Everybody Wants To Be A Gangster

Chapter 12

I woke up with a headache. It was day. I felt better but I still felt horrible. I am stronger than this. No one was home. I hope they are okay. They are all I got. I cleaned up. I splashed water on my face. I saw a purple bruise forming on my jaw. I had a few more but they aren’t as noticeable. I made something for myself to eat.

Most people would be like ‘what the hell’. I’m used to this. It’s not a big deal. I started to become worried. What if they got caught? I heard the door open. I saw Antonio and Jose come in. They didn’t look bad either. I let out a sigh of relief.

“You guys didn’t get caught?” I said.

“No man. We’re just that cool”, Jose said.

“Yeah. We can out run la chota any day”, Antonio said.

It was like it didn’t happen. We were used to it. We gained more reputation. The more we got the more people would join the family. We went to sleep because night had come. The next day I got ready for school. I dreaded Natasha would see me. I had promised her before I would try not to get in trouble. I felt guilty but trouble seemed to follow me. I met up with George and Sam. I wanted to avoid her as long as I could.

“Hey guys”, I said.

“Was up”, George said.

“Hey”, Sam said.

“I decided to ask Natasha out but not today”, I blurted.

“About time”, Sam said.

“Yeah and we heard about the fight you guys got in. You guys won right?” George said.

“Yeah. It was pretty nasty”, I said.

“It looks like it. You have a bruise on your jaw”, Sam said.

“Yeah. I know”, I said.

“Now about Natasha. You got your game back. When are you going to ask her”, George said.

“When the perfect chance comes”, I said.

“Don’t tell me you’re going to take a few years”, George groaned.

“I won’t. Maybe I will ask her this week”, I said.

“That’s it bato. Finally”, Sam said.

We talked about the fight after we were done talking Natasha. The rest of the day I had no problems. I saw Alonzo hadn’t come. I tried to avoid Natasha as much as I could. I didn’t want to but I’d rather wait after school. I will ask her out this week.

 I can’t take it anymore. Me vuelve loco. Every day I think about her. It was after school. I left Sam and George when I saw Natasha. I didn’t want to disappoint her. She’s probably going to be when she sees my bruise. I really do try to keep her away from my gangster life. I felt distressed. What would she say?