Packing For The Weekend

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(Elevator Bell Dings)
Rose: Sid, Sid, Sid. How's it goin' over there?
Chris: Good.
Rose: You got your toothbrush?
Chris: Check.
Rose: Do you have your deodorant?
Chris: Check.
Rose: Do you have your cozy clothes?
Chris: Got that.
Rose: Can you give me a minute, Sid? We gotts pry something out of your dad. What?
Chris: Do they know I'm black?
Rose: No. Should they?
Chris: (Chuckles) It seems like it's something you might wanna, you know, mention.
Rose: "Mom and Dad, my black boyfriend "will be coming up this weekend " and I just don't want you to be shocked "that he's a black man." (Both Laughing) Chris: You said I was the first black guy you ever dated.
Rose: Yeah, so what?
Chris: Yeah, so this is uncharted territory for them. You know, I don't wanna get chased off the lawn with a shotgun.
Rose: You're not going to. First of all, my dad would've voted for Obama a third time if he could've. Like, the love is so real. I'm only telling you that 'cause he's definitely gonna wanna talk to you about that. And it will definitely fucking suck. (Laughing)
Rose: But that's because he's a lame dad more than anything else. They are not racist.
Chris: All right.
Rose: I would've told you. I wouldn't be bring you home to them.
Chris: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Rose: Think about that for, like, two seconds.
Chris: I'm thinkin'.
Rose: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Good

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