A film based on the short story THE HARD WAY, written by 14-year-old Shawn Nabors of Brooklyn, NY, winner of the 2004/5 HEAR ME National HIV/AIDS Story-Writing Contest. Two friends, Kenrick and Miguel, share everything except their philosophy on girls. Miguel is faithful to his one and only girlfriend, Renee. Kenrick is a player with “an appetite for girls”. When Kenrick confronts Miguel about not practicing safer sex, Miguel questions Kenrick’s status as a player. After Kenrick’s father pays him a visit and advises, “You are the choices you make, son. You have to ask yourself if you’re making the right choices”, Kenrick decides to get an HIV test. When Miguel decides to support Kenrick and get tested as well, we learn about personal vulnerability to HIV through surprising results. 18 minutes