Reckless

Frenchie 28

I'm a New Orleans nigga at heart... but when it comes to food Italian is my absolute favorite and there was this one stop in my city that just hits different; the food helped with my anger a lot, but I was still pissed that Micah was ignoring my calls. Look I understood what he was doing and he had my full support to do what he felt was necessary, but it was really starting to feel like that nigga Trevon was becoming a full-time side nigga because when a dude is with his side piece and he's ignoring calls and text from his main dude then something was definitely wrong. I pushed the thought from my head, I'd deal with him whenever he decided to bring his ass home, right now my focus was on Edmund and this nigga Deuce.... in terms of Deuce I had never seen someone eat that damn much in one sitting, this dude was like a bottomless pit. I wanted to know more about him, he seemed like a good kid so I couldn't understand why he chose 'this' path; from what I've seen he was a talented basketball player and even better at football so for him to choose the street life over a bright future confounded me. I mentally prepared my line of questions, waiting until his mouth was full but he just kept on eating.....

"What's your motive?" I asked in a rare pause while he was washing down this twenty-sixth breadstick. "I mean you could go to college, I looked it up and you got plenty of offers.... why do you want to do this?" I asked looking at him, his eyes were cold and guarded; as if he were trying to protect some deep secret.

"How long you and Murda been fuckin around." Deuce asked and I smiled, seeing through his little ruse... he was testing me, to see if I would lie... nah to see if he could trust me, but if this was the route he wanted to take he should've picked a harder question.

"Honestly it seems like forever... but seven or eight years depending on the day, I mean we were boys first but I've always been attracted to him... I was attracted to the fact that he was so open with his sexuality, his confidence, his TGT approach on life.... he was... is a hothead but that shyt is sexy to me... Now answer my question."

"College doesn't mean shyt anymore.... a bachelor's degree is the same as a high school diploma and honestly sports was never my passion, it was just something to do to keep myself busy and distract me from my home life." Deuce said waving the waitress over and ordering some more food. "Why'd you pick this path?" He asked once the waitress was far from the table.

"I was talking to this chick... this was when I was about 70/30 bisexual and that 30 was winning out, turns out the chick was setting me up and some shyt happened, Epic saved me and I felt like I owed him... at least in the beginning but as time went on he really became the brother I never had." I said truthfully. "So I stuck by his side and here I am....." I said shrugging. "Now why are you doing this?" I asked.

"Ms. Halle didn't deserve what happened to her..... she really was like a mom to me, hell she was more of a mom than the one I got.... so I feel like I owe it to Titan to make sure her killer is dealt with." Deuce said and I understood his motive was revenge. "Titan is a good dude, pure.... he's not cut out for this shyt and if anyone has a real future in college it's him.... I'll be the bad guy, I'll do what needs to be done....." Deuce said and I could hear the anger in his voice. I sat there and started to get annoyed, not at Deuce but Epic.... damn, that nigga knew exactly what he was doing when he put this dude under my charge.

"Look, I've known you for all of two minutes but if you stick with me I can promise I can turn you into one of the most lethal niggas in the city, you'll have to go through some things and it won't be easy but in the end, it'll be worth it." I said and Deuce stared at me for a full minute before shrugging. "You know I'm leaving tomorrow so all I ask is that you lay low, I'll talk to Epic and let him know that you'll be outta sight for the most part." I said and again Deuce shrugged. "One more question.... you and Titan?" I asked and he tensed up a little.