La Vida Loca

Ch.55 All Things Go

GIA'S POV.

Today is AJ's funeral.

Things happened pretty hectic and fast.

The drive by was all over the news and internet.

So when everyone in the hood found out, they were devastated.

Everyone had the same reaction I did.

No one could believe it.

I got so many text messages from everybody asking if it was true since news reports used my name cause I was the only one with AJ.

It's been a week since AJ has passed and I could definitely feel the difference.

It's still crazy to know he's gone.

I was the last person he spent his last few moments with.

I'll never forget that last time I spent with him.

And how he expressed everything to me, and how we acknowledged each other as important people, brother and sister, in our lives.

It's gonna be so hard to see AJ laying in a casket knowing this is the last I will ever see his face.

I wasn't even sure if I wanted to go at all until last night.

And after thinking I just have to go.

I get ready by straightening my hair and doing my makeup.

It's a hot day today, so I put on a strapless black dress that flows at the bottom and stops about mid-thigh and black sandals.

As soon as I'm done me and Shy get in my car and drive to pick up Yessi, Mickey, and Gabby.

I'm not sure who else is going, like Manny but I'm pretty sure everyone will be there.

Yessi and Gabby are at Mickeys house so I just have to drive there.

"Hey" Mickey says as the three of them get into the car.

"Hi" I say back to them.

"Today's gonna suck" Yessi says.

She broke down into tears hysterically crying when I told her what happened to AJ that night.

She couldn't believe it since she had just saw me and him leave the party that night.

"Yeah I know" I agree with her.

"Do you know if any of his family is going?" Gabby asks.

"Um, as far as I know his mom, sister, grandparents, and Karla and Joseph will be there, I think Karla's taking her mom and brothers though" I tell her.

AJ's never really had much of a family.

The gangs always been his family.

"Karla's gonna take Joseph??" Shy asks.

"Yeah Shy AJ is Joseph's dad" Mickey says.

"But, I mean, that's kind of sad" Shy says shrugging a shoulder.

"The boys not even a month old yet, he ain't gonna remember anything, he's too little" Mickey says with a sigh.

It's so fucked up that Joseph will never know his dad.

That's the number one thing killing me.

AJ adored his son and now his son will never even know what's it like to have his real dad around.

But I'll tell him about AJ when he's old enough.

For AJ's sake I'll help take care of Joseph always.