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Joker in the Hood Pt5
Dae-Dae's ShortStory
The bus ride was a half hour ride to Kecoughtan High. In Kecoughtan I was a ********' celebrity. Since I grew my own perp, my prices were lower than other niggas so people came to me over others. Breakfist was where I made most of my sales. These two white, potheaded, fiends bought more herb than the average *****. Alan and Greg. So when I see those two fiends getting jacked from some Uptown niggas, there won't no way I was just going to watch. I was sitting on a table on the other side of the cafeteria chillin' with Mia when she noticed who was fighting in the middle of the circle. "Joker, looks like some of those Uptown pussys messin' wit' your number one herb buyers." I wasn't really trying to get kicked out of the school but Uptown plus my best herb buyers equal me getting involved. We pushed our way through the circle when this Uptown ***** that looked like he was the boss stepped forward to hit Greg when I stepped forward. He tried to stop his swing from hitting me but wasn't fast enough. It connect with my jaw and made me turn my head with the force of the blow. My lips spread in a wide grin. Once that fist touched me, he was done. I looked up and kicked the back of his knee to make him fall a little and hit him in the jaw with a sound close to thunder. He dropped to the ground with not a sound. Mia hopped over the fallen ***** and hit the next ***** with so much force to his gut he obviously couldn't catch his breath and fell gasping for breath. She turned around to me. "Next time leave me open for a follow up. Stop droppin' 'em with one hit. Gettin' tired of this s**t." I turned to Greg and Alan. "You two want some herb or not? Can't stay here too much longer." They both looked more lost than the ***** gasping for breath on the floor. It took about a minute for them to actually give me a nod. I took his money and stared at the little gathering. "what the ******** ya'll lookin' at?" Then walked out as soon as the bell rang. When I got home I got a message on my cellie. It was from Show. Show was a ***** I knew since Mia. Us three used to be cool as a b***h 'til he went to jail for being caught with a gun when he was 14. Ironicly, shortly after he left, cops stop trying to control Downtown. Now that he was 19, I wasn't surprised he was comin' back to his hometown. The message said meet me at our spot. Our spot was the playground at school where I fought Kevin. Show didn't know what happened there, but he used to come there with me and Mia. The school was cloesed now because of too many gunshots. I headed out to my ride. It was only about 10 blocks but I wanted to see Show again and show him how much I've done. When I got there the school looked the same as usual. Broken mirrors, barred doors, and giant holes in the walls. I saw Show and Mia on top of the monkey bars talking. Show finally saw me walking. "'Ay Smiley!" Same old Show. I started climbing and noticed Show's changes. He was clean shaven with his hair in a ponytail. He was wearing an all red T with black jeans and red, black, and white Nikes. "Been a while Show, but I already told you the name's Joker now." Mia took out a blunt and lit it. Took a hit and blew out. "Let's go back to your place, Joker. Too many ********' moskitoes. Plus Show's hair is all ******** up. We'll catch up while I'm doin' his hair and passin' a blunt." Couldn't argue with that. Plus upsetting Mia twice in a day isn't very smart. So I hopped down and motioned for my ride. We rode back to my place listening to second look by Crime Mob. We walked into my place already smokin' a blunt. I jumped on the couch and started playing with Lee. "Nice place, Smiley. You be gettin' all lonely in this b***h? Need some company? I need a place to crash for a while." I was 'bout to say something about my name but ******** it. It's Show. He'll catch on soon. "You know damn well I don't get lonely. And I don't give a f** if you stay here. You like fam'." I got up and noticed his hieght. He got a lot taller but he still wasn't taller than me. I had several inches over him. As he sat in a chair waiting on Mia to get ready to do his hair we passed a blunt around talking about the old days. Like when we met in 5th grade. Actaclly a year after when me and Mia met up. We had met while taking one hard a** math test. I think it was SOLs. He was right beside me so we cheated off each other. Every answer he didn't have, I did. Every answer I didn't have, he had. Every answer we didn't have, Mia did. She was at the front but she signaled using DTB signs while stretching. We signaled her by the mirror at the front of the class. We hung out after that. One day after school, Mia had pissed off a ***** that was the boss of a group of the lowest o the low. Who later turned to Uptown streets. Mia was surrounded by 5 niggas and one of them was that little white boy Kevin. They was about to come to blows when we saw the circle. "Smiley, aren't those Mia's shoes in the middle of that circle?" Mia had on pink and black Jays that no one in the streets had even seen before. She say she got them from her cousin but every knows she probaly stole them off some Uptown kid. We ran to the circle and pushed one ***** out the way to see Mia hit Kevin in the face with twice as much force as last year. Kevin's nose noticed this and broke like a stick getting crushed under twin towers. Kevin dropped to the ground with a thud. No one obviously cared that she dropped someone twice her size in one hit. They started closing in on her like a vulture going for a weak animal. My mind started working fast again. It was like Mia's danger worked my mind like a slave. I pulled Mia by the wrist to get her out the circle and hit the closest ***** to me at the same time. Since I was focusing on Mia my punch was weak. Show noticed this and quickly followed on the same *****. Mia broke free of my hand and hit the same ***** with her left in the exact. Surprisingly the ***** only stumbled. I stepped on his foot and hit him hard with an uppercut. I heard something and didn't care to look if it was his jaw or teeth. Show hit one of the others in the gut then gut then followed up with an uppercut. Once he dropped Show jumped on him and started wailing on his face. Mia jumped on the boss and head butted him. He fell with her on top of him. She got up and started kicking him in the ribs. With two down and two being taken care of, I chased after the last one that starte running. I dived at his back and we fell rolling. I got up before he did and kicked him in the jaw while he was trying to get up. He fell back to earth when I jumped on him and started choking him in a headlock. I let go when he was on the verge of sufocation and kick him in the ribs to make it even harder for him to breathe. I walked back to Show and Mia. Show had been stopped and was watching Mia pound the boss of the group's face in. She got up finally when he was uncoucious. When she got up and noticed Show was avoiding her eyes. I remember the look in her eyes the first time we met. Show pulled out a bag of Fritos from his bag, popped it open, and started muching. "Think we should go before Kevin's mommy shows up." I smiled. Just like when we fought Kevin last week. His mom came crying that her little baby had been jumped. Even though he lied, we let it slide as long as he didn't snitch. He knew once he did it'd make it worse for himself. "Hell yeah. This time his mom can't say he was jumped with four of his friends." Mia picked up her earrings off the ground and started taking money out of Kevin's wallet. "Got what I came here for." We both stared at her. "What?" "What the ******** were you fighting them for?" Show managed to say first. "Well first. they they made fun of my family." Mia had a head mom and a dad that was always drunk. Mia basically raised herself. "And the other reason was that Kevin was pretty much waving around his money." She took some money out the wallet. "See? Told ya." I went through the rest of the niggas' pockets. "Damn, they all stackin'. Show, you want some?" He finished his bag and dropped the bag on Kevin. "Yeah, I need some more chips." I almost laughed at him. "I'm suprised you not fat." He lifted up his shirt to show his stomach and patted his 6-pack. "s**t, I'm surprised too. I guess it's 'cause we keep helpin' yo a** out, Mia." She turned from counting her money. "I don't never ask you niggas for help. s**t, I come to niggas trynna fight one on one. But so far everyone's a p***y." We heard the bell ring for dismissal. Time to go.
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