scene 2 Jajas || DACA & VANESSA STRT

Eh! Is that your school Marie?

The one my mom has a connect for? Yeah..

Did you try telling her you didn’t want to go?

I tried too a bunch of times but you know how she is.

Ah! But I think you’re right about trying to see if you can do an Ivy league school. You never know what could happen in a year.

She thinks that her and steven getting married will fix everything and it’s just not that simple.

Look at all those white people whose house your mother was cleanings If they were not on the board of your school how else do you think you would have been able to go there?

Okay..

Yes, but she took test and got highest scores at the school. she earned it.

It’s fine Miriam.

Exactly!

Can we just?

Yeah, DECCA. That’s what I said, I saw it on the news.

It’s crazy expensive actually. And not really easy too—

Eh heh/ Yes! / How much do you need?

— You know, I really don’t wanna talk about ANY of this anymore, okay?! I don’t want to talk about school or my mother or her connections or whatever you saw on the news! Trust me this is already all I think about every single day. Every single second. For once, can I have a day where i come here, do my work, in peace, and go home? Is that okay?!

No problem Miss. Next time. Hey Marie. Tell your mother I said hello and congratulations.

I will see you franklin.

Socks. Socks. Socks. I got socks for sale. Socks

Hello. Welcome. How can I help you?

Yeah I wanna get braids.

Okay great! Do you know what style you want?

No yall don’t got a book or something?

Uh yeah we do. Here you go.

Umm this is like dumb heavy, you wanna break my arm?

Oh. No, sorry.

I like just got my nails done and shit

Sorry. Uh.. do you know what kind of style you’d like?

Damn! I literally just said I ain’t know! Like… chill.

Sorry, I was just trying to help.

Well when I need help Ima ask, aight?

Sure

Aight, so I want this.

Great jumbo box braids!

Yeah. How much is that?

Well let me see who’s available … oh aminata can talk to you about the price outside?

why i gotta go outside? it’s mad hot

Oh that’s just out policy we don’t discuss price inside of the shop.

so I gotta go outside there in the heat?

It’ll only be for a minute.

Why can’t you tell me now?

She will as soon as you step outside. Aminata?

Umm.. why she looking like that? I don’t need nobody touch my hair who got an attitude.

Nonono, it’s fine. She’s fine. Right?

Yeah, aight that’s good cause sometimes folks be trying to use the cheap shit and that’ll damage your hair.

Oh no my muvah selects this hair herself.

your muvah?!

yes, she owns this shop she had direct sources in both china and malaysia.