THUG LIFE

38

Sunday, 12:34pm

"Only school and here no where else. me, Aug, Marcus, Chris and Tj doing the drop offs and pick ups. Don't leave the school unless we text y'all" Rico Said.

I was laying next to august on the couch while Rico gave the run down to everybody. Chris, Tj and Marcus was here because they received threatening notes too. Scared was an understatement. I didn't know how to feel about any of this because it happened so fast. After Rico picked up Jayda and Destiny, he told them about everything that happened. Dess was beyond annoyed and I understood completely.

"So what do we tell our parents?" Dess said

"Nothin, the least they know the better" Aug said. Dess sighed and shook her head

"And what about their protection?" Jayda asked

"Don't worry we got eyes everywhere, they good" Marcus said.

"Did y'all get a glimpse at the car?" Chris asked and August looked over at him

"Nawl" Aug said and Chris shook his head

"Where was y'all last night?" August said sitting up and looking at Chris and tj

"Nobody called us" Chris said confused

"I called yo phone and nobody answered and I called yo phone nobody answered" rico said and Chris pulled out his phone.

"My phone off. I told y'all ass I ain't payin that high ass AT&T bill" tj said shaking his head.

"How long do we have to do this?"

"However long it take" Marcus said. I sighed and got up and walked to my room

A few minutes later a heard a knock on the door.

"Can I come in?" Jayda said peaking in the door

"Sure" she came and sat down on the bed next to me

"Where's Dess?"

"She went in her room to lay down" I nodded

"Are you okay?"

"No. I chose not to be in this life and it's still here. I didn't want this for myself or for anybody that I loved for that matter" I shook my head

I wanted a better life and it's still here to haunt me no matter how hard I try to do good, it's always here. I felt like I didn't deserve this, we all didn't.

"Promise you have to understand you was born into this. No matter how hard you try to get rid off it. It's in your bloodline"

"But I don't want this"

"Me and you both knew the risk for loving them. We knew that this what we are going to have to deal with"

"I know I just wish it didn't have to be like this all the time"

"I know but this is our life right now"

I heard the door open and august walked in and went to the bathroom. I looked over at Jayda and she got up and left out, closing the door behind her. I sat up in the bed and he walked out out and grabbed a bag