So I got back to the crib, thank God. That whole debacle took all of an extra 20 minutes I could've been in the AC. Dev didn't wait to question me either, all in my mitt like, "What took you so long? It's only up the street man." I'm not about to tell him what I just encountered so I just said, "Listen, the niggas were on break I had to wait a little while aight? You got your drink now back up." He was oblivious to how shook I was still, which was even more good. I couldn't even chill anymore, I just went to take a nap for a minute.
I woke up, dusk fell, it's lit. Not even hot anymore so I decided to go chill outside on my apartment steps. First time in a while, too, I was caught up with work during the school year I was rarely outside, but niggas needed a break.
I stepped outside, the smell of summer hit me, Tyson style. You know how summer smell, that nostalgic shit. But I had grabbed one of my sodas I copped out the fridge too so I'm just chilling, sipping. I see now why niggas love summer in NYC so much, kids running up the block, Italian Icees, all of that shit you heard about from your niggas, we had that. DJ Clue dropped a tape last week too, so mad niggas was blasting that out they busted cars, trying to spit at some shorties, you know the game. I'm just acknowledging my surroundings right now, taking in all the shit that these niggas fiend over.
The sun set, and Dev came out from the crib, I was thinking he wanted to holla at me about something, but nah he ran right past me, I guess he saw some of his niggas and wanted to chill, shit I wasn't stopping him. I just was watching everyone's movements, the atmosphere never seemed so, I can't place a word on it. But as I was doing that, I heard niggas yelling from up the block, "Yo Kaide, nigga I know you hear us God!" I look up, it's the niggas I was actually cool with, Percy and Reed. Percy was a typical uptown NYC nigga from around this time, reminiscent of Lord Tariq in a sense, and Reed was his Peter Gunz. They got to my steps, I could tell they were surprised I was out, giving me that look only your niggas can. "Son what you doing out here shouldn't you be reading or some shit? I know you fuckin with them books God." I ain't even have to look up from my drink to know that was Reed, shit talker of the year. Looked up, dapped my niggas up, "Yo son wassup with you? It's summer fuck I gotta read for?" I said, and laughed. Percy, bring the nonchalant type of nigga he is, agreed with me. "Word Reed, why you sweating kid? Be happy our mans is out here for the first time since, I don't know when. Yo K c'mon we out son." The way he said it, I knew he wasn't going to take no for an answer, so it was on. I told Dev to keep the door unlocked, and then it was on.
