Thursday, April 11, 2013

NOTICE.

The way we socialize is a funny thing. Sometimes I put a little more effort into it-- I'll dig around to look for topics and ask questions looking for something to connect the other person and I. 

Today I was walking with a co-worker and knowing he was a religious man I asked him about his church. One question, to a story, to a discussion on faith and I said, "Sometimes we can sit and say 'god why is this happening to me' but we need to realize that this bump is god's finger redirecting us to the path he wants us to be on. Sometimes things end for a better chapter to begin." and he looked at me and said, "I feel like you have just given me a prophecy" and I laughed but then I thought about it... If he could have such faith to be so scrupulous I think I could take his lead and start to notice what is happening around me and find some connection to this world. 

Nothing makes me feel more alive than connectivity, the feeling that I am united and a part of a motion for good in life. Religion inspires this feeling from me but taking it a step further I feel like I could be talking to something so external karma, fate, god, whatever it is that makes us feel like we're being taken care of by something other worldly. The future's forecast or the response to your questions could be through a random exchange between a stranger and you or really anything at all. As New Yorkers we become numb to these interactions and we just keep retracing with routine until it takes a giant slap to snap us out of it to notice anything at all. 

I was gently inspired today to pay attention. 

Friday, September 28, 2012

LOVE I can't get enough of it

I believe god gave me the ability to go far in life and I believe the law of attraction is real. I believe that god watches what I do with the abilities he's given me and has shed light on paths for me to which I decide if I want to follow his direction.

I believe deep inside that there is a reason for every encounter in my life.

There is a reason I took the L train at 8th Avenue to go home with a bunch of girls I just met instead of taking the M train straight home alone.

I met the love of my life on the L train at 8th Avenue, and those random girls helped me meet him.

I believe my mother was moved so much by the book the Secret that she enlightened me with it and taught me we call upon our own "luck" that there is a law of attraction.That moment has influenced every major life decision I've had since then.

I quit jobs on not just an instinct but with confidence that I deserve better, I WILL get better and I WILL succeed.

and I have found something I love to do.

Now, I am coming into this part in my life where I'm excited, anxious, desperate, passionate, enthralled, emotional, head over heels in love. Can you imagine feeling every damn feeling in the span of 20 minutes? It's exhausting and overwhelming.

I will look at him and look at us a year from now and laugh and think why was it such a big deal.

I feel like what it is that I'm calling into action in my life as it's happening and it's so. damn. exciting. I really can't contain myself.

"Everyone wanna know what my Araceli's heel is, LOVE I can't get enough of it" -Jay Z



Monday, August 27, 2012

Deuces



Nothing to do now but move on without you.

Friday, August 24, 2012

BABY MANIA

Here are the waves I've gone through

  1. Joy. I'm going to finally have a baby in the family-- finally a baby that I will have a chance to bond, babysit, love, show off, spoil, share with, that is going to be around and not just once a year.. I will get to see them grow up and be a part of their life
  2. Let down. So it's not okay for me to throw you a party? because it's your baby and you want to be a control freak? well--- I never thought I was trying to steal your baby, but it's just a party?! How did I manage to step on your toes? If this is bad--- what are you going to be like when the baby gets here?!
  3. Panic. I'm never going to see this child! The whole reason I was so happy is on the chopping bloc and wont ever come to realize. Your ruining this beautiful relationship already and the baby isn't even born!
  4. Anger. Well if you are going to be like that then fuck you and you can stick it all up your tightly wound up ass. I'm not going to your stupid baby shower and I wont talk to you or my brother.
  5. Coming to terms. Well if I can't do anything about you then let me try to salvage the relationship with my brother. Oh my brother is an idiot. Yeah, I forgot about that one.
  6. Indifference. You want me to go to your baby shower? OK. My brother doesn't call me? OK. I don't ever see you? OK. I'm not around anymore? OK. You know what? I don't care. 

Indifference. that's where it ends. I cared about this soooo much that I can't muster up enough care about it anymore. I'm disappointed more than angry and I'm hurt more than disappointed.

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

In your 20's



1. Take advantage of that open bar…

2. There are going to be good and bad people wherever you go. You can’t run forever.

3. Imagining your life as a sit-com makes 98% of bad situations better. Some days just f-cking suck. So pretend it’s Christmas.

4. Set your expectations low and your standards high (especially on dating). 

5. Seeing and admitting your flaws is important. Mine? Extreme fickleness, uncontrollable anxiety, being overambitious and too self-critical, talking bullsh-t, overcommitment, blah blah blah. But self-reflection is key for personal change. What are yours?

6. If someone cares about you, they’ll make time for you. If they don’t, then they won’t. But with that said, no one can make time for you all the time. 

7. Club Monaco dresses and Chanel makeup are not good reasons to be broke. But plane tickets, traveling, and new experiences are. 

8. Knowing when and how to sound like a pretentious asshole is useful. But so is knowing your place.

9. There’s a huge difference between loving someone and being in love. And having a tumultuous and volatile love life is really not something to be proud of, although it can be fun at times…

10. If you’re going to give, then just give. Don’t expect anything in return.

11. Alone time is crucial. Dates with yourself are the best. Go sit at your favorite café for another hour. Have that bubble bath. Take the long way home.

12. Karma is very, very real.

13. Listen to advice, even if you don’t like it or it sounds ridiculous to you. (ex. “You should really try a yoga class.” “Are you kidding me…” Well, today, I tried a yoga class. And I liked it.)

14. Not everyone is going to like you. And that is perfectly okay.

15. Killing with kindness is approximately 99% more effective than being a bitch.

16. Being happy doesn’t mean never being sad.

17. The more people you know, the better. Keep meeting strangers and talking.

18. Every single person has a story. Every single person can teach you something new about something you know nothing about. And every single person can teach you something new about yourself. You just have to be open to it.

19. If you want to go to somewhere, then go. Be reasonable, and be smart. But the longer you think about it, and the longer you hold back, the more you are going to hate everyone around you, including yourself. You can’t wait for things to happen. 

20. You really cannot change people, no matter how hard you try. 

21. But you can change yourself

Thursday, July 26, 2012

forever

“Some things don't last forever, but some things do. Like a good song, or a good book, or a good memory you can take out and unfold in your darkest times, pressing down on the corners and peering in close, hoping you still recognize the person you see there.” 

Friday, July 6, 2012

My So-Called Life

" Dear Angela, I know in the past I've caused you pain and I'm sorry. And I'll always be sorry 'till the day I die. And I hate this pen I'm holding because I should be holding you. I hate this paper under my hand because it isn't you. I even hate this letter because it's not the whole truth. Because the whole truth is so much more than a letter can even say. If you want to hate me, go ahead. If you want to burn this letter, do it. You could burn the whole world down; you could tell me to go to hell. I'd go, if you wanted me to. And I'd send you a letter from there. Sincerely, Jordan Catalano" 

Teenagers are so damn deep.

Monday, May 28, 2012

how do you feel about the world family?



What is family?

Does it just apply to our blood relatives?

Or does marrying into your spouse's family change feelings, loyalty and obligations to terms bound originally for just our own 'family'.

How do you transfer all of these things? Does it happen when your signing your marriage certificate? What if you can only fall in love with the groom and not the rest of his 'party'?

The bigger question is, what if it never happens?


What if you never bond with his family, you never feel a sense of loyalty, no sense of obligation. They might as well be furniture to you. If you can't muster up any real feelings after spending so much time with them then what does that say about you?

I know, it says your a dick.

What I really want to say is this:

I wanted to do something nice for you, you didn't seem to think you should find a compromise. This is your world, we just live in it. Your an asshole for not wanting to share a beautiful moment, you've got your claws so deep in this thing that could've been such a beautiful moment to share, such a beautiful thing that we could've all enjoyed together but you want to shut it out afraid that what? we might ruin it?

Your mistake is depriving something of being loved by so many people. No one can ever take this away from you even if they tried but what you're doing is sabotaging this whole thing on your own. I will try very hard to over come my disappointment with you and not let it translate to this thing you're neglecting from us but you'll regret being such a controlling monster.

THIS is BEAUTIFUL and you didn't have to make it you against us.

you made your bed though, I sincerely hope all of this plays out very well for you.



and I don't care if you read this, that's the reason it's up here in the first place.

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

& and the stars are just like little fish



I remember having purpose, waking up in the morning with my sketch book pushing my bike out of a tiny railroad apartment in ridgewood biking it to La Guardia Community College for my 9am intro to drawing class.

I remember walking and biking almost through all the cracks and corners of LIC and Sunnyside... sitting or standing and thinking to myself "one day I'm going to live here...." & "when I'm 21 I'm going to drink at this bar..." I was fucking imprinting bars, I was a drunk at 19 and I didn't even fucking know it.

Listening to my favorite jams, inspiring me, consuming me, I felt my big sweaters engulf me, I sipped my coffee before fucking hipsters crawled into mainstream... I was beckoning fashion trends before I fucking knew it.

the past ain't as pleasant as how we remember it & I know that but I want my resolutions, and all that easy free simple shit that made me get up and do shit, well I want it back in my blood stream.

How do I make this important to me?


I have goals that I intend to meet tomorrow.

I'll leave you with a promise... tomorrow I better fucking come back with a good story to tell you.

peace out.

Sunday, November 27, 2011

jingle all the way

'tis that time again folks! 
I've got my holiday cards and pen ready for greetings and fun stamps so please be a dear and give me your address early this year so your christmas card can be in your mail... 

Sunday, September 18, 2011

crystalized

I started on a road I felt so sure about with people I would bet my pulse on. My tank inside was full in hopes and dreams but it was empty on ambition. I didn't really want to work on things, I just expected the success as much, every time the pit grew deeper & deeper, it seems like it would be a sort of ying & yang effect. You can't have the bad without the goods and my expectations were bigger when the worse felt worse. My common sense was well hidden behind my sanguine expectations.

Best Friends that didn't give a damn about me, Love that just wasn't that at all, days that I could have lived without. 

I don't know why I ever felt so optimistic at all. The things that were done then have taken so long to tread through now. The decisions, the outcomes, the healing, the repairing---- the reconstruction. 


Why looking back everything seems so strange to me. I'm a different person, I don't know why I was so easily influenced. 

this road now seems so different than it was back then. I look back every once and a while and things seem a little clearer, I get the light to shed itself on some places and I can't believe how long it's been and how much it feels like just yesterday.....


Sunday, March 6, 2011

untitiled

This is missing direction... I'm posting this way too soon but it's a good way of saving your work... I'll post up better work I pwo-mish. ;)
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EXT. NIGHT 11:30 PM. In a Suburban street with a dingy black bar on the end of the corner.
Every store is closed a group of kids in their early twenties are standing outside a bar they just finished a gig in. All of their equipment in on the sidewalk. It’s early december so the weather is well below two digit degrees. There are a few groupies in short skirts and punk leather jackets standing with the band. There’s an overly excited short punk kid pacing around. The band is waiting for a van to pick them up and take them home. 
LACY
(Jumping up & down to take away the numb from the cold in her toes)
It’s cold man
SANCHEZ
  YO!
    (He ignores her comment, everyone else gathers around him)
When the van gets here lets
try to load this shit in quick
and get the fuck outta here I’m freezing
my mother fucking balls off
Punk Kid
  (very loudly)
We need some fucking LIQOUR to warm up!
LUCAS
Alright bro you gonna buy?
Punk Kid
Yeah Man definitely!
Everyone looks at each other rolling their eyes and smirking at his desperate attitude to please. Lucas and the punk kid walk up the street and fade away.
SANCHEZ
That kid is way too excited about 
being with us. I swore he was about 
to bust a nut when Lucas went with him
The groupies giggle and Carlos one of the band member sighs and shakes his head. Lacy looks away staring at where Lucas and the kid walked off to. 
Across the street there is a bank with a large parking lot and neatly trimmed hedges. Some of the girls and a band member are inside the bank where the ATM’s are, trying to keep themselves warm. A white van approaches the group and pulls up next to Lacy. 
Sanchez looks over to where the bank is and notices Case one of the band members crossing the street.
SANCHEZ
Yo Case help me put this stuff in 
Case pulls his phone from his pocket and Sanchez quickly snaps
SANCHEZ
Don’t call those hoes in the bank they can
take the damn train, there wont be much space 
in the van with them
Case obliges and grabs one of the equipment cases
Lacy looks at all the guys putting most of the equipment in the van. The driver is staring at Lacy she looks at him, he’s got clear blue eyes a large stomach that’s leaning on the wheel. He’s smoking a cigarette he winks at her and unlocks the door. 
Van Driver
Hey it’s cold outside get in
Lacy looks back at the guys, Sanchez is looking at her and nods. She opens the door and slides in.
SANCHEZ
Lacy here take my phone and call Lucas so he 
can help us with the rest of this stuff

Sanchez tosses his cell phone Lacy catches it and the van driver keeps his gaze on Sanchez through the rearview mirror puffing at his cigarette. 
CUT TO: EXT. Inside a grocery store
Lucas’ phone starts ringing the punk kid is getting into a fight with the middle eastern cashier he asks for his ID and the kid is obviously under age. Lucas walks outside ignoring the commotion and picks up.
LUCAS
      Yo
LACY
  Van’s here!
LUCAS
    Did you get a seat?
LACY
Yeah I’m sitting up in 
the front with the creepy driver
The Van driver grunts, Lacy shifts herself closer to the window almost afraid of touching the partitioner between them.
Lucas laughs. 
LUCAS
Okay I’ll be there in a minute
The punk kid runs outside with the bags of beer past Lucas and is laughing. The cashier is yelling and pulls Lucas
CASHIER
You must catch your friend! He needs pay!!
Lucas is shocked and he smiles he pulls the cashier’s grip off of his jacket and runs after the kid. They reach the van and all the equipment is in. The rest of the band members are trying to shuffle in when Lucas leaps in first sliding into the window seat. Everyone groans. They can hear yelling and see a distant figure running closer.
LUCAS 
    Get in!
The kid is still standing outside with the bags of beer in his hands laughing. Everyone starts pushing to get in. The driver starts the car, Case begins to call the girls still waiting in the bank. The girls start to run out of the bank towards the van. The van begins to pull out.
LUCAS, CASE & CARLOS yell out to the driver
No!! WAIT THERE’S MORE PEOPLE!
Van Driver
Hurry up & get them here I don’t have all night
Three girls run up to the van thats moved under the stop light they get in and climb on top of the guys lap. One of them sits and adjusts herself on Lucas’ lap. 
Lacy turns around and looks at Lucas noticing the groupie on his lap. Lucas notices her stare and looks away out the window. The light turns green and the driver begins to drive again.
CARLOS
No wait! there’s more
Van Driver
What? They don’t fit you’re lucky I waited
for these girls I’m sorry but I’m not stopping
Carlos leans back into his seat and snickers. Everyone laughs and start to take the beer the kid stole out of the plastic bag he brought them in. 
CUT TO: INT. A Large Basement. 
The pipes and beams are exposed. The band equipment is scattered all over. It’s the basement of an apartment building in Washington Heights. There are some cheap folding chairs out where everyone is sitting and drinking beer waiting for those who got left behind. Case, Sanchez and Lacy are sitting together. 
Sanchez gives a friendly look to Lacy. She sighs and looks at the groupies talking loudly and laughing.
LACY
They’re so stupid
CASE
(laughs)
Just drink you beer Lacy
Case pushes Lacy’s beer up towards her lips. Lacy takes a gulp of her beer and gets up to walk out of the room. Lucas notices her leave and walks out after her. She plots down in a corner and sits indian style staring at the floor. Lucas is now standing in front of her and extends his hands, she takes it and gets back up. She’s inches from his lips he leans in a little closer and stops. She straightens herself and tightens her eyes shut and she feels him dip in to kiss her, her eyes open wide at the feeling of glass hit her front teeth. Sanchez, Case, and Lucas are in the room and have stopped to stare at her.
CASE
What the hell are you doing? Making
out with that beer?
SANCHEZ
Damn it’s only your first beer Lacy are
you already drunk?
LUCAS
She seemed really into the bottle for a second there
He laughs
Lacy blushes and sinks herself back on the ground hoping they’d keep walking.  
Lucas opens a door and everyone that was left behind are there with more beer and bottles of liquor. They shout over to everyone else in the other room. Lacy drops her head back and finishes her beer. She wonders why she’s not home sleeping in her bed instead of this.
CUT TO: A Few Days Later
INT. NOON GARY’S APARTMENT, WEEKDAY.
Maria is laying on a bed. The sun is very bright and it’s going through the sheer white curtains and is shining on Maria’s face. She is dressed for an interview. She’s day dreaming her eyes are glued to the popcorn painting on the ceiling. Gary is Lucas’ cousin he’s sitting on a desk by the bed intensely checking his facebook. 
Lucas walks into the room he closes the door behind him and puts his hand on Maria’s leg.
LUCAS
So how did it go?
MARIA
(her eyes are still staring at the ceiling)
Horrible
Lucas climbs over her on the bed and put his lips on hers 
LUCAS
So what you’re saying is I have my very own fine ass
Mexican Professor free today?
Maria smiles she looks at him and pulls away from him
MARIA
Shut Up
Lucas leans towards her and kisses her. She hadn’t seen him in a few days and missed his affection. She let her guard down and folded her arms around him. Gary snaps out of the computer and notices the two kissing. He grunts.
GARY
I’m hungry
LUCAS
No you’re not
GARY
What are we doing today?
Maria moves away from Lucas annoyed and turns the TV on
LUCAS
Go take a shower
MARIA
You boys act like a bunch of girls
Lucas looks back at her he gives her a smirk and lays down on her lap.
LUCAS
You making fun of me woman?
GARY
I’m hungry
LUCAS
GO TAKE A SHOWER!
Maria sighs gets up and slaps Gary’s shoulder he looks at her and knows he should probably go take a shower. Maria sits at his desk and logs off his facebook and begins to download music.
GARY
Hey! Hey! What the fuck man?
Maria
I promise you haven’t missed any comments or important newsfeeds
Lucas laughs, Gary ignores him and walks out of the room with a towel. Maria turns the chair around to face Lucas on the bed cuddling a pillow and watching TV. She crosses her legs and folds her hands sitting up straight and ready for battle.
MARIA
Now tell me
(beat)
Why were you spending all your time with some
groupie the other night? 
Lucas closes his eyes he knows what kind of day this is going to be. He grips the pillow and turns towards her.
LUCAS
Who told you that?
MARIA
So you were with someone all night?
LUCAS
There was no someone all night you
need to get your information straightened out
MARIA 
I don’t want to hear your bullshit
don’t give people reasons to talk Lucas
Lucas drops his head he gets up and starts to walk towards Maria with a defeated posture he falls to her knees.
LUCAS
Yes, Yes-- I met someone we got drunk
I fucked her and we’re in love
Gary walks in with a towel wrapped around his waist he shakes his wet hair in Maria’s direction.
MARIA
you ass
Maria wasn’t falling for Lucas’s sarcasm or lack of wit she grabs her coat and starts heading towards the front door.
Gary looks at Lucas completely unaware of what he’s walked into. 
GARY
What’d I do?
Lucas shakes his head and brushes his hand through his hair. Lucas grabs his coat and starts to go after her. 
CUT TO: EXT. SUNNY WINDY DAY WASHINGTON HEIGHTS 
Lucas zips up his jacket and puts his hands in his pockets he looks down both sides of the street to figure out where Maria could’ve gone. He decides to head towards the subway. 
CUT TO: INT. CASE’S APARTMENT.
The living room is lit by florescent lighting where one light has burned out. There are a bunch of old large couches on each side of the wall. Maria, Case, Sanchez and Lacy are sitting in the living room drinking tea.
SANCHEZ
Damn
Sanchez looks down to his cup concentrated
Can you put liquor in this shit?
Case and Maria roll their eyes, Lacy isn’t paying attention. 
CASE
Yo that’s mad drunkie x core status
SANCHEZ
Nah chill I think you can only do that to coffee
anyways it’s not like I was gonna do it
MARIA
I asked him about it
CASE
Not cool man! You told me you wouldn’t say anything
SANCHEZ
Why you over reacting bee?
MARIA
Don’t tell me what to do
(beat)
I’m fed up with his triflin’ ass
Sanchez and Case look down at their cups of tea defeated by Maria’s stubbornness. Lacy is just observing.
Maria turns to Lacy
MARIA
I mean.... What would you have done?
Lacy is caught off guard by Maria’s question but she instantly responds.
LACY
Just leave
CUT TO: EXT. SUBWAY 161ST 
Lucas is looking around the train station. The station is starting to get full it’s almost rush hour people are lining up to buy their metrocards and get in.
LUCAS
Fuck this 
He slams his hands on the bar of the entrance. People look back at him and snicker. He pulls out his cell phone and begins to walk back up the stairs he is going down his phonebook list. You can tell he doesn’t know who to call yet.
CUT TO: INT. CASE’S APARTMENT 
Case is walking out of the bathroom down a narrow short hallway. His phone beeps he just received a text message as he opens it he walks into the living room where Sanchez is opening a bottle of vodka and pouring it in his tea. You can hear Maria and Lacy talking in the kitchen.
MARIA
It’s so frustrating because the people you
want to trust are lying to you! It doesn’t matter 
he always seems to win... I’m so tired of this
Lacy is surprised at Maria’s openness. She scans her up and down judging her and gaining a sense of satisfaction at her vulnerability. Maria is too wrapped up in her own conversation to notice any expressions or response Lacy has. 
LACY
Yeah
MARIA
I mean I don’t want to believe he cheats! I don’t..
I wish there was something that could make me believe.. 
but I also wish I can just see it that he does cheat to be
done with it all
LACY
Yeah- I don’t know how he can see you, see
straight at him and he not have any shame or guilt
about it. I wish he would just be true to himself
and allow someone to love him
Maria pauses and looks at Lacy intensely
MARIA
what exactly do you mean?
The tone of Maria’s voice scares Lacy a little. She smiles at her and shrugs. Lacy’s phone rings she goes back into the living room where Sanchez is arranging a party tonight at Case’s. Case is already drunk drinking vodka out of his tea cup. 
LACY
Hey
LUCAS
What are you doing?
LACY 
nothing 
LUCAS
Where are you?
(beat)
I miss your pretty eyes
Lacy smiles silently by now she’s walked into the narrow hallway behind the living room away from everyone else. She leans back into the wall. She can imagine his touch. She feels connected again by his voice.
LACY
I’m here at Case’s 
you should come over
LUCAS
yeah sure--
I’ll see if I can stop by
(pause)
Are you alone with him or something?
Lacy peaks back into the living room Maria is now at the table drinking vodka from her tea cup with Case. 
LACY
No I think Sanchez is planning a party
at Case’s tonight though
LUCAS
Okay 
I’ll see you later than babe
Her heart squirms. She ends the call and returns to the table with a different mood.
CUT TO: EXT. OUTSIDE GARY’S APARTMENT DOOR. HALLWAY
Lucas opens the front door and walks back into the bedroom where Gary is back on the computer towel still wrapped around his waist. 
GARY
So did you get her?
Lucas sits on the bed behind him and folds his arm over his eyes nodding his head no.
GARY
you do it to yourself man
LUCAS
Yeah-- I know
Lucas’s phone rings 
LUCAS
What’s up bro?
SANCHEZ
Hey dude what are you doing?
LUCAS
chillin’ man what’s up?
SANCHEZ
Yo there’s gonna be a party tonight at Case’s
Lucas laughes
LUCAS
yeah does he know about it yet?
Sanchez laughes
SANCHEZ
yeah he will when the people start showing up
ah but he wont care as soon as he sees the sweet
hoes show up too
--
ey yo speaking of girls man your shorty’s
here tippin’ back a few vodka drinks
LUCAS
oh word? 
SANCHEZ
yeah man
LUCAS
alright thanks for lookin’ out I’ll see you tonight
Lucas puts his coat back on and heads back out towards Case’s apartment. He calls Lacy again. 
LACY
hey are you here yet?
LUCAS
yeah but why don’t we take a walk
I need to talk to someone
LACY
yea sure-- I’ll be downstairs in a minute
She gets up puts her jacket on and starts heading out.
MARIA
where are you going?
LACY
I’ll be back
Maria is shouting towards her but Lacy is racing down the stairs excited and impatient to see him again 3 days in a row this week. She wasn’t expecting it but she always hopes to run into him as much as she can. She sprints down the last few steps and stops at the lobby where the walls are mirrors, she tucks a strand of hair behind her ear and turns to open the door. She walks outside to find him looking around. He smiles at her and walks over to hug her. 
LUCAS
hey babe
LACY
(blushing)
hey
They walk down to a park a few blocks away. He is touching her waist, her hair, her neck flirting with her and pulling away. She grows more and more aggressive as he teases her so she slips her hand in his finally. He brings her under a bridge in a park and takes both her hands in his and brings her closer to him. She smiles and leans in further to kiss him. 
CUT TO: INT. CASE’S APARTMENT
There is about 15 people in the living room some familiar groupies others just random friends of friends. In the kitchen Maria is taking shots with a group of guys. They are flirting with her and she likes the attention. Sanchez walks in the room.
Sanchez puts his hand on Maria’s neck and leans close to her ear
SANCHEZ
Hey- What are you doing?
Maria takes a sip from her shot glass and without looking at Sanchez replies,
MARIA
drinking
SANCHEZ
I can see that so why don’t you do that
with the rest of us in the living room
Maria rolls her eyes and leans in to one of the guys. Very seductively she slips her hands next to his hip and grabs the tequila bottle. She grabs his face and leans closer.
MARIA
bye boys
The guys groan as she walks away following Sanchez into the living room where the familiar faces are. She moans in despair
MARIA 
ugh
SANCHEZ
what?
MARIA 
nothing
She pushes past Sanchez and puts on her charm and begins to mingle. 
CUT TO: EXT. THE SUN HAS SET. IN FRONT OF THE SUBWAY STATION.
Lucas is holding Lacy in front of the subway entrance whispering in her ear. She’s giggling. They kiss and she walks downstairs as he watches her go and then he starts to walk back to Case’s apartment.