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Need some 'elp, luv?

Oh, who's calling me love?

Kimberly Reese!

Oh, I thought you were some foreign floozy trying to get fresh with me.

- How was London? - Oh, it was great!

Yeah!

Did you meet the Queen?

I sure did, and I gave her your regards.

Well, you should have told her to change that purse.

If she carried a smaller one, she wouldn't waddle like a duck.

Ooh.

Hey, who got married?

Oh, I'm not telling, but I'll give you a hint.

He's in the math department and she's a beautiful corporate woman.

Dwayne and Whitley.

I said I'm not telling.

Oh!

? I know my parents loved me ?

? Stand behind me come what may ?

? I know now that I'm ready ?

? For I finally heard them say ?

? It's a different world ?

? Than where you come from ?

? Yes, it is now, yeah ?

? Here's our chance to make it ?

? And if we focus on our goal ?

? You can dish it, we can take it ?

? Hey, just remember ?

? That you've been told ?

? It's a different world ?

? It's a different world ?

? It's a different world ?

- ? It's a different world ? - ? Than where you come from ?

? Than where you come from ?

Come on Rip Van Winkle, rise and shine.

Hi, Pookie. I got breakfast for you.

It's piping hot.

Dwayne, now that we're both awake,

how about we go back in there and take a little nap?

Oh, no, baby, please.

If you keep wearing me out like this, I'll never get my PhD.

Oh, nonsense, Shaka Zulu.

- Easy, easy, easy- - Honey, the honeymoon's almost over.

We'll both be back to work soon.

Of course, you can come by and see me at E.H. Wright Industries.

I have my own office.

- Your own office? - Mmm-hmm.

Mmm-hmm�

I like that.

- Dwayne? - Hmm.

I don't know what I'd do without you all summer in New York.

- You were a mess, that's what happened. - Yeah�

All those gallery openings, and auctions,

and dinner parties, and cocktail parties, and�

So empty.

Whitley, are you sure you're glad you came back?

Of course I am.

Saying yes to you at the airport

was the best thing I've ever done in my whole life.

Uh-uh, uh-uh.

Missing your plane and spending that extra night with me

was the best thing you ever did in your life.

Excuse me. Why don't you and I go to a good movie and cry together?

I'm liberated. I'll let you pay.

Oh, my goodness.

Like bad foot fungus, he's back.

Didn't I see you graduate?

Yes, Mr. Gaines, but I have one more class to take in European history.

Just what I need.

Another long-toothed Romeo getting his degree on CP time.

Don't let me catch you loitering here and pestering the young ladies.

And that goes for you too, Dark Gable.

Good googa-mooga!

I'll be right back. Hold my place.

Kimberly Reese, the woman for whom Big Ben tolls.

You look so good, it hurts.

Hurt on, Mr. Johnson.

So, what do you think about the big news?

What big news?

Dwayne and Whitley. You've lost a buddy.

They've all got to go some time, and she's a good woman.

Plus, if he didn't take the plunge, she was never going to give him any play.

Oh, there's a good reason to commit.

Wow. If it isn't Mocha-Hontas.

What did you do all summer, make moccasins?

No, Ron.

As a matter of fact, I spent the summer tutoring on a Navajo Indian reservation.

I found out what a South African homeland must be like.

I mean, they live in sub-standard conditions,

there's alcoholism, depression.

You know what it is? Government-sanctioned cultural genocide.

So, in other words, this was a pleasure trip for you.

- Ha! How miserable you are! - Oh, there they are!

- Congratulations! - Kimmie, you look gorgeous!

I'm so excited for you.

Eloping must have been so romantic.

- Eloping? - Yeah.

- Eloped? - Hey!

- Partner, I thought you just got engaged. - We did.

If you two didn't get married, then who did?

We're back!

- Welcome home, newlyweds! - What?

How were the Poconos?

Well, I'll tell you, life sure looks different inside a heart-shaped tub.

Am I hallucinating?

What did, what did, why did� I don't get it.

Freddie, it was a very long, hot summer.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, now. I thought something was going on,

but I didn't know all that was going on!

Well, we went sailing on the Fourth of July,

and there's been fireworks ever since.

Colonel, colonel, colonel!

Well, the last day we went sailing, I looked up in the sky

and there was this plane skywriting, "Marry me, Jessa."

Jessa?

They wanted $22.50 a letter, and I knew she would understand.

Well, at any rate, she said yes.

- Of course, I knew she would. - Oh, you did, did you?

Oh, I'm happy for the both of you.

Well, let me feed the newlyweds.

Jaleesa, the school asked me to run the new dorm

that my family had built, Dorothy Height Hall.

So we can see each other at all the faculty functions.

- Is it too late to get an annulment? - Definitely!

- Colonel Taylor? - Yeah?

- Nice catch, sir. - Thank you, Dwayne.

And by the way, it's good to have you in the department this year.

Don't forget, we have our first staff meeting today at 4:00.

- Four? - Four o'clock.

Oh, right� I didn't forget.

Ron. I forgot�

Look, um, Whitley's ring is gonna be ready at 4:00.

And now I have a staff meeting at 4:00.

- Can you help me out? - No problem.

I'll pick it up on the way to the beach.

Ron, watch out with it, it cost me everything I had, all right?

Partner, have I ever let you down before?

I'll get it. I'll get it!

Honey, you didn't finish your pie.

- So I cut you a fresh, big old piece. - Oh, great!

I can't have my man wasting away on me now.

Come on, come on. Dig in.

Hmm-hmm.

- Mmm! - Mmm! You like it, huh?

Mmm!

That's my Aunt Celia's recipe.

She made that up in World War II when they were rationing butter.

Mmm-hmm. Well, it's got that old wartime flavor, that's for sure.

The crust, that was the toughest part.

That it is, that it is.

- Honey? - Beloved?

You hate my pie, don't you?

Oh, hate is such an ugly word.

Stop! Laundry time!

- Son, welcome home! - How you doing?

Oh, great.

- Jaleesa� congratulations. - Thank you, Terrence.

Sorry that you missed the wedding.

How was Germany?

- Oh. Awesome, awesome. - That's good.

You know, something looks a little different about you.

Oh. I am.

I'm in the club.

Oh, oh. Well, son, we will discuss your initiation

in detail a little later, all right?

Um, meanwhile, how about something to drink?

- A soda or something? Yeah? - A soda.

Um, Terrence, I'm very sorry too that you weren't able make it to the wedding.

You know, it was all just, you know, so sudden.

Oh. Don't sweat it.

I mean, any wife of Dad's is a mother of mine.

Thank you, Terrence. That's very sweet.

Can I call you Mom?

Only if you eat my pie.

Sure.

Look, there's nothing the girls in this dorm haven't tried

- that I haven't done, and better. - Uh-huh.

Ooh! What's that? What?

- Is this what I think it is, Dwayne? - Nope!

- Hey, you give me my ring back! - I'm not giving you anything.

I'm not playing with you, Dwayne!

I've been waiting all summer for that ring!

Hey, hey! Watch it with the spoon, girl.

When I smell a diamond, I go for blood.

Who said anything about this being a diamond?

Well, whatever it is, I will love it.

You lie like a rug. Go sit down.

- Dwayne- - Go sit down, hush up.

This is my moment, woman.

Whitley� I have never met anybody like you before,

and I'll probably never meet anybody like you again, thank God.

You're everything that I always wanted, and, um�

a lot that I never thought I wanted.

You're my precious baby, and I'm yours.

And I'm yours too, forever and ever and always.

With this ring, I thee engage.

Ta-da.

What's the matter? You don't like it?

Honey?

It's beautiful, Dwayne.

I can't believe it's so big!

Dwayne� Oh, you shouldn't have!

I didn't, really.

- It's too much! - I know!

- I can't accept this. - You can't?

Oh, you're the most generous man I've ever known!

No, no� not really. I'm not.

And so modest, Dwayne, that's why I love you.

- Sweetie- - Put it on me.

- Maybe we should- - Go on.

- No. Why don't we- - Put it on me, put it on me!

Oh� Darling, um� as I put this�

big, old ring on your finger�

Wow. I want you to know that I love you�

no matter what happens.

I will remember this moment for the rest of my life.

Oh, so will I.

I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you,

I love you, I love you�

I'm over here, I'm over here.

I love you, I love�

? A kappa, a lambda, a nu ha-ha ?

? A kappa, a lambda� ?

I asked you to pick up Whitley's ring, not rob the store.

What are you talking about?

- You brought back the Hope Diamond, man. - I brought back whatever they gave me.

But, I� How do you think I could afford a ring like that?

I don't know. A man will go into debt when he got his nose wide open.

She's going to hate the other ring now.

If the jeweler hasn't noticed, why should you?

Because it doesn't belong to me, stupid!

That diamond probably came from South Africa.

They owe us one anyway.

You are so twisted.

I can't take it back from her, because this morning

the first thing she said was "good morning" to the ring.

She even named it "the star of Pookie." Would you look at me?

"Star of Pookie."

Never mind. Never mind.

? A kappa, a lambda, a nu� ?

Okay, Lula belle. You just take the stairs right here,

make a sharp left, and your room is 22A.

Remember, there's a dorm meeting tonight at 7:30 p.m. sharp.

And, Lula belle, if you need anything, anything at all,

you just call me, okay?

Don't strain your back with that trunk.

- Whitley. Sorry I'm late. - Kim.

That's okay, my resident assistant.

So, where do you want me to start?

Oh, well, let me think. I don't know.

Oh, my God. It's huge.

I know. Two-and-a-half carats.

Not that that matters.

He must have spent half his grant on that.

Oh, Kim, don't talk about the price. That is so tacky.

Uh-oh. We got a fly girl reject.

Excuse me.

Hello.

Welcome to Dorothy Height Hall. What can I do for you?

That is a serious cubic zirconium.

Did you get that off that home shopping channel?

Name?

Lena James. Class of 1995.

I really like the way that sounds.

James, you say?

I don't see you on here.

Oh, that's all right, I'll take any room you have.

No, honey, this is not the Motel 6.

We have to have proof that you belong.

Maybe there's been some computer error or something.

Don't insult the school computers, resident assistant.

If this poor child can't find a room,

she'll have to go down to the housing office.

That's all right. I won't bother you.

It's a shame we couldn't work something out, though.

I could learn a lot from a sister like you.

That's why I came to college.

Kimberly, call that housing office

and see why those bumblers left this child on the street.

No, no, no, no. No, no. No, no. Don't even waste the call,

see, 'cause they're the ones who sent me over here.

Oh! They who?

Um, the big fat man with the moustache.

That would be Miss Brown.

Oh, well, she's the one.

May I see your note?

She didn't give me one.

Really?

Miss Brown never sends anyone anywhere without a note.

What can I say? Old girl was backed up, I guess.

I knew you were trouble the minute you walked in here, missy.

Nothing gets past me.

Now you just carry your little fly behind out of here and be on your way.

Whitley, let's at least help her find something else.

We're helping her find the door.

Is that a bathing suit?

Well, well, well, if it isn't Terrence. Son of Jaleesa.

She's not my real mother, all right?

Touchy, touchy.

I'm not upset about it. I mean, why should I be?

My folks have been divorced for a long time.

Terrence, your old man threw you a curve ball,

but you'll get over it with a little time�

Or with a little something else.

- My kind of therapy. - That's what I thought.

Baby�

your perfume was calling me�

so I'm picking up the phone. Hello.

Goodbye.

Um� So, you're a freshman here, right? Where are you staying?

The housing messed up. They didn't place me.

So now I have what you call a walk-around rooming assignment.

What's that?

I walked around and decided where I wanted to room.

Height Hall.

All I have to do now is get past that Miss Ebony Fashion Fair.

Whitley?

Well, you know, my dad's the head of the math department.

Maybe he can help.

I know he can.

French fry, my brother?

Ladies, I do not want this dorm

to be known as the home of the hot and bothered.

We have standards. We have pride.

We have needs.

Which obviously have not been met.

Let us not forget that we reside

in the dorm named after the illustrious Dorothy Height.

Is she the one that did those sex reports?

Dorothy Height, my benighted friend,

is the head of the National Council of Negro Women.

She is also the creator of the Black Family Reunion.

She is also one of the leaders of the organization of 100 Black Women.

I guess she Black.

Well, my, my. We have a visitor.

What can I do for you now?

Uh, I have a note from Dean Witherspoon.

Dean Witherspoon?

Yes. From the math department.

Ah.

"Dear Miss Gilbert, please find a room in your dorm for Lena James.

She is one of our most promising freshmen and a future engineer.

Sincerely yours, Dean Witherspoon."

Well, as much as I would like to oblige the dean, Lena James,

we have no space either. I'm sorry.

You've got an extra bedroom.

You're turning my living room into a sweat shop!

I really like what you got on there

but you know what, I'd get rid of those pleats

and that belt's a little bit too much, I'd probably wear it around my neck.

Yeah, well, I got this from the House of Chenille in Paris.

Oh, really? I'm going there someday, believe that.

I'm sure all of France awaits with bated breath.

I get the feeling that wasn't something too nice.

Where's my dry cleaning?

What is my skirt doing out here?

- Did you try it on? - Yeah, but it was just-

Let me tell you something, missy, my clothing is sacred.

If I catch your little paws on my things again,

you'll be out so fast you'll have skid marks on your bony derriere.

I fixed the hem.

Well�

next time, ask.

Aurie-voirie.

Au revoir!

So I just told that little Miss Lena right off.

She'll think twice before messing with me again.

That's good. Sweetie, there's something I really got to say�

I got to talk to Dean Witherspoon. He's got his nerve.

- What's he like, anyway? - I don't know.

- He's in your department. - No, he's not.

Dean Witherspoon. He wrote me a letter on math stationary.

Sweetie, I met the whole department at a meeting today.

There was no Dean Witherspoon.

That little minx! I'm going to tear her into pieces

- when I get home. - Whitley, please. Enough about the dorm.

You're right. I didn't even ask my Pookie how his day was.

- Hmm. - How was my Pookie's day?

Oh, Pookie's day was rotten.

Why?

Because I've been trying to figure out how to tell you

that you can't keep the ring.

This ring?

Yeah.

Why, Dwayne? Why can't I keep my ring?

Because the jeweler accidentally gave me the wrong one.

Oh!

Does he know?

Whitley!

I'm sorry. You're right.

The truth is, I never really cared for this ring.

So big.

I loathe two-and-a-half carat, pear-shaped diamond rings.

Please take it.

Woo! What a load off. Freedom!

Well, the real one is a lot smaller.

That's okay, Pookie.

It comes from your billion carat heart.

Thank you.

Thank you for understanding.

Always, my love.

I'm going to get us some champagne.

- You do that. - Okay.

Ooh, wee!

Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn!

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