The Protection Program

TPP : Chapter XXIV

"And its real gold? Girl, you are so lucky."

Nina popped a bubble from her gum, strawberry of course. Ruby's Diner was another one of those mad chill places where the gang and friends hung out. At the moment, Nina sit with her two friends Keisha and Kayla, they were twins and totally inseparable. They gawk at her necklace that shine brightly in the diner light, she didn't mind boasting about her chain that Rashad gave her, she didn't mind at all. She liked the attention she got from it, not many people in this area had money for that so it meant a lot to her. She felt special because it was not only custom, but nobody would ever be able to afford it even if it wasn't

"So he just randomly gave it too you?"

She nodded her head as she pulled in the deflated bubble. She waved over at Rashad as him and the whole gang stare over in her direction. She knew they were talking about her as well, it wasn't a surprise. Everybody in the hood city wished for a relationship like there's, it was rare to find a girl who would stick with you even through gang bullshit so to be with one like Nina, he was pretty lucky.

"Bro, how did you afford it?"

"I've been saving up the money that Buster has been loaning, all the extra money after paying bills and shit like that."

They all nodded there heads to the music that play on the boombox, that was one thing about Ruby's Diner that they enjoyed, boomboxes and music was encouraged. It was more of a spot for young adults and teens, not really for grown people due to the simple fact that the waitresses wore skimpy outfits and the music was always loud. Gun shots rang out from outdoors followed by the screams and scattering people, the gang look outside nonchalantly not even fazed by the sound, they were far to used to it to be one of the pedestrians freaking out. Rico stood up, i guess you could say he was co-captain in this gang game, only because he was cousins with Buster, other then that he was one of the smallest persons in the gang.

"Who the hell is that?"

The rest of the gang stood up, looking out the large windows and into the parking lot that was no longer filled with people. Outside was just as live as the inside of the diner, people hung out all around the building, whether inside or outside it didn't really matter. Nina, Keisha and Kayla all dispersed, Nina went over to the gang table while the twins ran for there lives. They were friends with the gang but they weren't in it, so at times like this they weren't used to it. The gang learned the hard way as to why its not a good idea to walk around unarmed, the last time at the roller rink was a blood bath and it wouldn't have been anybodies blood but theirs if Buster wouldn't have shown up with clips and equipment. They all carried guns on them now, whether it was a mini clip in there jeans or a ruger in there car trunk, as long as they had some type of protection it didn't matter. The guys stuck to guns while Nina on the other hand stick to a simple can of pepper spray, it wasn't enough to kill a man but it was enough to blind them and be able to run away.

The doors flew open and the group walked in, the gang didn't recognize them but they realized they were from Shadow Gang because of the colored bandanna they wore. They flounced up to the Blackstreet Gang as eye contact was made. Eye contact meant fight so Blackstreet automatically grabbed there weapons they kept on hand

"The fuck is going on, fellas? Whats the issue?"

The larger one who stood in front, he was like Rico, the Co-captain of the Gang Game while Mad Dawg was there official leader. He lifted his hand gun and pointed it at Tito's head causing Blackstreet to jump into action, Nina hid behind Rashad trying to get as much comfort as possible as the rest of the gang cock there guns and hold them up showing that battle wouldn't be a problem

"Lil bitch Tito been messin' round wit my shawty."

"Your shawty? Who?"

"Keisha and then bibby in the back been messin wit her sister, Kayla, who happens to be my mans Tonio's shawty."

Blackstreet gang all turned to look back at Bibby and Tito who had a look of astonishment on there face. So did Nina but she was hidden so nobody could see, they all turned to face the rival gang as Rico tried to stand up as tall as possible but being only 5'2 there wasn't much he could do when all the other guys were between the height of 5'9 and 6'4.

"Wait a minute, you mean to tell us Keisha and Kayla been messin around wit y'all....while bein all buddy buddy with Blackstreet? That don't make no sense."

"It makes enough sense for me to bust a cap in y'all asses."

They took another step closer causing all of Blackstreets attention to tighten up a little more. That just didn't seem right, Keisha and Kayla might as well have been a part of the gang themselves. They were close to all of them, they had a thing with bibby and Tito and everybody knew it so for them to be sneaking around with a rival gang...it just seemed like nonsense.

"We aint come to fight, we came to give you a warning. Dont be messin with our girls, get your own and stay away from ours or else the next time we visit it wont be no damn warning..... lets go boys."

With that Shadow Gang was gone. The diner was empty, even the workers scattered which was smart because if something was to break out they would have been dead with no way of defending themselves. When the gangs fought it tended to get extremely messy so extra bodies in the way was something that wasn't needed. The gang turned to face Tito, Bibby and Nina as they look between the three of them in shock

"Nina, baby look at me."

She looked at him, feeling relieved as soon as there eyes met each other. He smiled his gorgeous smile and flashed his perfect dimples causing her stomach to flip

"Look babygirl. You cant be messin with them no more. I know y'all was good friends but clearly there bad news. And as for you two.."

Rashad looked over at Bibby and Tito who had there heads lowered, they felt sick to there stomachs to know that not only was Keisha and Kayla women to other men but they were rival gang women. It gave them a nauseated feeling and they both had to take a seat

"No more messin around with them either. And the next time you find a chick you make sure they know were Blackstreet. Got it?"

"got it."

Nina, Bibby and Tito all responded at the same time but Nina really wasn't paying much attention, all she could think about was how her only girl friends were no longer her friends and now all she had was the gang. They were more like family though, they treated her like the baby sister who needed to be protected with there lives at stake, she couldn't go out to the club with them or to the salon. She was sad but she understood that it was for the better, she would much rather be without friends then to end up dead.

She woke up in Aubrey's office environment which she expected. She fell asleep there so of course she would wake up there, she sat up from his white leather couch and stretched. She could feel his eyes on hers as she yawned out and scratched her head

"You snore really loud by the way."

She rolled her eyes playfully at his remark, as sad as she was from having that awful dream just like the others, She was happy once again to hear his voice. To see him. To be with him.