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Season 1 - Episode 19
We resume our episode this week off campus at the home of Joseph and Carsen Davenport. Joseph is in his home office on the computer and Carsen is in the kitchen preparing dinner.
Carsen (yelling): Joe! Joe!
Joseph: I’m in my office!
Carsen walks back to Joseph’s office and stand in the door frame.
Carsen: Hi sweetie. Dinner is ready.
(Joseph doesn’t look up)
Joseph: I thought Sheena was coming by for dinner.
Carsen: She was but she called and said she was gonna grab a bite with some of the sorors on campus.
Joseph: Okay.
Silence
Carsen: So are you coming to eat?
Joseph: Ehh, I’m not very hungry right now. I think I’m gonna skip dinner, if you don’t mind.
Carsen (disappointed): Well, okay….but I fixed your favorite! Grilled Salmon!
Joseph: Thanks, Car. I’m just not hungry. I’ll eat some later on, okay?
Carsen: Okay.
(Carsen turns to walk away and then comes back.)
Carsen: Well to be honest with you, I was kinda hoping we could spend some time together tonight. Sit down at the table and eat together. Get caught up. We haven’t really had a lot of time together lately. Not since the cabin trip.
Joseph: Yeah, I know. I just have a lot on my mind these days.
Carsen: So I’ve heard…
Joseph: What does that mean?
Carsen: Nothing.
Joseph: Sure it does or you wouldn’t have said it. What do you mean you’ve heard? Heard what?
Carsen: Well it’s just that I saw Soror Valerie while she was here for homecoming…..
(Joseph stops what he is doing and looks up at Carsen.)
Joseph: Oh?
Carsen: Yeah. She called me one night and I went and met her for coffee. She said she ran into you.
Silence
Carsen: I thought it was odd that you didn’t tell me that you saw her.
Joseph: I guess I forgot.
Carsen: And then she said that you weren’t acting like yourself when she saw you.
Joseph: What else did she say?
Carsen: Well, really that was it. She just wanted to know how things were with us.
Silence
Carsen: And I didn’t really know how to answer her. Cause honestly I don’t know. So let me ask you, Joe. How are things with us?
Joseph: Do we have to have this conversation right now?
Carsen: As opposed to when? You’re barely at home, Joe. And when you are, you’re always holed up in your office on the computer. We never talk and we haven’t made love in a month. Joe, do you still love me?
Joseph: Carsen, of course I love you. You are the mother of my child. I’ll always have a love for you.
Carsen: But are you in love with me? I mean what has happened with us? It’s like you’re not even the same person anymore! I know we’ve drifted a part over the past few years, but Joe, you are still the only man for me. That’s why I planned that trip to the cabin. I was hoping to remind you of better times.
Silence
Carsen: Joe, I know that we can be happy again if you’d just give it a chance. I know what I did to us was wrong but I thought you had forgiven me by now. I miss you, Joe. I miss us.
Silence
Carsen: Aren’t you going to say anything?
Joseph: I have to leave soon. I have an appointment.
Carsen: An appointment this late?
Joseph: You knew when I took on the head of the department at the hospital that I would be on call 24 hours a day.
Carsen: Is that your priority, Joe? The hospital? What about this family? What about us?
Joseph: You certainly weren’t hollering about the hospital being a priority when you were on one of your $5,000 shopping sprees!
Carsen: Joe, please, I’m just asking-for one night, can you please stay at home? We really need to talk about us.
Silence
Carsen (pleading): Joe, Please.
Joseph stands up to walk out of the office.
Joseph: Just put my salmon in the fridge and I’ll heat it up when I get home.
Joseph walks past Carsen and leaves her standing in the doorway. Carsen begins to sob.
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Across campus, Kyle is leaving football practice and takes out his phone to call his girlfriend, Stasha.
Karissa: Hello?
Kyle: Hey what’s up Karissa?
Karissa: What’s up Kyle!
Kyle: Where’s Stasha?
Karissa: She went to the mall to exchange some shoes.
Kyle: Oh alright….
Karissa: You want me to tell her you called?
Kyle: Nah. I mean yeah. It doesn’t matter. I’ll just call her back later.
Karissa: Is somethin’ wrong?
Kyle: Just had a hard time at practice, that’s all.
Karissa: What happened? I mean, if you don’t mind me askin’….
Silence
Karissa: Is it Jeff?
Kyle: What?
Karissa: I’m sorry. Was I not supposed to know about that? Stasha told me you were havin’ problems with him.
Kyle: Oh……well, yeah.
Karissa: Don’t be mad at her though. She ain’t tell me no details. Just that you two aren’t exactly gettin’ along.
Kyle: That’s puttin’ it midly.
Karissa: Dag, Kyle. I’m kinda surprised. You seem pretty chill and Jeff does too. I got a few classes with him and he seem like he aight.
Kyle: That’s in class. On the field, it’s a different story.
Karissa: Well I’m getting’ ready to go over to the caf to grab somethin’ to eat. You wanna meet me over there? It might help to talk about it.
Kyle: Um, naw I don’t think so.
Karissa: Oh come on! You have to eat somethin’!
Kyle: Yeah you right.
Karissa: I think they havin’ the taco bar today!
Kyle: Long as it’s not the second time around bar or the curry bar, I’m good.
Karissa laughs
Karissa: I know right! So, check it….meet me over there in like 15 minutes. I’ll leave a note for Stasha to tell her where we are.
Kyle: Alright. Cool. See you over there.
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Scene 1 Continued
In the car, Joseph pulls out his cell phone and dials Melinda’s private cell phone number.
Voicemail: Hello! You’ve reached the voicemail of Melinda Ferguson. I’m unavailable to take your call right now. Please leave me a brief message and I will return your call at my earliest convenience. Thank you and have a blessed day!
Joseph: Linda……hi….it’s Joe. This is the 10th message I’ve left you. Baby, please call me back. I miss you.
Joseph dials Melinda’s office number.
Melinda: This is Dr. Ferguson.
Joseph: Linda!
Melinda: Joe?
Joseph: I didn’t expect you to pick up. Normally, Romona answers your phone.
Melinda: Romona has left for the evening. As a matter of fact, I was on my way out as well. Is there something I can help you with, Dr. Davenport?
Joseph: Dr. Davenport, huh?
Silence
Melinda: I think it would be better for me to call you from my cell phone. I’ll call you back.
Melinda hangs up. A few minutes later, Joseph’s cell phone rings.
Joseph: Hey baby…
Melinda: Hi Joe.
Joseph: I been trying to call you.
Melinda: I know.
Joseph: Why haven’t you called me back?
Melinda: I don’t know. I’ve been busy.
Joseph: Wow. Too busy for me?
Silence
Joseph: I want to see you.
Melinda: I don’t think I can….
Joseph: Melinda, what is going on?
Melinda: Look, Joe. Valerie and I talked when she was here and she helped me to see things more clearly.
Joseph: See what clearly?
Melinda: That what we are doing is wrong!
Joseph: Melinda, I love you.
Melinda: I know that, Joe. I love you, too. But Joe, you are married. And as much as I hate to face that……..it’s the reality of the situation.
Joseph: Melinda, please…..just see me for a few minutes. Let’s talk this thing out.
Melinda: I can’t, Joe. I really can’t tonight. I have…..plans.
Joseph: What plans?
Melinda: Well if you must know, I’m having dinner with my husband.
Joseph: Clyde?
Melinda: Yes.
Joseph: For what?
Melinda: To talk about what we are going to do.
Joseph: What do you mean? I thought you were going to go ahead and file for the divorce.
Melinda: Well, I was but……..that was before. Now…..I don’t know….I mean, I might want to give my marriage another chance.
Joseph: What about us?
Melinda: What about us? You are married! You have someone to go home to every night! Why can’t I have the same? Oh I see. You want to just have me around as some little fling on the side and then you can go home to your wife when you please!
Joseph: Melinda, stop it! You know it’s not like that!
Melinda: Oh it isn’t? Then what is it?
Silence
Melinda: Oh now you have nothing to say? You leave me 20 voice mails and now you have nothing to say?
Joseph: Melinda, I don’t understand what is going on here. I love you. I thought we had something good going on.
Melinda: I did, too. But I’m not the one who ruined our good thing, Joe. You did! 20 years ago when you got Carsen pregnant!
Joseph: Melinda! We’ve been over this! You know you’ve always been the only one for me.
Melinda: It’s over, Joe. I’m done being your mistress. I have no idea what will happen with Clyde and I but you need not concern yourself with that…… or me for that matter! Good night!
Melinda hangs up the phone.
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Across campus, Krystal and Laray are in their room.
Laray: Homecoming was hot!
Krystalyn: Yeah, it was!
Laray: It was so nice to have all the old heads back on campus. Especially since we won the step show!
Krystalyn: Yeah. I really love Miya.
Laray: I know! She is so sweet! What the heck happened to her sister?
Krystalyn: What do you mean what happened to her? She went the wrong way! You know all them AKA’s are uppity!
(laughter)
Laray: Okay! Cause Zeta is the only way! (Throws up the Zeta sign)
Krystalyn: That’s crazy what happened with the twins, huh?
Laray: Yes! I’m glad they made up before they left though.
Krystalyn: Yeah, me too. I don’t know how Soror Deniece did it though! If somethin’ happened with me and Patrick, I could never mess around with his brother! I mean for real, every time you sleep with somebody, it’s like you sleepin’ with everybody they slept with!
Laray: Yeah I know. But I mean, I know Patrick won’t no virgin when ya’ll got together.
Krystalyn: No he wasn’t but he ain’t slept with nobody that I know, either.
Laray: That you know of!
Krystalyn: What is that supposed to mean?
Laray: It means you only know what Patrick has told you. You don’t know what he was doin’ before ya’ll met.
Krystalyn: Girl you crazy. I know my man. Not sure about you and Nate but Patrick and I don’t have any secrets.
Laray: Okay, soror.
Krystalyn: Okay, what?
Laray: Nothin’.
Krystalyn: No, Laray, if you have somethin’ to say, then say it.
Laray: Don’t get all hype and defensive. I’m just sayin’ no one tells their man or their girl everything! You mean to tell me that Patrick knows everything about you?
Krystalyn: Everything.
Laray: Oh okay. So he knows about your lil fling from Spring Break freshman year? The one we met in Cancun? That Alpha cutie from Purdue?
Krystalyn: Oh. Well…….
Laray: Just like I thought!
Krystalyn: That was before we met!
Laray: Mmm Hmm….
Krystalyn: Girl shut up! (laughs)
Krystalyn picks up a pillow and throws it across the room at Laray.
Krystalyn: Well I have to admit, you’ve peaked my curiosity now.
Laray: Uh oh. What does that mean?
Krystalyn: You’ll see….
Krystalyn picks up the phone and dials Patrick’s number.
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Scene 2 Continued...
Over at the cafeteria, Karissa and Kyle have met and are searching for a table. They find one outside on the patio.
Kyle: I love Taco Bar day!
Karissa: Me too! It’s like one of the only edible things the caf serves around here!
Kyle: Right!
Karissa: Kyle, Kyle, Kyle!
Kyle: Karissa, Karissa, Karissa!
Karissa: Don’t say my name in a row like that!
Kyle: Why not? You said my name like that!
Karissa: So what. You can’t do everything I do.
Kyle Laughs
Kyle: Girl, you crazy.
Karissa: So what is up with you and Jeff? I like Jeff. He’s a cool white boy! Cute, too!
Kyle frowns
Kyle: I don’t even wanna talk about it.
Karissa: Okay cool. So what do you want to talk about, then?
Kyle: Hmm……let’s talk about you. You my girl’s roomie and I barely know anything about you.
Karissa: Okay. What you wanna know?
Kyle: You messin’ with one of them Iota’s, right?
Karissa: Sort of.
Kyle: What does that mean?
Karissa: It means we are sort of dating but honestly, Shakir is full of it.
Kyle bursts out laughing.
Kyle: Full of it how?
Karissa: He always actin’ like he love me so much and he wants to marry me. But I know Shakir is cheatin’ on me.
Kyle: What?
Karissa: Yep. I mean as far as I know, it’s all Amgis girls, but I ain’t dumb. I know what he’s doin’.
Kyle: So why you still with him?
Karissa: I don’t know. I guess I do kinda love him. He knows somethin’ is wrong though cause we haven’t had sex in months. Ever since I found out that he was creepin’, he got cut off!
Kyle: At least he was gettin’ somethin’.
Karissa: Aww……Stasha still ain’t givin’ you none?
Silence
Karissa: It’s cool, Kyle. I know all about my roomie’s inexperience. I mean she loves you, Kyle and she really wants to but Stasha’s a good girl.
Kyle: I know that. That’s what attracted me to her in the first place. But dag…..how long can a brotha hold out?
Karissa laughing: I told her! I know what happened homecoming weekend. She really wanted to. I will say this……you are the only person that has come this close to gettin’ it. And that says a lot about you and how she feels.
Kyle: Yeah, I know…I guess I just gotta be patient.
Karissa: Yep!
Silence
Karissa: Pretty crazy situation we’re in, huh, Kyle?
Kyle: What do you mean?
Karissa: I got a man who is creepin’ so I ain’t givin’ him none. And you got a girl who you love who ain’t givin’ you none.
Kyle: Yeah……that is kinda crazy……
Karissa: Wouldn’t it be nice if there was someone you could have sex with just to get the pressure off with no strings attached and you knew for sure it wouldn’t get back to Stasha? I know I would love it if I had someone I could sleep with-no strings attached and I knew for sure it wouldn’t get back to Shakir. Even if it was just a one time thing……........ya know?
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Scene 3 Continued....
Krystalyn picks up the phone and dials Patrick’s number.
Patrick: Heyy um…….what’s up baby.
Krystalyn: Hey Pat. What you up to?
Patrick: Me? Oh nothin’. Just hangin’ out.
Krystalyn: Hangin’ out where?
Patrick: At the library.
Krystalyn: Hello? Hello?
Patrick: Yeah, I’m here.
Krystalyn: You said you are where?
Patrick: At the library!
Krystalyn: Okay……..who are you and what have you done with my fiancé?
Patrick: Ha Ha. Very funny, Krys. So what’s up?
Krystalyn: Touchy! Lighten up a little.
Patrick: I’m sorry. I got a big test tomorrow so I’m a lil stressed, that’s all.
Krystalyn: What class?
Patrick: Huh?
Krystalyn: What class is your test in, Patrick? Are you okay?
Patrick: Oh um…..Zoology.
Krystalyn: Oh I hated that class. Dr. Hohn is hard. Why didn’t you tell me you had a test in that class? I could have tried to help you.
Patrick: Oh it’s no big deal. Marcellus is helpin’ me out.
Krystalyn: Oh that’s cool. Tell him I said what’s up.
Patrick: Okay.
Krystalyn: Well I guess I’ll let you go, then. I did have somethin’ to ask you but it can wait.
Patrick: You sure?
Krystalyn: Yep. I’ll just talk to you later. Call me before you go to bed, okay?
Patrick: Okay.
Krystalyn: Love ya!
Patrick: Love you too.
Krystalyn: Bye hon!
Krystalyn hangs up the phone.
Laray: I thought you were gonna ask him about keepin’ secrets!
Krystalyn: I was but he was at the library. He sounded really stressed.
Laray: You know what would be a good idea? You should sneak him some dinner over there so he doesn’t have to leave!
Krystalyn: That is a good idea, Laray! See, I knew I kept you around for a reason!
Laray: Whatever!
Krystalyn: I can just drop it off, give him a quick kiss and keep goin’!
Laray: Now you’re thinkin’!
Krystalyn hops up and starts to dress. She thinks about Patrick studying hard for his test and smiles to herself when she thinks how excited he’ll be to see her walk in with dinner.
Back at the library…….
Krystalyn: Yep. I’ll just talk to you later. Call me before you go to bed, okay?
Patrick: Okay.
Krystalyn: Love ya!
Patrick: Love you too.
Krystalyn: Bye hon!
Krystalyn hangs up the phone. Patrick looks over at Joi.
Patrick: Whew! That was close.
Joi: Yeah, but you told her where we were! I picked the library because I knew that no one would see us here.
Patrick: Don’t worry about it. She’s with her sorors. She ain’t gonna come lookin’ for me.
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