Hey, buddy. Uh...
Let's say we go put our pajamas on?
I can't, Unc. My mom's gonna be in a rush when she gets here.
We have to take the train to Chi town.
Yeah, well, you know, maybe she got tied up, Dylan.
- Tired up with what? - Who knows?
I mean...
look, let me, let me talk to you for a second.
Look.
Dylan, you know, your auntie and I
want nothing more than to protect you
from all the hurtful things out there in the world.
You can't protect me from everything, Unc.
You know, you're right.
You always surprise me with how smart you are and how...
how mature you are.
Yeah, I'm practically a man now.
And not to brag but, I saw a hair on my lip the other day.
[indiscernible] it.
That's dirt, Dylan.
You not washing your face good at night?
Look, I know you've been through a lot. Okay?
And, you know, I wish it wasn't like that,
but that's just how life is sometimes.
So, what you gettin' at, Unc?
As much as it pains me to say this...
I don't think your mom is coming.
Don't say that.
She's probably just running late or something.
She's terrible with time.
Once she took me to the movies
and by the time we sat down, the credits were rolling.
- So, what'd you do? - We left.
And ended up eating our popcorn on the L train.
Well, I'm just trying to prepare you...
for the fact that your mom might not come back tonight.
But she said we were going to Chicago.
Okay, look, you remember when you, you know,
you weren't feeling well a few weeks ago?
Yeah, when Becca gave me her nasty cold.
I was so mad.
My rap voice sounded like a cartoon mouse.
I've never seen you sleep so much.
Well, just like people can get sick physically,
sometimes people don't feel well in other ways.
Hold up, Unc. You ain't tryin' to call my mother crazy?
Absolutely not.
No. And I don't like that word, so don't use it.
Yes, sir.
What I mean to say is,
as people, sometimes we don't feel well,
physically, spiritually, emotionally.
I mean, there's so many parts of us that we have to work on
and as adults, sometimes you know,
there'll be a lot of pressure and it gets to be too much.
But you and Auntie have pressures,
and I don't see you guys leaving Charlie or Rebecca?
No, but,
that doesn't mean that one day one of us won't make a mistake.
We're all human.
She's coming, Unc.
Dylan, come here, baby.
Come on, give Grandma a hug.
I've got a surprise for you.
I'm not really feeling much like anymore surprises, Grandma.
Peach cobbler?
Oh, see... you didn't let me finish.
I was going to say any surprises that weren't peach cobbler.
Come on, man.
I want a lot of crust.
I got ya.
Grab that ice cream out of the fridge for me.
Your granddaddy used to say
my cobbler was food for a man's soul.
What was Grandad like?
Hmm.
He was a lot like you.
Very independent.
Probably where you get it from.
Mmmm.
Grandma, this cobbler is so good.
I'm glad you like it, baby.
I'm sorry your mother disappointed you.
I don't think I love her anymore.
Hey, hey, don't say that.
But it's true.
Let me tell you something about love, baby.
When we love someone,
it can be hard when they disappoint us.
Then we get all mad, because they hurt us.
I'm tired of her just coming in and out of my life, Grandma.
I know you are,
but she's trying to get her life together,
trying to get her mind right.
But why does she have to come over here with all this?
I was just here minding my business, growing a moustache.
Child, please.
That is dirt on your lip and we both know it.
Your mama just got too much going on.
But she loves you and she misses you so much.
That ain't how you show nobody love.
She's confused.
That's why she needs us to love her right now.
I ain't really feel her right now, Grandma.
I know you're not.
But remember this for me.
When someone we love makes us mad or hurts us,
and we find it hard to love them,
that's when they need us to love them the most.
Okay.
Go on upstairs and put your pajamas on.
The rest of your family's got a surprise for you.
A surprise that's better than your peach cobbler?
Heck no!
Ain't too much better than my peach cobbler.
But it's still a pretty cool surprise, though.
Go on now.
Thank you, Grandma.
I love you.
I love you too, baby,