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Sirens. Tim and Dante, fearing that the police are after them, look over to Greg as he finishes up on a piece of work he had thought up. Finishing up, Greg realized the prescience of his friends eyes upon him. This broke him out of his artistic hypnosis and he realized the impending doom of cops that were coming. The friends threw all their spray bottles, paint and tools in their big brown supply bags. The boys head out to Tim's house whom they are staying the night at on this glorious Saturday night. Once there they talked of their nice works of that night and future planned works. Also they joked about all the little things in their lives. Considering the difficult times they have in their poor neighborhood it seems that these three boys can always find a way to make each other happy. Dante it seemed was being quiet throughout the conversations, only making meek comments. Looking over at him, Greg noted to him that he seemed pretty quiet this night and wondering if he was alright. Dante slowly exhaled and let out with a lot about how he dislikes the local gangs and how they deface the artwork that the boys try so hard to make. The other boy's knew that this was deeper, for they too hated this and used to talk about it all the time too. But after they tried to do something and found it too dangerous to try anything they gave up.
Dante was obviously deeply troubled by something and both the other boys knew why. Greg taking the incentive states right out, "Its the drugs isn't it? Your getting mad 'cause its been a while, aren't yah? You don't need them you know. You can deal without them man, they just aren't worth it. You also know that its those dough bags that you are supplying with money dude." Dante knowing that all this is the truth, gets madder and glares over at Greg. Tim sensing the hostility tried to make a joke to calm the mood, but at a loss. After sitting there for a little while in silence, Dante picked up his hole-ridden coat from the the beat up couch and left without a word. Greg and Tim spent the rest of the night mostly in silence with only small comments between them.
The next morning Greg decided to head off to Dante's to say that he is sorry and to give him his bag full of art tools. Tim had to find odd jobs for that day to help support his family. On arriving to Dante's, right off when Dante answered Greg could tell he went out after leaving the night before. Dante was calm and eyes were still slightly red. Dante let Greg in and both friends said their sorries and hugged. Dante then went on to confess how much he hated life and that the drugs were making him feel much better. Greg tried, as he always does, to convince that the drugs are useless. He told him how its wasting all Dante's money, money he needed dearly. And he is being hassled constantly by the police over it, more so then the police bother them about the "graffiti" as they call it. Dante feeling, though Greg's words are true, he just can't stop. He told Greg that the drugs are his only escape other then making art. He talked again of how he hates life and that school grades, police and just living in such a poor state makes him sick. Greg not knowing what to do, just went and hugged his friend. Both boys soon realizing what time it was and that it was probably best to get working for some money in some way or another.
Tim and Greg met up in their spot late in the night with their art supplies and started talking about their day while they waited for Dante. They never talked about their art until they were all together. Greg felt really urged to express himself tonight more then usual. It seemed that talking with Dante put him up for many good ideas. Hour after hour they waited but Dante never showed. The friends starting to worry more and more about their friend. They soon decided to head out to their homes because the dangerous gangs were coming out and they were not particularly liked among them. They figured they will find their friend at school the next day and he will have a reasonable explanation for his absence.
The next day after arriving at school and having their daily body and backpack search, Tim and Greg were both told by a fellow student that the main office wanted them to go their instead of their first classes. Once their they saw Dante's mother and a officer sitting there. Dante's mother was crying her eyes out it seemed. The cop then started asking questions about Sunday and what they did with and talked about with Dante. Tim having not seen him didn't have anything to say. Greg realizing that this was serious and despite his hatred of police told him all that he and Dante were talking about on that day. The officer thanked him for his honesty and started filling out a paper. Both boys stood there shocked and confused. Finally Tim came out and asked what was going on. The officer just blinked a few times and looked over to the mother. Dante's mum, wiped the tears away from her eyes and told them that Dante had killed himself on Sunday when she was at work.
Both boys stood there and gasped in horror. Tim's legs started to feel weak and he almost collapsed as he grabbed a nearby chair. Greg started to cry after realizing that he could never see his dear friend again. He was mad at Dante that he could do such a thing, but he still loved him and will never forget his greatness. The secretary at the office told the boys they can go home for the day, if they wanted. The boy's decided that this was best as they had to coop with it. They gave the mum a hug and left. The boys soon realized they couldn't have nights together anymore because the pain. They soon drifted farther and farther apart. Later on Greg started to have solo nights and took up even risking it in the day. The ideas that came to him were wild, everywhere and needed to be expresses. It seemed that Dante came out from the grave and entranced him with all these new ideas. One day a famous artist noticed him making a piece and came up to him with a offer. Now Greg dedicates all his works to Dante and in memory of.
Fronic · Thu Jan 25, 2007 @ 12:32am · 1 Comments |
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