Precious

My name is Clareece "Precious" Jones.

I wish I had a light-skinned boyfriend with real nice hair.

And I wanna be on the cover of a magazine.

But first, I wanna be in one of them BET videos.

Momma said I can't dance.

Plus, she said, who wants to see my big ass dancing, anyhow?

Well, if there's no volunteers, then I'm going to have to call people.

Okay, Leticia, you got number one. Leticia!

Jess Wesley, number two.

I like math. I don't say nothing.

I don't open my book, even. I just sit there.

- You down? - Number six.

Every day I tell myself something's gonna happen.

I'm... I'm dead serious.

Like, I'm gonna break through.

Or somebody's gonna break through to me.

I'm gonna be normal

and pay attention, and sit in the front of the class.

Distributive principles...

Someday.

...are principles that you can do in your head.

I like Mr. Wicher.

I pretend he my husband and we live some place like Westchester.

Look at him. He like me, too, I know it.

I can tell by his eyes. He always looking at me and smiling at me.

Boys! Boys! Boys!

I'm not your fucking boy!

You're disrupting the class.

Yeah, well, I'm talking now, so you listen.

Shut the fuck up! I'm trying to listen!

Mr. Wicher know I got his back.

One twenty-two.

Why are we barking, Jess?

Monday's assignment. I'm assuming everybody did it.

- No. - No.

Please... Quiet. Precious, get your things.

I have... Come here for a second.

Now this shit.

Is there anybody who didn't do their homework?

Why? These aren't requests. These are requirements. Okay?

You have to go to the principal's office.

Go to the principal's office!

All right, that's enough. That's enough.

No, he's not allowed on campus. Where was he seen?

Could you get Mr. Tork from Room 25,

tell him to go to Room 16 right away? Thank you.

No. He was seen on the second floor.

Yes. Thank you.

Send Clareece in here!

She's ready for you now.

Mr. Taylor? Ms. Lichenstein.

Come in.

Matthew Williams, second floor.

In front of his locker. Yes. Suspended last week.

Yeah.

Yes, absolutely. Thank you.

Hello, Clareece.

Are you pregnant?

You're 16. You're still in junior high school,

and you're pregnant with your second child.

Is that correct, Clareece?

Are you pregnant again?

What happened, Clareece?

I had sex, Ms. Lichenstein.

Do you have any other thoughts about your situation, Clareece?

Clareece?

Am I in trouble?

Thank you. I gotta get back to math.

Sit down, Clareece. Sit down right now.

We should have a parent-teacher's conference with you, me and your mother.

My mother's busy.

All right. Well then, how about if I come to your house?

If I were you, I wouldn't.

I... I'm going to have to suspend you.

That ain't fair! I didn't do nothing! I do my work!

My grades is good!

Is something going on at home?

If something's going on at home, I want you to tell me right now.

You get my cigarettes?

No, they didn't have it.

I played the number, though. I couldn't box it.

Yes. Yeah.

Right there. Yeah. Daddy loves you.

Precious, what did you think of the film?

I thought it was fabulous.

- What's next for you? - What?

- How are you feeling? - I feel great!

Just one more, just one more, quick!

I love you, too!

You know I love you!

Hey, boo!

I ain't gonna say it no more.

The door was open, so I let myself in.

Well, there goes my chance to tell you I'm not home.

Now, Mary, this is important.

Now, come on, Mary, she'll have a great time.

I'd enroll myself, but I became ineligible for teen pageants a few days ago.

Yeah, I see your acne's cleared up.

You know, this pageant can do Brenda a world of good, Mary.

And the man in charge, he's tops in his field. A brilliant promoter.

How long have you two been dating?

A dance teacher.

Tell them assholes to stop ringing my bell.

I hate crackheads.

No one ever ring this bell except for crackheads.

Why they fucking with us?

Stop ringing the goddamn buzzers, motherfuckers!

Give the ghetto a bad name.

Stop ringing the goddamn buzzer!

Stop it!

Press "listen," stupid.

It's Sandra Lichenstein for Clareece and Ms. Mary Johnston.

Who is that, Precious?

White bitch from school.

What do you want?

Clareece, I want to talk to you about your education.

Eighty-six that bitch.

My mother don't wanna get cut off welfare.

And that's just what this visit gonna result in.

Ms. Lichenstein, get out of here before I kick your ass.

All right, Clareece, I spoke to Mr. Wicher,

and he told me that you're one of his best math students.

If your fat ass don't get that bitch away from here...

...like a, like a potential for math.

So I called Mrs. McKnight

from Higher Education Alternative Each One Teach One.

It's an alternative school.

Clareece, are you listening to me?

Yeah.

Okay. Mrs. McKnight. Each One Teach One.

It's located at the 11th floor, Hotel Theresa, 125th Street.

- Get rid of that bitch. - The semester started a few days ago,

so you're not too late.

Eleventh floor.

I heard you the first time.

Okay.

I don't know what an alternative school is, but I feel I wanna know.

My heart is all warm inside.

Mr. Wicher think I'm a good student.

I knew that he liked me.

School ain't gonna help none!

Take your ass down to the welfare.

Who the fuck she think she is?

So I guess you think you cute now, right? Uppity bitch.

You should have kept your fucking mouth shut.

Just 'cause he gonna give you more children than he give me,

you think you something fucking special?

Fuck you and fuck him!

Precious!

Precious! Precious!

Get down here, bitch!

You brought that white bitch up in my house!

You... Why would you bring that bitch up in here?

I didn't bring her here.

Well, why the fuck did she ring my buzzer?

I can't hear you, Precious.

Since you got so much motherfucking mouth,

and you gonna bring a bitch up in my house,

why would that bitch ring my goddamn buzzer?

I didn't tell her to come here.

See, I think right now, you feeling like you're becoming a grown woman.

'Cause of that shit you pulled in the kitchen.

I should've fucked you up, but I let you walk away,

and I let you come get yourself together.

But, bitch, I'm gonna let you know if you ever pull that shit on me again,

that will be your last motherfucking day standing,

I promise you that.

You gonna send a white bitch to my motherfucking buzzer?

Talking about some higher education?

You're a dummy, bitch, you will never know shit.

Don't nobody want you. Don't nobody need you.

You done fucked around and fucked my motherfucking man

and had two motherfucking children,

and one of them is a goddamn animal,

running around, looking crazy as a motherfucker.

Bitch, you know what? See, I think you... I think you're trying me.

I think you're really trying to fuck with me. You're fucking with my money.

And you're gonna stand up there and look down at me

like you're a motherfucking woman.

I'm gonna show you what real women do, bitch.

See, you don't know what real motherfucking women do.

Real motherfucking women sacrifice.

I should've aborted your motherfucking ass. 'Cause you ain't shit.

I knew it the day the doctors put you in my goddamn hand

you wasn't a goddamn thing,

and you have that smirk on your face, bitch?

Get it off your fucking face!

Now smile about that! Smile about that, you fat bitch.

I'm gonna kill you, bitch!

Get off me, bitch!

And "blank" and eggs?

- Bacon? - Right.

- And "What's up, Doc?" He eats these. - Carrots.

- Right. And ice, it comes in a tray. - Ice cubes.

Right. And the best part of the steak. The...

- The T-bone. The... - No.

- Filet mignon. - Right!

- And an English... Thomas' English... - Muffin!

- Right. - That's it!

You really need to get some rest.