BLACK IS POWER

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**Exist to express, not to impress**

     To some families, twins are blessings, bundles of joy, a double prize. But not to the Garners,
      When they had their first batch of babies, twins came out. During the first years of their lives, everything was amazing, from the unending gifts to all the attention, but as their baby twins kept on growing older, life became difficult by the day.

       They started throwing tantrums, got into fights at school, expelled five times. They never learnt, they never cared.
       Steve and Ellen Garner took them to therapy when they were in middleschool, it didn't work.
        They got their first tattoos together at the age of fourteen, they were grounded for a month, it didn't help. When you have kids like that, you can't just throw them out...they are yours till college.
  
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        "How'd you two sleep?" Ellen, their mom asked the two as they dropped down the stairs, they were fraternal, but dressed alike despite the fact that they were different gender.
      "Terribly." Leo answered,
"Where's breakfast? I'm starving." Lee-anne said as they both sat down at the table, side to side from their father.
       They wore the same coloured drafted(plad) shirt and white T-shirts inside, blue denim trousers with sneakers. Both had the same hair cut, but lee-anne had long dreadlocks braided at the middle.
         "Hurry up you two, you're late!" Steve, their dad ordered them, "Aren't we always." Leo answered not caring, "Yeah, yeah" Lee-anne added. "How dare you show your dad that attitude!?" Ellen complained. Steve stood up,
          "Okay, the two of you, on the floor! Gimme fifteen." They stopped eating and sighed, got on the floor and started doing push ups. That's how your life goes when you have a dad who's a military general. After they were on their feet waiting for the next say.
          "Finish your breakfast and head to school!" Steve commanded them. They didn't answer and got back to eating their food. After a while, they were done, they took their stuff and went to their car. Leo drove the both of them to school,
Harwell High school.

          If there was a place in New york city with racism, this was the place. First of all, it was a black man's school, also if you are black, don't hang with white..... That's just wrong, you don't sit with them, don't talk to them, ( Don't let anyone see you do that).
          Leo and Lee-anne got on well, they were pure blacks, so life was easy for them.

          After some 20 to 25 minutes of driving, they were already at school. They had a permanently reserved parking spot, try to park there,... both you and your car get mowed.
          People were still moving up and about, they weren't late after all. At the main doors, these guys were standing on the railing. The two walked up to them.
"Yo guys! Why so early today?" Xavier asked the both of them. "Doesn't hurt to make a change once in a while." Lee-anne answered. They laughed.
         "What's with the look on Leo's face?" Sean asked. "Man! Stop makin that face! you look constipated!" Xavier added. Lee-anne gave a chuckle, "Our old man pissed him off. Don't ask about it." "Whatever man." Sean said as they were heading inside school.
          People parted and made way for them. "Where's Tiger?" Lee asked, her and leo turned to the both of them, waiting for answers. "You didn't get the info?, he's behind bars, thrown in there last week." Xavier answered.
         Leo sighed, Lee just shook her head in disappointment. "Man! I knew this would happen one day!. He shouldn't have done that! I thought I told him already. We do whatever the fuck we want but we don't mess with the law! Fuck!" Leo said angrily.... Leo had a short temper.
            Xavier sighed, "That's not it bro! He didn't do nothin." "What do you mean?" Lee asked.
"He didn't do anything! Well atleast that's what he says." Sean answered.
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          Here's the deal, these guys are close friends, including Tiger, his real name's Chris. These five guys are the meanest MoFos anyone would meet at the age of seventeen.
           Xavier. He's that tall mean guy, under all that leather he wears, layer and layer of muscle. That average handsome black guy who used to call the streets his home. He lives with his other relatives now. He go crazy for hot chicks!
           Sean. There's always a dork in the group, but he might just as well be the most handsome dork that's ever existed. He's a cool guy, but don't get him any where near dope, any means possible. He's a crack addict.
            Tiger(Chris). Here's the real definition of a bad guy, he tries to be good, trust me he really tries. He can't control himself, he has a famous reputation for beating up white guys around there, with all that pound of muscle, one almost died. Almost.
            Leonardo. Another edition in this handsome group, compared to the others, he's the gorgeous one. The chick magnet. One hunk of a guy! The rich kid whose dad is THE LAW! The second rebel among the two.
            The first rebel. Lee-anne. Her parents don't know it but she's once been in jail, and got busted out the same night. Her brother listens to her.....only her, well, the boys call her Lee without the anne. She hates the anne. The reason she's one of the boys, is that she is a guy. She fits in despite the pretty face.