Dating...
the emotional minefield we all had to navigate.
And for Ana, after a series of not-so-amazing experiences
with guys in the past,
she had understandably suffered from some dating PTSD,
so she decided to ease into her relationship with Javi.
Thank you. I had a really good time.
Me, too.
Keep waiting to get sick of you, and I don't.
Oh, well, that's too bad, 'cause I'm so sick of you.
- Oh. - Yeah.
And even though Ana was a little hesitant
when it came to being vulnerable,
Javi kept surprising her in all the right ways.
Well, uh, looks like you are home safe.
So, I should probably...
Yeah. Yeah.
Good night.
But after getting to know him
for what felt like forever...
Hey, Javi?
There was only one thing left
for her to become acquainted with.
I'm sorry. Um...
Uh, we should stop.
What? What's wrong? Is everything okay?
Yeah.
Uh, no.
Um...
I-I gotta be up front with you about something.
Oh, my God. You have a girlfriend.
I knew it.
No.
Oh! You're having a flare-up?
- Wow. I knew it. - Uh...
Ooh.
I recently, like...
I don't know, six months ago...
made a vow to abstain from sex.
I'm sorry. What?
As it turned out,
one of Ana's fears had come true.
I'm celibate.
There was someone else in Javi's life,
and that someone else was God.
♪ Watch out, world, I'm grown now ♪
♪ I'm grown ♪
♪ Learn something new every day ♪
♪ I don't know, so I'm-a feel my way ♪
♪ Got the weight of the world on me ♪
♪ But no regrets, this is what I say ♪
♪ Watch out, world, I'm grown now ♪
♪ I'm grown ♪ ♪ You can tell me ♪
♪ My heart beating so loud ♪
♪ Mama, look, I'm grown now ♪
♪ I'm grown ♪
I'm sorry. I just don't believe you.
If you don't want to have sex with me, then just say so.
Ana, are you kidding me?
I'm clearly struggling here.
Well, then, why is this the first time that you're telling me this?
'Cause it's not exactly something that comes up casually.
Like, "Hey, I don't have sex.
You want to split an appetizer?"
I am truly sorry.
I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier.
I am sorry that I am just springing this on you.
I'm sorry that we can't have sex.
I just wish you'd told me
so I didn't embarrass myself
by preemptively ripping my shirt off.
Honestly, I think I was just worried
that it would change things
or that you would walk away.
Okay, um...
I am gonna walk away...
Mm-hmm.
...to go put on another shirt,
because this is just a lot for me to process right now
while I'm just standing here in my... my date bra.
So... excuse me.
Yep.
- I gotta go. - Oh, no, no, no.
Stop playing. You know I have that meeting in 10 minutes.
Forget the meeting. Okay? The BSU's a joke.
Uh, a joke that you used to be treasurer of.
Yeah, until I got sick of being around a bunch of fake-ass woke people
who did nothing but plan barbecues...
...and spoken word nights.
They literally would argue about who's gonna bring the potato salad
to the next meeting.
Stop being a hater, okay?
At least we're getting together to discuss some important issues
and engage with each other.
That's what I'm trying to do, babe.
Trying to engage... nakedly,
now, here, in this bed.
How about I promise to engage nakedly with you later
if you come with me to this meeting now?
You seriously think I can be bribed with sex?
Pass me my Crocs, would you?
Wait. So, celibate, as in no sex?
No mouth stuff? No hand stuff?
Yeah, Vivek, much like how you live your life.
Correction... there is one who is now consistently
engaging me in sexual intercourse.
- Huh? - Your boy's outchea.
And in there.
Ew.
All right. That's enough of his lies.
Look, I don't get what the big deal is.
You love God, too.
Yes, because I was raised a good Catholic.
And even though I don't go to church as much as I should...
Look, in my mind, this whole celibacy thing is...
reserved for priests and nuns.
Mm.
But Javi just...
loves God and wants to...
quiet the distractions so he can hear Him more clearly.
Wow. Now I want to [bleep] him.
I mean, you can try.
Look, as someone who is, again, consistently getting it in,
your guy's either crazy or some sort of superhero.
Okay, how long are we going to entertain this charade
that Vivek is having sex?
What's your endgame here, bro?
Whatever. Okay, my point is,
all guys have this drumbeat in our heads,
telling us we need sex, okay?
The one that goes "I... need... to... bust.
Here. There.
Everywhere."
Bye, losers.
Okay, well, it seems like your problem might just solve itself.
One more sexy date night in that El Camino,
and he just might break.
Yeah.
But this is something he believes in,
and I don't want him to break his vow for me.
Well, maybe this will be a good thing for you.
I mean, you've always complained about guys
only wanting to date you to smash, and now you're with a guy
who doesn't need to smash you to be with you.
You're right.
This thing with Javi isn't a problem.
It actually is a refreshing change of pace
from the losers of my past.
So... yeah, I'm...
I'm gonna try it.
Yeah.
Good luck.
Yo! What are you doing here, man?
I didn't know you were in the BSU.
Oh, nah, but I've been going to these little cultural clubs
and getting free plates of food and knowledge.
- You feel me? - Okay, let's get started.
The first order of business, uh...
we'd like to thank everybody that came out to the barbecue last week.
Turnout was great.
But, uh, next time, can we... can we respect the sign-up sheet
so that everybody's not bringing potato salad?
See? What'd I tell you?
I mean, I ain't mad at it.
Second order of business...
the administration has cut our budget.
- Oh, my God! - Again.
Wait, so, that's why there's no pimentos in the potato salad?
My feeling is, the administration's probably
a little salty about our petition asking them
to stop investing our tuition dollars in private prisons.
Wait, what? What are...
- What are they doing? - I don't know.
I'm sorry. Excuse me for interrupting.
Can you run that back, please?
You're saying they're investing in private prisons?
- Cal U? - Yeah.
Thought that was just some Harvard shit.
Wait. I missed this knowledge. Why are they doing this?
Because, unfortunately,
it's an incredibly lucrative investment for them.
Yeah, at our expense.
We all know that there's a disproportionate amount
of black and brown people that are locked up, right?
So, it's easy to make money off our backs
while we're in there performing cheap labor.
And the fact is, the more of us that are in there...
the more money they make.
This is like modern-day slavery.
That we are funding with our tuition dollars.
Yeah, it's nothing we don't know.
Which is why we filed the petition three weeks ago
with the Dean.
How did I not know this?
This is the only thing that's gonna make that edible.
They should put how bland their food is
in a brochure to give people a heads-up.
Even thinking about the food at Spelman is making me homesick.
Hey, you should roll with us this weekend.
We're gonna hit up our dad's soul food truck,
and it's the closest thing to a home-cooked meal
without actually having to go home.
Damn. You serious?
Mm-hmm.
I'd love that.
Yeah?
You good over there?
Feels like you could ease up on that pillow.
Oh. Yup.
I'm fine.
Okay. I think I'm gonna go.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no! It's off. It's off. Sorry.
I-I... totally forgot that scene was in this movie.
Uh... let's just do something else.
We can, uh...
play a game.
Jenga. Jenga's pretty unsexy.
I think you and I playing anything right now
is gonna be a pretty bad idea.
Look, it's late.
It's all good.
- See you tomorrow. - Uh...
O-Okay. I'll see you tomorrow.
Come on.
What are you doing?
Trying... to respect your boundaries?
Ana, we've been kissing each other good night
the whole time I have been celibate.
So get over here.
Now.
- Okay. - Thank you.
Mm.
Um...
Good night.
Vivek! Yes!
Vivek!
Ohh! Vivek!
My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?
After a long, sleepless, sexless night,
Ana decided to channel her frustrations
into the one place that could still satisfy her.
Are you cooking us bacon?
No. I'm cooking me bacon, and I'm gonna eat it all.
'Cause no one's ever gonna see me naked again.
If I let you show me your naked body,
can I have some of that bacon?
- Remember it fondly. - All righty.
You should really get that mole on your thigh checked out.
Guys! I feel like a dude.
I'm starting to hear that drumbeat
that Vivek talked about in my head.
No. That was definitely his headboard.
That little lying Ninja Turtle has actually been getting it in.
No, seriously, it's like,
now that I can't have it, that's all I think about.
You always want what you can't have...
like me with bacon.
You're eating bacon.
You know, when Doug and I were trying not to mess around,
the thing we had to do was just not be together at all.
But I'm not trying to take a break from him.
- We're in a relationship. - Mm.
Despite how much I like him, I just...
I don't know if I'm strong enough to do this.
Morning, ladies. Don't mind me.
Just... rehydrating.
Ooh! Bacon.
You have to look at Ana naked for that bacon.
Mm-hmm.
Pass.
I'm in a relationship.
I can't believe he's having sex and I'm not.
Okay, forget Vivek.
I just don't want you to make the same mistake that I made with Doug
by not letting Javi know how you really feel, okay?
If you don't think you can do this, he deserves to know.
It just...
It sucks.
He was afraid that if he told me, things would change,
and... they have.
Aww. You know what never changes?
How hella good bacon is.
Let me get another peek at that mole, boo.
Okay, so, whatever you do,
when you get to the front of the line,
do not look Cousin Marcus in his eye.
It activates him.
What does... What does that even mean?
An explanation is not gonna save your life.
Just don't do it.
Hey!
- Daddy! - Daddy!
Hey, guys, the kimchi cornbread is going fast.
Should I have Cousin Marcus save you a piece?
- Yes. - Yes, please.
Well, Dad, this is our friend Jillian.
Hi. It's nice to meet you.
Everything smells amazing.
Well, I started this truck
so I could get my babies to come visit me more often.
Do you know how proud I am of these girls?
How proud everybody in our neighborhood is?
If my babies go to the Olympics,
then the whole family and all of South Central
are going to the Olympics.
Okay, Dad, do you have to give this speech
- to everybody we introduce you to? - Yes, I do.
And I will tell it to anybody who will listen.
Just got back from the Dean's office.
It's worse than we thought.
Bro, this... this... this is a Cheesecake Factory menu.
Whatever. Listen, what I'm trying to say is
that this investment stuff with our endowment,
it's... it's not just in private prisons.
Wait, they own the Cheesecake Factory, too?
No, man. Why are you so hungry all the time?
'Cause I'm not having sex. Okay?
I feel you.
Why you think I'm so husky, bro?
I get no ass.
Look, my apologies for the lack of ass being thrown your guys' way.
I really am sorry. But we have a real problem here.
The doctors say it's hereditary, but I know the truth.
Can you focus, man? Please?
Look, I am trying to tell you that these companies
that are investing in these private prisons
are also funding the school security on campus.
- What? - Yeah.
Wait, are you serious?
Yo, we gotta file another petition, bro.
No. No more petitions, man.
They're obviously not doing anything.
We need to think big. You know?
We need to do something that'll get people to notice,
'cause e-everyone should be talking about this, and they're not.
Well, in our defense,
we are a campus organization, funded by the administration
that you're gonna piss off a whole bunch if you talk about this.
Well, let 'em get pissed.
So they can cut more of our budget?
We have to play the game with these people, bro.
You play the game if you want to.
You know, help the BSU in whatever way you think you know how.
Me? I won't be able to respect myself unless I do something.
- Hey. - Wow.
Coming to meet me in the car in your sweatpants.
This can't be good.
Look, I just want to be honest.
I'm having a really tough time
trying to do this celibacy thing with you.
I get it.
It's not easy for me, either.
But it is a commitment that I made to God,
and I really want to stick with it.
And you should.
I just don't know how I can be with you
a-and stick with it, too.
It took me a really long time to make this decision,
so I'm not asking you to just jump into it blindly.
Believe me, I know... It's not for everyone.
So...
as sad as it makes me...
...you're off the hook.
Javi.
That's the thing... I don't want to be let off the hook.
I really like you, and I don't want this to end.
I guess...
Look, what I'm trying to ask is...
where do you get your strength from?
So, after asking Javi where he got his strength from,
Ana was witnessing it firsthand.
And even though she was raised with religion,
this was unlike any church she'd ever seen before.
I mean, that's something you would say...
Does the priest always have his chest out like that?
Yeah, it's pretty much always.
It's a relationship, and as with any relationship,
the only way to make it grow
is to tend to it, nurture it, and update it.
The way we have to update our phones is the same way
we have to update our relationship with Jesus.
I want you to know something...
God has updates for you.
Slide into your neighbor's DMs, tell them "Hallelujah"!
Hallelujah!
To have a more gratifying and personal connection to God,
you are also the only one who can unlock your own fate.
Last one.
All right, now, you sure that's enough?
You think people will notice?
You know what? I think they will.
Okay, great.
You know, you didn't have to do this with me.
I appreciate it.
I know the BSU doesn't get down like that, so...
Well, I'm not here with the BSU, all right?
I'm here with you.
- One more poster. - Yeah.
Okay, so...
after leaving your family's food truck,
I did some thinking.
Listening to your dad talk about
how your entire neighborhood is rooting for you guys,
it made me realize
that you're the perfect subject for my film project.
How much does it pay?
It's... a student... film.
I'll pay you in hot sauce.
Do we have to learn a lot of lines?
No. No, it's a documentary.
About what?
About you!
Two sisters from South Central who go to the Olympic trials.
It's perfect.
I mean, think of all the little black girls
that'll be inspired by your story.
Well, people have said
that we are the Venus and Serena of track.
Mm-hmm.
I mean, I said it. I'm "people."
Okay.
So... then, you'll do it?
It is union? Because I'm SAG.
When I was 3, I was in a local Food 4 Less commercial.
I was "Girl in Shopping Basket Number Two."
Sir.
We're gonna need you to remove these fliers immediately.
Why?
We're just gonna need you to remove them.
But why my fliers? What about the others?
The Agricultural Club, the Environmental Club?
Sir, they're not littering the entire campus.
Okay, but there's no rule that says I can't put these up here,
and as a student here, I'm well within my right to do so.
Okay, well, we're gonna need to see your student ID.
I just told you that I go to school here
and I'm putting these up about the tuition that I pay.
Think I'm some random guy who gives a damn
about where Cal U's students' money goes?
Put two and two together, man.
Hey. Is everything okay?
No, it's not okay. These two officers are harassing me for no reason.
What?
Ma'am, put your phone away.
No, I will not.
Technically, she's your boss, so you can't tell her what to do
because her tuition dollars pay for your salary.
Look, I don't know anything about your tuition dollars.
All I know is, the chancellor called
and asked that you remove the offending material,
or you will be removed from the campus.
The material's not offensive, man. I-It's the truth.
And I'm not taking it down, so I guess you'll have to arrest me.
Fine. Turn around, put your hands behind your back.
Are you kidding me? This is some bullshit, man!
You guys hear that?
He's arresting me for letting you know
that your tuition dollars pay for their salary,
and not only that, but private prisons
that incarcerate people of color.
All for some posters, man. This is stupid!
You haven't really said anything.
You're making me a little nervous.
Did the service freak you out?
Yeah. Kinda did.
But, like, in a good way.
It was really amazing.
Thank you. Thank you for bringing me to your church.
I can... I can see how this would give you strength.
I really want that relationship with God
that he was talking about.
So I want to try to go on this journey with you.
Vows and everything.
You'd actually do that for me?
No.
I'm doing it for me.
It turned out Ana's biggest challenge with Javi
ended up being the catalyst
that re-ignited the beliefs she had lost sight of.
And moving forward,
she was excited to build a brand-new relationship
with someone special in her life,
and that someone special was God.
Oh, hi.
Uh, everyone, this is Heidi.
Heidi, these are my roommates.
Hi, roommates!
Ehh...
Wow! Heidi!
We've heard so much.
Uh... so very... very much.
Oh, well, I hope it was all good.
It sounded great.
Well, um, actually, if any of you
happen to run across, like, a cute, little, lace pink bra,
that's, uh... that's actually my, uh, my date bra,
and I think I left it somewhere in the backyard.
So you can just give it to Vivy.
Okay.
I'm pretty sure I'm wearing her date bra.
Mm-hmm.
Jazlyn.
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