even know if she is.

[SCOFFS]

[SIGHS]

[CHRIS SIGHS]

You ready?

It's gotta be done.

I know.

But if we both go in, he's just

gonna take his anger out on you.

I'm gonna go in first.

It's between me and him.

- [CHUCKLES]

- Okay.

[CHUCKLES] Okay.

[SIGHS]

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]