Hood Games

Chapter 5

Troy turned the corner of her block and pulled out a cigarette.

"Boy you smoke?" Nicki asked him holding her nose. Troy looked at her than decided to put it away.

"Not around you" Troy said laughing to himself.

"So where are we going" Nicki asked once they reached in front of her house.

"Some place exclusive" He told her bending down to tie his shoe. Nicki waited until he got up to open the gate pulling him towards her house.

"How exclusive?"

"Very"

She opened her front door pulling Troy upstairs just as her dad was coming out of his room.

"Hi daddy" Nicki waved to him not bothering to stop. Her dad, Vincent, looked up for a moment and stared at Troy.

"Hello daughter and strange boy I've never met before" Vincent remarked not bothering to ask who he was. Nicki pulled Troy in her room dropping her bag on the floor once inside. She took off her jacket and threw it on her bed.

"So how exclusive do I need to dress"

"Jeans and a tank top but not an expensive one" Troy said walking over to her bed to lay down.

"So I have to go shopping" Nicki mumbled walking over to her closet to open it. Nicki had a walk in so finding what she was looking for should be pretty easy. Troy turned his head yelling damn.

"What?" Nicki jumped turning back around.

"I've never seen a girl with that much clothes before"

"Really" Nicki started but stopped because she knew exactly how unimportant the convo they were about to have was.

"Shawty you fresh"

"Troy what did we talk about"

"Nicki you know you love it when I call you that"

"Only you would say that" Nicki blushed and headed into the bathroom to go take a shower.

While she was taking a bath Troy started feeling bored and decided to pull out his phone. He noticed he had a couple text's from his boys, he skimmed through them noticing that all of them were urgent. So he dialed Raheem's number waiting for him to pick up.

"Hello" Raheem answered.

"Yo, Raheem what's goin on over there"

"Man you gotta get down here"

"What happened"

"Ya boys tryin to take on 36"

"What the fuck" Troy yelled sitting up on the bed. He looked towards the bathroom door lowering his voice to make sure she wouldn't hear him.

"Troy you gotta come down here man"

"I'm busy bruh I can't right now"

"Look bring whoever you with and handle this"

"Not gunna happen"

"Well when you get a chance, aight"

"Aight, when they plannin on doing this"

"Friday"

"Fuck" he yelled again running his hand through his hair, " todays Wensday man"

"Troy you need to come through"

"Nigga I always do"

"I'd handle it but my flight comes in like 20 -"

The water turned off in the bathroom and Troy hurried to get off the phone.

"Raheem tell them to get there ass over to the crib and stay there. Don't buy their excuse about going to school or seeing their mama alright I'm gunna see you tomorrow"

Troy hung up the phone and layed in the positition he was in before he took the call.

"Nigga, I know you ain't sleepin" Nicki laughed hanging her towel up on the door. He opened his eyes and turned to face her

"Damn" Troy gasped sitting up to get a full look at her.

"What"

"You got a nice ass" Troy nodded watching her.

"Funny" she said blushing in the mirror. Nicki walked over to her dresser, grabbing a hair tie she started putting her wet hair in a ponytail.

"So where are we really going?" Nicki asked again putting on her jacket following him towards his car.

"Its a surprise"

Thirty minute later Troy was pulling Nicki into a dark alleyway towards a man in a black suit standing next to a door.

"Issa set up" Nicki whispered to him as he put his arm around her.

"You're safe with me no matter what" he whispered back squeezing her tighter.

They reached the man at the door who took of his shades.

"Troy?" The man asked in a deep voice

"How you doing Mike"

"Good I got that raise you promised me"

"Well it was my pleasure" Troy smiled running his hand through his hair, Nicki looked up at him and watched as they interacted wondering what he was talking about.

"Thanks man I hope we can do buisness again" The man reached out his hand and Nicki watched as Troy took it sternly.

"Any time"

"Alright well right this way" he said opening the door.

Troy grabbed on to Nicki and pulled her in.

"Catch you later man" He said nodding to Mike.

When they where inside Nicki noticed they were standing in a long dark hallway. Troy led her down the hallway holding her close.

"Take off your jacket" Troy whispered easing his off slowly as they reached the end of the hallway and another door. Nicki took hers off fixing her tank top.

"May I please take your jacket?" a women greeted them at the end of the hall. They gave their jackets to the lady who than opened the door pointing to another room. They went to the room where another women greeted them and put on a belt with all these slots.

"That room down there" the woman instructed them smiling pointing down another hallway.

"What are we doing" Nicki whined getting restless.

"Just wait"

They finally reached another room with a variety of spray paints. A man helped them choose different colors handing it to them so they can place it into the slots on their belts.

"Enjoy" the man said leading him over to a bright white door. Troy opened the door and let Nicki enter first.

Nicki was about to complain again until she saw people everywhere putting graffiti on everything there were even people floating off the ground with spray paint floating around them from air vents.

"This is what we're doing tonight" Troy smiled whispering into her ear.

Nicki stepped through the door looking in amazement at the graffiti on the ceiling almost walking into someone putting graffiti on the floor.

"Sorry" Troy said pulling her away to take her over to a deserted corner of the huge room. They started taking out their spray paints when Nicki caught Troy staring at her.

"So you think you can graffiti?" Troy yelled over the music leaning close to her.

"So fucking corny" She yelled back rolling her eyes. She laughed and sprayed him a little with her paint.

"You won't be doing that when I kick your ass" He yelled back shaking his can.

"Bet ima win"

"Bet you gonna lose"

Nicki smiled and got to work. Let the games begin.