Bella

My grandmother used to say...

if you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans.

Girls.

Told you it was him.

What is this?

Nice ball.

Wow.

You guys play a lot, huh?

Where do you play?

In the street.

In the street?

What about the cars?

We have to move every time.

It stinks.

You over here.

And you here.

- What's your name? - Dave.

- Huh? - David.

Are you ready, David?

He-..

What?

Where's the ball?

I guess I was sleeping, huh?

Francisco.

Hm.

My name looks pretty lonely on this ball.

How about I get a few more names on here for you?

Like...

Tomas Cordoba?

Uh-huh.

All right, guys.

I'll bring this one back to you.

- I promise. - Okay.

- See ya. - All right.

What are we gonna play with until you get back?

Uh, Jasmine?

Could you get one of those practice balls Fran-...

Call me if you need a manager, eh?

Thanks.

All right.

I'm ready.

Ola!

I'm a soccer player, man.

I hate interviews.

I told you, I'm not a speaker.

I happy to have the opportunity and, and to be here with all of you-

I am thrilled to be here in the outstanding presence

of you beautiful people.

I am... uh, ecstatic to be here in front

of all you beautiful people today.

I want to thank my wonderful manager Francisco.

Morning.

Pepito.

Make sure you get five cuts out of that.

Marco, remember, not too many jalapenos.

Too spicy, they won't eat it.

They don't have the stomach we have.

Morning, Manny.

Morning.

Henri...

- have more than enough fresh mint at the bar. - You bet.

- And don't worry, I have the mojitos down. - You better.

That's our signature drink.

And if they ask, say you're Irish-Cuban, uh, Mexican-Cuban.

The whole place is something Cuban for the week.

- Yes, sir. - Try his new drink, see how good it is.

Excuse me.

That's a good sauce.

Buenas, Amelia.

Buenos dias, senor.

Anybody seen Nina?

I can't believe this.

I think I left my wallet at home.

Can I come back and pay you later?

I live close by.

Jose, what's up with Nina?

She was late yesterday,

and today's she's, uh, twenty minutes late.

That's two days in a row.

Plus calling in sick last week at the last minute makes three.

And you know what happens at three Jose.

She'll be here.

Can't run my business like this.

I just can't.

Jose try this.

Chili.

Oh, hey, Pepi let me try that.

Hm.

Just a little bit.

What's for family dinner?

- It's almost ready, yes? - Yep.

Chili Rellenos and roasted quail en mole.

That's a pretty fancy family dinner.

The chilies are going bad, man.

I'm talking about the quails.

They could have been a special.

Oh, I see how it works, eh?

You just make the fancy staff orders and I pay for them, right?

Wrong... we cook for the customers, not the staff.

Next time you feed them

So what you got there in your hand?

Butterfly.

And what color is it?

- Pink - No

Green.

Okay, now what do butterflies do?

Yeah!

That's great.

Let's see if you could do it again.

To the cloud?

I'm ready, to the cloud.

Let's go.

Wow.

Okay, Luce, are you ready to play again?

Yes.

Okay.

I'm gonna count.

Family dinner, everyone

You're ready, right?

Let's go!

Marco, andele, andele.

Pepi.

Today's special is pescado Siete Mares.

Shrimp and crab legs over Mexican sweet black rice,

squash with a papaya lemon oil.

There are three boxes of shrimp in the walk-in, people.

So push it, push it, push it.

By the end of the day this item should be eighty-sixed in my kitchen.

The last special is scallops.

I think you've all served this before

so I'm not gonna say anything else about it.

I got a special treat, Pepito.

This coming Friday the National Mexican soccer team,

along with the coach, will be here for the Gold Cup.

They play the U.S. out in Jersey next week.

I'm putting them in on Kevin's section.

There will be no autographs.

I will ask them personally and then, uh you can ask me.

Francisco made the reservations.

He asked for you.

Manny, I'm sorry.

I don't want to hear it.

- Look, I have things- - Things?

Three kids and comes down here from the Bronx everyday.

You wanna know how many days she's been late in the last four years?

- Zero Nina. - Zero. I know.

I know how hard that must be. You know.

You know. You know.

Okay, so you know.

So you know how easy it will be for you with no kids,

and know to find another...

Manny, please!

Give me another chance.

I promise I'll make everything good.

How could you be so-

...so what?

Unfair?

It would be unfair, if in fact, you weren't late.

It would be unfair to your co-workers for me

to let them continue doing your job.

This is the second day in a row, Nina.

Not counting the times people look the other way or,

or cover for you.

What are you talking about?

You called in sick twice last week.

Then you show up to work hung-over.

I was not hung-over.

It's too much already.

Manny, I was not hung-over, I was sick.

You directing traffic for the construction site?

Stay out of this.

Oh.

Thank you! Thanks! That's nice.

Nina!

Nina. Nina.

He's unconscious but I think he'll survive.

Thank you.

Guess I'll see you around.

Hey. Why were you late?

You know my brother.

Oh, trust me.

I know your brother.

He's a jerk.

- Excuse me, you going in? - No.

Thank you.

He didn't have to humiliate me like that in front of everyone.

I've been working for him for four years.

And you tell him that I wasn't hung-over.

I was really sick.

I'm pregnant.

This is one of the first mornings I haven't thrown up.

Okay, I've had enough for today.

Thank you.

You'd better get back to your boss man.

Wait. Wait. Nina.

So what now?

Guess I'm gonna have to figure that out, right?

You wanna talk about it?

Manny...

Jose left.