02x16 - A Gamble At Love

[bunniefuu]

Good mornin'. How'd you sleep?

Not good.

[Zac]Previously on Zatima.

Girl.

When we saw her last night, she was pretty much with old dude.

Get out!

Your stepfather and I would like you and Zac

to come over for dinner again.

[laughs] That's not gonna happen.

He already said yes.

-Honey, um, can we talk? -Yeah, sure.

Honey?

Is this happening, yo?

Okay, okay. Hey, I think I can get the money, okay?

-From who? Gary? -No, no, no, no.

I've been talking to another broker, but...

listen it's only if you can put in another $,.

I only have $.. I'm not putting up any more money.

I know you have it, Zac.

I'm not putting up any more money.

Zac! Is this about us?

Are you serious? Are you still on that?

Yes, man, because before that you would've trusted me.

This is a huge deal.

Let me explain something to you, okay?

Investments are about judgement, and I don't know what the f*ck

you were judging to think I was on that.

I already explained everything, Zac--

I don't care what you explained! I don't, okay?

I just don't trust your judgement. What don't you get?

Okay, okay, good. Yeah, okay. Got it.

Fine. Thank you.

So we're just gonna miss out on this huge deal

because I tried to kiss you?

Hey, why are you talking so loud? There's people right here!

You're just gonna scream it out?

-It's not a big deal, Zac. -It is a big deal, loose lips!

You're screaming it out and yes, we're gonna pass, okay,

'cause I don't have the money and neither do you.

-All right? God! -Fine, then I'll tell Valerie.

No, you've done enough, okay? I'll tell Valerie.

-Yes? -Yes, can you please come?

Valerie, I am so sorry that Bryce here told you

that we'd be moving forward with the property, but--

It's--it's okay. All right? And I didn't mean to get upset.

It's just been a long day.

I get it. It's fine, but we just--

we don't have the finances.

I understand.

Who's--who's that guy? Who's that guy?

Oh, that's--that's Paul.

Oh, I know Paul.

-You do? -Yeah, I do.

What's up, Pauly? You wanna tell her how we know each other?

-Be my guest. -No, no. Trust me. You do it.

-All right. You want me to? -Yeah.

-Will someone tell me? -Listen, Valerie,

I think your man should.

Paul...

♪ Love ain't perfect ♪

♪ We still workin' ♪

♪ May not be what we see on TV ♪

♪ But it's damn sure worth it Uh-huh ♪

♪ Love ain't perfect ♪

♪ But we still work it ♪

♪ Don't gotta be what we see on IG ♪

♪ 'Cause we still worth it Uh-huh ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Do-do-do-doo-do-do-do-do ♪

♪ We still work it ♪

Paul?

All right, look. Zac is dating-- well, was dating this woman.

-Engaged. -Okay, well.

It's my fiancée.

Neither one of them are official, so same difference.

-Ooh, ooh. -But the thing is,

I've been kinda hangin' out with her lately, so...

Oh. Uh, okay.

Mm-hmm.

Well, I don't know.

Apparently, he thinks that I got something to hide.

Why?

Well, y'all was calling each other honey like--

We're divorced.

And we're good friends.

So we still call each other honey, but I'm confused.

Are you seeing the same woman?

No. That's weird as sh*t, by the way, but no. Okay?

We're not. She's very much still in love with him.

And still very much engaged to me.

Oh, well, I mean, this kinda doesn't make sense, but engaged?

-Yeah. -Yeah. But um, that's fine.

I was just moving on because this here,

I don't really want to do this, okay?

Okay.

So I was gonna tell you that Bryce and I

will not be moving forward with the project.

I get it. I get it. Trust me.

-Sorry. -Yeah. It's okay.

-Okay? -Thank you, Valerie.

Absolutely, and you know how to reach me.

-[Zac] You know I do. -Yes.

-[Zac] Thank you. -Hey, Zac. Can I talk to you?

No.

Come on, man. Don't be like that.

Man, what?

Okay. You know what? I--I'll head out, okay?

-I'll see you later. -All right. See ya.

-Oh, Zac, bye. -Later Valerie honey.

Bye honey. Since we just callin' people honey.

You want me to wait or what?

For what?

There's a lot of power tools around here.

Bryce, go somewhere before you trip and fall

on somebody's mouth with your mouth, loose lips.

All right, man. All right.

What? You asked to talk. I'm here.

Easy, man, all right? I'm not trying to be your enemy.

Well, you're not trying, but you are trying to take my woman.

First of all, I can't take her.

I'm glad you finally figured that out.

But you know that you can run her to me.

n*gga.

Look, Zac, I done made some real f*cked-up mistakes in my past,

all right? I could actually give you some good advice.

With that being said, why would I ever take advice from you?

Oh, because I've been seeing you out here messin' up.

I'm trying to be--Excuse me?

Yeah, up in the club. Singing really bad.

First of all, my singin' is not bad. I have a different tone.

Okay. That's all right, so don't judge me. But are you done?

Past that, what I'm saying is--

Fatima, she wants to see your heart, man.

You're new here. I've been showing Fatima my heart.

No, that's not what I'm talking about, all right?

She wants to see you raw, all right? You understand? Open.

Fatima's not gonna be able to trust you again

until she sees you vulnerable.

Now look, she wants to be with you, all right?

But this is her way of protecting herself.

Pauly, you're new, like I said. But trust me,

Fatima has seen me raw a lot.

Okay? Are we done here?

-All right, you know what? -Don't posture up.

Don't do that.

The thing is, I know that Fatima needs to get you all the way

out of her head before I can have her. All right?

So I'm trying to show you how you can get her back

for when all this comes back around.

All what comes back around, Paul?

The inevitable.

You f*ck' up again and her being with me.

I actually like you.

You know, you're lucky we on the first floor.

Why? What happens if we ain't on the ground?

If we was any higher,

I'd throw you out that f*ck' window.

I mean that sh*t, too.

Yeah, I know you do.

And that's the sad part.

You smart to leave, m*therf*cker.

Honey.

Light-a*s n*gga with light eyes.

Giving me f*ck' advice. Need no f*ck' advice.

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Hey, KC, I um, I know you've been working with my boss

-for a very long time. -I have.

Well, this girl is trying to sue me.

I got you.

Look, I know she's not hurt.

I'll put some surveillance on her.

Okay, she works at a strip club.

You can't be hurt and work at a strip club.

Exactly what I said.

See, she's already saying all the wrong things.

This is gonna be a fun gig for me.

Don't have too much fun. Be careful at that place.

There's no way she's dumb enough to work at a club.

Mm. This girl is pretty dumb. Yeah.

She does that and private dances.

Got it.

Look, I um, I just wanna send a very clear message to her

that she's messin' with the wrong girl.

-Okay. This is the address? -That's it. Yep.

Got it.

-Thanks, KC. I appreciate it. -Yes, ma'am.

I'm here if you need anything else.

Okay, just enough to fry her a*s, that's all.

You're gonna be a great attorney one day.

Thanks, but I need to get back in classes.

Well, don't waste too much time around here.

I won't.

-Okay. -All right. Thanks again.

-Take care. -See you later.

Bye.

[sighs] She does not know who she's messing with.

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Yeah, I think we can do that next week, man.

-Yo, Tyrone. -What's up, Dr. Zac?

What's goin' on with you?

Think you can fix my fade in the back?

Yeah. What'd you say? I messed it up?

-No. -I got you next.

-You can fix it though, right? -I got you next.

Man, you know how them old heads be, bro.

You know how them bald heads be. Bald headed barbers be angry.

What you tryin' to say, man? Must be pissed at somethin'.

It's a barbersh--

Hey, man.

Hey. We good?

Yeah, n*gga.

Come on, man. We've been best friends since we was kids.

I just hate when you're mad at me, aight?

Then stop acting like a child then.

I am. I am, all right?

And that Belinda sh*t gotta chill.

I'm not f*ck' with her like that, man.

That is some booty call sh*t, all right?

Belinda just left.

n*gga, I was giving her money because she dropped me off

and gave me lunch the other day, man. Relax. Damn.

Yo, forget that, bro. Where you headed, man,

with gettin' your fresh cut and sh*t, man?

I'm goin' to dinner.

Oh, oh, oh. With who?

Like I'ma tell your nosey a*s.

Man, all you ever gettin' all fresh and gettin' all fitted

and all. Who is she?

Get your man, Tony.

Brah, if he wanted you to know, he would've told you.

Thank you. Just need to get my cut.

Y'all n*gg*s be still keepin' me in the dark.

I mean, why wouldn't he? All the sh*t you put him through.

Right?

Come on. He has to know I'm Nate dawg. That's it. Come on.

That's the problem. You gotta grow up, bro.

Where you goin'?

How are you gonna help by knowin' that?

Hey, Mr. Tyrone. You know he's still doin' therapy, right?

Yo, this is why I don't tell you nothin', man.

You still doin' that therapy?

-Yep. -Aight.

-That sh*t gonna mess you up. -How?

That's what the white folk give you to keep you screwed up.

Thank you. Tell him. Preach! Preach, Tyrone!

Next thing you know you're gonna be runnin' through here

wailing and sh*t, man calling yourself a warlock.

-Wow. -That's bad.

What does that even mean?

I mean, I can tell you I know what I'm talkin' about.

All right, all right, Mr. Tyrone.

I love this man. Come here, man. Give me a hug, man.

You better get your narrow a*s off me

before I cut you with this straight--

Whoa, whoa, whoa, sorry. Sorry.

He's about to get buck-, yo.

I see, man.

Mr. Tyrone, he old school, bruh.

Okay, man.

[Zac] That razor came out fast as sh*t.

I got plenty of them, too.

All right.

Well, calm that sh*t down before I get in that chair. Damn.

Shut your lookin'-a*s up.

[Tony] He don't play no games, bruh. Old school.

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-Hey. -Hey.

What's goin' on, girl?

-Look. -What is this?

It's down.

Was it her?

Yeah.

What is wrong with that girl?

Girl, I don't know. She said she was on shrooms

or something like that. I don't know.

-Black people do that? -Yeah.

Seriously, I can't believe I was her friend for all these years.

Yeah. She different now.

Yeah, well, she's dead to me, so I don't even care.

Yeah, I know. I get it.

I'm just--I don't understand why she would do that.

You know, I still think she's trying to upset Zac.

Why is everyone so concerned with me and Zac?

People hate to see people happy.

sh*t, you don't say.

I'm sorry, girl.

Just, you expect your friends to, you know?

Yeah. I know.

sh*t, relationships are hard enough to have to deal

-with all this outside sh*t. -Yeah. I know.

I'm sorry. I'm just annoyed.

I clearly got some kind of love for the girl.

[Angela] Yeah.

Or I would've been f*cked her a*s up. You know that.

Absolutely.

Good. Don't take that as I want to talk to her.

-Don't even try to get us-- -I'm good on that now.

'Cause I'm telling you, it won't be good.

Yeah. I noticed.

Well, look, I gotta get out of here.

Where you goin'?

Mom and Dad invited me and Zac to dinner tonight.

-What? -Yeah.

Are they trying to get y'all back together?

Girl, they tryin' something.

Well, uh, are you feelin' it?

I'm just going to dinner.

Okay. Well, uh, I'mma need that tea,

so make sure you call me after.

You know I will.

-Okay. -All right, girl.

-Bye, girl. -Bye.

[music]

Looks good.

Hey.

Oh, you look nice.

Well, thank you.

I love that dress.

Thanks, Mom. Oh, this smells good.

I have cooked all of your favorites.

Ordered, Mom.

Uh, no. She cooked.

What?

Yes.

Okay...

I just want you to feel good.

Should I be scared?

No.

Mom, you've never done this for any guy I've ever dated.

I know.

Okay, so what's changed?

Nothing.

Mm-hmm.

Nothing.

Daddy?

We talked about it.

Okay, so is anyone gonna tell me?

When he's here.

And he doesn't think this is my idea?

No.

[Fatima] Are you sure?

What did I say, baby?

Well, you went to see him without telling me,

so I don't know.

Yep.

So you guys are really not gonna tell me what you're planning?

No.

Okay.

[knocking on door]

He's on time.

What are you up to?

Nothing.

Hey.

What's up, man?

-How you doing? -I'm chill, how are you?

Yeah.

Hi.

What's up?

You know Fatima.

Mama, seriously?

-Yeah. -Hi, Zac.

What's up?

Just so you know, I had nothing to do with this.

He knows that.

And I did not send my dad to talk to you.

I know.

All right, just making sure we're all clear here.

It's clear.

Good.

Crystal.

So um, can we go ahead and get started

so we can get this over with?

Fatima.

What?

You don't mean that.

Mom, you know I hate when someone tells me

what I don't mean.

Hate is such a strong word.

She doesn't like it.

I know, so,

let's sit, have some wine and talk.

Yes. And I got the wine right here.

Here you go, mom.

Thank you.

Thanks.

A toast!

What are we toasting to?

To some real hard facts.

Excuse me?

-That's good for me. Thank you. -That's good?

Thank you, Dad.

Your mom and I wanna have a true conversation with you.

Okay.

He does. I'm not so sure.

It's for the best.

Okay. Y'all are scaring me.

Nothing to be scared of.

This is about how we met and what we went through.

I'ma need another bottle.

No, you won't.

All right. So your mother here was in love with your father.

She thought that they were gonna go through life

as a family together. I mean, she was all in.

Henry.

Are you gonna let me tell it?

Go on.

A hood chick with a g*n in her purse.

That sounds familiar.

Right. But she also had class.

That sounds familiar, too.

So I started showing her a different life.

She didn't want me at first.

She thought I was too square.

She liked the danger.

So we kept dating, and I kept showing her this different life.

And eventually, eventually she caught on.

It was great.

But she always had one foot in that other world.

We got engaged and she cheated.

Mm...

-Mom? -Yeah.

With some hood-a*s n*gga.

Language.

And all the sh*t you used to say.

They don't need to know every damn thing.

All right, so I called off the wedding,

and I went buck wild.

And he was screwin' everybody, even that damn Barbara.

Look, stay with me, okay?

She was a sl*t like the one that live next door to you.

Who's telling this story?

Go on.

So what we realized was that we were just hurting each other.

But what we found is that we got stronger and better

after we got through it.

I mean, going to counseling,

really hearing each other out.

This relationship thing, it's not easy.

You can approach it in two ways.

One, you can walk away every time it gets hard.

Or two, you can dig in.

You can dig in and make it work.

And as a man and a woman, those are the things that you do.

And after all those rough patches that we had,

we came to a really good place.

And you see, that's the problem.

People don't wanna make it through the rough patches.

But I promise you if you do,

you can have a beautiful life together.

Well, sometimes it's just not meant to be.

Now how would you know that unless you did all you can do?

Daddy, I've done a lot.

Have you done all you can do?

That's a no. Zac, what do you think?

I've done a lot to screw it up.

I found out that I have a personality

that sabotages things.

I didn't even know it. I know that there's nobody

I love more than this woman right here.

And um, nobody I wanna work harder for

than Fatima...

But I just know it's not gonna happen overnight.

But there's one thing that can happen overnight.

And that's effort.

Now, effort means that you can see the change coming.

But if the effort is gone, [sighs]...

There's nothing to hold on.

So Fatima, is there an effort?

There is.

It's a great start.

Zac, do you see an effort?

More than I deserve.

I have to say, I really see you working really hard

to try to make this work.

And I misjudged you.

I'm sorry.

And that's why y'all are here.

Let's eat.

All right.

Mama, you had an affair?

Let's not talk about that.

Mm-hmm.

[music]

-Y'all have a good night. -Thank you, Mama.

-I love you, baby. -I love you, too.

I love you.

Zac, don't forget what I told you.

I won't. I won't, Mr. Wilson.

Look, you take that home and warm it up for five minutes.

It'll be just like you had it the first time.

Thank you.

-All right. -All right.

See you later. Love y'all.

[sighs]

You okay to drive?

Yeah. I didn't have that much to drink.

I did.

No, you did not.

I know. I'm just trying to get you to come home with me.

Yeah, well, it won't be that simple.

I know.

-But keep trying. -I will.

Hey! Hey, hey!

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey.

I know you miss me.

I do.

Okay, so, I miss you so much it hurts.

And I know you feel the same way.

-Zac... -So what are we doing?

That sh*t hurt.

I know.

I know, but I won't do that sh*t no more.

Don't say that.

I'm telling you I won't! I won't!

The sh*t that I'm learnin', Fatima, I'm gonna be the man

that you dreamed of your whole life.

I promise you, I won't cheat.

Zac.

I'll leave the door open for you.

Somebody's gonna break in.

It's gonna be open for you!

You trying to get robbed?

Fatima.

Just come with me.

Zac, just keep working on yourself.

I will, but how are we supposed to get back together

if you keep saying no?

Look, good night.

[Zac] Fatima, come on!

Goodnight, Zac.

[engine starts]

The door's gonna be open!

[Fatima] Shouldn't do that!

I'ma leave it open!

Damn.

[phone buzzing]

No, Connie! Damn.

[music]

Girl, I've been waiting on your a*s all night!

I knew you would.

Well, come on.

-What happened? -Girl.

So I found out that my mom stepped out on my stepdad.

What?

Yes. They told us all kinds of sh*t.

Things that a child should never know.

Well, what was Zac saying?

Girl, begging me to come home with him.

-So you going? -No.

Well, why not?

-Angela, I'm not ready. -Yes, you are.

Are you trying to get rid of me? Is this what's happening?

No. No, but I know you miss that man.

I do, but...

You want him to learn his lesson.

Yeah, I do and...

I just don't know how long has to pass before a guy

has learned the lesson. You know?

Well, I think he's learned his lesson. Okay?

Angela, do you know how many times guys f*ck up

and we just take them back too soon?

I mean, yeah, but you've got to go back sometime, so...

I know. He keeps saying he's leaving the door unlocked.

So you should go.

No. I'm not. Nope. I'm not gonna do it.

I'm gonna go upstairs, take a bath and go to bed.

Okay, but, um...

What?

I mean, it's your choice, but I'm having some company.

Oh, that's fine. I got my headphones. That's fine.

Good 'cause you gonna need 'em. [laughing]

Wait a minute. Is this Bryce?

No. It's Sam.

Sam. Sam again. Okay, got it. Um, yeah.

Be careful with that one.

sh*t, he need to be careful. [laughing]

-Okay, girl. -Mm-hmm.

Well, I'm gonna go upstairs and get rested

and get ready for bed,

and get my headphones on. Don't have too much fun.

No promises. Goodnight.

Goodnight.

[sighs]

Hmm.

Hey.

What are you doing here?

I need to talk to you about something.

What is it?

It's your mother.

What happened now?

We should go.

f*ck.

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