AliYo. Sixty days, no small feat.
Ali
Very moving share.
Ali
Can I ask you something? How'd you survive that OD?
Ali
I mean, somebody had to save your life, right?
Ali
Aw, man. Older or younger?
Younger. [pause] I have to get home, so...
Ali
Like 12, 13?
I don't really understand what the point...
Ali
Curiosity.
Ali
That's some heavy shit. But hey, we've all done some bad shit in our lives, right? Comes with the territory. But, man, now you just got me thinking about... what that does to a 13-year-old. A 13-year-old kid who finds her big sister overdosed. What that moment must do to somebody. How it affects the rest of their lives, you know? How it affects their ability to trust. Leaves it hard for them to get close to people. You know, relationships. Makes it hard for them to fall in love. Living with the fear that at any moment, the rug can be ripped out from under them and they lose everything. Especially the people that they love. You ever think about that? [pause] Yeah, probably fucked up for life. But hey, you're gonna have to make peace with that. Just like you're gonna have to make peace with the fact that you could be responsible for some shit like that, and then get up in front of a whole group of people who are struggling with the same issues, and lie about being clean. You know what I'm saying?
I don't know what you're talking about.
Ali
Listen, youngblood. You're playing pool with Minnesota Fats.
Ali
The greatest motherfucking pool player that ever lived.
Ali
I'm Ali. Let me know when you wanna stop trying to kill yourself and eat some pancakes.
Ali
Those are the moments that keep me up at night. Thinking about all the times that I ignored that voice in my head. You know, they told me, "What are you doing?" And what happens a month, six months, a year, when she moves away, and goes to college? When she tells you she just wants to be friends?
Ali
No, Rue, I mean “when.”
I mean, I don't know. We talked about living together. Like, if she goes to school in New York, I'll just go with her. I'll go anywhere she goes.
Ali
I think you're missing my point, Rue. Nothing in high school lasts forever.
Ali
So, Rue, the $64,000 question is… What’s in the suitcase?
Ali
Ah, is that why you’re in that getup? You became an honors student?
I’m not in the mood for a lecture.
Ali
Lecture? I like to think we have conversations.
Ali
Okay, what? Did a hornet crawl up your ass or something? What’s wrong with you?
Look, I’m–Man, I’m not trying to hear a fucking lecture about how my life would be better if I stopped doing drugs, or believed in God or Allah or whatever the fuck.
Ali
Okay, well, you’re the one lookin’ like a Jehovah’s Witness. I just don’t think that there’s Bibles in that suitcase.
Ali
Wait, wait, wait. Excuse me? "Shut the fuck up?" Don’t play that shit with me. I've always accepted you for who you are: The good, the bad, and the ugly. Don't tell me to shut the fuck up. I'm not some parent you can just treat like shit.
Yeah, well, good thing nobody's really looking to you to be a fucking parent.
Ali
Yo! Excuse me? [uncomfortable pause] Excuse me?! [scoffs] When I sit across from you and tell you something about my life, you don't get to use that shit against me. You cross that line again, we're done. You talk back right now, we're done. One more fuckin' disrespectful word outta your mouth and we're done, you hear me? HEY! YOU HEAR ME?!
Or what, Ali? You gonna hit me?
[Rue calls Ali to apologize to him]
Ali
Hello.
Ali
What do you want, Rue?
Um... I just wanted to, uh, call you and tell you that, um... I just wanted to call you and tell you that I’m sorry for what I said. Um... and I really regret it. Uh... I just-I never should’ve said that.
Ali
Rue–
And I’m sorry. I’m sorry.
Ali
Rue! Listen to me. I forgive you.
Ali
I do.
[sniffling] How do you know that I mean it?
Ali
Because the hour is certain to come. So we must forgive graciously.
[crying] Thank you. [shudders] Thank you.
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